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Ryan Bingham’s music grew from the landscapes, border towns, rodeo grounds, and highways of the American Southwest. Born in Hobbs, New Mexico, on March 31, 1981, and raised largely in West Texas, he spent part of his youth riding bulls before a guitar opened another path. The weathered voice and restless characters that later defined his songs came from years of travel, hard work, small venues, and direct contact with the places he wrote about.
Before his national breakthrough, Bingham issued several independent recordings, including Lost Bound Rails, Wishbone Saloon, Poor Boy’s Amen, and Dead Horses. Those early releases introduced versions of “Southside of Heaven,” “Long Way from Georgia,” “Dollar a Day,” “Sunrise,” and other songs he later revisited. They also established the combination of folk, country, blues, and border music that remained central to his writing.
Bingham signed with Lost Highway Records and released Mescalito in 2007. Produced by Marc Ford, the album brought wider attention to “Southside of Heaven,” “Bread and Water,” “Hard Times,” and “The Other Side.” Roadhouse Sun followed in 2009, extending his audience through songs such as “Dylan’s Hard Rain,” “Country Roads,” “Bluebird,” and “Tell My Mother I Miss Her So.”
His career changed dramatically through the film Crazy Heart. Bingham and T Bone Burnett wrote “The Weary Kind,” which Bingham performed for the soundtrack. The song won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song and later received the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Bingham carried that momentum into Junky Star, an album that paired the title track with “Hallelujah,” “Depression,” “The Poet,” and “All Choked Up Again.”
Tomorrowland arrived in 2012 with a more aggressive independent spirit, followed by Fear and Saturday Night in 2015 and American Love Song in 2019. Across those albums, Bingham continued writing about displacement, damaged relationships, economic pressure, resilience, and the search for freedom. “Nobody Knows My Trouble,” “Broken Heart Tattoos,” “Wolves,” “Jingle and Go,” and “America” became important additions to his concert catalog.
Music and acting intersected when Bingham joined the cast of Yellowstone as Walker, a ranch hand whose musical performances became part of the series. He also released the acoustic and experimental EP Watch Out for the Wolf in 2023, followed by Live at Red Rocks with The Texas Gentlemen in 2024. Standalone recordings during this period included “A Song for the Stone,” “Dangerous,” and collaborations with Nikki Lane, Scott Ballew, and Luba Dvorak.
In 2026, Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen released They Call Us The Lucky Ones. Recorded with the loose energy of a working band, the album included “The Lucky Ones,” “Let the Big Dog Eat,” “Americana,” “Blue Skies,” “Relevance,” and “Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen.” The partnership also carried into an extensive 2026 touring schedule.
Complete List Of Ryan Bingham Songs From A to Z
A–E
- “A Country Called Home” – Non-album single – 2016
- “A Song for the Stone” – Non-album single – 2025
- “A Song for the Stone (Acoustic)” – Non-album single – 2024
- “Adventures of You and Me” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “All Choked Up Again” – Junky Star – 2010
- “America” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Americana (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “Automated” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Back By the River (Live)” – Non-album live single – 2016
- “Bad Case of Gone” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “Bandito” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Beautiful and Kind” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Beg for Broken Legs” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Big Country Sky (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Blue” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Blue Skies (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “Bluebird” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Bluebird (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Bluebird (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Blues Lady” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Bonneville Salt Flats (Luba Dvorak feat. Ryan Bingham)” – Non-album single – 2024
- “Boracho Station” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Boracho Station (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Boracho Station (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Border Kid (Scott Ballew feat. Ryan Bingham)” – Non-album single – 2022
- “Boys Town” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Bread and Water” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Bread and Water (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Bread and Water (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Broken Heart Tattoos” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Change Is” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Cocaine Charlie (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “Country Roads” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Cowboys and Coyotes” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Dangerous” – Dangerous Animals soundtrack – 2025
- “Darlin” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Day Is Done” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Depression” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Depression (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Devil Stole My Style” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Direction of the Wind” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Dollar a Day” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Dollar a Day (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Don’t Wait for Me” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Don’t Wait for Me (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Dylan’s Hard Rain” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Endless Ways” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Ever Wonder Why” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Ever Wonder Why (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
F–J
- “Fear and Saturday Night” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Flower Bomb” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “For Anyone’s Sake” – Joe soundtrack – 2014
- “For What It’s Worth” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Freight Train” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Ghost of Travelin’ Jones” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Ghost of Travelin’ Jones (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Ghost of Travelin’ Jones (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Got Damn Blues” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Guess Who’s Knocking” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Gun Fightin’ Man” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Halfway” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Hallelujah” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Hallelujah (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Hallelujah (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Hands of Time” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Hang On” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “Hard Times” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Hard Times (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Hard Times (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Hard Worn Trail” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Heart of Rhythm” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Hey Hey Hurray” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Honey” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Honkytonk Man” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Honkytonks Call My Name” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Hot House” – American Love Song – 2019
- “How Shall a Sparrow Fly” – Hostiles soundtrack – 2018
- “Hurricane” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “I Don’t Know” – Crazy Heart soundtrack – 2009
- “I Got a Feelin’ (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “I Heard ’em Say” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “I’m a Goin’ Nowhere (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “In One Place” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Internal Intermission” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Island in the Sky” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Jingle and Go” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Jingle and Go (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Junky Star” – Junky Star – 2010
K–O
- “Keep It Together” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Lay My Head on the Rail” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Let the Big Dog Eat (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “Long Way from Georgia” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Long Way from Georgia (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Long Way from Georgia (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Long Way from Georgia (Wishbone Saloon Version)” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Losing My Mind” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Lost Bound Rails” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “Lover Girl” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Low and Sweet” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Moonshine” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “Moonshine Sweat” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “My Diamond Is Too Rough” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “My Diamond Is Too Rough (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Never Far Behind” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Neverending Show” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “No Help from God” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Nobody Knows My Trouble” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Nobody Knows My Trouble (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Nobody Knows My Trouble (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Nothin’ Holds Me Down” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Nothin’ Holds Me Down (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Oil Field Man” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “One More” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
P–T
- “Pearl St.” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Pontiac” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Poor Boy’s Amen” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Radio” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Radio (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Relevance (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “Ride Me Down Easy (with Nikki Lane)” – Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver – 2022
- “Rising of the Ghetto” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “River of Love” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Roadhouse Blues” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Roadhouse Gypsy” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Rollin’ Highway Blues” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Running Wide Open” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “Self-Righteous Wall” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Shivers” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Situation Station” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Snake Eyes” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Snow Falls in June” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Southside of Heaven” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Southside of Heaven (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Southside of Heaven (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Southside of Heaven (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Southside of Heaven (Poor Boy’s Amen Version)” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “Southside of Heaven (Wishbone Saloon Version)” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Stones” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Strange Feelin’ in the Air” – Junky Star – 2010
- “Sunrise” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Sunrise (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “Sunrise (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Sunrise (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Sunshine” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Sunshine (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Sunshine (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Take It Easy Mama” – Mescalito – 2007
- “Tell My Mother I Miss Her So” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Tell My Mother I Miss Her So (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Texas Song” – Poor Boy’s Amen – 2006
- “The Highway” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “The Lucky Ones (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
- “The Other Side” – Mescalito – 2007
- “The Other Side (Dead Horses Version)” – Dead Horses – 2006
- “The Other Side (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “The Poet” – Junky Star – 2010
- “The Road I’m On” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “The Wandering” – Junky Star – 2010
- “The Water Hole” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “The Weary Kind” – Crazy Heart soundtrack – 2009
- “The Weary Kind (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “The Weary Kind (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “This Life” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Time for My Mind” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Too Deep to Fill” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “Top Shelf Drug” – Fear and Saturday Night – 2015
- “Top Shelf Drug (Live at Red Rocks)” – Live at Red Rocks – 2024
- “Top Shelf Drug (Live, Ryan Bingham Live)” – Ryan Bingham Live – 2018
- “Twist the Knife (feat. The Texas Gentlemen)” – They Call Us The Lucky Ones – 2026
U–Z
- “Until I’m One with You” – Non-album single – 2013
- “Western Shore” – Tomorrowland – 2012
- “What Would I’ve Become” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Where My Wild Things Are” – Watch Out for the Wolf – 2023
- “Wishbone Saloon” – Wishbone Saloon – 2002
- “Wishing Well” – Roadhouse Sun – 2009
- “Wolves” – American Love Song – 2019
- “Won’t You Come Down” – Lost Bound Rails – 2002
- “Yesterday’s Blues” – Junky Star – 2010
Ryan Bingham Early Independent Releases
Lost Bound Rails (2002)
Wishbone Saloon (2002)
Poor Boy’s Amen (2006)
Dead Horses (2006)
Ryan Bingham Studio Albums
Mescalito (2007)
Roadhouse Sun (2009)
Junky Star (2010)
Tomorrowland (2012)
Fear and Saturday Night (2015)
American Love Song (2019)
They Call Us The Lucky Ones (with The Texas Gentlemen) (2026)
Ryan Bingham EPs and Live Albums
Ryan Bingham Live (2018)
Watch Out for the Wolf (2023)
Live at Red Rocks (with The Texas Gentlemen) (2024)
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