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A history of the Austin music scene, going back to the German singing societies of the late 1800s and ending with the ascent of South by Southwest, whose registration line would become the Ellis Island of new Austin. Over 50 legendary Austin live music venues are profiled in a rolling “Clubland Paradise” section.
About the author
A native of Honolulu, and reborn in Austin as a young man in 1984,
Michael Corcoran went from
The Alternative Press to the
Dallas Morning News when he was hired as the paper’s first country music critic in 1992. Twenty years later he retired from the
Austin American Statesman to spend his working hours researching and writing Texas music history. Corcoran’s book and CDs on gospel pioneers Arizona Dranes (2012) and Washington Phillips (2017) were both nominated for Grammys in the historical album categories. He is also the author of
All Over the Map (2017) and
Ghost Notes (2020), which profile Texas music heroes and pioneers.
Summary
A history of the Austin music scene, going back to the German singing societies of the late 1800s and ending with the ascent of South by Southwest, whose registration line would become the Ellis Island of new Austin. Over 50 legendary Austin live music venues are profiled in a rolling “Clubland Paradise” section.
