Popular music -- Writing and publishing
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8 ½ Souvenirs
Additions to the John T. Davis Accessions include his extensive subject files, arranged alphabetically by artist. Contents vary, but typically include promotional photographs, Davis’ writings and interview notes, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. Not everything in the folders is listed below, but when they exist, photos, interviews, and select items are noted. Folders titles are Davis’.
10 unidentified CDs/DVDs
10 VHS cassettes, “1A,” “1B,” “2A,” “2B,” “3A,” “3B,” “4A,” “4B,” “5A,” “5B” Possibly Live from Cibolo Creek Country Club
11 unidentified CDs/DVDs
“12 O’ Clock Whistle” (loose page)
"20 year column", August 1995
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.
26 B/W photo prints, photographer and date unknown (mostly “live,” mostly of just McMurtry but some with band); 1 color snapshot dated Jan. 1992, Orange County, Calif. with notation on back: “Termination of the Bottom Line’s ‘In Their Own Words’ Tour’” with James McMurtry, Marshall Crenshaw and six others James McMurtry’s Texas Driver’s License, expired 1997, along with Temporary driver’s permit (stapled together)
45 rpm Records, 1977 - 1980
This series consists of five subseries: 45rpm Records, Cassette Tapes, Compact Discs, VHS Tapes, and U-Matic Master Tapes.
“69 T-top Vette” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
“1970s-Press 1975 Old No.1-RCA, 1976 Texas Cookin’-RCA, and 1978 Guy Clark-Warner Bros.”, Guy Clark’s Biographies and Music Reviews, 1975- 1977, undated; Old No. 1 Reviews and song listing, 1981 - 1986
This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence
“1980-1984 Press, 1981 The South Coast of Texas-Warner Bros., 1983 Better Days-Warner Bros.”; Music reviews and media information, 1981 - 1983
This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence
“1985-1989 Press, 1989-Old Friends-Sugar Hill”; Music reviews from Rolling Stone and publicity for “Old Friends", 1988 - 1989
This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence
1988-1989 Haigood and Campbell Wholesale Retail Calendar, Archer City, TX and Windthorst, TX, Illustrated by Ace Reid (“The Original Cowpokes”); and “Pinche Bush” political button
“1990-1994 Press, Boats to Build 1992 Asylum”; News clippings , articles and reviews for albums and performances, 1990 - 1999
This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence
1990 ASCAP Country Award, Honors Susanna Clark, writer of “Come from the Heart", October 10, 1990
This series is composed of five subseries: Correspondence, Personal Materials, Photographs, Artwork, and Awards.
“1990 Chronicle Stories, 1991 Too”
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.
“1995-1999 Press, Dublin Blues 1995, Keeper 1997, Cold Dog Soup 1999”; various news clippings including “Old Friends” album, 1995 - 1997
This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence
“2000-2004 Press, 2002-The Dark”; Reviews and publicity, 2002 - 2003
This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence
“2001 Articles”
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.
“2003 Articles, Some 2002 Articles Also”
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.