How Angel White’s McKinney, Texas, roots planted him on the verge of music-scene success with his debut album, Ghost of the West.
Angel White still lives in the same house in the same small Texas town where he was born and raised. And he loves that nothing about that life has changed. Well, except his name.
Born Khalil Hall, he came up with his new pseudonym Angel White when he was about 20 years old. “’Angel’ comes from the angels in life that people interact with, whether they know it or not. And then White is my family’s last name,” he says of the change he made ten years ago. While he was on the road getting ready to play a show at New York City’s Gramercy Theater, White told Cowboys & Indians about his Texas roots, his vast taste in music, and how making his debut album in 12 days felt like he was making 12 years’ worth of music.
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