Tag: Texas Music Collection

The Wittliff acquires Tejano Music collection of Ramón Hernández

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San Marcos, TX – As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University have acquired one of the largest known collections of Tejano Music materials and memorabilia in existence from renowned musicologist and collector Ramón Hernández. “Hernández is universally respected in the Tejano music community,” said Wittliff Collections director Dr. David …

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The unvarnished outlaw country collection of Sam Kindrick

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It’s been nearly 50 years since the birth of the outlaw country music scene in Texas. At the beginning of the 1970s, it was known as progressive country, redneck rock and cosmic cowboy music. Its earliest proponents were Michael Martin Murphey, B.W. Stevenson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Doug Sahm, Freda & the Firedogs with singer Marcia Ball …

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VIDEO: A Conversation With Jerry Jeff and Susan Walker

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In June of 2018, The Wittliff Collections’ curator of Texas Music, Hector Saldaña sat down for a candid conversation with Texas music legend Jerry Jeff Walker and his wife / manager Susan. This event was in celebration of The Wittliff’s exhibition, “¡Viva Jerry Jeff: The Origins and Wild Times of a Texas Icon.” Music was …

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Ray Benson donates archive to The Wittliff

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SAN MARCOS, TX – Ray Benson, co-founder of the legendary Western Swing band Asleep at the Wheel, has announced he is donating his archive to The Wittliff’s newly-established Texas Music Collection. Benson’s archive will contain materials spanning his entire career, featuring records, photographs, instruments, wardrobe, awards and other memorabilia. In a career that has spanned …

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Introducing The Wittliff’s Texas Music Collection

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  SAN MARCOS, TX — The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University are proud to announce the creation of The Texas Music Collection, which joins the Southwestern Writers and Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collections as part of The Wittliff’s expanding mission to collect, preserve and share the cultural legacy of the region. The Wittliff has …

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