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Michael A Kelley interviews Danny Roy Young.
Danny begins with explaining his family background, including his ancestry and moving to Kingsville, Texas with his family. He discusses the socio-economic differences in Ohio and Texas, with Texas being more diverse. He talks about the racial segregtion in Texas growing up and being in the top thirty percent. He describes who his siblings are. He describes his time in the Coast Guard and shares how he got booted out of the original base he was stationed at. He describes how he met his wife and talks about his children they had, explaining his family's genealogy. He explains why he loves living in Texas. He talks about his involvement in anti Vietnam War movements and the civil rights movement. He mentions his Methodist upbringing. He talks about playing the drums throughout his youth. He talks about the Shades Band and how rock and roll was portayed in the 50s and 60s. He explains how conjunto music was prevelant in Kingsville growing up and how it got him into blues. He talks about his band's love for the blues, and he didn't get along with country music lovers, which led him to regret his decision on giving up playing country music. He explains all the places he would play at with the Shades Band. He talks about the band he was in called the Kings. He talks about his times playing the washtub bass, rubboard, and the washboard, mentioning other players. He discusses the intensity of live music he has experienced. He explains how he feels as a rhthym player playing with professionals. He talks about joining Cornell Hurd's band and playing with Ponty Bone. He talks about experiementing with different sounds on the rubboard and leather gloves with dimes. He discusses the musicians in his family and his family's support. He talks about not being good with money. He shares a story about something that recently happened to him at his restaurant. He explains getting into the restaurant business. He talks about his son having trouble in a Kingsville school and moving to Austin. He talks about what his kids are up to currently. He continues talking about things he did in his restaurant business.

Chris Lehman interviews Rod Kennedy.
Tape 1 Side A: Rod Kennedy starts with discussing his childhood memories in New York and the musical influences he had. He briefly mentions joining the miltary and how he moved to Texas. He talks about his interest in Western Swing upon moving to Texas. He describes his time in the Marine Corp, writing for the newspaper and doing jazz shows. He claims that the music industry changed when he was overseas. He talks about his experiences in radio throughout his career and how he got invested with all types of music. He explains how working at KHFI-FM radio station changed his life.
Side B: He finishes up talking about KHFI's influence on his career. He talks about interviewing people and some people that were difficult to work with. He describes how the festivals he worked for made him proud and why, including the Aqua Fest and Kerrville Folk Festival. He explains Lyndon Johnson's influence in radio programming. He briefly says religion and politics divide people. He talks about how Texas music has changed music in the United States and how it has affected his own taste. He gives advice to young people pursuing music and speaks about what he sees for the future of Texas music. He gives his opinions on how social and political developments in America have affected music in Texas.
Tape 2 Side A: Rod Kennedy begins by covering political topics brought up by interviewer. He discusses his experiences and opinions on working with Black artists. He talks about his life challenges post-bankruptcy in 1997 and what his life has looked like since then. He finishes the interview by giving advice to young people pursuing music.
Side B is blank.

Barbara Thibodeaux interviews Anthony Lucky Tomblin.
Anthony (Lucky) opens with his childhood, family, and earliest memories of music. He discusses how he decided to go to law school and become an attorney while balancing being a musician. He talks about his diverse music taste and how Texas has affected it. He discusses developing the Fire Station Recording Studio and the musicians who used the studio. He talks about the music community in Austin, and explains the Health Alliance and the Musicians Helping Musicians communities. He shares a story about a phone call he had with John Lennon. He goes on to talk about how happy he is and grateful he is for Texas State University.

Jacob Mankovsky interviews W.C. Clark.
WC talks about growing up in Austin with his family. He gives his opinion on what blues music is and how its scene has changed in Austin, affecting his music. He shares a story about a baby at one of his performances. He explains what he thinks his role is as a musician and how he helps people learn. He briefly discusses the awards he's won. He discusses his current band and how they toured around the world. He talks about his favorite places and people to play with. He describes how he writes music and the emotion behind it. He talks about losing his drummer and fiance in a car accident and writing a song about it.

Stephanie Sorensen interviews Marcia Ball.
Marcia discusses her early life, family, and musical influences. She talks about her earlier music career and joining some bands. She explains how she started her own band, the Marcia Ball Band, and who's involved. She talks about her ""big break"", in which she had a baby, recorded a 45, and started traveling with her gig/band. She explains what inspires her when she writes. She talks about Hurricane Katrina and how it affected people she knew. She discusses the donations and help provided for the New Orleans musicians that suffered from Katrina.

Rosalba Cortez-Concha interviews Earl Poole Ball.
Earl begins with his early life, family, and musical influences. He explains how/why he moved away and ended up in Houston, where he'd end up playing music. He describes the music scene in Houston, comparing it to Mississippi. He talks about moving to California and its music scene. He discusses moving to Nashville to be a producer. He talks about his time touring with Johnny Cash and how it affected his musical growth. He talks about moving to Austin, Texas and how the diverse the music scene has been. He discusses his most significant accomplishments as a musician. He talks about the bands he's in now and what they do. He finishes with giving advice to young artists pursuing music.

Nicole Lopez interviews Lavelle White.
Lavelle talks about her childhood and singing in the church. She talks about the movie, Magnificent Dead, and that she'll be acting in. She talks about songs she has written and how she's had some of those songs stolen from her without recieving credit. She talks about the Blues and jazz artists she listens to. She explains the jealousy from other people she's had to face throughout her career. She gives her opinion on rap music. She explains how her privacy is important to her. Throughout the interview, she mentions her relationship with God.

Alexander ""Sandy"" Pope interviews Del Puschert.
Del begins with talking about playing in Texarkana as a younger man and the story on how he got there. He talks about playing in the band, Van Dykes, and where they would play. He talks about free-lancing after leaving the Van Dykes. He tells a story about how he was brought to a bar/club in Austin and played his saxophone, eventually leading to him recording and playing with other musicians. He discusses the money people make and charge for concerts, and talks about the money he makes. He discusses the Austin music scene and gives his opinions on it. He talks about what he's doing with his career outside of booking gigs. He talks about meeting Floyd Domino and Elvis, both on separate occasions. He notes how most of the people he has worked with have passed away.

Beverley Flores interviews Johnny Gimble.
Johnny opens with his earliest memories of music and discusses his family. He explains how growing up in Texas influenced his taste in music. He explains his early career playing with his brothers and their experience in the army, detailing how it changed some of his music taste. He talks about his time with Jesse James and the Gang and eventually with the Wills band. He discusses the awards he has won. He talks about working with Willie Nelson, and later George Strait. He explains his involvement with Swing Week. He explains how he can't read sheet music. He explains how western swing is evolving. He talks about how his family are all musicians. He briefly gives advice to those pursuing a career in music. He finishes with discussing how he eventually moved back to Texas after living in Nashville for a bit.

Lane Cartwright interviews Cornell Hurd.
Tape 1 Side A: Cornell opens with his childhood, explaining his musical influences and records he had growing up.
Side B: He talks about getting introduced to country music and becoming interested in high school through college. He discusses transferring to Berkeley for college to focus on the music scene there and putting together a country band, El Rancho Cowboys. He talks about western films and music from Texas that were influencing him to move there. He explains moving back to California and starting a new band, Mondo Hot Pants Orchestra, which eventually caused him to return to Texas after recording and touring over the next years.

Tape 2 Side A: Cornell gives a timeline of the bands he was in and how it led up to the Cornell Hurd Band existing. He talks about the awards and tours they did as a band. He explains turning his life around after a bad marriage and substance/alcohol issues, eventually moving to Texas with his current wife. He talks about his friends reuniting and continuing the band, but eventually everyone wanted to settle down and be with family or have children. He talks about the new members of his band. He tells the story about how the phrase ""country music's worst nightmare"" came about. He explains why he loves playing in front of a crowd of people.
Side B: He talks about the experiences in his career that have stood out to him, some awkward and some entertaining. He discusses meeting Clifford Antone and describes how he is.

Erinn Park interviews Kelly Franks.
Kelly describes the purpose of the festival and what organizations were involved in the beginning. They explain the events and say how many people usually attend each year.

Erinn Park interviews Judy Snopp-Syrek.
Judy explains how the festival got started, with musicians playing in the park where the festival is eventually held, eventually wanting to set up a bluegrass music festival. She tells a quick story about Alison Kruass and Jim Nuse. She describes the dynamics of the festival for the first few years.

Erinn Park interviews Randy Collier.
Randy talks about Jim Nuse and the CTBA board members organizing the festival. He explains the damage that occured during the floods of 1997, physically and economically. He talks about the Austin scene and how they organize who is going to perform. He shares a memory from the current year and then complains about Paul Sherrill.

Erinn Park interviews Al Dressen.
Al Dresson sets the scene on when, where, and why the Old Settler's Music Festival was started. They explain who was involved in organizing it. He shares the changes it has gone through over the years, and how its attendance has grown. He shares his favorite memories of the festival and discusses how unique the music can be.

Allen Olsen interviews Frank Rodarte.
Frank talks about his early life, family, musical influences, and being exposed to the saxophone. He talks about famous musicians and the early gigs he did before moving to Vegas. He talks about Elvis Presley briefly. He talks about playing rhythm and blues rather than Mexican music. He explains the structure of music and how it differs through the genres. He gives his opinion on how he perceives race in the music industry. He claims he was falsely accused of sexual assault and speaks about getting arrested for it. He talks about the social movements in the sixties and tells a story about dealing with racism. He talks about his religious journey and returning to his Christian faith during his career. He tells a story about filling in for saxophone for Jerry Jeff Walker's band. He talks about his time playing as Los Blues for mafia gigs. He talks about things that Augie Meyers did that upset him and forgiving friends who had disrepected him.

Allen Olsen interviews Augie Meyers.
Augie opens up about his childhood, his musical influences, having polio, and talks about the bands him and Doug Sahm were in. He talks about the famous bands his band, Sir Douglas Quintet, would play gigs with and whether they inspired him or not. He briefly explains his band being arrested and then having a bad reputation in regard to the Charles Manson controvery and hippie movement. He talks about the records he's recorded and then describes West Side Sound. He tells stories of working with Bob Dylan. He talks about having his own label and how he wrote songs. He gives his opinions on the West Side Sound today. He explains the music that he enjoys. He talks about the riots and resistance movements in the sixties, and experiencing racism. He explains how much he loves and misses Doug Sahm since he passed away.

David Brown interviews Cindy Cashdollar.
Cindy talks about how it was being a woman musician in a male-dominated world. She describes her exposure to live music growing up and picking up the steel guitar. She gives her advice to young women that are pursuing music. She mentions being the first woman to be inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame the previous year of this interview. The interviewer and Cindy talk about how people are surprised to see female steel players. She talks about how she joined the band, Asleep at the Wheel, and how she spent over eight years with the band. She mentions her solo album briefly.

This is the transcript from the first of three interviews that Bruce Roche conducted with Dr. Flowers just prior to his retirement. Dr. Flowers (Class of 1913) was President of Southwest Texas State College from 1942-1964. In this interview, Dr. Flowers talks about the history of education in Texas, his educational philosophy, and the need for vocational schools to provide practical skills to their students. He also talks about growing up in a family that had books in their home, and how he was encouraged to get his master’s degree at the age of 30. Interviewer Bruce Roche was director of the College News Service. This interview was the source material for his article “Goal: Excellence – Dr. Flowers’ Lifelong Watchword,” published in the Austin American-Statesman on August 30, 1964.

This is the transcript from the second of three interviews that Bruce Roche conducted with Dr. Flowers just prior to his retirement. Dr. Flowers (Class of 1913) was President of Southwest Texas State College from 1942-1964. In this interview, he talks about the development of general education requirements that brought the Humanities (arts and philosophy) back into mainstream course requirements. He discusses his opinions about faculty qualifications and who should supervise student teachers, about the college adopting a team-teaching approach, and the role of a college president. Flowers also talks about funding from the Danforth Foundation and the Hogg Foundation that allowed the school to implement programs it couldn’t otherwise afford. Interviewer Bruce Roche was director of the College News Service. This interview was the source material for his article “Goal: Excellence – Dr. Flowers’ Lifelong Watchword,” published in the Austin American-Statesmanon August 30, 1964.

This is the transcript from the third of three interviews that Bruce Roche conducted with Dr. Flowers just prior to his retirement. Dr. Flowers (Class of 1913) was President of Southwest Texas State College from 1942-1964. In this interview, Dr. Flowers talks about the people who influenced his life and career, his relationship with his predecessor Dr. Evans, and various faculty, staff, and administrators at SWT who contributed to the success of the college. He talks about meeting Lady Bird Johnson in Washington in 1942 and how she helped get a resolution passed in Congress to give a part of Riverside (now Sewell Park) to the school. Flowers also talks about his pride in the institution and being able to work with faculty even when they disagreed. Interviewer Bruce Roche was director of the College News Service. This interview was the source material for his article “Goal: Excellence – Dr. Flowers’ Lifelong Watchword,” published in the Austin American-Statesmanon August 30, 1964.