Damn you, Michael, but thank you! Lately I'm having trouble keeping up with the writers I follow on Substack but every time I see one of yours I can't resist just at least taking a peek, then I end up staying with them to the very end. This one's another example of just great storytelling about some fascinating characters. And such crazy dot-connecting, another hallmark of your stuff. Bravo!
Great post Michael. One small correction, though. Le Lolypop was on Lakeshore, not Riverside. The address was 1818 S. Lakeshore, which is now Waterfront Condominiums. You may recall, I wrote about this joint in my book 1960s Austin Gangsters. Not surprisingly, it was a favorite hangout of the Overton Gang. Maggie's comments about how fun that time was resonates with the interviews I did with a couple of the former dancers there.
I always like it when you bring up names from my past.
Stoney Burns met Maggie Cowart and put her on the cover of Buddy magazine.
I will e-mail it to you, as I have done so for other people you've covered in the past, who made it up to DFW and met Stoney. Austin gets all the coverage now, but Dallas was rocking back then, too, as I never fail to point out. (Watch your inbox. Won't go out until tomorrow.)
great history I was behind Farah and Greg and them by a bit at UT grade wise but their time was legendary there and Coach Royal of course -that Maggie was the same look as Goldie Hawn on Laugh Inn and the dancing that was so a sign of the times then
Damn you, Michael, but thank you! Lately I'm having trouble keeping up with the writers I follow on Substack but every time I see one of yours I can't resist just at least taking a peek, then I end up staying with them to the very end. This one's another example of just great storytelling about some fascinating characters. And such crazy dot-connecting, another hallmark of your stuff. Bravo!
Great post Michael. One small correction, though. Le Lolypop was on Lakeshore, not Riverside. The address was 1818 S. Lakeshore, which is now Waterfront Condominiums. You may recall, I wrote about this joint in my book 1960s Austin Gangsters. Not surprisingly, it was a favorite hangout of the Overton Gang. Maggie's comments about how fun that time was resonates with the interviews I did with a couple of the former dancers there.
I always like it when you bring up names from my past.
Stoney Burns met Maggie Cowart and put her on the cover of Buddy magazine.
I will e-mail it to you, as I have done so for other people you've covered in the past, who made it up to DFW and met Stoney. Austin gets all the coverage now, but Dallas was rocking back then, too, as I never fail to point out. (Watch your inbox. Won't go out until tomorrow.)
great history I was behind Farah and Greg and them by a bit at UT grade wise but their time was legendary there and Coach Royal of course -that Maggie was the same look as Goldie Hawn on Laugh Inn and the dancing that was so a sign of the times then
Another great story and I had never heard of Maggie before. Thanks