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10 hours ago, PTINS said:

Music and Austin are synonymous. Always has been, always will be. Nothing like growing up in Austin in the 60's & going to UT in the 70's.  The Music, and the puurrty girls used to ooze out of the cracks in the ground.  

Ok guys, do better.

It was the Austin Opry House, not Opera.  Austin used to have the Coliseum (fight nights, some concerts) and the Municipal Auditorium, where I saw my first concert, Led Zeppelin in 1969. I still remember them playing Dazed & Confused as we migrated from the balcony to the lower floor. 

Music and Austin are synonymous. Always has been, always will be. Nothing like growing up in the 60's & going to UT in the 70's.  Music, and the puurrty girls use to ooze out of the cracks in the ground.  

The Armadillo (KLBJ night for 93 ¢) & Mother Earth were my go to clubs, and too many other venues to mention; a few bucks to see a young SRV @ Soap Creek Saloon or the Rome Inn, Marica Ball & Nancy Griffith @ the Backroom, the Skunks and the Huns @ Raul's, ZZ Top's Rompin' Stompin' Barn Dance & BBQ @ DKR, The Broken Spoke & Silver Dollar for some country (converted me from Levi's to Wranglers), 15¢ beer on Wednesdays @ the Bucket in Tri-Towers) and yes, even some Disco at the Green House and the White Rabbit.  We also drove to San Antonio, Houston & Dallas for the occasional concert as needed. Fun times.

I'm still above ground, I graduated, and my GPA is NOYB.  

A few of my bona fides ...

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I did go the the Dixie Chicken once ~ '76, where we schooled some aggies on playing Foosball while we discussed Earl Campbell >> George Woodard.

Umn no, there was no live entertainment in CS.

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Yeah I really wished I would have saved my tix.  While I NEVER INVITED ANY AGGIES (not cool enough) in high school all I did was buy 10 tix, sell 8 tix to my friends.  Saw a LOT of those shows.  The ZZ Top Jeppenson Stadium show stood out as I had that ticket... then we took the family vacation that week. 

Sorry to disrupt the joke show that is A&M.  However, I can assure you that when you glance at PTINS ticket montage above, the one thing you DID NOT FIND at those shows.... was fucking Aggies! 😉

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10 hours ago, 927 E. 41st said:

What was the place off of south Congress? I think it used to be the convention center for a defunct hotel. Maybe the Terrace hotel? Caught Robert Palmer there. Foreigner at the Paramount when they were trying to get it restored. Man it was in bad shape back then.

Saw Hunter Thompson there, with Jerry Jeff Walker "moderating" the conversation. 

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Yeah I really wished I would have saved my tix.  While I NEVER INVITED ANY AGGIES (not cool enough) in high school all I did was buy 10 tix, sell 8 tix to my friends.  Saw a LOT of those shows.  The ZZ Top Jeppenson Stadium show stood out as I had that ticket... then we took the family vacation that week. 

Sorry to disrupt the joke show that is A&M.  However, I can assure you that when you glance at PTINS ticket montage above, the one thing you DID NOT FIND at those shows.... was fucking Aggies! 😉

Pshaww… all those whitebread Johnnycomelatelys.

Now THIS  was a concert to remember… (pardon the Four Roses stain)

 

 

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12 hours ago, PTINS said:

Music and Austin are synonymous. Always has been, always will be. Nothing like growing up in Austin in the 60's & going to UT in the 70's.  The Music, and the puurrty girls used to ooze out of the cracks in the ground.  

Ok guys, do better.

It was the Austin Opry House, not Opera.  Austin used to have the Coliseum (fight nights, some concerts) and the Municipal Auditorium, where I saw my first concert, Led Zeppelin in 1969. I still remember them playing Dazed & Confused as we migrated from the balcony to the lower floor. 

Music and Austin are synonymous. Always has been, always will be. Nothing like growing up in the 60's & going to UT in the 70's.  Music, and the puurrty girls use to ooze out of the cracks in the ground.  

The Armadillo (KLBJ night for 93 ¢) & Mother Earth were my go to clubs, and too many other venues to mention; a few bucks to see a young SRV @ Soap Creek Saloon or the Rome Inn, Marica Ball & Nancy Griffith @ the Backroom, the Skunks and the Huns @ Raul's, ZZ Top's Rompin' Stompin' Barn Dance & BBQ @ DKR, The Broken Spoke & Silver Dollar for some country (converted me from Levi's to Wranglers), 15¢ beer on Wednesdays @ the Bucket in Tri-Towers) and yes, even some Disco at the Green House and the White Rabbit.  We also drove to San Antonio, Houston & Dallas for the occasional concert as needed. Fun times.

I'm still above ground, I graduated, and my GPA is NOYB.  

A few of my bona fides ...

 image.thumb.jpeg.b935df15bc08ecc6ba59df4cf514bfb0.jpeg

I did go the the Dixie Chicken once ~ '76, where we schooled some aggies on playing Foosball while we discussed Earl Campbell >> George Woodard.

Umn no, there was no live entertainment in CS.

My uncle (RIP) played bass for a young SRV back during this time.  He also played with Will and Charlie Sexton as well and was a regular at the Continental Club on S. Congress.  His name was Alex Napier, maybe you do or do not recall him.  He could not read a lick of music.  Just listened and played.  He is mentioned in SRV's autobiography as "a hippie from South Oak Cliff" in his book.  My mother has a mood ring SRV gave to Alex that he wore until he passed.  I keep asking for it, and I keep getting denied. 

 

EDIT: Not to be confused with the current band Alex Napier and Daybreak. 

https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2011/02/04/bassist-helped-put-austin-on/6659870007/

 

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23 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I had no clue so many surly olds were so close to the life expectancy age for a male in Texas (which is 75 btw)

Four years over, for me.

As for music, you haven't really experienced musical sounds until you've heard Anchors Aweigh played on 16 half-inch tape drives, a 6400-lines per minute printer, and a 600 cards per minute card reader. Trust me.

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18 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Four years over, for me.

As for music, you haven't really experienced musical sounds until you've heard Anchors Aweigh played on 16 half-inch tape drives, a 6400-lines per minute printer, and a 600 cards per minute card reader. Trust me.

Cool.  That's what my son plays in his high school marching band.

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2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Pshaww… all those whitebread Johnnycomelatelys.

Now THIS  was a concert to remember… (pardon the Four Roses stain)

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My ticket montage was a backdrop I made for a flyer for my sons HS Talent Show.

Here are the other tickets I have. (The montage photo's are the little pile to the right)

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I also saw Chuck Berry. Pls notice Row AAA, front row.  He stepped on my right hand. ("Are you in show business?  Well, then, why don't you get your friggin' feet off the stage?" - Lili Von Shtupp)

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One of my most prized possessions. I did not go to the Texas Pop Festival (I was 13).  I did see ~ 3/4 of the band that played.  I never saw Hendrix or John Lennon, but saw most of the Real Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. I have many fond memories of the bands I saw, and/or remember seeing. 

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Being a freshman w/ Earl and living in Jester East and watching Texas Football are my favorite memories.  

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21 hours ago, horn4life said:

Glad I popped in, but never took history of Rock and Roll.  Did see U2 at Club Foot when I was working there in 81, the at Opera House in '82 to flex... 😉  Clash at Austin Auditorium when it was basically a military storage like facility where UT would host the frat's fight nights.  Saw Tom Petty at Opera house after winning tix from KLBJ in Fall of '79.  I went to tons of concerts in HS but Austin was a lot smaller than Houston and the ability to see quality in a small venue is a jewel that should never be passed up.

Music is another reason I could never, ever, ever consider attending A&M.  How would you like to be a Ag Grad and spend the rest of your life seeing your Alma mater reinforce it's reputation for stupidity again, and again, and again.  Every time they get optimistic, the cruel reality of Agginess always rules the day.  Hell they even years ago claimed to be able to turn salt water into gold... If you can believe that fucking stupidity.

Ags are never to be hated.  They are to be mocked, with likely many episodes of repeated head shaking and laughter... That's is what Aggies are all about, something to giggle at!

*aggy 

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Take a trip with me back to that beautiful day in September when Aggy played Appalachian State. There are so many glorious moments to relive:

  • Aggy seeing the best recruiting class ever in action
  • Hanes King - the human turnover machine
  • Jumbo waddling onto the field to scream at his player
  • Numbed expressions in the stands
  • Announcers talking at the end about how Appalachian State dominated the game, lol

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27 minutes ago, deft said:

3b: the passion of the Christine! Somebody dig up that renamed pic from shaggy. That was gold.

Ok back to your rock and roll ticket stubs and new fangled jelly roll Morton music talk

You definitely would have to put in your work at archive.org cause shaggytexas.com is now a hosting service landing page.

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7 hours ago, markstanco said:

My uncle (RIP) played bass for a young SRV back during this time.  He also played with Will and Charlie Sexton as well and was a regular at the Continental Club on S. Congress.  His name was Alex Napier, maybe you do or do not recall him.  He could not read a lick of music.  Just listened and played.  He is mentioned in SRV's autobiography as "a hippie from South Oak Cliff" in his book.  My mother has a mood ring SRV gave to Alex that he wore until he passed.  I keep asking for it, and I keep getting denied. 

 

EDIT: Not to be confused with the current band Alex Napier and Daybreak. 

https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2011/02/04/bassist-helped-put-austin-on/6659870007/

 

I saw your uncle play MANY times at the Continental and other places.  He was a fine bass player - always enjoyed his music.

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37 minutes ago, deft said:

Oh so you’re saying the Indonesians couldn’t stand the scat porn and took it down? We shoulda just given to the myanmar hackers the first time they tried to ddos us so whatever that sleazy snowcone selling fuck is didn’t get it.

IIRC shaggybevo.com went down because the University sent blacklab a cease and desist.  shaggytexas.com is what went into the scat porn.

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On 12/11/2022 at 2:06 AM, Pimphand said:

Just when you think the aggycoaster might be down for repairs they go and do the yeoman's work and get that birch back online.

Last in the SEC? Recruiting in the shitter? Preseason #6 to 5-7? Leading the nation in transfer portal exodus? What is your forecast for the future?

Jimbo will win us a natty

Never ever underestimate aggy delusion.

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