Austin, Texas is not a music capital

James McMurtry. Absolutely superb writer and performer.

-- Larry


Wrong. Raised in Virginia, traveled all over the country, had more
to do with San Antonio while making his career than Austin. Don't
just take my word for it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry


Like Willie Nelson, only moved to Austin once he had the dough.



Again, truly excellent Texas music is coming from anywhere but Austin.

On Sep 24, 10:44*pm, pltrgyst wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:05:12 -0700 (PDT), TXZZ wrote:
MEANWHILE, EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN THE COUNTRY HAS A TRULY GOOD/
TRULY FAMOUS MUSICIAN

Do you realize that Austin is conspicuous for its LACK of musical
talent?

James McMurtry. Absolutely superb writer and performer.

-- Larry

Even then, this guy doesnt really appear to be a truly first-rate
Texas musician up with Holly, Vaughn, Nelson, Jennings etc., or even
San Antonio's Butthole Surfers or Houston's ZZ Top.

On Sep 24, 8:32*pm, Thomas Spillman wrote:
Gumby wrote:
If quantity is what equals value to you, then I suppose you may have a
point. *If it's quality you want, I have heard better jazz/folk
musicians in NYC subway stations.

The London underground also has some good buskers. *However, as you
point out below, Austin is considerably smaller.

The real shame is that a state the size and population of TX
has so little to contribute to the national arts community. *At the
very least one of the major cities should have a top shelf "A"
orchestra.

I agree. *OTOH, my horn teacher pointed out to me, he was former
principal horn player of the now defunct San Jose Symphony, *the funding
of orchestras is a major problem all across the country. *Few people are
willing to support a top shelf "A" orchestra. *My son is in charge of
fund solicitation for the New York Phil and has also mentioned that even
in NYC it is hard to get support for such an orchestra.

Also, KMFA doesn't get high levels of support here...

However, as a libertarian who is a believer in the "Chicago school" of
economics, there is no such thing as a free lunch. *The market will
supply what people want, good or bad...

Regards...

Tom

The point here is not to bash Texas. Its to show that Austin is a
fraud. Houston and Dallas are producing truly great musicians at
least by luck of the draw, but the "music capital" of Austin has yet
produced a truly notable genius musician that every major city in any
modern nation has.

As for Opera's and orchestras, there are probably dozens of third
world cities that outperform Austin in that regard.


Again....whats conspicuous about Austin is its LACK of musical
talent. ****ing KANSAS CITY at least has Tech N9NE (who sold at least
a million albums, cameo'd in movies, video games, and TV, and owns a
record company)

****ING WICHITA KANSAS at least has Joe Walsh

That's because, just by luck of the draw, even a cutlurally isolated
and barren place like Kansas is going to produce someone more notable
than anyone from Austin, the "live music capital of Texas".

On Sep 25, 12:43�am, TXZZ wrote:

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Hyperbole...dude...hyperbole...its a common aspect of advertising..you
wanna call it fraud....fine...you can call most businesses and other
cities/states logos frauds as well....i do like one state or cities
logo though(was it washington state?) ..."Turn the lights out when you
leave"....but with ACL and SXSW here i have a feeling many a musician
across the country might argue against your rant or at least aspire to
move here as well...it may not be the "live music capitol of the
worldd" but it tries pretty damn hard for its size

and i have a feeling if i researched each musician you referenced ,I
might find they were born in some suburb or smaller/other town in
their state, or just over the county line from that city.....splitting
hairs and pedantic arguments .....leave town and find a town that
rankles you less and then spill its praises on the internet...or just
troll here with a nasty attitude ...whining because the city chose a
tag line that consumer reports would reject...or just find a real
topic to discuss

On Sep 25, 12:05*am, Magiel Venema wrote:
Maybe we can start a new thread:

Fredericksburg has the best breda of the USA,
Tempe has the best sidewalk cafes of the USA,
XXX hast the best YYY

Keeps you busy until 2199!

Fredericksburg; a town that claims to have good German food and
doesn't


Must have to do with its proximity towards Austin...

On Sep 25, 10:06�am, TXZZ wrote:


Fredericksburg; a town that claims to have good German food and
doesn't

Must have to do with its proximity towards Austin...


Further proving his knowledge and credentials ...TXZZ...lets give him
a big a.g round of applause

Hi,

but Austin has Western...

Swinging Music.

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