A vestige of traditional Texas, the Broken Spoke honky tonk country bar in Austin is celebrating its

Описание: (11 Sep 2014) VOICE-OVER:
WELCOME TO THE LAST OF THE TRUE TEXAS DANCE HALLS�
SOUNDBITE: : James White, owner of the Broken Spoke
"Once you come inside here, you know darn well you're not at Carnegie Hall, you know you're at a real honky tonk."
�WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES - AND NATIONALITIES - ENJOY DANCING, DRINKING, AND OLD-SCHOOL COUNTRY MUSIC�
SOUNDBITE (English) Sergei Zajic, Slovenian tourist:
"I like it, because of this traditional music and place, it's very fun, yeah."
FIFTY YEARS AGO, JAMES WHITE FINISHED HIS ARMY SERVICE AND OPENED THE BROKEN SPOKE, A HONKY TONK FEATURING THE COUNTRY
MUSIC HE'D LOVED SINCE CHILDHOOD.
SOUNDBITE: Terri White, James White's daughter and dance instructor at the Broken Spoke
"You always want to remember and be in the moment of yesterday. And that's what the Spoke is, it represents that. Cause you walk in and nothing's changed since 1964 when he opened."
�A BIG DRAW FOR TOURISTS�
TEXAS TRAVEL GUIDES OFTEN SUGGEST THE CAPITOL BUILDING, A LONGHORNS GAME, AND A VISIT TO THE BROKEN SPOKE AS NOT-TO-MISS
AUSTIN EXPERIENCES.
SOUNDBITE: James White, owner of the Broken Spoke
"And I've had people say, well, we came here first, because you can't dance or drink in the capitol."
..SOME OF THESE GUESTS ARE IMMORTALIZED IN THE ROOM WHITE CALLS HIS "TOURIST TRAP."
SOUNDBITE: James White, owner of the Broken Spoke, pointing to a family photo with Willie Nelson
"This is me, and Willie and my grandson, my daughter Jenny and my son-in-law Mike here."
WHILE TIME DOESN'T APPEAR TO CHANGE INSIDE THE BROKEN SPOKE - THE MODERN APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT SURROUND IT REPRESENT
THE NEW AUSTIN AND ITS GROWING POPULATION.
SOUNDBITE: James White, owner of the Broken Spoke, pointing to a photo
"I was perfectly happy before they came here. I mean, eventually, I'll have 500 people to draw from that live real close, that you can, you don't even have to drive, you can just walk across.
�AND ONCE INSIDE, THEY'LL BE READY TO DANCE ALL NIGHT.
JILL CRAIG/Associated Press, Austin, Texas

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