Country
Prewar Country
The Light Crust Doughboys
Modern Country
Progressive Country
Willie Nelson
Topic
Crazy- Made famous by Patsy Cline
Hello Walls- Made famous by Faron Young
Ray Wylie Hubbard
"Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother"
Micheal Murphy
"Cosmic Cowboy"
Albums
Waylon Jennings
Kenneth Threadgill
Threadgills
B.W. Stevenson
"My Maria"- Covered by Brooks & Dunn
Willis Alan Ramsey
"Muskrat Candlelight"- Covered by Captain and Tenielle
Steve Fromholz
Influenced by Lyle Lovett
Jerry Jeff Walker and the Lost Gonzo band
Stimeling-ProgressiveCountry-Viva Terlingua.pdf
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Billy Joe Shaver
Wrote some songs for Waylon Jennings
Lyle Lovett
Western Swing
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
More Songs and Notes
Tommy Duncan
Bill Boyd and His Texas Ramblers
Honky Tonk
Ernest Tubb
Ray Price
Left Frizell
Country/Hillbilly
Willie Nelson
Tex Williams
Texas Ruby
Jeanie C. Riley
Waylon Jennings
Notes about the Author of this Map:
Psychedelic
Shiva's Headband
Managed by Eddie Wilson
13th Floor Elevators
Roky Erickson
Conqueroo
Blues
Janis Joplin
Influenced by Leadbelly
Leadbelly
Influenced by Blind Lemon Jefferson
Johnny Winter
Big Joe Williams
Freda & the Firedogs
Marcia Ball
Mance Lipscomb
Songs
Roosevelt Williams, The "Gray Ghost"
Lightnin' Hopkins
W.C. Clark
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Albert Collins
Freddie King
Blind Willie Johnson
Other Musicians
Whistlin Alex Moore
"Barrelhouse" Style
Frank Ridge
Amos Milburn
R.L. McNeer
Big Boy Knox
Leon Calhoun
Harold Holiday
aka Black Boy Shine
Robert Shaw
Lived in Austin
Dave Alexander
aka Black Ivory King
Henry Thomas
aka "Ragtime Texas"
T-Bone Walker
Influenced by Charlie Christian by amplification
Blues Women
Katie Webster "swamp boogie queen"
really good piano player! (see youtube vid in notes)
Blues Fusion
Clifton Chenier
blues-based accordion
Zydeco
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Folk
Janis Joplin
North Texas State Univ- Folk Singers
Carolyn Hester
Places
Threadgills
Eddie Wilson now manages
The Armadillo World Headquarters
Eddie Wilson
Vulcan Gas Company
Soap Creek Saloon
Castle Creek
Texas Opry House
The Broken Spoke
Blues
Blues Clubs
Rock
Western Swing
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Sir Douglas Quintet- Doug Sahm
Buddy Holly
The Crickets
Waylon Jennings
Rockabilly
Roy Orbison
ZZ Top
Joe Ely
Visual Arts
Jim Franklin
Poster Artist/Mural Artist
Armadillo World HQ
Burton Wilson
Photographer
Resources
The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock
Jan Reid
The History of Texas Music
Gary Hartman
Ch 7
Smile When You Call Me A Hillbilly
Jeffrey Lange
Ch3, Ch 5
Creating Country Music
Richard Peterson
Ch 10
Rock Eras
Jim Curtis
Ch 6
Music in the City: A History of Austin Music
Alan Turley
Ch 1, Ch 2
Subtopic 7
Creating Country Music- Peterson
Ch 10
Festivals/Events
Kerrville Folk Fest
Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic
Blind Lemon Blues Festival
Blues Cultural Events
Houston's Blue Monday
Rock & Roll
Doo Wop
Rockabilly
Sonny Fisher
Link Davis
Son- Link Jr. - Asleep at the Wheel
Joe Poovey
Early Rock & Roll (50's-Mid 60's)
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
Bill Haley and the Comets
Influences
The Big Bopper
Jiles Perry Richardson (from Sabine Pass TX)
Post 1960
The Champs
Seals
Croft
Sir Douglas Quintet
Doug Sahm
John Deutschendorf
John Denver
Kenny Rogers
Janis Joplin
Michael Nesmith
The Monkees only musically talented member
Johnny Winter
Other Bands
Notes on Other Bands
Stephen Stills
Psychedelic
Mother Earth
Tracy Nelson, Powell St. John
13 Floor Elevators
Rocky Erikson
Conqueroo
Shiva's Headband
Post 1970's
ZZ Top
Don Henley
The Eagles
Meatloaf
Marvin Aday (from Dallas)
Christopher Cross
Steve Miller
North Dallas
Royce "Boz" Scaggs
North Dallas
Sly and the Family Stone