Andy Armendariz & Roger Moon at Andy's Ranch

My friend, Andy, posted this live while I was scrolling so here's a glimpse of Cowboy life. A lot of my Texas Tales from a Lone Star episodes revolve around Andy and his adventures. All you really see, here, are two Cowboys with a dog burning brush (right after the will-be-famous "Texas floods") - he says the ground is still muddy. Look deeper. That's Andy's ranch where his thoughts like "Luckenbach isn't what it used to be in the early days. I think I'll fix that and build a new one," are being played out. Do you see that "Saloon" in the background? Andy and his friends tore down a 1800's early 1900's house north of Austin (just happened to be my parent's good friends from church's house) a handful of years ago. I took my little granddaughter, Laileigh, there in a hand carrier when she was 3 months old to introduce her to Andy and Lana, and Etoyia, who were busy helping him and following his instructions. He used the wood and tin when he built his Saloon. The house was a couple of blocks from my parent's house. So Laileigh has been a part of the past 7 years of life documenting Andy and friends. I've been documenting him since 2014, he's the center-piece, the "original inspiration" for my stories, and films, for Texas Tales from a Lone Star, including my television series, which I also started at the same time, 2014.

That Cowboy guy helping burn the wood is Roger Moon. HERE I'll put Roger's music links and Bio after this story, but he is a very central musician in Andy's world which revolves around REAL Texas music. Andy spent the last couple of years driving down to Terlingua, known as the last holdout of true Texas independence (where he found Roger Moon, or maybe he found him at Luckenbach THEN Terlingua, my bet) and "self-sufficiency." Andy built a community of musicians and "real Texans" down there and he brings them up to his ranch and now finished Saloon where he hosts musicians in the round and BBQ's and where he has horses, cows, chickens, SO many dogs, and SO many friends constantly, especially of the musical variety.

I have a lot of fabulous stories of Andy and his Cowboy life captured in both my stories and videos. I've already aired two episodes this Summer 2025 Season, on Channel 16, Austin Public Television/Austin Film Society/City of Austin Texas Hill Country. I have a lot more coming. Maybe even next Friday, I'll have to go check and post it. But you are looking at the Texan musician Roger Moon helping the Texan musician Andy Armendariz (and his black lab, "Teak" who goes with him everywhere) on his ranch, which also just happens to be the real, original, expression of what Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson and that gang of Outlaw Country Texas musicians made famous with Hondo Crouch, "Luckenbach, Texas." I guess that makes me Emmylou Harris because Andy has been telling me for a decade, "I guess you'll be the one to document my life, either you or so-and-so. Well so-and-so certainly took lots of great photos, especially in the early years, but guess who writes the stories and captures the adventures on film, MY "blue eyes" do (a song of Emmylou's). Enjoy! xo Angel Isaacs

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Written July 14, 2025 at 1:59 pm

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Quote from Roger Moon's ReverbNation HERE: "Roger Moon's Uncle Jack gave him his first guitar, a Kay, when he was 13. A good friend's dad, Bobby Moss, taught him to play and sing along to Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers songs...Jimmie was his favorite, and still is.

He started writing songs his freshman year of high school and formed his first band about that time. In his mid twenties, Roger moved to Fredericksburg, Tx., and started picking with the locals at nearby Luckenbach, Tx. where he eventually became a singing bartender for a while. Then he moved to Terlingua in the Big Bend of West Texas where he honed his craft with mentors like Steve Fromholz and Butch Hancock , Pablo Menudo, Cowboy Doug Davis, and Guitar Doug at The Trading Post, Starlight Theatre and La Kiva. Another move back to the Hill Country found him co-hosting the Luckenbach picker's circle with B.B. Morse. Cowboy Doug Davis and Bart Trotter on fiddle were added later.

He recorded a 12 song album called "Everybody Loves A Rambler" in '2000, but got only limited airplay due to contract issues. Some of those recordings are here on the site..."Muleskinner Blues" written by Jimmie Rodgers is a standout. The musicians that are represented on this compilation are: Redd Volkaert (Lead Guitar) Cowboy Doug Davis(Lead Guitar) Emmett Roch (Pedal Steel, Guitar, mandolin) Curtis Wayne(Banjo, Pedal Steel, Dobro) B.B. Morse(Stand-up Bass) Robert Carter(Stand up Bass) Ron Knuth, Bart Trotter and Kimbeaux Keating on fiddles, and Soapy Hopkins with Phil Fajardo on drums.

Roger has performed at cowboy gatherings, honky tonks, songwriter get togethers, home concerts, weddings and special events. He lives in Fredericksburg, Texas."