Bandera welcomes Robert Earl Keen on 30th Anniversary of Recording Gringo Honeymoon

Hosted by the 11th Street Cowboy Bar, Texas Salt Company and the City of Bandera, a quaint ceremony honoring renowned Texas songwriter and entertainer Robert Earl Keen was conducted within a section of 11th Street to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his 1994 album, Gringo Honeymoon.

To memorialize the event, 11th Street Cowboy Bar was repainted and restored to the same white exterior with bluish gray trim colors that they were in 1994, depicting the same look on the Gringo Honeymoon album cover.

Steve Ray, Program Specialist from the Office of the Texas Governor’s Texas Music Office, recollected his purchase of Keen’s No Kinda Dancer album in 1984 and fond memories of attending Keen’s shows.