Sitting at the crossroads of carefully crafted literary prose and the reckless abandon of rock n roll, Joaquin Frazier plays a standout role in Texas music. Whether on stage with his rowdy backing band, Due South, or sharing stories in a more intimate, acoustic setting, Frazier can flood a room with words at any pace that he sees fit. A product of Texas, California, and Oklahoma, he isn’t one to lay his roots down too deep, but instead observe and absorb the characters and history of the world around him. Equally inspired by writers like Hemingway and Kerouac as he is by the Americana musings of someone like Bruce Springsteen, or the deep south moans of bluesmen like Charley Patton, Joaquin Frazier can run the gamut of the American storytelling tradition, and distill the abstract into something tangible: honest, rock ’ roll songwriting.

Debut album “Softer Winds” out now…