Top Texas Drummer Ernie Durawa Turns 80

The Sunday Antone's celebration benefits nonprofit HOME

"...Ernie Durawa shakes his head. Swiveling his drum stool toward..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...hang a tag on the able shoulders of Ernesto "Ernie" Durawa, that would be the one. For almost 50..."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Indefinable Magic

Ernie Durawa's Monstas keep another grim demon at bay

"...formed by red velvet drapes and the front window, Ernie Durawa sits behind his drum kit, Pro-Mark drumsticks in..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...The way Austinite and Texas Tornado drummer Ernie Durawa recollects, "All of us Chicanos from the Westside..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Latin Flare

2002-03 AMA Band of the Year winners Del Castillo ride a wave of Latinization.

"...crotchety response from an "old school" Latino musician like Ernie Durawa about all the fuss over the young bloods...."

April 11, 2003 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

LSD C&W

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne's got a thing about Austin

"...invitation of Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados drummer Ernie Durawa, he returned two years later to record Texas..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Night Doug Sahm Died

"..."It was awful, man," recalls Ernie Durawa, who began playing with Doug Sahm in 1957..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Los Jazz Vatos Reviewed

"...Ideas) There doesn't seem to be much that drummer Ernie Durawa hasn't done in a prolific musical career that..."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...Wilkins' scene-merging efforts. Utilizing contacts from Texas Tornados drummer Ernie Durawa, they went about "trust building" by getting coffee..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Psych, pop, and punk this weekend? Yes, please.

"...Ethan Hawke’s gorgeous cinematic ode to Blaze Foley hits..."

June 29, 2018 Events Post by The Music Staff

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever

"...Antone!! The night Doug Sahm died, ending up with Ernie Durawa and Margaret talking about Doug with Larry Monroe..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Antone's Anniversary, Antone's, July 13-14

"...alongside his dad's sidemen and contemporaries Arthur "Sauce" Gonzalez, Ernie Durawa, Randy Garibay, Spot Barnett, Jack Barber, and Rocky..."

July 21, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Doug Sahm: All About the Groove

Views & Brew panel tonight at the Cactus goes deep

"...Groove features Sahm peers/bandmates Marcia Ball, Speedy Sparks, and Ernie Durawa, as well as the best friend Texas music..."

Nov. 18, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Do the Right Thing

Call me Commissioner

"...let me sit teary-eyed in the control room when Ernie Durawa walked in, his face frozen in pain over..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Alcorn/Chadbourne, Dr. Eugene Chadbourne

Texas Platters

"...local harp king Walter Daniels and Sahm rhythm section Ernie Durawa and Speedy Sparks. On Sahm's "Can't Go Back..."

May 23, 2003 Music Review by David Lynch

Dancing About Architecture

More Austin music news

"...benefit at Manor Downs on November 3, says drummer Ernie Durawa, who was in Amsterdam on 9/11 but narrowly..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Los Jazz Vatos at the Elephant Room

"...Jazz Vatos, Elephant Room regulars headed up by drummer Ernie Durawa. You would have probably heard a vaguely Latin-flavored..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Return to Chicago House

"...Bentley adds that Ernie Durawa and Barry "Frosty" Smith, two of the Tornados'..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Column

Music Recommended

"...and proud. LOS JAZZ VATOS Elephant Room, Thursday 2 Ernie Durawa's name may not ring bells but it should..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...Ernie Durawa (04)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Ernie Durawa (5/23/03)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Back in Austin, the Ameripolitan Awards Define a Musical Spirit

Show's 10th anniversary return uplifts largely outsider roots sounds

"...of the Sound” recognition. Rhythm section Speedy Sparks and Ernie Durawa joined the pair to reunite the surviving members..."

Feb. 19, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Faster Than Sound: Mixing Major Films, Danny Reisch Establishes LA Studio

Good Danny's in Lockhart will stay open and tracking

"...doors on Oct. 1 with a performance by the Ernie Durawa Band. Owners Anita and Dennis Dunn never planned..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...local luminaries come highlighted by Texas Tornados drum dynamo Ernie Durawa and star producer Stuart Sullivan. Music livestreams stack..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Los Jazz Vatos

"...sole predecessor. Remarkably, the personnel of Texas Tornados drummer Ernie Durawa's formidable sextet has stayed intact. Bassist Brad Taylor..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Joe King Carrasco y El Molino

Texas Platters go mondo

"...today includes respected locals John X Reed, Speedy Sparks, Ernie Durawa, Augie Meyers, and Joe Morales. Rucca lays out..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Passionate Kisses

2013/2014 Austin Music Awards: Lucinda Williams plants one on Margaret Moser

"...Bandleaders Augie Meyers, Flaco Jiménez, and Shawn Sahm, drummer Ernie Durawa – Louie Ortega, Speedy Sparks, Nunie Rubio –..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: The King of Hip-Hop

MLK Day, ready-made for hip-hop, plus Fun Fun Fun Fest lands back at Auditorium Shores, and RIP Will Indian

"...tenor sax great Clifford Scott. When Scott's bandleader, drummer Ernie Durawa, left on tour with the Texas Tornados, Indian..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Joe King Carrasco Says Adios

No more wasted days and nights until next summer

"...“Ernie Durawa and Kris [Cummings] won’t be there, but Mike..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Joe King Carrasco & El Molino

"...debut. The revamped lineup includes old-school members Speedy Sparks, Ernie Durawa, and Augie Meyers, plus Joe Morales, John X...."

May 24, 2013 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

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