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See the full story · 3 sourcesMatthew McConaughey Gives Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ a Bluegrass Spin on ‘Fallon’ The star of the forthcoming film The Rivals of Amziah King joins the group the Last Bison on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon for a rambling version of the hit song By Sophie Miller
Ella Langley 's " Choosin' Texas " has already conquered the country charts. Now it's getting the bluegrass treatment, courtesy of Matthew McConaughey and the Last Bison.
During a Wednesday appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , McConaughey joined the Virginia folk group for a loose, homespun rendition of Langley's chart-topping hit. The performance arrives just ahead of the Aug. 14 theatrical release of The Rivals of Amziah King , in which McConaughey plays Amziah King, a musically gifted beekeeper and community fixture in rural Oklahoma who leads a ragtag bluegrass band of his own.
The Fallon stage was dressed like a rural roadhouse transported onto late-night television, with a weathered red barn door glowing beneath strings of lights as McConaughey stood at the center of the makeshift ensemble. The Last Bison surrounded him with a thicket of acoustic instrumentation, including guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin, while Fallon, cowboy hat planted firmly on his head, joined the fray with a washboard. McConaughey leaned into the song's easygoing twang, which made Langley's tale of romantic abandonment for a Texas rival sound like a song that had been passed around a porch for generations.
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