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Biography
Refimprove|date=June 2009 Steven Fromholz (born June 8, 1945) is an entertainer , a singer and songwriter who was Poet Laureate of Texas in 2007.
Biography
Born in Temple, Texas , Fromholz began performing while he was serving in the United States Navy during the 1960s. After leaving the Navy, he teamed with Dan McCrimmon to create the group Frummox .cite web |url= http://www.bobsokol.com/frummox/ |title=Bob Sokol comes face to face with FRUMMOX |publisher=BobSokol.com |author=Bob Sokol |accessdate=2010-10-12 Fromholz also has played with Stephen Stills and Rick Roberts (musician)|Rick Roberts before going solo. He recorded with Willie Nelson , singing "I'd Have to be Crazy" and Lyle Lovett singing "Texas Trilogy" and "Bears." Other artists that have recorded his songs include Hoyt Axton , John Denver , and Jerry Jeff Walker .
In addition to singing and songwriting, Fromholz has dabbled in acting, playwriting, poetry, record producing, narrating, jingle -writing, and whitewater river guiding. In 2007, he was named Poet Laureate of the State of Texas by the Texas State Legislature.cite web |url= http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/poets.html |title=Texas Poets Laureate |publisher=Texas State Library |date=2007 |accessdate=2010-10-12 His latest book is Steven Fromholz: New and Selected Works .
He has two daughters, Darcie (to whom the song "Dear Darcie" is dedicated) and Felicity (for whom his record label, Felicity Records, is named).
Here to There
Fromholz's first album, Here to There , has become a difficult to find Texas classic.Fact|date=June 2009 It was recorded with music partner Dan McCrimmon as the duo "Frummox" in 1969 on ABC Probe Records, CPLP 4511. This album is a seminal work, pre-dating and foreshadowing the Texas Music scene-to-come, when Willie Nelson relocated from Nashville to Austin and became the icon of "Outlaw" music. This album has never been officially released on CD. Notable on the album is his "Texas Trilogy," a set of three songs meant to be played as one long work: "Daybreak," "Trainride," and "Bosque County Romance," portraying life in rural Texas in the 1950s, set in the town of Kopperl, Texas|Kopperl , in Bosque County, Texas .cite web |url= http://www.texasescapes.com/Music/Kopperl-Bosque-County-Texas.htm |title=Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas |author=Steven Fromholz |publisher=Texas Escapes |accessdate=2010-10-12
Tracklisting: #"Man With The Big Hat" #"Kansas Legend" #"Song For Stephen Stills" #"Jake's Song" #"Texas Trilogy: a) Daybreak" #"Texas Trilogy: b) Trainride" #"Texas Trilogy: c) Bosque County Romance" #"Texas Trilogy: d) Daybreak (reprise)" #"There You Go" #"Weaving Is The Property Of Few These Days" #"Lovin' Mind"
Texas Trilogy
Fromholz's "Texas Trilogy" was the basis of a book by Craig D. Hillis and Bruce F. Jordan, Texas Trilogy: Life in a Small Texas Town , in which the authors accompanied and illustrated the trilogy's lyrics, set in the town of Kopperl, Texas, with photographs of the surrounding landscape. It also contains interviews with principal characters within the town. The book was praised for its photographs, though not for its text.cite web |url= http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/reviews/TexasTrilogy.html |title=Texas Trilogy: Life in a Small Texas Town |author=Craig D. Hillis and Bruce F. Jordan |publisher= This is Texas Music |date=January 4, 2005 |accessdate=2010-10-12
In addition, Fromholz himself published a book called Texas Trilogy . It is available at his website.
|url= http://www.bobsokol.com/frummox/ |title=Bob Sokol comes face to face with FRUMMOX |publisher=BobSokol.com |author=Bob Sokol |accessdate=2010-10-12
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|url= http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/poets.html |title=Texas Poets Laureate |publisher=Texas State Library |date=2007 |accessdate=2010-10-12
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|url= http://archive.fwweekly.com/content.asp? article=2046 |title=How Long is The Road |publisher=Fort Worth Weekly |author=Jeff Prince |date=July 16, 2003 |accessdate=2010-10-12 Persondata | NAME =Fromholz, Steven | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1945-06-08 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Fromholz, Steven Category:American country musicians Category:American country singers Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Poets Laureate of Texas
