Best Life Preserver for Austin's Musical History

Tim Hamblin

Hamblin wasn't born in Austin (or the United States for that matter) but is a force in keeping the city's musical legacy alive as the Austin History Center's video archivist. The AHC's YouTube page's breadth of Austintatiousness is both grin-inducing and sigh-creating: Daniel Johnston warning not to drink and drive; Greezy Wheels performing at the Armadillo in 1975; Jesse Sublett and the Murray brothers as the purple-album version of the Skunks performing in a very Eighties music video; Texana Dames; Dr. Hepcat; Bells of Joy; Beto; Omar. Hamblin deserves our endless praise and prodding to keep the vids a-coming.

tim.hamblin@austintexas.gov