Texas Flood was formed in 1990 by Neale Farnell. His previous band, 'Drowning on Dry Land' played an eclectic mix of: Muddy Waters, Blind Boy Fuller, ZZ Top, Rory Gallagher, T-Birds, Johnny Winter etc and held residencies at The Red House, Corner Hotel, Sandown park hotel and many others. For Texas Flood several line ups over the next couple of years included keyboards and a vocalist but eventually a 3-piece combination of Guitar, Bass and Drums was settled upon and the band continued in that format.
Primarily a band that plays original material and well known blues covers in an instrumental format, Texas Flood have toured around Australia and have played at numerous festivals, including the infamous Hell's Angels gathering at Broadford, live to air from the Gershwin room, Esplanade Hotel on 3PBS, Resident band at the Red House, Corner Hotel etc.
Notable amongst their support gigs was the choice support for John Mayall. Texas Flood are well known and respected around the Melbourne blues scene for their uncompromising committment to providing a good show every time. An eclectic mix of ZZ Top, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and more has proven to be popular when played with Neale Farnell's high energy approach to music.