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“Archiving The History of Austin” with Leea Mechling

“Prosperity doesn’t always mean dollar signs. Sharing music and sharing art really expands your heart.” (Leea Mechling)

Leea Mechling grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, where her earliest music experiences ranged from Czech dance halls to an Ike & Tina Turner backstage pass at age 11. After moving to Austin to attend UT, Leea fell in with the crowd at the Armadillo World Headquarters, where she worked from 1974 until its 1980 closing. She shares vivid stories from those years: the push to get women onto the main floor bar, and Henry Gonzalez’s tireless creativity building stage sets and preserving posters. After the Armadillo closed, Leea worked with Asleep at the Wheel, Gregg Allman, and Stevie Ray Vaughan before channeling her passion for Austin music history into founding the Austin Museum of Popular Culture (AusPop) in 2004. What started on two folding tables next to Planet K on South Lamar has grown into a celebrated archive and exhibition space, with partnerships at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Wittliff Collections, and the Bob Bullock Museum. Leea sees AusPop’s mission as essential in a rapidly changing Austin: not to recreate the past, but to inspire newcomers and young artists to build something authentic of their own.

Guest List: Leea Mechling, Founder, Executive Director and Curator, Austin Museum of Popular Culture

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Production Team:
Host, Eddie Wilson - Armadillo World Headquarters founder
Host, Dr. Jason Mellard - Cultural historian
Editor, Renee O’Connor 
Music Mixing, Matt Carlson
Producer, Renee O’Connor
Producer, Sandra Wilson
Executive Producer, TSSI
Music by Jake Andrews Music
Production assistant, Miles Muir
Production consultant, Katey Psencik

“Austin’s Early Art Scene” with Danny Garrett

“The San Francisco posters sort of resonated with everybody and I mean everyone across the country, across the world. Of course, there was a very strong connection between Austin and San Francisco. There was direct feedback from that, from what was going on in San Francisco, especially with Gilbert (Shelton) and (Jack) Jackson out there.
There was a resonance, but it wasn’t the same thing. Approaches were very different anyway. I think the success of the San Francisco posters sort of drove the other poster scenes here and elsewhere.”
Danny Garrett

Danny Garrett, a central figure in Austin’s music poster art scene, joins Eddie Wilson and Dr. Jason Miller to discuss his journey from Vietnam veteran to iconic poster artist. The conversation covers his work with the Armadillo World Headquarters Art Squad, his deep relationship with Clifford Antone and the blues scene, and his iconic posters for Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Garrett also shares stories about the transition from counterculture to tech industry, his teaching career in New Zealand, and the evolution of Austin’s music venues from the 1970s to today.

Guest: Danny Garrett, visual artist, author of Weird Yet Strange: Notes from an Austin Music Artist

Production Team:
Host, Eddie Wilson - Armadillo World Headquarters founder
Host, Dr. Jason Mellard - Cultural historian
Editor, Renee O’Connor 
Music Mixing, Matt Carlson
Producer, Renee O’Connor
Producer, Sandra Wilson
Executive Producer, TSSI
Music by Jake Andrews Music
Production assistant, Miles Muir
Production consultant, Katey Psencik

Austin Roots on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/austin-roots/id1880873432

Austin Roots on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/2FJNnTjQgbTwkaGYOuqo9g

Austin Roots on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCF7MZXTkAV9mJR1xCaQ0K961ZgkamXCw

Austin Roots on iHeartRadio
https://iheart.com/podcast/324014396