Robert Earl Keen is one of the names synonymous with Texas Country or Red Dirt, but his appeal is wide ranging from traditional country listeners all the way across the board to adult alternative lovers.Robert Earl Keen is mostly known for his songwriting with every Texas/Red dirt artist pitching his name around like a baseball. Popular is an understatement.

Robert is an Aggie but moved to Austin, and there he continues to create the craft he loves so much. Joe Ely helped make a Robert Earl Keen song famous with "The Road Goes On Forever (but the party never ends)." Produced by Lubbock legend Lloyd Maines, here is Robert Earl Keens just released song "I Gotta Go" on Lost Highway records.

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