Willie Nelson
1. This American icon (and Southwestern Writer’s
Collection donor) has played in San Marcos more times than we can count, but one of his most memorable concerts took place at the Hays County Civic Center in the late 1970s – it was “Willie and Friends Do It for a Friend,” a benefit for country singer Jess D’Maine (better known as Fred Frieling, former All Conference Bobcat football star ‘64-’66) after a Nashville motorcycle accident left Frieling paralyzed.
The Ash Family
2.Bread and Wine is their best album to date.
Set the title song on repeat, and play over and over again.
Songs & Artists every SMTXer should have: Stick this in your ear…
Elvis Presley
3.Elvis played on campus in old Evans Auditorium in
1954, and agriculture prof Tollie Buie almost lost his job for sponsoring the student event (Buie’s son Dan attended the show - and says Elvis wore a bright orange suit and shoes, and the place “went nuts.”) Everyone has a favorite Elvis song, but if you can’t decide, “Blue Suede Shoes” speaks to the times and would be a good choice. (More about Dan Buie: See Roy Head - #20 on this list.)
Blue October “It’s all walks of life: black, white,
4.Asian, Hispanic,” explains Blue October vocalist
Justin Furstenfeld. “And it’s not just one genre. It’s people who like hip-hop; it’s people who like rock…” And guitarist C.B. Hudson is a Texas State alumnus who applied for the job over breakfast in a downtown San Marcos cafe. “It was fate – or Kismet,” Hudson admits. Their home stage in San Marcos is the beautiful Texas Music Theatre.