Another nail in the homogenization coffin Austin is being put into. I am not exactly a huge Blues fan but I did catch Larry Monroe’s Monday-evening program pretty often since it was more interesting than the crappy commercial choices we now have.
Larry’s 29-year run was part educational yet all entertaining. When I did listen, I liked how he didn’t talk down to the audience since Blues is a genre with a small, dedicated and often pretentious fan base. Although I’ve only live in Austin since 1994, I’m confident he was also an early promoter of SRV long before Texas Flood hit the streets.
Sadly, KUT for the last few years has been purging the old guard in favor of syndicated programming and when it does play music, it’s turning into a refuge for KGSR’s former air staff. I should’ve taking the outright plug for buying Dell computers as the beginning of the end with the current GM.
Farewell Larry. I thank you for the indirect lessons on how the Blues is more than SRV, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Lang, BB King and Eric Clapton trying too hard. I hope you get to enjoy your retirement doing what you love.