Rolling Stone: The Road Goes on Till September: Robert Earl Keen Talks Surprise Retirement
For Robert Earl Keen, the road now goes on until September, when the Texas cult legend will conclude four decades of touring with a final run of shows at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas. His last show will be Sept. 4 — fittingly, the day before Labor Day.
Before then, the wry troubadour will play a feverish final summer tour that’s already proving to be the most in-demand Robert Earl Keen ticket in decades. “I’m experiencing something I haven’t experienced in years,” he says, “which is what to do with all the friends and family I didn’t know I had.”
As Keen winds down his touring operation, he still plans to ramp up activity in just about every other facet of his creative life.
Rolling Stone By JONATHAN BERNSTEIN