By Ryan Osborne, KENS-TV San Antonio | The devastating Hill Country floods hit close to home for a Texas music icon. Robert Earl Keen, the longtime country singer-songwriter, lives in Kerrville and his two daughters attended Camp Mystic growing up. Keen and his family were fortunately safe from the floods.
Keen, who was scheduled to play Kerrville’s Fourth on the River celebration before the floods hit, sprung into action, sharing a now widely-viewed video promoting the The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s flood relief fund and announcing that 100% of his merch proceeds would go toward the relief efforts. Keen also promoted and donated two premium tables to an upcoming show to fellow artist Josh Weathers’ flood relief auction (Weathers’ concert livestream and auction ultimately raised more than $400,000).
Now, Keen is going one step further: On Wednesday night, he announced a benefit concert scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28 at the Whitewater Amphitheater near New Braunfels. Full details, including the lineup, will be announced soon.
“We must help everyone as much as we can for as long as we can,” Keen said Wednesday night.
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