Varsity Inn

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• The Forgotten Swing and Rhythm & Blues of Johnny Simmonsin “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”

  Although scarcely remembered now, Johnny Simmons was one of Austin’s most prominent bandleaders and pianists between the late 1930s and mid-1950s.Read more…

• The Nash Hernandez Orchestra: An Interview With Ruben Hernandezin “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”

  Listen to an interview on the history of the Nash Hernandez Orchestra with Ruben Hernandez, the original bandleader’s son.Read more…

• Western Swing in Austin, Part I: 1940-1950in “The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950”

  The 1940s were the first Golden Age for Country Music and Western Swing in Austin.Read more…

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