Best musical artist from Austin

[jobycom]

It is tradition in Austin to claim anyone who got their start here, whether they are from here or not...

[Fenris]

1. Janis Joplin ain't from Austin

She's from Port Arthur, where I was born.

[DenverDem]

2. She got her start singing in the old Threadgills

and lived in a rooming house on Red River.

[Fenris]

4. Yeah, but she was laughed out of the shithole I'm from

We take a certain pride in that.:D

[jobycom]

9. LOL I hear you!

Stevie Ray's not from Austin, either. He's from Oak Cliff. But we've stolen him as ours.

[DenverDem]

13. Don't know why, she was an incredible artist.

We lost her way too soon.

The "Golden Triangle" is a rather ignominious region.

I grew up for a time in Woodville, north of Beaumont, so I know from whence you came.

[Fenris]

16. Golden Triangle is quite the misnomer

Going back there now, I find a savage beauty in the place. Silhoutted against the skyline, the smokestacks appear like the temples of some lost civilization.

[ashling]

48. Saw her in Austin in 69.

[DenverDem]

3. Willie is the embodiment of "Austintatious"

He's still incredible.

[jobycom]

10. One of the best guitar musicians ever

Have you heard his Spirit CD? He's not fancy, just amazing, like an old jazz artist who doesn't have to play for anyone but himself.

[DenverDem]

14. He writes a hell of a song, too.

God Bless Willie!

[jobycom]

24. That he does

Funny thing, but when I was a kid in Mississippi, Willie was my favorite singer, because of Blue Eyes Cryin in the Rain. That song still reminds me of my first love, Marie, at Camp Wesley Pines, who had the bluest eyes, and whom I last saw crying in the rain.

When I got a little more musically sophisticated, I realized I had made a pretty good choice. Willie can hit you on either level, the popular emotional or the sophisticated technical level.

[johnnie]

30. Great song

Blue eyes cryin in the rain is a great tune.

[UTUSN]

5. Flaco JIMENEFZ??? n/t

[jobycom]

11. Is he from Austin? I always thought of him as San Antonio

Otherwise I'd have put him there. He's better than three fourths of my list, at the very least, and maybe more important to his genre than any of them to theirs.

[radiclib]

6. Townes Van Zandt

[jobycom]

8. Damn! Good call. Sorry I forgot him. nt.

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. What about Butthole Surfers?

What are you thinking??? :shrug:

[Maestro]

25. Are they really from Austin?

The lead singer grew up in Dallas where his dad had a children's show, Mr. Peppermint.

[carpetbagger]

54. The Butthole Surfers are from San Antonio.

The singer and guitarist hooked up when both were attending Trinity University.

Please do not deny us what little rock culture we have here.

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. Tim Kerr.

9 reasons:

The Big Boys
Poison 13
Bad Mother Goose
The Monkeywrench
Jack O'Fire
Lord High Fixers
King Sound Quartet
Now Time Delegation

and all the great records by other bands he has produced.

[Rooktoven]

15. I voted for Willie, but how could you leave off

Nanci Griffith?

[jobycom]

21. Tough call between her and

either Junior, or Lucinda. Just happened, maybe because I'm more familiar with the other two.

[demon67]

17. Michael Fracasso

or maybe The Gourds. Too many great choices.

[Ellen Forradalom]

18. Daniel Johnston!

Hi How Are You! I am Walking the Cow!

[Eye and Monkey]

19. Ever hear of Robinson's Ear?

Little Whirled of Sound...tasty.

[jobycom]

29. I hadn't

I just looked them up, though. Looks like I'll be down at Waterloo's with the headset on again soon.

[Eye and Monkey]

36. they are too obscure to be among the "known" list

but they are all great musicians. Waterloo Icehouse, a good venue - there'll be like 8 folks performing, I'm guessing. I miss those guys, I worked with a couple of them.

[Zomby Woof]

20. damn, this is tough

It is IMPOSSIBLE for me to pick between Willie or SRV.

Lyle is great too... dammit all.

[Zomby Woof]

22. and shit

I fucking love Gilmore and the other Flatlanders too... Joe Ely and Butch Hancock! Although I associate Lubbock with them.

How about Nanci Griffith?

[jobycom]

31. Gilmore kind of floats between the two. Have you heard his son yet?

Collin Gilmore. Good songwriting, not quite as nice a voice yet, though it's a bit more mainstream. I saw him at Threadgill's one night, of all places. He's started to take off a bit lately.

[Zomby Woof]

32. I'll check him out

Love that Orbisonesque drawl of Jimmie Dale!

[jobycom]

34. You'll love Collin, then

Bit of Orbison, bit of dad, bit of Raul Malo (who has a bit of Orbison, himself, so that may be redundant).

He doesn't have that warble thing Jimmie Dale has, though.

[Maestro]

23. SRV

is from Oak Cliff, Texas just outside of Dallas. He kept a home here. I met him just before he died at a work-out place where I was picking my girlfriend. My GF at the time was friends with his GF who was the same the same one that buried him.

Anyhow, a great artist from Austin that you left off the list is Eric Johnson, a guitarist.

[jobycom]

26. I left off a lot. I ran out of room.

I kind of went with the best known after I narrowed it down on talent and originality

[salonghorn70]

27. Well, You Might Have Added

13th Floor Elevators

[Taverner]

28. Isn't Steve Earle from Austin?

And WHAT ABOUT THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS????

[jobycom]

33. He hung out in Austin, but not really from here.

He was from around San Antonio, and lived in Houston. He made it big in Nashville (when they still accepted talent.)

He hung out with a lot of Austiners, though. Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and Lucinda Williams, I think. There are a lot of people I left off. John Prine, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jimmy La Fave, Austin Lounge Lizards, lots of others mentioned above.

Butthole Surfers aren't one of my favorites. Nothing against them, I just would rank them lower than several others I had to weed out.

[MrScorpio]

35. My old friend HOPE MORGAN

Excellent Austin Jazz singer

http://www.musicaustin.com/jazz/hmorgan.html

[salonghorn70]

37. How Can We Have a Thread About Austin Music

And not mention Armadillo World Headquarters????????

[solinvictus]

38. Butthole Surfers!!

The only band from Austin that matters.

[Delano]

39. Charlie Sexton? Lone Justice?

A Couple of my faves from the 80s - back when Austin was still Austin.

[Bridget Burke]

40. Good joke. Are ANY of these guys really from Austin?

Lyle Lovett is from Klein, Texas. Still has a house there.

Bob Wills lived throughout the Southwest--but I don't think he ever lived in Austin.

Tish Hinojosa is from San Antonio.

Jimmy Dale Gilmore is from Lubbock.

And Janis, of course, came from Port Arthur.

[jobycom]

45. <grin> Yeah, I know. But you know.

Austin is a music scene, not a place of birth. No one in Austin is really from Austin.

[Forkboy]

41. Ed Hall,hands down

[jobycom]

46. Man, I left off people a lot bigger than that!

nt

[Forkboy]

55. lol...that's ok,they're still the best one

And you forgot the band Crust too ;-) :spank:

[Kazak]

57. Yeah, they were great!

I liked Crust a lot too.

[blindpig]

42. Austin City Lounge Lizards?

ok, maybe not the best but tons of fun. "Jesus loves me but he can't stand you" is choice and their bluegrass version of Floyd's "brain damage" is spot on.

[GOPisEvil]

43. All of the above!!!!

And more!

I count myself very fortunate to live here. There is literally great music every night of the week here.

[johnnie]

44. If there is one place I ever want to go to in Texas

...it's Austin. I hate the heat and I don't know if I would like Texas, but Austin seems like a great place to hear some great music.

[GOPisEvil]

47. Come for south by southwest in March

It's not hot in March.

[johnnie]

53. I've thought of going for many years

I have been in the music business for a while now, and that always comes up.

[jus_the_facts]

56. Hey...did ya ever go see Temple Ray?

....remember my girlfriend from Lafayette...sent ya the link to her sister's website sometime last year...ever check go her out? :shrug:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

49. At least no one said Poi Dog Pondering............

they suk. I know the founders were from Hawaii, but they really broke after the came to Tejas.

When I lived there I kinda liked the ArcAngels or Billy White Trio. The best: Willie.

[fudge stripe cookays]

50. Alejandro Escovedo

A very nice guy.

He used to be the warehouse manager at the midtown Sound Warehouse when I was in teh warehouse at the north location. And he worked at Waterloo (does he still? Not sure) when my friend worked there.

Also, honorable mention for some of my early 90s faves, Bouffant Jellyfish and the Wannabes.

[bobthedrummer]

51. SRV

eom

[exJW]

52. Idiot! How could you leave off Bob Schnieder?!