Lou Ann Barton joined Stevie Ray Vaughan and WC Clark in the Triple Threat Revue in September 1977, becoming the voice of Austin's electric blues scene.
Lou Ann Barton was born in Fort Worth, Texas on February 17, 1954. She grew up in the Fort Worth honky-tonk scene before heading to Austin.
Angela Strehli released Soul Shake in 1987 on Antone's Records, then joined Lou Ann Barton and Marcia Ball for Dreams Come True in 1990.
Angela Strehli co-founded Southern Feeling with WC Clark in Austin in 1972, then became stage manager at Antone's and launched Antone's Records.
Angela Strehli was born in Lubbock in 1945. At Texas Tech, she mastered harmonica and bass, co-founding the Fabulous Rockets blues band.
Delbert McClinton earned a star on the Paramount Theatre's Walk of Fame in 2019 and recorded his Grammy-nominated 'Live from Austin' on Austin City Limits.
Fort Worth's honky tonk circuit shaped Delbert McClinton, where he played in bar bands that backed Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, and Lightnin' Hopkins.
Born in Lubbock in 1940, Delbert McClinton grew up to master blues harmonica—and once gave John Lennon a lesson that changed rock and roll history.
Robert Earl Keen won the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk competition in 1983, launching a celebrated career as Texas's most beloved Americana storyteller.
Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett were roommates at Texas A&M, where they co-wrote 'This Old Porch' and set the stage for legendary careers in Texas music.
Houston native Robert Earl Keen grew up in Sharpstown listening to Willie Nelson and Cream, planting the seeds of his legendary Texas songwriting career.
Flaco Jiménez performed across Austin for decades, from the Flamingo Cantina to Austin City Limits, earning induction into the ACL Hall of Fame in 2015.