Legendary Picker Circle. What is it???

The Legendary Luckenbach Picker Circles are held every night, Sunday thru Thursday 5-9pm.  What is the Picker Circle??  Well..lemme see, lemme think.  People sit in chairs in the shape of a circle underneath the Luckenbach Oak Trees or in the bar if it's cold or raining. 

 These people are special..we call them "Pickers" they are musicians of all sorts, size and character.  Their instruments are varied as well as their skill level. It's kinda like a playground for musicians.  Everybody must get along.  You can play different games but you have to invite everybody, good, bad or so-so to play.  NO discrimination in the circle.  There is a "host" for every circle.  It's the hosts job to make sure everybody plays nice and to keep the circle moving.  Generally, the host is pretty good at playing along and encouraging the shy ones.  Many a player has made their first public appearance in these circles.  The unofficial circles started in the early 70's when Hondo bought Luckenbach.  There were some shady characters hangin' around back in those days.  Some guy named Jerry Jeff Walker used to sit in regularly.  He was from New York and Hondo let him play anyway.  A guy named Townes Van Zandt  had a lot to say and was good at saying it accompanied by his guitar.  A young red headed boy named Gary P Nunn had an affection for the Armadillos..he wrote a hit song about them. There was another red headed man..they called him the "stranger"...now everybody just knows him as Willie. One man was so in love with Luckenbach that he ran off and told two songwriters in Nashville about it. Thanks, Guy Clark!  After telling the story, Waylon and Willie recorded the song and now...we have LOTS of visitors every day of the week.  They come to hear the music that is made under the trees.  They come to get Back to the Basics of Love..whatever that means to them.  They come so they can Be Some Body in our town.  EveryBody's SomeBody in a  Luckenbach picker circle.  Come join us anytime, you don't need an appointment.  We will be singin' and playin' rain or shine :)

-Abbey Road

Most Important things in Luckenbach..

Not exactly sure where the term BLOG came from but it sounds like something we would have in Luckenbach.  Probably find it in some nook or cranny in the floor, the wall or even the ceiling.  Whatever it is, Luckenbach is a good source for a BLOG.

The picture on the header of the Luckenbach Texas Official Blog speaks volumes; whether you have been here or not.  The photo says slow down, sit a spell, look around, just be.  That is Luckenbach.  That is what we do here.  That is all we are.  A place to come hang out awhile, sit and be still, meet some new people, catch up with some old people or some young people, buy a t-shirt and drink a COLD beer.  This photo (Robbyn Dodd) looks across the front porch of the General Store/Post Office onto the statue or "bust" of Hondo, Our Father. The 2 most important things in Luckenbach and the first things you see when you visit.

The General Store/Post Office was built in 1849.  Hondo bought it in 1971.  A lot has happened in this town before and after Hondo.  One thing about Luckenbach...spirits lurk.  Happy spirits.  It's the magic of this town.  Hondo swears it is our Full Moons. No matter who happens to be runnin' things at the time, Luckenbach will always do what Luckenbach does.  Luckenbach attracts people, holds them and wraps it's arms around them in various ways.  You will have to come visit in person to really get it.... if you ain't ScaReD  to be "Somebody".  You see,  Everybody's Somebody in this town.