vaught recorded and produced the album "texas funeral" on which he also wrote the material, played and sang, accompanied by "jimbo" (jim goodall) who played the drums. the group was expanded to include "earnest bovine" (doug livingston) and "billy bob" (bruce rhodewalt) who was later replaced by timmy turlock (tommy spurlock). the album was released in 1985, its intentionally ramshackle sound and lyrics parodying various texan stereotypes, as well as musicians' mysterious identities helping it to become a cult classic over the years.