Robert Earl Keen sells out.

[tanyev]

Below are some of the performers scheduled for the Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball. I am so disappointed in Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett and Asleep at the Wheel. I have been a fan of REK's since I saw him open for Nanci Griffith in Austin in the late 80's. Maybe the fact that he and Lovett went to Texas A&M should have been a clue. It just seems like artists whose music is more insightful than the standard country jingoistic crap would be able to see through the * illusion. I may have to send off a few emails.

Among the scheduled entertainers are Lyle Lovett, Asleep at the Wheel and country music songwriter Robert Earl Keen.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2927756

The gala will be a Lone Star-studded affair -- Lyle Lovett, Asleep at the Wheel, local Austin band Duck Soup, gospel singer Lee Greenwood, Tanya Tucker, the Texas Two Bits (singing, pint-sized twin girls) are slated to perform, among others that include the Kilgore Rangerettes and the Katha Black Dancers.
Lone Star state entertainers soon began begging event organizers to let them perform. Brooks and Dunn called, and although they hail from California, The Beach Boys reportedly scored a last-minute gig.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/19/blacktie.ball/