Young, Loud, and Cheap

The Skunks were a band. A loud one.

"...Eve 1977, opening for the genre-bending Uranium Savages at Soap Creek Saloon, the Skunks had their official premiere in..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Future's Still Bright

Barbara K, the woman who turned down $900,000

"...found MacDonald and K playing an open mike at Soap Creek and brought 15 of his friends to see..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...Wave darlings the Skunks played our wedding reception at Soap Creek...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Return of Wayne Douglas

A flood of posthumous Doug Sahm CDs, both old and new, hits record stores

"...Sir Doug's old haunts like the Soap Creek Saloon, the Armadillo World Headquarters, Vulcan Gas Company,..."

June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

SPAMTASTIC™ SPAMARAMA™

Austin's Quintessential Silly Bar Party

"...1981 SPAMARAMA™ number four is held in the second Soap Creek Saloon location on North Lamar in what had..."

March 31, 2000 Food Feature

SPAMTASTIC™ SPAMARAMA™

Austin's Quintessential Silly Bar Party

"...was held in the beer garden of the third Soap Creek Saloon location on South Congress, where the Terrace..."

March 31, 2000 Food Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music goes to Amsterdam, and the Spankers come back from there; more albums don't come out, and more bad club news

"...the owners of the Rolling Hills club that became Soap Creek. He went on to play in Paul Ray..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...had many opportunities, but doing sound for Doug at Soap Creek was the high life. Whoa! What an incredibly..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

We Wanted the Whole World to Know

The Sons of Sahm

"...brothers were immersed in their father's music -- at Soap Creek and on the road. But Doug Sahm was..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Timeline/Discography

A timeline / discography of Doug Sahm

"...1974 Performs with Freddy Fender at the Soap Creek Saloon...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...had a night off from working the door at Soap Creek to play bass. On lead guitar was none..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...drive that big old Cadillac of hers out to Soap Creek Saloon when they were still building it, wheeling..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

"...to see Doug Sahm and Band at the old Soap Creek Saloon in the hills of South Austin. It..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Blues for Life

"...Double Trouble. Ray's Cobras anchored Tuesday nights at the Soap Creek Saloon. Antone's came along in 1975 ("It gave..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Eddy Shaver: Tuning Guitars

"..."I remember doing shots with him at the Soap Creek Saloon. He was a big fan of my..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...reason is to save money. Permanent greenbelt buffers along creeks save money by preventing pollution, flooding, erosion, and water..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...for the best of Austin's music institutions: the Armadillo, Soap Creek Saloon, and Antone's. For such an unassuming venue..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Fifty-Two

"...concert. Roy Orbison singing "The Eyes of Texas" at Soap Creek. Alone in the Mojave reading the poems of..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Violators Will Be Punished

"...who was playing where, when. Was Janis at the Soap Creek Saloon, or the Armadillo? Cornell Hurd at the..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

"...magical all those years ago at the One Knite, Soap Creek, and the Rome Inn with Storm, Paul Ray..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Family Circle

Charlie and Will Sexton

"...little hippie children ran around in gleeful abandon. At Soap Creek, where everyone was always dancing, it wasn't hard..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Oddballs In the Round

"...classic Hollywood trick: filming the inside of the infamous Soap Creek but using the original Split Rail as the..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Column

Played Out

After 14 Years, Capitol City Playhouse Is Evicted

"...with Raul's, as with emmajoe's and Center Stage and Soap Creek and the original Esther's Pool, it won't be..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Far From the Land of Guinness

Future Pub Owner Ian McLagan

"...[solo] band, opening for the Thunderbirds [at Steamboat and Soap Creek]," says McLagan. "I also came here a lot..."

April 28, 1995 Music Feature by Rob Patterson

Farmers Market Report: April 5-6, 2013

Gorgeous Spring weather makes for perfect produce

"...which has long been a regular at the Barton Creek Market, is now selling at the Sunset Valley Market..."

April 5, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers’ Market Report: March 1-2, 2014

Sausages, snapper, shrimp, soap, and scones

"...Texas brings sweet, conventionally grown strawberries to the Barton Creek Farmers Market and the Bluebonnet Market; Frobergs Farm is..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Farmers’ Market Report: April 12-13, 2014

Rhubarb, artichokes, asparagus, lamb roasts, and dog shampoo

"...above are from the STAR table at the Barton Creek Farmers’ Market, and Mr. Star says that he will..."

April 11, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Farmers’ Market Report: Feb. 15-16, 2014

Strawberries, strawberry gelato, avocados, and smoked oysters

"...Peach Creek Farm, my absolute favorite Berkshire pork operation, will be..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...known when they purchased the land around the Barton Creek Watershed that it was an environmentally sensitive area and..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

Day Trips

Hancock Pool in Lampasas is one of the few free-flowing pools in the state

"...this summer. The sodium chloride-laced water feeds into Sulphur Creek, which empties into the Lampasas River. Bubbling out of..."

July 22, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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