 After an 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.He went solo with his album "Bandera" in 1996.He subsequently signed with Sony and released "Life of the Party" on Sony's subsidiary Lucky Dog Records.