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 […]
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Kris Kristofferson: Brownsville’s Poet Soldier
Today is the birthday of Kris Kristofferson. He would be 90 today. Kristoffer Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas on June 22, 1936 — deep South Texas, on the Mexican […]
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Bobby Day: Fort Worth’s Rockin’ Robin
Today is the birthday of Bobby Day. He is 98. You know the song. It starts with a two-note guitar figure and a sharp little percussion break. Then a voice […]
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Victor Willis: Dallas Gave the Village People Its Voice
Today is the birthday of Victor Willis. He would have turned 75. Victor Willis — born in Dallas, Texas, on July 1, 1951 — died on June 30, 2026, one […]
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Nanci Griffith: Seguin’s Folk Poet
Nanci Griffith was born in Seguin, Texas, on July 6, 1943. She called her music folkabilly and sang Texas stories that haunt you for days.
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Roky Erickson: Dallas’s Psychedelic Pioneer
Today is the birthday of Roky Erickson. He would be 79 today. Roger Kynard Erickson was born in Dallas, Texas on July 15, 1947 and grew up in Austin, where […]
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Cindy Walker: Mart’s Queen of Country Songwriting
Today is the birthday of Cindy Walker. She would be 108 today. Cindy Walker was born in Mart, Texas on July 20, 1918 — a McLennan County farming town between […]