Today is the birthday of George Jones. He would be 95 today. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas on September 12, 1931 — in Hardin County, deep in the Big Thicket country of Southeast Texas. His father played guitar and fiddle. George was already singing on the streets of Beaumont for coins at […]
Today is the birthday of George Jones. He would be 95 today. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas on September 12, 1931 — in Hardin County, deep in the Big Thicket country of Southeast Texas. His father played guitar and fiddle. George was already singing on the streets of Beaumont for coins at […]
Today is the birthday of Charles Brown. He would be 104 today. Charles Brown grew up in Texas City, Texas, in a house full of hymns and classical records. He trained as a chemistry teacher before music pulled him away completely. He even taught school briefly in Baytown before Los Angeles called louder. But his […]
Today is the birthday of Ted Daffan. He would be 114 today. Ted Daffan wired together steel guitars and truck-stop stories from a Houston, Texas workshop. He worked as a radio repairman before he ever wrote a hit song. That technical know-how led him to pioneer the electric steel guitar in country music. In 1939, […]
Blind Lemon Jefferson was born in Wortham on September 24, 1893. Born blind, he invented the Texas blues and changed American music forever.
Today is the birthday of Meat Loaf. He would be 79 today. Meat Loaf grew up loud in Dallas, Texas, and he never learned how to whisper. Michael Lee Aday weighed 240 pounds by high school, and teachers nicknamed him after the cafeteria dish. But that nickname became a brand bigger than Texas itself. In […]
Today is the birthday of Gene Autry. He would be 119 today. Orvon Grover Autry was born near Tioga, Texas on September 29, 1907, in Grayson County, north of Dallas near the Red River. He grew up on a ranch and learned guitar from his mother and harmonica from a traveling musician. He worked as […]
Today is the birthday of Gene Autry. He would be 119 today. Orvon Grover Autry was born near Tioga, Texas on September 29, 1907, in Grayson County north of Dallas near the Red River. He grew up on a ranch and learned guitar from his mother. He worked as a telegraph operator for the Frisco […]
Today is the birthday of Gibby Haynes. He would be 69 today. Gibby Haynes grew up in Dallas, Texas, then blew up the rulebook completely. His father hosted a kids' TV show under the name Mr. Peppermint. Gibby wanted nothing to do with that wholesome image. He enrolled at Trinity University in San Antonio to […]
Today is the birthday of Albert Collins. He would be 94 today. Albert Collins grew up outside Leona, Texas, deep in Leon County cotton country. He picked cotton before he ever picked a guitar string. But something clicked when he tuned his instrument to an open minor chord. He clamped a capo high on the […]
Today is the birthday of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He would be 72 today. Stephen Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on October 3, 1954. He grew up in Oak Cliff on the south side of Dallas, where his older brother Jimmie was already playing guitar in the clubs. Stevie started playing at seven and […]
Today is the birthday of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He would be 72 today. Stephen Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on October 3, 1954. He grew up in Oak Cliff on the south side of Dallas, where his older brother Jimmie was already playing guitar in the clubs. Stevie started playing at seven and […]
