<p>Four Books in OneBOOK ONE: A fading middle-aged country music singer's home on a Tennessee pig farm burns. The man relocates to Austin, Texas, where he finds a live music scene playing a new kind of country. The legendary Armadillo World Headquarters embraces him and then Jerry Wexler discovers him. The musician holds a picnic, grows his hair long, and forever changes the sound of country music. Thanks to the Armadillo.BOOK TWO: The live music scene in Austin blossoms as local and national artists collaborate. Springsteen, The Clash, ZZ Top, and the Grateful Dead find success and fans in the Texas Capital. Readers are taken on a club crawl highlighting the hippy, punk, blues, rock convergence and the era of Lance Armstrong.BOOK THREE: Eccentric filmmakers and musicians create a 3rd Coast in Austin. Board games and Michael Dell lead to the Electronic Arts world of interactive. City officials recognize live music as an industry and four guys give birth to the annual South by Southwest festival. [should it be Electronic Arts' ?]BOOK FOUR: A young woman brings a notorious Englishman to town and they establish the Manor Downs Horse Racetrack and Concert Facility. She then finds a wild Irishman who helps her launch the career of local blues guitar ace, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Meanwhile an assortment of visitors stream through the Downs, from Mick Jagger to John Connally and Wavy Gravy.</p>

Horse Racing and Rock 'N' Roll

Roberts, Woody

Humor & Entertainment

Treaty Oak Publishers

<p>Four short books-in-one tell how a small city in Texas, once called by Dr. Timothy Leary "The Athens of the West," rose to become a global force in pop culture. Under the covers: Doug Sahm, Janis Joplin, Lee Baby Simms, Bill Ham, Eddie Wilson, Armadillo World Headquaters, Willie Nelson, Cosmic Cowboys, Sam Cutler, Longnecks, Bruce Springsteen, Austin City Limits, Antone's, Sex Pistols, C-101, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lee Cook, Threadgill's, Manor Downs, Chesley Millikin, Grateful Dead, Michael Dell, John Connally, Richard Garriot, SXSW, Farm Aid II, Richard Linklater, Austin Music Network, Lance Armstrong, Winnie-the-Pooh¿</p>

Horse Racing and Rock 'N' Roll: How America's Live Music Capital Tripped Out, Cowboyed Up and Shook the World

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Horse Racing and Rock 'N' Roll: How America's Live Music Capital Tripped Out, Cowboyed Up and Shook the World