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Charlie Robison, Texas country musician who ‘walked to his own beat,’ dies at 59

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Texas country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, who represented the Red Dirt sound and resisted the conventions of Nashville’s music scene, died over the weekend at 59.

Robison died Sunday at a hospital in San Antonio after cardiac arrest and other complications, a family representative told the Associated Press . Complications from a previous medical procedure had forced the “My Hometown” singer to give up performing in 2018, but earlier this year he was in the midst of a comeback, playing shows across his home state.

“It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that my husband, Charlie Robison has passed away today, surrounded by his family and friends,” wrote his wife , Kristen Robinson, in a Facebook post Sunday. “My heart is broken. Please pray for me, our children and our family,” she continued.

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Robison also is survived by ex-wife Emily Strayer, founding member of country supergroup The Chicks , with whom he had three children before their divorce in 2008. The Chicks had announced Saturday that they had moved their concert date in Winnipeg from Tuesday to Monday , citing “an urgent family matter.”

Growing up on his family’s ranch in the Texas county of Bandera, after which he would name his debut album in 1996, Robison was surrounded by a mosaic of sounds: honky-tonk blasting on the radio, live shows from local country and Mexican folk bands, and traditional dances to polka music with his family, which traced their roots to Germany. He also drew inspiration from other Red Dirt and Outlaw country music stars, notably singer-songwriters Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett.

After his grandmother bought him a drum set while he was in junior high, Robison formed a band with his brother, Bruce Robison, he told Australian radio show “ Casey Radio ” in 2012. Bruce also went on to become a singer-songwriter.

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Robison launched his music career in the late 1980s, playing in local Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler before forming Millionaire Playboys. When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was devoted to rawer country. He later signed with Columbia Records. Despite the mainstream signings, Robison rebuffed Nashville’s country scene.

During a Nashville radio event in 1999, Robison told a ballroom full of influential radio programmers to shut up during his performance and said, “I’m the greatest thing you’re ever going to see, but you probably won’t play me because you’re too f— stupid,” according to the Austin Chronicle .

“I’m not saying I hate country or even Nashville,” he told the Chronicle for a 2001 profile . “It’s just that I’d love for everybody to sit together and say, ‘We can make better music here.’ We should try and raise the bar a bit, myself included.”

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However, Robison was as much a part of the Nashville scene as he was a critic of it. He’d remain in mainstream industry circles while married to Strayer, during the peak of The Chicks’ fame. And his 2001 album, “Step Right Up,” produced Top 40 country hit “I Want You Bad,” an upbeat love ballad that departs from his earlier, earthier anthems.

“It should be pretty obvious that if I wasn’t trying to make a run at radio, this song wouldn’t have been on the album,” he said, referring to the hit single. “It’s up to you to decide whether that’s selling out or not, but I did it not to get in Nashville’s good graces. I did it to get my other songs heard.”

Robinson dug in his boots further in Nashville as a judge on the inaugural season of USA Network’s reality competition show “Nashville Star,” in which contestants live together while competing for a country music recording contract. However, he left after the first season in 2003.

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A year later, Robison left Columbia for the smaller indie label Dualtones. While there, he produced two of his most memorable albums, “Good Times” and “Beautiful Day,” the latter of which he wrote and recorded while going through his divorce from Strayer, drawing on themes of heartbreak, loss and grief.

In a 2014 interview with “The Texas Music Scene” TV series, which called Robison an artist “that walks to his own beat and makes no apologies for it,” the Texas native said he had moved on from such heavier topics for his 2013 album, “High Life,” instead wanting to “just have fun and play some fun music that I like.”

Several years later, in September 2018, Robison unexpectedly announced his retirement and cited complications from a surgery that had “left me with the permanent inability to sing.” His fans were stunned by the announcement, among them Kyle “Trigger” Coroneos, the editor of SavingCountryMusic.com. “The sound of Charlie Robison is the sound of Texas,” Coroneos wrote in response to the retirement announcement.

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“The songs of Charlie Robison place you in the shoes of the characters — you feel their pain, and share in their sorrows. It’s eerie how the songs seem to be shaped to your life,” Coroneos continued. After Robison’s death, he called it “the end of an era in Texas music.”

Robison returned this year to the stage, performing at small shows and music festivals across Texas, with appearances even slated for 2024. His last known performance was July 14 at John T. Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas .

“It’s been an amazing ride and I cannot tell you all what the last 25 years has meant to me,” the singer wrote in 2018 when announcing his retirement. “I was looking forward to another 25 but as they say ‘s— happens.’ I thank you all for everything you’ve given me and I hope I was able to give you a fraction of the happiness you gave me. It was a hell of a ride but as they say all good things must end.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Charlie Robison made his Billy Bob’s debut with Cory Morrow on April 16, 1999 and his first solo debut on July 2, 1999. He has played at The World’s Largest Honky Tonk a total of 38 times.

On August 31, 2012 Charlie got a tattoo on his arm to commemorate his “Live at Billy Bob’s” recording.

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ABOUT CHARLIE ROBISON:

Charles Fitzgerald Robison (September 1, 1964 – September 10, 2023)  was an American  country music  singer-songwriter. His brother,  Bruce Robison , and his sister, Robyn Ludwick, are also singer-songwriters.

After a knee injury at  Southwest Texas State University  ended a potential football career, Charlie Robison came to Austin, Texas in the late 1980s and had stints in the bands Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys, and Two Hoots and a Holler.  He went solo with his album “Bandera” in 1996. He subsequently signed with Sony and released “Life of the Party” on Sony’s subsidiary Lucky Dog Records. The album gave him three of his biggest hits including “My Hometown.” His next release was a live disc called “Unleashed Live,” which is credited to Charlie, brother Bruce, and Jack Ingram. He then signed with Columbia Records for “Step Right Up” and another live album.

In 2003, Robison was a judge on the first season of the TV singing competition  Nashville Star .

Unhappy with the expectations & limitations of being a Nashville country artist, he moved to a smaller independent label, Dualtone, for “Good Times” in 2004, followed by extensive touring and newfound control over his career. Accordingly, his sound began to evolve away from mainstream/Nashville country and toward more Southern & hard rock influences.

Five years after the release of  Good Times , Robison released  Beautiful Day  on June 23, 2009, on Dualtone. This was the first CD he self-produced. Both albums featured several songs written by Nashville singer-songwriter Keith Gattis.

His song “Good Times” was featured in the credits of HBO’s original series  True Blood  in the first season’s third episode.

In 2009, he embarked on an East Coast tour with stops in Little Rock, Nashville, Atlanta, Raleigh, New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Iowa City, and Memphis to promote “Beautiful Day.” Since then he played primarily in Texas, with occasional shows in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado.

Robison was known for playing classic rock covers during his live shows. Some of these include: “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Highway to Hell” (AC/DC), “Call me the Breeze” (JJ Cale), “Rocket Man” (Elton John), and several Rolling Stones songs, including “Dead Flowers” and “Honky Tonk Women.” He also played several songs associated with Willie Nelson, including “Whiskey River” and “Stay all Night.”

His live band included Mark Tokach (lead guitar), Abe Combest (drums), Zeke Benenate (bass) J.C. Burt (steel guitar) and Chris Valdez (road manager and additional guitar). Prior to Beautiful Day, his band was known as The Enablers, and included Keith Robinson (drums), Scott Esbeck (bass) and Travis Woodard (drums). Other notable members have included Kim Deschamps (pedal & lap steel, mandolin and guitar from 2000–2009), Kevin Carroll (guitar), Chris Grady (bass), Louis Landry (keyboards and accordion), and Kris Brown (bass). His recordings have also featured special guests Lloyd Maines (who produced “Step Right Up” and “Good Times”), Rich Brotherton, Charlie Sexton, and Natalie Maines (duet on “The Wedding Song” and harmony vocals on “El Cerrito Place”).

In September 2014, Robison opened Alamo Icehouse in San Antonio, Texas, with former Major League Baseball player  Brooks Kieschnick .

On September 24, 2018, Robison announced that he was permanently unable to sing due to complications from surgery, and that he was regretfully officially retiring from stage and studio.

Hey amigos, Charlie here. I’m sure you’ve all been wondering where I’ve been. Well, at the beginning of this year I underwent a surgical procedure that because of complications left me with the permanent inability to sing. Therefore, with a very heavy heart I am officially retiring from the stage and studio. Gonna keep it short but just wanted y’all to hear it from me. It’s been an amazing ride and I cannot tell you all what the last 25 years has meant to me. I was looking forward to another 25 but as they say “shit happens”. I thank you all for everything you’ve given me and I hope I was able to give you a fraction of the happiness you gave me. It was a hell of a ride but as they say all good things must end. Keep on supporting this thing we call Texas/Red dirt and hopefully we’ll all get to have a cocktail or two and talk about the good ol days. Until then, Buenos Noches. It’s been fun. Love each and every one of y’all.

Robison resumed his music career in 2022. He returned to Billy Bob’s as part of his first tour since 2018, playing at the same venue where he first played in 1999.

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[FROM SEPTEMBER '23] It's like the lil kid from the iconic '90s baseball movie "Angels in the Outfield" kept trying to tell us, "Hey! It could happen." Texas music legend Charlie Robison will be playing his first concert in over 4 years , and it's happening just about 30 mins outside of Tyler, TX.

I think this is something that we all began hoping for after video of him singing surfaced online back in June .

It was in September 2018, after 25 years of making music, Charlie Robison made the shocking announcement that he would be retiring from performing and singing. At the time I wrote "while we certainly respect the body of work he leaves behind, and can understand anyone deciding "it's time," I absolutely hate this wasn't on his own terms."

If you aren't aware of what lead up to the forced-retirement, Robison underwent a surgical procedure and due to complications he was left "with the permanent inability to sing." In his social media announcement he made it official, "Therefore, with a very heavy heart I am officially retiring from the the stage and studio."

But could he actually make a comeback? Hey, it could happen.

With very metered expectations, we received some very exciting news this morning. Brandon Baker owner at the Red Rooster Icehouse in Hawkins, TX confirmed to me firsthand that Charlie will be playing a Black Friday show (Nov. 25th) with him that Thanksgiving weekend. So, be sure to get your Christmas shopping done early this year.

But, to be clear this is not part of a full-fledged tour or anything of the sort (at least not yet).

Baker said that from what he understands this is more of Charlie and his team dipping his toe in the water, to find out if the legendary singer is up for it, and to gauge interest from the public on seeing him back out on the road.

I think I can speak for everyone when I say that WE ARE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING CHARLIE ROBISON BACK ON THE ROAD .

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