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remember going in Jovita’s more than once totally unaware of the business on site that got them shut down right ?But I sure liked that venue :)

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The Skyline was before my time here in Austin, but many fine memories from Jovita's and Momo's. It certainly was a shock when Jovita's was exposed as the front for a drug dealing operation. And Nate Paul ( grrrrrrrrr! ) still makes my blood boil for his malevolent path of acquisition and destruction of music venues. But he was just an accelerant to the economic flames ignited by soaring rents and soulless development.

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I remember going to see Don Walser at Jovita's when it had only just opened in 1992! Moved out of Austin in 1993, until coming back in 2006 so in my mind Jovita's still felt "new". Had no idea why it closed until now. These are great, Michael! Keep 'em coming.

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I have great memories of Soap Creek in the Skyline location. I believe the entrance was next to the stage and I remember walking into a Joe Ely show as they were playing 'Boxcars' and the pedal steel player was about 1 foot from me as he was making that instrument 'MOAN' ;-)

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Mayo was always kind to the teen bands I'd book there back in the day. Blues Mafia, with Max Frost, Sasha Ortiz,, Patrick Mertens, Kai Roach & Chris Copeland played there regularly. Also Evan Charles with his first band, along with Aaron Lemke. If there was anything else going on there, we were oblivious.

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I totally understand your attempt to include what we called "cultural history" at Baylor in my Texas history classes, and totally support you in your attempts to get this done. Up in Dallas, we had a small victory when got an artwork honoring the Vaughan Brothers installed just 4-5 blocks from their childhood home, in Kiest Park. Took us five (5) years and a $60,000 fundraiser, but we "got r dun." Keep up the good fight. If we can get conservative Dallas to do it, surely Austin can/will.

https://www.srvofficial.com/news/jimmie-stevie-ray-vaughan-sculpture-dedicated-in-kiest-park/

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