The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology

Contents

• Foreword (by Daniel Johnston)
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction (by Louis Black)
• The 1980s: An Introduction (by Margaret Moser)
• On the Road with Joe Ely (by Margaret Moser)
• Joe Ely Band with Little Charlie [Sexton] at Club Foot (by Babs Modern)
• Lou Ann Barton, Old Enough (by Jody Denberg)
• Big Boys, Fun Fun Fun (by Jeff Whittington)
• In One Ear: Wanderin' Around Soap Creek (by Margaret Moser)
• The Skunks: Between a Rock and Hard Place (by Margaret Moser)
• Raul's: A Very Select Discography (by Margaret Moser)
• Rank and File: Mama, What's a Cowpunk? (by Dennis Nowlin)
• The Fabulous Thunderbirds, T-Bird Rhythm (by Margaret Moser)
• Gene Ramey Band at Piggys (by Greg Stephens)
• Big Boys, Really Red, Crotch Rot at Club Foot (by Robert Draper)
• Lyle Lovett at emmajoes (by Elaine Blodgett)
• Texas Flood: Stevie Rising (by Michael Hall)
• Standing Waves at the Nightlife (by Robert Draper)
• Butthole Surfers, Butthole Surfers (by Michael Hall)
• Blaze Foley at Austin Outhouse (by Rob Klein)
• Marcia Ball's Evolution from Country Kicker to Blues Singer (by Jody Denberg)
• Freda & the Firedogs; Supernatural Family Band, Lubbock Lights; The Contenders; Greezy Wheels "Finding Happiness"/"Monkey in the Church" (by Margaret Moser)
• Dicks, Jeffersons, Hickoids, Fudge Tunnels at Voltaire's Basement (by Brent Grulke)
• The Dicks, Dicks 1980--1986 (by Margaret Moser)
• Ray Wylie Hubbard at Dixie's Bar & Bus Stop (by L. E. McCullough)
• Butch Hancock: Songwriters Recognition Series (by Chris Walters)
• Why I Worry About Joe "King" Carrasco (by Michael Corcoran)
• Uranium Savages' 10th Anniversary Celebration at Soap Creek Saloon (by Marybeth Gradziel)
• Glass Eye at the Beach (by David Dage)
• Dino Lee (by Michael Corcoran)
• Blaze Foley, Blaze Foley (by Louis Black)
• Dan Del Santo, World Beat (by Chris Walters)
• Poison 13, Poison 13 (by Brent Grulke)
• Poison 13, Zeitgeist, True Believers at Continental Club (by Michael Corcoran)
• Omar & the Howlers, I Told You So (by Brent Grulke)
• Butthole Surfers, Psychic . . . Powerless . . . Another Man's Sac (by Brent Grulke)
• B.W. Stevenson at Cactus Cafe (by L. E. mccullough)
• Obviously True Believers (by Chris Walters)
• Zeitgeist, Translate Slowly (by Brent Grulke)
• Doctors' Mob, Headache Machine (by Brent Grulke)
• Don't You Start Me Talking: Cutting Edge (by Michael Corcoran)
• Daniel Johnston by Louis Black
• Daniel Johnston, Hi, How Are You (by Richard Dorsett)
• Not Daniel Johnston, How, Hi Are You: The Unfurnished Album (by Daniel Johnston)
• Roky Erickson Meets R.E.M.: Fables of the Undead (by Thomas Anderson)
• Butthole Surfers, Cargo Cult at Fifth Street Theatre (by Richard Dorsett)
• Butthole Surfers at Ritz Theatre (by Stuart Gilbert)
• Butthole Surfers at Ritz Theatre (by Stuart Gilbert)
• Charlie Sexton, Pictures For Pleasure (by Jeff Whittington)
• Rolling With the T-Bird Rhythm (by Chris Walters)
• Don't You Start Me Talking: Austin Music Sucks (by Michael Corcoran)
• Angela Strehli, Stranger Blues (by Jay Trachtenberg)
• Darden Smith, Native Soil (by Elaine Blodgett)
• Don't You Start Me Talking: Woodshock (by Michael Corcoran)
• Timbuk 3: The Family That Plays Together Stays Together (by Sarah Wimer)
• Jerry Jeff Walker, Nanci Griffith at Paramount Theatre (by Rob Mccorkle)
• The Last Days of the Beach (by Steve Johnson)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan: Straight from the Heart (by Michael Corcoran)
• We Got Some Stuff in Store (by Martha Hartzog)
• Don't You Start Me Talking: An Open Letter to Michael MacCambridge (by Michael Corcoran)
• Dongfest at Dong Huong (by Eric Lord)
• Wild Seeds, Mud, Lies & Shame (by Ed Ward)
• Ray Benson at the Wheel (by John T. Davis)
• Ray Benson's Favorite Songs About Texas
• Bad Mutha Goose and the Brothers Grimm, Rev It Up--Jump the Funk (by George Leake)
• Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys at Broken Spoke (by Todd Jagger)
• Robert Earl Keen, Jr., The Live Album (by Lee Nichols)
• It Does Make You Want to Dance (by John T. Davis)
• AMA Preview: Jimmie Dale Gilmore (by John T. Davis)
• AMA Preview: Two Nice Girls (by John T. Davis)
• AMA Preview: Lou Ann Barton (by John T. Davis)
• AMA Preview: Doug Sahm & West Side Horns (by John T. Davis)
• W.C. Clark Gets His Due (by John T. Davis)
• Lucinda Williams: No Tougher Judge (by John T. Davis)
• Dancing About Architecture: Liquid Repasts (by Ken Lieck)
• Ed Hall, Love Spoken Here (by Joseph P. Mitchell)
• Pastures of Plenty: Willie's Picnics (by John T. Davis)
• The 1990s: An Introduction (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Page 2 (by Michael Hall)
• AMA Preview: Arc Angels (by John T. Davis)
• Reivers, Pop Beloved (by Jason Cohen)
• Recommendeds: Tailgators, Bad Livers (by Margaret Moser)
• Esteban "steve" Jordan (by Jason Cohen)
• Herman the German & Das Cowboy (by Tim Stegall)
• Terry Allen (by Jason Cohen)
• Libbi Bosworth and Tumblin' Dice (by Margaret Moser)
• Don Walser: Pure Texas Country (by Lee Nichols)
• Don Walser's Pure Texas Band at Emo's (by Lee Nichols)
• The Bad Livers: Picking the Wide World of Music (by Jason Cohen)
• Skrew, Burning in Water, Drowning In Flame (by Marc Savlov)
• Skellington, Skellington (by Jason Cohen)
• The Devil and Daniel Johnston (by Jason Cohen)
• Dancing About Architecture: Kurt Cobain's Daniel Johnston T-Shirt (by Ken Lieck)
• Dancing About Architecture: Titty Bingo (by Ken Lieck)
• Dixie Chicks, Little Ol' Cowgirl (by Lee Nichols)
• Tish Hinojosa, Taos to Tennessee and Culture Swing (by Lee Moore)
• Willie Nelson at State Capitol (by Paul Minor)
• The U List: The Most Notable Austin Underground Bands
• The Horsies (by Jason Cohen)
• Stretford (by Tim Stegall)
• Sincola (by Jason Cohen)
• The Texas Instruments, Magnetic Home (by Luke Torn)
• Stephen Bruton at Antone's (by Michael Eck)
• ST-37, The Invisible College (by Greg Beets)
• The Motards, Stardom (by Greg Beets)
• The FuckEmos, The FuckEmos (by Greg Beets)
• Nanci Griffith at Paramount Theatre (by Steve Brooks)
• Eric Johnson at Antone's (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Townes Van Zandt, David Rodriguez at Cactus Cafe (by Steve Brooks)
• At the Starting Gate of the Seventies (by Bill Bentley)
• Shiva's Headband Experience (by Margaret Moser)
• Ian Moore, Ian Moore (by Andy Langer)
• Monte Warden, Monte Warden/Kelly Willis, Kelly Willis (by Lee Nichols)
• Jerry Jeff Walker: Let's Go (Back) to Luckenbach, Texas (by Lee Nichols)
• Remembering the Cosmic Cowboy Years (by Chet Flippo)
• Listening to the First "Austin Sound" (by Chet Flippo)
• Ed Hall, Motherscratcher (by Greg Beets)
• Doyle Bramhall, Bird Nest on the Ground (by Margaret Moser)
• Cotton Mather, Cotton is King (by Mindy Labernz)
• Jimmie Vaughan at the Backyard; Joe Ely at La Zona Rosa; Buick MacKane at Hole in the Wall (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Cherubs, Heroin Man (by Greg Beets)
• Johnboy, Claim Dedications; Bedhead, What Fun Life Was; Crust, Crusty Love (by Greg Beets)
• Kathy McCarty: From Glass Eye to Dead Dog's Eyeball (by Chris Walters)
• Guy Forsyth & the Asylum Street Spankers at Austin Outhouse (by Al Kaufman)
• 1995 SXSW Picks and Sleepers:
• Tony Campise (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Ian McLagen & Monkey Jump (by Margaret Moser)
• Wayne Hancock (by Lee Nichols)
• Skatenigs (by Margaret Moser)
• Omar & the Howlers (by Margaret Moser)
• Michael Fracasso, When I Lived in the Wild (by Peter Blackstock)
• Sue Foley, Big City Blues (by Margaret Moser)
• Guy Clark, Dublin Blues (by Lee Nichols)
• The Scabs at Steamboat (by Andy Langer)
• Dangerous Toys: Toy Story (by Andy Langer)
• SXSW Picks to Click: Sixteen Deluxe (by Margaret Moser)
• Dancing About Architecture: Sixteen Delays (by Ken Lieck)
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Braver Newer World (by Joe Mitchell)
• Butthole Surfers, Electriclarryland (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Shawn Colvin, A Few Small Repairs (by Michael Bertin)
• Townes Van Zandt: Dead Rabbits (by Ed Ward)
• Miss Lavelle White, It Haven't Been Easy (by Margaret Moser)
• Parallel Universe (by Raoul Hernandez)
• David Garza's Musical Manifesto (by Andy Langer)
• Jon Dee Graham, Escape From Monster Island (by Margaret Moser)
• Tina Marsh & CO2 "Dreamkeepers" at Laguna Gloria Amphitheatre (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Bruce Robison, Wrapped (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Dale Watson at Little Longhorn Saloon (by Greg Beets)
• Storyville, Dog Years (by Michael Bertin)
• Shaver, Victory (by Jay Hardwig)
• Beaver Nelson, The Last Hurrah (by Andy Langer)
• Fastball: All the Pain Platinum Can Buy (by Andy Langer)
• Spoon: Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington (by Raoul Hernandez)
• SXSW Picks and Sleepers
• The Cornell Hurd Band (by Margaret Moser)
• Pong (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Trish Murphy (by Andy Langer)
• Monte Warden (by Andy Langer)
• Soulhat (by Andy Langer)
• Scrappy Jud Newcomb (by Margaret Moser)
• Ephraim Owens (by Christopher Hess)
• Damnations TX (by Christopher Hess)
• Hot Club of Cowtown (by Christopher Hess)
• Superego (by Christopher Gray)
• Gerry Van King, The Cause of It All (by Andy Langer)
• Brown Whoernet, Brown Whoernet (by Greg Beets)
• MC Overlord, House of Funk (by Christopher Gray)
• The Derailers, Full Western Dress (by Jerry Renshaw)
• . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead: Destruction as Beauty (by Greg Beets)
• Doug Sahm: Wasted Days, Wasted Nights (by Joe Nick Patoski)
• The 2000s: An Introduction (by Christopher Gray)
• James Hand: Where the Shadows Are Deepest (by Christopher Gray)
• Slaid Cleaves at Cactus Cafe (by Christopher Gray)
• Vallejo, Into the New (by Raoul Hernandez)
• The Gourds: Songs of Innocence and Experience (by Christopher Hess)
• Shearwater, The Dissolving Room (by Michael Chamy)
• Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eternal & Lowdown (by Jim Caliguiri)
• Clifford Antone: Those Magic Moments (by Margaret Moser)
• Professor Antone (by Christopher Gray)
• Dale Watson: One More for Her by Jerry Renshaw
• The Weary Boys, The Weary Boys (by Christopher Gray)
• Okkervil River, Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See (by Michael Chamy)
• . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Source Tags & Codes (by Michael Chamy)
• Patty Griffin: 1,000 Musical Kisses (by Dave Marsh)
• Alejandro Escovedo: Paradise (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Del Castillo, Vida (by Belinda Acosta)
• SXSW Picks to Click: Gary Clark Jr. (by Margaret Moser)
• SXSW Picks to Click: Los Lonely Boys (by Belinda Acosta)
• Bright Lights, Inner City (by Margaret Moser)
• Eastside MVPs
• Blaze, Aural Karate (by Jay Trachtenberg)
• Will Sheff and Will Johnson: Waking the Dead (by Melanie Haupt)
• Scott H. Biram, Lo-Fi Mojo (by Christopher Gray)
• Explosions in the Sky: Born on the Fourth of July (by Michael Chamy)
• Tia Carerra, The November Session (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Grupo Fantasma, Movimiento Popular (by David Lynch)
• Eliza Gilkyson: Lioness in Winter (by Margaret Moser)
• The Meat Purveyors, Pain by Numbers (by David Lynch)
• The 13th Floor Elevators: High Baptismal Flow (by Margaret Moser)
• 13 Sixties Texas Bands You Don't Remember
• 13 Mid-Sixties Texas 45s
• Por Vida All-Star Tribute Concert at the Paramount (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Jesse Dayton: Country Soul Brother No. 1 (by Christopher Gray)
• Banjo & Sullivan, The Ultimate Collection 1972--1978 (by Christopher Gray)
• Carolyn Wonderland at Saxon Pub (by Margaret Moser)
• Pinetop Perkins: When I'm 64 (by Margaret Moser)
• The Crack Pipes, Beauty School (by Greg Beets)
• Spoon, Gimme Fiction (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Jimmy LaFave: Ribbon on the Highway (by Dave Marsh)
• DJ Rapid Ric: Whut It Dew (by Robert Gabriel)
• Blazing Saddles (by Robert Gabriel)
• Tee Double, The Lone Star L.P. (by Robert Gabriel)
• Smog, A River Ain't Too Much to Love (by Christopher Gray)
• Voxtrot, Raised By Wolves (by Darcie Stevens)
• Randy "Biscuit" Turner: Making Biscuit (by Marc Savlov)
• James McMurtry: Terms of Engagement (by Andy Langer)
• American Analog Set: Static Between Stations (by Darcie Stevens)
• Roky Erickson: Starry Eyes (by Margaret Moser)
• The Sword: Winter's Wolves (by Audra Schroeder)
• Seek and Destroy (by Trivett Wingo)
• SXSW Picks to Click: Black Angels (by Audra Schroeder)
• Riverfront Gamblers: Rattle Me Bones (by Christopher Gray)
• Jon Dee Graham, Full (by Andy Langer)
• Charanga Cakewalk, Chicano Zen (by Belinda Acosta)
• Clifford Antone: I Saw the Light (by Margaret Moser)
• Sound Team, Movie Monster (by Greg Beets)
• TCB: Dark Places (by Christopher Gray)
• Scratch Acid: The Greatest Gift (by Greg Beets)
• Ghostland Observatory at Zilker Park (by Dan Oko)
• Year of the Squirrel (by Audra Schroeder)
• Peter & the Wolf at Eternal (by Michael Bertin)
• Li'l Cap'n Travis, Twilight on Sometimes Island (by Raoul Hernandez)
• Octopus Project, Hello, Avalanche (by Darcie Stevens)
• Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview: Okkervil River (by Doug Freeman)
• Off the Record: Winged Life (by Austin Powell)
• Terrible Beauty (by Doug Freeman)
• When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Not Noiice (by Audra Schroeder)
• Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal (by Margaret Moser)
• Out of the Mouths of Children (by Austin Powell)
• The Flatlanders, Hills and Valleys (by Raoul Hernandez)
• SXSW Picks to Click: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears (by Thomas Fawcett)
• Sarah Jarosz, Song Up in Her Head (by Margaret Moser)
• Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Girl of the Century (by Audra Schroeder)
• Various Artists, Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 (by Audra Schroeder)