5 Apr 2011 - Texas singer-songwriter Calvin Russell, an ex-convict and one-time protege of Townes Van Zandt who became a country music star in Europe, died of cancer April 3 in Garfield, Texas. He was 62.

Born Calvert Russell Kosler in Austin, he was a troubled teenager who did jail terms for forgery and possession of marijuana. After his release from jail in the late '60s, he became a member of the Austin singer-songwriter community and was taken under the wing of the legendary Van Zandt.