Austin Texas Best Bands 1974...music by: "Moses"

[austintxlivemusic]

I moved to Austin in 76 to attend trade school. The 70s in Austin were some super fun times 4 me . Do any of you remember the little tiny bar on South Congress Willie used to own ? It was near where the Continental Club is now. It was small but within walking distance of where I lived back then. So was the Armadillo. I was so broke back then I mostly hung out in The Armadillo beer garden listening to the bands. It was muffled but I did hear some of the best bands in history through that wall.

[OldTimeRockRoll1969]

@austintxlivemusic

Wow our paths have crossed before ... I spent many a nights and days at the beer garden at Armadilo's in the early 70's

[terryliciareed]

i used to date the original drummer of Asleep at the Wheel ... Scott Hennige. Think he's up north .. CT or VT?? Home anyway. His daughter would be around 32 - 34 by now, like mine. Scott & I worked together too ... in Austin. :-) Dated Willie Nelson's drummer's son, too .. Darrell Wayne English. Heard he was happily married, in Austin but that was more than 35 yrs ago! LOL

[LoveOriginalMusic]

Kewl tune dude

[2009or1984]

Wish I lived in Austin in the late 60's and early 70's

This town was hot with fine musicians back then!

[KevyNova]

Makes me wonder what ever became of all the bands that I used to play with in my home town in Vermont....

Cool video and a great time capsule!

[ScrapForGold]

Anyone know when Jimmy Vaughn first started playing around Ausitn? and his brother SRV, when did he start playing the Austin venue's?

Never heard of Moses, but he has a pretty cool sound

[PushN90]

Google SRV...Wikipedia has the whole story

[GreenEarthLink]

About the same time as this was I would think.

He is on the list of bands as Jimmy Vaugnn & T-Birds, so that was pretty early. Think SRV came out just after that time. Mid to late 70's early 80's

[Paskel13]

SRV was in Austin at least by 1977, maybe earlier - I remember seeing him then  - - -

[derfmiester]

Johnny Dee & the Rocket 88's (still doing it!)

Asleep at the Wheel (still around, i think - won 'band of the year' in Austin in '07)

Marcia Ball (still doing it - put out an album this year '08)

Alvin Crow (still plays in town!)

Ray Wylie Hubbard (still plays in town!)

Doug Sahm & The Texas Tornandos (Doug's son Shandon currently can be seen playing around town)

[SmokeNGreenThings]

Cool tune!

[PhotoSlides]

Awesome tune!

[ChemicalNotes]

it is

neat sounding band

[FiveStarsOnly]

Jimmy Vaughn & T-Birds?

Is that SRV's brother?

[DJock739]

Ahhhh-one in the same! I do belive.

[OldTimeRockRoll1969]

Jimmie's younger brother, was Stevie Ray Vaughan As a founding member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Jimmie" Vaughan was one of the leading Austin, TX guitarists of the late '70s and '80s, For most of his career, Vaughan co-led the Fabulous Thunderbirds with vocalist Kim Wilson. It wasn't until 1994 that he launched a full-fledged solo career.

[JVRSrecording]

No! It IS his older brother, Jimmi.

[ScrapForGold]

No not one in the same, they were brothers-Jimmy was the oldest and the first one out there playing around Texas, don't know when SRV started playing around here

[TyeeLeon]

Other than Willie I don't think any of these bands are around Austin any more. Now days its all that punk hip hop head banging crap!

Will most of it...there are still lots of fine bands in Austin, both rock and country.

This Moses dude sounded pretty dang good, bummer ya'll never made it big. Good sound there!

[TyeeLeon]

Awesome music to this, who is Moses?

[PhotoSlides]

Don't know but he is one hell of a guitar player for damn sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[karnig53]

Austin Texas - still rocks

and right now I would like to be at South by Southwest !

[UcanBankOnIt]

Neat music dude

ck'd out your other post cool music!

That song Captain Captain was really a good tune. Sorry the band broke up I think you would have made it to the big time.

Good luck on finding him again. Ever try a people search?

[MusicSoundMan]

Hells bells! Wild music man!

Why did you leave Austin? You should of brought this band to Cleveland, I know you know this kind of sound was hot here back then. Good luck on finding him again.

[19scott53]

Time for me to post since I was the Audio Tech who recorded all this fine music. Rick kept me from sleeping by using our living room as a practice studio so I made myself useful & recorded some of it. We still keep in touch in fact went to his mountain retreat last summer,best of friends, like a brother to me. Sure am glad I made those tapes Rick or this would be lost to the world forever TTYS Bro.Scott

[OldTimeRockRoll1969]

I am really glad you made those tapes too Scott!

I still remember the day you did it like it was yesterday. Don't guess you still have that recorder do you? If so you should sell it on E-bay! ... not many 8-Track recorders around these days I'd say!

You know that really picked up the sound pretty good except for the vocals. But we both know the vocals are a story all its own, right bro?

Did you see WiseGeorges post of what the Onekite looks like now?

It is called Stubbs now.

[MusicSoundMan]

I bet set up was a bitch! What, two mic's? LOL

Hey OldTime, how come in one pic there is a guy playing bass, and in another the chick is playing?

So what "IS" the story behind the vocals? Curious minds want to know!

[OldTimeRockRoll1969]

What you are listing to is Elynn (Moses's ex-wife) playing bass and singing, the band was a trio then. Moses's brother (Gideon) took over playing bass about a year in to it. It took on a much better sound then, but I've no recordings of Gideon playing with us. All of these songs where recorded just months after we 1st got together. I'm not even going to touch the story on the vocals.

[GuitarFingersHurt]

Count me in!

Never been a groupie before!

Sure hope this guy is still playing and is found soon. He's cool as hell...love the sound

[RockTillYouDrop2007]

OldTimeRock, yet another amazing tune by the long lost Moses!

Hope you find him soon and he's doing will!

Really hope he is still playing that axe like that! Damn he has some wild licks! Cool band for being so long ago.

You can count me in as one of your online groupie's !!! I think this guys music is great stuff!

[BillOfRightsGone]

I am one! I have been listening to this music since the first one he posted.

GREAT stuff! ya can't hear the vocial very good but that lets you put your words to it.

The guitar player is out of this world!

That song Captain Captain is just an awesome song!

[milkriverfilm]

well, i know a lot of the folks on that list are still actively playing Austin. some are dead. i imagine you know about most of them. not sure i can help with some of the unknowns. best of luck. . .

[MoutainMansBitch]

HOw old were the members of this band at this time? Look to be in your late 20's ???

1974 was 34 years ago!

Ever think he may be dead?

[RockTillYouDrop2007]

Old musican's never die!

The music lives for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BillOfRightsGone]

You sure are real encourageing!

If you think the mid 50's is old and dead wait till you find out how fast it comes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CSNPage42]

Hey OldTime

Looks like you have some online groupie's

Thats pretty cool for a band that is not even together any more.

Think I need to move to Austin. The more vids I see of that town the more I like it.

Nashville sucks for music any more!

[AliveForMusic4U]

I remember the band called "To Smooth" but they were just a copy band that played the bars around here. I never saw you guys but I do know where the OneKite was. And I think I've seen that poster before for Moses, I belive I've seen it on a pole down on the drag on Guadaupe St.

I've listended to all your other songs you posted! Like WOW man...what a guitar player that guy is! You REALLY should have kept this band together!!!

Good luck finding him.

[TyeeLeon]

HeeHee...some wild band names back then!

"All you can eat" ... "Home Grown"...

LOL

[MusicNetWorking]

Yeah and how about "The Velvet Cowpasture"

Now theres a band name of you...wounder if they were country??? LOL

[HendrixTheMan]

Cool you posted another one!

I was wondering if you had any more of this guys stuff. He was or is, one hell of a guitar player that is for sure!!!

He has the most original sound of anyone I've heard for many years. Hope he is found and still playing! Someone needs to sign this dude on! He may not be Jimi...but damn is he awesome! Sorry I'm not from Austin so I don't know any thing about any of those bands ect. for Willie and Asleep At The Wheel.

Good luck on finding Moses!!!