The Drag’s final girl plots a monthlong golden anniversary celebration
Townes Van Zandt drank there. Spoon got their start there. Hell, Courtney Love smoked crack there. Everyone’s heard the stories, but it took Will Tanner about a year as owner of Hole in the Wall to realize the weight of the job he had accepted. By the time he took the reins in 2008, the Drag restaurant/arcade-turned-dive bar/music venue had already closed once, and Tanner didn’t want to be the one to close it for good.There have been a couple of bumps in the road since then.
Though he used to bristle at the characterization that Hole in the Wall was where bands got their start – “No, we’re pro! We have big shows!” he’d insist – Tanner says now, “We’re comfortable being an incubator in that part of the ecosystem. On the contemporary side, Pelvis Wrestley, Magic Rockers of Texas, S.L. Houser, and Tearjerk plot their own shows at the venue. Harry & Emmy, Whetstone’s country project with Good Looks bassist Harrison Anderson, plays the venue on June 17, while Van Mary – along with TC Superstar and Batty Jr. – performs two days later, on a bill organized by former Hole booker and Howdy Gals co-founder Bel Luevano.
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