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Robert Earl Keen was born on 11 January, 1956 in Houston, TX, is an American singer-songwriter (born 1956). Discover Robert Earl Keen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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Singer, songwriter |
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68 years old |
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Capricorn |
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11 January 1956 |
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11 January |
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Houston, TX |
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United States
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Robert Earl Keen Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Robert Earl Keen's Wife?
His wife is Kathleen Keen (m. 1986)
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Kathleen Keen (m. 1986) |
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Robert Earl Keen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Robert Earl Keen worth at the age of 68 years old? Robert Earl Keen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Singer. He is from United States. We have estimated Robert Earl Keen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Robert Earl Keen (born January 11, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter and entertainer.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1978 and began writing songs and playing bluegrass and folk music with friends, including his childhood friend (and future longtime fiddle player in his band) Bryan Duckworth.
During his college years Keen lived with future musician Lyle Lovett.
In 1978, Keen graduated from Texas A&M and moved to Austin, Texas.
He performed in nightclubs and live music venues in Austin, including Cactus Cafe, Emma Joe's, Alamo Lounge and Liberty Lunch, Anderson Fair in Houston, and Gruene Hall in New Braunfels.
In 1983, Keen won the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas.
That same year, he began making his self-produced first album, No Kinda Dancer.
Debuting with 1984's No Kinda Dancer, the Houston native has recorded 20 full-length albums for both independent and major record labels.
Keen has toured extensively in the US and abroad throughout his career.
Keen was born and grew up in Houston, Texas, United States.
As a teenager, he was an avid reader who excelled in writing and literature classes.
After graduation from Sharpstown High School, Keen started playing guitar himself shortly thereafter, learning to play classic country covers out of a songbook the summer before starting college at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Following the release of this album in 1985, Keen moved to Nashville with his future wife, Kathleen Gray.
He signed a publishing deal, a new independent label deal, and signed with a national booking agent.
While in Nashville, Keen and Gray worked at Hatch Show Print shop.
Keen returned to Texas in 1987 and released his second album, The Live Album, in 1988, followed by his third album, West Textures in 1989.
West Textures featured the first recording of Keen's signature song, "The Road Goes on Forever."
Fellow Texan Joe Ely recorded the song on his 1993 album Love and Danger, along with another Keen song, "Whenever Kindness Fails".
Keen's own version of "Whenever Kindness Fails" appeared on his fourth album, 1993's A Bigger Piece of Sky. In 1994, he released Gringo Honeymoon followed by No. 2 Live Dinner in 1996.
Keen has continued to write and record music, while also maintaining a prodigious tour schedule.
His 1997 album, Picnic, marked the beginning of his on-again, off-again relationship with major labels (both that album and 1998's Walking Distance were issued on Arista Records, and 2001's Gravitational Forces, 2009's The Rose Hotel and 2011's Ready for Confetti were released on Lost Highway Records).
Keen's other albums include 2003's Farm Fresh Onions (Audium/Koch Records) and 2005's What I Really Mean and 2006's Live at the Ryman (both on E1 Music).
In 2022, his concert tour was listed as one of the most successful in the world.
In January 2022, Keen announced that he would stop touring and performing publicly after September 2022.
His final tour was named the "I'm Coming Home Farewell Tour" and the final leg was played September 1, 3 and 4 at Floore's Country Store in Helotes, Texas.
Approximately 3,000 people attended the last show on September 4 for nearly two-and-a-half hours.
In August of 2011 Keen was contacted by a member of U.S. Navy about a fan of his Petty Officer First Class Jason Workman of Seal team 6 who had been killed on August 6, 2011 with 29 other Brave Americans in Wardak Province, Tanji Valley, Afghanistan.
Keen went to the memorial service for POFC.
Workman and played his signature song I’m coming home.
Keen covered all of his own expenses for travel and only wanted to show his token of gratitude to a fan who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.