Homegrown

Alan Schaefer is a lecturer in the Department of English at Texas State University and a musician.Joe Nick Patoski has been writing about music and Austin for more than forty years. He has authored books on Stevie Ray Vaughan, Selena, Willie Nelson, and the Dallas Cowboys; is directing a film on Doug Sahm; and hosts the weekly Texas Music Hour of Power radio show.Nels Jacobson has been researching, writing about, and creating poster art for over thirty years. Under the moniker “Jagmo,” he’s designed posters for shows from Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Rites of Spring” celebration in Austin to Los Lobos at San Francisco’s storied Fillmore. His work is archived at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jacobson serves on the board of the Rock Poster Society, and he is a founding director of both the South Austin Popular Culture Center and the American Poster Institute. In addition to his poster scholarship and design work, he has been practicing copyright law since 1995.

• PrefaceIt All Started Here (Joe Nick Patoski)Colorful Tales and Early Techniques: Postering in Austin (Nels Jacobson)The Posters Vulcan Gas CompanyBlues PortraitsReimagining TexasTraveling BandsPunk and the New WavesList of PostersBibliographyAcknowledgments

Showcases a slice of [the city’s long celebration of live music]. (The Wall Street Journal) A sprawling illustrated monument to Austin music and culture. (PopMatters) Clubs close and are torn down. Bands break up. But posters endure as a history to admire. (Texas Highways)