This is a very, very good piece, and Terry deserves all of the accolades (and more) for pushing through all of the obstacles. As is my case, I don't mean to cast any aspersions towards ACL, Austin or its place in music history, but in 1973, a few years before ACL, the first Texas music show to be broadcast on a PBS affiliate was on KERA in Dallas. Titled Sound Stage, it featured performances by Willie Nelson, Rusty Weir and Freddy King. Alas, KERA was in Big D and there wasn't the money or the popular groundswell to get Sound Stage to continue, but they deserve a tip of the hat for first bringing Texas music to the masses, and to PBS.
Dallas, much like rock and roll, eats its young.
(Full disclaimer: I may have misnamed the show, but I am older, and the hard drive is full.)
If you want to REALLY go back, try and locate a tape of the Nitzinger/Freddy King concert that aired on Waco, Texas TV back in the early 70s. It was produced by a guy named Drew Pollen.
Yes, it did. I went back and checked. KERA's show was called Opry House and featured Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Fromholtz, Michael Murphy and, I believe, Tracy Nelson. Like I said when I posted, the hard drive is full and I sometimes don't remember everything. Had to e-mail an old friend who set me straight.
But I come to praise ACL, not to bury it.
Just that Dallas had a very vibrant music scene, but our right-wing city leaders at the time ran off all of our musicians to Austin, and beat up Stoney Burns. Austin is still the king, Dallas was the predecessor.
This is a very, very good piece, and Terry deserves all of the accolades (and more) for pushing through all of the obstacles. As is my case, I don't mean to cast any aspersions towards ACL, Austin or its place in music history, but in 1973, a few years before ACL, the first Texas music show to be broadcast on a PBS affiliate was on KERA in Dallas. Titled Sound Stage, it featured performances by Willie Nelson, Rusty Weir and Freddy King. Alas, KERA was in Big D and there wasn't the money or the popular groundswell to get Sound Stage to continue, but they deserve a tip of the hat for first bringing Texas music to the masses, and to PBS.
Dallas, much like rock and roll, eats its young.
(Full disclaimer: I may have misnamed the show, but I am older, and the hard drive is full.)
If you want to REALLY go back, try and locate a tape of the Nitzinger/Freddy King concert that aired on Waco, Texas TV back in the early 70s. It was produced by a guy named Drew Pollen.
There was a live music program from Chicago called "Soundstage," which predated ACL by a year or two. The Dallas show must've had a different name.
Yes, it did. I went back and checked. KERA's show was called Opry House and featured Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Fromholtz, Michael Murphy and, I believe, Tracy Nelson. Like I said when I posted, the hard drive is full and I sometimes don't remember everything. Had to e-mail an old friend who set me straight.
But I come to praise ACL, not to bury it.
Just that Dallas had a very vibrant music scene, but our right-wing city leaders at the time ran off all of our musicians to Austin, and beat up Stoney Burns. Austin is still the king, Dallas was the predecessor.
Dallas, Houston and San Antonio all had memorable music scenes before Austin.
We just didn't preserve it, or come up with a catchy slogan ("Live music capital!").
It's all our own fault.