Texas Radio Live concert at Moontower Saloon featuring Bill Kirchen and Deer Fellow.
Texas Radio Live is back at Moontower Saloon on Wednesday, November 11, with Bill Kirchen and Deer Fellow on the bill. If you've been around the Austin music scene for a while, the name Texas Radio Live probably rings a bell, even if you've never caught a show in person. It's the longest-running live music radio program on Austin radio, a live-stage continuation of Larry Monroe's show Texas Radio.
Monroe moved to Austin in 1977 with a clear goal: put Austin music on the radio. He joined KUT in 1981 and started Texas Music, which later became Texas Radio. In 2011, he brought the program to Sun Radio, where founder Daryl O'Neal helped re-imagine it as a live show, first staged at Guero's Taco Bar. The program continues today, long after Monroe's death in January 2014, broadcast across Central Texas on the Sun Radio Network and streamed worldwide at SunRadio.com.
The show's format is pretty straightforward: it hosts the latest singers, songwriters, and musicians that call Texas home, while paying tribute to the Texas musicians who have gone before. That's the two-sided coin the program has always worked, and it's exactly what you'll find on the bill for this one. Bill Kirchen is a name that needs little introduction to anyone who follows Texas music, and Deer Fellow brings the newer songwriting side of the equation. Both fit right into the show's mission of keeping the state's music tradition alive and moving forward.
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It's a live-stage recording, so you're in the room for the broadcast. The show starts at 7 PM at Moontower Saloon, 10212 Menchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748. Tickets are $20.
