The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was listed as an endangered species on 11 March 1967, though the only evidence of its existence at the time was a possible recording of its call made in East Texas.

However, frustrated at Sun, Orbison gradually stopped recording, toured music circuits around Texas to make a living, and for seven months in 1958 quit performing completely.

Nonetheless, according to the Haley News fan club newsletter and the Haley biography Sound and Glory, planned concerts such as a fall 1980 tour of Germany, and proposed recording sessions in New York and Memphis were cancelled — including a potential reunion with past members of the Comets — and Haley returned to his home in Harlingen, Texas where he died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack on February 9, 1981.

The man who launched Richardson as a recording artist was Harold " Pappy " Daily from Houston, Texas.

At the time of his death, Richardson had been building a recording studio in his home in Beaumont, Texas, and was also planning to invest in the ownership of a radio station.

Alice has long been recognized as " The Birthplace of Tejano " dating back to the mid 1940s when Armando Marroquin, Sr. of Alice and partner Paco Bentacourt of San Benito, Texas launched what was to be the first home-based recording company to record Tejano artists exclusively.

After the family moved from Denton, Texas to Vallejo, Sylvester and his brother Freddie and their sisters Rose and Vaetta formed " The Stewart Four " as children, performing gospel music in the Church of God in Christ and even recording a single local release 78 rpm single, " On the Battlefield " b / w " Walking in Jesus ' Name ", in 1952.

* Ripper-Heavy metal band, and recording artists for Black Widow Records from Houston, Texas

Brad Terrence Jordan ( born November 9, 1970 ), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an African-American rapper and recording artist from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys.

Lomax, born in Austin in 1915, was third of the four children of pioneering folklorist and author John A. Lomax, with whom he started his career by recording songs sung by sharecroppers and prisoners in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Currently, Dr. Hans Boas at the University of Texas is recording and studying the dialect, building on research originally performed by Dr. Glenn Gilbert, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in the 1960s.

* The Brazos River is mentioned in three Lyle Lovett songs: " Walk Through the Bottomland "; " Texas River Song " on the Step Inside This House album ; and " Front Porch Song ", which Lovett co-wrote with Robert Earl Keen, on Lovett's eponymous first recording.

Regular return trips were made once or twice a year to New Orleans, Louisiana, Atlanta, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, St. Louis, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, and Detroit, Michigan, recording a wealth of jazz and early country music artists.

Small, local record labels proliferated from Houston, Texas to New Orleans, specializing in recording and distributing local acts.

Seeking inspiration from Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top began recording the album at Robin Hood Studios in Tyler, Texas.

George Clinton decided to bring Jeanette and Sheila Horne from the background to the front ground and the Brides of Funkenstein became a three-girl group, recording the second album, " Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy " ( 1979 ).

Gold Star Recording Company originated as a recording studio in Houston, Texas, founded in October 1941 by Bill Quinn under the name Quinn Recording Company.

" They toured Texas prison farms recording work songs, reels, ballads, and blues from prisoners such as James " Iron Head " Baker, Mose " Clear Rock " Platt, and Lightnin ’ Washington.

recording of concert in Houston Texas 1996

The Hawks then had an 8 – 3 record in 1996 and ended the year by recording the first bowl shutout in school history with a 27 – 0 victory over Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl.

Deadsy began in 1995, when Elijah Blue Allman ( son of Cher and Gregg Allman ), also known as Phillips Exeter Blue I, started recording a handful of demos ( including Dear and a cover of Texas Never Whispers ) with Alec Puro ( Alec Pure ) and later sent a Juno 106 keyboard to Renn Hawkey ( Dr. Nner ) as an invitation to join the band.

He has officially retired from playing live and recording, though he does host several radio shows on Sirius Satellite Radio and has come out of retirement for one-off events, such as an event to support fellow musician Kinky Friedman's candidacy for Texas governor.

They began writing and recording in Dallas, Texas along with Zug Izland and producer Mike Puwal, who offered Insane Clown Posse a sound Bruce described as being more pop-oriented.

Somethin ' 4 The Ridaz was released in 2003 on 40 Ounce Records and featured various hip hop artist from Texas.

He was also a benefactor of the Western artist Harold Dow Bugbee, who became curator of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas in 1951.

This logo was created by Texas professional graphic artist Patrick B. StarkIn 1979, businessman Don Carter and partner Norm Sonju requested the right to bring an NBA franchise to Dallas, Texas.

He is known as the drummer of rock bands including: “ Fear of Sex ”, “ The Reasonable Strollers ,” “ Joyride ,” “ The Grateful Dub ,” and “ Living in Texas .” He is also a notable actor and performing artist.

Recent prominent musicians from Terre Haute include Dave Frey, lead singer of the Dove Award-winning band Sidewalk Prophets, and the band Yearbook Committee, a 2011 and 2012 showcasing artist at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

The Crawfish Festival has featured many art exhibits over the years, of the works of noted Texas artist Larry D. Alexander, who is a native of Dermott.

* Hermann Lungkwitz ( 1813 – 1891 ) Romantic landscape artist and photographer, noted for first pictorial records of the Texas Hill Country.

* Janet Krueger, an artist of South Texas ranching life, resides in Encinal.

In 1996, ATR was joined by Nic Endo, a Japanese-German-American noise / soundscape artist, who played her first live show with ATR in the spring of 1997 during the South by South West festival in Austin, Texas.

In late 2007, Bo Bice joined veteran Southern rock legends Jimmy Hall-vocals / sax / harmonica ( Wet Willie Band ), Henry Paul-vocals / guitar / mandolin ( Outlaws, BlackHawk ), Steve Gorman-drums ( Black Crowes, Jimmy Page ), " Dangerous " Dan Toler-guitar ( The Gregg Allman Band, The Allman Brothers, Dickey Betts & Great Southern ), Reese Wynans-keyboards ( Stevie Ray Vaughan ), Mike Brignardello-bass ( Giant, renowned session player ), Jay Boy Adams-guitar ( Texas blues solo artist ) to record Brothers of the Southland celebrating Southern rock with a renewed spirit and maturity.

Among his other film music credits are the theme song to the short-lived 1993 CBS television series Johnny Bago ; " Turning Around " for the 1985 film Summer Rental starring John Candy ; " I Don't Know ( Spicoli's Theme )" for the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High ; " Hello, Texas " for the 1980 John Travolta film Urban Cowboy ; and " If I Have To Eat Someone ( It Might As Well Be You )" for the animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, which was sung in the film by rap artist Tone Loc.

* The Mondrian, a tower in the Cityplace neighborhood of Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas, named for the artist

* Texas ( album ), the first full-length album by electronic / pop artist, PlayRadioPlay!

Martin Wagner ( born April 27, 1966 ) is an artist, cartoonist, and filmmaker currently living in Austin, Texas.

Kronos has performed live with the poet Allen Ginsberg, Ástor Piazzolla, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Tom Waits, David Bowie, and Björk, and has appeared on recordings with such diverse artists as the Dave Matthews Band, Nelly Furtado, Rokia Traore, Joan Armatrading, Brazilian electronica artist Amon Tobin, Texas yodeler Don Walser, Faith No More, Tiger Lillies and David Grisman.

Many Russell paintings and bronze works are displayed in the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, along with the other most prominent western artist Frederic Remington.

The number of personnel is set by the Texas Legislature ; 2010, the Texas Rangers number 144 commissioned officers, one forensic artist, one fiscal analyst and 24 civilian support personnel.

In October 2003, Texas released the first single from their upcoming sixth album titled " Carnival Girl " which featured rapping vocals by Canadian artist Kardinal Offishall.

* Libbi Bosworth, Americana and alt-country singer-songwriter and recording artist from Texas