THE ROME INN (2900 Rio Grande St.), the great, late-’70s blues bar which became the punk haven Studio 29, is now a Texas French Bread.
THE ONE KNITE (801 Red River St.), where Stevie Ray Vaughan and a host of other blues-rockers came of age in the late ’70s, is the site of Stubb’s BBQ.
THE BEACH (2911 San Jacinto Blvd.), at which such bands as Zeitgeist, Wild Seeds, Scratch Acid and True Believers held forth, is now the Crown and Anchor pub.
PHASES (2222 Rosewood Ave.), the East Side R&B dance club, is now the site of the community Meals On Wheels program.
THE CANNIBAL CLUB (304 E. Sixth St.), which booked alternative bandsin the late ’80s, when they were truly alternative, is currently the site of Amazon’s (a “jungle bar”).
THE SHORT HORN (5500 N. Lamar Blvd.), which the Supernatural Family Band helped transform from a biker country bar into a groover’s paradise, is now a McDonald’s.
THE SPLIT RAIL (217 S. Lamar Blvd.) is now a Wendy’s.
THE HUNGRY HORSE (Trinity at 18th streets), where acts like the Storm and the Nitecrawlers played while waiting for Antone’s to open, is now a U.T. parking structure.
VOLTAIRE’S (407 Lavaca St.), which hosted such double bills as Husker Du and Butthole Surfers, is a printer supply store.
THE BOATHOUSE (407 Colorado St.), where k.d. lang “came out” long before that 1992 article in the Advocate, is now Gilligan’s Seafood.
THE DERBY LOUNGE (1113 E. 11th St.), a vintage blues and jazz club, is now an empty lot.
THE TOP HAT CLUB (4600 S. Congress Ave.), which introduced the lounge life to far South Austin, is still the Top Hat, but the club has been torn down and it’s now the home of Top Hat Self Storage.
MOTHER EARTH (914 N. Lamar Blvd.), brought straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll to Austin in the ’70s at the site that was the original location of the Whole Foods market.
THE JADE ROOM (1501 San Jacinto Blvd.), one of theearliest places where the 13th Floor Elevators played, is a parking lot.
PIGGY’S (310 Congress Ave.), which was a stop on the early ’80’s folk circuit, was once where Manuel’s restaurant has recently expanded.
THE I.L. LOUNGE (11th and Lydia streets) has long been shuttered, though its form suggests it was once a glorious hotspot for the blues.
THE NEW ORLEANS CLUB (1125 Red River St.), which hosted some of the 13th Floor Elevators’ earliest shows, was moved about 50 yards, where its building now houses a Serrano’s restaurant.
THE CAVE CLUB (705 Red River St.), where Austin got its first taste of industrial music, is now the Split Rail, which is no relation to the original Split Rail.
THREADGILL’s is now Threadgill’s.