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Jon Wayne was the name of a cowpunk
Cowpunk
Cowpunk or Country punk is a subgenre of punk rock and New Wave that began in the UK and California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or New Wave with country music, folk music, and blues in sound, subject matter, attitude, and style...

, alt-country band in Los Angeles
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 in the 1980s, made up of pseudonymous session musicians who decided to form a more underground band as a diversion.

Their song, "Texas Funeral", appeared in Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
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's film "From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn
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" as well as the song "I've Got Texas" in the film "American Strays".

In 2010 the Texas Funeral
Texas Funeral
Texas Funeral is the first album by Jon Wayne. The LP was released by Hybrid Records in 1985. Cargo Records/Fist Puppet released the album on CD in 1992 featuring extra tracks...

 LP was reissued by Third Man Records
Third Man Records
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, which is a label owned by Jack White
Jack White (musician)
Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...

 of The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...

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