VOLUME 13 ISSUE 8
Dedicated to Peter Cedarstacker
August/September 2007
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CHUCK WAGONS, GOOD FOOD & FUN!
SUN - BOOK SIGNING, WINE TASTING & ARTS
1 pm FREE Texas Authors, Texas Wines
Texas Painters & Sculptors
8:30 pm $20 adv / $25 door
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LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Celebration
Aug 31st - Sept 3rd
FRI - DANCE AMBER DIGBY 8 pm $5
SAT - RIP LORICK BAND CD Release Party 1 pm FREE
DANCE -BODIE POWELL BAND 8 pm FREE
SUN - BUTCH MORGAN & THE H!X 1 pm FREE
MON - THOMAS MICHAEL RILEY BAND 1 pm FREE
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“THE MOON”
Luckenbach’s 2nd Front Page ......Page 2
September Schedule......................Page 3
Luckenbach Store & More............Page 4
Everybody’s Somebody ............Page 5-6
You Can’t Forget Memories..........Page 7
Luckenbach Upcoming Events ....Page 8
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Friday Nite Dances
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BACK
IN
Note: From 1961-1973, Hondo (nom de
plume, or alias, or AKA Peter
Cedarstacker) wrote a social satire column for the Comfort News. The fictional town of Cedar Creek and all of its
characters eventually became the real
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characters!) The MOON reserves a special corner for Peter Cedarstacker,
Writer, as a corner of wit and human
insight for us today.
-Becky Crouch Barrales
REMEMBERING
Lady Bird
At Luckenbach, July 2004
Lady Bird’s Peach Ice Cream Recipe
Make a boiled custard of 1 qt. cream,
1 pt. milk, 3 eggs, 1 c sugar. To this, when
cool, add 1 gal. soft peaches mashed & well
sweetened. Makes 1 gal.
We always use our Stonewall peaches.
This makes a summer dessert without equal.
Love,
Lady Bird
September @ Luckenbach
Sunday Hill Country
Musician Jam
Sept. 2nd - Butch Morgan & the H!X; Sept. 9th - George Ensle;
Sept. 16th - Freddie Steady Krc; Sept. 23rd - Ben Beckendorf;
Sept. 30th - Thomas Michael Riley
Lone Star Pickers - Tuesdays 7pm - FREE
Host - Dale Mayfield
Wacky Waylon Wednesdays
FREE• 7pm
Sept. 5th - Ben Beckendorf; Sept. 12th - Jay Sims;
Sept. 19th - Ron Knuth; Sept. 26th - Cowboy Doug Davis
Loco Locals Thursdays
7pm • FREE
Sept. 6th - McKay Bros; Sept. 13th - Candace & T-Roy Miller;
Sept. 27th - Mike Blakely
Labor Day Weekend
Celebration
September 1st - 3rd
Aug. 31st - Friday - Dance with Amber Digby • 8pm • $5
Saturday - Rip Lorick Band CD Release Party 1pm • Free
Dance with Bodie Powell • 8pm • FREE
Sunday - Butch Morgan & the H!X • 1pm • FREE
Monday • Thomas Michael Riley Band • 1pm • FREE
TexAmericana
Fandango
September7th - 9th
FRIDAY - 6pm - Kick-off Concert - Outdoor Stage - FREE
SATURDAY - 2pm - Music on 2 stages $25
SUNDAY Book Signing, Wine Tasting & Art Exihibit 1 pm FREE
Texas Authors, Texas Wines and Texas Painters & Sculptors
Thursday, Sept 20th - 7pm - FREE
Cultural Exchange with Cheatham St Warehouse - Kent Finlay & Guest
Friday, Sept 21st - 8pm - FREE
Pauline Reese & High Country - Outdoor Stage
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Bird was a design of a fountain of cantera stone that was
built at the Menger Hotel and Crockett Street. My gift to
her was a small illustrated hand-bound book I’d made of a
charming story as told to us by my 5 year old son Ren, of
how God gave us his gifts by breaking a big piñata.
After that night, we became her special troubadours
for her private dinner parties at the LBJ Ranch, singing 3
or 4 times a year, for 15 years.
Only one time did I decline the request to come sing
when the guests were to be Carol Channing and Roberta
Peters. Quickly claiming a sore throat, I was not going to
sing for opera and musical stars.
EVERYBODY’S
SOMEBODY
by
Becky Crouch
Barrales
AT LADY BIRD’S TABLE
I was present at Lady Bird’s private farewell tribute at
the huge River Bend Baptist Church in Austin. Probably
1500 of her "close friends" attended. Every U.S. president
was represented. Every personal staff member, 50 secret
service men, a group of all her doctors and caretakers,
were specifically acknowledged. The rest of us all had
some part of her in our lives. As I looked at the personally invited mass gathering I thought, she is still being the
consummate hostess, still sending out gratitude to others.
We were on her list. To the end, she made us all feel like
family. She had told her daughters the secret to her productive life: "I just made lists and checked them all off."
What a blanket of accomplishments those lists wove.
There were always 24 guests, 4 tables of 6. When we
entered a dimly lit dining room and began singing, our
eyes met the eyes of the most intent listener. This little old
gray haired lady sitting back in the corner hung on our
every word. She responded with smiles, laughter,
applause. Her twinkling eyes never broke contact. Due to
her attention, we ended up directing most of our singing to
her. This mystery woman happened to be Helen Hayes.
Two weeks later, I was sitting at a ballet performance
finding myself too lazy or indifferent to clap. I quickly
thought, "Helen Hayes would clap!" It took the First Lady
of Theatre to teach me how to be a good audience.
Dow Patterson and I were included simply as singers
of songs. I remain inspired by the color and stories the
influential and ordinary personalities brought to the table.
Never underestimate the gentle power of her Southern
hospitality.
He had been voted one of America’s Top Ten Sexiest
Men that year. We thought it would be special to sing a
German song for special guest Dr. Henry Kissinger. I had
learned "Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen" from German relatives
as a child, but I never knew what the words meant. We
sang right into his horned-rimmed glasses: In English,
"You lie in my heart, you lie in my mind. You cost me a lot
of anguish and pain. You don’t know how good I am to
you." Afterwards, in his thick German accent, he came up
to us and said, "I not only like your songs, I like the way
you do them."
I was eager to ask if he’d ever heard of Luckenbach.
"Germany?" he asked. "No, Texas." Then he proceeded
to explain to me the reasons the German immigrants
(mine) had come to the Hill Country in the 1840’s to found
all these German towns.
Before I left the group I asked Dr. Kissinger what he
thought was Texas’ biggest problem. This was the early
‘80’s, the salad days of Texas. He answered, "The alien
problem." Thirty years later, the problem is still bigger
than ever.
In 1973, we were at Baskin & Robbins when we ran
into Patsy and Marshall Steves. "We’re giving Lady Bird
Johnson a birthday party on Christmas Eve, the first one
since Lyndon died. Please come sing for her!"
In the Steves’ Mexican style hacienda in San Antonio
the mariachis stirred up the festive atmosphere. Our
songs, for more quiet listening, were brought in at dessert
time. Favorite Texas architect O’Neil Ford’s gift to Lady
Those after dinner minglings were usually enthralling.
However, there were some embarrassing moments for me.
Nelson Rockefeller came up to me chuckling, "Heh, heh,
I heard about your father!" My father, Texas folk hero and
raconteur Hondo Crouch, had been known to unstuff shirts
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Southerners chimed in with whoops and hollers and
applause before the song returned to nostalgic sadness.
But Lady Bird was quoted in Time Magazine that her
all time favorite song was "Luckenbach Daylight," a
poem sung to guitar background. Written by Hondo, it is
a psalm of thanksgiving to the everyday miracle of daylight. It ends by saying:
Sad folks wake up and say, "nuther day."
I wake up and say, "There she is again! There it is!"
Isn’t that funny . . . all this pretty stuff doesn’t
happen unless I’m there.
I get on my knees and pat the earth and say,
"God, you done it again! God, you done good!
Thank you, feller . . . friend!"
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with his brand of slap stick shock and awe. Remember
when he caused chaos by pretending his rattlesnakes got
loose on a plane at the Dulles Airport? Later, prepared to
be shocked, with a fear and intrepidation, I asked exactly
what did he hear. "Heh, heh," he smiled, "I heard he was
a Republican!"
The night Japanese Empress, Mrs. Soto, came with 5
Japanese. We were among the few handpicked to be invited to join in on her reverent green tea ceremony after dinner. Full of exact movements and formal gestures, everything had to be politically correct.
When it came Dow’s turn to drink from the cup,
Senator Jake Pickle whispered to him, "You’re supposed
to turn around three times!" Dow literally turned around
three times. But he was supposed to turn the cup around
three times in his hand. Forgive us for cracking the Ming
Dynasty perfection.
Lady Bird’s hospitality reached beyond the dinner
tables, beyond protocol, beyond business. In the very
center of this steel magnolia was genuine caring. She
treated us not as hired help, but as family. When we’d
arrive at the ranch she was concerned if we had eaten and
made sure places were set for us after we sang. The menu
was always Texas Angus beef, corn pudding, green beans
from the garden, and peach ice cream.
In 1987, when our 19 year old son Ren, a swimmer at
Texas, was killed in a car wreck, we received a telegram
from Lady Bird within 2 days. "My heart aches for you.
With prayers and loving sympathy, Lady Bird Johnson."
My cousin Roberta Warren and Lady Bird were the
best of friends. Roberta contributed antique furnishings
and verbal history to the Wildflower Center. She and my
mother Shatzie Crouch added to her education about the
old historic things. Lady Bird told me, "The best gift you
can give someone is that of yourself, your time."
In their old age, Lady Bird continued to visit Roberta
in the nursing home, even though Roberta couldn’t see
and Lady Bird couldn’t talk. Lady Bird sent flowers to
her even after Roberta couldn’t remember. In the end,
even though Roberta was beyond going to Lady Bird’s
funeral services, she was still called and invited. I
thought, "Friends to the end."
The last time we sang for the family when Lady Bird
could still speak was at the Steves, again at Christmas, on
her 89th birthday. We sang for the last time for her, at 91
at the Wildflower Center, when she could no longer speak
or walk. We sang her favorites. Her bright eyes and animated smile reached beyond the physical. They said love
and appreciation.
Pomp and circumstance, toasts and speeches aside, it
was Lady Bird’s style of casual homespun diplomacy that
leveled all the playing fields. Lady Bird’s entourage of
about 15 of us was on a Hill Country tour of homes. We
were eating at a restaurant. In all her Depression era frugality, Lady Bird passed the doggie bag up and down the
table for contributions for her dogs.
About 10 years ago at a private dinner, Lady Bird
asked my new husband, Oscar, (new from Mexico City) to
say grace. He said one in Spanish, thanking Señor God
for letting us share the pan y sal on the table. "What did
he say?" asked Lady Bird. "Just know that your food has
been very blessed," I answered in short.
It was at a dinner party for Linda Robb that I felt most
intimidated by the heavy intellect that occupied each chair
at the table. There was a young physicist who was ready
to discuss cleaning nuclear active waste with cold fusion.
He wanted to know what container would not melt when
you poured in something heated 1000’s of degrees. Linda
Robb was eager to discuss women’s politics. As for me, I
came from a world where my every day vocabulary was
"pot, bed, house, sky, road." The topic that put us all on
common ground was an in depth discussion on the fillings
in Oreo or Hydrox cookies; Oreo, being the sweeter or
Hydrox, thought to be more bitter but harder. The physicist’s theory was that people were divided into 2 groups
1/2 either Oreo or Hydrox lovers.
"American Trilogy" was one of Lady Bird’s favorites
— a combination of Shenandoah, Battle Hymn of the
Republic, and Dixie. During the Dixie verses, Sen. Jake
Pickle let out a loud curdling rebel yell, jolting the somber
silence in the living room. That’s the first time I’d ever
heard what a rebel yell sounded like. The other
"….and for all these roads, my friend,
we travel down, I’m a better man for just
the knowing of you."
—Ian Tyson, These Friends of Mine
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You can’t
forget
Memories
show on the national network. Jani retired from active
competition after her big win and continued in the
chili world as good will ambassador and celebrity
judge at many competitions.
Jani moved to the Hill Country so she could be
nearer to Luckenbach, Hondo and all the excitement
that was taking place at the time.
Jani is an accomplished artist working in many
mediums. She has done everything from building furniture to making tourist items including Luckenbach
Rocks with art work on them.
For some years Jani operated her "Booteek" in the
little rock building behind the store at Luckenbach.
She sold her own art work as well as work of other
local artist and craftsmen. She had customers from all
over the world.
Now "Miss Jani" is semi-retired and spends her
time overseeing her real estate empire and being a
good mother and grandmother.
Allegani Jani is one of the unique people who
have followed their dreams.
© John Raven,USA 2007
Allegani Jani
Allegani Jani Schofield is another of the people who have been fixtures at Luckenbach since time
began. Jani along with her husband Tex were friends
with Hondo before the store came into the picture.
Jani was another "chilihead" who participated in
the chili cooking contest for many years. Jani was a
participant in the first two Luckenbach Ladies Chili
Bust in 1972 and 1973. Her recipe was good enough
to get her an invitation to cook in the Terlingua World
Championship Chili Cook-Off. To everyone’s surprise
including Jani’s, she won first place and reigned as
World Champion Chili Chef for a year.
Jani was an advocate of women’s rights in the chili
world. She formed the "Hell hath no fury" chili association to lobby to get the Men’s State Chili
Championship ( Chilympiad ) to accept female cooks.
She took it so far as to have a hearing before a real
judge on the grounds. The effort convinced
Chilympiad to open it’s entry to women. They did put
in the stipulation that the minimum age for a female
chili cook would be 100. The next year there was a
100 year old female chili cook participating. As far as
I know she was the only one.
Jani’s chili was known far and wide as "Hot Pants"
chili. For those who are not fashion historians Hot
Pants were short shorts which were popular at the
time. I’m not quite sure where short shorts left off and
hot pants took over but they both created a lot of interest. There was even a fairly popular song about short
shorts, "Who wears shorts? We wear short shorts". I
don’t think there was ever a song about hot pants but
there should have, could have been.
Jani’s Hot Pants chili was rumored to contain
chocolate. That may just another urban legend as none
of her recipes call for chocolate. The mole that is
called for does contain a bit of chocolate.
Her fame earned her appearances on many media
programs including the "Good Morning America"
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2007 Luckenbach Schedule
Help us keep Luckenbach legal!
Please do not bring alcohol or take it off the grounds when you leave
Sunday Hill Country
Musician Jam • 1pm • FREE
Aug. 5th - Claude Butch Morgan; Aug. 12th - George Ensle;
Aug. 19th - Freddie “Steady” Krc; Aug. 26th - Ben Beckendorf
Lone Star Pickers • Tuesdays • 7pm • FREE
Host - Dale Mayfield
Special Guests - Aug. 7th - Sylvia & Matt Kirk; Aug. 14th - Scott Byers:
Aug. 21st - Damon Carroll; Aug. 28th - Darrell John
Wacky Waylon Wednesdays
7pm • FREE
Aug. 1st - Ben Beckendorf; Aug. 8th - Jay Sims;
Aug. 5th - Ron Knuth; Aug. 22nd - Cowboy Doug Davis;
Aug. 29th - Dean Strickland
Loco Locals Thursdays
7pm • FREE
Aug. 2nd - Gypsy Cowgirls; Aug. 9th - Candace & T-Roy Miller;
Aug. 23rd - Mike Blakely; Aug. 30th - Thomas Michael Riley
Saturday, August 11th
7pm • Free
Back to School Bash
Quincy Harper & Guests
Thursday, August 16th
7pm • FREE
Cultural Exchange with Cheatham Street Warehouse
Kent Finaly & Special Guest
Friday, August 24th
8:30pm
$20 Adv. $25 Day of Show
Stoney Fest - Host - Stoney LaRue
Guests - Rodney Crowell, Bruce Robison,
Will Kimbrough & Walt Wilkins
This schedule may change...so,
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