All true, and all good. If I may be so bold, please check out our new documentary on SRV and Jimmie, now available on Amazon, AppleTV, iTunes, Vudu and YouTube. Plus you can order a DVD (if you are still using that) from Walmart. Go here to view the trailer and platforms: https://www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/brothers-in-blues/
It's what I saw in the 40-plus years I covered the Vaughan Brothers, and it is STILL an AMAZING story. (Plus we have tons of photos and interviews about the "old Austin.")
Couldn’t put this one down, Michael. Such great writing! Your book is putting me IN the Austin I’ve only heard about. Thanks, also, for the enchilada recipe.
just a great article I was living and working in south Austin and saw all of those people you mentioned in the fine piece but always forget how interconnected they all were and how SRV made it back sober and like his idol Hendrix we know that there had to be so much more for him to do
Great story . I only remember one bad show from SRV and it was the live recording at the Opera House. Shortly after is when he sobered up. Those shows on Town Lake were the best with the city in the background and the wind blowing through while Stevie tore it up. Sad day in Austin when he died.
Beautifully written. Thank you for mentioning Chesley who has been deliberately erased from SRV's history by certain insiders. It was Chesley's ties to the Stones, Bowie, Jackson Brown, Manor Downs, Epic, Jeff Beck, et.al. who guided the success Stevie reached. I think of Chesley's role like the remark about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; he made Stevie look great "backwards and in high heels." And as a person in recovery, tip of the hat to Stevie for attracting many of us to sobriety and making it OK to stay clean and sober. We will never know what Stevie had for us when he was taken too soon. Lovely memories of him and Chesley.
great stuff per usual and certainly will miss Michael’s great writing and all of his side stories about each and every musical artist and the Great SRV for sure
Special thanks for including Scott Newton's 1983 pic at the Austin Opera House. I drove from Houston to attend that great show, with an Austin date and my brother and sister-in-law from Texas City. One of my all-time fav shows in 6+ decades of concerts. Opener was Little Charlie. Then SRV and DT. Finally, the Fabulous Thunderbirds headlined. Of course, Stevie joined them for the encore. Possibly the last time that SRV played a slot before the Birds.
All true, and all good. If I may be so bold, please check out our new documentary on SRV and Jimmie, now available on Amazon, AppleTV, iTunes, Vudu and YouTube. Plus you can order a DVD (if you are still using that) from Walmart. Go here to view the trailer and platforms: https://www.freestyledigitalmedia.tv/film/brothers-in-blues/
It's what I saw in the 40-plus years I covered the Vaughan Brothers, and it is STILL an AMAZING story. (Plus we have tons of photos and interviews about the "old Austin.")
Couldn’t put this one down, Michael. Such great writing! Your book is putting me IN the Austin I’ve only heard about. Thanks, also, for the enchilada recipe.
just a great article I was living and working in south Austin and saw all of those people you mentioned in the fine piece but always forget how interconnected they all were and how SRV made it back sober and like his idol Hendrix we know that there had to be so much more for him to do
Great story . I only remember one bad show from SRV and it was the live recording at the Opera House. Shortly after is when he sobered up. Those shows on Town Lake were the best with the city in the background and the wind blowing through while Stevie tore it up. Sad day in Austin when he died.
Wonderful writing Michael. Thank you for remembering SRV today. 🕊💙🎶
Beautifully written. Thank you for mentioning Chesley who has been deliberately erased from SRV's history by certain insiders. It was Chesley's ties to the Stones, Bowie, Jackson Brown, Manor Downs, Epic, Jeff Beck, et.al. who guided the success Stevie reached. I think of Chesley's role like the remark about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; he made Stevie look great "backwards and in high heels." And as a person in recovery, tip of the hat to Stevie for attracting many of us to sobriety and making it OK to stay clean and sober. We will never know what Stevie had for us when he was taken too soon. Lovely memories of him and Chesley.
Really great man. The Rhoda Morganstern comparison makes me laugh out loud every time!
great stuff per usual and certainly will miss Michael’s great writing and all of his side stories about each and every musical artist and the Great SRV for sure
Great reflection! (And great newsletter.) If of interest, just posted a podcast interview with SRV biographer Andy Aledort. He was fantastic, a wealth of knowledge. https://hangnail.substack.com/p/andy-aledort-on-rocking-with-hendrixs
Thank you for another great one, Michael!
Special thanks for including Scott Newton's 1983 pic at the Austin Opera House. I drove from Houston to attend that great show, with an Austin date and my brother and sister-in-law from Texas City. One of my all-time fav shows in 6+ decades of concerts. Opener was Little Charlie. Then SRV and DT. Finally, the Fabulous Thunderbirds headlined. Of course, Stevie joined them for the encore. Possibly the last time that SRV played a slot before the Birds.
PS Michael is correct. SRV was wasted at every gig (before sobriety) but he ALWAYS delivered!