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Austin’s outlaw country scene
1972
Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin
SteveHopson · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
A derelict National Guard armoury became a hall where longhairs and rednecks drank in the same room. Willie Nelson came back from Nashville in 1972 and played it, and the cosmic cowboy scene followed. It closed in 1980 and there is an office block on the site.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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