Luckenbach In The News
Ask Men Magazine: Top 10 North American Motorcycle RoutesIn our previous look at the Top 10 International Motorcycle Routes, we justified the idea of burning through your vacation days on two wheels in other continents. This time, we’re staying in North America. Not that it makes the selection process easier; we could easily compile a Top 10 like this for nearly every state and province on this giant landmass. read more » |
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Austin Business Journal: A Serendipitous Meeting Turns to Jamming at the SaloonAustin musicians Kevin Higgins and Barbara Malteze had an impromptu jam session with Hugh Laurie of television’s “House” this week at the Luckenbach Saloon. The husband and wife musical team, founding members of the Texas band The Dust Devils, were hosting a sing-songwriters circle at the saloon about 80 miles west of Austin on Monday, when Laurie and a film crew stopped in to join the festivities. read more » |
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Luckenbach’s musical roots run deep in Texas traditionAccording to Rob Davis, a.k.a. “Moondog,” bartender at the only bar in Luckenbach, that’s the reaction from many who visit this Hill Country hamlet-cum-music venue made famous by Waylon Jennings’ 1977 hit “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love).” read more » |
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Our Fredericksburg-A Texas Hill Country Vacation Destination-Luckenbach TexasOn this weeks Our Fredericksburg, we visit world famous Luckenbach Texas. With its rich musical heritage, laidback atmosphere, cold beer, and daily guitar pickers under the shade of the huge oak trees. read more » |
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Outlaw Magazine Tv: The Luckenbach PoetLuckenbach Texas is a place with a consciousness all of its own. It vibrates with music, laughter and the spirit of connection that binds us all. A Post Office, Dancehall, scenic outdoor event area, happy roosters running wild, big beautiful trees and a cozy wood stove inside the legendary Luckenbach bar all set the staging for absolute pure M-A-G-I-C on a daily basis. read more » |
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Southern Living Magazine: 40 Things Every Southerner Should DoLuckenbach was included in the Texas Special Travel Selection - True Texas Towns in the March Issue of Southern Living magazine. This special section was dedicated to small towns that are all and easy drive from a major city and just a shorter detour off the interstate. read more » |
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Texas Highway MagazineIt’s said that at when Robert Frost lived in San Antonio in the mid-1930s, the poet enjoyed trekking the Texas Hill Country. The question of which backroads in this area to explore likely presented him with dilemmas as intriguing as those encountered in his famous poem. read more » |
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Texas Music Fuels Renaissance for Legendary LuckenbachThere was no disco music, no flashing lights and not a Speedo-clad, gyrating hunk for miles. The only thing bare-naked, in fact, was the trampled soil under the towering canopy of live oaks. Still, the young women's laughter echoed between the narrow banks of toe-deep South Grape Creek on one side and a jumble of weather-etched buildings on the other. read more » |
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The Best Tunes in TexasTo see the Old West at its most authentic while listening to country music at its finest, Douglas Rogers pulls on his cowboy boots and strides into the little town of Luckenbach. Luckenbach, Texas is not easy to find. There are no signs to it on the Hill Country road between Austin and Fredericksburg as they're always being stolen by country music fans as mementos. read more » |
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Toronto Star: Peaceful Easy FeelingGrab a beer. Stretch out under a shady tree and take it easy. Grab another beer. Listen to the music and forget your cares. Forget your cares ... people have been coming to this little hole in the wall about 80 kilometres outside of Austin to do just that for about 30 years now. At first glance, there's not much here: a ramshackle old dance hall, a post office/general store/saloon, a stand of trees alongside a rutted dirt road. read more » |
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You Can't Find a Place More Laid-Back without Being UnconsciousDrive down a single-lane road, turn a corner, and there it is: Downtown Luckenbach, in all its glory of three buildings -- a ramshackle tavern/general store, a blacksmith shop and an old-time dance hall. Clustered under giant oaks, this aging Western trading post-turned-country music mecca is the stuff of myth. On any given night or weekend, musicians in cowboy hats and jeans sit around picking steel guitars, thumbing washtub basses and singing country classics. read more » |
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