Eastside MVPs

Singers and musicians who made their mark in East Austin before the Seventies.

Martin Banks

T.D. Bell

Erbie Bowser

Major Burkes

Wimp Caldwell

Bill Campbell

W.C. Clark

Mel Davis

Ural Dewitty

Weldon Gentry

Hosea Hargrove

Duck Jennings

A.J. Manor

Jean Manor

Pat Murphy

Pat Patterson

L.P. Pearson

James Polk

Gene Ramey

Matthew Robinson

Robert Shaw

Louis Thompson

Joe Valentine

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