Though I went to the Armadillo a lot, I also liked Soap Creek - partly because it was smaller and more intimate, but also because they had different performers there. It was more fun watching people like the Meters and Rockin Dopsie and the Twisters in a smaller place. I was told that when Springsteen came to town to play the first time, Clarence went to Soap Creek and bought trays of $1 shots for people, and tried to get them to come to see the band he was in at the Dillo.
I lived on West Lake Drive in the summer of 1971, and had a UT professor friend living in a little old stone house on the corner of the Drive and Bee Caves, and there wasn't much on Bee Caves, and that was the attraction. Cities suburbanize and that place sure did.
Reminds me why the best thing I ever did with my life was taking a Greyhound bus to Austin where I met Mike Mordecai on day one and George Majewski on day two.
Worked the bar at Soapcreek for a cupla years. Beautiful people, great music... lots of shenanigans. Best time of my life.
Though I went to the Armadillo a lot, I also liked Soap Creek - partly because it was smaller and more intimate, but also because they had different performers there. It was more fun watching people like the Meters and Rockin Dopsie and the Twisters in a smaller place. I was told that when Springsteen came to town to play the first time, Clarence went to Soap Creek and bought trays of $1 shots for people, and tried to get them to come to see the band he was in at the Dillo.
I lived on West Lake Drive in the summer of 1971, and had a UT professor friend living in a little old stone house on the corner of the Drive and Bee Caves, and there wasn't much on Bee Caves, and that was the attraction. Cities suburbanize and that place sure did.
Nice story Mike. Played there many times with Delbert. The Wild,Wild West.
Reminds me why the best thing I ever did with my life was taking a Greyhound bus to Austin where I met Mike Mordecai on day one and George Majewski on day two.