Dave Kirby

Best known for co-authoring the immortal "(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone," singer/songwriter and session guitarist Dave Kirby was born in Brady, TX, on July 10, 1938. He was a natural musician and took up the guitar while still a young boy, encouraged by a family that included more than its share of musicians, among them his uncle, Big Bill Lister, who often opened shows for Hank Williams and played with the Drifting Cowboys. When Lister played local gigs in Texas, he began bringing his nephew -- then age seven -- on-stage to play. Kirby began his formal performing career in...