Robert Earl Keen returns to Bass Hall
October 23,2023
Reposted from Performing Arts Fort Worth.
Performing Arts Fort Worth, the non-profit owner and operator of Bass Performance Hall, announced today that for the first time since 2019, Fort Worth favorite Robert Earl Keen will return to Bass Hall for one night only Saturday, January 13. After wrapping up 41 years on the road in 2022, Robert Earl Keen will play Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall in a solo acoustic night of storytelling as a special addition to the 2023-2024 BNSF Popular Entertainment Series lineup. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 27 at 10am!
A Houston native, Robert Earl Keen has been regarded for decades as one of the Lone Star State's finest singer-songwriters. The first Americana artist to be featured on the Americana Music Chart, Keen was weaned on classic rock and Willie Nelson records. By the time he entered Texas A&M University, he was teaching himself guitar playing Bluegrass and setting his poetic musings to song. These early days are captured in spirit on the Keen/Lyle Lovett co-write, "The Front Porch Song," which both artists recorded on their respective debut albums, and in Happy Prisoner, REK’s bluegrass recording. Now with 21 records to his name, a band of stellar musicians, and thousands of shows under his belt, Keen has blazed a peer, critic and fan-lauded trail that’s earned him living-legend status in the Americana music world. In July of 2021, POLLSTAR ranked Keen on its Top 20 Global Concert Tours. REK is a 2018 Texas A&M Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, and a member of Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Hall of Fame and The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Keen continues to write music and create with his latest album, Western Chill, available now via a boxed set which includes a double sleeve album, a graphic illustrated novel inspired by the album, a play and sing-along songbook for all fourteen songs and a video DVD of the Robert Earl Keen Band performing the entire album at Keen’s Snake Barn studio space. He is also the host of the Americana Podcast, launched in 2019.
“We are ecstatic to welcome REK back to the Bass Hall stage,” said Performing Arts Fort Worth President & CEO Dione Kennedy. “When he announced his retirement from touring in 2022, we were gutted at the reality that his last show with us was in 2019. It’s an honor to welcome him back in this solo acoustic show for his iconic storytelling and songs.”
Tickets start at $66 and may be purchased online at www.basshall.com or by calling 817-212-4280. The Performing Arts Fort Worth (PAFW) box office hours are Monday-Friday 9am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm. For group sales discounts please visit www.basshall.com/groups. Additional show information is available at www.basshall.com/rek and www.robertearlkeen.com.