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Robert Earl Keen
 Born
in Houston on January 11, 1956, country
singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen started his music
career on the front steps of his house
at Texas A&M with his neighbor Lyle Lovett. The pair
jammed on the front porch often and eventually wrote
"This Old Porch," which appeared on Lovett's debut
album. Keen formed a bluegrass band, the Front Porch
Boys, before moving to Austin, Texas in 1981 and
creating the Incredible Robert Keen and Some Other Guys
Band.
Eventually going solo, he financed his first album, No
Kinda Dancer (1984), with $4,500 in loans. The album
made him a hot commodity in the industry and earned him
a nomination for the Austin Chronicle's Songwriter of
the Year award.
Keen moved to Nashville and released a live album in
1988 while earning a living as a songwriter with a bevy
of artists, most notably Lovett and Nanci Griffith,
recording his songs. Moving back to Texas in 1987, Keen
released his ode to Texas life, West Textures, in 1989.
After several more albums, including his 1994
masterpiece Gringo Honeymoon, Keen was signed to Arista
Records' Austin label and released his eighth album,
Picnic.
Keen's latest, Walking Distance, was released on
October 27, 1998.
Joe Hauler- Picture courtesy of
RobertEarlKeen.com and biography courtesy of
RollingStone.com
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