//Sylvain in the streets of Austin last week//

On a recent trip to Austin, Texas, I enjoyed many encounters with members of the region’s creative community, not least expat British sci-fi Titan Michael Moorcock and his delightful wife Linda, transplanted Westernwear expert Jerry Ryan and his Heritage Boot emporium and, as previously noted here, the charming duo Jesse Sublett and Lois Richwine.

I also had fun with the visiting New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi, in town for a residency at the Hotel Vegas, on the the city’s hip eastside.

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Tags: Austin, Billy Murcia, Heritage Boot Co, Hotel Vegas, Jerry Ryan, Jesse Sublette, Kensington Market, Let It Rock, Linda Moorcock, Lois Richwine, Michael Moorcock, New York Dolls, Paradise Garage, Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi, Texas

//Watched by the crowd, writers/poets/frontmen Robert Calvert and Michael Moorcock (left), drummer Simon King and bassist Lemmy prepare for lift off, August 25, 1973. Photo: Dave Walkling//

//Detail of pic above showing Bubbles’ drumheads and speaker designs//

Following my post of photos from the free music festival at Windsor Great Park to the west of London in 1973, attendee Dave Walkling has sent a couple of sharp images which capture the anticipation in the crowd just before Hawkwind’s set.

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Tags: Dave Walkling, Hawkwind, Lemmy, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, Robert Calvert, Simon KIng, Windsor Free Festival 1973

//Drumhead painted by Barney Bubbles in 1972. Photo: (c)//

//From left: Nik Turner, Stacia Blake, Simon King and Lemmy during Hawkwind’s set at the Windsor Free Festival on August 25, 1973. Note the drumhead on the left. Photographer: Unknown//

A rare design by the late graphics master Barney Bubbles has come to light after four decades; the psychedelic sci-fi drumhead was painted for Hawkwind when the space rocking Sonic Assassins undertook tours around the world following their success with the Silver Machine single in 1972.

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Tags: Barrie Wentzell, Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers, Dave Walkling, Doremi Fasol Latido, Glen Colson, Hawkwind, Kursaal Flyers, Lemmy, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, Robert Calvert, Silver Machine, Simon KIng, Stacia Blake, The Attractions, The Records, Will Birch, Windsor Free Festival