The Business the Musk Business: the Texas OBSERVER ° the Texas Observer Publishing Co
Senate and AG endorsements, p. 11 ER, R April 14 1978 500 -,- 1.4ktur-;;;"'"; ",•T--- ,2414 NtaGN ag*** The business The musk business: The Texas OBSERVER ° The Texas Observer Publishing Co.. 1978 who pays Ronnie Dugger, Publisher Vol. 70, No. 7 April 14, 1978 Incorporating the State Observer and the East Texas Demo- the piper? crat, which in turn incorporated the Austin Forum-Advocate. EDITOR Jim Hightower MANAGING EDITOR Lawrence Walsh ASSOCIATE EDITOR Linda Rocawich EDITOR AT LARGE Ronnie Dugger PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Susan Reid, Susan Lee By Mike Tolleson ASSISTANT EDITORS: Colin Hunter, Teresa Acosta, Austin Vicki Vaughan, Eric Hartman Has everybody got Saturday night fever? It would seem so, if STAFF ASSISTANTS: Margaret Watson, Bob Sindermann, Debbie Wormser, Margot Beutler, Leah Miller, Connie Larson, David the phenomenal growth of the record and music industry is any Guarino, Beth Epstein, Beverly Palmer, Harris Worcester, Gerald guide. McLeod, Larry Zinn, Janie Leigh Frank But as music lovers buy more records, tune in to more hours CONTRIBUTORS: Kaye Northcott, Jo Clifton, Dave McNeely, Don of radio, and drop in more frequently at concert halls and Gardner, Warren Burnett, Rod Davis, Paul Sweeney, Marshall Breger, honky-tonks, few realize that their pastime has become very big Jack Hopper, Stanley Walker, Joe Frantz, Ray Reece, Laura Eisenhour, Dan Hubig, Ben Sargent, Berke Breathed, Eje Wray, business, a bonanza firmly under the control of a handful of Luther Sperberg, Roy Hamric, Thomas D. Bleich, Mark Stinson, Ave record companies, radio chains, talent agents, and other Bonar, Jeff Danziger, Lois Rankin, Maury Maverick Jr., Bruce Cory, middlemen.
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