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Murder at the future Soap Creek
Back in the '40s it was Elm Grove Lodge, where the Wright brothers did wrong
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None of the Above: Shoulders Story
Michael Slattery, Todd Kassens and company belong in the pantheon of great Austin bands
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Badass Centennial: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
The Count Basie of the Blues, from Orange, TX, was born 100 years ago today
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Preface to the 'Overserved' sequel
Both Austin music history books are in the hands of publishers, and should be worth the wait
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'Overserved' Table of Contents
(A sequel to Austin Music Is a Scene Not a Sound) I. Worst Thing to Happen to Austin Music II. Rollo and Kate, and the road to Austin a. Kill Haole Day…
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Cowboy and El Gato: Godfathers of Austin's "Brown Sound"
Manuel Donley and Ruben Ramos updated traditional Mexican music with the times
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Welcome (Again) to Mediocre, TX
Facebook reminds me that it's been 12 years since I dropped a blog bomb on Austin
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'The House That Freddie Built': A blues King and Leon at the Armadillo 1972
Photographer Van Brooks took it all in on an early show during the 'Texas Cannonball' Tour
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Kill Haole Day
"The worst thing I ever went through never happened," pt. 17
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Desert Island Disc: 'Love Songs' by Billie Holiday
Happy birthday Lady Day, the greatest jazz singer of them all, born April 7, 1915
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20 greatest Austin bands of all time
Another list? C'mon Dorothy, you know you love 'em!
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Note to subscribers
Here's a link to "40 Greatest Clubs in Austin Music History"
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