Goodbye Old Friend: Ian McLagan 1945- 2014
McLagan didn’t come to Austin to retire on his laurels. He came here to thump that piano and sing like he and his mates were up to no good.
Austin-Zeitgeist
As long as you’re not finished: the Harvey “Tex Thomas” Young Story
Young songwriter shows us a treasure buried in our own backyard.
25,000 sets in 25 years: Saxon Pub sound man Richard Vannoy
Call the Guinness Book: we may have a world record sound man in South Austin.
Make It Beautiful: the Bobby Doyle story
“One man, one mic, one piano: nobody could do it better than Bobby Doyle. Nobody.”
Straight Into Compton: How a Texan Became the Wordsmith for N.W.A.
“I’m a leader, not a follower, so I moved from the projects of West Dallas to the projects of Compton.”
Barbara Lynn: True Hero of Texas Music
Don’t call Barbara Lynn a One-Hit Wonder. Her influence is huge.
The Swan Song of the Austin Moser Awards
Story originally published March 2014 on Arts & Labor blog. I sometimes refer to the Austin Music Awards as the Austin Moser Awards and it wasn’t a jab so much as the truth. Margaret Moser’s Olympic-sized personality dominates every aspect of the proceedings. Her graciousness is reflected by the vast number of categories and her […]
RIP Roscoe: Death of a True Believer
His love of music was contagious.
Pulling Out All the Stops: Mike Flanigin’s B3 Shot
Mike Flanigin puts down the guitar to sit behind a “desk”
Mississippi 1963: Waking up to racism
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the soul of a man.