- Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s. - Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7 1936 - February 3 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of rock and roll. The change of spelling of "Holley" to "Holly" came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy Holly. That spelling was then adopted for his professional career. The original spelling of "Holley" was engraved on his headstone (see photo). - Charlie Sexton
Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002. Sexton's mother was 16 years old when she gave birth to him in San Antonio, Texas. When he was four, he and his mother moved to Austin, where clubs like the Armadillo World Headquarters, the Soap Creek Saloon, and more notably the Split Rail and Antone's Blues Club exposed him to popular music. - James McMurtry
James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American folk music singer-songwriter and the son of novelist Larry McMurtry. James' father gave him his first guitar at age seven. His mother, an English professor, taught him how to play it: "My mother taught me three chords and the rest I just stole as I went along. I learned everything by ear or by watching people." - Kinky Friedman
Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born October 31, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for "Texas Monthly". He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the five-party race. - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. His broad appeal made him one of the world's most influential electric blues guitarists. In 2003, "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan. - Lyle Lovett
Lyle Pearce Lovett (born in Klein (unincorporated), Harris County, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. - Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15 1937 - February 13 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas to Lorene Beatrice Shipley and William Alvin Jennings. He taught himself to play guitar at age eight, and formed his first band two years later. He worked as a DJ throughout his adolescence, dropping out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time working as a DJ, he met and befriended Buddy Holly. - Jack Ingram
Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is a Texas-based country music singer who is associated with the Texas Country music scene. He first made a living touring between Dallas and Houston and releasing several independent albums before signing with Warner Music, the first of several major labels to sign him. His most recent studio album was 2007's "This Is It". Ingram's chart-topping success has led to a higher profile touring schedule. - Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 - 4 October, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. She was one of the most influential rock singers of the 1960s and is widely considered to be the greatest female rock singer of the decade. - Pat Green
Pat Green (born Patrick Craven Green, April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is a singer/songwriter from Texas. He is known for his brand of "Texas country", which was made famous by Cory Morrow, Robert Earl Keen, and others. - Roger Creager
Roger Creager (1971-) is an award-winning Texas country music singer and songwriter. - Dale Watson
Dale Watson (b. 1962) is an alternative country singer, guitarist and songwriter based in Austin, Texas. He recently decided to go on hiatus from music and move to Baltimore, Maryland to be closer to his daughters. In July 2006 however, he returned to Austin and has resumed playing regular gigs, including Sunday nights at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon and a Monday night residence at The Continental Club on South Congress. - Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre. One of rock and roll's most famous cult figures, Erickson is perhaps as well-known for his mental illness (and subsequent recovery) as for his musical talents. - Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan (born in March 20, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is the older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jimmie Vaughan's style was influenced by Freddie King who gave him personal advice. Also two other blues guitarists, Albert King and B. B. King, were important influences. - Lightnin' Hopkins
Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 - January 30, 1982) was a country blues guitar musician, from Houston, Texas. - Slaid Cleaves
Slaid Cleaves is a singer/songwriter originally from South Berwick, Maine. An alumnus of Tufts University, he currently resides in Austin, Texas. His full name is Richard Slaid Cleaves but Slaid is the name that he has used his entire life. Slaid is now a full-time touring musician but like most musicians has held many day jobs; Janitor, warehouse rat, rope-tow operator, film developer, groundskeeper, meter reader, and pizza delivery guy. He was even a human guinea pig. - Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966, in Jacksonville, Texas) is a Grammy Award-winning country music artist. - Clay Walker
Earnest Clayton (Clay) Walker, Jr. (born August 19, 1969 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American country music singer. - Deryl Dodd
Deryl Dodd (born April 12, 1964) is an American country music singer-songwriter. - Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston is a singer-songwriter currently living in Austin, Texas. Livingston grew up in Lubbock where he attended Lubbock High School. He went to Texas Tech University and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. In 1969, Livingston left Lubbock for Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. He moved to Austin in 1971 and was one of the founders of the Lost Gonzo Band. - Jimmy Lafave
Jimmy LaFave is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician born in Wills Point, Texas. By the early teens LaFave was making music perched behind his Sears and Roebuck drum kit. It wasn’t long before his mother traded a drawer full of green stamps for his first guitar and the switch to singer-songwriter was in progress. His family later moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Although he has lived in Austin, Texas since 1986, … - Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller (born 16 June 1981, San Francisco, California) is an American rock musician. - Wayne Hancock
Wayne "The Train" Hancock is a country musician. Hancock was born in 1965. He began writing songs at the age of 12, and at 18 won a talent contest called the "Wrangler County Showdown." Immediately after the contest, he was shipped to boot camp, and served four years with the United States Marine Corps. In 1994 he performed in the musical "Chippy". Hancock released his debut album in 1995, and has continued to tour and record albums since then. He lives in Texas. - B.W. Stevenson
B.W. Stevenson (5 October 1949 in Dallas, Texas - 28 April 1988) was born Lewis Charles Stevenson "B.W." stood for "Buckwheat" and was a country pop artist most famous for the top ten hit "My Maria" from 1973 (later covered by country duo Brooks & Dunn). Stevenson had several other minor chart singles including "A Little Bit of Understanding" and the original version of "Shambala", which hit the top ten in a cover version by Three Dog Night. - Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell (born December 21, 1956) is an American country music singer. Parnell was born in Abilene, Texas in 1956. His parents were friends of country superstar Bob Wills, and Parnell began his music career on Wills's local radio show at the age of six. During his teens, he played drums and guitar in some local bands, and he played in Kinky Friedman's Texas Jewboys band during the early 1970s. He continued to play in local clubs throughout Texas until 1987, … - Lefty Frizzell
William Orville 'Lefty' Frizzell (March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s and a leading exponent of the Honky Tonk style of country music. His relaxed style of singing was a major influence on later stars Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. - Phil Pritchett
Phil Pritchett (born 1971) is a rock and roll musician from Texas. Currently residing in Ft. Worth, Texas. Members of his band have varied over the years. The current incarnation of the Full Band includes J.W. Marshall on bass and Stu Wiley on drums. Phil's performance to his eighth grade class of The Beatles "Love Me Do" first inspired him to enter into music. - Trent Willmon
Trent Willmon (born March 6, 1973 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He was raised in a ranch near Afton, Texas. He spent the early years of high school learning about agriculture, but at 16, he was given a guitar, and his interest in music began to grow. By his second year in college, he dropped out to join a bluegrass band. In 1995, he moved to Nashville to start a songwriting career, … - Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series "American Idol" in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album "Thankful" (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album "Breakaway" (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, … - Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica". She has also begun working as an actress, and is the older sister of Ashlee Simpson, a pop rock singer. - Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released 50 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical information. Jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. - Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28 1987) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, fashion designer, and spokesperson. She has an older sister, Haylie Duff, who is also an actress/singer. After gaining fame for her starring role on the television show "Lizzie McGuire", Duff went on to have a film career, and her most commercially successful pictures include "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003), "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" (2003), … - Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is an American R&B, soul, neo soul, and hip hop singer and songwriter whose work crosses over into jazz. She is best known for the single "You Got Me", her collaboration with The Roots, as well as her own songs "Tyrone", "Next Lifetime", "On & On", "Bag Lady", and "Cleva". Influenced early on by singers such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Chaka Khan (her all-time favorite artist), … - Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American neotraditional country music singer, songwriter, producer and occasional actor. - Spice 1
Spice 1 (born Robert L. Green, Jr. in Corsicana, Texas), is a West Coast rapper raised in Hayward, California. He was first discovered by rapper Too $hort. His first album, Let It Be Known, was not well-known or widely released, and included seven old-school style tracks. His second album, widely considered as his debut, was a very vivid and fatalistic Gangsta rap album, and his angry, edgy, … - Tracy Byrd
Tracy Lynn Byrd (born on December 17, 1966 in Vidor, Texas) is an American country music singer-songwriter. - Sly Stone
Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, 15 March 1943, in Denton, Texas) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s. Sly & the Family Stone was started in Vallejo, California and eventually had artists from around the San Francisco Bay Area. - Don Henley
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band Eagles. He has since become a successful solo artist and has played a founding role in several environmental and political causes. - Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Geppert on May 3 1951 in San Antonio, Texas) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and five-time Grammy winning, American singer-songwriter.
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