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n retrospect, confrontation seemed almost a genre taking up the gauntlet after Nelson’s clashing,” admits Moser with a mixture of The Big Boys broil through trademark inevitable. Everyone saw it coming, but no of the Seventies. Then Stevie pride and regret at the booking and subse- confrontational catharsis, Biscuit spitting one recalls exactly what set it off. Ray Vaughan called just prior to the date to quent melee. “What I remember of the night is beer onto the crowd during “Movies” and rip- I Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk ask if his band could play a surprise set. The that tensions started brewing from the outset ping open a bag of trash to sling around for a classed-up Austin Music Awards show booking, like the entire evening, transpired so between the staff of the Opera House, which the stage as the mosh pit gains momentum audience visited the genre’s desired effect on casually that Moser had almost forgotten until was largely made up of older hippies of a Willie during “TV.” the era. Blame the security at the Austin Stevie Ray and walked in Nelson persuasion who didn’t take very kindly About 10 minutes in, as the quartet sears into Opera House, bikers and ex-Navy SEALs from with Double Trouble and to the Big Boys, and the Big “Complete Control,” security charges from the ’s road crew, who typical of the proceeded to unleash a dev- ANY HISTORY OF Boys themselves, who were stage wings at the first stage divers. By “Frat times tried to maintain control through intim- astating preview of the for- AUSTIN MUSIC just being the Big Boys. Cars,” Kerr cusses out the “hippie bouncers,” idation. And blame The Austin Chronicle, mer’s upcoming sophomore “I really don’t remember and more fans begin rushing the stage as the which managed to stage one of the most noto- , Couldn’t Stand AWARDS SHOWS what set it all off, but some- guitarist bites out “I Do Care.” When a bouncer rious nights of Austin music without knowing the Weather. IS PATCHWORK AT thing happened.” makes another move amid flying beer cans, he what it was doing. Had proceedings ended Thanks to video unearthed goes into blockade mode and pushes him back The second annual Austin Music Awards there, success would’ve BEST, A TAPESTRY late last month by Tim offstage. Kerr then unstraps his and had it all. marked Music Awards No. FRAYED BY BLURRY, Hamblin at the Austin slings it at security before storming out (see From the outset, the event promised a 2 and its fledgling biweekly FADED MEMORIES. History Center, there’s now “Fun Fun Fun,” p.4). memorable night. With the Austin Chronicle publication/sponsor. historical documentation of The video goes black as bouncers and fans Music Poll now in its third year of open ballot- Antithesis to major label -rock, the Big the Big Boys’ 1984 AMA set devolving into a all crash onto the stage, Gates and Washam ing in honor of the local scene, and the inau- Boys came to the party as no small get for maelstrom of profanity and punches. continuing to keep the rhythm even as the gural Awards Show having proved a success Moser and Black. Austin’s DIY scene, explod- “We’re playing under relative protest,” microphones bleed feedback. the previous year, 1984’s lineup under the ing out of Raul’s on the , mirrored the announces bassist Chris Gates at the outset, “Isn’t rock & roll exciting?!” howls Biscuit. guidance of and Louis Black upward trajectory of the town’s Delta-derived “because they know what we do, and they hoped to encompass the eclecticism of the national uprising, one obviously more main- asked us to play anyway.” FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG homegrown musical landscape. The roster stream than the underground-by-definition “They said nobody on the stage, and you Any history of Austin Music Awards shows came stacked with some of the most distinct punk proliferation spreading throughout the know what that means,” sneers Tim Kerr, is patchwork at best, a tapestry frayed by talent the state capital boasted. state, country, and world. The Big Boys arrived before drummer Rey Washam counts down to blurry, faded memories. The first decade-plus Fabulous Thunderbirds, LeRoi Brothers, and as two-time AMA winners for Best Punk Band Randy “Biscuit” Turner’s demonic incantation still eludes the internet, residing instead in an guaranteed a fiery showcase for – raw, raucous, physical. on “The Seed.” abandoned building in bound, yellowing vol- “The whole incident was really the result of “Don’t be intimidated,” challenges Kerr to umes of the Chronicle. Martha Grenon by two separate generational countercultures the crowd. “We’re not.” CONTINUED ON P.4 Van Wilks, 1986 VISUAL HISTORY: MARTHA GRENON’S AMA IMAGES 1985-2000

The Chronicle first published a photo of mine in 1982 – from Graceland, Music Awards, which I continued to do through 2000. Having a pass gave which I’d visited with members of the Joe Ely band. That year began a me access to backstage, where all the fun and action was. I was on a natural period where I led two lives: day job, where I earned enough to finance my high, getting close-ups of SRV, the Sexton brothers, , Lucinda night job, which was three or four nights a week shooting the music scene. Williams, and my muse, Ms. Margaret Moser. Photography is visual history, This was back in the darkroom days, so it required a lot more than down - and I’m happy I was able to capture these moments in time. loading. 1985 was the first year I got an assignment to cover the Austin – Martha Grenon

2 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS MARCH 3, 2017 austinchronicle.com austinchronicle.com MARCH 3, 2017 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS 3 FUN FUN FUN Pariah, 1993, with SIMS Foundation Lucinda namesake Sims Ellison at far right Williams, Tim Kerr posted the following to his Facebook 1992 page after the Chronicle asked for comment on the Big Boys’ “incident” at the second annual Austin Music Awards show in 1984. Reprinted in full with the guitarist’s permission: In 1984, we were asked to play the Austin Chronicle’s Award show. At this point we were putting on our own shows and knew that most of the folks that supported the “scene” that we were a part of would not be able to afford the ticket price, much less care to come to something like this. After a lot of deliberation, and we did have friends at the Chronicle, we decided to do it. The stage crew and bouncers for the night were the same ones that had so overreacted at our Fiesta Gardens performance earlier that year. Unbeknownst to us, they wanted revenge and to throw out the small group of people that had come to see us. These people had come up

front to participate and to get the candy that GRENON MARTHA BY PHOTOS Biscuit was handing out. LIVING IN A DREAM CONTINUED FROM P.2 THANKS TO VIDEO UNEARTHED LATE LAST MONTH Randy “Biscuit” The inaugural 1983 presentation was Turner, 1985 announced in the biweekly paper only two BY TIM HAMBLIN AT THE , weeks beforehand, via a small blurb in THERE’S NOW HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION OF Margaret Moser’s Feb. 18 “In One Ear” col- THE BIG BOYS’ 1984 AMA SET DEVOLVING INTO A umn. “PLUGOLO DEPT: As you probably know, the results of the Chronicle’s 2nd MAELSTROM OF PROFANITY AND PUNCHES. Annual Music Poll are in. We’ll announce win- ners next issue and at an Awards Night at The show itself, however, tapped into some- music made, but even more I just liked the Club Foot on Thursday, March 3. Bands fea- thing unique for the local music community. whole democratic sensibility.” tured will be past and present winners like Inspired by award handouts put on by the Even so, the awards ceremony and perfor- Angela Strehli and Band, with special guest upstart publication’s precursor The Austin mances struggled to find their footing early star Stevie Ray Vaughn [sic], Extreme Heat, Sun in the Seventies, and initially propelled by on. Following the Big Boys fiasco, 1985’s show the Van Wilks Band, Chinanine, and an all- Moser and Bob Simmons, the AMAs became barely scraped by as promised headliners star group called Concept. So besides the the physical manifestation of the Austin backed out. Guitar pioneer Lonnie Mack usual celebs and musicians, you’ll be able to Music Poll, a rare opportunity to celebrate a joined the Supernatural Family Band, and the cheer and razz your favorite critics and writ- diverse music scene all in one. show managed to survive (see “Having a ers, most of whom will be there en masse. “It’s always about the community,” attests Riot,” p.6). Black tie and spike heels optional, please!” Black. “It really is the one time of year the “We were in way over our heads – way over That year’s poster (see gallery) also mis- powers-that-be shut up, and it was always a our heads at the Chronicle, way over heads at spelled SRV’s surname. peoples’ award. There was so much good the Music Awards,” admits Black. “But then the At first, these “security” people attacked the [1986] lineup was every living musician we audience only when any of them got up onstage could find. We had some momentum, so it was with us, but they then quickly turned on the Doug and loaded with special guests. After that, Margaret people just trying to get candy as well. I was Shawn and I kind of knew what we were doing.” actually punched by one of the bouncers, and Sahm, , Joe “King” Carrasco, and Lou though it was not a very successful hit (I was 1991 Ann Barton and Angela Strehli teaming with too close for him to wind back), I realized how emcee Paul Ray to extol Antone’s set the stage absurd the whole thing had gotten. We walked for all-star scene representation, but perenni- off and did not finish our set. Even people there al AMA winner Joe Ely with Rolling Stones that had no idea about our scene were asking, sideman saxophonist Bobby Keys in tow set “What the hell was up with the bouncers?” the bar. The True Believers then turned said The Chronicle at the time never published all measuring stick into a javelin by backing the letters they had received after that night, native son Roky Erickson. The performance never really mentioned it in their articles, and proved shambolic, but through the mash-up never apologized. of Austin’s musical past, present, and even I was asked this week if I would give a future, the AMAs hit on the winning template. “quick” interview for their article on the In 1987, a group from the Chronicle – Black, anniversary of the awards show. Here was my publisher Nick Barbaro, and the “unofficial response: “Considering they did not write about ‘music business guy’ on the staff,” Roland it, post all the letters they received right after Swenson – partnered with orbiting industry the ‘incident,’ OR even apologize, I doubt what I insider Louis Jay Meyers to stage a modest have to say about it would result in a soundbite music conference and festival called South by that they would even publish now [smile]. Southwest. Centerpiece of the four-day event Thanks, but I respectively decline.” fell to the Austin Music Awards, by then a Tim Hamblin did this video and part of the must-attend local gala where, as Moser once footage is taken from the Fiesta Gardens show: quipped in her music column, “the famous, nearly famous, and know-the-nearly-famous www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVjMx0JDHM www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ZaV7BqRhs all mingle with only minor discomfort to the famous.”

4 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS MARCH 3, 2017 austinchronicle.com “South by Southwest needed us back then,” remembers Moser. “They originally hung themselves on the Music Awards. After that Bead it. first year, though, it was clear something was going to come of it. Given Austin’s status, I felt we really had to up our game.” Small Faces/Faces great Ronnie Lane, newly moved to town, offered unprecedented USED, COLLECTIBLE, star power to the show that year, though an AND UNIQUE unannounced set from and garnered more attention. In 1608 S. CONGRESS AVE. 1988, Lane returned with the True Believers crFyrseteal and Television guitarist Richard Lloyd. The 512-916-8882 with mention of this ad southcongressbooks.com results cast an early spotlight on SXSW’s budding national stature. SUN-THU 11-7 | FRI-SAT 11-8 “The Music Awards were always the best party of the year, without a doubt,” says Michael Corcoran, who during his 1985-88 tenure as Chronicle music columnist won rec- Support FREE, INDEPENDENT PRESS. ognition for best critic and worst thing to hap- pen to Austin music. “ Read us, follow us, came along and all of a sudden everyone from ADVERTISE WITH US. all over the world is coming to Austin. There’s all these big names and big money, and all these labels. And right before the storm comes, we’re going to have our little home- POLITICAL SATIRE, town celebration. “You could just walk down the line and COMEDY & MAGIC meet everyone in the Austin music scene in ON SIXTH! one night. It was one of those parties with everyone you wanted to hang out with.” 1989’s show pivoted on collaborations, most notably joining Two Nice Girls, but 1990’s more acoustic turn rounded up , , and James McMurtry. All that and stole the show regardless. Flown in on a pri- vate plane from West Virginia, the schizo- phrenic pop savant came aboard as the ulti- mate X factor. “The highlight was Johnston’s brief but beautiful set,” wrote Luke Torn in the Chronicle review. “In his first Austin appearance in four years, Daniel beat on his dime store guitar, redrawing the line between artistry and vul- nerability.”

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austinchronicle.com MARCH 3, 2017 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS 5 1997. “We had all been here hanging out, so we and Miss , 1996 thought it might be fun to try and play. … Just the fact that we actually did it was kind of amazing to me. We weren’t really [very] good, it was just fun.” More noteworthy that night was the return of Roky Erickson, and an appearance by Jo Carol Pierce, who supported her Album of the Year win by delivering “Does God Have Us by the Twat or What?” from Bad Girls Upset by the Truth. Even as SXSW and Austin hurtled toward the millennium, the Music Awards stayed true to its spirit of community, including not taking itself too seriously. In 1999, the Resentments

PHOTOS BY MARTHA GRENON countered the pomp of the unannounced Grammy presentation to with a 15-minute jam on Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Taking Care of Business.” The next year, poster artist and performer Kerry Awn declared, “Austin used to be ‘Groover’s Townes Van Paradise,’ now it’s dot-com gigabytes.” Zandt, 1990 “The show really didn’t change in the face of South by Southwest,” attests Corcoran. “It LIVING IN A DREAM CONTINUED FROM P.5 temperature emotionally and what everyone The backstage overflowed with music royalty. stayed in the place where you piled up your On the return flight home, Johnston threw was going through, but it was bigger than us.” Quipped Corcoran’s successor in the Music hair and really was the Austin music prom. It the airplane’s ignition key out the window feted their rallying point at the column slot, Ken Lieck, after a 1996 set in didn’t change, which was great, because mid-flight in a psychotic episode, leading his show, Jimmie Vaughan receiving a Hall of memory of Townes Van Zandt: “Winner of the everything else did.” father to crash-land in Arkansas and Johnston Fame induction that same year. 1991 also ‘What is he doing here?’ prize at the Austin to be committed to a psychiatric hospital. established another major precedent for the Music Awards was Steven ‘Little Stevie’ Van THE IMPROBABLE RISE OF AMAs: an opportunity for the community to Zandt, who, seen prowling around backstage, REDNECK ROCK SENT BY ANGELS celebrate seminal figures of Austin music was just begging for someone to shout, ‘No, New century off and running, the Awards In August 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan per- recently lost. At the ceremony a decade later in Steve, the Van Zandt tribute is for Townes!’” often returned to its roots. 2001 recalled ished in a helicopter accident in Wisconsin. 2000, , perhaps the soul of Austin Celebrities frequently found themselves Austin’s Eighties, echoed two years later with a Vaughan’s band, the powerhouse Double music that died the previous November, and onstage as well. set dedicated to “The Hole in the Wall Gang.” Trouble rhythm section of and Sterling Morrison, founding member of the In 1993, speculation swirled around the 2003 also hearkened “The Improbable Rise of Tommy Shannon, regrouped in the Austin Velvet Underground who’d quietly made debut of P, a band featuring Gibby Haynes, Bill Redneck Rock” with Steven Fromholz, Rusty Rehearsal Complex, where II Austin home before passing in 1995, received Carter, and Donnie Brasco co-stars Johnny Wier, Ray Benson, and Billy Joe Shaver, induct- and another guitar prodigy, , AMA memorials that reside as pinnacle Depp and Sal Jenco. More novel than memo- ed into the Hall of Fame by Willie Nelson. were also working. The four began jamming moments of the yearly pageant. Alejandro rable, the results remain fixed in AMA lore as The following March reunited the “Class of together to work through their grief. By Escovedo and , backed by the Tosca the first of only a handful of occasions the ’78” with members of the Next, Terminal November, the Arc Angels debuted live. String Quartet, honored Morrison in the group performed live despite a self-titled Mind, Standing Waves, the Jitters, Skunks, “We all had a certain connection, but most of night’s high-water mark (see “Waiting for the Capitol Records album two years later. and the return of the Big Boys’ Biscuit, this the energy we weren’t really even aware of,” Man,” p.8). “I think we got together the day before, time without incident. 2005 and 2006 brought says Sexton, who became music director for the As SXSW grew in size and reputation, so maybe once or twice, and kind of made some the resurrection of two Austin legends, Daniel AMAs in 2015. “Maybe it was because of the did the guests for the Austin Music Awards. shit up,” recalled Carter to the Chronicle in Johnston and Roky Erickson both making tri-

HAVING A RIOT: THE CHAOTIC AND BEAUTIFUL BIRTH OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS

I’m not an “Is the glass half-full or half-empty?” kind of guy. I’m a “That glass is a piece of shit, who bought that glass, it can’t even hold water!” kind of guy. I’m a hysteric. The sharpest upward momentum of our learning curve came the next year, for the 1984-85 show on March 6 at the House. Some major acts verbally committed to play, but, Austin being Austin, each had a favored band that it also wanted on the bill. These acts were lesser draws, but we counted on the big names to draw folks to the show. Then all the bigger names dropped out, so it Louis Black, Margaret Moser, ended up a musically strong show – just one with- and Alex Napier, 1987 out enough firepower to attract a large audience. It is important to understand here that during the first decade of the Chronicle, [Publisher] Nick make one solemn announcement or another, kicking was willing to share with me where we stood after Barbaro never seemed to really worry, while I was off with, “If we sell another 175 tickets, the Chronicle as few as five sales. There is no way to remember worried sick about everything all the time. won’t have to go out of business.” This was followed how many we actually sold, but whatever the Advance sales had been sparse, and walk-up sales by, “If we sell another 150 tickets, the Chronicle won’t number, the Chronicle survived. Nick Barbaro and were very slow as the show kicked off that evening. have to go out of business,” and so on all evening. – Louis Black, March 19, 2010 Susan Moffat, 1990 In truly typical Nick Barbaro style, he would come up Usually this was done in increments of 25, but austinchronicle.com/ to me as I was fretting myself into an early grave to if my actually visible sweating lessened, Barbaro columns/2010-03-19/981864

6 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS MARCH 3, 2017 austinchronicle.com umphant returns to the local spotlight. They also reset the AMAs as a central occurrence during SXSW. “There were probably more people from out FEBRUARY of town than in town the year Roky played,” says Corcoran. “He hadn’t played in a long time, and people couldn’t believe they were seeing Roky Erickson, or that he was good again. The same thing happened with Daniel Johnston.” Erickson became a fixture of the local spec- tacle over the next decade, returning to play with in 2008, the Black Angels in 2009, and in 2011 (see “7 Roky Erickson Moments,” p.12). 2007 also marked a turning point in pro- gramming as expectations rose for the uniqueness of the affair. A tribute to the recently passed provided an emotional core to the night as Jimmie Vaughan, Derek O’Brien, Gary Clark Jr., and honored the foundation of Austin’s blues scene. Once again, a surprise guest nearly upstaged the native fireworks, when SXSW keynote speaker Pete Townshend joined locally ensconced Small Faces/Faces DELBERT MCCLINTON keyboardist Ian McLagan in celebration of bandmate Ronnie Lane’s legacy (see “Take That F***er Back,” p.10). “Prick of the Litter” Reunions also became a hallmark of the AMAs. Stones to the Big Boys’ Beatles, incen- BLACK JOE LEWIS diary punks the Dicks regrouped in 2009, joined by Jesus Lizard howler David Yow, “Backlash” while Monte Warden restarted new country CONTINUED ON P.8 DALE WATSON & RAY BENSON

“Dale & Ray”

SOLANGE

“A Seat at the Table”

ROBERT EARL KEEN

“Live Dinner Reunion”

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO

“Burn Something Beautiful”

WHITNEY ROSE

“South Texas Suite”

BAND OF HEATHENS

“Duende”

JOHN WESLEY COLEMAN III

“Microwave Dreams”

MOLLY BURCH

“Please Be Mine”

austinchronicle.com MARCH 3, 2017 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS 7 together all strata of Austin music aided by the latter’s SRV staple “Willie the Wimp.” John Cale And don’t forget Shawn Sahm leading his father’s with Jimmie Vaughan, , , , and a generational cavalcade of Austin musi- cians as they piled onstage to play “She’s About a Mover” in honor of Moser’s final year as director of the show in 2014. “I had very big shoes to fill from Margaret, and knew I’d never be able to replace her ten- ured position in our community and the long WAITING FOR THE MAN: legacy of work she’s done,” says Celeste STERLING MORRISON Quesada, who took over producing the AMAs in 2015. “It is a complex cultural fabric we TRIBUTE 2000 PHOTOS BY MARTHA GRENON weave with an event like this. There’s a cere- [Sterling Morrison], mony involved where it becomes a sacred co-founder who moved to Austin in the space of reflecting and absorbing our history.” Seventies after walking out on the seminal Under the stewardship of Quesada and musi- two-chord wonder band, was paid tribute by cal alchemy fostered by Sexton, the Awards former bandmate John Cale under the guid- Show has evolved into some of its grandest ance of and the Tosca ambitions. The past two years have been head- String Quartet. Opening with Cale on acoustic Gibby Haynes and Roky Erickson, 1992 lined by star-studded salutes to two Austin guitar performing “Amsterdam,” the tribute icons recently lost, Ian McLagan and KUT/ started off slowly, the introspective song LIVING IN A DREAM CONTINUED FROM P.7 ’ ‘Beast of Burden’ by KUTX deejay and Twine Time host Paul Ray. bringing the evening’s energy level down. hopefuls the Wagoneers alongside Joe Ely. [Springsteen] management’s request. Honoring the former, Steve Van Zandt joined Cale taking a seat at the keyboards, he and Moser even coaxed Christopher Cross back to “I texted [former Ken Lieck replacement] Escovedo, Griffin, and the Bump Band onstage, Escovedo rummaged around Morrison’s mood the stage, pairing the yacht rock icon with Chris Gray, who had to leave early and file for while the tribute to Paul Ray brought onetime music with a serious, somber tone. young indie orchestra Mother Falcon for 2012’s The Press, tapping on my unhip local Robert Plant back to Austin to jam on its Escovedo’s “Tugboat,” which crowns his show. That year’s performances were eclipsed Blackberry, ‘We’re printing lyrics for “Beast celebrant’s cherished post-World War II R&B. 1996 Rykodisc album With These Hands, didn’t by the AMA’s most famous 11th-hour addition. of Burden”!’ CONTINUED ON P.10 exactly lighten the mood any, but it brought The 30th anniversary convergence prom- “Chris zinged back immediately: ‘Dammit! out the ghosts like a bulldozer in a graveyard; ised a headlining set from AMA fixture Don’t those two know the words yet?’” you could almost feel Morrison’s surly self Alejandro Escovedo, billed with special C.B “Stubb’s” stirring. When the band launched into the last guests, but even Moser didn’t know until the TWINE TIME Stubblefield, song of the set, “I’m Waiting for the Man,” day of the show whether Sooner or later, the best live music capital 1986 he and Doug Sahm must’ve been grooving would show up, let alone get onstage (see purveyors pass through the Austin Music together in paradise. Cale still on the keyboard, “Springsteen” sidebar, p.10). Awards shows. Escovedo picked up an electric and gave his “When news first broke that he would be Recall Escovedo, Spoon’s , and longtime drummer Hector Muñoz something to the South by Southwest Music keynote, I had Grupo Fantasma jamming with the Wild pound about, and pound the band did. a crazy thought: What would it take to get the Seeds in memory of SXSW Creative Director That was what the music intelligentsia had Boss to the AMAs the way Pete Townshend Brent Grulke. And Patty Griffin accepting her come for, and they were not disappointed. The guested with Ian McLagan in 2007?” wrote Hall of Fame plaque by acknowledging, “The light of the Velvet Underground was blinding Moser following the show. “Jump forward to last time I came to an AMA, they gave one of in those moments. the night of the AMAs this year, when these to , so I’m very hum- – Raoul Hernandez, March 17, 2000 Alejandro Escovedo began his last set of the bled.” One year, Gary Clark Jr. jetted home evening. The operations manager for the show from specifically to accept his stack of austinchronicle.com/ was on one side of the stage printing lyrics to awards and join onstage in pulling music/2000-03-17/76315

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austinchronicle.com MARCH 3, 2017 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS 9 and Eric Johnson, Alejandro Escovedo, 1987 Bruce Springsteen, and Joe Ely PHOTOS BY MARTHA GRENON GARY MILLER GARY DID I KNOW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WAS Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton, and Angela Strehli, 1989 GOING TO PLAY 2012?

LIVING IN A DREAM CONTINUED FROM P.8 and many more – align for typically singular performances. Three weeks ago, I interviewed with Russ Hartman, who “Ian really did all the work, because everyone loved Ian, and More importantly, the local music community gathers to honor printed an offhand comment of mine in Austin Daze: “Mr. even more so with Paul,” demurs Sexton. “Last year, I actually its talent, inspiration, and singularity. Springsteen, if you’re not busy on Wednesday night before said that if we can’t honor Paul properly with something that’s “What was always really exciting was that you’re working your keynote address, I’ve got a place for you to be, because really special, then we should just honor him quickly with a with people in every area that really care about what they’re Alejandro is going to be workin’ it up at the end of the show and video and say thank you and doing,” offers Black. “What you’re not going to want to miss that. Not that you don’t have we love you. Then we got a AS SXSW GREW IN SIZE AND always strikes me about a million things to do. But remember, Bruce, if you’re not busy: message to Robert, and there Austin: It’s so much about Alejandro Escovedo, Music Awards, Wednesday night before was no negotiation. He just REPUTATION, SO DID THE GUESTS quality. Austin has incredible your keynote address.” said, ‘I will be there.’ FOR THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS. audiences; their level of knowl- It wasn’t as brash as it sounded. I saw two of Springsteen’s “I was just the messenger. edge and passion. When you shows at the Armadillo, witnessed during my own life-changing Paul’s the one that got him there. All the credit goes to the go to the Awards shows, they’re packed with people playing for era around age 20. That time bled for me in a way only pos- people we honor.” their peers. sible when you’re young – suicide, betrayal, breakup, abortion. This year, the Austin Music Awards show notches its 35th “So at the end of the day, it’s really just about the music. One performance I remember for the moment his player anniversary edition at Downtown’s premier concert venue, Loving music.” n stepped into the lone spotlight and delivered her heart-aching ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Once again, the stars – Terry solo, hope in the darkness that I grasped. Nothing in life would The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards turns 35 on Sunday, March be easy, Springsteen reassured, but we have ourselves and each Allen, , Steve Earle, Kat Edmonson, , the 12, in its new home, ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Trishas, Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, Jai Malano, Fab 5 Freddy, Tickets at: austinchronicle.com/ama other. I believed him and his music. Did I know Bruce Springsteen was going to play? At about 3pm on Wednesday, Alejandro and Ed Hall, 1995 were hanging around the staff production room, decompressing from rehearsal as Alejandro was nursing a broken rib. I sat across from the two, eyes closed, being made up by Brandi Cowley and listening to them talk. Even though I was just feet away and we were connected by the energy of the show to come, Al and Garland were in their own sphere. “I really enjoy playing music more than ever before,” the lat- ter enthused, leaning on the door, the joy evident in his voice. He was in high spirits, effusive after singing “Beast of Burden” dur- ing soundcheck, hat perched at a jaunty angle on his curly hair. Garland wasn’t saying it for anyone’s benefit but his own. Alejandro, sitting in a chair below him with his guitar resting on his knees, just nodded his head. “Me, too.” That’s when I knew. – Margaret Moser, March 23, 2012 Poster triumvirate: Guy Juke, Kerry Awn, and Micael Priest, 1986 austinchronicle.com/music/2012-03-23/dear-diary

TAKE THAT F***ER BACK: RONNIE LANE/TEXAS TORNADOS/CLIFFORD ANTONE TRIBUTES 2007

The Convention Center ballroom began buzzing with anticipa- No one in their right mind wants to follow such an event, but Shawn Flaco Jiménez, 1995 tion immediately prior to Ian McLagan & the Bump Band’s tribute to Sahm & the Tex Mex Experience kept the energy level high. With accor - McLagan’s Small Faces bandmate Ronnie Lane, who succumbed to dionist Flaco Jiménez and organist in tow, they paid multiple sclerosis in 1997. After warming up the crowd with Lane’s tribute to fallen Texas Tornados Doug Sahm and with “Glad and Sorry” and a less sprightly, more mournful arrangement of crowd-pleasing renditions of “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” and “Itchycoo Park,” the big moment arrived when Pete Townshend strode “Who Were You Thinking Of?” onstage to play “Kuschty Rye.” KGSR’s Jody Denberg looked like a kid in Although virtually every other award winner gave a shout-out to a candy store as he harmonized on the chorus. Clifford Antone, the real tribute came at night’s end, when guitarists At song’s end, McLagan shook Townshend’s hand and Chairman Pete Jimmie Vaughan, Gary Clark Jr., and Derek O’Brien joined special guest responded by patting Mac on the head. Introducing “Whatcha Gonna harp blower James Cotton to play the departed back home to . Do About It,” McLagan noted that Small Faces guitarist Steve Marriott Physical traces of Groover’s Paradise are increasingly hard to come by nicked the song’s solo from Townshend before exhorting Pete to “take in today’s Austin, but Augie Meyers’ recitation of Doug Sahm’s famous that fucker back.” Townshend complied by tearing through a marathon exhortation, “Don’t take no shit from nobody,” was a clear-cut reminder version of the song like it was all in a day’s work. The crowd never left that the groove lives on. – Greg Beets, March 16, 2007 their feet while he was onstage. austinchronicle.com/music/2007-03-16/456510

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austinchronicle.com MARCH 3, 2017 35 YEARS OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS 11 7 ROKY ERICKSON MOMENTS AT THE AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS Roky Erickson and Will Sexton, 1993 1986: The 1985/86 Austin Music Awards took place at the Austin Opera House on March 13. One of my fondest memories of that show was Roky Erickson playing with the True Believers. The set was ending, with Roky singing “Two-Headed Dog.” Every time the Believers began to wind the song down, Roky Jimmie Dale would run up to the mic to sing Gilmore and Rosie the chorus again to keep it going. Flores, 1988 Finally, the band members encircled Roky, trying to keep him away from the microphone by blocking him with their . Still, he made it through a couple more times before Austin Music Awards Hall of they succeeded. – Louis Black 1991: The You’re Gonna PHOTOS BY MARTHA GRENON Fame Inductees 1983-2016 Misunderstand Me Award meanders to whomever it was who decided A COMPLETE LIST FOR THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE! that Roky Erickson really wanted to play with the Texas Tornados Bill Anderson (04)* Ernie Durawa (04) Flaco Jiménez (94) John X Reed (05) at the awards show. Roky ended …And You Will Know Us Lavada “Dr. Hepcat” Eric Johnson (83) The Reivers (13) by the Trail of Dead (11) Durst (93) up staring at the audience and Daniel Johnston (98) (10) Clifford Antone (86) Kent Omar Dykes (86) (16) (00) eventually wandered offstage. Davy Jones Ted Roddy Arc Angels (10) Joe Ely (83) (84) Doug Sahm (83) – Ken Lieck of “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” Okkervil Asleep at the Wheel (06) Roky Erickson (83) Robert Earl Keen (98) (07) 1993: Roky Erickson is standing onstage, ripped psychedelic as Erickson blew harp (08) Alejandro Escovedo (97) Tim Kerr (97) Charlie Sexton (86) arms folded, singing a chilling version of and harmonized on “Starry Eyes” before Marcia Ball (89) Explosions in the Sky (15) Killer Bees (06) Tommy Shannon (96) (95) “Don’t Slander Me.” An all-star band led closing the night with epic “I Walked With a Martin Banks Fabulous (85) Billy Joe Shaver (03) Stephen Barber (05) Thunderbirds (83) by Will Sexton is sizzling with on Zombie.” If we have truly fallen into a place Freddie “Steady” Krc (05) Sixteen Deluxe (12) Spot Barnett (08) Fastball (14) (08) drums, Speedy Sparks on bass, and John X where everything is music, then everything is Chris Layton (97) Skunks Lou Ann Barton (92) Keith Ferguson (98) Leadbelly (04) Soulhat (06) Reed reminding everyone he’s Austin’s best- looking up. – Doug Freeman Roscoe Beck (01) Fireballs (06) (02) Speedy Sparks (00) kept guitar-slinging secret. Will is having to 2009: As the lights dropped for the night’s T.D. Bell & Erbie Flatlanders (16) LeRoi Brothers (14) Spoon (06) shout at Roky, who seems half-reluctant to be Bowser (95) Rosie Flores (08) Mance Lipscomb (84) Angela Strehli (94) there, when it is time to sing the chorus. Then final set, Shawn Sahm’s groove gave way to a barrage of distortion at the hands of Bells of Joy (97) (15) Terri Lord (04) Jesse Taylor (06) he sings. Arms folded, almost staring off into (95) (10) the Black Angels. Pounding out the psych Ray Benson Lyle Lovett (93) Brannen Temple (10) space, Erickson leans into the microphone (10) (94) (06) rhythms and intensity of “You on the Run” Tina Marsh (00) 13th Floor Elevators (05) and sings and that voice shoots right up and Doyle Bramhall (98) Steven Fromholz (03) and “Young Men Dead,” the Angels bathed MC Overlord (11) Kenneth Threadgill (84) down my central nervous system, pinballing Sarah Brown (10) Glenn Fukunaga (13) Delbert McClinton (83) (03) off memory and evoking desire. – Louis Black in the black light glow of the ages, brought (03) David Garza (10) full circle as Roky Erickson stepped to the Ian McLagan (04) Tortilla Factory (11) Bubble Puppy (11) Geezinslaws (06) (98) (02) stage to deliver 13th Floor Elevators’ central Jason McMaster Mambo John Treanor 2006: Then it was time for Roky Erickson (06) (03) James McMurtry (07) True Believers (09) “.” With Alex Maas taking up the & the Explosives to pull a rabbit out of our Sarah Elizabeth (89) Augie Meyers (02) Sonny Trujillo (13) souls. Kicking off strong with “Cold Night electric jug, Erickson and the Angels shut the Campbell (16) Johnny Gimble (04) Ernie Mae Miller (07) Ernest Tubb (97) for Alligators” and an extra-fuzzy version show down with a blistering “You’re Gonna Ray Campi (84) Gourds (14) Paul Minor (02) Uncle John Turner (08) of “Starry Eyes,” it was further evidence of Miss Me.” A collaboration not soon forgotten, Joe “King” (00) Gurf Morlix (04) Randy “Biscuit” Carrasco (85) (03) Erickson’s return to musical prowess. Fellow but the music here never is. – Doug Freeman Greezy Wheels (13) Hector Muñoz (04) Turner (85) psychedelic traveler Powell St. John joined Joe “King” Carrasco & the Grey Ghost (88) (84) (14) Which left the Meat Puppets warming Original Crowns (12) Bill Neely the band on vocals for “The Right Track Now.” 2011: Patty Griffin (12) Willie Nelson (83) Townes Van Zandt (97) up that era’s “Touchdown King” – Roky Bill Carter & Ruth Nanci Griffith (95) (91) Moments later, he added fire to “You’re Ellsworth Carter (13) Gary P. Nunn (01) Jimmie Vaughan Erickson – by opening with Curt and Cris Grupo Fantasma (12) (83) Gonna Miss Me” with a smoking Cindy Cashdollar (12) Derek O’Brien (93) Stevie Ray Vaughan Kirkwood and new drummer Shandon Sahm (83) (15) solo in the bridge. As one of only a handful W.C. Clark (90) Okkervil River (11) Redd Volkaert reliving Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in the elder Tom & Charlene (11) of Austin songs you really can’t get tired of, King Coffey (01) (84) Wagoneers brother’s “Plateau,” then segueing into the Hancock (00) (87) it made the perfect ending to this charmingly Ornette Coleman (84) Tary Owens (01) Jerry Jeff Walker aforementioned football monarchy from final Hosea Hargrove (09) (88) mushy love note. – Greg Beets (88) Pariah (09) T-Bone Walker SST LP Monsters. As J Mascis watched from Gibby Haynes (95) (96) (98) Pinetop Perkins (08) Don Walser the floor, Erickson came on in full lion mane, (08) (13) 2008: Then Rokkervil fulfilled the night’s Conjunto Los Pinkys (15) Gretchen Phillips (01) Watchtower delivering “You’re Gonna Miss Me” and Nash Hernandez (00) (05) promise, as Okkervil River delivered a James Cotton (16) Patrice Pike (07) Dale Watson Carolyn Hester (00) (96) cathartic “Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe” “Starry Eyes” with enough static electricity The Crickets (05) James Polk (00) Lavelle White Sara Hickman (00) Rusty Wier (01) and “For Real,” ’s bloody howl to make up for an obvious lack of rehearsals. Christopher Cross (12) Maryann Price (02) Hickoids (14) (83) curdled against the cacophonous crash of “You know who that was, right?” asked Sahm Alvin Crow (89) Charlie Prichard (04) Van Wilks (84) (07) keys and guitar. After leading the crowd when clearing the stage, naming Erickson (14) (08) Lucinda Williams (96) (09) in clapping through “Unless It’s Kicks,” and his late father Doug Sahm to the Top 2 Dangerous Toys (16) Gene Ramey (85) Kelly Willis Lightnin’ Hopkins (84) (84) Sheff introduced Erickson, and Rokkervil spots of Austin’s all-time musical hierarchy. Dan Del Santo (02) Ruben Ramos (96) Bob Wills Blues Boy Hubbard (07) (85) commenced with its own unsettling roar – Raoul Hernandez DJ Casanova (07) Shirley Ratisseau (13) Johnny Winter Ray Wylie Hubbard (06) (15) DJ Mel (14) Paul Ray (95) Margaret Wright “Blind” Lemon (09) The Dicks (09) Paul Ray & the Cobras (07) Danny Roy Young Jefferson (04) * INDICATES YEAR INDUCTED

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GUY JUKE GUY Performers 1983-2016 1983: Angela Strehli & Band with special guest 1994: Doug Sahm & the Sons of Sahm, Don Walser’s 2003: , Chip Taylor & Carrie Stevie Ray Vaughan, Extreme Heat, Van Wilks Pure Texas Band, Los Pinkys y Isidro Samilpa, True Rodriguez; Redneck Rock: Steven Fromholz, Ray Band, Chinanine, Concept Believers, Pariah, Junior Brown & Tanya Rae, Jimmy Wylie Hubbard, Rusty Wier, Ray Benson, Bob LaFave, Kerry Awn, Little Sister & Ugly ; Livingston, Billy Joe Shaver; Hole in the Wall 1984: LeRoi Brothers, Angela Strehli, Fabulous Angela Strehli’s Blues Revue with Roky Erickson, Lou Gang: Paul Minor, Jane Bond, Beaver Nelson, Thunderbirds, Big Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Ann Barton, W.C. Clark Troy Campbell, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Tony Double Trouble (unannounced) Scalzo & Miles Zuniga, Darin Murphy, Ted Roddy, 1995: Kathy McCarty & Daniel Johnston, Ed Hall, Andrew Duplantis, Matt Hubbard, Barbara K 1985: Supernatural Family Band with surprise Sincola, Storyville, Charlie Sexton Sextet, Toni Price, guest Lonnie Mack, Van Wilks, Junior Franklin & Robert Earl Keen, Mary Cutrufello, Martin Banks, 2004: Los Lonely Boys, Chip Taylor & Carrie the Golden Echoes, Lou Ann Barton Hamell on Trial, Flaco Jiménez with Radney Foster Rodriguez, Greencards & Cluan, Tia Carrera; Class of ’78: Ty Gavin, Stephen Marsh, Larry Seaman & 1986: Joe Ely with special guest Bobby Keys, 1996: Sixteen Deluxe, Gerry Van King, Ian Moore Joe “King” Carrasco y los Coronas, True Believers Randy Franklin, Terri Lord, & Jon Band, Asylum Street Spankers, Miss Lavelle White, Dee Graham, Randy “Biscuit” Turner with Roky Erickson, Eric Johnson, Lou Ann Barton Don Walser’s Pure Texas Band with Wayne “The Train” & Angela Strehli with Paul Ray Hancock; Too Many Girls: Kris McKay, Kelly Willis, Abra 2005: Daniel Johnston, John Cale & Zeitgeist, Ronnie Lane & Bobby Keys, Eric Moore, Sara Hickman, Kirstin DeWitt, Barbara K Alejandro Escovedo, the Crickets with Nanci 1987: Griffith, Pinetop Perkins; Hardcore Country All- Johnson, Will & the Kill, Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry 1997: Texas Tornados with Roy Head, 8½ Souvenirs, Jeff Walker & David Bromberg (unannounced) Stars: Alvin Crow, Pete Mitchell, Neil Flanz, Sexton Brothers Sextet, Lou Ann Barton & Jimmie Jason Crow, Danny Young, Jon Kemppainen, 1988: Joe Ely, Timbuk3, Killer Bees, Wagoneers, Vaughan; Townes Van Zandt tribute: Jimmie Dale Earl Poole Ball, Del Puschert, Ariel Abshire, True Believers with Ronnie Lane & Richard Lloyd, Gilmore, Mickey White, Brad Fordham, Champ Hood, Patricia Vonne Grey Ghost, Darden Smith Kimmie Rhodes, Joe Ely, J.T. Van Zandt, Will Sexton 2006: Kris Kristofferson & Jessi Colter, Roky 1989: Butch Hancock & the Sunspots with 1998: The Gourds & Damnations, Asleep at the Erickson & the Explosives with Powell St. John, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Two Nice Girls with Lucinda Wheel with Leon Rausch, Derailers, MC Overlord & Hot Jon Dee Graham & Eliza Gilkyson & Ray Wylie Williams, Timbuk3, Omar & the Howlers; Lou Ann Buttered Rhythm, Malachi; Too Many Girls II: Trish Hubbard with special 6-year-old guest William Barton, Marcia Ball & Angela Strehli with Doug Murphy, Kacy Crowley, Ana Egge with Jon Dee Graham Harries Graham; Red River Revue: Black Joe LEE BOLTON Sahm & the Westside Horns 1999: Reckless Kelly with Joe Ely, Meg Hentges, Lewis, Walter Daniels & Chili Cold Blood; Davíd Garza, Kinky Friedman, the Resentments; Guitars a Go-Go: 3 Balls of Fire with George 1990: Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, James Tomsco, Jerry Cole & the Boom Chica Boom girls McMurtry, Poi Dog Pondering, Daniel Johnston; An Country Kicks: Monte Warden with Kelly Willis, Bruce Austin Hoot featuring David Halley, Michael Hall, & Charlie Robison, Shawn Colvin 2007: Ian McLagan & the Bump Band with Kris McKay, and Alejandro Escovedo 2000: Bob Schneider, Kelly Willis, Terri Hendrix & special guest Pete Townshend (unannounced), Ray Wylie Hubbard, Shawn Sahm & Friends, Texas Barbara Kooyman with & 1991: Arc Angels, Texas Tornados, Dangerous Michelle Shocked, & CoCo Toys, E.R. Shorts Trumpets; Sterling Morrison tribute: John Cale, Alejandro Escovedo, Tosca String Quartet Carmel, Shawn Sahm & the Tex-Mex Experience with Texas Tornados & Sam the Sham; Clifford 1992: Musical director John Mills: 2001: Lucinda Williams & Band, the Gourds, Slaid Antone tribute: Jimmie Vaughan, Derek 1) Laurie Freelove, Bad Livers, Tish Hinojosa, O’Brien, Gary Clark Jr., James Cotton Monte Warden, Kelly Willis; 2) T.D. Bell & Erbie Cleaves, James Cotton with Jimmie Vaughan & Lou Bowser, Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli, W.C. Clark; Ann Barton, Vallejo with MC Overlord; Austin in the Eighties: Steve Collier, Randy Franklin, Kim Longacre, 2008: Gary Clark Jr., the Judy’s, Roky 3) Ruben Ramos, Lou Ann Barton & Paul Ray; Erickson & Okkervil River, Roy & Sundance Head 4) Joe Ely, Lucinda Williams, Michael E. Johnson Cindy Toth, Alejandro Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, Michael Hall, Kathy McCarty with the Westside Horns; tribute: backed by Kyle Brock & Tommy Taylor; 5) Eric Lyle Lovett, David Ball, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Johnson surprise finale 2002: Spoon, Snobs, Sixpence None the Richer, Colin Gilmore, Warren Hood, Taylor Hyatt, the FEDERICO ARCHULETAFEDERICO Belleville Outfit, Audrey Ball P, Soulhat, Jo Carol Pierce with Loose Asleep at the Wheel with Johnny Gimble & Jimmie 1993: Vaughan; Champ Hood tribute: Warren Hood & the Diamonds & Michael Hall, Alejandro Escovedo, 2009: The Dicks with David Yow, Roky David Rodriguez, Michele Solberg, Grey Ghost South Austin Jug Band, Toni Price, Lyle Lovett; Supergirls: Terri Lord, Gretchen Phillips, Darcee Erickson & the Black Angels, Bob Schneider & Orchestra with , , and the Fireants, SDQ2 with Shawn Sahm, Augie Steve James; Roky Erickson with Will Sexton, Douglas, Patrice Pike, Nancy Scott, Dotty Farrell, Kris Patterson Meyers, Alejandro Escovedo; Trio: Suzanna Mike Buck, Speedy Sparks, John X Reed Choffel, Ruthie Foster,

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2010: Mother Falcon, Sarah Jarosz, Will Sexton & Sahara Smith, the Explosives with Moby Grape’s and CCR’s Stu Cook; the Texas Sheiks: Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Bruce Hughes, Cindy Cashdollar, Johnny Nicholas; Soul Jam: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Blues Boy Hubbard, Johnny Hernandez, 2011: Meat Puppets & Roky Erickson, Bubble

Puppy, Bright Light Social Hour, Mother Falcon, BARBARO ZEKE Sahara Smith & Will Sexton, Wagoneers with Joe Ely 2012: Quiet Company, Sixteen Deluxe, Joe “King” Carrasco & the Crowns with Jon Dee Graham, Shawn Sahm, Mariachi Relámpago, Ben Marines, Shorty Ortiz; Ruthie Foster & Carolyn Wonderland with special guest Patty Griffin; Christopher Cross with Mother Falcon and Peter Bay; Alejandro Escovedo & Guests: Amy Cook, Rosie Flores, Dan Dyer, Garland Jeffreys, Kid Congo Powers, Joe Ely, Bruce Springsteen 2013: The Trishas with Raul Malo, Ben Kweller, Bill Carter & the Blame, Brownout, Gary Clark Jr. (unannounced); Brent Grulke tribute: Alejandro Escovedo, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott McCaughey, Susan Cowsill, Britt Daniel, Wild Seeds 2014: Lucinda Williams, Francis Prève, Minor Mishap Marching Band, Church on Monday with Ray Benson, Alejandro Escovedo with Cheetah Chrome, James Williamson, , and Bobby Daniel; Texas Tornados with Jimmie Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, Derek O’Brien; Youngbloods Choir: William Harries Graham, David Z, Marlon Sexton, Lily & Io Exhibit on View Now Hickman, Finley Sexton with Jon Dee Graham, Will The quintessential, one-and-only exhibition & Charlie Sexton, Sara Hickman on blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan comes

2015: Billy Joe Shaver; Viva la Diva: Gina JERRY CLAYWORTH Chavez, Nina Diaz, Tameca Jones, Sunny Sweeney, to Austin at the Bullock Museum. Carson McHone, Jazz Mills, Dana Falconberry; Austin High Revisited: Gary Clark Jr. & Eve Monsees, Shakey Graves, Phranchyze, Suzanna Choffel, Elias Haslanger, Warren Hood; Ian Presented by: Curated by: McLagan tribute: Alejandro Escovedo, Patty Griffin, Bump Band, special guest 2016: Freaks and Geeks: Peter Stopschinski & Jenavieve Varga, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mother Falcon; Blazing Bows: Warren Hood, Carrie Rodriguez, Emily Gimble, Alvin Crow, Jason Roberts, ; SIMS Celebration: Emcee Renée Zellweger, Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton & Britt Daniel, Jeremy Nail, the Happen-Ins; Antone’s/Paul 1800 N. Congress, Austin, TX Ray tribute: Jimmie Vaughan, C.J. Chenier, Barbara Lynn, Lou Ann Barton, special guest Robert Plant Support for the Bullock Museum’s exhibitions and education programs provided by the Texas State History Museum Foundation.

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