"It pains me to be here today, from Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, live music capital of the world...Houston, we have a problem. The left hand don't know what the right hand is doing."
-- Gerry Van King, "The King of Sixth Street"
Calling himself the King of Sixth Street, musician Gerry Van King was once a one-man institution of Austin nightlife. Since at least the late 1980s, Van King busked in the bar district with an amplified bass guitar, quickly finding a usual spot in front of defunct restaurant Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen . . .
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