RIP Toni Price

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Any Austin music fan in the 90s knew of Toni's music, and many of you probably crossed paths with me at a random Tuesday "Hippie Hour" where she would throw down with Casper, Scrappy Jud, Rich and others.  She has passed away from complications related to a brain aneurysm.  Fair sailing, Toni, your lovely voice and songs brought a lot of happiness to so many people.

 

 

 

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She was great. RIP.

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1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Any Austin music fan in the 90s knew of Toni's music, and many of you probably crossed paths with me at a random Tuesday "Hippie Hour" where she would throw down with Casper, Scrappy Jud, Rich and others.  She has passed away from complications related to a brain aneurysm.  Fair sailing, Toni, your lovely voice and songs brought a lot of happiness to so many people.

 

 

 

Shit.

That's the same thing that happened to Laura Branigan actually.

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Damn. Lots of good memories of her Continental Club shows. 

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One of my favorite recording sessions I've ever worked on was when she and Champ Hood rolled into my little studio just south of Continental Club after a Hippie Hour, ostensibly to lay down some backing tracks on a record I was engineering.  They were buzzed, to put it kindly.  It took a while, but it was so much fun, as they were both charming and super talented.  I had never met either of them but they treated me like an old friend.  Smart, gifted, generous people.

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Damn we were talking about going to see her play again just the other day. Came here to post. I revived her Midnight Pumpkin album about a month ago into the current music rotation at our house. She was really really good and to me the epitome of Austin music before it went corporate and national. I remember taking out of town guests to the Continental club and them always responding with “wow she’s amazing…” back then it seemed our best artists never really broke through but we’re still just fucking great. Hey day of Guy Forsyth, Toni, Bob Schneider, come to mind. Like the best kept secrets. 

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Toni, Champ, Scrappy Jud and Casper on Austin City Limits (Shelby Lynne up first, but hopefully the video launches ~ 29:00-ish):