Patterson, Dow 2009-10-16
Dow Patterson continues his conversation with Andy Wilkinson
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Dow Patterson
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: October 16, 2009
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 02:31:58
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Artwork, Oil Pastels, Watercolors, Landscaping art, Cabinets with a key, James Bond, Andy has some James Bond water colors in An altoid case, Watercolor pens, Products, The execution, is what people are disappointed by, In their own work, Depth and volume, difficult to paint into an image
Tape 1, Side 2:
Fame takes no prisoners, Butch Hancock, UT art, He called Bic and they sent him a type of pen, That was manufactured a certain way, John Guerin, His wife produced music that Dow did, You have heard my voice, and you know my name, Butch Hancock, His daughter graduated at Trilingual high, Where Andy gave the commencement speech
Tape 2, Side 1:
They are still talking about the watercolor pens, Dow is going to get his own at the store, The day John Kennedy was shot, He was at college, In the dorms listening to his radio, Felt surreal, Interest in recording, He would manipulate his materials, Soldering, Now he can get a radio program, His subconscious feels like he is an archivist, Dance like no body’s watching
Tape 2, Side 2:
Fred Neil, Halloween fun house, Upstairs, sound system, No cover charge, you can talk, Another stair case that leads you to the back of The audience, once you’re down there, you are charged, For the cover, That is where they would play, Symphony Square- the current name, Jerry Jeff, A cooler was upstairs, It would hum, If you were on stage and stopped playing, it would quit, Humming, They would think the world just changed because, It would feel way to quiet, Bob Bodean, Lucky Pierre’s, Paul Crosby wasn’t going to cut it, Club Owners, Dow wonders who came up with John Denver, Robert Engler – Bob Bodine, In Austin, on the Drag found the album, In 65 or 66, Blues on the ceiling, The strings, the variety out there, Some types make a difference on the song, 60’s, They are drawing a headstock and nut, Lewis Field- Fiddle and guitar, Rubber Dolly, These strings tune once, and then stay in tune, Don Crawford, Carol Hedin, Doc Watson, 13th floor elevators, Conqueroo
Tape 3, Side 1:
Austin, The Checkered Flag was not yet open, They were the brink of the budding, “Austin” music scene, June 69, Charlie Dunn Boots, Alan Dammeron- the go to guy, He was the personality, Jerry Jeff/ Folk music, Bob Dylan came the summer of ‘66, East coast, west coast, or Nashville, Buddy Holly, Holly’s were nice, David Box, Induced into the Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Dow remembers Larry
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