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Rolling Stone - Inside Robert Earl Keen, Randy Rogers’ Fictional Stryker Brothers Duo

Texas country singers take on the personas of two make-believe prisoners for ‘Burn Band’ album The idea started with a brush fire, but before long it took on a life of its own. Two lives, in fact: Coal and Flynt Stryker, a pair of mysterious siblings who died in a prison fire, leaving behind a batch of long-lost country recordings. Except that they didn’t. Cole and Flynt never even existed. The Stryker Brothers were nothing more than an excuse for Robert Earl Keen and Randy Rogers to make an album together

Robert Earl Keen Inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame

Robert Earl Keen was inducted into The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, on January 17, 2019, during a festive ceremony which included dinner and drinks at the World’s Largest Honky-Tonk, Billy Bob’s Texas. Published by Music Talkers; written by Adam Bailey

The Mysterious Stryker Brothers Revealed to Be Robert Earl Keen & Randy Rogers

Robert Earl Keen and Randy Rogers want to come clean about their fictional identities: They're The Stryker Brothers. After secretly collaborating on a 13-track album, Burn Band, which they released under the fake band name on Sept. 7, the Texan country stars tell Billboard they're ready to take credit for the LP, a mix of honky-tonk and the hard-driving sound of Texas' red dirt country. They plan to perform one and only Stryker Brothers show on Dec. 22 at The Moody Theater in Austin. By Glenn Peoples :

Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame announces 2019 inductees

NEWS RELEASE: The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame announced today their 2019 Hall of Fame inductees: Dr. Glenn Blodgett, The Cavender Family, Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, King Ranch and 2019 Rick Smith Spirit of Texas Award Honoree - Robert Earl Keen.

Robert Earl Keen - 1 of 10 Aggies to be selected to receive the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award

Ten Aggies have been selected to receive the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award — the highest honor bestowed upon a former student of Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students are proud to welcome the Distinguished Alumni:

Garden & Gun: An Interview with Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett

The two Texas songwriting legends share a forty-year friendship. This fall, they’ll also be sharing the stage. When fellow Texans Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen go on tour together this fall, it’ll be the latest chapter in a friendship that began when they were students at Texas A&M University. Back then, they’d sit on the porch of the house Keen rented and trade songs, just as they’ll be doing on stages around the country beginning in October.

Robert Earl Keen to Preform at the 17th Annual Americana Honors & Awards

Mark your calendars! Americana music's biggest night is scheduled for 6:30 PM (CDT) next Wednesday, September 12 at Nashville’s historically cool Ryman Auditorium. You'll be able to catch once-in-a-lifetime performances by legendary mainstays and trailblazing newcomers, showcasing the best and brightest from the community like k.d. lang, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Rosanne Cash, John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, I’m With Her, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, M

Robert Earl Keen Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of A Bigger Piece of Sky with Limited Edition Vinyl Release

September 5, 2018… In honor of the 25th anniversary of Robert Earl Keen’s iconic album, A Bigger Piece of Sky, Keen and Dualtone will be releasing it on vinyl for the first time. Available on limited-edition sky-blue vinyl, this piece is a must-have for Robert Earl Keen fans. Scheduled for release on November 16, A Bigger Piece of Sky is available now for advance order at DualtoneStore.com, including autographed vinyl and exclusive merchandise bundles.

Robert Earl Keen records "Do-Wacka-Do" on Roger Miller's Tribute Album

Genre borders weren’t a thing for Roger Miller, a songwriting phenomenon and enthusiastic smoker who died of lung cancer in 1992. He’s best known for his ‘65 hit “King of the Road,” which topped the country charts here, the pop charts in England and Norway. It’s fitting, therefore, that the high points of King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller come from “country” artists with a similarly cavalier attitude towards convention.

Robert Earl Keen Talks Back

OffBeat Magazine Article By: John Wirt Robert Earl Keen’s never had a hit—at least not in the traditional chart-topper sense. And he didn’t wear a hat for every album cover, show and publicity shot. He tried but failed to make it in Nashville. None of that matters. Keen’s songs about the good times and the hard times, and his sardonic wit, amiable stage presence and devotion to the road earned him loyal fans from coast to coast.