Randy Rogers Band Announces New EP Dropping Later This Fall, Releases Title Track “The Going”

New music coming soon from the Texas legends, the Randy Rogers Band.

The band formed in San Marcos, TX, has been in the studio cooking up some new tunes. Randy Rogers Band has been a mainstay in country music, particularly throughout the Texas scene, for over 20 years. They quickly amassed one of the strongest followings on the scene and have earned national success with a catalog of musical hits like “Kiss Me in the Dark,” “In My Arms Instead,” and “Buy Myself a Chance,” among many others.

Earlier this year, Randy Rogers teamed up with Parker McCollum for “Is This Thing Workin’.”

The union of Randy Rogers and Parker McCollum on a single, and the first time they’ve ever collaborated musically, was a long time coming. Randy Rogers managed Parker in the early days of his career, and after McCollum released his debut album, The Limestone Kid, Rogers took him under his wing and guided him through his breakout album, Probably Wrong. 

As it turns out though, “Is This Thing Workin'” marked the beginning of a new chapter in music for the Texas band, as the Randy Rogers Band announced a new EP, slated for release later this fall.

“New EP, ‘The Going,’ out October 24. Title track out now on all streaming platforms.”

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Bring it on.

To celebrate the announcement of the forthcoming EP, Randy Rogers Band dropped the title single, “The Going,” on this fine New Music Friday.

“The Going” features a talking-style singing, similar to Ella Langley and Riley Green’s “You Look Like You Love Me.” Of course, Ella Langley was not the first artist to do this style of vocal delivery, but she did bring it back to the spotlight recenlty with her massive hit.

Langley drew inspiration from the “talking country” she grew up on, specifically one of her first favorite songs, David Coe’s “You Never Even Called Me by My Name.” Other classic country tunes that follow this style of lyrical delivery include “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by The Charlie Daniels Band, “Ragged Old Flag” by Johnny Cash, and we even saw some talking-style of delivery on Cody Johnson’s “Texas.”

Randy Rogers Band is now putting its spin on this type of tune with “The Going,” creating an actual conversational piece between the singer and the listener. The story details a man who picked up a cowboy traveling from one city to another. The two men hit the road together, singing cowboy songs and coyote calling on the road, letting the wind take them wherever it cared to.

“Half a mile outside of town
He was rolling something up
By the time I hit the river
You see out of the truck
The road just kept on winding
He sang some cattle song
I just kept on driving
While the melody and the river
Rolled along…”

One morning, the narrator woke up, and the cowboy was nowhere to be seen. While he had no idea where his comrade was, he left his cowboy hat and important life motto with the man:

“Sometimes it ain’t what ya know
It’s the way you get to knowing
It ain’t so much the getting to
As much as it’s the going…”

The song paints a vivid picture of their adventures in the listener’s mind, and the simple yet effective vocal delivery makes you feel as though you’re sitting at a dive bar hearing the tale from a wise cowboy over a beer or two.

Randy Rogers Band laid down Texas country gold with “The Going.” Check it out:

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