Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Austin's Town Lake.

The music of Austin, Texas centers on 6th Street, Red River, and South Congress, where bars and clubs of every kind can be found. On any night hundreds of venues stage live music. Austin's official motto is the "Live Music Capital of the World." Download high resolution version (750x1077, 44 KB)Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas. ... Download high resolution version (750x1077, 44 KB)Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... Town Lake is a reservoir on the Colorado River in downtown Austin, Texas, in the United States. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Travis County, Williamson County Government  - Mayor Will Wynn Area  - City  296. ... 6th Street is a street in Austin, Texas. ...

History

Austin's modern musical heritage began in the late-1960s and 1970s where the country music made popular by Willie Nelson (known simply as "Willie" in Austin) and others was joined by a host of other music brought by the more liberal inhabitants, who migrated to Austin during these two decades. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, 30 April 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. ...

Austin was home to the Vulcan Gas Company that featured headliners such as the 13th Floor Elevators, the Winter brothers (Johnny and Edgar), and Shiva's Headband. The Vulcan morphed into the Armadillo World Headquarters that for more than ten years featured music of all genres, from Bruce Springsteen to Bette Midler, as well as local ballet, blues and jazz. The artwork from this establishment was a part of the Austin scene and the Armadillo became the Austin city animal. Songs such as Gary P. Nunn's "London Homesick Blues" (which includes in the chorus "I want to go home to the armadillo") made this a staple of Austin. The artist that began the Armadillo logo was Jim Franklin, who is still working today. The 13th Floor Elevators was a rock music group founded in Austin, Texas in late 1965. ... Johnny Winter (born John Dawson Winter III on 23 February 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. ... Edgar Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Shivas Headband, Take Me To the Mountains Shiva’s Headband, an early Texas psychedelic rock band, formed in Austin in 1967. ... The Armadillo World Headquarters (usually called simply The Armadillo) was the premiere music hall and entertainment center in Austin, Texas between 1970 and 1980. ... Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ... Jim Franklins art on Armadillo Comics Jim Franklin (born 1943) is an artist best known for his poster art created for the Armadillo World Headquarters, a former Austin, Texas music hall. ...

The Armadillo World Headquarters in 1976.

In the following years, Austin gained a reputation as a place where struggling musicians could launch their careers in informal live venues in front of receptive audiences. A major force in this time period, was the efforts of Clifford Antone and the namesake blues club he founded at age 25 in 1975. The club, Antone's, became one of the first music venues on Austin's 6th Street and fostered the careers of a number of musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan. The Austin Music Foundation is one of several Austin groups that a help independent artists further their music careers. Today, 6th Street is home to hundreds of bars and live music venues, and is center stage for Austin's South by Southwest Music Conference. Image File history File links ArmadilloWorldHQ.jpg‎ Photo of the Armadillo World Headquarters, an Austin Texas music venue, in September 1976. ... Image File history File links ArmadilloWorldHQ.jpg‎ Photo of the Armadillo World Headquarters, an Austin Texas music venue, in September 1976. ... The Armadillo World Headquarters (usually called simply The Armadillo) was the premiere music hall and entertainment center in Austin, Texas between 1970 and 1980. ... Clifford Antone talking with a patron of his namesake blues club, Antones, 2005. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... The Austin Music Foundation (AMF) is a nonprofit organization with a singular mission: to unite, ignite, and revolutionize Austins local music community. ... Downtown Austin, Texas, where SXSW is held each spring Bloc Party performing at Stubbs BBQ in 2007 Carrie Rodriguez, a SXSW 2007 performer Morrissey at SXSW 2006 South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that have taken place every spring in...

Television

The live music television show Austin City Limits on PBS began in 1975 and has featured, as of 2005, over 500 artists of all genres, spanning rock, folk, country, bluegrass and zydeco. The show has been broadcast all over the world and is in part responsible for Austin's world-wide renown. Stevie Ray Vaughan performing on Austin City Limits. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... “Folk song” redirects here. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music which has its own roots in Irish, African, Scottish and English traditional music. ... Early Creole musicians playing an accordion and a washboard in front of a store, near New Iberia, Louisiana (1938). ...

Austin was also home to the Austin Music Network (AMN), which began broadcasting April 1, 1994, ending on September 1, 2005. AMN proclaimed itself to be the only non-profit independent music television channel, AMN's programming was mostly music videos or recorded live sessions, interspersed with presenters. Although all musical tastes were broadcast, AMN emphasized non-mainstream music such as indie, punk, blues, country and jazz. Austin Music Network (AMN), was an Austin, Texas non-profit independent music television channel. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones,the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...

Austin City Limits Music Festival with view of stages and the Austin skyline.

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Festivals

Austin is the home of South by Southwest, an annual film, music and interactive conference and festival. In the fall, Austin hosts the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Every summer, local businesses put on a series of free blues shows in Zilker Park entitled "Blues on the Green." Numerous other music festivals occur year-round. Other annual festivals include the "Keep Austin Weird Festival" and "Texas Rock Fest". South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc. ... Main entrance of the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park. ... Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in the heart of south Austin (near Barton Springs Pool and Town Lake) that comprises over 350 acres (1. ...

Venues

The Austin Chronicle offers a guide of the most common venues, but may not cover smaller restaurants and coffee shops hosting local bands on the weekends. The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. ...

Below is a short list of notable venues:

The Boxcar Preachers at Central Market Cafe

• Antone's
• Artz Rib House
• The Backyard
• Bourbon Rocks
• B. D. Rileys
• Beerland
• The Broken Spoke
• Bugle Boy
• Café Mundi
• Carlos'n Chalie's
• The Carousel Lounge
• Cedar Street Courtyard
• Central Market
• Cheatham St. Warehouse
• The Continental Club
• Cotton Club
• Donn's Depot
• Eddie V's
• Ego's
• Elephant Room
• Elysium Night Club
• Emo's
• Evangeline Café
• Flamingo Cantina
• Flipnotics
• Freddie's
• The Frank Erwin Center
• Gruene Hall
• Guero's
• Headhunters
• Hill's Cafe
• Hole in the Wall
• Jovita's
• Johnny Finn's
• Jones Auditorium
• Lambert's
• La Palapa
• Lucky Lounge
• Lucy's on the Square
• Momo's
• Mohawk
• North by Northwest
• Nutty Brown Café
• Nuno's
• Old Coupland Dancehall
• One World Theater
• The Parish
• The Parlor
• The Oaks
• Patsy's Cowgirl Café
• Poodies
• Red Eyed Fly
• Red 7
• Redrum
• Reed's Jazz Club
• Riley's
• Room 710
• Ross' Old Austin Café
• Ruta Maya International Headquarters
• Scoot Inn
• Saxon Pub
• Shooters
• Speakeasy
• Ski Shores
• Stubb's
• 311 Club
• Triple Crown
• Threadgill's
• Trophy's
• Z Tejas

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Musical acts

Joe Ely in concert at the Blues On the Green music series, 2006.

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• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• (a+)machines
• 13th Floor Elevators
• 5591
• Alpha Rev
• The American Analog Set
• Arc Angels
• Asylum Street Spankers
• Austin Lounge Lizards
• The Austin Symphony Orchestra
• Marcia Ball
• Big Boys
• The Black Angels
• Maya Bond
• Blue October
• Brobdingnagian Bards
• Butthole Surfers
• Canvas
• Cindy Cashdollar
• Slaid Cleaves
• Shawn Colvin
• The Corto Maltese
• Kacy Crowley
• The Dicks
• Joe Ely
• Endochine
• Alejandro Escovedo
• Explosions in the Sky
• Fabulous Thunderbirds
• Fastball
• Rosie Flores
• Michael Fracasso
• Justin Furstenfeld
• Davíd Garza
• Ghostland Observatory
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Goudie
• Johnny Goudie
• The Gourds
• Jon Dee Graham
• Pat Green
• Greezy Wheels
• Patty Griffin
• Nanci Griffith
• Marc Gunn
• Terri Hendrix
• Sara Hickman
• I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
• The Impossibles
• Jack Ingram
• Eric Johnson
• Janis Joplin
• Robert Earl Keen
• Joseph King
• Lower Class Brats
• Lloyd Maines
• Julian Mandrake
• Los Lonely Boys
• Ian McLagan
• MDC
• Mineral
• Abra Moore
• Ian Moore
• Gurf Morlix
• Trish Murphy
• Willie Nelson
• Matt Noveskey
• The Octopus Project
• Okkervil River
• Ephraim Owens
• Patrice Pike
• Toni Price
• Pushmonkey
• Quiet Company
• Recover
• Carrie Rodriguez
• Bruce Robison
• Charlie Robison
• Shearwater
• Bob Schneider
• Sound Team
• Spoon
• Storyville
• The Sword
• Thirteen of Everything
• Two Nice Girls
• Union Jack and the Megatones
• Unloco
• Kathy Valentine
• Vallejo
• Jimmie Vaughan
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Voxtrot
• Don Walser
• The Wartime Social
• Dale Watson
• Western Keys
• What Made Milwaukee Famous
• Bobby Whitlock
• Wideawake
• Lucinda Williams
• Kelly Willis
• The Yuppie Pricks
• Fingerpistol

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Asylum Street Spankers The Asylum Street Spankers, formed in Austin, Texas in 1994, is an American swing, jazz, and dirty-blues band. ... The Austin Lounge Lizards are a band from Austin, Texas formed in 1980. ... Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949) is an American blues singer and pianist born in Orange, Texas but who grew up in Vinton, Louisiana. ... The Big Boys were a pioneering band who are credited with helping introduce the new style of hardcore punk that became popular in the 1980s. ... The Black Angels logo. ... Maya Bond (Japanese: ) (born August 5, 2000 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese-born American indie and experimental music singer-songwriter and drummer from Austin, Texas. ... Blue October is a rock band originally from Houston, Texas. ... The Brobdingnagian Bards are a Celtic music group from Austin, Texas. ... Butthole Surfers are an American punk band, founded by lead vocalist Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas, in 1981. ... 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Fastball is an American pop-rock band that formed in Austin, Texas in the 1990s. ... Country music artist of Mexican American heritage. ... Michael Fracasso is a singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas. ... Justin Steward Furstenfeld (born December 14, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is a record producer, artist, and the lead singer, guitarist, lyricist and frontman of the American rock band Blue October. ... Davíd Garza (born February 4, 1971 in Irving, Texas) is an Austin-based American singer-songwriter whose vocal style draws comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley, Donovan and Robert Plant. ... Ghostland Observatory are an Austin, Texas based music duo. ... Jimmie Dale Gilmore(r) and Colin Gilmore at Deep Eddy Pool in Austin, Texas, June 2004. ... Goudie was a Glam rock band from Austin, Texas fronted by Johnny Goudie. ... Johnny Goudie is a Cuban-American musician most noted for being the front man of the rock band Goudie. ... Image:TheGourds. ... Jon Dee Grahamis a musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. ... Pat Green featured on cover of Texas Monthly (June, 2002). ... Poster advertising Greezy Wheels concert at the Armadillo World Headquarters in 1976. ... Patty Griffin. ... Depiction of Nanci Griffith on the cover of her album Flyer Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin, Texas) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Terri Hendrix is a singer. ... Sara Hickman A rock/folk/pop/childrens music singer, songwriter, artist and considered an angel by her ardent fans. ... I Love You But Ive Chosen Darkness is an indie rock band formed in 2001, based out of Austin, Texas. ... The Impossibles. ... Jack Ingram at the Maverick Saloon & Grill in Santa Maria, California, July 23rd, 2006 Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is a Texas-based country music singer who is associated with the Red Dirt country music scene. ... Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Robert Earl Keen, Jr. ... Joseph King is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman for the band Canvas. ... Lower Class Brats are a punk rock band started in Austin, Texas in January 1995. ... Lloyd Maines (born June 28, 1951) is a country music musician and producer. ... Julian Mandrake is a guitarist from Austin, Texas best known for his work with the bands Blue October and Canvas. ... The 2006 tour has included shows with the Doobie Brothers and the Rolling Stones. ... Ian McLagan is a British keyboards player, best known as a member of The Small Faces in the 1960s and The Faces in the 1970s. ... MDC are a punk band formed in Austin, Texas in 1979. ... Mineral is an Austin, Texas emo band. ... Abra Moore (born June 8, 1969 in San Diego, California) is a folk-styled alternative rock singer-songwriter. ... Ian Moore (born August 8, 1968) is a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. ... Gurf Morlix is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music producer from Texas. ... Trish Murphy Trish Murphy is an Austin-based singer-songwriter who has performed on the Lilith Fair tour, as part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and in Italy, France and other European countries. ... Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, 30 April 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. ... William Matthew Matt Noveskey, (b. ... The Octopus Project is an American indietronica band based in Austin, Texas. ... Okkervil River is an indie band from Austin, Texas, formed in 1998. ... Ephraim Owens (b. ... Patrice Pike is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Austin-based band Sister Seven. ... Toni Price was born on 13 March, 1961 in Philadelphia, PA. Her adoptive parents, the Prices, named her Luiese Esther after her grandmothers. ... Pushmonkey is an American rock band from Austin, Texas. ... Quiet Company is the name under which Austin singer/songwriter Taylor Muse records and performs. ... Recover was a post-hardcore band from Austin, Texas. ... Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez American singer/songwriter and daughter of Texas singer/songwriter David Rodriguez. ... Bruce Robison is a country music singer-songwriter. ... Charlie Robison (born September 1, 1964) is an American singer/songwriter born in Houston, Texas and raised in Bandera, Texas. ... Shearwater is an indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 2001. ... Bob Schneider (born October 12, 1965) is an Austin, Texas-based musician and artist, born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and raised in Munich, Germany. ... Sound Team is an American music band based in Austin, TX. Four of the six group members--Bill Baird, Matt Oliver, Will Patterson, Jordan Johns, and Gabe Pearlman--all attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, TX, where they played music in several different loud ensembles. ... Lead singer Britt Daniel Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas with a wide underground following. ... Storyville was a blues-rock band formed in 1994 in Austin, Texas. ... The Sword is a doom metal[1] band from Austin, Texas. ... Thirteen of Everything is a noteworthy progressive rock (also see art rock) musical group, founded in 2000, whose debut album, Welcome, Humans (2005), has received wide acclaim. ... Self-styled lesbian country-rock band featuring singer-songwriter Gretchen Phillips. ... Union Jack and the Megatones were a band which gained popularity during the third wave of ska in the late 1990s in the Austin, Texas area. ... Unloco was founded in 2000 by frontman Joey Duenas. ... Kathy Valentine (born January 7, 1959) is the bassist for the legendary all-girl punk/pop band The Go-Gos. ... Vallejo is a rock band based in Austin, Texas. ... Jimmie Vaughan (born in March 21, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Stephen (Stevie) Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. ... Voxtrot is an indie pop rock outfit from Austin, Texas. ... Don Walser, a unique, award-winning yodeling Texas country music legend[1], was born Donald Ray Walser on September 14, 1934 in Brownfield. ... Dale Watson is a country music singer based in Austin, Texas. ... Western Keys is a band from Austin, Texas, led by singer Ben Dickey. ... What Made Milwaukee Famous is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. ... Bobby Whitlock a session musician, best known for being a member of Derek and the Dominos, was born in 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Wideawake is an American alternative rock band from Austin, Texas. ... Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. ... Kelly Willis from the insert to her début album, Well Travelled Love (1990). ... The Yuppie Pricks are a punk-rock band from Austin, Texas specializing in reverse-psychology punk. ...

See also

• List of radio stations in Austin

This is a list of radio stations in Texas. ...

External links

• The Austin Chronicle music listings
• Austin Music Foundation
• Music & Entertainment Television - Channel 15
• JamBase music listings for Austin
• AustinMusic.com