Charlie Robison

After spending the beginning of his career on the fringes of Nashville, playing the game well enough to land himself a gig on the 2003 reality show competition Nashville Star -- he served on the season that introduced Miranda Lambert to the world -- but not well enough to get a big hit, Charlie Robison headed home to his native Texas. Back in the Lone Star State, he toughened up his sound, then set out releasing a pair of acclaimed albums on Dualtone Records in the 2000s. He kept gigging, interrupted occasionally due to health concerns, until his death in 2023. Charlie Robis...