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	Robert Earl Keen Tickets, Robert Earl Keen Concert Tickets at StubHub!
		Robert Earl Keen tickets are available for this singer/songwriter from Texas who became known in the 80's and 90's.
		Keen's style is alternative country but his songwriting skills were good all across the board with an intimate story in one song and a fun bar song then next time.
		Robert Earl Keen grew up in Texas and wrote poetry as a high school student but didn't learn to play the guitar until he went to Texas A&M University.
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	Robert Earl Keen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1980, Keen graduated from Texas AandM, moved to Austin, Texas and began writing for a newspaper.
		In 1984 he financed the recording of his own EP and distributed it regionally.
		Discouraged by the polish of the new country sound and unable to land a recording contract, Keen moved back to Austin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Earl_Keen (305 words)

	Splendid: Departments: LiveLine: Robert Earl Keen
		It was clear from the start that Keen is a firm believer in using the same musicians on the road as in the studio.
		Keen's songs are peopled with "panhandlers, manhandlers, post-holers, and dustbowlers", to quote one song, and their difficult, if not downright heartwrenching, stories.
		It was a picture of a contemplative Keen standing in the middle of a dry, bucolic Texas prarie, and in the lower left hand corner was the sponsor of the tour: Shiner Beer.
	www.splendidezine.com /departments/liveline/rek (991 words)

	Encyclopedia: Robert Earl Keen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gravitational Forces is an album by Texas-based Folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, first released in the United States on August 7, 2001 (see 2001 in music).
		What I Really Mean is an album by Texas-based Folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, first released in the United States on May 10, 2005 (see 2005 in music) by Koch Entertainment.
		Farm Fresh Onions is an album by Texas-based Folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, first released in the United States on October 7, 2003 (see 2003 in music).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Earl-Keen (997 words)

	Robert Earl Keen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Soon, Robert would start a bluegrass band "The Front Porch Boys." As time went on, he later moved to Austin and formed the "Incredible Robert Keen and Some Other Guys Band." Robert's first album was a solo effort and titled No Kinda Dancer, financed by himself.
		Keen's draw is not only that he's a great musician, but a great story teller as well.
		Robert Earl Keen is far from finished carving out the sounds and attitude of the Texas Music Movement.
	www.texasmusicmovement.com /robert_earl_keen.htm (327 words)

	VH1.com : Robert Earl Keen : Biography
		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, was a native of Houston.
		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.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/keen_robert_earl/bio.jhtml (511 words)

	Twangzine - Robert Earl Keen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Earl Keen, The darling of the Aggie Frat crowd has come a long way since the days in College Station Texas when he and fellow Aggie Lyle Lovett would crawl out on their front porch in their underwear with a banjo and guitar and serenade the Presbyterians amidst a jungle of empty beer cans.
		Robert Earl is on a major label and trying to get past the party boy image.
		Robert Earl Keen embodies the spirit of Texas singer songwriters, my only problem is that too many times he tries too hard.
	www.twangzine.net /rev/rev-robtearl.html (320 words)

	Robert Earl Keen: What I Really Mean - PopMatters Music Review
		Keen talks his story more than sings it, while band member Marty Muse's steel guitar wails in the background and the rest of the group (Rick Brotherton, guitar; Bill Whitbeck, bass; Tom Van Schaik, drums) provides a steady beat and instrumental commentary as the soundtrack for the surreal happenings.
		What Keen really means, he tells his spouse as he recounts his road adventures, is that he wishes she was there with him.
		This is Keen's 11th album, and while he may not be as famous as his old college housemate Lyle Lovett, the two mine similar musical territory.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/k/keenrobertearl-whatireally.shtml (738 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Robert Earl Keen
		Keen, who performs Friday, June 21, at the Mystic Theatre, is arguably the top Texas singer-songwriter on the road today.
		By contrast, Keen says his reference to his sister in "Merry Christmas from the Family" (which was covered by the Dixie Chicks) was possibly a step over the line.
		Keen may have picked up this penchant for fiction from his college days, but none of his college professors explained the concept quite as clearly or eloquently as writer Charles Bukowski.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/06.20.02/keen-0225.html (1173 words)

	Music \| Robert Earl Keen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		You know you’re a Robert Earl Keen fan if you hear the name "Copenhagen" and think of a brand of snuff popular among rodeo riders rather than the capital of Denmark.
		Outside Texas and a few pockets of Texans-in-exile, Keen’s profile is so low that even radio’s Don Imus, patron of Delbert McClinton and friend of Kinky Friedman, drew a blank when his name came up.
		Keen’s own songs — short narratives more than easy rhymes — might hit you right between the eyes ("Wild Wind") or knock you over from left field ("Goin’ Nowhere Blues," the only song I’ve heard that invokes Langston Hughes and César Chávez).
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/02115322.htm (235 words)

	Country Standard Time: Robert Earl Keen, November 1998
		But Keen, 42, now has a young daughter, and as he matures as a person and songwriter, he's moving away from the sing-along party songs that made him famous and toward a more folky story-telling style.
		Keen says, "I just started out in a place, which just happened to be my hometown and just wrote about that feeling, about how it's just so good to see old friends and when you think you're out of money, you've actually got a few bucks in your pocket, and everything just works out."
		After he wrote the song, Keen was so taken with this character that he wrote two more songs about him and a verse-and-chorus theme that opens and closes the trilogy.
	members.aol.com /countryst/robertearlkeen2FEATURE.html (1167 words)

	Robert Earl Keen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With a textured and weathered beauty that crosses the border between folk and country, Robert Earl Keen travels far from the beaten path, exploring the backroads of I imagination.
		The flavorful sounds of Robert Earl Keen have been recorded by a host of his contemporaries including Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely and Nanci Griffith, and he has shared the stage with such luminaries as Emmylou Harris John Prine and Richard Thompson.
		Transcending regional boundaries Keen opens his treasure chest of life experience, painting brilliant portraits where outlaws find their fate, lovers find out the hard way and weary travelers find paradise across the border.
	www.catalystclub.com /bios/re_keen_bio.html (383 words)

	Robert Earl Keen: What I Really Mean - PopMatters Music Review
		Keen talks his story more than sings it, while band member Marty Muse's steel guitar wails in the background and the rest of the group (Rick Brotherton, guitar; Bill Whitbeck, bass; Tom Van Schaik, drums) provides a steady beat and instrumental commentary as the soundtrack for the surreal happenings.
		What Keen really means, he tells his spouse as he recounts his road adventures, is that he wishes she was there with him.
		This is Keen's 11th album, and while he may not be as famous as his old college housemate Lyle Lovett, the two mine similar musical territory.
	popmatters.com /music/reviews/k/keenrobertearl-whatireally.shtml (708 words)

	Robert Earl Keen, Jr. MP3 Downloads - Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Music Downloads - Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For close to two decades, Robert Earl Keen has been one of the great archetypical Texas singer/songwriters, offering up well-crafted narratives and witty slice-of-life tunes accompanied by melodies that flowed on a river of tart, dusty twang.
		Keen's humor crops up on "That Bucking Song," which he says is all about...
		Picnic finds Robert Earle Keen at the top of his form, telling detailed storeis with remarkably simple and expressive rustic accompaniment.
	www.mp3.com /robert-earl-keen-jr./artists/74690/discography.html (523 words)

	Robert Earl Keen ftre
		Robert's home, one of a handful of properties located within a golf course complex, was enveloped by a shady copse.
		REK: When we were getting ready to do this record, I decided that I wanted to do 'Night Right For Love' as a duet.
		REK: It is. To be honest, since you've visited us here, I would have hoped that you would have been able to draw that conclusion.
	www.roots-and-branches.com /robert_earl_keen_ftre.htm (3080 words)

	Feature: Story time with Robert Earl Keen - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Keen said the cinematic quality he brings to his songs comes from the fact that when he's writing, his ideas occur visually for him -- and in some of the songs, the visuals stick with him whenever he performs them.
		Keen said he has collected "a stack of screenplays" over the years from people who had the same thought.
		Keen said when he notices fans singing all the way through the third verse, he gets the idea that they spend a lot of time listening to his lyrics.
	washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20050426-044703-1998r.htm (840 words)

	Ink 19 :: Robert Earl Keen
		The tenth album of Keen's twenty-year career gets off to a good start with a trio of tunes that play to his strengths and de-emphasize his weaknesses.
		Keen sounds much better tackling a dramatic narrative ballad like "These Years" or the reverb-laden stem-winder "Famous Words." "Beats the Devil" and the closing ballad "Let the Music Play" have their moments as well.
		But Keen would be wise to stick to what he does best in the future.
	www.ink19.com /issues/april2004/musicReviews/musicK/robertEarlKeen.html (222 words)

	Robert Earl Keen, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		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, was a native of Houston.
		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.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11562/11562506.html (568 words)

	PETER ROWAN TRIO & ROBERT EARL KEEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of Texas' most beloved musical heroes, Robert Earl Keen's humorous, twangy, rocking alt-country and absorbing story songs and ballads have woven their way into the cultural fabric of the Lone Star state and beyond.
		Keen wrote poetry while he was in high school but didn't pick up a guitar until he attended journalism school at Texas AandM, where he befriended another aspiring young songwriter by the name of Lyle Lovett.
		We are proud to team up Robert Earl Keen with the Peter Rowan Trio for one of the finest pairings Santa Fe has ever seen.
	www.thirstyearfestival.com /rowan.html (395 words)

	The Monitor - McAllen, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Keen said a problem arose when he had to convince his band members to record the song.
		Keen, who is working on his 11th disc, said being on the road all the time can become tiring.
		Keen said he feels musicians who use their families in songs are âcrossing a lineâ and âcashing in on sadness.â
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	Robert Earl Keen (Richard Gehr) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Earl Keen took over the role sagebrush spiritualist Jimmie Dale Gilmore had played in Terry and Jo Harvey Allen's Lubbock-centric musical, Chippy.
		And Keen's new album, Gringo Honeymoon (Sugar Hill, PO Box 55300, Durham, NC 27717-5300), is as impressive a breakthrough as Gilmore's After Awhile.
		The down-home nostalgia of his early songs eventually gave way to some of the most dramatic outlaw music ever written, and bittersweet leaving songs made way for unadorned, clear-eyed meditations on loneliness, marriage, and wasted time that sound as candid and honest as photos shot late into a dysfunctional family picnic.
	www.levity.com /rubric/keen.html (451 words)

	Robert Earl Keen News
		I've been active on the message boards for Robert Earl Keen, a wonderful Texas singer/songwriter, getting some insider tips for San Antonio, since many hardcore REK fans are from the area.
		Following in the footsteps of Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green and Cross Canadian Ragweed, singer/songwriter Randy Rogers and his band are dubbed by some to be the next big thing in Texas music.
		Singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen has marvelously combined wit, humor, flair and insight in his compositions, creating a body of work that resonates among fans of country, blues and folk.
	www.topix.net /who/robert-earl-keen (631 words)

	Twangzine -Robert Earl Keen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I've been a Robert Earl fan since his first live album, the one that didn't suck.
		Contained within are Keens tales of drifters, losers, malcontents and the people on the fringe.
		Keen keeps maturing as a songwriter and allowing us to see more of his soul.
	www.twangzine.net /rev/rev-keen2.html (397 words)

	Book Robert Earl Keen for Event, Meeting, Gala
		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.
		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.
		Keen's latest, Walking Distance, was released on October 27, 1998.
	www.grabow.biz /Country/RobertEarlKeen.htm (438 words)

	Robert Earl Keen Press Releases
		Robert Earl Keen's New Single "The Great Hank" to Be Performed at the Americana Honors & Awards
		On the heels of some of the best reviews of his career for his most recent album, "What I Really Mean," Robert Earl Keen is releasing his new single, "The Great Hank." The song will be serviced to mainstream...
		Robert Earl Keen's New CD, "What I Really Mean," Set for May 10 Release on KOCH Records Nashville
	www.topix.net /who/robert-earl-keen/pr (170 words)

	Robert Earl Keen: Farm Fresh Onions - PopMatters Music Review
		I feel like Robert Earl Keen and I could sit down and eliminate some beers together down in a bar in College Station, Texas, and shoot the shit about life and the universe and stuff.
		Keen is a well-kept secret outside of the Lone Star State and some nerdy-ass critics in other places.
		Robert Earl isn't what you'd call a polished singer, or one with a stunning voice, but he knows how to write for what he's got, and said writing is just some flat-out Texas strangeness.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/k/keenrobertearl-farmfresh.shtml (672 words)

	Robert Earl Keen Q&A on LoneStarMusic
		Keen started playing music at Texas AandM University, hanging out on the porch at the off campus rental house where he lived with his longtime buddy, fiddler Bryan Duckworth.
		On the advice of Steve Earle - who warned Keen that in Austin the women are too pretty and the pot too cheap - Keen moved to Nashville, but unlike such peers as Earle, Lovett and Nanci Griffith, he didn't win a record deal while there.
		But of course, for many Texas music fans, it's always Robert Earl Keen Day, thanks to the way he has all but defined the Texas singer-songwriter ethos for the new century.
	www.lonestarmusic.com /rek_05.asp (2921 words)

	Alternative Rock - Picnic - Robert Earl Keen free mp3 full albums download (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		REK has a way of telling stories in all of his songs that you rarely see now a days.
		My favorite thing about Robert Earl Keen is that he puts the heart and soul back in country music, if you can even call this country.
		Robert Earl Keen may not be the name of everyone's lip but he sure delivers the goods from time to time just like Joe Ely, Jayhawks, Scott Miller, or Whiskeytown.
	www.playtunes.net /album/6764.html (396 words)

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