Boogie woogie piano icon Moon Mullican. Among other greatnesses, he wrote "Jamabalaya," made famous by Hank WIlliams, Sr.

Well I am certainly glad to know it's not just me. I was thinking all my posts about the Battle of San Jacinto today had pissed off some vengeful God reasons unknown.

Is anybody else having trouble posting photos?

No. I will delete this and try again.

For a myriad of reasons, Longhorns don't typically make good oxen.

Yes. Hellcats, starring John Wayne.

Shown here: E.H. Marks handles a team of Longhorns as Andrew Jackson Houston, son of Sam Houston, guides the plow as ground is broken for the building of the San Jacinto monument in March, 1936.

The mountain is named for its resemblance to brown sugar loafs.

Gary Clark Jr. – 'When My Train Pulls In' YouTube video by SPIN

The great Gary Clark Jr with an acoustic version of one of his classic songs:

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I hope you're having a good evening wherever you are on this cool, rainy night across much of Texas!

Child enjoys a wee bit of ice cream at the 1940 Battle of the Flowers Parade in San Antonio. Her bonnet is wonderful! The annual parade will be held this Friday. Who's going?

Photo courtesy the Digital Archives of UT San Antonio.

I just learned that the style of hat that Willie wore in Barbarosa is a "Sugarloaf" hat. I had seen the term in print before but never understood what it is. Willie wore his with a pinched crown, but the traditional style hat was uncreased and conical in shape. See cowboy on right in 2nd shot.

Because you never saw his performance in "The Buddy Holly Story"?

"I've been cut in half once and blowed up a time or two, but nothing permanent."

---- Red Adair, legendary oil well firefighter and Texan. Amazingly, after engaging in a lot of dangerous activities, Red died peacefully in 2004 at the ripe old age of 89. Here's a young Red. From the TSHA.

Barbarosa 1982 music by Bruce Smeaton YouTube video by Fish Man

The music from the movie Barbarosa is really fantastic. I don't think it was ever released as a soundtrack but it captures the mood/ambience of the movie perfectly.

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If y'all aren't watching the Spurs game on NBC, tune in for a second and check out the Fiesta crowd and the Fiesta court. It's pretty impressive that they are able to get nearly 100% buy in.

Willie Nelson and Gary Busey in Barbarosa, 1982. It's actually an underrated film. The scenery and cinematography is beautiful and Gary Busey, Willie's co-star, is very good. What I like best, though, is that it's not a formulaic western but, rather, the storyline is pretty original. Check it out!

Zack T. Burkett, foreman of the LS outfit, draws a map of the day's work in the dust for the cowboys while they look on at the LS Ranch near Tascosa, Tx., in 1907. Taken by noted cowboy photographer Erwin E. Smith, who was both a working cowboy and a serious self-taught photographer. GREAT hats!

TOT reader Eddie Dismukes shared this lovely circa 1946 photo, taken in Austin. Per Eddie: "From left to right My cousin, Joan Beaty Settle, me, Eddie Dismukes, and my sister, Peggy Dismukes Updyke. I was envious of them because they could blow bubbles with bubble gum and I could not." How sweet!

This is Creed Taylor in old age. Creed was born in 1820 and was involved in nearly every major event in early Texas history, including the Gonzales "come and take it" cannon and took part in the battle of Concepción, the siege of Bexar, the Runaway Scrape, the Battle of San Jacinto & many more.

I saw that mud rain in Muleshoe once. It's kind of a trip.

TOT reader Lonnie George kindly sent in this snapshot of a kids flocking to an "ice dream" delivery van in Corpus Christi back in the 1940s. Can't you feel the excitement? Don't you just KNOW these kids lit up when they heard the sound of the truck coming down the street? Thanks, Lonnie!

Clarence Gatemouth Brown - "Honky-Tonk" [Live from Austin, TX] YouTube video by Live From Austin TX

In which the great Gatemouth Brown allows his whole band to stretch out and then blows the crowd away with his own guitar technique:

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I love the first comment!

Arthur Rothstein, who took this photo of a dust storm in Amarillo in 1936, said it was so fierce that drivers had to turn their headlights on. I was in a dust storm in Amarillo about 30 years ago that, as the storm lifted, I swear the sky turned purple. Do you have any great dust storm stories?

Ruby Dee Austin models a dress and bonnet made out of Port Arthur Herald newspapers in Port Arthur circa 1905. Can you imagine the amount of work that went in to making this? And isn't Ruby Dee Austin a great Texas name? Really remarkable.

Courtesy The Portal to Texas History

The MKT depot in Red Oak, Tx., circa 1900. Red Oak is just south of Dallas. My favorite arcane fact about Red Oak is that it was once called Possum Trot. I wish they'd kept the name on account of I'd love to drink a beer in Possum Trot, Texas. Red Oak is okay, I reckon, but Possum Trot is elite.

Perhaps. It's not THAT common of a last name. I'd forgotten about Ronnie.

A scene in San Angelo waaaay back when. I'm not sure of the date but maybe ... 1890? I wonder if perhaps they are at Fort Concho. It's quite a photo!

Unloading a produce delivery truck at the Ralph Dugger Grocery store in Waco, 1939. I love everything here, especially the classic signage. Notice the period after Dr. in Dr. Pepper. That Coca Cola ice box is super cool, too.

Taken by Russell Lee.

Stephen Coleman shared this 1955 photo of his mom, Wanda Sue (Dunn) Coleman, as the Drum Major at Splendora High School. Wanda Sue was a senior when this photo was taken. Along with being Drum Major she played basketball, softball, was FFA Sweetheart. She later taught in Conroe for 35 years.

The Texas Quote of the Day:

“Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.”

------ food critic Calvin Trillin, writing in "The New Yorker." I read this and I thought, "Well ..... duh" 😊