CONTRIBUTORS

Robert Earl Keen

WRITER

“Fans always want to know the backstory”
—Robert Earl Keen on the true tale behind his song “Gringo Honeymoon”

“People start clapping as soon as it starts and sing along with every chorus,” says the Texas-born singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen of his 1994 hit “Gringo Honeymoon.” “Fans always want to know the backstory.” He delivers the goods on the song’s origins in “Southern Roads” (p. 103). As a touring musician with nineteen records, Keen is a road-trip authority. His favorite parts? “The first hour on the road and the first hour after arriving at the destination—anything and everything is possible.” This summer, he’s rereleasing , an hour-long behind-the-scenes