Saxon Pub is a music venue in
Austin, Texas
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.
History
The Saxon Pub was founded by Joe Ables and Craig Hillis in 1990. Prior to opening, the location on Lamar Boulevard in had been the location of several clubs.
It was originally launched as a
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
club, featuring musicians such as
Steve Fromholz and Stephen Doster, but later began hosting blues, country, and rock musicians. The venue planned to move locations in 2014 due to rising rent prices but it was purchased by
Keller Williams Realty
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co-founder
Gary Keller in 2016. It was the subject of the 2019 documentary ''Nothing Stays the Same, The Story of The Saxon Pub''.
Venue
The Saxon Pub has an approximate 150 person occupancy. Musicians performing in the pub have included
Monte Montgomery
Monte Patrick Montgomery (born August 11, 1966) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Early life
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, at age 13 he moved to San Antonio, Texas.
Career
The Austin, Texas based guitarist fir ...
,
Hayes Carll
Joshua Hayes Carll (born January 9, 1976), known professionally as Hayes Carll, is an American singer-songwriter. A native of Houston, Texas, his style of country, folk, and roots-oriented songwriting is noted for his plain-spoken poetry and se ...
,
Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys are an American musical group from San Angelo, Texas. They play a style of music they call "Texican Rock n' Roll", combining elements of rock and roll, Texas blues, brown-eyed soul, country music, country, and Tejano music.
The ...
,
Carolyn Wonderland ,
Parker McCollum and
W.C. Clark.
Musician
Rusty Wier
Russell Allen "Rusty" Wier (May 3, 1944 – October 9, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas.
Wier's career dates back to the 1960s and covers multiple music genres. Wier was the drummer in the Austin garage rock band The Wi ...
has performed and also has a statute on display at the venue.
References
External links
* {{Official, https://thesaxonpub.com/
Music venues in Austin, Texas
1990 establishments in Texas