MUSIC

Goode's Armadillo Palace is proud to welcome Texas Renegade.

Some would call it fate. Others might chalk it up to coincidence. Either way, the story of Texas Renegade’s genesis seems more than random—and their new album, “Bad Dreams and Other Things,” proves the union was meant to be.

Consider this. Twins Tyson and Eli Carver, who were born in the Texas Hill Country town of Wimberley, moved to Durango, Colo., at age 14. That same year, Andy Bertelsen moved with his family to Wimberley. When the twins graduated high school, the lure of their hometown tugged them back—when a friend introduced them to their future bandmates, their course was set. T

he Carvers and Bertelsen formed Texas Renegade in 2002; drummer Luke Ayres came on in 2007, and the newest addition Hunter St. Marie (perfect name for a guitar player) joined in 2010. Except for Ayres and St. Marie, it’s the only band any of them have been in (unless you count Bertelsen’s stint playing snare in his elementary-school band).