Birthdays

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, […]

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 […]