doysl
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Post by doysl on Aug 11, 2011 11:47:02 GMT -5
Are there any famous and popular Texan poets, writers or singers that I might quote talking to a Texan and would know my interlocutor knows what I'm talking about?
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Post by phantom on Aug 11, 2011 17:27:29 GMT -5
Buddy Holley is from Lubbock as is Mac Davis...both singers.
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Post by sj on Aug 11, 2011 21:20:18 GMT -5
Here is a list you can mull over...it is just a few that come to mind for now.
Elmer Kelton, author, "The Time It Didn't Rain." Bestseller, Midland, Texas
J. Frank Dobe, author, prize winning historian of Texas, Austin, Texas
R.J Vandergriff, cowboy poet, songwriter, singer and actor, Lipscomb, Texas
Red Steagal, cowboy poet, songwriter and singer, originally from Fritch, Texas
Don Edwards, cowboy poet, songwriter and singer, Central Texas
Buck Ramsey, cowboy poet, Amarillo, Texas - deceased
Buddy Knox, rock and roll singer "Party Doll" from Happy, Texas
Kris Kristoffereson, song writer, singer born in Brownsville, Texas
Waylon Jennings, song writer, singer born at Littlefield, Texas
Roy Orbison, song writer, singer born Odessa, Texas
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Post by bluewest on Aug 14, 2011 13:02:19 GMT -5
Also novelist Katherine Anne Porter and country song writer Cindy Walker.
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doysl
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Post by doysl on Aug 21, 2011 13:33:00 GMT -5
Thank you all. That's a lot to check out  |
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