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Among the large contingent of talented songwriters who emerged in Texas in the 1980s and 1990s, Robert Earl Keen struck an unusual balance between sensitive story-portraits ("Corpus Christi Bay") and raucous barroom fun ("That Buckin' Song"). These two song types in Keen's output were unified by a mordant sense of humor that strongly influenced the early practitioners of what would become known as alternative country music. Keen, the son of an oil executive father and an attorney mother, is a native of Houston. His parents enjoyed both folk and country music, and his own style would land between those genres. Keen wrote poetry while he was in high school, but it wasn't until he went to journalism school at musically fertile Texas A&M that he learned to play the guitar. He and Lyle Lovett became friends and co-wrote a song, "This Old Porch," which both later recorded.

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Robert Earl Keen Andrea Davidson - Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV: Friday, June 07, 2013 @ 8:00 PM

Robert Earl Keen - The Canyon Club Agoura Hills, CA: Thursday, June 13, 2013 @ 8:00 PM

Robert Earl Keen - El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA: Saturday, June 15, 2013 @ 8:00 PM

Robert Earl Keen - House of Blues San Diego San Diego, CA: Sunday, June 16, 2013 @ 8:00 PM

Robert Earl Keen - Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @ 8:00 PM

Gary Allan Robert Earl Keen - Ford Park Beaumont, TX: Saturday, July 06, 2013 @ 8:00 PM

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