Born and raised in the Lone Star state, Robert Earl Keen strips away the pop-polish of modern country music to emphasize its storytelling roots. After meeting neighbor and future country musician Lyle Lovett in college at Texas A&M, the two began to develop their styles playing on the front porch together, with Keen drawing from folk traditions and old-fashioned country. Beginning with his 1984 debut album, No Kinda Dancer, Keen has amassed 10 studio albums, the latest of which is 2009âeuro;™s The Rose Hotel.
Robert Earl Keen
Tonight @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.
