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  • 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 Bush: Houston’s Whiskey River Songwriter

    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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Erykah Badu: Dallas’s Queen of Neo Soul

    Today is the birthday of Erykah Badu. She would be 56 today. Erykah Badu grew up in South Dallas, Texas, surrounded by gospel, jazz, and incense smoke. She started performing […]

  • 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. […]