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This Week in Texas Music HistoryThis Week in Texas Music History: Bob Dylan and The HawksThis Week in Texas Music History we’ll remember the night a famous folk singer electrified Austin.
On September 24, 1965, Bob Dylan performed at Austin’s Municipal Auditorium backed by a rock and roll band called Levon and the Hawks. This was Dylan’s first public appearance with the Hawks, who later would come to be known as the Band and would serve as Dylan’s main backup group. Two months before his Austin appearance, Bob Dylan had upset many of his fans when he performed on electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival. Audiences booed him at Newport and elsewhere for supposedly abandoning folk music and switching to rock and... |
This Week in Texas Music History
Mary Martin
This week, Texas music historian Gary Hartman remembers a talented Texan who could sing, dance, and magically fly through the air.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Ernie Caceres
Texas music historian, Gary Hartman, tells us about a Texan who drew from Hispanic, Anglo, and African-American influences to become one of the most well-respected jazz musicia…...
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This Week in Texas Music History
Doug Sahm
Texas music historian Gary Hartman remembers an eclectic Texas musician who continues to defy categorization.
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This Week in Texas Music History
“Punk Music”
Texas music historian Gary Hartman recalls an unexpected incident that helped propel the state’s punk music scene into the national spotlight.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Charline Arthur
Texas music historian Gary Hartman tells us about a singer who was born in a railroad boxcar but went on to tour with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Eddie Durham
Texas music historian Gary Hartman tells us about a Texan who may have been the first jazz musician ever to record with an electric guitar.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Olga Samaroff
Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a German Texan who became a world famous pianist and a pioneer in the recording of classical music.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Tish Hinojosa
Texas music historian Gary Hartman tells us about a bilingual singer-songwriter who’s records have gone multi-platinum in the Asian market.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Scott Joplin
Texas music historian Gary Hartman tells us about a Texan who was born the son of a former slave but went on to become one of the most popular and influential songwriters in American h…...
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This Week in Texas Music History
Roger Miller
Texas music historian Gary Hartman tells us about an accomplished songwriter who is probably best remembered for his more humorous compositions.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Milton Brown
Texas music historian Gary Hartman introduces us to the “other” King of Western Swing.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Chelo Silva
Texas music historian Gary Hartman tells the story of a woman who began her career singing radio jingles before becoming famous throughout Latin America as “The Queen of Bolero…...
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This Week in Texas Music History
Buck Owens
Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a sharecropper’s son who became an international country star and even had a song recorded by the Beatles.
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This Week in Texas Music History
Charlie Christian
Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the history of a Texan who revolutionized the world of jazz before his death at the age of only 25.
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