Michael Corcoran's Overserved

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RIP James Polk, the Godfather of Austin Jazz
Ray Charles' arranger for ten years started and finished in the Austin clubs
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You're Gonna Miss Me: Remembering three who made a difference
Cindi Lazzari, Danny Roy Young and Robin Shivers passed away in '07, '08 and '09, but not before making Austin a better place
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Juneteenth Reader: From spirituals to "the gospel beat" with Arizona Dranes
An excerpt from my 2020 book "Ghost Notes: Pioneering Spirits of Texas Music"
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50 Years in the Hole!
Bar "where everybody slurs your name" transforms into a low-rent rock palace at night
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Norma Rae, Meet Charlie Faye
Never let your subject read an article before it's published- unless she's a former editor!
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Night and Day with Van Morrison
No two Austin concert experiences could be more different than March 11 and 12, 2008
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The horn met the devil in Texas: Bobby Keys and the Rolling Stones
This is a chapter on rock's greatest saxophonist from "All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music" (UNT Press)
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Michael Corcoran's Overserved
These are random, unedited chapters of a book tentatively titled "Overserved: A Personal History of the Austin Music Scene."
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Dust-to-Digital
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