AUSTIN, Texas — Renowned Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen announced Friday that he plans to stop touring in September, with final shows on Labor Day weekend at Floore's Country store in Helotes near San Antonio.
Keen, 66, was born in Houston and attended Texas A&M University in the 1970s before moving to Austin and issuing his debut album "No Kinda Dancer" in 1984. He's released more than a dozen albums since then, most recently a 2015 bluegrass record and a 2016 live set on prominent Nashville label Dualtone.
His songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, including his former A&M classmate Lyle Lovett, the late Nanci Griffith, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison, Sara & Sean Watkins, Johnny Rodriguez, and the country supergroup the Highwaymen (featuring Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash).
