1. “The registration line was insane. That’s 20 minutes of my life I won’t get back.” “Some band just handed me an album. Haven’t they heard of cassettes?” “Do you know where Saturday’s day party is?” “Austin learned its lesson from the Armadillo. No way they’re tearing down Liberty Lunch for an office building.” “I’m in […]
Like most of the other white middle class American males born in the ‘50s, the only black gospel music I heard growing up was “Oh, Happy Day,” a 1969 hit by the Edwin Hawkins Singers and Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like a Rock” (1973), which featured the Dixie Hummingbirds. I’d never heard the stuff live […]
1987 Number of acts: 172 Number of registrants: 700 Keynote speaker: Record producer Huey P. Meaux Buzz bands: Dash Rip Rock, Reivers, True Believers, Buck Pets, Wagoneers, Reverend Horton Heat SXSW organizers can’t get the computers working at registration, so even though the turnout is moderate, waits are long. That’s something that the first year […]
By Michael Corcoran “The registration line was insane. That’s 20 minutes of my life I won’t get back.” “Some band just handed me an album. Haven’t they heard of cassettes?” “Do you know where Saturday’s day party is?” “Austin learned its lesson from the Armadillo. No way they’re tearing down Liberty Lunch for an office […]
1987 Number of acts: 172 Number of registrants: 700 Keynote speaker: Record producer Huey P. Meaux Buzz bands: Dash Rip Rock, Reivers, True Believers, Buck Pets, Wagoneers, Reverend Horton Heat, Hundredth Monkey SXSW organizers can’t get the computers working at registration, so even though the turnout is moderate, waits are long. That’s something that the […]
