Timeline

It is hard to know where to set the limits for a list like this. Some of these people were born in Texas but did most of their music in Nashville or Los Angeles or some other place. Some of them were born in those other places but landed in Texas to develop their musical style. Some of them live in Texas. Oh well, we'll just include everyone that seems to have had either an influence on musical development in the state or to have created a Texas sound outside the state. (Maybe that is everybody but Springsteen and Sinatra…)

We encourage you to correct what follows, to be horrified at what we have left out, to direct us to greats we have missed, or to offer commentary.

Sources and References Used for the Timeline:

Arhoolie Records
Austin History Center
Berklee College of Music
Country Music Association
Lonestarmusic.com
Nashville Songwriters Foundation
The Recording Academy (Grammy)
Recording Industry Association of America
Smithsonian Institution Music
Texas Music Museum
Texas Music Office
/Texas Rhythm, Texas Rhyme/, by Larry Willoughby (Texas Monthly Press, 1984)
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State University Center for Texas Music History /The Handbook of Texas Music/ edited by Roy R. Barkley, Douglas E.
Barnett, Cathy Brigham, Gary Hartman, Casey Monahan, Dave Oliphant, and George B. Ward (Texas State Historical Association, 2003)
The University of Texas at Austin Center for American History
http://www.VH1.com