Dallas-based band Prophets and Outlaws is in a genre of music all of its own. Its mixture of contemporary blues and country lyrics, deemed Texas Soul, is a unique combination independent from the country genre yet still praised by country-music fans.

“It’s the combination of what we all bring into the team,” lead singer Matt Boggs said. “I think our lyrics are country and our vocals are bluesy and the way that we play the songs is soulful. I think it’s just kind of a question of all our talents that come out as soulful, bluesy sounds.”

Prophets and Outlaws will play at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Coach’s & Cowboy’s, 8734 Paluxy Drive, in Tyler.

Accompanying Boggs are brothers Steven and James Guckenheimer, on lead guitar and drums, CJ Thompson on bass and Jamie Ringholm on piano.

The band compares itself to the “outlaws” of country music, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, because it is not following the formula of what country music should be.

“We are not really playing down the middle country music, but neither did the outlaws of country,” Boggs says. “They went to Nashville and they hated it. They wanted to play what they wanted to play, what was in their hearts. That’s what we are doing. We’re just playing music that is in our hearts.”

Their mixture of blues and country also includes a five-part harmony.

“We want to sound a little like the Eagles and play to everybody’s strength.” Boggs said in a previously published interview.

Steven Guckenhiemer described the band as a “bunch of friends traveling state to state playing music that we write ourselves.”

Outlaws and Prophets has released four EPs and is working on its fifth. It has had three Top 20 singles on the Texas Music Chart.

Two of its singles, “Mexico Tonight” and “Sweet Soft Southern Smile,” have been played on ABC’s hit drama, “Nashville.”

“We are so excited,” Boggs said, “to write songs in our living room and have them play on something as big as “Nashville” feels really good, and its great that our fans seem to be as excited as we are. We just love that that many people get to hear our music. It’s great.”