Musicians -- Texas

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Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

Series Description From the Series: Maintained by Bill Crawford, the Crawford Files constitute the bulk of the record group and reflect Crawford's original order. The records on the Research Materials subseries, 1994-1993, document the primary and secondary research of Stevie Ray Vaughan's life conducted largely by Bill Crawford. Included are a large quantity of interview transcripts and audiotapes, a copy of Stevie Ray Vaughan's death certificate, and Vaughan family genealogical material. Of special note are numerous...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The archive of singer-songwriter, Charlie Robison spans 1989-2014. Included are song lyrics, photographs, flyers, posters, and scrapbooks. The bulk of the collection is comprised of the 8 scrapbooks dating from 1989-2002 that include numerous photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and memorabilia. Of note is the circa 1992 photo album that includes childhood pictures of Robison with his mother and siblings, as well as many snapshots from early performances with Two Hoots and a Holler,...

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into 4x6 photographs and larger photographs. Within those categories the photographs are arranged alphabetically by the last name of one of the subjects within the photographs. However, there still remains a large number of people within the photographs that have not been identified. Some of the identified subjects include Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Jimmy Dickens, Tony Douglas, and...

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This donation includes awards, certificates, photographs, letters, drawings, clippings, and memorabilia.

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Author Jesse Sublett’s collection of works including his research on his book 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital; research on a book about gangster Timmy Overton; and a preliminary print of his book Armadillo World Headquarters which was co-written by Eddie Wilson. Also included are posters for his band, The Skunks, and various other posters to events where Sublett appeared, 2003-2016.

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in each...

Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...

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Author Jesse Sublett’s collection of works including his research on his book 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital; research on a book about gangster Timmy Overton; and a preliminary print of his book Armadillo World Headquarters which was co-written by Eddie Wilson. Also included are posters for his band, The Skunks, and various other posters to events where Sublett appeared, 2003-2016.

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Author Jesse Sublett’s collection of works including his research on his book 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital; research on a book about gangster Timmy Overton; and a preliminary print of his book Armadillo World Headquarters which was co-written by Eddie Wilson. Also included are posters for his band, The Skunks, and various other posters to events where Sublett appeared, 2003-2016.

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in each...

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into 4x6 photographs and larger photographs. Within those categories the photographs are arranged alphabetically by the last name of one of the subjects within the photographs. However, there still remains a large number of people within the photographs that have not been identified. Some of the identified subjects include Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Jimmy Dickens, Tony Douglas, and...

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Author Jesse Sublett’s collection of works including his research on his book 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital; research on a book about gangster Timmy Overton; and a preliminary print of his book Armadillo World Headquarters which was co-written by Eddie Wilson. Also included are posters for his band, The Skunks, and various other posters to events where Sublett appeared, 2003-2016.

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Series III contains folders of legal-sized notepads, each containing lyrics and/or notes for multiple songs. Song titles (or first lines/key phrases) are listed on each folder.

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Author Jesse Sublett’s collection of works including his research on his book 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capital; research on a book about gangster Timmy Overton; and a preliminary print of his book Armadillo World Headquarters which was co-written by Eddie Wilson. Also included are posters for his band, The Skunks, and various other posters to events where Sublett appeared, 2003-2016.

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This series includes over 60 posters for concerts, benefits, and other appearances. Most feature Marcia Ball, but some include other artists, particularly a number of posters for the Austin venue, La Zona Rosa, owned by Ball and her husband, Jim Fowler.

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This series contains posters, programs, flyers, product tie-ins, photos, film pressbooks, articles, clippings, T-shirts, and jackets. The material provides a general picture of the marketing done for Nelson and his band. The product tie-ins with such brands as Wrangler jeans and Country Time lemonade make use of Nelson's popularity and country image.

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into 4x6 photographs and larger photographs. Within those categories the photographs are arranged alphabetically by the last name of one of the subjects within the photographs. However, there still remains a large number of people within the photographs that have not been identified. Some of the identified subjects include Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Jimmy Dickens, Tony Douglas, and...

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into 4x6 photographs and larger photographs. Within those categories the photographs are arranged alphabetically by the last name of one of the subjects within the photographs. However, there still remains a large number of people within the photographs that have not been identified. Some of the identified subjects include Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Jimmy Dickens, Tony Douglas, and...

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This series consists of 318 DV cam tapes of raw footage used in the production of the film, as well as DVD viewing copies and inventories of the tapes.