AUSTIN ROOTS, a podcast
In March 2020, when the world shut down, Eddie Wilson compiled an eclectic list of Austin's artists, authors, movers, and shakers who defined the city’s cultural scene in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. In their words, we thread together what made the city they called home, a world renown destination for music, art, and food. Listen to Eddie (Threadgill’s proprietor and author of Armadillo World Headquarters, a memoir), historian Jason Mellard, and our esteemed friends connect on a nostalgic journey down memory lane, with stories of food, music, politics, measuring the true character of Austin, Texas.
AUSTIN ROOTS on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/austin-roots/id1880873432
AUSTIN ROOTS on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/2FJNnTjQgbTwkaGYOuqo9g
AUSTIN ROOTS on iHeartRadio
https://iheart.com/podcast/324014396
Host, Eddie Wilson
Armadillo World Headquarters founder @Threadgills
Host, Dr. Jason Mellard
Cultural historian @jasondeanmellard
Producer, Renee O’Connor @realreneeoconnor
Producer, Sandra Wilson @sandrawilson709
Executive Producer, TSSI
Music by Jake Andrews Music @jakeandrewsmusic
Music Mixing, Matt Carlson @axemanguitar
Production assistant, Miles Muir @miles_muir
Production consultant, Katey Psencik
with
Jesse Sublett,
Dave Richards,
Richard Zelade
Travis Rivers,
Powell St John,
Emma Little
Don Hyde,
Dave Moriaty,
Gilbert Shelton
Woody Roberts,
Alice Embree and Thorne Dreyer
Leea Mechling,
Danny Garrett
John Lomax III,
John Toad Andrews
Hoover Alexander,
Dick Deguerin
Perry Lorenz,
Kevin Curtin
Threadgill’s Store
Offering Merchandise from the original, Threadgill’s Old No. 1
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Eddie Wilson’s memoir
armadillo world headquarters
The Armadillo helped define the Austin culture, creating the foundation of what would become the live music capitol of the world.
Read Eddie Wilson's memoir, ARMADILLO WORLD HEADQUARTERS, edited by Jesse Sublett, to feel the room and hear the stories directly from Eddie himself.
Available at the Threadgill’s online store.
"Threadgill's was austin's first theme restaurant, and it's theme WAs AUSTIN." — The LA TIMES
When John Morthland in the L.A. Times made that prophetic statement, it sounded good to me, so let's take it a bit further and claim to the 1930's through 1960's in Austin as the theme of the original Threadgill's on North Lamar Blvd. The big, new shiny one downtown sits next door to the site of the late, great Armadillo World Headquarters and contains a large portion of memorabilia from the musical hey-day of Austin in the 1970's. The juke box holds 100 albums of artists who played the 'Dillo and the piano hanging from the ceiling was played by artists as diverse as Count Basie and Commander Cody, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, Leon Russell and Captain Beefheart. Threadgill's tries to serve as a link between the new Austin and its past. In matters of music and food, we represent a time before disco or microwaves. I've been fortunate enough to encounter many of the colorful and talented folks who have made creative contributions to the city over the past fifty years. I've saved mementos that I'll share with you if you'll just take a moment to look around. ---Eddie Wilson, Proprietor
