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Robert Earl Keen
The Honky Tonk Gift Shop is proud to feature Robert Earl Keen. All of Robert Earl Keen's books, CDs and videos we have reviewed are listed on this page for your
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A Bigger Piece Of Sky
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 13.99
Robert Earl Keen is the Sam Peckinpah of the singer-songwriter movement. Almost alone in a field
dominated by "sensitive" types, Keen is willing to write songs about America's--especially his native
Texas'--obsession with guns and violence. Although he is often pigeonholed (and not without reason) as
a comic songwriter, guns are all over his fourth album, A Bigger Piece of the Sky. Keen is not a great
singer (he sounds like Jerry Jeff Walker with a cold), but he is one of the best lyricists in a state crawling
with them.
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Gringo Honeymoon
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 12.99
"Merry Christmas From The Family" has replaced Bing Crosby with "White Christmas" in a lot of American homes.
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No Kinda Dancer
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 13.99
...On this early effort, Keen proves that his recent acclaim is no overnight success story. A decade ago
he was already writing great story songs that unfolded vividly verse by verse...
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No. 2 Live Diner
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 12.99
Recorded live at Floore Country Store in Helotes, Texas where Willie Nelson played each Sunday while recovering from Nashviile in the late 1960's. A great live album with a good choice of Robert's top stuff.
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Picnic
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 14.49
Compared to Willie Nelson or Butch Hancock, Keen fits squarely in the second rank of Texas
songwriters, but even a relatively slick work like Picnic is better than the bulk of what's produced these
days in Nashville. Nothing here approaches the knockout wit of Keen's "Merry Christmas from the
Family," but "Shades of Gray," the story of small-town criminals almost arrested for a robbery they didn't
commit, and "Then Came Lo Mein," about a guy uncorking a lifetime of frustration during a cheap
Chinese dinner, are both examples of Lone Star storytelling at its best. --Keith Moerer
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The Live Album
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 13.99
This is a rare feat by an accomplished artist: a complete sampling of one's abilities. Robert Earl Keen
slow steps with the best of them on numbers like "I Would Change My Life" and "Who'll Look Out For
Me." He also hits passionate voice-scracthing notes on numbers like "This Old Porch" and "Stewball."
This album definitely provides a good look into a great singer/songwirter.
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Walking Distance
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 13.99
Brimming with
fiddle, mandolin, and slinky honky-tonk guitars, Keen's eighth album has the lyrical depth and humor of his
best work. At the center is a four-song outlaw suite, beginning with Norman Blake's little-known gem "Billy
Gray" and ending with the drifter's lament "Still Without You," in which Keen sings, "I climbed the
mountains and I swept the plains / I crossed the border and I broke my chains / I walked the back roads till
my shoes wore through / I'm still without you." And while the album closes with the bonus coda "Happy
Holidays Y'All" (a hysterical sequel to his classic "Merry Christmas from the Family," presented in two
giddy takes), Walking Distance finds Keen rediscovering the intense poetry of his Texas muse. --Roy
Kasten
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West Textures
Robert Earl Keen
Price $ 12.99
"The Road Goes On Forever" and since this release Robert has seen alot more roads. "Mariano" shows another side of Texas' intertwined lifestyles. A really good one.
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