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Liberty Hall booked many of the same touring acts that played at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. These were performers who could draw at a mid-size venue but not enough to play at the Music Hall or later Hofienz Pavillion at UH. One difference from AWH though was that Liberty Hall seemed to have more of the classic bluesman play there. I recall a New Years Eve show in around 1974 or 75 that my friends went to...Jimmy Reed performed. What are the dates on most of these newspaper ads/clippings? My guess would be '70-'72. I don't know much about Jubilee Hall. Looks like it wasn't around very long. Same with La Bastille.

Awesome, awesome stuff. My guess is that alot of these newsprint ads came from Space City News? Are the ads for the downtown clothing stores/restaurants from the Market Square area? In the late 60s/early 70s that area had a strong hippie/counterculture presence along with Montrose of course. I used to have a giant color poster of the KAUM eagle advert. I also liked that Quicksilver ad "a pillow concert". Was it bring your own pillow? KAUM was a very good station around '72...a competitor of KLOL "Mother's Family".

Vicman--I'd imagine all of the Tanglewood kids are in private schools. The Grady apartment kids must live in the apartment complexes you listed a few posts back. When Grady was an elementary school in the 60s there were only 2 classes per grade. This was before all of the external "shack" buildings were there. There were 34 kids in my K class...with only one teacher, no teaching assistant.

Is the current student body of Grady bussed in? If the neighborhood is 100% white where do the Grady students come from? Are the Tanglewood kids zoned for Revere? \

This occured during my senior year at Robt. E. Lee and my memories are a little sketchy. I'd welcome anyone elses memories of this event. The riots occured in October of '75 in the parking field across from the school on Beverlyhill St.. The field was a drug market where students gathered as early as an hour before school to party. HPD undercover narcotics officers had been "staking out" the field for several weeks since school had started that September. They also placed several undercover (dressed up to look like school students) in the field to purchase drugs--which they did. Several drug busts were made that October in the field including one bust of a 16 year old boy selling pezz candy LSD. After one of the busts several students began to attack one of the police cars. It had it's windows broken by rocks, etc. Several arrests of students were made. Ultimately the drug busts succeeded in stopping the drug use and selling in the empty dirt lot parking field. The field is now part of the parking lot for Pappasitos Mexican Restaurant on Richmond.

I went to Grady when it was still an elementary school in the 60s. What's up with the zoning of it now that's the problem?

Further research has determined there was a Cinema West in Austin on S. Congress. http://home.austin.rr.com/michaelwhitworth...lt%20cinema.htm I'm assuming this was owned by the same guy. The 'Cinema West' logo on the marquee is the same as the Houston theatre.

Two or three years ago I was at the Continental Club downtown and saw they had one of the signs from the Cinema West theatre backstage. Does anyone remember this theatre? I believe it was an adult theater on Richmond or Westteimer in the 70s (before VHS tapes). Was it a chain of theaters?

What a find! KFMK was the first 'free form' FM rock station of the late 60s and preceded KLOK and KAUM. Check out KILT's special about drugs on Houston's college campuses. http://vasthead.com/Radio/radio_works.html

Interesting read about these bands Niche. I'm the guy who runs the 1960s Texas Music site. Through the years there has been an ongoing debate about the role Interantional Artists played in the career of the Elevators. As I see it here are the two points of view: 1. IA contributed to the breakup of the group and it's lack of national and international success (your viewpoint Niche). The group would have been much better off if they had been signed to a nationally recognized label (like Columbia or Warner Bros) that could have properly promoted and have managed them. 2. from this website Elevators FAQ: "Q: Did the Elevators get ripped off by their record label (International Artists) and/or Lelan Rogers (worked for IA and Kenny Rogers brother)? A: Hardly. Especially not when compared with the average deal that a semi-national band on a small label got in the mid-1960s. I A kept the Elevators on salary, which was not common, and plowed significant amounts of money into "Easter Everywhere" and the third LP sessions. Lelan Rogers is often portrayed as a bad guy but was only an employee at I A and not really in the position to rip anyone off. He should receive credit for helping to break "You're Gonna Miss Me" nationally, and band members like John Ike and Stacy have spoken of him in respectful terms later on. The dubious "Live" LP was conceived long after he had left I A." No doubt International Artists made some significant mistakes when managing the band (as they also did with Bubble Puppy) but Elevators also were able to accomplish alot with IA in their short 2 years of activity. The 3rd LP "Bull of the Woods" is primarily a solo LP by the guitarist Stacy Sutherland. Roky contributed very little as you've noted.

When do you think the photo of Market Square was from? Was the night club La Bastille located there in the 70s?

Dig those cats and kitties hanging out in front of Michelangelos. Way cool.

I went there as a child also for b'day parties. It was located near Yorktown and Westheimer I think. Maybe where they later in the 60s build Western National Bank. It's another bank now.

Anyone remember or have any stories to tell about Liberty Hall which was located at 1610 Chenevert? All sorts of performers played there...Jimmy Reed, Ted Nugent, Bruce Springsteen, NY Dolls, Velvet Underground, Gram Parsons, just to name a few. I believe it had formerly been a movie theatre.

Went there when it was Cody's also in the 80s. What's in that space now?

A few more Rice atheletes that went pro throughout the years: Jose Cruz Jr. (baseball) Dicky Moegle (football...played for the 49ers and Cowboys) Tobin Rote (football) Bill Howton (football) Buddy Dial (football) Hugo Hollas (football Saints) Ricky Pierce (NBA Bucks) ...several baseball players from Rice's nat'l championship baseball team of a couple of years ago were drafted and are in the minor league's now. Look for several to be in the majors real soon...

This info brings up a few questions I have about that area's public grade schools....maybe someone will know about all this... What is the reason St. Georges Elementary was built in the first place? I had heard that many Briargrove Elementary students will be relocated to the new St. George's building while their school will be renovated next year. Is this true? It's unclear to me why Pilgrim Elementary is being relocated or shut down. If the area grade schools are so overcrowded why close one down? Any one know the true story? I understand Will Rogers Elementary off of Richmond will be closing. I'm asuming that their students who live west of that school will transfer to St. George's. Where will the Will Rogers students that live east of Rogers transfer to? signed, Grady Elementary graduate class of '69

Native Houstonian now living in New York City here. Sad to say the NYC 'admission-only' system for high schools isn't so great either. 8th graders must rank their top five high school choices in the order in which they want to attend. Unfortunately some students don't get into ANY of their choices and they get assigned to some school in another bourough. One concept the New York City DOE has implemented in recent years is to divide up some of the mega high schools (1,000 or more students) into 2 or 3 three separate schools that share the same building. The idea is that the students won't get lost in a giant school and will receive more individual attention. At least the private schools in Houston don't cost $26,000 per year like they do here in NYC!

Wondering if the picture at the bottom could have been taken from Rice Stadium? Looks like spectators in coats.

jb4647 -- Saw some of the Astrodome, Sakowitz, and Joskes pics you also posted in other threads as well. All are fantastic. Please keep them coming! How did your father get the arial shot of the Shamrock?

1610 Chenevert

Anyone know what's up with the old theatre on Chenevert that used to house the live music venue Liberty Hall in the 70s?