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Robert Earl Keen Discusses His New Bluegrass Album and Christmas Show

Country musician Robert Earl Keen brings his annual holiday concert to the House of Blues on Dec. 26. The show, “Merry Christmas from the Family,” centers around Keen’s popular song of the same name. He tells Houston Matters’ Michael Hagerty about the Christmas show, about his new album Happy Prisoner, which is a collection of […]

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Country musician Robert Earl Keen brings his annual holiday concert to the House of Blues on Dec. 26. The show, “Merry Christmas from the Family,” centers around Keen’s popular song of the same name.

He tells Houston Matters’ Michael Hagerty about the Christmas show, about his new album Happy Prisoner, which is a collection of bluegrass songs, and how a pair of pajamas helped him name the new record.

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Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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