Today is the birthday of Willie Nelson. He is 93 today. Willie Hugh Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas on April 29, 1933. Abbott is a small farming community in Hill County, about sixty miles south of Fort Worth. His parents left when he was young. His grandparents raised him. He was picking cotton at […]
Today is the birthday of Terry Allen. He is 83 today. Terry Allen was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on May 7, 1943. The Panhandle edge and the oil field country made an impression that never washed off. Allen grew up to become one of the most genuinely original artists Texas has produced — songwriter, […]
Today is the birthday of Trini Lopez. He would be 89 today. Trinidad Lopez III was born in Dallas, Texas on May 15, 1937, in the Segundo Barrio neighborhood of West Dallas. His father played bajo sexto in the Dallas Mexican-American community, and Trini absorbed the music early. He played local clubs through his teens […]
Today is the birthday of George Strait. He is 74 today. George Harvey Strait was born in Poteet, Texas on May 18, 1952 — the strawberry capital of Texas, deep in the South Texas brush country. He grew up on a ranch outside Pearsall and joined the army, where he played in a country band. […]
Today is the birthday of T-Bone Walker. He would be 116 today. Aaron Thibeaux Walker was born in Linden, Texas on May 28, 1910 — deep East Texas, in Cass County pine country. His family moved to Dallas when he was two. He grew up in the Oak Cliff neighborhood and learned to play guitar […]
Today is the birthday of Lydia Mendoza. She would be 110 today. Lydia Mendoza was born in Houston, Texas on May 31, 1916, into a family that performed on the streets of the Texas-Mexico border towns. Her mother played guitar. Her sisters sang. Lydia taught herself 12-string guitar and sang with a voice that was […]
This is Hilary Duff's first major tour since the Dignity Tour in 2007–2008 — nearly 20 years off the road for the Houston native.
Hayes Carll opens a two-night run at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels on Friday, June 12, 2026 — one of Texas's finest singer-songwriters on its oldest dance hall stage.
Braxton Keith hails from Midland, and he has spent years honing his craft in West Texas bars and dance halls.
Hayes Carll performs at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels on June 13, 2026. Catch one of Texas's finest singer-songwriters on the oldest dance hall stage in the state.
Australian country newcomer Mack Geiger brings his neo-traditional sound to Gruene Hall in New Braunfels on June 14, 2026 — newly signed to Columbia Records Nashville.
Today is the birthday of Waylon Jennings. He would be 89 today. Waylon Arnold Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas on June 15, 1937 — a small cotton-farming town on the South Plains. He was playing on Lubbock radio by fourteen. Buddy Holly hired him as bassist for the Winter Dance Party tour in 1959. […]
