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

"...the parking garage into his East Oltorf apartment, Henry "Blues Boy" Hubbard looks me over and warns, "If you..."

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.

"...more prone to tooting its own horn than Texas blues, and with good reason. Alan Govenar's new book, Texas..."

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

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

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

"...including his role as master of ceremonies for the Blues Estafette festival in Utrecht, Holland – Stout hasn't figured..."

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

"...boosted the audience for its parent genre, rhythm and blues, but the results were not always beneficial to the..."

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

"...about 50 families, but it was a hotbed of blues players in the Thirties and Forties, producing not only..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"...steer clear of any significant lighting. Eternal guitar workhorse Blues Boy Hubbard is on the marquee often, as well..."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Crazy Heart

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

"...Suzy Thompson – counted the South Austinite among their country-blues marauders on last fall's eponymous Bruton distraction, which came..."

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.

"...you'd scarcely realize the calendar changed: folk, country, jazz, blues-funk, guitar rock. Pretty 1900s. Look even closer, and you'll..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Live Shots

"...from leggy frontswoman Nina Persson, but then nobody thought croonboy Pat Boone would be covering the Ozz and dressing..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature

Austin Outer Limits

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

"...was tickled to be able to introduce Ray Wylie Hubbard to Blues Boy Hubbard. The latter Hubbard was honored..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1984: LeRoi Brothers, Angela Strehli, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Boys, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (unannounced)..."

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

"...2005, as the Chronicle headed to the printer, Big Boys frontman and cover story subject Randy "Biscuit" Turner was..."

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

"...describe the snaking blocks of clubs that attracted jazz, blues, and R&B players of every caliber. Clubs with names..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Ural DeWitty: Give a Hand for the Drummer Man

"...Bowser, DeWitty had been a mainstay in East Austin's blues pantheon at places like Charlie's Playhouse. As drummer for..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Texas Piano Professors

"...- relaxin' and soaking in some of that Austin blues tradition? That's what Sundays are for, or so sez..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Spinning Yarns

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

"...Dialtone Records CD reveals a smooth amalgam of R&B, blues, and jazz, warm-sounding but not overheated. The product of..."

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.

"..."It was a hard time for blues," he continues. "The hardest time was right around '75...."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dialtone, Please

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

"...frozen steppes of Russia with a blast of Texas-style blues, and Stout was the man responsible for this bit..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Live Shots

"...the Brad Andrew Trio, and the Neo Trio's deconstruction blues-based jazz, the Jazzaholics, a tie-donning group of graduate students/players/composers..."

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

"...to a deal with the devil and the greatest blues music ever played, or so the legend says. In..."

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

"...Blues Boy Hubbard (07)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

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