{"id":918,"date":"2018-12-31T14:41:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:41:06","slug":"texas-reads-archiveglenn-dromgoole-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

4.30.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Author relates colorful story of Austin club<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Austin writer Donna Marie Miller tells the colorful story<\/span> of one of Austin\u2019s most famous eating, drinking and dancing establishments in The Broken Spoke: Austin\u2019s Legendary Honky-Tonk<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $24.95 hardcover).<\/p>\n

The Broken Spoke opened on Nov. 10, 1964, at what was then south of the Austin city limits. Miller traces the Broken Spoke\u2019s history with sections devoted to the 1960s, \u201970s, \u201980s, \u201990s, and up to the present. Through the years it has hosted every big name on the burgeoning Austin music scene and many of the Nashville stars as well.<\/p>\n

The book includes color photos of Broken Spoke founder James White with many of the entertainers and celebrities who have performed at or visited the club. They include Bob Wills, Hank Thompson, Willie Nelson, Darrell Royal, Lady Bird Johnson, George Strait, Robert Duvall, Kris Kristofferson, Ann Richards, Dolly Parton, Ray Benson, Kinky Friedman, Ray Price, George W. Bush,<\/span> and Greg Abbott.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides the cold beer and the dance bands booked regularly, the Broken Spoke also became known for its chicken-fried steak.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Breakfast in Texas: <\/span>Veteran Texas cookbook author Terry Thompson-Anderson\u2019s<\/span> latest is Breakfast in Texas: Recipes for Elegant Brunches, Down-Home Classics & Local Favorites<\/span><\/a><\/span> (University of Texas Press, $35 hardcover). Beautifully illustrated with color photos by Sandy Wilson,<\/span> the book is divided into seven sections:<\/p>\n