However, Landry’s appeal is more than just hustle. His Tailgaten Relief & Hurricane Companion and this year’s Sharecropper’s Whine landed on the Euro-Americana Chart. He’s hobbled around Austin on crutches during SXSW and mailed CDs to anyone with an address, and he has seen the results. In grass roots marketing terms, Landry is a weed-ever-present and relentless in his efforts to get his music into the right hands. The incident is par for Landry’s course: incredible luck coupled with unstoppable hustle. “It’s just like, well, this is what I’m supposed to be doing.” “I figured that would be one of those things in life that would be a real cool confidence builder nobody ever knows about,” says Landry. The only problem was Landry missed the whole thing because he was in the bathroom. Afterwards, Kristofferson called him out, repeating his praise to the crowd. Landry impressed the legend by playing him his “Last Man Standin” backstage at a Kristofferson concert. Probably because of the way the story ends, Drew Landry doesn’t often brag about how Kris Kristofferson called him the best songwriter he’s heard in 30 years. Offbeat Magazine/ Nick Pittman Still Standin
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