Birthdays

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, […]

Today is the birthday of Blind Willie Johnson. He would be 130 today. Blind Willie Johnson grew up near Temple, Texas, and violence took his sight as a child. He […]

Today is the birthday of Johnny "Guitar" Watson. He would be 92 today. Johnny "Guitar" Watson grew up in Houston, Texas, playing piano in his father's church. But a neighbor […]

Today is the birthday of King Curtis. He would be 93 today. King Curtis grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, blowing saxophone in local church bands. He moved to New […]

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. […]

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 — […]

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 […]

Today is the birthday of Megan Thee Stallion. She would be 32 today. Megan Thee Stallion entered the world in San Antonio, but Houston, Texas made her a star. Her […]

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 […]

Today is the birthday of Johnny Bush. He would be 92 today. Johnny Bush grew up in Kashmere Gardens, a working-class Houston, Texas neighborhood. He wrote "Whiskey River" in 1972, […]

Today is the birthday of Buddy Tate. He would be 114 today. Buddy Tate's tenor saxophone sounded like a Sunday sermon shouted over a rowdy dance floor. He grew up […]

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 […]