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  • Angela Strehli: Lubbock’s Blues Architect

    Today is the birthday of Angela Strehli. She is 81 today. Angela Strehli was born in Lubbock, Texas on January 22, 1945. She could have stayed in West Texas. Instead, […]

  • Ernest Tubb: Texas Troubadour from Crisp

    Today is the birthday of Ernest Tubb. He would be 113 today. Crisp, Texas sits in Ellis County, about thirty miles south of Dallas. It barely registers on a map. […]

  • Joe Ely: Amarillo’s Restless Heart

    Today is the birthday of Joe Ely. He is 80 today. Joe Ely was born in Amarillo, Texas on February 9, 1947. The Panhandle stamped itself on him permanently — […]

  • Gary Clark Jr.: Austin’s Guitar Truth

    Today is the birthday of Gary Clark Jr. He is 43 today. Gary Clark Jr. was born in Austin, Texas on February 15, 1984. He grew up playing guitar around […]

  • Lou Ann Barton: Fort Worth’s Soul Siren

    Today is the birthday of Lou Ann Barton. She is 73 today. Lou Ann Barton was born in Fort Worth, Texas on February 17, 1954. She moved to Austin in […]

  • Johnny Winter: Beaumont’s White Lightning

    Today is the birthday of Johnny Winter. He would be 83 today. Beaumont, Texas sits in the Golden Triangle — the industrial coastal zone where the refineries run day and […]

  • Bob Wills: The King of Western Swing

    Today is the birthday of Bob Wills. He would be 122 today. James Robert Wills was born on March 6, 1905, on a farm near Kosse in Limestone County, Texas. […]

  • Ornette Coleman: Fort Worth’s Free Spirit

    Today is the birthday of Ornette Coleman. He would be 97 today. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was born in Fort Worth, Texas on March 9, 1930. Fort Worth's Southside was […]