by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
Souther was born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Amarillo, Texas. As a musician and songwriter, he was greatly influenced in his formative years by fellow Texas rock and roll icon, Roy Orbison. Souther is probably best known for his well-honed songwriting...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
Ely spent his formative years from age 12 in Lubbock, Texas, and attended Monterey High School. He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los Super Seven, the Chieftains and James McMurtry in addition to his early work...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
Roy Orbison was an Americansinger-songwriter, best known for his trademark sunglasses, distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
A leading figure of the progressive country movement of the 1970s, singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard remains best known for authoring the perennial anthem “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother.” Born November 13, 1946, in Soper, Oklahoma, Hubbard and his...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
Rose began writing songs with Taylor Swift on Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut album, on which Rose had seven co-writer’s credits. Among those cuts were the album’s first two singles, “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops on My Guitar,”...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
In 1959, Mickey joined the Air Force and was assigned to England for three years. When he returned to the United States, he pursued his dream of being a songwriter. He lived in a ’54 Pontiac and traveled around Texas, Tennessee, and Louisiana playing gigs and working...
