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Today is the birthday of Townes Van Zandt. He would be 83 today. John Townes Van Zandt was born in Fort Worth, Texas on March 7, 1944, into a family […]

Today is the birthday of Ornette Coleman. He would be 97 today. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was born in Fort Worth, Texas on March 9, 1930. Fort Worth's Southside was […]

Today is the birthday of Herschel Evans. He would be 118 today. Herschel Evans played tenor saxophone like warm syrup poured over cold biscuits, thick and comforting. He grew up […]

Today is the birthday of Flaco Jiménez. He is 88 today. Leonardo Jiménez Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 11, 1939. His father, Don Santiago Jiménez Sr., […]

Today is the birthday of Vinnie Paul. He would be 63 today. Vinnie Paul hit drums like he was trying to crack the earth open. Abilene, Texas, claims his birth, […]

Today is the birthday of Paul Wall. He would be 46 today. Paul Wall turned dental hardware into a genuine art form. He grew up in Houston, Texas, deep inside […]

Today is the birthday of Lightnin' Hopkins. He would be 115 today. Sam John Hopkins was born in Centerville, Texas on March 15, 1912. Leon County is in the heart […]

Today is the birthday of Charley Pride. He would be 92 today. Charley Frank Pride was born on March 18, 1934, in Sledge, Mississippi. But Texas was where he became […]

Today is the birthday of Bun B. He would be 54 today. Bun B built rhymes like a refinery builds pressure, slow and relentless. Port Arthur, Texas, raised him under […]

Today is the birthday of Jimmie Vaughan. He is 76 today. Jimmie Vaughan was born in Dallas, Texas on March 20, 1951, and grew up in Oak Cliff on the […]

Marcia Ball was born in Orange, Texas, on March 20, 1949. Nobody rocks a Texas blues piano like she does — six Grammy nominations prove it.

Charley Crockett was born March 24, 1984 in San Benito, Texas — the Rio Grande Valley town that shaped his Gulf and Western sound.