Actually, I'm in Austin from time to time...my oldest son works at TI and my stepdaughter lives up off St John's. I knew about the AquaFest: I ran a Honda 350cc roadracer* in it in '71, when I was a graduate student in the English dept at UT. Went to see Eeyore that year, too, and saw my very first Pignose amp. Ah, those were the days....Starting in the middle of May I'll be retired (the reason I'm redoing the studio) and will probably be down there more often.
Right now I'm researching acoustics. I mostly record acoustic instruments and vocals (my days as a rock idol seem to have evaporated, somehow) and I must say I've found some really useful links here.
regards
John
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* not, I hasten to add, a CB350: it was a CB77 highly modified and punched out: attached is a photo that appeared in an August 1971 issue of the American Statesman to advertise the race.