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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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Today is the birthday of Steve Miller. He would be 83 today. Steve Miller learned guitar in a Dallas living room, not a Milwaukee garage. His family moved to Dallas, Texas, when he was a boy, and the city shaped him. At St. Mark's School he met a classmate named Boz Scaggs. Later, both boys […] |
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Today is the birthday of Tanya Tucker. She is 68 today. Tanya Denise Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas on October 10, 1958. Seminole sits in Gaines County, in the flat far West Texas oil-and-farming country near the New Mexico border. Her father Beau Tucker moved the family constantly, chasing opportunity, and Tanya was performing […]
Today is the birthday of Tanya Tucker. She is 68 today. Tanya Denise Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas on October 10, 1958. Seminole sits in Gaines County, flat far-West Texas oil country near the New Mexico border. Her father Beau Tucker moved the family constantly. Tanya was performing in local talent shows across the […] Today is the birthday of Ivory Joe Hunter. He would be 112 today. Ivory Joe Hunter came from Kirbyville, Texas, a tiny logging town in the Piney Woods. His father played guitar, and his mother sang spirituals in church. Hunter absorbed both, then blended them into something entirely his own. He wrote songs the way […] |
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Today is the birthday of Gene Watson. He would be 83 today. Gene Watson of Palestine, Texas, spent his mornings fixing wrecked cars, not chasing fame. He worked as an auto body mechanic well into his recording career. Before his big break, he had already spent a decade playing small Texas honky-tonks nightly. Then, in […] |
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Today is the birthday of Laura Lee. She would be 40 today. Khruangbin formed in Houston, Texas, out of a shared love for Thai funk and dub. Their name means airplane in Thai, a nod to Speer's musical influences. Bassist Laura Lee anchors the trio with grooves that never rush. She met guitarist Mark Speer […] |
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Today is the birthday of Victoria Spivey. She would be 120 today. Victoria Spivey grew up in Houston, Texas, surrounded by a musical family. Her father led a string band, and her sisters all sang professionally too. She started performing in Houston's rowdy Third Ward clubs as a teenager. There, she learned to command a […] |
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Today is the birthday of Little Joe. He would be 86 today. Little Joe of Temple, Texas, built an entire sound out of stubbornness. Radio programmers once told him Tejano music needed to sound simpler. He ignored them and layered in horns, jazz chords, and steel guitar twang instead. His 1974 anthem "Las Nubes" became […] |
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Today is the birthday of Bobby Fuller. He would be 84 today. Baytown, Texas, along the Houston Ship Channel, gave the world Bobby Fuller. His family later moved to El Paso, where the real story begins. He built a home recording studio in his bedroom, obsessing over Buddy Holly's sound. He taught himself engineering by […] |
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Today is the birthday of The Big Bopper. He would be 96 today. J.P. Richardson grew up in Sabine Pass, Texas, near the Gulf Coast marshes. He worked as a radio DJ in Beaumont before he ever cut a record. There, he invented a booming, larger-than-life persona called "The Big Bopper." His voice rolled out […] |
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Today is the birthday of Narciso Martínez. He would be 115 today. Narciso Martínez built the sound of modern conjunto from a farmhouse near San Benito, Texas. He crossed the border from Reynosa as a small child, and Texas raised him. The Rio Grande Valley, not his birthplace, shaped the music he made. In 1935, […] |
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Today is the birthday of Illinois Jacquet. He would be 104 today. Illinois Jacquet played one saxophone solo that basically invented rock and roll's attitude. His family moved to Houston, Texas when he was still an infant. Illinois Jacquet's Houston, Texas upbringing filled his ears with blues, church, and street parades. He learned tenor saxophone […] |
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Today is the birthday of Sippie Wallace. She would be 128 today. Beulah Thomas was born in Houston, Texas on November 1, 1898. She grew up in the Third Ward singing in the Shiloh Baptist Church, the same gospel current that ran through the Texas blues tradition from the beginning. She moved to New Orleans, […] 
Today is the birthday of Lyle Lovett. He is 69 today. Lyle Pearce Lovett was born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957 — a small community north of Houston that was settled by his ancestor Adam Klein in the 1840s. Lovett grew up on his family's land. He studied journalism at Texas A&M and […] |
