We are proud to present Robert Earl Keen Sunday, July 25th!
Beer and wine included with show. Curated cocktails and food items available for purchase. All patrons seated at tables with dedicated cocktail servers. Capacity restrictions due to Covid-19 protocols mean only 234 patrons will be ticketed for the event among table packages for two, four or six people.
A portion of all ticket proceeds go towards the Recording Academy's non-profit MUSICARES.
TABLE PACKAGES:
Two Person Table Package
($100 per person)
- Floor or balcony
- Beer and wine included! Curated cocktails and food items for purchase (dedicated cocktail server)
Four Person Table Package
($100 per person)
- Floor table
- Beer and wine included! Curated cocktails and food items for purchase (dedicated cocktail server)
VIP TABLES + PRIVATE BALCONY PACKAGES:
Six Person VIP Table Package
($125 per person)
- Premium view table
- Signed Poster
- Robert Earl Keen VIP Lanyard
- Beer and wine included! Curated cocktails and food items for purchase (dedicated cocktail server)
Four Person VIP Balcony Package
($125 per person)
- Private Balcony
- Signed Poster
- Robert Earl Keen VIP Lanyard
- Beer and wine included! Curated cocktails and food items for purchase (dedicated cocktail server)
Six Person VIP Balcony Package
($125 per person)
- Private Balcony
- Signed Poster
- Robert Earl Keen VIP Lanyard
- Beer and wine included! Curated cocktails and food items for purchase (dedicated cocktail server)
About:
It's not always easy to sum up a career -- let alone a life's ambition -- so succinctly, but those five words from Robert Earl Keen's calling-card anthem just about do it.
You can complete the lyric with the next five words -- the ones routinely shouted back at Keen by thousands of fans a night ("and the party never ends!") -- just to punctuate the point with a flourish, but it's the part about the journey that gets right to the heart of what makes Keen tick. Some people take up a life of playing music with the goal of someday reaching a destination of fame and fortune; but from the get-go, Keen just wanted to write and sing his own songs, and to keep writing and singing them for as long as possible.
"I always thought that I wanted to play music, and I always knew that you had to get some recognition in order to continue to play music," Keen says. "But I never thought of it in terms of getting to be a big star. I thought of it in terms of having a really, really good career and writing some good songs, and getting onstage and having a really good time."
Now three-decades on from the release of his debut album -- with nineteen records to his name, thousands of shows under his belt and still no end in sight to the road ahead -- Keen remains as committed to and inspired by his muse as ever. And as for accruing recognition, well, he's done alright on that front, too; from his humble beginnings on the Texas folk scene, he's blazed a peer, critic, and fan-lauded trail that's earned him living-legend (not to mention pioneer) status in the Americana music world. And though the Houston native has never worn his Texas heart on his sleeve, he's long been regarded as one of the Lone Star State's finest (not to mention top-drawing) true singer-songwriters. He was still a relative unknown in 1989 when his third studio album, West Textures, was released -- especially on the triple bill he shared at the time touring with legends Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark -- but once fellow Texas icon Joe Ely recorded both "The Road Goes on Forever" and "Whenever Kindness Fails" on his 1993 album, Love and Danger, the secret was out on Keen's credentials as a songwriter's songwriter. By the end of the decade, Keen was a veritable household name in Texas, headlining a millennial New Year's Eve celebration in Austin that drew an estimated 200,000 people. A dozen years later, he was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame along with the late, great Van Zandt and his longtime friend from Texas A & M, Lyle Lovett.
"It's just like, man, I'm lucky to still be hanging out here and doing this," he says. "I feel like everything came full circle in a wonderful way."
Adherence to Covid-19 Protocols: This event has been established through formal review and approval by the Gallatin City-County Health Department. Special protocols will be utilized to insure the health and safety of all patrons, artists, and staff. Capacity of Armory Music Hall is restricted as a part of these protocols.
All sales are final, no refunds will be available.