Preface to 'Austin Music Is a Scene Not a Sound'

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Just as a scene is not just the music, clubs are much more than buildings. They are the folks who work there and go there and play there. I knew these were my people the night I arrived at age 28. After I found Austin, I had to snicker inside when someone called Hawaii “paradise.”

The natural beauty of my home state was nothing compared to the former dry…