Collection 113
Descriptive Summary
Creator: G. F. Jerry Retzloff
Title: The G. F. Jerry Retzloff Collection
Dates: 1973-2013
Abstract: The G. F. Jerry Retzloff Collection spans 1973-2012 and documents Texas music, Lone Star Beer, and Willie Nelson. The collection is arranged in nine series: Personal Papers, Lone Star Beer, Photographs, Willie Nelson, Memorabilia, Oversized Materials, Newspapers & Magazines, Clothing, and Posters.
Identification: Collection 113
Extent: 20 boxes; 1 oversized folder (28 linear feet)
Language: English.
Repository: The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
Container List
Box Folder
Personal Papers
1 1 Resume, address lists, artist contacts, business cards
1 2 Letters, greeting cards
1 3 Notes
1 4 Printed items, souvenirs
Lone Star Beer
1 5 History of Lone Star Beer (29 pages)
1 6 Barry Sullivan - resume, packet from Eddie Wilson
1 7 Memos and correspondence, 1974-1989, 2007
1 8 Photographs [chili cook-off, vans, corporate groups]
1 9 Publications and printed material
The Bruit Magazine, Spring 1973, Winter 1976, November 1990
1975 Annual Report
On Tap, December 1978 [Features Six Pak, vol. 1 album cover with
inside article, “Lone Star Sippin and Skinny Dippin” (2 copies)
Lone Star Brewery housing brochure (2 copies)
Footnotes of the Buckhorn: A Lone Star State Landmark, 1980
Invitation to the Second General Convention of Funseekers, 1986
Postcard for the Buckhorn Bar
“A Little Bit of Texas” card with artwork by Sam Yeates
1 10 Beer labels [various Lone Star labels, as well as Colt 45, Schmidt’s,
Mickey’s, and Mexicali]
1 11 Print Advertisement [See box 9 for oversize print advertisements]
Texas Girl magazine, December 1979 featuring Willie Nelson on
cover; ad on back. Artwork by Sam Yeates.
Movement magazine , May 1978; ad on back, Artwork by Yeates
Table tents, 1988 (2 copies)
Austin Sun back cover ads (clipped): Commander Cody, Willie
Nelson, and “You’re never alone with Lone Star”
“Deep in the Heritage…A Texas Tradition” (clipped). Artwork by
Yeates, 1977.
Lone Star Beer, continued
Box Folder
1 12 Radio Advertisement
10 CD copies of cassette tapes that include Lone Star commercials
“Long Live Long Necks” lyrics. Glenn Advertising, April 17, 1975
1 13 Publicity packet for the 1975 “Lone Star Country Music Special”
featuring Willie Nelson, Sammi Smith, Rusty Wier, B.W.
Stevenson, Asleep at the Wheel, Steve Fromholz, Willis Alan
Ramsey, and Jimmy Buffett.
Advertising Photographs [see box 9 for oversize photos]
1 14 Models
1 15 Janet Quist
1 16 Print articles about Lone Star and brewing [see box 5 for oversize
articles and newspapers]
2 1 Terrence York packet regarding Silver Eagles Taking Flight [letter,
photocopy of publication, 4 photographs]
2 2 Country Music Association – Organization member certificate,
programs from October 13, 1975 & October 11, 1976. [the 1976
program has many signatures including Charley Pride, Bobbie
Nelson, Jody Payne, Roy Clark, Freddy Fender, and Waylon
Jennings.
Photographs [see boxes 9 & 12 for oversize photos]
2 3 G. F. Jerry Retzloff
2 4 Retzloff with performers/artists
Backstage at the 1986 CMA awards with Ray Charles, J. Thomas,
Kris Kristofferson, George Strait, and Charley Pride
Barbi Benton, model [negative, slide, 3 x 5 photograph, 8 x 10
photograph]
Charlie Daniels
James Garner, actor
Loretta Lynn
Louise Mandrell
Janet Quist [Lone Star model]
Susan Saint James, actress
Photographs, continued
Box Folder
2 4 Retzloff with performers/artists, continued
Cat Sundeen, radio personality
Conway Twitty
Stevie Ray Vaughan
2 5 Retzloff with various individuals
Funseekers Mike Bixby, unidentified, and Retzloff, Canyon Lake, Texas
Lone Star special events personnel, 1980
Ralph York, recording engineer for Red Headed Stranger, 1981
Roger Collins, partner in One Nite Bar & Dive, Austin.
Tip of Texas trail ride, 1978 [Special Events Department]
Stan Retzloff, Texas Independence Day party, La Vallita, San Antonio,
1986
Tip of Texas trail ride, TU Presentation, 1980s. Unidentified
Larry Trader, Pedernales Country Club/Golf Club manager
Funseeker Dee ____
Pappy Yoakum, owner of truck fleet, Florida. Nashville at the CMA
awards, 1976
Russ Clanton, Lone Star distributer, Conroe Texas
Dave Davis, Austin
Gair Allee, Lone Star sales at armadillo race
2 6 Retzloff with various groups
2 7 “In Luck with Casey and the Boys”
2 8 Darrell Royal Gold Tournament [snapshots of attendees, crowd,
and performers - Special Events Department]
Willie Nelson
2 9 Photographs of Willie Nelson [Includes candid snapshots, picture of
Nelson with Lone Star beer and talking to reporter, Nelson in studio
after listening to Red Headed Stranger recording, promotional portrait from RCA]
2 10 Willie Nelson with Retzloff [candid snapshots including series of 3
photos where Willie asks if he wants to “burn one.”]
Photographs, continued
Box Folder
2 11 Willie Nelson with Others
Darrell Royal
Leon Russell
Unidentified
2 12 Nelson performing at Lone Star sales meetings [2 different years]
2 13 Nelson performing [includes photo of Nelson at CMAs taken by Retzloff]
2 14 Concert scenes [crowds, stage]
2 15 Performers - Identified
Jimmy Buffett [CBS publicity packet including 4 photographs]
Charlie Daniels Band
Cheap Trick
Kinky Friedman
New England
Jody Payne
Leon Russell
Sammi Smith
Rusty Wier
Steve Wilson [Terror and the Cat]
Neil Young
3 1 Performers – Publicity Photos
Asleep at the Wheel (2)
Baillie and the Boys [signed]
Clarence Gatemouth Brown [signed]
Freddy Fender [signed]
Foster and Lloyd [signed]
Steven Fromholz with Susan Saint James [Good Buddies still]
James Garner [signed]
Alan Jackson [signed]
Wynona and Naomi Judd [signed]
Last Chance Band [signed]
Louise Mandrell [signed]
Johnny Paycheck [signed]
Billy Walker [signed]
Jerry Jeff Walker
Unidentified band
Photographs, continued
Box Folder
3 2 Performers – Unidentified
3 3-5 Photos of Others
Willie Nelson
3 6 Souvenirs
Caesar’s Palace program featuring Willie Nelson & Family
Caesar’s Palace reserved seating sign for Willie Nelson
Golden Nugget table tent featuring Willie Nelson in the Gold
Strike Lounge
Ramada Airport hotel, Corpus envelope. Room 270, “Wild, Bill”
Flattened Supertape recording box “Willie Nelson Corpus Christie
Tex Live, 1-4-78” Signed for Retzloff’s birthday
Neil Hickey business card w/ notes re: TV Guide photo of Nelson
Willie Nelson & Family notepad
Golf score card (blank) from Pedernales Country Club
Notecard (blank) featuring “Willie Blue Skies” painting by Steve
Brooks.
3 7 Programs
Bralley Ranch First Annual Fourth of July Picnic [front and back
cover only; Lone Star Beer ad on back cover]
Willie Nelson’s Second Annual Fourth of July Picnic, 1974
Willie Nelson’s Third Annual Fourth of July Picnic, 1975 (7
copies) [Inside back cover has mail in form for Lone Star
schooner poster by Jim Franklin]
Wrangler presents Willie Nelson and Family, 1986
3 8 Willie Nelson Official Discography (3 copies: 1982, 1983)
3 9 Press Packets: CBS Records (2 copies; one in envelope); Columbia
Records (in envelope)
Published Books
3 10 The Best of Willie Nelson, 1976
4 1 Willie Nelson Songbook, 1976
4 2 Willie Nelson Family Album, 1980
Memorabilia
4 3 Travel luggage tags: Puerta Vallarta, Mexico; Las Vegas, Nashville,
New Orleans
4 4 Clubs, Businesses
Duke’s menu
Inner Sanctum Records business card for James Cooper
Plaza Hotel: restaurant and room service menus
St. James Club advertisement
Sunset Marquis postcard (blank)
Texas Hatters catalog
Union Plaza hotel folded letter (blank)
White House office of the Vice President letterhead
4 5 Ticket Stubs
Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver & Ray Wylie Hubbard. Lone
Star Jamboree, Dallas, Texas. June 1, 1974
Charlie Daniels Band. Volunteer Jam, Middle Tennessee State
University Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
September 12, 1975
ZZ Top. Fandango, Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, November 29,
1975 [ticket taped to invitation at post concert party at the
Electric Ballroom]
Willie & Waylon Live at the Summit, December 31, 1975
Charley Pride. Municipal Auditorium, Austin, January 18, 1976
Waylon Jennings, Amazing Rhythm Aces. Gregory Gym, Austin,
April 2, 1976
Willie Nelson. Benefit for a Friend. Gilley’s, Pasadena, Texas, April
8, 1976
Willie Nelson’s Picnic. Day 3. Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas, July 3,
1978
Electric Horseman, Caesar’s Palace, December 22, 1979
[Invitation]
ZZ Top. Expect No Quarter. Convention Center Arena, San
Antonio, Texas, January 4, 1980
United States Capitol, Washington D.C. (2 tickets), 1980
National Air and Space Museum (3 tickets), 1980
The Vice President’s Gallery [Walter Mondale], 1980
ZZ Top. Expect No Quarter. December 29, 1980
Willie Nelson. Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, December 30, 1980
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, 1981
Neil Young. Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, July 18, 1980
Memorabilia, continued
Box Folder
4 5 Ticket Stubs, continued
Texas Renaissance Festival. The King’s Gourmet Feast, October 1,
1983 and October 6, 1984
One Knite Reunion. Benefit for Musicares. Stubbs Waller Creek,
Austin. May 23, 2004 (2 tickets)
Charlie Daniels Band. Longneck Legends with Kevin Fowler.
Concrete Street Amphitheater, June 12, 2009 [3 tickets plus
envelope]
Columbia / Epic / Monument Records: The Nashville Family of
Music. Dinner show, October 18, [no year], Municipal
Auditorium
4 6 Terlingua International Chili Cookoff, November 3, 1984. [3 judges
certificates]
4 7 Backstage Passes, Badges
CMA Awards Show, 1983 and 1984 [Willie Nelson guest]
Charlie Daniels Band, January 12, 2009
Charlie Daniels Band, January 8 [no year]
Charlie Daniels Band [6 badges], 2007-2013
Indie Bash and Brew at the Brewery, October 24, 2009
Willie Nelson & Family [First picnic? Name badge with photo]
Willie Nelson & Family, Palladium, Dallas. February 26, 1979
[Willie Nelson, Del Rio] VIP Parking. October 21, 1980
Willie Nelson, San Antonio, December 3, 1980
Willie Nelson Backstage Pass, 1981 tour (metal)
One Knite Reunion (2 VIP passes), May 23, 2004
Merriweather Post Pavilion, 1980 season
Hank Wilks
Wrist band (green, orange, white)
Artist badge
Memorabilia, continued
Box Folder
4 8 Sew and Iron on Badges
Lone Star: 2 small badges; 1 large; 1 “Lone Star 150 Private Stock”
American Flag
Texas Flag (2)
Caesar
Charlie Daniels Band Volunteers [large]
Waylon
Welcome to Backstage Texas [artwork by Jim Franklin]
Viva Terlingua
Texas Hatters “We Top the Best” [large]
Texas Opry House [iron on] (3)
Tarpon Rodeo, South Padre Island, 1980 (2)
South Padre Island Billfish Association, 1982
Port Mansfield Fishing Tournament
Port Aransas Deep Sea Round up, 1978 and 1980
Premium Quality Certified
Travis County Constable
4 9 Bumper Stickers
Lone Star Beer (19)
Willie Nelson (11)
The Winters Brothers Band
David Allen Coe (3)
The Charlie Daniels Band
“I Shot JR”
The Alliance Wagon Yard, Austin
“I Love Jill”
“Live Music is Better”
“Official Car: U.S. Secret Service”
KOKE FM (3)
Pins and Buttons
5 1 Mississippi [yellow guitar]
CDB [Charlie Daniels Band]
State of Texas [textured]
State of Texas with “Willie” (2 copies)
LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson]
Republic of Texas [Chilympiad] [blue State of Texas]
Lone Star Beer [red with white lettering]
Memorabilia, continued
Box Folder
Pins and Buttons, continued
5 1 Lone Star Beer [bottle]
Texas Sesquicentennial [Texas flag]
Lone Star Light [State of Texas]
Southern Trailriders [Horseshoe]
State of Texas with confederate stripes
Lone Star [Armadillo in State of Texas] 2 copies
Armadillo pin [Gift of Bob Dylan]
1994 Go Western Gala [State of Texas]
Fiesta San Antonio, April 14-25, 1993
Willie Nelson lettering
5 2 Merle Haggard
Smiley Face
Lone Star [Armadillo]
The San Antonio [Rose] [State of Texas]
Texas Hatters
Carter/Mondale/Willie Nelson, October 12, 1980 [green circle]
Lone Star [red, plastic]
Lone Star [Armadillo holding bottle]
5 2 Lone Star Beer [blue oval]
Willie and Family: Me and Paul Productions [State of Texas]
Lone Star, Texas Aggies [bottle]
Lone Star [boot]
Republic of Texas Chilymiad [white State of Texas]
Lone Star Beer [Bottle cap]
Lone Star Light Beer [blue with white lettering]
K-BUC AM 1310/FM 107.5
Tennis shoe with wings
Armadillo
Lone Star [bottle]
Lone Star Light [blue, plastic[
5 3 Neil Young Solo Tour
Canadian Flag
World Class Hobie Association [Lone Star sponsored Hobie Cat]
Alabama / RCA
Rolling Thunder Revue [4 buttons: yellow, red, green, orange]
Stevie Ray Vaughan, World Premiere Album Riverboat Cruise
April 17, 1984
Memorabilia, continued
Box Folder
Pins and Buttons, continued
5 3 344
Willie Nelson [photo]
Lone Star: The National Beer of Texas
Yo Santa. Jingle This
5 4 Lone Star 150: Private Stock Beer
Viva Terlingua! Behind the store in ‘84
Lone Star Beer. Let’s Rodeo
Kinky [Friedman] for Governor, 2006
5 5 One More in ‘74
Willie Nelson Live, Caesar’s Palace (2 copies)
Willie Nelson “The King of Luck”
5 6 Firefall
The Charlie Daniels Band. Saddle Tramp
Peter Frampton “I’m In You”
Not to Worry [Yellow circle]
5 7 Out to Lunch
Charlie Daniels Band. On Stage
Not to Worry [white circle]
5 8 Jerry Retzloff nametag for Houston Pod Casi Hot Stuff
Jerry Retzloff sponsor nametag for the Darrell [Royal] & Willie
[Nelson] Invitational
Jerry Retzloff paperweight business card
5 9 San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo, 1983. Calf Scramble
San Antonio Conservation Society
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Trail Ride Committee
Whiskey Flats Honorary Sheriff, Kernville, CA
5 10-11 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo “Committeeman” nametags,
(8 nametags) 1993-1997
5 12 Lone Star beer cuff links [?], Gerald Ford tie clip
5 13 Official Lone Star Drinking Glove
Memorabilia, continued
Box Folder
Belt Buckles
6 Willie Nelson [tennis shoes]
Texas Hatters
Grand Ole Opry. 50 Years
Texas Sesquicentennial, 1986
Lone Star Beer. Kinky Friedman “Texas Jew Boy” acrylic with
scorpions
Lone Star Beer [shield]
Pull Tab buckle
Hoyt Axton
Rolling Thunder Revue
Unidentified, 1975
Luckenbach Post Office
7 KEXL 104 ½ Stereo
Kessler American Whiskey
Maxell cassette tape
ZZ Top “That little band of Texas”
ZZ Top “Tejas”
Armadillo Van Clan
Drilling Tools, Inc.
Pearl inlay
Plain buckle
Darrell & Willie Invitational [luggage tag]
Horseman Officer. Houston Rodeo [badge]
Matchbooks & Rolling Paper
8 1 Hotel Riviera, Las Vegas, NV
Sportsman’s Lodge, Studio City, CA
Zig-Zag rolling paper
Four Queens Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Oat Willie’s, Austin
Doug Weston’s Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
Hall of Fame Motor Inn [Nashville]
Beverly Hills Hotel, CA
Memorabilia, continued
Box Folder
8 2 Guitar Picks
CDB [Charlie Daniels Band]
Willie’s Fourth of July Weekend, 2008 (red w/gold)
Willie’s Fourth of July Weekend, 2008 (white w/blue)
Willie’s Fourth of July Weekend, 2008 (white w/red)
Kinky Friedman (blue w/ white)
8 3 Jewelry
Armadillo ring
Plain gold ring
9 Audiocassettes
Willie Nelson Picnic, Vol 1: Rusty Weir, Greasy Wheels, Willia Alan
Ramsey
Willie Nelson Picnic, Vol 2: B.W. Stevenson, Michael Murphy
Willie Nelson Picnic, Vol 3: Willie Nelson
Freda / Alvin Crow at One Knite
D.K. Little (Moon Pie) / Storm’s 3rd at One Knite
Six Pak commercial audiocassette
Flatlanders. Side A: Album / Side B: Live Possibly at One Knite
Oversized Materials
10 Scrapbook [Texas Declaration of Independence]
Oversized Photographs
10 1 Group photographs (3 copies)
10 2 Lone Star advertising
10 3 Janet Quist
10 4 Lone Star Beer – Articles about, and Print Advertisements
“For the Good Times” Full page ad, The Action, November 1975
“The Best of Company” Full page ad, The Action, September 1976 [Featuring Willie Nelson ]
“No Place But Texas” Full page ad, Action Magazine, March 1978
[artwork by Sam Yeates]
Full page ad, The Action, September 1977 [beer cans on river]
Oversized Material, continued
Box Folder
10 4 Lone Star Beer – Articles about, and Print Advertisements, continued
All About Beer, vol 1, no. 4. published by the Beer Drinker’s Intl.,
Inc. Includes article, “Lone Star Beer: The 98 Per Cent Solution”
by Bruce Lorange and full page ad on page 7 with artwork by
Yeates
Austin Sun, Vol. 1, No. 15, April 3, 1975 [Lone Star ad on back
featuring B.W. Stevenson, Rusty Wier, and Steve Fromholz for
the Cross Country Music Specials] Cover sheets only.
Austin Sun, Vol. 1, No. 27, September 19, 1975 [Lone star ad on
back featuring Ray Benson]
Austin Sun, December 16. 1977. Interior pages only [Lone Star ads
with artwork by Sam Yeates]
Texas Sun, September 17, 1976
Iconoclast, September 6, 1976 “Lone Star Gambles to Win Texas
Music”
Iconoclast, August 30, 1976 “Lone Star Bottles Beer Drinking
Music”
10 5 Albums Covers [no LPs]
Six Pack, Vol. 1 featuring Willie Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard,
Cooder Browne, Don Bowman, Steve Fromholz, and
Geezinslaw Brothers. Lone Star Records.
Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson. [inscribed, signed]
Redneck Mothers
Juz Love dem ol’ Greezy Wheels [cover art by Jim Franklin]
Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
10 6 Posters
Continental Club, December 1981 calendar, 11 x 17
Kinky Friedman. Rockefeller’s Night Club, Houston. November 20-
21, no year. [Inscribed to Jerry & Sally], 11 x 17
Kinky Friedman “Invasion of the Killer Jews” Austin Opry House.
Artwork by Micael Priest, October 31, 1977., 11 x 17
Michael Murphey. Cedar Frost – Armadillo Headquarters, March
22-23, 1974. Artwork by Jim Franklin, 11 x 17
Austin’s First Spring Concert, Bull Creek Party Barn. 1974.
Artwork by Kerry Awn, 11 x 17
Stormy Monday. One Knite Dive Bar, March 11, no year. 8.5 x 11
Oversized Material, continued
Box Folder
10 7 Willie Nelson Posters
Pineywoods Country Festival, April 6 & 7, no year, 8.5 x 11
Tribute to Cosmic Cowboys. Benefit concert, February 10, 1974.
Artwork by Micael Priest, 8.5 x 11
“A Big Willie at the One Knite” December 15, 1975. Artwork by
[GOlliver] 2 copies – one on cream, one on green, 11 x 17
“Willie Nelson Show” Bull Creek Party Barn, May 27, no year, 11 x 17
Willie Nelson with Billy Joe Shaver, Milton Carroll, and
Geezinslaws Brothers, May 27, no year. Bull Creek Party Barn.
11 x 17
“Second Annual Fourth of July Picnic” College Station at the Texas
World Speedway. July 4, 5, and 6, 1974. Artwork by [Boo
Thomas Byerly] 2 copies, 11 x 17
Willie Nelson with Geronimo Trevino. April 2, 2002. John T.
Floore Country Store. 2 copies, 11 x 17
10 8 Jim Franklin calendar, 1976
Newspapers and Magazines [see also oversized newspapers, box 11]
Newspapers and magazines related to Willie Nelson
11 1 Billboard, June 16, 1979
Country Music, February 1976
Cream, February 1976
Life, August 1983 [cover and article only]
Life, April 1985
Newsweek, August 14, 1978
Record World, March 6, 1976
The Texas Flyer Parade, April 1974
Texas Monthly Birthday Tribute to Willie, 2003
Texas Music, May 1976
Texas Music, Spring 2003
11 2 Willie’s World, Spring 2003 [Willie Nelson Fan Club]
San Antonio Star, January 8, 1984
Southern Voice, June 28, 1974 “Everything you Wanted to Know
about Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic but Didn’t Know Who to
Ask”
Weekender [San Antonio Express News], January 6, 1984
Austin Notes, July 1977 “Willie and Waylon Open the Austin Opry
House”
Oversized Material, continued
Box Folder
Newspapers and Magazines
Newspapers and Magazines Related to Willie Nelson, continued
Sunday, September 5, 1976 “A Visit with Willie Nelson’s Momma
and Poppa”
Austin American Statesman insert: Austin Music: Progressive
Country, July 14, 1974 (2 copies)
11 3 Clippings relating to Willie Nelson
11 4 Clippings relating to Music and Performers
12 Music Magazines and Newspapers
AARP Modern Maturity, September/October, 2002
Austin Sun, Vol. 1, No. 14, November 14, 1975 [Death of Ken
Featherston] (2 copies)
Austin Sun, Vol 1, No. 17, May 1, 1975 [Kinky Friedman on cover;
Lone Star ad featuring Craig Hills on back cover]
Billboard, October 1, 1975
Billboard, December 20, 1980
Billboard, December 25, 1982
Billboard Spotlight: The First Century, 1877-1977
Buddy, February, 1975
Circus, August 31, 1978
Country Music, December 1975
Country Music, September 1981 [no cover]
Country Rambler, December 2, 1976
Country Song Roundup, December 1976
Entertainment Weekly, November, 1993
Hit Parade, April 1976
Iconoclast, February 21, 1975
Iconoclast, April 26, 1974
Iconoclast, November 14, 1975
Images, August 9, 1976
Pearl, March 1975
Pearl, October 1974 “Texas Beer Trilogy”
Rocky Mountain Music Express, May 1978 [Lone Star ad on back
featuring Merle Haggard]
Texas Monthly, May 1973
Oversized Material, continued
Box Folder
Newspapers and Magazines
Music Magazines and Newspapers, continued
12 Texas Monthly, February, 1982
Texas Monthly, May 2000
Texas Music, June 1976
Texas Sun, April 15, [1977] [Lone star ad on back: Travis County
Waterways map]
Texas Sun, March 25, [1977]
13 1 Oversized photo of Willie Nelson’s TV Guide Cover portrait
2 framed photographs
Oversized Newspapers
13 2 Newspapers relating to Willie Nelson
13 3 Daily Texan newspapers
13 4 Nashville Banner newspapers
13 5 Tennessean newspapers
13 6 Newspaper clippings relating to music
Framed Items
14 8 x 10 photograph of Kinky Friedman with cigar and Lone Star beer can.
Inscribed: “Reverend & Sally – God Love you folks. Thanks for bein’ an
American. Fondly, Kinky”
14 9 x 14 black and white photograph of a group with Lone Star beer bottles.
14 8 x 10 Willie Nelson Spirit [inscribed]
14 12 x 15 Willie Nelson collage: Framed newspaper photograph of Nelson. Taped to
the outside of the frame: Willie Nelson guitar pick, a sticker name tag from
the 1974 July 4th picnic, a 2013 Willie Nelson & Family wristband, and a
Record World clipping about Redheaded Stranger.
14 12 x 15 photograph of Willie Nelson on stage with Lone Star beer sign. Taped to
the outside of the frame: Willie Nelson & Family wristbands from 2010,
2011, and 2013
14 5 x 7 photograph of blond woman drinking from a plastic Lone Star beer cup.
Coasters & Drink Koozies
Box
14 5 ceramic coasters with photographs of venues [Poodie’s Hilltop, Luckenback
P.O., The Continental Club, The Hole in the Wall, & Willie Way street sign],
circa 2013.
14 Foam drink koozie, “Compliments of Texas Hatters” in remembrance of the first
annual second signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Clothing and Accessories
15 One Knite Dive & Tavern T-shirt. White.
One Knite, “The dive too tough to die” T-shirt. White.
Willie Nelson: Roll Me up and Smoke Me. T-shirt. Yellow/Green.
Willie Nelson Running Society T-shirt. White
“Proud to be a Jew” The Kinky Experiment T-shirt
Lone Star Texas Music Special: Longnecks Love Luckenbach T-shirt
First Funseekers Fourth Frolic T-shirt. Purple
Charlie Daniels band Volunteers short-sleeved Henley. White
Willie Nelson & Family on the Road Again. Satin jacket with “Jerry” embroidered
on front. Black.
Lone Star beer “Sidekick” embroidered satin jacket with “Jerry” on front. Orange.
Funseekers satin jacket with “Jerry” on front. Red.
Lone Star hat band from Texas Hatters. Leather [cracked]
Leather belt with Lone Star belt buckle
Willie Nelson bandana. Red. [2 versions]
Willie bandana. Blue
16 Straw hat with Lone Star hat band and “Willie Nelson Family” badge pinned to it.
Crushed and with some tears.
17 Lone Star “Dude” hat (tan) by Master Hatters of Texas sold in Texas Monthly
magazine. Felt with leather Lone Star hatband
18 Light grey cowboy hat with Lone Star pin [Master Hatters?]
19 Grey felt hat with woven hat band belonging to Stan Retzloff
20 Black suede hat with braided band similar to one Willie Nelson wore.
20 Blue Paia Maui [Nelson home in Hawaii] baseball cap inscribed “To Jerry Love
Willie Nelson, 2009”
Posters
Map Proposed Revision to the Texas Declaration of Independence (6)
Dr. 25 Willie Nelson – Live Broadcast from the Troubadour
Third Annual Country Music Jamboree, May 1, 1976
Neil Young / Hawks & Doves
Neil Young / Comes a Time
Map Lone Star: Schooner in a Long Neck [artwork by Jim Franklin] (2)
Dr. 25 Lone Star: Texas Gold [artwork by Jim Franklin]
Texas Gold [without the Lone Star ad text]
Lone Star: Long Live Long Necks [artwork by Jim Franklin]
Map Elect Richard “Kinky” Friedman Justice of the Peace, Pct 1, May 3 1986
Dr. 25 [inscribed, signed]
The final goodbye of the legendary One Knite, 2013
Oversized Framed Items
“A Proposed Revision of the Texas Declaration of Independence” [signed], 24 x 34
Oil painting of the signing of the Texas Deceleration of Independence
Willie Nelson’s 8th annual Fourth of July Picnic, 18 x 28
Photograph of Willie Nelson performing at Bull Creek, 1974, 16 x 20
Charlie Daniels Band album cover [inscribed] and fiddle bow, 32 x 23
“25 Years with a bullet” framed record in commemoration of the Retzloff’s 25th
anniversary, 17 x 21
Oversized Artifacts
Silver metal case with bumper stickers
Retzloff’s brown leather briefcase with bumper stickers
Black trunk “Fragile: Sound Equipment
“Jerry’s Den of Dis & Dat” wooden paddle
Books
Action, Jay, et al. Mug Shots: Who’s Who in the New Earth. World Books, 1972.
Daniels, Charlie. The Devil Went Down to Georgia [signed]. Zenda, Inc. 1990.
Dylan, Bob. Tarantula. Macmillan Company, 1971 [second printing].
Dylan, Bob. Chronicles: Volume One, Simon & Schuster, 2004.
Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. Plume Book, 1983 [reprint].
Hajdu, David. Positivity 4th Street. North Point Press, 2002.
Hale, Leon. Bonney’s Place. Doubleday & Company, 1972
Heylin, Clinton. Bob Dylan Behind the Shades: A Biography, Summit, 1991.
Koster, Rick. Texas Music [signed]. St. Martin’s Press, 1998.
Kramer, Daniel. Bob Dylan. Citadel Press, 1967.
Matteo, Steve. Dylan. Metro, 1998.
McDonough, Jimmy. Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography. Anchor Books, 2002.
Nelson, Willie [with Bud Shrake]. An Autobiography. Simon & Schuster, 1988.
Nelson, Willie. The Facts of Live and Other Dirty Jokes. Random House, 2002.
Nelson, Willie [Cusic, Don (ed)]. Willie Nelson, Lyrics 1957-1994. St. Martin’s Press, 1995.
Obst, Lynda Rosen (ed). The Sixties. Random House, 1977.
Phillips, Michelle. California Dreamin’. Warner Books, 1986.
Querry, Ron. Growing Old at Willie Nelson’s Picnic. Texas A&M Press, 1983.
Reid, Jan. The Improbably Rise of Redneck Rock. [Inscribed by B.W. Stevenson [?] and
photographer, Melinda Wickman. Heidelberg Publishers, Inc. 1974.
Richards, Keith. Life. Little Brown, 2010.
Rolling Stone, Rock & Roll Yearbook issue. December 26, 2000 / January 4, 2001.
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