Birthdays

Today is the birthday of Narciso Martínez. He would be 115 today. Narciso Martínez built the sound of modern conjunto from a farmhouse near San Benito, Texas. He crossed the […]

Today is the birthday of Illinois Jacquet. He would be 104 today. Illinois Jacquet played one saxophone solo that basically invented rock and roll's attitude. His family moved to Houston, […]

Today is the birthday of Sippie Wallace. She would be 128 today. Beulah Thomas was born in Houston, Texas on November 1, 1898. She grew up in the Third Ward […]

Today is the birthday of Lyle Lovett. He is 69 today. Lyle Pearce Lovett was born in Klein, Texas on November 1, 1957 — a small community north of Houston […]

Today is the birthday of Delbert McClinton. He is 86 today. Delbert McClinton was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 4, 1940. He grew up in Fort Worth, playing harmonica […]

Today is the birthday of Guy Clark. He would be 85 today. Guy Charles Clark was born in Monahans, Texas on November 6, 1941 — a West Texas oil town […]

Today is the birthday of Doug Sahm. He would be 85 today. Douglas Wayne Sahm was born in San Antonio, Texas on November 6, 1941. He was a genuine Texas […]

Today is the birthday of Miranda Lambert. She is 43 today. Miranda Leigh Lambert was born in Longview, Texas on November 10, 1983. East Texas — the pine forests, the […]

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, […]