The Umbrella Man is a Gulf Coast combo that incorporates many of the influential styles of music that have come to be in the Texas- Louisiana region from Country, Rockabilly, Swamp pop, Conjunto,and many more. Band leader Nick Gaitan has won the Houston Press Music Award for Best Bassist from 2004 – 2008. The band has released their debut album Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man, and the CD has been getting great reviews in The Houston Chronicle and Houston Press. The band released their second CD, Bridges and Bayous, in 2012. Gaitan also plays bass and tours with Country music legend Billy Joe Shaver. Shaver recently recorded a song composed by Nick Gaitan titled “I’ve Found my Weakness in You.”
I FOUND MY WEAKNESS IN YOU
MEET ME OFF MAIN
KEEP ON THE MOVE
LEAVE ME WHERE YOU FOUND ME
HOLDIN’ MY BREATH IS MAKING ME BLUE
SAD STRANGE BEAUTIFUL
FOR SWEETBONES
NEPTUNE’S IN THE BAYOU
210 ON MY PHONE
JUANA
BEAUTIFUL FOOLS
HURRICANE SONG
DEAD END SAINTS
BARRIO ALACRAN
MUJER DE LA NOCHE
MATHILDA – COOKIE & THE CUPCAKES
JUST BECAUSE – LLOYD PRICE
ROCK ME – BB KING
SLEEPWALK – SANTO & JOHNNY
TEARDROP – SANTO & JOHNNY
OPEN UP YOUR HEART – FLACO JIMENEZ
NIGHT LIFE – WILLIE NELSON
AINT IT FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY – WILLIE NELSON
PISTOL PACKING MAMA – LLOYD PRICE
RIGHT OR WRONG – BOB WILLS
LEAVING TENNESSEE – AL GERNER
SOY DE SAN LUIS – FREDDY FENDER
WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS – FREDDY FENDER
SHAME AND SCANDAL – PETER TOSH
