Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

A Texas singer, novelist, and humorist who styled himself after Will Rogers and Mark Twain, blending country music satire with detective fiction and newspaper columns for Texas Monthly. In 2006 he ran for governor of Texas as an independent, drawing national attention and finishing fourth with 12.6% of the vote. His career refused any single lane, moving freely between the stage, the page, and the campaign trail.