AUSTIN, Texas — Singer-songwriter and musician William Beckmann is proud of his Texas roots. “I tell people I’m from Texas every chance I get, you know, I wear it, I wear it on my sleeve,” Beckmann said. The Del Rio kid, as he likes to call himself, grew up in the border town, spending 18 years of his life immersed in the rich diversity the region has to offer. “Listening to all kinds of different music, growing up on the border from country music to mariachi music and northern Mexican music.