Blues Boy Hubbard Passes at 85

Guitarist and bandleader elemental to Eastside music history

"...Henry “Blues Boy” Hubbard, a one-man institution of Austin blues whose..."

Nov. 25, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Blues Boy Hubbard Passes at 85

Guitarist and bandleader elemental to Eastside music history

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...Linear stories age with their storytellers. Each subsequent telling becomes less enthusiastic, each audience..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

True Blues

Alan Govenar's blues tome doesn't need to correct blues mythos. Blues is myth and vice versa.

"...There may be no regional genre of music more prone..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues, Has Died

The Texas Soul standard mentored Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others

"...Austin musician W.C. Clark, known as “the Godfather of Austin Blues” and a mentor to Stevie..."

March 2, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

True to the Blues: Eastside Kings Festival Returns

"It's not three chords, it's the heart and soul of a nation!" – Birdlegg

"...A millennial playing original country blues, Jontavious Willis has come on as a next-generation talent..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...going to distribute,' and I started working backwards," explains the 61-year-old Austin native. "First, 'Who am I going to..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Confessin' the Blues

Soul Man W.C. Clark

"..."Blues is sufferin' music."..."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"..."The Cotton Club was down on 11th Street, just off..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...Blues Boy Missing..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Roots, Reckonings, and Resolutions

Roots

"...guitar playing," says Hargrove. "I just came up playing." The place he came up in, Crafts Prairie, didn't hold..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"...Skylark Lounge, 6pm Friday, and it's dark as the daybreak inside. A party of 16 has reserved the..."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Crazy Heart

At the crazy heart of the 2009-10 Austin Music Awards sits Stephen Bruton

"...his Sparkletts bottle. Correction: in his guitar case, though the filmmakers reportedly inserted the plastic road dog relief portable..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Primary Source

"...Carol Fran photograph by T.O. Petitt..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...-- The Cure, "Out of This World," 2000..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Live Shots

"...Iris Dement at the Texas Union Ballroom February 25photograph by John Carrico..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature

Austin Outer Limits

Looking into the Wyndham Garden Hotel's Austin Music Project.

"...While studiously avoiding anything related to the Austin City Limits Festival, I attended the Wyndham Garden..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

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

"...On Aug. 17, 2005, as the Chronicle headed to the printer, Big Boys frontman and..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Freeway View

A fresh slap of paint and new ZIP code for Austin clubs

"...Over on East Riverside Drive while visiting the Beauty Ballroom the day of its first show last..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Ural DeWitty: Give a Hand for the Drummer Man

"...Because he died when Erbie Bowser did, the passing of Ural DeWitty, Sr., 57, on August 13..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Texas Piano Professors

"...Doris Miller Auditorium, Sunday 17 The shows are coming fast and furious as students settle..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Spinning Yarns

Tracing generations' worth of jazz and R&B history through the Texas Trumpets

"...hold down a solid walking rhythm, almost a shuffle. The guitarist comps jazzy rhythm chords and throws in the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Little T-Bone

"...photo from Sage Goodman/Blues Family Tree Archive Tyler Dee Bell -- "T.D." --..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Matthew Robinson & the Texas Blues Band

Record Reviews

"...Matthew Robinson & the Texas Blues Band (Dialtone)..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Those Magic Moments

Clifford Antone reminisces from prison on 26 years in the blues business.

"...whose days begin and end in a cell at the Federal Correctional Institution near Bastrop, inmate No. 22656080 still..."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dialtone, Please

Eddie Stout's Shoestring Label Sticks Close to Its R&B Roots

"...Everyone who deals with the music business is familiar with the following scenario: Label..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Live Shots

"...As their name denotes, the Jazzaholics, the Clarksville-West End Jazz and..."

June 20, 1997 Music Feature

ProArts/ACC: A legendary deal where roads cross

The community college and community organization team again to tell the tale of bluesman Robert Johnson

"...Everyone comes to the crossroads sooner or later. When Robert Johnson did, it..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

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

"......And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (11)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

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