Kellyville alumni James Robert Webb, who splits his time between being a doctor and a country music artist, still finds time to pay tribute to the place where he planted his musical roots, and in fact, he uses his talents to do so.
A free concert that Webb held at the 2022 Creek County Fall Free Fair raised money for the Kellyville Band, through the sales of Webb’s merchandise, including a new T-Shirt that had been created just for the event. All told, the effort raised $1,733.46—all of which Webb presented to the Kellyville band directors and administration earlier this month.
“Band was a huge part of my life growing up,” he told Sapulpa Times during an interview at the presentation. “Coming from Kellyville was a great way to learn teamwork and master proficiency at something, and all that dovetails into academic ability and studies. It was a huge part of my success looking back and going on to medical school and everything I’ve been able to do. So, it was my blessing to be able to give back a little part to help them get some new equipment, hopefully.”
Webb, sporting a ponytail, said that he has been working on some new music and “kind of getting out of the spotlight a little bit.”
“The new project is going more towards the roots rock-oriented kind of sound. I think over the last couple of years, I just really don’t identify with what’s coming out of Nashville,” he said. “I’m kind of going back to where I started, which was more of this red dirt, Texas/Oklahoma kind of Brooks and Dunn, Garth Brooks and Toby Keith kind of sound from the 90s, I guess.”
Coming off a series of solid bragging rights, including his first radio single in Texas — “Lovesick Drifting Cowboy,” which was also his first No. 1 as a writer — it might sound like a strange time to change things up, but Webb says that doing things a little bit old-school is all intentional, and that includes holding off on releasing the album digitally until it’s complete. “Once you release an album, one month later, nobody cares about it,” he said. “So to circumvent that, we’re [just selling the album] at my office and on the webpage and stuff. We’re just not going to release it at all until we’ve finished releasing the radio singles.”
Hear Webb’s newest music and buy his albums at jamesrobertwebb.com
