Saturday Night Legends

Classic soul at the Continental; rock homage at the Saxon.

"...in memory of those who’ve passed, including Bucky Ballard, Keith Ferguson, and Uncle John Turner. John Staehely’s presence is..."

Sept. 4, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Tales Behind the Posters

"...Armadillo was going to bring Freddy, I went to Keith Ferguson's house and said, 'We gotta do the greatest..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Post Marks

Park and Ride

"...given in your newspaper on the death of bassist Keith Ferguson. A copy of your paper's feature was recently..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Lives Well Spent

Life cycles of those who sold their souls for music

"...Boys, Pariah's Sims Ellison, and the enigmatic blues bassman Keith Ferguson...."

Nov. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...many locals already knew, Vaughan, Wilson, Mike Buck, and Keith Ferguson had unlocked the door to infinity and were..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...Austin's reigning sound: the Nightcrawlers, featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, and Doyle Bramhall Sr.; Southern Feeling, with Strehli,..."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Girls Go Wild! (Benchmark)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds What's the Word? (Benchmark)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Butt Rockin' (Benchmark)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds T-Bird Rhythm (Benchmark)

"...Though none feature Preston Hubbard, but rather his predecessor Keith Ferguson, make no mistake; if you want to get..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Heaven's Got a Helluva Band...

"...a mere two days after former Fabulous Thunderbirds member Keith Ferguson succumbed to similar complications. Ferguson is well covered..."

May 9, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live Shots

"...sound checks as Hunt Sales (ex-Iggy Pop, ex-Tin Machine), Keith Ferguson (ex-Fabulous Thunderbirds), and Will Sexton (still brother of..."

July 14, 1995 Music Feature

C Sick

Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse

"...tattoo needle. I went in after [Fabulous Thunderbirds bassist] Keith Ferguson and T.J. McFarland. I know T.J. got it...."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Apathetic Is Pathetic

"...and a little star appeared in the skies, when Keith Ferguson passed away last week...."

May 9, 1997 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Plastic Butthole Band

"...son-of-a-Beatle Sean Lennon (who was seen buying one of Keith Ferguson's old basses from One World Music) joining the..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Column

Angela Strehli's Comeback Ace of Blues Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...baby-faced gunslinger Stevie Ray Vaughan, and sanguine Fabulous Thunderbird Keith Ferguson reanimate all around her in a clutch of..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here are the sounds we’re consuming

"...leap out for their sheer physicality, as does the Keith Ferguson head-wrap series that follows, and the Joe Ely..."

June 26, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Margaret Moser Tribute: Lou Ann Barton

The blues belter on what it's like to have your career chronicled by the best

"...magazine [laughs]. I was crashing between Denny Freeman and Keith Ferguson’s house, and one day, Stevie walks in the..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Robert Johnson Plays Antone’s Anniversary!

Antone’s resurrects Robert Johnson for its 42nd anniversary

"...essential slab of high-energy, rootsy garage rock – featuring Keith Ferguson on bass – can be copped at Antone's..."

June 30, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

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

"...Freddie Steady Krc, Lucinda Williams, Sue Foley, Sterling Morrison, Keith Ferguson, Rosie Flores and Janis Martin, Carolyn Hester, Suzanna..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

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

"...Keith Ferguson (98)..."

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

"...Keith Ferguson (5/9/97)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...Roomful of Blues before defecting to Texas to replace Keith Ferguson in the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1984. The "Guero..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Blues Cruise

Texas Platters go mondo

"...cut at Wexler's request in 1981, with the classic Vaughan/Keith Ferguson/Fran Christina lineup of ATX's T-Birds. Augmented with Joe..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...Ray Vaughan in the Night­crawlers with Doyle Bramhall and Keith Ferguson; Angela & the Fabulous Rockets; Paul Ray &..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...band beginning in the mid-Seventies, Kim Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, and Fran Christina did it all and did..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Family Style: Kathy Murray's Blues

From the dance floor to the stage

"...Jimmie Vaughan, the Nightcrawlers with Stevie [Ray Vaughan] and Keith Ferguson, and Paul Ray & the Cobras with Denny..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Get Real. Get Right. Get Savage: The Return of Barrence Whitfield

Whitfield rekindles his local love affair

"...In the early years I used to stay with Keith Ferguson. He played with the Thunderbirds and Tailgators. He..."

June 27, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...mostly making playlists the way original Fabulous Thunderbirds bassist Keith Ferguson used to file his LPs: "Mexican," "Negro," and..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Check This Action

The LeRoi Brothers at 30

"...gone through many configurations. Some included notables such as Keith Ferguson, Alex Napier, Evan Johns, and Sarah Brown, but..."

May 11, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Mr. Blue

Denny Freeman's epic remembrance of Alex Napier

"...joined our little blues cult on vocals and harmonica. Keith Ferguson, from Houston, also by way of San Francisco,..."

Feb. 24, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

C'est Sheik

"...been used in the Lone Star State. The late Keith Ferguson and Uncle John Turner – both Johnny Winter..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chris Holzhaus, One More Time

Remembering Chris Holzhaus, fueling the Hickoids

"...colon cancer. Like Austin’s Bill Campbell or the late Keith Ferguson, Holzhaus was one-of-a-kind, an eyewitness to musical history..."

July 28, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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