Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

male, 76 years old
Baylor University alumni, Texas musician, William Hugh Nelson, actor, Former Grand Ole Opry member, American country singer-songwriter…FromAustin, Texas, From Nashville, Texas musical groups, from Texas, texas outlaw
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached...
Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

female, deceased (1970)
rock, singer, rock singer, pearl, mercedes benz, Me & Bobby McGee…Texas musician, Handbook of Texas citations, University of Texas at Austin alumni, from Port Arthur, Texas, FromAustin, Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 - 4 October, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive...
Townes van Zandt

Townes van Zandt

male, deceased (1997)
The Meat Puppets, From Fort Worth, Texas, country, country music, Cult, American alt-country singer…texas music, From Fort Worth, FromAustin, Texas
Townes Van Zandt (March 7 1944 - January 1 1997) was a country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Although Van Zandt was not widely...
Joe Ely

Joe Ely

male, 62 years old
first, self titled album, Now Again, The Flatlanders, honky-tonk, Los Super Seven, Music Corporation of America…From Amarillo, FromAustin, Texas, From Lubbock, Texas, texas music
Joe Ely (born February 9 1947) is an Austin, Texas honky-tonk/country musician. Ely, born in Amarillo, spent his formative years from age 12 in...
Don Walser

Don Walser

male, deceased (2006)
country singer, Yodelers, yodeling, FromAustin, Texas, diabetic, Donald Ray Walser…Death from diabetes, Texas Band
Donald Ray Walser (September 14 1934 - September 20 2006) was an American country music singer. He was known as a unique, award-winning yodeling...
Roky Erickson

Roky Erickson

male, 62 years old
psychedelic rock, sympathy for the record industry, Pre-punk groups, Texas musician, cult figure, 13th Floor Elevators…FromAustin, Texas, From Dallas
Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a...
Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

male, 38 years old
Livestrong, cyclist, tour de france, Tour de France winner, cancer survivor, testicular cancer…FromAustin, Texas, from the United States
Lance Armstrong Facing testicular cancer and not yet knowing his own fate, in 1997 champion cyclist Lance Armstrong established the Lance...
Marcia Ball

Marcia Ball

female, 60 years old
from Louisiana, Austin Music Hall of Fame, swamp blues, from the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, blues…FromAustin, Texas
Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949) is an American blues singer and pianist born in Orange, Texas but who grew up in Vinton, Louisiana. This same...
Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith

female, 56 years old
singer-songwriter, cancer survivor, thyroid cancer, Grammy Award winner, From a Distance, breast cancer…FromAustin, Texas, from Texas
Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin, Texas) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. Griffith's career...
Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson

female
Songwriter, singer, Folk singer, American, FromAustin, Texas
Eliza Gilkyson (born in Hollywood, California about 1950) is an Austin, Texas based folk musician. Her father was the songwriter and folk musician...