“Townes 2016/2017”; Brian Atkinson interview All Roads Lead to Townes- Quicksilver Daydreams of Marie in There’s Something Good Here, computer printout dated 4/26/2016. 1 copy of Texas Music Winter 2017/Issue 69, cover story re: 20th anniversary of Townes Van Zandt’s death, CD Rebel Radio by Calvin Russel, Kinky Friedman’s Willie Nelson’s 4th of July 2017 Picnic guest bracelet, 2016-2017

Archival material from Austin, Texas author, producer and record label owner Brian T. Atkinson dating 1956-2019. Materials include concert posters, show flyers, photographs, magazines, newspapers, news clippings, correspondence, press releases (albums) song lyric sheets, vinyl LPS, 45rpms, ephemera and artifacts relating to various notable Texas musicians, concert series and music festivals. Included are music magazine and newspaper (reviews) articles written by Atkinson and interviews on cassette tapes which Atkinson used in writing The Messenger: The Songwriting Legacy of Ray Wylie. Much of the collection contains materials from Kent Finlay and Jenni Finlay pertaining to the iconic Cheatham Street Warehouse, San Marcos Texas which was used in writing Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Legacy of the Cheatham Street Warehouse. Artifacts include two cowboy hats belonging to Kent Finlay.