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Today is the birthday of Freddie King. He would be 92 today. If you've spent any time in a Texas blues club, you've heard Freddie King — whether you knew it or not. Fred Christian King was born in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934, in Upshur County, the same pine country that produced Don […] 
Today is the birthday of Hank Thompson. He would be 101 today. Hank Thompson turned honky-tonk into a business empire, and he ran it like a general. He grew up in Waco, Texas, tinkering with radios before he ever sang. Hank Thompson's Waco, Texas beginnings gave him both showmanship and a sharp business mind. He […] |
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Today is the birthday of Beyoncé. She is 45 today. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981. She grew up in the Third Ward and enrolled at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, the same school that produced Donald Harrison, Robert Glasper, and Jazmine Sullivan. She was […] |
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Today is the birthday of Buddy Holly. He would be 90 today. Charles Hardin Holley was born in Lubbock, Texas on September 7, 1936. The South Plains city was dry and flat and about as far from rock and roll as geography could arrange. But Holly heard Elvis Presley at the Lubbock Fair Grounds in […] |
1 event,Today is the birthday of Milton Brown. He would be 123 today. Milton Brown mixed string-band country with jazz and blues before anyone had a name for it. He grew up in Stephenville, Texas, then moved with his family to Fort Worth. Milton Brown's Fort Worth, Texas dance halls became the laboratory for a brand-new […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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1 event,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, […] |
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Blind Lemon Jefferson was born in Wortham on September 24, 1893. Born blind, he invented the Texas blues and changed American music forever. |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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