Dragon Street Records is an

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, based out of

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. Founded in

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by David Dennard and Patrick Keel, longtime local musicians with over 25 combined years of music experience, Dragon Street's original goal was to develop regional rock bands into nationally viable recording artists, and, in general, promoting the Texas music scene. The first major bands to be released through Dragon Street were The Bat Mastersons,

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, and

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. By 1995, major labels had come to dominate the

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scene, and Dennard began refocusing the label on

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and

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music, giving starts to artists including Ronnie Dawson, Killbilly, the

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, and

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. In addition to the continuing development of local acts, Dragon Street is issuing a series of recordings centering on 1960s and 1970s Dallas bands.

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{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels established in 1989 Alternative rock record labels

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