This Week On
The Sound of Texas

Monday, October 2

Beth Duke Amarillo Music

Tuesday, October 3

Heidi Klaassen Medina Eclipse

Wednesday, October 4

Peggy Walker Jefferson Witches Dance

Thursday, October 5

Reginia Hunt Stanton Monastery

Friday, October 6

JoAnn Coffey Brady Spoon Player

Complete Schedule for October

Upcoming Events

Tumblweed will be speaking at

January 18, 2024

Grand Lodge of Texas (Waco)

March 30, 2024

National Vier Nam War Museum (Mineral Wells)

What auidence members are saying

What They're Saying
About Tumbleweed

• You have done so much to preserve and share Texan's hilarious stories and insights.
  University of Texas of the Permian Basin
• “You were a smashing success. I don’t remember when I’ve heard so much non-stop laughter from a group of supposedly grown men.”
  Salesmanship Club of Dallas
• “I heard people belly-laughing that at other times it would be hard to get them to smile.”
  Bridgeport Chamber:
• “Everybody at our table laughed until it brought tears.”
  Glen Rose
• “If people weren’t laughing out loud, they were sitting with big smiles on their faces…a sure sign of a good time.”
  Petroleum Museum, Midland
• “To me it was like being at a party and listening to some tall tales from good friends.”
  Scurry County Museum
• “Laughter truly is an elixir and we had a grand time imbibing your potent tonic.”
  Headliners’ Club, Austin
• “People thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and the stories you told.”
  Kilgore Chamber
• “It was a side-splitting, laugh-a-minute performance.”
  Fred McKenzie, Jefferson
• “Keep doing what you’re doing. We need more of it.”
  Huntsville Leadership Institute
• “He is the Mark Twain of the Texas Plain.”
  Society of Earth Scientists
• “We have had several speakers but none have been received as well as you were. We continue to receive good comments about your presentation.”
  Rio Grande Electric
• “One of our members said he has never enjoyed a chamber banquet or laughed as much.”
  Mills County Chamber
• “You kept our governmental luncheon in stitches with your humorous stories.”
  Orange Chamber
• I heard people belly-laughing that at other times it would be hard to get them to smile.
  Bridgeport Chamber
• Everybody at our table laughed until it brought tears.
  Glen Rose
• If people weren't laughing out loud, they were sitting with big smiles on their faces..a true sign of a good time.
  Petroleum Museum
• To me it was like being at a party and listening to some tall tales from good friends.
  Scurry County Museum
• Laughter truly is an elixir and we had a grand time imbibing your potent tonic.
  Headliners Club, Austin
• People thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and the stories you told.
  Kilgore Chamber
• It was a side splitting, laugh a minute performance.
  Fred McKenzie, Jefferson
• We have received numerous calls commenting on how light-hearted and entertaining the banquet was.
  Jacksonville Chamber
• Keep doing what you're doing. We need more of it.
  Huntsville Leadership Institute
• Tumbleweed Smith is the Mark Twain of the Texas Plain.
  Society of Earth Scientists
• We have had several speakers but none have been received as well as you were. We continue to receive good comments about your presentation
  Rio Grande Electric
• One of our members said he had never enjoyed a Chamber banquet or laughed as much.
  Mills County Chamber
• You kept our Governmental Luncheon guests in stitches with your humorous stories.
  Orange Chamber
• If you liked Greater Tuna, you'll love Texas Stories.
  Southwest Theater Conference
• So much laughter.
  Darlene Causey, Manager - Comanche Chamber of Commerce
• Tumbleweed Smith exemplifies Texas.
  Rick Smith - San Angelo Standard-Times
• Hearty laughter and applause during the course of Tumbleweed Smith's presentation.
  Lyndell Williams, Executive Vice President - Texas Press Association
• A wise old editor, my first, once told me that people want to read stories about other people. He taught me to make school board stories and city council stories come alive by writing about the people. You do that very well. That's why my readers love you
  Scott Reese Willey, Publisher The Hometown Press Winnie, TX
• His archive of Texas oral histories is so very important and will be a valuable resource for historians in the future. They tell how Texans live
  Dr. Doug Harman

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• Andrews County News
• Big Spring Herald
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• Colorado City Record
• Comanche Chief
• Commerce Journal
• Davis Mountain Dispatch
• Devil's River News
• Eldorado Success
• Gatesville Messenger
• Goldthwaite Eagle
• Grapeland Messenger
• Hamilton Herald-News
• Hometown Press
• Hopkins County Echo
• Hudspeth County Herald
• Martin County Messenger
• Midland Reporter-Telegram
• Monahans Enterprise
• Pecos Enterprise
• Post Dispatch
• Ranch & Rural Living
• Roby Star Record
• Rotan Advance
• Salado Village
• Seminole Sentinel
• Sweetwater Reporter