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WRITING LIKE WILLS AND WILLIE: ROBERT EARL KEEN, BANDERA, TEXAS

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From: Southern Living
Date: 20060401
Author:Ford, Gary D

In a few more hours, fans of Robert Earl Keen will lift their longnecks high inside Billy Bob's Texas and roar when he rips into his signature ballad, "The Road Goes On Forever." But right now, he's sitting on his bus parked near the Fort Worth bar's stage door, discussing the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre and Gustave Flaubert.

"I was watching an episode of The Sopranos, and someone mentioned Madame Bovary," he says, smiling sheepishly and pulling the book from his bag. "I thought, 'You know, I've never read that.'"

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