Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Happy 40th Birthday Broken Spoke
From KXAN (Ch. 36 Austin, TX)
A South Austin institution marks 40 years of boot scooting good times Wednesday night.
They're having a big birthday bash out at the Broken Spoke in South Austin.
If you could define the heart and soul of South Austin and the local music scene, it would require only two words -- Broken Spoke. Some of the biggest names in country music have played at the Broken Spoke, and Wednesday night they'll celebrate 40 years of good times.
In the days before rock and roll, country was still king.
"Well, at first it was just local bands. But the first big star that I booked right here at the Broken Spoke was Bob Wills -- Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys," White said.
"They had to be country to play at the Broken Spoke. You know, we always wanted to have a fiddle or a steel guitar in the band and all, and that's what we got. We wanted real country music, and that's the way we keep it, up until today," White said.
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KXAN
A South Austin institution marks 40 years of boot scooting good times Wednesday night.
They're having a big birthday bash out at the Broken Spoke in South Austin.
If you could define the heart and soul of South Austin and the local music scene, it would require only two words -- Broken Spoke. Some of the biggest names in country music have played at the Broken Spoke, and Wednesday night they'll celebrate 40 years of good times.
In the days before rock and roll, country was still king.
"Well, at first it was just local bands. But the first big star that I booked right here at the Broken Spoke was Bob Wills -- Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys," White said.
"They had to be country to play at the Broken Spoke. You know, we always wanted to have a fiddle or a steel guitar in the band and all, and that's what we got. We wanted real country music, and that's the way we keep it, up until today," White said.
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KXAN
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 8:21 PM 
