This Week in Texas Music History, metal legend Darrell Lance Abbott, better known as Dimebag Darrell, was born in Grand Prairie, Texas.

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By Jason Mellard from the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University .

On August 20, 1966, metal legend Darrell Lance Abbott, better known as Dimebag Darrell, was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. Growing up in Arlington, his father, country songwriter Jerry Abbott, encouraged Darrell and his brother Vinnie Paul in their musical interests and immersed them in country western. Other sounds beckoned, though, and the Abbott brothers gravitated to Black Sabbath and Van Halen . They formed the first lineup of Pantera in 1981 alongside the record label Metal Magic to r

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