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The Pleasure Of One Year and Several 'Visits' Afterwards

Submitted by dcblues355 on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 4:48pm. Places | Things

I happened upon Austin at the invite of my best friend in high school(Upstate NY early'70's)in Nov.1974. I was in college in Okla. and he at UT. Sooo I went and experienced Austin on substances no longer the quailtiy they were back then. Imagine walking into the 'Dillo 3 days before Thanksgiving seeing that mural of Freddy 'Strait From Heart' King & drinking my first Lonestar and ordering up a chalupa and a Chocalate chip cookie. On that one visit I knew I had to live here. I quit college moved to Austin became a partime Rest. Mgr and full time part-taker of everthing musically-epicurian-artisan Tejas Hill country had to offer.
So my question is, other than the places, people, and things mentioned here does anybody remember:
1.The original 'Hole-In-Wall' off 'The Drag'
2.Mother Earth (I saw Tommy Shannon play there I think with the 'Fools').
3.Mad-dog and Beans (right anround the corner from Inner-Sactum.)
4.Ice Scream You Scream or even 'Nothing Strikes Back' ice cream parlour (if you had a serious case of the munchies, nothing like black-lights/deadheads and a chocolate-banana malt with whipcream and a nilla wafer).
5.BalconesFault (if you remember the 'Savages' you can't forget the 'Fault')
6.Too Smooth, The Electromagnets, 40times it's Own Weight.
7.Antones, Soap Creek, Blue Parrot, The Filling Station, Bee Caves, Mt.Bonnell......'Hippie Hollow'.
8.W.N.'s annual 4th picnic.
10.Middle Earth
11.I'll need to be refreshed here, out by Lake Travis there used to be a co-op run eatery that served family style dinners great viddles!!!!
12.Shivas Headband (I heat they'll still going strong)Commander cody,Asleep at the Wheel.

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Memories

Submitted by evie gill on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 9:45am.

Yes I remember Shivas Headband, used to go to live concerts on the UT campus to hear them. I used to work as a waitress at the original Mother Earth here in Austin. When I would go home I would be deaf for awhile. There are so many other places too, The New Orleans Club, for one. I have a little short term memory loss so I can't remember em all, but man those were the days!

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#11.

Submitted by dcblues355 on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 1:06pm.

CrazyDave,The co_op run restaurant out by Travis was called Maudy's.Great vittles served family style.

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Maudie's

Submitted by 78704girl on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:01pm.

I thought Maudie's was on Lake Austin at it's present location. It was good home cookin'. Joe Draker bought it from Maudie. He went in to get dinner and she looked ay him after a long day and said, "Wanna buy a restaurant?" He said "Yeah" and he bought it. Right then and there.

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South 1st and Oltorf

Submitted by clex on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 10:41pm.

The original Maudie's (as I recall) was on South First and Oltorf in a little shopping strip. It was right next to a very popular Latino "Discoteca" or record store (remember those?) Maudie's had the best chorizo con huevos...even better than La Reyna, which was just down the street.

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CrazyDave, oh yeah and

Submitted by dcblues355 on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 4:49pm.

CrazyDave, oh yeah and breakfast at Flapjack Canyons to cure the worst Austin Hangover

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