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January 11, 2018

#TBT with Don’s Albums and a happy birthday to Robert Earl Keen!

Today, January 11, we celebrate the one and only Robert Earl Keen’s birthday! REK and the Dixie Chicken kind of go hand in hand. The front porch that he and Lyle Lovett wrote and sang about was a stone’s throw from our back door on Northgate. His songs have been

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November 29, 2017

CBS Sports: The Best of College Football Fandom – The Dixie Chicken

Thanks to CBS Sports for taking the time to join us earlier this football season and spreading the word about the Dixie Chicken! Take a look at the full article they wrote up about us here.  

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November 16, 2017

Texas Music History from Lyle Lovett

We saw this tweet that was sent out earlier from Fightin’ Texas Aggie Lyle Lovett. @aggiejournalist @tikilslandTX @harleyag Here’s the original photo I took in 1977 of @RobertEarlKeen1 and Sunny Fitzsimons on Robert’s front porch on Church Ave in College Station. I took it for Mr. Eiler’s photojournalism class @TAMU.

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November 9, 2017

Don’s Albums: Waylon “Dreaming My Dreams”

Today’s album from Don Ganter’s personal collection is an all-time classic from Waylon Jennings! Waylon Jennings “Dreaming My Dreams” came out in 1975 and helped him win Male Vocalist of the year at the following CMA’s. This one was pulled in and out so much that the sides are all

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