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This Week in Texas Music History: The Birth of Zydeco

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at a historic recording session that helped set the stage for the emergence of zydeco.

This Week in Texas Music History: Teddy Wilson

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate a musician who played in one of the first racially-integrated bands to gain national popularity.

This Week in Texas Music History: DJ Screw

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at a musician who died young but still helped to revolutionize rap and hip hop music.

This Week in Texas Music History: Ima Hogg

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This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a governor’s daughter who became a successful musician and a patron of the arts.

This Week in Texas Music History: Kris Kristofferson

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This week in Texas music history, we honor a Texan who was a Rhodes scholar, a janitor, and a helicopter pilot before becoming an award winning songwriter and movie star.

This Week in Texas Music History: Victoria Louise Massey

This week in Texas music history, we’ll look at a trailblazing singer whom many have called “the original rhinestone cowgirl.”

This Week in Texas Music History: Waylon Jennings

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This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a singer who narrowly escaped death before going on to become a Texas music icon.

This Week in Texas Music History: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at a popular Texas ballad based on an actual gunfight.

This Week in Texas Music History: Texas Ruby

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This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll remember a pioneering musician who helped open doors for other female artists in country music.

This Week in Texas Music History: Mingo Saldivar

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll honor a musician who is known by many as “the dancing cowboy.”

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