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Now Dig This, you just might need to pop into Antone s Records to purchase the 180-gram vinyl. Platform? Yes, it s the store s front display bin.
In the olden days, a sort of chitlins (and grits) circuit of record stores carried releases by mom-and-pop labels such as Austin s Dialtone, documenting artists rooted deep in regional scenes where authenticity proved no more difficult than plugging in and playing. Louisianan out of Mansfield, Crystal Thomas grooves a modern day Southern soul circuit between Dallas and Shreveport, but she tells me her real love is playing the blues, reveals the imprint s patriarch Eddie Stout.