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Bond will speak at the Harvard Law Forum this Wednesday, September 28 at 8 p.m. in Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall, at the Law School. Admission...
...song's two writers had never been to Luckenbach. The tune captured the essence of Texas' country music-a return to the basics. "It's a symbol, really, of something that people are retreatin' to," says Nelson, easily the most visible member of Austin's musical colony...
...recordings went nowhere, stuck in Nashville's syrupy strings-and-choir arrangements. Though he was living well on sizable composing royalties, Nelson left Nashville in 1972 when his house burned down and he retreated to a ranch on the edge of Austin. Says he: "The University of Texas was there, and I had an idea that the young people was really goin' to like country music. They were havin' a rough time findin' it sometimes; they were afraid to go to some of the places where hippies might not be welcome...
Willie's large Austin coterie hopes some of this success rubs off. Already a dozen local performers have signed recording contracts, and the migration of musicians into Austin continues. It all seems a long way from Luckenbach. Or at least the old Luckenbach. These days the town is a thriving weekend tourist spot, which does brisk business in T shirts and bumper stickers. Cardboard NO PARKING signs lean against the trees; nothing is nailed down because the nails, like the signs, have been taken by tourists. Each week a couple of weddings are performed under the big cypress tree...
...Tracy Austin's pigtails were disheveled as she rushed from the locker room to the telephone. "Tracy, this is Jimmy Carter," said the voice on the other end. "I just watched you on television, and you were wonderful." Jimmy even invited the high school freshman from Rolling Hills, Calif., to the White House if she finds herself in Washington. It was only her due. As the youngest tennis player ever to play at the U.S. Open at Forest Hills, the 14-year-old with the wide grin and mouthful of braces was everybody's favorite. She easily overpowered...