"Yesterday the future for music in San Antonio got a little brighter! County Judge Nelson Wolf in his State of the County Address talked about bringing more major music venues to San Antonio and competing with Austin.
If you are a music lover like me this is great news. One of my favorite bands, Girl In A Coma, performed for the State of the County event which made that event truly amazing.
Meanwhile, at the same time in another part of the city, My band, Elora & Gasoline Alley met with young students at Martin Elementary for their Career Day. We performed for them, answered questions, they got on stage with us and helped us play. We encouraged them to follow their dreams wherever they may be.
The County Judge's event and our event were not related but we shared things in common. We both talked about the future of music. I read that The County Judge called the Maverick Music Festival a "game changer" for San Antonio's music future. My band Elora & Gasoline Alley opened the Maverick Music Festival and performed along with Girl in a Coma and Gary Clark Jr. It feels good to have been a little part of that.
I love San Antonio and my band loves performing at all the events here. I think it's great what the County Judge is trying to do for music here in San Antonio. Can't wait to see what the future will bring for music in our city:)"
Elora Valdez
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Stephanie Guerra's Puro Pinche
"Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff's usually dry State of the County
address was fired up this afternoon by the local indie group Girl in a
Coma, as Wolff proposed surpassing Austin as the Live Music Capital of
Texas, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Wolff cited San Antonio's rich
history of rock, conjunto, Tejano, and country music, and said the city
has the venues and the music to compete with Austin's Austin City Limits
Music Festival.
"The Pavilions of Mission Park is
located on sixty acres of park land that we own," Wolff said. "Next to
that is the city owned Mission Drive-in."
Wolff said that venue could match
the 220,000 people who regularly flock to Austin's Zilker Park for that
city's music festival.
Wolff said it's outrageous that San Antonio is missing out on major concerts to its smaller neighbor.
"Witness Paul McCartney's sold out
show in Austin this week while he skipped San Antonio," Wolff said,
recalling that it was McCartney who opened the Alamodome in 1993.
Wolff said the city and county
must create better relations with promoters, create major outside
musical festivals, and tune into the evolution of indie bands.
"I want to see Bexar County make its mark in the new sounds of music," he said."