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Check out these recent articles on Powell.
Austin Chronicle, March 17, 2007
Hard as it may be to imagine now, there was a time when being "weird" wasn't an attribute in Austin. Songwriter Powell St. John emerged from the same embattled mid-Sixties enclave that birthed Janis Joplin and Roky Erickson. He contributed six songs to the 13th Floor Elevators, and his influence on Erickson's songwriting is undeniable.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:457013
San Francisco Chronicle
BANDWIDTH, Thursday, March 8, 2007
The sightings of the sultan of psychedelia, Powell St. John, and his backing band have been substantiated. These days, whenever a new psychedelic rock band is formed, it ends up referencing St. John's material. At his annual South by Southwest appearances in Austin, in the state where he is also a member of the Texas Music Hall of Fame, admirers are invariably looking for advice or an autograph.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/08/NSGBPOH0MK1.DTL&hw=powell+st+john&sn=001&sc=1000
ASCAP Playback Magazine
December 2006
Powell St. John was a major influence on the 1960s psychedelic scene in Austin, TX and beyond. At the beginning of his musical career, St. John moved to Austin from Laredo, TX and performed in a trio with Janis Joplin and Lannie Wiggins called The Waller Creek Boys. Within a few years, he was contributing songs to Roky Erickson's seminal psychedelic band 13th Floor Elevator. The late 60s saw him move to San Francisco and form a band with Tracy Nelson called Mother Earth. His songs have been recorded by such legends as Joplin, Boz Skaggs and Erickson.
http://www.ascap.com/playback/2006/winter/stepping_out/released.html
Austin Chronicle
December 22, 2006
When the song "Kingdom of Heaven" ends, there's an audible sigh of relief in the crowd. We've all just taken a journey of incredible intensity, and now, newly baptized, we look at one another with a bond of brotherhood. We glance around the room, shake our heads, and smile at one another with knowing glances that each person there has been shown a deep secret. We can only guess where the 13th Floor Elevators will take us next.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A431087
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