Margaret Moser Tribute: Alvin Crow

Summer camp with the kids

"...[At Natural Ear summer music camp], she took the orders and made sure the pizza rolls got delivered...."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...If you're looking for a dogfight or cockfight, ask Alvin Crow. If you're looking for an argument about pit..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Real Good Friday

Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys reunite, minus the Nyquil.

"...shall hear of those glorious daze of yore when Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys were kings of..."

March 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SPAMARAMA: The Movie

This Austin-made companion piece to the event blends truth and fiction in a quasi-documentary that purports to explain how SPAMARAMA all began.

"...Parella, Julie Lowery, Emily York and Kim Krizan. SPAMARAMA: The Movie bears much the same second-cousin relationship to its..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...[Note: The second part of this column is the next-to-last section..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Waltz Across Texas

Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?

"...About five dozen men and women boot-scoot across the sawdust-free dance floor of the Broken Spoke early on..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Lifelong Loves

James White's Formula for Success

"...at this time I'd like to welcome y'all to the Broken Spoke, the last of the true Texas dance..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Kids Are All Right

Not your parent's summer camp, rock & roll camp!

"...uniforms and hats. We made potholders that melted on the burner, sang silly songs I still remember, and learned..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Saw the Light

Clifford Antone, hardcore to the end

"...It looks like a typical Tuesday night at the Broken Spoke's twice-monthly Hardcore Country show. Alvin Crow and..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...– Buddy Holly..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Broken Spoke Legends

James White counts down the Broken Spoke's greatest hits

"...Surveying the auto-repair shops, apartment complexes, and shopping centers that surround..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Austin Elders: Meet Guitarist and Defense Attorney Bobby Earl Smith

From professional musician to professional defender of musicians

"...Springs, and getting his hide tanned for playing on the fire escape of the World War II military housing..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Oscar Rodriguez

Alvin Crow / Asleep at the Wheel

"...Alvin CrowTexas Christmas for You and Me Asleep at the..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Page Two

It has never been a secret that the magic ingredient that makes SXSW work is Austin

"...wristbands have already gone on sale at Waterloo Records. The first 2,000 will be sold exclusively at Waterloo; they..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and Thursday, Dec. 7, at 6pm. On those days the City Council will hold hearings on the latest version..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1983: Angela Strehli & Band with special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan, Extreme Heat,..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...Straight up, do you think the Gourds will ever play again?..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Killing Floor

Another blues singer's called back home: honorary Austinite Hubert Sumlin

"...Deep in a velvet April night back in the spring, driving with Chris Gray from Texas to Mississippi..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Doug Sahm Hoot Live at the Hole in the Wall

Texas Platters

"...Doug Sahm HootLive at the Hole in the Wall "We're here to honor our..."

April 14, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...Return to Austin High might have been the most important set at the Austin Music Awards since..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Roadie

The shot about midway through 'Roadie' that travels from her sparkling shoes slowly up to her beaming face – that's Margaret Moser.

"...The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is showing Roadie on Monday..."

March 2, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Gay Place

What is more delicious than a tender, caring heart?

"...weekend's Holiday Swing), but that is no reflection on the events, themselves. Well, maybe it is. See, we get..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Kate X Messer

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...Despite the local proliferation of music schools, teen bands are considered..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...The wooden sign on the east access side of I-35..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Faces of Austin: Face-Off

City Hall gets more artsy this week with the debut of Faces of Austin, a new program that features 25 works by Central Texas filmmakers celebrating what makes Austin Austin

"...City Hall gets yet more artsy this week with the debut of Faces of Austin, a new multimedia program..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Titles in Toto

"...Of the estimated 3,500 songs written about Texas and Texas Places,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Groover's Paradise

Those were the days …

"...If the Armadillo World Headquarters was the heart of Austin's music..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE PEENBEETS: How about geekcore? Has that one been coined..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

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