08/12/2025
Happy Birthday to our favorite guy, Charlie Sexton ❤️
Happy birthday, Charlie Sexton! Can you name anyone in the Austin scene as beloved, as talented, as prolific, as badass as Charlie? We'll wait...
Before he was even a teenager, he was already a part of the Austin music scene, and honorary uncle Speedy Sparks told him he needed to invest in an electric guitar. “We took a .22 pump rifle down to a pawn shop somewhere downtown, and traded it in for a little cash for an electric guitar," Charlie recalled later. "I got on stage and played it that night. I didn’t know how to tune it, I didn’t know what keys were, I just played it by ear. That gave me a lot of drive to figure it all out.”
When he serendipitously showed up at Arlyn Studios during sessions for “The Last Real Texas Blues Album,” we were elated to watch him jump on a Big Joe Turner track with Jivin’ Gene. We can’t wait for y'all to hear it.
Photo of Charlie Sexton, Speedy Sparks and Jivin' Gene by Dusana Risovic at Arlyn Studios.