Texas Cactus

Part rambling man, part hill country gypsy, Ranzel X Kendrick sounds like nobody else. Original. Fresh. Passionate. Real, raw and different.

Honing his songwriting skills as a youth with tips from his uncle, multi Grammy winner and country & western legend Roger Miller, Kendrick often jammed with Miller as a teen when he was in town visiting family.

Living in Texas, Tennessee, Colorado, California, Maryland, at places in between and beyond, Kendrick has been writing and playing his freestyle since grade school. Performing randomly at places like the historic Bitter End in Greenwich Village, New York, like singer songwriters of renown memorialized in paintings on the back wall of the venue.

Creating his original Kendrick groove, the elusive enigma artist started releasing his music in earnest with "Texas Paintbrush" in 2017. Followed by "Texas Sagebrush" in the fall of 2018, and "Texas Cactus", now in 2019, to close his 3 CD “Texas Trilogy”.

Kendrick’s next foray, Snafu by Alias Wayne, is a distinct departure from the trilogies freestyle folk foundation. The free-spirited artist brings fans some of his rock and blues music in the forthcoming 6 song EP, featuring 4-originals and 2 great covers, with less acoustic and more electric guitars.