In a day-in-age when the term "alt-country" can apply to any city slicker with a John Deere hat and a song about mom's booze habit, Robert Earl Keen Jr. is the big daddy who brings the smackdown to the pudding-pop poseurs. Raised by Texas and hardened by Nashville, Keen churns up a twangy spread seasoned with the storytelling soul of Willie Nelson and the raucous barroom bounce of Waylon Jennings. Keen's career is probably best summed up by his would-be-hit "My Home Ain't in the Hall of Fame": "My songs don't belong on top forty radio / I'll keep the old back forty for my home."This show also marks Split Lip Rayfield's first in Lawrence following the departure of founding songwriter and mandolinist Wayne Gottstine. The group is soldiering on as a three-piece and has a slew of new material that's every bit as intense as the old stuff.
You might have heard
| Song | Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| Aces High | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
| Day The Train Jumped The Tracks | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
| Drink Lotsa Whiskey | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
| Heart of Darkness | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
| Hundred Dollar Bill | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
| Never Make It Home | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
| Rig or Cross | Split Lip Rayfield | Add to playlist |
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Carmenilla (anonymous) says…
Not to be nitpicky, but Wayne wasn't a founding member of Splitlip Rayfield. He was actually the last to join I believe. But that didn't make him any less badass!
kawryan (anonymous) says…
That's what I was going to say, even the mailing list on splitliprayfield.com was a copy and paste of this announcement.