Robert Earl Keen: Texas Troubadour
Musician Robert Earl Keen shares how foosball led to a career in music, and how he met Lyle Lovett on his front porch. Then he demonstrates another superpower: knowing every U.S. president's birthday.
Many musicians can remember a moment that first attracted them to music and set them on their path. But Americana singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen's epiphany came from a somewhat unlikely place. Keen's younger sister had a foosball hobby that brought them both to various bars across Houston; she was there to play, and Keen was there to keep an, at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio. "I don't think I ever had such a [music experience] that was so overwhelming than that; being four feet away from someone playing something so beautiful." Keen was so moved that he eventually picked up the guitar, and kicked off a long and respected career.
