Trivia

Daughter, Julianna Tex Robison, was born at 9:19 pm weighing 6 lbs 10 oz, followed ten minutes later by the arrival of twin 'Henry Benjamin Robison', weighing 6 lbs 14 oz. (April 14, 2005)

Son, Charles Augustus Robsion, is known as "Gus".

(November 11, 2002) He and his wife Emily Strayer, welcomed their first child, son Charles Augustus Robsion, 8 lbs 13 oz.

Brother-in-law of singer Kelly Willis (Bruce's wife).

Was originally to play the main character in his friend Adrian Pasdar's directorial debut Cement (2000). Pasdar directed Robison in two music videos: "My Hometown" and "Barlight".

Ex-brother-in-law of singer Martie Maguire (Emily's sister) of the The Chicks.

Ex-husband of singer Emily Strayer of the The Chicks.

Older brother of singer Bruce Robison.

Friend of Adrian Pasdar. The two met in the late 1980s.

He was an American country music singer-songwriter.

On September 24, 2018, Robison announced that due to complications from surgery, he was permanently unable to sing, and that he was regretfully officially retiring from stage and studio.

Unhappy with the expectations & limitations of being a Nashville country artist, he moved to a smaller independent label, Dualtone, for "Good Times" in 2004, followed by extensive touring and newfound control over his career. Accordingly, his sound began to evolve away from mainstream/Nashville country and toward more Southern & hard rock influences.

He returned to Billy Bob's as part of his first tour since 2018, playing at the same venue where he first played in 1999.

In 2003, Robison was a judge on the first season of the TV singing competition Nashville Star.

His song "Good Times" was featured in the credits of HBO's original series True Blood in the first season's third episode.

In September 2014, Robison opened Alamo Icehouse in San Antonio, Texas, with former Major League Baseball player Brooks Kieschnick.

After a knee injury at Southwest Texas State University ended a potential football career, Charlie Robison came to Austin, Texas in the late 1980s and had stints in the bands Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys, and Two Hoots and a Holler.

Five years after the release of Good Times, Robison released Beautiful Day on June 23, 2009, on Dualtone. This was the first CD he self-produced. Both albums featured several songs written by Nashville singer-songwriter Keith Gattis.

In 2006, Charlie Robison performed "Wildman from Borneo" on the Kinky Friedman tribute "Why the hell not..." The songs of Kinky Friedman.

He appeared on Kindred Spirits: A tribute to Johnny Cash, singing "Don't Take Your Guns to Town".