Robert Earl Keen’s Last Rodeo

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this week’s episode, Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, chats with Houston native and Americana musician Robert Earl Keen. Today, Robert talks about his mother’s dump cooking, his Americana podcast, living with Lyle Lovett during college, and what it felt like when The Highwaymen named their album after his iconic song, “The Road Goes on Forever.” Plus, the Texas legend explains his emotional decision to retire from touring and performing in September, and why he decided to play his final shows at Floore's Country Store in Helotes, Texas. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Jenny Snyder - Audio Engineer/Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.9	Welcome to the summer tour edition of Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.
0:41.2	I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.
0:45.2	And my guest today is a storyteller, a songwriter, and a man who helped define Americana
0:51.5	as a musical genre.
0:53.4	Houston native Robert Earl Kean started playing
0:56.2	guitar and writing music while attending Texas A&M University, and he would eventually go on to
1:02.2	tour for over four decades, including a brief stop at the Southern Living Offices back in 2012.
1:09.7	Today on the show, Robert talks about his mother's dump cooking, his Americana podcast,
1:16.2	living with Lyle Levitt during college, and what it felt like when the highwaymen named
1:21.9	their album after his iconic song, The Road Goes On Forever.
1:26.5	Plus, the Texas legend explains his emotional decision to
1:30.5	retire from touring and performing in September and why he decided to play his final shows
1:36.3	at Flores Country Store in Holodas, Texas. All that and more on a very special Biscuits and Jam.
1:46.7	Robert Earl Keene, welcome to Biscuits and Jam.
1:49.3	Well, thank you. I'm really happy to be here.
1:51.9	Is this like a physical place or is this like a virtual place?
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