Rocky Morales, Con Savos

A tribute to Rocky Morales.

"...The death of tenor sax man Rocky Morales last year devastated San Antonio’s music scene. A..."

Aug. 30, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Wasted Days, Wasted Nights

The night in 1974 when Doug Sahm brought Freddy Fender to Soap Creek to play

"...into three minutes of South Texas soul climaxing with Rocky Morales' torrid sax solo...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

West Side Horns

Texas Platters

"...while getting reacquainted with the honey-dripping saxophones of Eracleo (Rocky) Morales, Spot Barnett, and Louis Bustos blending with Al..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Review by Joe Nick Patoski

The Ballad of El Molino

Unearthing one of the great "lost" albums of Texas rock & roll history

"...Consider the players. On tenor saxophone, Eracleo "Rocky" Morales had been a legend in San Antonio since..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Nacho Daddy

What do Michael Jackson and Manu Chao have in common? Joe King Carrasco.

"...would amiably slap his palm back. With legendary saxophonist Rocky Morales and keyboard player David Mercer in tow, El..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...Shawn vividly recalls Rocky Morales, hired by his father for the engagement, storming..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...the musical equivalent of the state lottery by having Rocky Morales, Charlie MacBurney, Sauce Gonzales, and Augie Meyers onboard...."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...David Bromberg, David "Fathead" Newman, Wayne Jackson, Willie Bridges, Rocky Morales, Flaco Jimenez, Ken Kosek, Charlie Owens, Martin Fierro,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Life A.D.

Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm

"...hardly trying. That night, the Penguin, tenor player extraordinaire Rocky Morales, and I got locked in the club overnight,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Indefinable Magic

Ernie Durawa's Monstas keep another grim demon at bay

"...the volume on his electric piano. Band members Joe Morales, Rich Stanmyre, and Aaron Lacke are shifting in their..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...were out in strength on the bandstand: sax player Rocky Morales and trumpeter Charlie McBurney had somehow made it..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

HOF Hopefuls

"...Payne, Bee Spears, Paul English, Mickey Raphael), Balcones Fault, Rocky Morales, Jack Barber, Floyd Domino, Tony Garnier, Elouise Burrell,..."

March 13, 2017 Postmarks

Behind the Crown

"...car accident up in Fort Worth. For a while, Rocky Morales' son Junior was going to do the cover...."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Noriega Bloodied by McMurrey

Lesson number one: Your opponent can't beat you if you don't let him in the ring.

"...to their lack of a clue.) The result? McMurrey’s Rocky Balboa landed some solid punches on Noriega’s Apollo Creed...."

Feb. 14, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...elite Westside players, along with Frank Rodarte, the late Rocky Morales, and many others. Their sweet blend of reeds..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TCB

"O Death, where is thy sting?" – 1 Corinthians 15:55

"...Rocky Morales, top Texas tenorman..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The B-Side

Mourning Kim McLagan, the return of Dale Watson, flipping over C-Side Records' Golden Bear and the Channel, Patrice keeps hope alive, and the loss of Love's Arthur Lee and Sahm saxophonist Rocky Morales

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Column by Darcie Stevens

Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet

"...Jack Barber on bass and S.A. tenor sax patron Rocky Morales. It's nothing short of groover's paradise, Sahm's "Keep..."

April 15, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Sir Douglas Quintet

Reissues

"...Days, Wasted Nights," "The Gypsy" -- with its superb Rocky Morales tenor solo -- and the autobiographical "Me and..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Antone's Anniversary, Antone's, July 13-14

"...Ernie Durawa, Randy Garibay, Spot Barnett, Jack Barber, and Rocky Morales. That late-night Thursday lineup followed an honor roll..."

July 21, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Last Real Texas Blues Man

Doug Sahm drinks from the jazz wellspring

"...muscular little big band featuring ace San Antonio saxman Rocky Morales and various longtime friends -- positively nailing that..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Music Recommended

"...folks like The West Side Horns, Derek O'Brien and Rocky Morales, you've also got openers like Houston's Roy Head..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

La Machinista

Honorable mention

"...a few Mexican ranchers, supporting their families on the rocky land with goats and sheep, a pig and some..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Lisa Carroll-Lee

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...he was gratified and honored by the support from Morales -- the man that [allegedly] used fraudulent contracts to..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Teatro Vivo's La Pastorela

This new take on the old Christmas tale has the shepherds' rough edges but a heart of gold

"...platforms with burlap netting laid over them to suggest rocky desert terrain. There's no attempt to disguise its plainness..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...our new police chief. There have been a few rocky things there this year. The new chief looks to..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...takes lo-fi garage sensibility, adds piano, a touch of "Rocky Raccoon," and Conor Oberst emotion. The fivepiece's debut, Easy..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Short Cuts

"...the only lucky ones in the house. Corina B. Morales was the fortunate ticket holder who won the souped-up..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spare Parts

This movie about undocumented teens building an attention-grabbing robot stands and delivers.

"...José Julián, J.R. Villarreal, Jamie Lee Curtis and Esai Morales...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...in a small town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains quietly fortifies a bulldozer with 30 tons of..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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