Birthdays

Today is the birthday of Scott Joplin. He would be 158 today. Scott Joplin was born around November 24, 1868, near Texarkana, Texas — the border city that straddles the […]

Today is the birthday of Teddy Wilson. He would be 114 today. Teddy Wilson played piano like a man arranging silverware, precise, elegant, never a note out of place. He […]

Today is the birthday of Floyd Tillman. He would be 112 today. Floyd Tillman grew up chasing cotton wagons through Post, Texas, on the South Plains. Oklahoma claims his birthplace, […]

Today is the birthday of Johnny Rodriguez. He would be 75 today. Johnny Rodriguez of Sabinal, Texas, once sang his way out of a jail cell. As a teenager, he […]

Today is the birthday of Billy Gibbons. He is 77 today. William Frederick Gibbons was born in Houston, Texas on December 16, 1949. His father was a professional musician and […]

Today is the birthday of Bobby Keys. He would be 83 today. Bobby Keys was born in Slaton, Texas on December 18, 1943 — a small railroad and cotton town […]

Today is the birthday of Edgar Winter. He is 80 today. Edgar Winter was born in Beaumont, Texas on December 28, 1946 — younger brother of Johnny Winter, also born […]

Today is the birthday of Pimp C. He would be 53 today. Pimp C came into the world in Crowley, Louisiana, then Texas claimed him. His family settled in Port […]

Today is the birthday of Michael Nesmith. He would be 84 today. Robert Michael Nesmith was born in Houston, Texas on December 30, 1942. His mother Bette Nesmith Graham invented […]

Today is the birthday of Roger Miller. He would be 91 today. Fort Worth handed Roger Miller his birth certificate on January 2, 1936, and then he was gone. His […]

Today is the birthday of Tex Ritter. He would be 122 today. Woodward Maurice Ritter came out of Murvaul — a Deep East Texas hamlet in Panola County — on […]

Today is the birthday of Ray Price. He would be 101 today. Ray Price built a shuffle beat so sturdy that honky-tonk still leans on it today. He grew up […]