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 […]
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Don Henley: Gilmer’s Eagle
Today is the birthday of Don Henley. He is 79 today. Donald Hugh Henley was born in Gilmer, Texas on July 22, 1947. Gilmer is in Upshur County, in the […]
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Eddie Durham: San Marcos’s Electric Architect
Today is the birthday of Eddie Durham. He would be 120 today. Eddie Durham heard electricity in a guitar string before almost anyone else did. He grew up in San […]
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Laura Canales: Kingsville’s Reina de la Onda Tejana
Today is the birthday of Laura Canales. She would be 72 today. Laura Canales of Kingsville, Texas, ruled Tejano music before most fans had heard of Selena. From 1983 to […]
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Dimebag Darrell: Arlington’s Heavy Metal God
Today is the birthday of Dimebag Darrell. He would be 60 today. Darrell Lance Abbott was born in Arlington, Texas on August 20, 1966. He and his brother Vinnie Paul […]
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Kenny Rogers: Houston’s Country Gambler
Today is the birthday of Kenny Rogers. He would be 88 today. Kenneth Donald Rogers was born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1938, in the Third Ward. His family […]
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Kacey Musgraves: Golden’s Shimmering Songwriter
Today is the birthday of Kacey Musgraves. She is 38 today. Kacey Musgraves grew up in Golden, Texas, a Wood County hamlet with more cows than people. Sulphur Springs, the […]
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Buster Smith: Dallas’s Quiet Architect of Bebop
Today is the birthday of Buster Smith. He would be 122 today. Buster Smith taught bebop's future star before bebop even had a name. He grew up in Ellis County, […]