As Sixth Street developed in the late 70s and rents got raised, Antone’s lit out for North Austin in the great migration to the far outposts above Burnet Road. Once it was ensconced in a big room there, icons like Ray Charles and James Brown came to town and dazzled sell-out crowds. Still, it was only a matter of time before a more welcoming location was found, and within a year a former pizza parlor on Guadalupe near the University of Texas campus welcomed any and all blues lovers to its extremely comfortable environs. It was like Sixth Street had been loaded onto a flatbed truck and transported 25 blocks north. The club’s first year there in 1981 gave notice that the blues was back in town.
