Where I Live: Colorado Musician Finds Cultural District Suits His Groove

Arlington TX

30 January, 2022

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By Alexis Allison, Fort Worth Report January 29, 2022 Seeking the dream: That's what got me to take all I had and move to Fort Worth. Becoming a full-time musician has been heavy on my soul since I was a kid. With the opportunity to move to Texas, I had to chase it. Texas is talked about extensively in the town I'm from. Mead is Colorado's little Texas with burnt orange and Longhorn logos all through Main Street. Thirty-five miles north of Denver, Mead is right off I-25, though you'd have to squint to see it. The town is known for Rachel Crow, a contestant of the first season of X Factor, and one scene of "Die Hard 2" was filmed at the Highlandlake Church in town. The amount of pride for their small-town football team on Friday night parallels the spirit of the Lone Star state. But even more than that, the musicians from Texas are what brings the state's pride miles away: George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, Buddy Holly and Leon Bridges, just to name a few. I'm here seeking what they found. When I moved here in August 2021, I had a few ideas around Fort Worth of where I'd like to live, but nothing stuck out like the Cultural District. It truly felt like home away from home in this small sector of a great city. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.