Farewell to Art and God speed. I got word a little while ago he passed in Georgia. I don’t have any details at the moment but when I have more I’ll post them.
I met Art 36 years ago when we became neighbors in Terlingua and he was always a “hail fellow, well met" kind of guy. In those days everyone was self-building their homes on shoestrings and Art, a retired civil engineer, was always free with good advice and help.
Though always in a good humor, he didn’t suffer fools but, at the same time would never make them feel like a fool. Instead he would teach and explain a better way to go.
Always the entrepreneur, he and a local C&W singer/writer Allen Dameron owned a bar and music venue in pre-liberal Austin called the “Checkered Flag”. That little beer joint put a few well known performers on the road to success. The place was so named because, you see, Art had also been a racecar driver in the 50s.
Art wasn’t afraid to share an opinion about EVERYTHING but it wasn’t the babbling of a blowhard; he really did know almost everything. The world has lost a unique lively mind wrapped up in a very nice man and I will miss him very much.
I met Art 36 years ago when we became neighbors in Terlingua and he was always a “hail fellow, well met" kind of guy. In those days everyone was self-building their homes on shoestrings and Art, a retired civil engineer, was always free with good advice and help.
Though always in a good humor, he didn’t suffer fools but, at the same time would never make them feel like a fool. Instead he would teach and explain a better way to go.
Always the entrepreneur, he and a local C&W singer/writer Allen Dameron owned a bar and music venue in pre-liberal Austin called the “Checkered Flag”. That little beer joint put a few well known performers on the road to success. The place was so named because, you see, Art had also been a racecar driver in the 50s.
Art wasn’t afraid to share an opinion about EVERYTHING but it wasn’t the babbling of a blowhard; he really did know almost everything. The world has lost a unique lively mind wrapped up in a very nice man and I will miss him very much.