One of Austin's music legends, club owner, music lover and promoter Clifford Antone,56, has died of an apparent heart attack. Antone's is Austin's premire Live music/blues club and has been for 31 years. From Steve Ray Vaughn to BB King the clubs has been one of the live music capitol of the world's most famous venues and this was due to this man's love of music. Austin will miss him but won't forget him, his club will continue his tradition. check out www.cliffordantone.com for more about Clifford.
Legendary club owner Clifford Antone dies Updated: 5/23/2006 5:04 PM By: News 8 Austin Staff Clifford Antone, 56, the legendary music club owner, died Tuesday. He died of an apparent heart attack, his sister said. In 2005, Antone's club celebrated its 30th anniversary. The club opened its original location on East Sixth Street as a small music venue on a street and neighborhood long ignored. It attracted famous blues acts from the Chicago and New York blues scenes. Among the players there were the likes of Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy and a very young Stevie Ray Vaughan. That same club's success led to the birth of the now-famous East Sixth Street entertainment district, the heart and soul of Austin's multi-million dollar tourist trade and led to the city?s nickname of 'Live Music Capital of the World.? The club is now in its third location. In 2000, Antone went to prison on federal charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. He was released in 2003. His career and the club?s history was captured in the documentary Antone's: Home of the Blues
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Clifford Antone 1949- 2006
One of Austin's music legends, club owner, music lover and promoter Clifford Antone,56, has died of an apparent heart attack. Antone's is Austin's premire Live music/blues club and has been for 31 years. From Steve Ray Vaughn to BB King the clubs has been one of the live music capitol of the world's most famous venues and this was due to this man's love of music. Austin will miss him but won't forget him, his club will continue his tradition. check out www.cliffordantone.com for more about Clifford.
Legendary club owner Clifford Antone dies Updated: 5/23/2006 5:04 PM By: News 8 Austin Staff Clifford Antone, 56, the legendary music club owner, died Tuesday. He died of an apparent heart attack, his sister said. In 2005, Antone's club celebrated its 30th anniversary. The club opened its original location on East Sixth Street as a small music venue on a street and neighborhood long ignored. It attracted famous blues acts from the Chicago and New York blues scenes. Among the players there were the likes of Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy and a very young Stevie Ray Vaughan. That same club's success led to the birth of the now-famous East Sixth Street entertainment district, the heart and soul of Austin's multi-million dollar tourist trade and led to the city?s nickname of 'Live Music Capital of the World.? The club is now in its third location. In 2000, Antone went to prison on federal charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. He was released in 2003. His career and the club?s history was captured in the documentary Antone's: Home of the Blues
