Mance Lipscomb: Navasota’s Steady Hand
Today is the birthday of Mance Lipscomb. He would be 131 today. Beau De Glen Lipscomb was born in Navasota, Texas on April 9, 1895 — the son of a […]
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Selena: Lake Jackson’s Queen of Tejano
Today is the birthday of Selena. She would be 55 today. Selena Quintanilla was born in Lake Jackson, Texas on April 16, 1971. Her father Abraham had played in a […]
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Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown: Texas Blues Unboxed
Today is the birthday of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. He would be 102 today. Clarence Brown was born on April 18, 1924 in Vinton, Louisiana — but Texas made him. His […]
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Roy Orbison: Vernon’s Operatic Voice
Today is the birthday of Roy Orbison. He would be 90 today. Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas on April 23, 1936, and grew up in West Texas […]
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Willie Nelson’s birthday
Country music legend Willie Nelson's birthday is April 29. He was born in 1933 in Abbott, near Waco in Central Texas. However, due to a clerical error on his birth […]
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Willie Nelson: Abbott’s Outlaw Poet
Today is the birthday of Willie Nelson. He is 93 today. Willie Hugh Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas on April 29, 1933. Abbott is a small farming community in […]
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Terry Allen: Wichita Falls’ Poet of the Plains
Today is the birthday of Terry Allen. He is 83 today. Terry Allen was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on May 7, 1943. The Panhandle edge and the oil field […]
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Trini Lopez: Dallas’s Rock and Roll Ambassador
Today is the birthday of Trini Lopez. He would be 89 today. Trinidad Lopez III was born in Dallas, Texas on May 15, 1937, in the Segundo Barrio neighborhood of […]
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George Strait: Poteet’s Country King
Today is the birthday of George Strait. He is 74 today. George Harvey Strait was born in Poteet, Texas on May 18, 1952 — the strawberry capital of Texas, deep […]
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T-Bone Walker: Linden’s Electric Prophet
Today is the birthday of T-Bone Walker. He would be 116 today. Aaron Thibeaux Walker was born in Linden, Texas on May 28, 1910 — deep East Texas, in Cass […]
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Lydia Mendoza: Houston’s Lark of the Border
Today is the birthday of Lydia Mendoza. She would be 110 today. Lydia Mendoza was born in Houston, Texas on May 31, 1916, into a family that performed on the […]
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Waylon Jennings: Littlefield’s Outlaw King
Today is the birthday of Waylon Jennings. He would be 89 today. Waylon Arnold Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas on June 15, 1937 — a small cotton-farming town on […]