The Country and Texas music communities mourn the death of influential singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, who passed away on September 10, 2023, at the age of 59, at the home he shared with his family in San Antonio.
Kristen Robison Shared a Post on Facebook by writing:
It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that my husband, Charlie Robison has passed away today, surrounded by his family and friends. My heart is broken. Please pray for me, our children and our family.
Robison grew up in the Texas hill country of Bandera, where he played college football until an injury sidelined him.
He started his music career in the 80s. He named his debut album Bandera after his birthplace in 1996, and followed it up two years later with Life of the Party, which included his favorites “My Hometown” and “Loving County.” In 2001, he released his first major album, Step Right Up, on Columbia and scored his only Top 40 country single with “I Want You So Bad.” He released his last album, High Life, in 2013.
Robison had family ties throughout the music industry, both by blood and marriage. Her younger brother is musician and producer Bruce Robison, and in 1998 Charlie Robison married Chicks’ Emily Erwin (now Strayer). Their love inspired one of the Chicks’ biggest songs, “Cowboy Take Me Away,” and they had three children together but eventually divorced in 2008. (On Saturday, the Chicks announced that they would change a show scheduled for Tuesday, September 12. In Canada until Monday, “due to an urgent family matter.”)