Robin Crow:
CLASS OF 1971
O.D. Wyatt High SchoolClass of 1971
Ft. worth, TX
Rosemont Junior High SchoolClass of 1967
Ft. worth, TX
Robin's Story
Life
About me:
Born a small town Texas boy, going into music was predestined. Grandmother 1 played fiddle for barn dances, street dances, and church socials. Grandmother 2 was Grand Organist for Eastern Star. My dad played piano in bars and clubs during college and my mom, her sister and brothers sang anywhere and everywhere. My baby sister was an award winning concert pianist by age 9. Going to church was mandatory and singing in choir headed me toward the harmony vocals I use today. ********************************************************* Moving to Fort Worth, Texas, at an early age moved my interests from Country and Western music to Rock and Roll. At 12, after surviving a serious illness, my mom and dad bought me an electric guitar to occupy my time while I recovered. Even with an amplifier, the music wasnt loud enough. But practice, practice, practice was what I did. Even a couple of neighbor kids brought guitars over and helped teach me what Mel Bay couldnt. Next, somehow, I acquired a set of drums. ********************************************************* Now, at 14, I had fallen in with a couple of Fort Worth Teen Scene bands and was playing teen clubs like Teen-a-Go Go, The Box, the Hungry Eye, and The Green Onion. I even played with an old school mate, Jackie Newhouse, who wound up playing bass for SRVs Double Trouble band. It was the 60s and the 60s were happening. Music, especially rock and roll, was reinventing itself every week. By 18, I was fried
in more ways than one, if you get my drift. So, I quit the band and the business, sold my drums, and tried to put my life back together. I went back to my guitar and my roots of country music but only for my own enjoyment. ******************************************************** Trying to grow up and be responsible just wasnt happening. Several marriages and live-ins, two beautiful children, and a several years spent as a Law Enforcement Officer (I know, no one else believed it, either), I was ten feet tall and bullet proof and trying to prove it on a regular basis. I was single and living fast. ...Expand for more
Then I met Sandi
my soul mate, my love, my best friend, and my wife for the past 18 years. ******************************************************** Through a mutual fishing buddy, I met Wade Hatton. Wade and I played guitars and sang together with a couple of excellent guitarists, Kent Dekour and Dirk Hardy. One day Wade asks if I thought I could play bass to add some bottom end. Two Cds later; Wade and I are invited to play at a Texas Music Nation Celebration by Brett Watts, a childhood friend of Wades. It was all Texas music by Texas artists and I was in heaven. Here is where I met Bodie Powell. After hearing us play, Bodie commented and encouraged me on my bass playing and singing and even invited me to sit in on a couple of acoustic gigs to play bass and sing a little harmony. Now, Bodie couldnt run me off. ******** Well, I was wrong...Bodie DID run me off. Yep, I got fired for a mistake I tried to apologize for and correct, but I guess you just can't undo some stuff.
An hour later I was hired back by Wade Hatton to throw bass for the TEXAS HAT BAND. Am I a lucky guy or WHAT?! Playing bass for the TMA Live Band of the Year for 2007....what an honor!
Thanks to Wade, Glenda, Robin, Chris and Bill for picking up an old cowboy after he has been throwed....dustin' him off and putting him back on his horse so he can ride in the parade, too.
Special thanks to Jana and Bill, Randy and Stephanie, and so many others who stood by me in a serious time of crisis and depression.
You see, some people understand that we are human and we make mistakes. These people aren't ruled by the few and feeble-minded. And, to be sure, I will be POSITIVE that I am not living in a glass house if I decide to start throwing stones.
Also, I¿m STILL a part of the Texas Music Nation family and damn proud of it. ****************************************************** Special thanks to Wade, Brett and Bodie for getting me back into music. And special, special thanks to Wade Hatton for keeping me there¿on stage¿ where I¿m happiest. It's good to be home.
Look, guys, I found f-sharp!!
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