]> http://www.hitcher.com/taxonomy/term/9/all en http://www.hitcher.com/ray_henning <p>Ray Henning's HoT Music... a more mystical place may not exist for the Austin music lover. Consider this. Ray has been central to the Austin music scene since well before anyone knew there was one. I know a member of an Austin 50's doo-wop group (<a href="http://www.colorradio.com/Slades.htm">The Slades</a>, compadres of <a href="http://www.electricearl.com/campi.html">Ray Campi</a>) that remembers Ray running HoT music even back then. Ray gave the starving, strugging, Stevie Vaughn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan#Vaughan.27s_guitars_and_musical_equipment">a guitar</a> from the "used" bin that SRV went on to make his career upon. HoT music directly supports road shows and all Austin music festivals with equipment rentals, loaners, whatever. Ray help define Austin as a <a href="http://www.gibson.com/AustinGuitarTownWebsite/">Guitar Town</a> well before the the <a href="http://www.gibson.com/AustinGuitarTownWebsite/BECOME%20A%20SPONSOR/">marketing guys</a> woke up to it.</p> <p>Musicians have come and gone in this town but one of the men behind the scenes, who made the music possible more than most, was always Ray Henning.</p> <p><img src="http://www.rustywier.com/images/RayHenning.jpg"><br /> (<a href="http://www.rustywier.com">thanks Rusty!</a>)</p> People Stores Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:15:37 -0700 http://www.hitcher.com/inner_sanctum_records <p>Inner Sanctum went through a couple or three metamorphoses, always tracking what was cool in Austin. Progressive Country to Punk. Inner Sanctum had it all when you wanted it. They also provided an essential service to the local bands of the day by being about the ONLY retail outlet for those rare events known as recordings by Austin bands.</p> Stores Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:53:40 -0800