After hearing a few of his songs on KNON-FM in Dallas, I was there when he was the opening act for five others at the Sons Of Hermann Hall when he first played town, and I bought 3 LPs of "No Kinda Dancer" from the trunk of his car for $6 each and told him to keep the change from a twenty. "The Live Album" was recorded there over two nights, and I sat at the front table with his wife both nights. The entire recording came from the second night, because when his bass player boarded the plane in Nashville, he was told he's have to pay extra for a seat for his upright bass, so he got off the plane. After Robert caught him, he made the second night. Listen to the album and you'll hear that the bass is essential. A few years later I saw a triple-header with Robert, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt. The mid-80's thru the mid-90's was a great time for live music in Deep Ellum and a couple of band leaders from then are still a couple of my best friends.
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After hearing a few of his songs on KNON-FM in Dallas, I was there when he was the opening act for five others at the Sons Of Hermann Hall when he first played town, and I bought 3 LPs of "No Kinda Dancer" from the trunk of his car for $6 each and told him to keep the change from a twenty. "The Live Album" was recorded there over two nights, and I sat at the front table with his wife both nights. The entire recording came from the second night, because when his bass player boarded the plane in Nashville, he was told he's have to pay extra for a seat for his upright bass, so he got off the plane. After Robert caught him, he made the second night. Listen to the album and you'll hear that the bass is essential.
A few years later I saw a triple-header with Robert, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt. The mid-80's thru the mid-90's was a great time for live music in Deep Ellum and a couple of band leaders from then are still a couple of my best friends.
Because of this song, including the story-telling interlude-you, REK, Jr., will live forever.
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