Framed by smooth production and tasteful instrumentation, Robert Earl Keen, Jr. hands over ten more tunes on this 1994 release. Gringo Honeymoon is more lively and...
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After Keen's mordant yuletide song "Merry Christmas From the Family" was tapped by the country-themed syndicated radio program The John Boy & Billy Big Show for heavy...
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Picnic finds Robert Earle Keen at the top of his form, telling detailed storeis with remarkably simple and expressive rustic accompaniment. The record boasts a somewhat...
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At his best--Gringo Honeymoon (1994) and A Bigger Piece Of The Sky (1993)--Texas strummer Robert Earl Keen is a witty and literate storyteller steeped in Americana, be it...
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Sometimes a disc comes along without any expectations and hits one right out of the ballpark. Such is the case with Robert Earl Keen's Walking Distance. Although much less...
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Arguably his finest record, Robert Earl Keen's A Bigger Piece of Sky is a transitional album for him -- he begins to evolve out of the terrain of his organic small-town...
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A well-crafted debut, not one bad song. "Armadillo Jackal & This Old Porch," co-written by Lyle Lovett, features Lovett and Nanci Griffith singing harmony. ~ Chip Renner,...
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Good sound, new material, good stories, plus audience interaction make this worthwhile. Featuring great mandolin and fiddle by Johnathan Yudkin and a nice cut of "I Would...
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Some singers write songs and some songwriters sing. Robert Earl Keen, Jr. falls into the latter category. Unlike his pal Lyle Lovett, who has an extraordinary talent for...
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If you're someone who distrusts music made by people who wear cowboy hats and sing about songs coming over the radio while riding down the highway in your pickup truck...
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If anyone needs to be convinced that Robert Earl Keen is the reigning champion of Texas twangers, Gravitational Forces makes one forceful knock-out blow. The disc paints a...
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Robert Earl Keen is something of a barroom legend in his native Texas, where his gigs usually attract large crowds of well-oiled admirers who are predictably eager to hear...
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Arguably his finest record, Robert Earl Keen's A Bigger Piece of Sky was originally issued on Sugar Hill in 1996 to nearly universal critical acclaim, and laid the...
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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...
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Robert Earl Keen, Jr. has built a career out of making albums that straddle the line between the thoughtful and the comic, and twenty years into the game he isn't about to...
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