place_of_death albert luckenbach
Luckenbach is an unincorporated community thirteen miles ( 19 km ) from ___MASK60___ in southeastern ___MASK48___ , Texas , United States , part of the Texas Hill Country . Luckenbach is known as a venue for country music . A postmaster is the head of an individual post office . When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization ( usually sponsored by a national government ), the title of Postmaster General is commonly used . Responsibilities of a postmaster typically include management of a centralized mail distribution facility , establishment of letter carrier routes , supervision of letter carriers and clerks , and enforcement of the organization ' s rules and procedures . ___MASK68___ , originally Martinsburg , is a ghost town southeast of Fredericksburg and west of the Blanco County line in southeastern Gillespie County , Texas , United States . The town was a stop on the Fredericksburg - Blanco stage route and in 1967 became a stop on the President ' s Ranch Trail . Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States , such as folk music ( especially Appalachian folk music ), and blues music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country music " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly music "; it came to encompass Western music , which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country music " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins of country music are the folk music of working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities . In 2009 country music was the ___MASK14___ listened to ___MASK71___ hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second ___MASK14___ popular in the morning commute in the United States . ___MASK100___ is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population . Geographically located in the south ___MASK69___ part of the country , ___MASK100___ shares borders with the U . S . states of ___MASK46___ to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the ___MASK83___ is to the southeast . A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system . Post offices offer mail - related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels ; provision of post office boxes ; and ___MASK27___ of postage stamps , packaging , and stationery . In addition , many post offices offer additional services : providing and accepting government forms ( such as passport applications ), processing government services and fees ( such as road tax ), and banking services ( such as savings accounts and money orders ). The chief administrator of a post office is a postmaster . Carl ___MASK68___ Luckenbach was the first postmaster of Luckenbach , Texas . He would later move to another village which would become known as ___MASK68___ , Texas . A Postmaster General , in many countries , is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country , responsible for oversight over all other Postmasters . The practice of having a government official responsible for overseeing the delivery of mail throughout the nation originated in ___MASK26___ , where a " Master of the Posts " is mentioned in the " King ' s Book of Payments ", with a payment of £ 100 being authorised for Tuke as master of the posts in February 1512 . Belatedly , in 1517 , he was officially appointed to the office of " Governor of the King ' s Posts ", a precursor to the office of Postmaster General of the United Kingdom , by Henry VIII . In 1609 it was decreed that letters could only be carried and delivered by persons authorised by the Postmaster General . The ___MASK100___ Hill Country is a 25 - county region of ___MASK69___ ___MASK100___ and South ___MASK100___ featuring karst topography and tall rugged hills consisting of thin layers of soil atop limestone or granite . It also includes the Llano Uplift and the second largest granite dome in the United States , Enchanted Rock . The Hill Country reaches into portions of the two major metropolitan areas , especially in ___MASK72___ ' s northern suburbs and the western half of Travis County , ending southwest of Downtown Austin . The region is the eastern portion of the Edwards Plateau and is bound by the Balcones Fault on the east and the Llano Uplift to the west and north . The terrain is punctuated by a large number of limestone or granite rocks and boulders and a thin layer of topsoil , which makes the region very dry and prone to flash flooding . The ___MASK100___ Hill Country is also home to several native types of vegetation , such as various yucca , prickly pear cactus , cedar scrub , and the dry Southwestern tree known as the ___MASK100___ live oak .