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Hole in the Wall Chronology
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2003 July - Music Schedule for July July 17 - Brooks is letter B in Chris Gray's Alphabet City July 10 - The Hole in the Wall is back in business as a live music venue - Paul Minor happily reports the Hole in the Wall has once again opened its arms to live music June 26th - Matt Allen, the new manager, is fired June 19th- The Corcoran Article on the lack of music at the new Hole in the Wall June 5th - 15th - 30th Anniversary Schedule May 16 - The Hole in the Wall Reopens |
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2002 July 12 - Page Two by Louis Black June 30 - The Hole in the Wall Closes after 28 years May 15th to June 15th Calendar: 30 Days in the Hole March - Courtney Love makes an infamous stop at the Hole February 2 - American People, Meat Purveyors January - The Hole signs a six month lease, during which time they hope to secure a way for the bar to survive. |
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2001 October 6 - Austin Chronicle, Critics Picks - Smilingest Face Behind the Bar Waldo at the Hole in the Wall October 5th - Review of the Wild Seeds, Wannabes and Rite Fliers Show June 31st - Review of Slobberbone March 18 - SXSW: The Last Temptation of Superego |
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2000 November 5 - Doug Sahm Birthday Party August 24 - James Hyland, The Danged July 31st - Review of the Slobberbone show March 19 - SXSW: Bee-Gees Hoot Night March 17 - SXSW: Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash March 14 - SXSW: Swollen Circus Hole in the Wall |
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1999 November 18 - Doug Sahm dies at the Kochina Hotelin Taos, N.M. He was 58. Read Ken Lieck's account of that night at the Hole September 4 - Blondie Hoot Night June 18 - 20 - 26th Anniversary February 1 - Blaze Foley Tribute on the 10th anniversary of his death |
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1998 Debbie takes over the bar from Doug. July 7 - Daily Texan article covering Brooks on Celis June 22, Monday - Things started turning wild during Mike McCoy's raw solo set, kicking off his relocation from Kansas City to Austin and precursing his reformation of Cher UK using local talent, and then Amberjack Rice took the stage for a performance that engaged the entire club, not to mention those standing on the street outside. An already wound-up crowd of regulars got increasingly rowdy as a former waitress at the club mounted the stage and forgot she wasn't at the Crazy Lady. June 17 - 19 - 25th Anniversary May - Fastball is on the Tonight Show, Miles tells the story of the time his guitar got stolen at the Hole February 8 - Article on Blaze Foley Tribute |
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1997 October 20th - Girls with Guitars: Nanci Griffith September 18 - Daily Texan article on the Hole "There are people that have been coming here since they were in college," Rombach said. "There are over 300 long-term customers that I know that come in here on a regular basis." Upon entering the bar one is met with the Hole's "Hall of Fame," a tribute to the regulars, past and present. "It's a work in progress," Rombach said. "The pictures on the walls weren't a conscious effort. A lot of this stuff has been brought to the bar from people's travels. Everything in our Elvis shrine was donated by regulars and workers." March Thurs. 20: Friends, Doenuts, Hyperfluff, The Instruments, Cattleguard,
Festus February Thurs. 6: Dilli, Silver Scooter, Peter Lorre Quartet Thurs. 13: The Dropouts, Lowdown Song, The Nortons Thurs. 27: Beaver Nelson, Violet Crown, Pluto, The Nortons January 1st - Townes Van Zandt dies. Thurs. 23: Texas Philistines, The Onlys Thurs. 30: Wilt, Sunshine, Wah Santo Condo |
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1996 December 7 - Ramones Hoot Night benefiting Blue Santa November Daily Texan article on an upcoming show by Jeffery Evans October Daily Texan article on upcoming show at the Hole by Pork Wed. 6: Superego, Loose Diamonds, The Gourds, Good, Damnations, Jesus Christ Superfly, Earthpig, Los Pinkys, Horse Wreck (benefits the SIMS Foundation to celebrate life) Thurs. 10: Plum, Bongo Hate, Sheridans, Nortons September - Austin Chonicle Award for Best Weekly No-Cover Blowout to Paul Minor's Rock & Roll Free-for-All Thu. 5: Sangre De Toro, Jaws Of Life, 10 Inch Maria, Javelin Boot
Thur. 31: Dropouts, Liar, The Nortons August - Elvis Costello's drummer, Peter Thomas, drops in to "guest drum" during a Big Foot Chester show. After a few songs, he is encourage to leave the stage and is told by Barb: "Hey, drummer boy! Go home!" May Thu. 2 Dick Tucker, Jesus Christ Superfly, Metamorphosis 11th - Uncle Walter Hyatt dies in a plane crash on Florida. Read Larry Monroe's Piece on Walter here April Thu. 4 Crust Night, Dick Tucker, BuzzCrusher, Blurt Thu. 11 Breedlove, Hush Thu. 25 Texas Instruments, Hyperfluff, Hot Wheels Jr. March Thu. 7 Dick Tucker, Sweet Pea, Hamicks Thu. 14 Long Gone Daddy, The Shivers, Mumbleskinny, Stretford,
The Horsies February Thu. 8 Loose Diamonds, Mike's Birthday Party, Damnations Thu. 22 Cactus Smack Conspiracy, Drums and Tuba, Kairos, Gilligan
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1995 The Hole in the Wall Gang catches the thief who tried to steal Miles Zuniga's guitar December Thu. 7 Amberjack Rice, Bigfoot, Chester, Long Gone Daddy November
Thu. 9 Busride, ST37, Cattleguard Daily Texan article about the ST-37 show at the Hole
Thu. 16 Otis 13, Wannabes Tue. 21 George Devore and Yankee Liars October 31 - Pocket Fish'rmen, Fuckemos, Myra Manes and Smell of Blood |
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1994
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1993 June 17th and 18th - 20th Anniversary. Doug Sahm and Alejandro Escovedo. The line up included: Mark Mckinnon, Dave Scheidel, George Ensle, Doug Sahm and the Texas Mavericks, Rich Brotherton, Two Hoots and a Holler, Barbara K., LeRoi Brothers, Pork, Mike Hall and the Lollygaggers, Loose Diamonds and Shoulders. |
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1992 September 25 - Daily Texas review of a Two Hoots & A Hollar show at the Hole "The spontaneity of Two Hoots makes it seem like anything could happen at one of its shows. Like that time last year at the Hole in the Wall , when an admiring drunk climbed on stage and began to sing. Deciding to contribute more to the show, he reached for Broussard's guitar and tried to strum it. Broussard shoved the man off stage, threw off his guitar and yelled a warning to the stumbling drunk." August - Don Henley surprises Mojo Nixon onstage to sing with him on "Don Henley Must Die". April 17 - Daily Texan piece on an upcoming show at the Hole by the Atlantics February 27 - Doorman Jorge Flores shot in the head, survives. 28 - Daily Texas piece on an upcomng show at the Hole by Shoulders |
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1991 June 15 - 18th Anniversary February 22 - Daily Texan piece on punks and the Hole by Trevor Wallace |
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1990 Aug. 27th - Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. Read an account of the incident. |
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1989 February 1st - Blaze Foley shot and killed. He was 39. Read Larry Monroe's Tribute January 25 - Timbuk 3 plays the Hole billed as Fred and Wilma - Blaze Foley open for Timbuk 3 at the Hole |
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1987 First SxSW |
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1986 Hole in the Wall starts charging cover for the first time in its history. "On the indie scene, debuts from the True Believers, Wild Seeds and Timbuk-3 (the duo which had been packing the Hole In The Wall) - are released to positive reviews, even in big name mags like Rolling Stone. Wayward Texans like Steve Earle and Michelle Shocked burst upon the scene from seemingly out of nowhere. The gypsy-like Butthole Surfers returned to Texas, moving in to a rental house in North Austin." - From http://www.wildleaves.com/austin.htm |
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1985
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1984
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1983
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1982
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1981
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1980 Armadillo World Headquarters closes. |
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1979
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1978
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1977
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1976 "January - Austin City Limits premieres on PBS stations across the country; debut show is a performance by Willie Nelson taped in 1974.: - From http://www.wildleaves.com/austin.htm |
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1975
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1974 June 15 - The Cuginis open Hole in the Wall Restaurant and Arcade - celebrates 1st anniversary. Debbie Rombach walks in on the first day. "[The Cugini's] owned a couple of truck stops on what was then the outskirts of Austin, and the family opened the Hole in 1974 as a university equivalent, a burger joint for the truckers and deliverymen who frequented the area." - Don McCleese An issue of Time Magazine for this period includes an article about the Austin music scene: "What the Fillmores East and West were to the rock era, the Armadillo World Headquarters is to Austin's country-rock set. A cavernous old armory decorated with surrealistic murals of the burrowing, bony-plated mammal that now ranks second only to the longhorn in Texas esteem, the Armadillo is filled each night with a curious amalgam of teen-agers, aging hippie women in gingham, braless coeds, and booted goat topers swigging Pearl beer and swinging Stetsons in time to the music. Doug Sahm, a 32-year-old fugitive of San Francisco phychedelia, who sings there regularly, says that 'leaving Austin now is like climbing off a spaceship from a magic place." As he puts it in a song, the whole town is a groover's paradise." - From the Threadgill's Armadillo World Headquarter's History page |
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1973
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1972
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1971
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1970 August 7 - Armadillo World Headquarters opens. |
