The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 19, 2001, Image 3

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Mr. Robison
Texas country singer Charlie Robison
will visit Aggieland this Tuesday
By Lizette Resendez
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■all, and will play Tuesday at
liirricane Harry’s where he will be
aid a stuck: |eording songs for his upcoming
to be naiEB, e album. Robison includes
as a residentMjUggg Station as one of his
'P e ^' |, IC Mvorite places to play and said the
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® ■ “You get some weird [fans] out
■ere, you can’t believe they are
■at interested in what you do,”
lobison said. “But without them,
ou wouldn’t be able to do what
u’re doing, so it all works out.”
Robison said he often forgets he
a celebrity after visiting his ranch
his hometown of Bandera,
Texas.
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easy to forget that you are a
celebrity.”
Most would find that hard to
believe, considering he is married
to Emily Robison of the Dixie
Chicks.
Robison said that although he
and Emily both have busy sched
ules, their marriage still thrives.
“It gets better every time,”
Robison said. “We’re both under
standing of how [our job] does take
us away from one another, but
things couldn’t be better.”
Robison said Emily frequently
joins him during his tour, and the
two will be performing in
California in the next few days.
Robison also is still able to
spend time with his younger broth
er, Bruce Robison. Charlie began
performing at rodeos and dances at
age 13 with his brother in their
band. High Voltage.
Charlie and Bruce write songs
and perform together. The two
brothers wrote or co-wrote nine of
the 12 songs on Robison’s latest
CD, Step Right Up.
“I don’t like to co-write that
much because I write pretty much
from experience, but Bruce and I,
coming from a small town, were
friends and hung out together
since we were little kids,” Robison
said. “He’s the only person I
would like to write with, it’s great
to use another brain that’s similar
to yours.”
Robison, who is on tour 20 days
out of a month, said that when his cur
rent tour ends he will begin recording
a record in January with his brother.
“This year has just been crazy,”
Robison said. “I’ve been away
from home almost non-stop for
almost seven months now.”
However, Robison said he
enjoys his job and hopes to stay
true to his genre of country music.
“My goal in life is to be as
good a husband and father as I
can possibly be,” Robison said.
“After that, it’s hopefully that my
music stays true to the people
who came before me. I’m trying
to keep the tradition that Willie
(Nelson), Steve Earle and Lyle
(Lovett) started alive.”
Robison, along with several
other Texas country musicians, is in
the process of putting together a
benefit concert in front of the Alamo
called “Texans for New York” to
send relief funds to the victims of
the terrorist attacks in New York.
Fifty artists are expected to per-
fomi including Pat Green, Charlie
and Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis
and the Dixie Chicks.
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