Austin Funk

Steam Heat fogs it up again

"...as a soundtrack to many wild nights at the Soap Creek Saloon. “It was out in the country where..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Wonderland Is Wonderful!

"...As a native Austinite, I have seen many places (Soap Creek Saloon, Raul's, Armadillo World Headquarters) and musicians come..."

May 7, 2008 Postmarks

Last of a Breed

Veteran Austin music scribe tackles a topic equal to his skill: Willie Nelson

"...career into international orbit. Patoski attended shows at the Soap Creek Saloon, Armadillo World Headquarters, and the Austin Opry..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Don't Look Back

Why the crush at the Hole in the Wall on Wednesdays?

"...the days of Doug Sahm holding court at the Soap Creek Saloon...."

April 4, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Las Palomas

This West Lake eatery proves that you can go home again

"...occupied a place near the top. Our favorite honky-tonk, Soap Creek Saloon, had been run out of Rollingwood in..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Food Review by Mick Vann

Dope Freak Saloon

"...a big fat Juan just uphill from the old Soap Creek Saloon reminded me of why we used to..."

May 26, 2007 Postmarks

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...the Armadillo was pumping out the coolest of music. Soap Creek was a newcomer on the scene, but the..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

This Town

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing

"...B.B. King. ... I got such an education between Soap Creek, the Armadillo, and Antone's. The first show I..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Jesse Hercules Taylor

Words and images to preserve Jesse 'Guitar' Taylor

March 31, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet

"...Call this the fiesta disc, preserving post-war San Antonio, Soap Creek Saloon's shakin' sides, and the Texas Hill Country..."

April 15, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Ate Days a Week

How much more food and music can you ask for in this town around this time and after?

"...bringing back the ghosts of the original Saxon Pub, Soap Creek, and the Checkered Flag and rolling them all..."

March 18, 2005 Food Feature

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...throughout the Seventies with regular gigs at Bee Cave's Soap Creek Saloon and appearances on Austin City Limits. Crow..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Pop Rocks

Making music in mecca for parents and children alike

"...Paradise, onetime home of the Armadillo World Headquarters and Soap Creek Saloon, where the Sexton and Sahm brothers dozed..."

June 18, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...at the One Knite and we got weekends at Soap Creek. Of course, they got all famous, and we..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Oh, Stephen! Always a bridesmaid, never a bride! Fret not, honey, your day will come!

"...Dec. 12, 1974. They also played at the historic Soap Creek Saloon, Armadillo World Headquarters, and Continental Club, and..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Food-o-File

With great SPAM™ comes big changes, great and not great, in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...of Potted-Pork Products, the early SPAM™ARAMAs were held at Soap Creek Saloon locations as close to April Fool's Day..."

March 21, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

About a Mover: Doug Sahm

Conference Panel

"...and not from Texas. Carlyne Majer, who owned the Soap Creek Saloon, spoke with glee of how Sahm rarely..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Long May You Run

Previewing the 2002-2003 Austin Music Awards.

"...main set hearkens back to the days of the Soap Creek Saloon. Steven Fromholz, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rusty Wier,..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...was getting married, and there was a party at Soap Creek; Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys played,..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austintatious Art

"...World Headquarters, Awn's art was the indelible image of Soap Creek Saloon. His pen-and-ink freestyle was cartoony, which suited..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood discusses the untimely death of her friend and Austin "pioneer" Patrick Knight in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...in his wake; and every doorman from all the Soap Creek Saloon incarnations to the Armadillo World HQ to..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...cowboys pining for the days of the 'Dillo and Soap Creek. Their emphasis on country, hippie-jam, and so-called "roots"..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Column

The Ballad of El Molino

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

"...started his musical career as doorman at Austin's legendary Soap Creek Saloon, then let it slip one day he..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...heard of the Armadillo World Headquarters, or the old Soap Creek Saloon, or the Spit Rail -- and they..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

In Memoriam

Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.

"...I was sitting with Billie Lee Brammer in the Soap Creek Saloon on Bee Caves Road listening to Delbert..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Pop Beloved

Revisting the Reivers

"...for Houston's the Judys, is now a parking lot. Soap Creek Saloon? Subsumed in Bee Caves development. The Continental..."

April 26, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Be Real

The Bottle Rockets cut one helluva tribute to Doug Sahm.

"...to the Lone Star State, San Antonio, Austin, the Soap Creek Saloon, and the Armadillo -- at least in..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"...to play with Paul Ray & the Cobras at Soap Creek; the band would open the door at the..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mountain Style

Chatting with Dr. Ralph Stanley, a pioneer of bluegrass music before there was such a thing

"...AC: Maybe Liberty Lunch? Soap Creek Saloon?..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Page Two

Lost Austin behind us, Smart Growth ahead?

"...wax nostalgic about the Stallion, the Alliance Wagon Yard, Soap Creek Saloon, and KOKE-FM. But it was a discussion..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Louis Black

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