Littlefield, Texas - were Waylon Jennings was born and raised

Bohnham, Texas - birthplace and resting place of quitar legend Charlie Christian

Vernon, Texas - Where Jack Teagarden and Roy Orbison were born

German Music

GERMAN MUSIC. The earliest reference to music among Texas German immigrants dates from 1834, when the elder Robert Justus Kleberg imported a piano and music books to Harrisburg. In 1837 Mary Austin Holley enjoyed the informal singing of some Germans on a boat trip between Galveston and Houston...

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