‘I’m Comin’ Home’
When Robert Earl Keen hits the guitar chords that open his classic anthem “The Road Goes on Forever,” live audiences by the thousands shout his own lyrics back to him, all but drowning out the raspy voice of the renowned singer-songwriter on stage.
Keen, 66, has spent more than four decades performing his twangy blend of Americana at upward of 200 concerts a year. The road, it seemed, really would go on forever. But Keen also wrote the beloved song “I’m Comin’ Home.” Earlier this year, he announced his current tour would be his last, culminating in September with three shows at John T. Floore’s Country Store in Helotes. (Tickets sold out immediately back in April).
A longtime Kerrville resident, Keen grew up in Houston and earned an English degree from Texas A&M, where and 1993’s are two of the most popular.
