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This Week in Texas Music History

This Week in Texas Music HistoryDec 2, 2024Dec 5, 2024

Houston Rapper Fat Pat is Born

This Week in Texas Music History, we celebrate the author of Houston’s premier Slab anthem

This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 25, 2024Nov 25, 2024

Bongo Joe Coleman is Born

This Week in Texas Music History, we spend time with a street musician who danced to the beat of […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 18, 2024Nov 18, 2024

Robert Johnson records in San Antonio

This Week in Texas Music History, San Antonio finds itself at the crossroads of Delta blues.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024

Cotton Club opens in Lubbock, Texas

This Week in Texas Music History, marks the debut of a dancing destination on the high plains.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryNov 4, 2024Nov 4, 2024

Jimmie Rodgers is the first inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame

This Week in Texas Music History, country music’s first megastar breaks the seal on its hall of fame.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 28, 2024Oct 28, 2024

Dale Evans is born

This Week in Texas Music History, we hit the happy trails with Uvalde’s “Queen of the Cowgirls.”

This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 21, 2024Oct 21, 2024

Jack Teagarden records “Beale Street Blues”

This Week in Texas Music History a Texas trombonist lays down a classic track with some of jazz’s biggest […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 14, 2024Oct 14, 2024

Nirvana plays Trees in Dallas

This Week in Texas Music History, grunge hits Dallas, and Dallas hits back.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryOct 7, 2024Oct 9, 2024

Billy Preston on first episode of Saturday Night Live

This Week in Texas Music History a Houston-born friend of the Beatles comes to us live from New York […]

This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 30, 2024Sep 30, 2024

Johnny Cash arrested in El Paso

This Week in Texas Music History we learn that though he may not have shot a man in Reno, […]

This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 24, 2024Jan 2, 2025

The Birth of Evelyn Johnson

This week in Texas music history, we meet the woman who made Houston a mecca of rhythm and blues.

This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 17, 2024Sep 16, 2024

Big Boys and The Dicks record Live at Raul’s

This week in Texas music history, a live album captures the dawn of Texas punk

This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 10, 2024Sep 9, 2024

Professor Longhair At Soap Creek Saloon

This week in Texas music history, Professor Longhair’s legendary Soap Creek Saloon performance

This Week in Texas Music HistorySep 5, 2024Sep 5, 2024

Roy Head’s “Treat Her Right” enters the charts

This week in Texas music history, the rise of Roy Head

This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 27, 2024Aug 27, 2024

The Birth of Chelo Silva

This Week in Texas Music History, the queen of the boleros enchants the Texas-Mexico borderlands.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 20, 2024Aug 20, 2024

The Birth of Big Moe

This Week in Texas Music History we meet the most sonorous mc of Houston’s Screwed Up Click. Episodes written […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 13, 2024Aug 12, 2024

The Dallas Bronco Bowl’s Final Performance

This Week in Texas Music History, a classic Dallas venue ends as it began, showcasing local talent.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryAug 6, 2024Aug 5, 2024

Terry Allen makes TV debut on Shindig!

This Week in Texas Music History a Lubbock original makes his television debut, and a British legend takes note. […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 30, 2024Jul 29, 2024

The Birth of Charlie Christian and Southern Electric Guitar

This Week in Texas Music History we encounter the electric guitar’s origins in Texas and Oklahoma jazz joints. Episodes […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 23, 2024Jul 23, 2024

The Liberty Lunch Gloriathon

This Week in Texas Music History, an iconic Austin venue makes a Van Morrison anthem its swan song. Episodes […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 16, 2024Jul 16, 2024

Cindy Walker Born

This Week in Texas Music History we highlight one of the most successful songwriters the state has ever known.

This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 9, 2024Jul 8, 2024

The Birth of Link Davis

This Week in Texas Music History brings us an artist at the intersection of East Texas country and Cajun […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryJul 2, 2024Jul 2, 2024

Eck Robertson Pioneers Commercial Country Music

This Week in Texas Music History, a Panhandle fiddler launches the commercial recording era of country music. Written by […]

This Week in Texas Music HistoryJun 25, 2024Jun 25, 2024

DJ Screw lays down the June 27th Freestyle

This Week in Texas Music History a DIY DJ lays down Houston’s perennial summer soundtrack.

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