Legendary Texas music entertainer Gary P. Nunn will be making his long-awaited return to Brown County Saturday night, performing along with Justin McFarland at Teddy’s Brewhaus. Tickets, for $65, are available at the following link ( Gary P. Nunn Tickets, ) with the show set to begin at 5:30 p.m.

Nunn’s previous appearances in Brown County have included a couple of performances at the Boys and Girls Club’s annual Barn Dance fundraiser.

“We’ve been to Brownwood, mostly for fundraisers up there over the years, but this is the first time we’ve played a regular venue rather than a private party,” Nunn said in a recent interview with KOXE. “We’re looking forward to having a good crowd. We want to invite all the people out and know you’re going to have a good time and a rare opportunity to see Gary P. Nunn and the Sons of the Bunkhouse Band.”

Regarding the Sons of the Bunkhouse Band, Nunn said, “They’ve been in and out of the band but they all come back around. These fellows, I’ve worked on and off with over the years since about 2010. One of the guys helped me get my first band started back in 1980. They’re all wonderful guys, great family men, Christian men and it’s a great pleasure to go up and down the road with them.”

According to Nunn’s bio on the Outhouse Tickets website, “Gary P. Nunn began his musical career as a 7th grader in a garage band in Brownfield, Texas, where he was an honor student and all-around athlete. Upon graduation from night school, he attended Texas Tech University and South Plains College while pursuing music on weekends playing with “The Fabulous Sparkles,” a take-no-prisoners rock band that was the rage of West Texas during the sixties. In 1968 he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin immersing himself in the lively local music scene while studying pharmacy at UT. In 1972, Michael Martin Murphey, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson moved to Austin and a new Era in music was born. The movement was dubbed ‘Texas progressive,’ ‘outlaw music’ among other monikers and Gary P. Nunn was right in the middle of it. At one time he was playing bass for Murphey, Walker and Nelson. For Murphy and Walker, he led The Lost Gonzo Band who backed them up on stage and in the studio and helped propel them to national notoriety. It was during this time that Nunn honed his songwriting skills composing tunes that were recorded by Nelson, Walker and Murphey, as well as Rosanne Cash, David Allen Coe and others, earning him several gold and platinum records for writing, publishing and performing.”

Nunn spoke about the impact his career has had on other Texas music artists.

“I do get a lot of feedback and they said things like ‘If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t be doing this,’” Nunn said. “I get a lot of recognition from those guys, Kevin Fowler, Roger Creager, even Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green and guys like that have reached out to me and let me know I inspired them to do what they’re doing. It’s gratifying to hear those things.”

Regarding the most requested songs he gets from concert goers, Nunn said, “What I Like About Texas, Long Homesick Blues, and Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning, and then It’s About To Get Western has become one of my requested songs. I have one called Adios Amigo, it’s a fun thing, and the ladies really enjoy The Girl Loves to Dance, which is a song I recorded a few years back.”

Nunn also stated some of his older tunes are gaining in popularity as well.

Here lately, I’ve been going back, and it seems to get a really, really tremendous response, and doing of the songs we recorded with Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark and Michael Murphey tunes, like L.A. Freeway or Desperadoes Waiting for a Train or things like that. That was where the fire got started for this whole Texas music thing, and now it’s a blazing bonfire. We’ve also had three or four shows reuniting the Lost Gonzo Band and those have turned out to be very, very successful events.”

Perhaps Nunn’s most well-known song, London Homesick Blues – the theme song to Austin City Limits – is nearing a milestone.

“People seem to love that song and next year it will be 50 years since we recorded it,” Nunn said. “To have a song still be popular after 50 years is pretty gratifying.”

All of Nunn’s songs are available on iTunes and his albums and merchandise – including a book entitled At Home with the Armadillo – can be purchased at his website, garypnunn.com. Nunn stated he will have items available, including the book, at Saturday’s show.