Tary Owens, Texas Folklorist and Musician: A Life Remembered

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2009-01

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Sullivan, Ruth K.

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The Center for Texas Music History

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Shortly after the death of Austin-based musician and folklorist Tary Owens on September 21, 2003, Brad Buchholz, writing for the Austin American-Statesman, remarked that, "Tary Owens devoted most of his life to music, though only rarely to his own. The greater mission, to Owens, was to champion the music of forgotten or unsung Texas bluesmen -- to put their songs on records, to place them on a stage, to encourage a larger public to celebrate their artistry."

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Texas, Music, History, Country music, Conjunto, Tejano, Blues, R & B, Cajun, Zydeco, Jazz, Gospel

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