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Daily Bull 1.11.17: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBERT EARL KEEN

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Standin' down on Main Street
Across from Mr. Blues’
In my faded leather jacket
And my weathered Brogan shoes
A chill north wind was blowin'
But the spring was comin' on
As I wondered to myself
Just how long I had been gone

I first saw REK while I was in high school. At Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, not long after the first live album was recorded there. The Dixie Chicks(!) opened for him. They were still wearing frilly skirts and playing traditional bluegrass.