Edwin Osbourne Wilson

Edwin Osbourne Wilson

American concert promoter

📍 Austin, Texas USA

Public Career & Background Dossier

Edwin Osbourne Wilson is a former concert promoter and co-founder and owner of the Armadillo World Headquarters (1973–1980). The music venue led a music movement in Austin to national prominence from 1973 to 1980 as the birthplace of Texas progressive country, aka "redneck rock" – a fusion of country music and rock – later, more blues than rock. It was a popular venue for Willie Nelson. Wilson is the owner of two Threadgill's restaurants in Austin. The original, which he purchased in the mid-1970s from John Kenneth Threadgill (1909–1987), was where Janis Joplin got her start.

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