The Real Deal

    Nothing quite like listening to Billy Joe Shaver, the Original Honky Tonk Hero, perform in the Backyard @ Riley's an Original Honky Tonk,
Texas' first after prohibition.
In September of 1933 J. C. (James Curtis) Riley, at the age of 17, drove to Austin, Texas from his home in Hunter, Texas, some 45 miles. He was in a Model "T" car with his uncle. The purpose of this trip was to obtain a beer license for his soon - to - be beer joint. It was now at the end of prohibition. He camped out on the steps of the Capital building and waited for it to open. He was the first person in line in Texas and got the first beer license!