Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

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Influenced by: Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark

Genre: Country

Biography: Among the large contingent of talented songwriters who emerged in Texas in the 1980s and 1990s, Robert Earl Keen struck an ...

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Robert Earl Keen Checks In to a Familiar 'Hotel'

Sep 30 2009 2:00AM by Beville Darden

Filed under: Alt-Country, Americana, Albums, Interviews, Legends

The Boot: King of Americana, King of Texas Country, King of the Frat Boys ... Call him what you will, but the unassuming Robert Earl Keen prefers to coin his kind of music after a hotel chain. "Best Western -- that's my own category for myself," the touring ... Read more

Robert Earl Keen Tribute CD Comes 'Undone'

Oct 10 2008 10:00AM by Stephen L. Betts

Filed under: Americana, Albums

The Boot: Trailblazing Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, often referred to as the "father of Americana music," will be the focus of a live 2-CD set due for release on January 6. More than a dozen young Texas-based acts, who've been influenced by Keen's ... Read more