Interview with Ernie Durawa, May 22, 2006 - audio, part 2

Creator
Project director: Brown, Ronald C., 1945-
Interviewee: Durawa, Ernie
Date Created
May 22, 2006
Description
Matt Synatschk interviews Ernie Durawa, part 2.
Side B: Ernie talks about working and playing gigs at Ray's Jazz Club and Ice House, which eventually is shut down due to racism in the 60s. He talks about psychedelic times in the 60s and how he avoided that lifestyle. He discusses how he played at the World's Fair once and all the gigs he did in San Antonio. He speaks about his time doing gigs in Chicago at Playboy clubs. Later, he moves to Austin and joins the Texas Tornadoes, eventually touring Europe and Japan. He briefly talks about his wife's cancer. He finishes up with discussing Texas music, what he's up to currently, and then shares stories from his career.
Related to

Full transcript available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24797
A photograph taken during this interview is available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24796
Part a of the audio is available here: https://dc.library.txstate.edu/node/24800

Resource Type
Physical Form
Extent
11 min, 17 sec
Language
English
Identifier
TMOH_2007-122_003b.wav
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Source
Texas Music Oral History Accessions, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
Collection 2007-122, Box 886, Folder 3