Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison dies in Texas at age 59

By Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO: Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the nation charts till he was compelled to retire after problems from a medical process left him unable to sing, died Sunday. He was 59.

Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after struggling cardiac arrest and different problems, in line with a household consultant.

Robison launched his music profession within the late Eighties, taking part in in native Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler earlier than forming his personal Millionaire Playboys. In 1996, he launched his solo debut, “Bandera,” named for the Texas Hill Country city the place his household has had a ranch for generations.

When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was dedicated to rawer nation. His 2001 album “Step Right Up” produced his solely Top 40 nation music, “I Want You Bad.”

In 2018, Robison introduced that he had completely misplaced the flexibility to sing following a surgical process on his throat. “Therefore, with a very heavy heart I am officially retiring from the stage and studio,” he wrote on Facebook.

Robison served as a choose for one yr on USA Network’s “Nashville Star,” a actuality TV present during which contestants lived collectively whereas competing for a rustic music recording contract.

He is survived by his spouse, Kristen Robison, and 4 kids and stepchildren. Three of his kids had been together with his first spouse, Emily Strayer, a founding member of the famous person nation band The Chicks. They divorced in 2008.

Robison’s breakup with Strayer impressed songs on the 2009 album “Beautiful Day.” He recorded it whereas dwelling throughout from the Greyhound bus station in San Antonio, in a loft condominium with mismatched furnishings and strewn beer bottles, “the quintessential bachelor pad,” he recalled.

“People come up to me and say they’re going through something right now, and it’s like this is completely written about them,” Robison advised The Associated Press in 2009. “I wasn’t meaning to do that, but it’s been a residual effect of the record.”

Robison’s last album, the rock-tinged “High Life” from 2013, included a canopy model of Bob Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”

Memorial companies are pending.

SAN ANTONIO: Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the nation charts till he was compelled to retire after problems from a medical process left him unable to sing, died Sunday. He was 59.

Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after struggling cardiac arrest and different problems, in line with a household consultant.

Robison launched his music profession within the late Eighties, taking part in in native Austin bands like Two Hoots and a Holler earlier than forming his personal Millionaire Playboys. In 1996, he launched his solo debut, “Bandera,” named for the Texas Hill Country city the place his household has had a ranch for generations.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

When he was approached by Sony in 1998, Robison signed with its Lucky Dog imprint, which was dedicated to rawer nation. His 2001 album “Step Right Up” produced his solely Top 40 nation music, “I Want You Bad.”

In 2018, Robison introduced that he had completely misplaced the flexibility to sing following a surgical process on his throat. “Therefore, with a very heavy heart I am officially retiring from the stage and studio,” he wrote on Facebook.

Robison served as a choose for one yr on USA Network’s “Nashville Star,” a actuality TV present during which contestants lived collectively whereas competing for a rustic music recording contract.

He is survived by his spouse, Kristen Robison, and 4 kids and stepchildren. Three of his kids had been together with his first spouse, Emily Strayer, a founding member of the famous person nation band The Chicks. They divorced in 2008.

Robison’s breakup with Strayer impressed songs on the 2009 album “Beautiful Day.” He recorded it whereas dwelling throughout from the Greyhound bus station in San Antonio, in a loft condominium with mismatched furnishings and strewn beer bottles, “the quintessential bachelor pad,” he recalled.

“People come up to me and say they’re going through something right now, and it’s like this is completely written about them,” Robison advised The Associated Press in 2009. “I wasn’t meaning to do that, but it’s been a residual effect of the record.”

Robison’s last album, the rock-tinged “High Life” from 2013, included a canopy model of Bob Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”

Memorial companies are pending.