C-Boy’s Heart and Soul has the heart of a dive bar and the soul of a chitlin’ circuit club. The small stage is backed by a shiny gold curtain. Miss Lavelle White is 86 years old, has been performing since she was 15yo, and recorded her first album in 1994. She is a class act. […]
Visiting Austin is not complete without one stop at the Continental Club. On Thanksgiving night meli and I went to see Dale Watson and his Lone Stars. Watson was sporting his famous white pompadour and shiny white teeth. Every so often he did a “commercial” for Lone Star beer, where he would hold up the […]
And then on Sunday, meli and I drove to San Antonio to see the exhibits at the McNay Art Museum. Part of the museum used to be a beautiful home with a gorgeous courtyard. The rest of museum was built in the last few years. First exhibit was Miró: The Experience of Seeing, an exhibit […]
While I was visiting Austin, meli, her daughter Erin, and I visited some museums and a gallery in and near the University of Texas. First was Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West, which Erin help put together, at the Harry Ransom Center. A lot of cattle. One even looked like Ferdinand sitting […]
