Umbrella Man

The Umbrella Man is a Gulf Coast combo that incorporates many of the influential styles of music that have come to be in the Texas- Louisiana region from Country, Rockabilly, Swamp pop, Conjunto,and many more. Band leader Nick Gaitan has won the Houston Press Music Award for Best Bassist from 2004 – 2008. The band has released their debut album Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man, and the CD has been getting great reviews in The Houston Chronicle and Houston Press.  The band released their second CD, Bridges and Bayous, in 2012. Gaitan also plays bass and tours with Country music legend Billy Joe Shaver. Shaver recently recorded a song composed by Nick Gaitan titled “I’ve Found my Weakness in You.”

 

 I FOUND MY WEAKNESS IN YOU

MEET ME OFF MAIN

KEEP ON THE MOVE

LEAVE ME WHERE YOU FOUND ME

HOLDIN’ MY BREATH IS MAKING ME BLUE

SAD STRANGE BEAUTIFUL

FOR SWEETBONES

NEPTUNE’S IN THE BAYOU

210 ON MY PHONE

JUANA

BEAUTIFUL FOOLS

HURRICANE SONG

DEAD END SAINTS

BARRIO ALACRAN

MUJER DE LA NOCHE

MATHILDA – COOKIE & THE CUPCAKES

JUST BECAUSE – LLOYD PRICE

ROCK ME – BB KING

SLEEPWALK – SANTO & JOHNNY

TEARDROP – SANTO & JOHNNY

OPEN UP YOUR HEART – FLACO JIMENEZ

NIGHT LIFE – WILLIE NELSON

AINT IT FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY – WILLIE NELSON

PISTOL PACKING MAMA – LLOYD PRICE

RIGHT OR WRONG – BOB WILLS

LEAVING TENNESSEE – AL GERNER

SOY DE  SAN LUIS – FREDDY FENDER

WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS – FREDDY FENDER

SHAME AND SCANDAL – PETER TOSH

 

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