The man who helped make the musicians
Stevie Ray Vaughan was his most famous find, but dozens of musicians owe part of their careers to Clifford Antone.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006'You know, I didn't get in this as a business,' Clifford Antone told the Austin American-Statesman last year as he talked about his namesake club and its changing role in the blues. 'I got in it to bring the blues here; that's it. Almost all of my great friends are dead: Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker.'
For three decades, Antone was one of the nation's best-known and biggest supporters of blues music, but he and his club helped nurture other musicians as well.
Stories
- City stages star-studded send-off to blues godfather
- The man who gave Austin the blues
- Kelso: Icon? Nah, Antone was even better
- Musicians, fans bid farewell to Antone
- Remembering Clifford Antone
- 'Heart of Austin music' had blues in his blood
- The man who helped make the musicians
- Memories of the blues
Multimedia
- Video: The city says goodbye to Clifford Antone
- Photo gallery: Public memorial for Clifford Antone
- Photo gallery: Clifford Antone
- Photo gallery: Clifford Antone memorial
- Audio slideshow - W.C. Clark remembers Antone
- Send your Clifford Antone photos | Reader photos
- Pinetop Perkins plays hymns for Antone
- Antone's memorial celebration
- Friends remember Clifford Antone
- Sign the guestbook
Past coverage
Here's a sampling of the artists who played Antone's and received a lot of his support:
Marcia Ball
Lou Ann Barton
Wayne Bennett
Doyle Bramhall
Doyle Bramhall II
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
W.C. Clark
Albert Collins
James Cotton
Double Trouble (Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon)
Fabulous Thunderbirds (including Kim Wilson, Jimmy Vaughan)
Buddy Guy
John Lee Hooker
Albert King
Lazy Lester
Barbara Lynn
Eve Monsees
Ian Moore
Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
Pinetop Perkins
Jimmy Reed
Doug Sahm
Bob Schneider
Son Seals
Charlie Sexton
Will Sexton
Angela Strehli
Hubert Sumlin
Eddie Taylor
Susan Tedeschi
Luther Tucker
Big Joe Turner
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Muddy Waters
Junior Wells
Lavelle White
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