A talented Texas singer-songwriter, Robison waxed a string of sometimes-thoughtful, sometimes-rowdy albums, starting with 1996’sBandera. He lost his singing voice to surgery in 2018, but apparently regained the ability to sing just last year. Previously married to Dixie Chick Emily Erwin, he r...
In 1962, he relocated his family from Texas to Arkansas, where he and his wife, Pat Goza, began performing with another couple as The Down Home Folks. Their daughters, Sharon and Cheryl, were billed as The Down Home Kids. The group quickly gained recognition in bluegrass circles, and by ...
During this time, relations between Blue and Finley continued to degrade. There were reports that he would be traded to the Texas Rangers in March of 1973, during another contract holdout. Blue also struggled during his postseason starts, giving rise to criticisms that he couldn’t pitch in t...
Miller agreed to join the Texas Rangers’ coaching staff, because it didn’t look like Bamburger was leaving anytime soon. Soon after, Bamberger shocked the Orioles when he quit to take a job as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. His departure left Baltimore in a bind, and the team asked ...
After little success, the band broke up and Walker went solo. With the support of musician David Bromberg, he recorded the albumMr. Bojangles, for Atlantic’s Atco label, which released the title cut as a single. The song’s lyrics were inspired by that night from several years’ earlier...
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member. Wrote iconic “The Song Remembers When,”“Ghost in This House,”“Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart” BMI’s 1991 Country Song of the Year. Texas native moved to NY & had first cut 1977 with Jackie DeShannon recording “Dorothy.” Discovered by folk...
“Wilks heard me and called me a black so-and-so [it’s unclear if Wilks actually said those words or if Grant cleaned it up for the papers]. I got so mad I couldn’t hold myself back. I told him that Texas is worse than Russia. Then I walked straight into the clubhouse [and...