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The Broken Spoke : Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk /

James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar Boulevard. White built the place himself, beginning construction on the day he received his honorable discharge from the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Donna Marie, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, then a mile south of the Austin city limits, under a massive live oak, and beside what would eventually become South Lamar Boulevard. White built the place himself, beginning construction on the day he received his honorable discharge from the US Army. And for more than fifty years, the Broken Spoke has served up, in the words of White's well-worn opening speech, ". . . cold beer, good whiskey, the best chicken fried steak in town ... and good country music." White paid thirty-two dollars to his first opening act, D.G. Burrow and the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781623495206