Hondo crouch biography of michael jackson

hondo crouch biography of michael jackson
John Russell "Hondo" Crouch son of Mrs Harry Crouch of Hondo.
Crouch bought Luckenbach, Texas for $30,000 in 1971 and gave himself another title: Mayor.
“Hondo Crouch” – newspaper clippings on man known as the “clown prince of Luckenbach”, some notes, and a book announcement for Hondo My Father by Becky Crouch.
Memorable words by true folk hero deserve repeating

Crouch, John Russell [Hondo] (1916–1976) - TSHA

  • New bronze sculpture was unveiled in Jerry Jeff's honor, depicting the songwriter sitting right beside Luckenbach founder Hondo Crouch.

    • Who Was the Hill Country’s Legendary Hondo Crouch?

      Hondo Crouch is the guy who made Luckenbach, Texas famous enough for a songwriter to write about the town.

    Hondo Crouch - Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame

  • He was a father of four children and was married to Shatzie Stieler for 30 years, daughter of the “Goat King of the World,” Adolf Stieler.

    • Legendary Texan

    Hondo Crouch:
    Legendary Texan

    Who was Hondo Crouch?

    He was the "Clown Prince of Luckenbach," and entertainer of star quality who refused for years to make money from his comic gifts. He as rancher. A philosopher. A poet. A music man and inspiration for the hit song "Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas." Hondo Crouch was a Texas folk hero.

    Before he died in 1976, Hondo helped stage at Luckenbach a series of zany happenings -- from all-female chili cook-offs to Great World's Fairs -- that became so popular the tiny town almost got trampled out of existence. But there was more Hondo than spectacular spoofs.

    He had a gift for seeing past facades and into the true nature of the human comedy -- and tragedy -- that we all live inside our hearts. His style ranged from lighthearted teasing to barbed satire, from pratfalls and pranks to rueful reflection.

    The following excerpt is from the book Hondo, My Father, by his daughter Becky Crouch Patte

    Hondo Crouch, the Swimming Cowboy Who Founded Luckenbach

      The tiny Texas town, which boasts a booming population of three citizens, is the vision of a man who in many ways was much larger-than-life than either Willie or Waylon.

    Hondo Crouch - Action Magazine

      John Russell (Hondo) Crouch, humorist, writer, and owner and self-proclaimed mayor of Luckenbach, Texas, was born on December 4, 1916, in Hondo, Texas, to Ione and Harry Crouch, a telegraph operator for the Southern Pacific Railroad.

    The World Looks Different in Luckenbach - Rock & Vine Magazine

  • Walker had become friends with Hondo Crouch, the larger-than-life, self-styled cowboy poet and storyteller who owned the tiny post office town called.

    • Luckenbach - Jerry Jeff

  • Hondo Crouch was an All-American swimmer at the University of Texas, where he was awarded a degree in physical education in After training as a navigator in the Air Corps at Garner Field in , he settled down to raise sheep, goats, and cattle near Fredericksburg.

    • McCullough Collection of Hondo Crouch - Texas State University

      One of them, a man who had moved to Gillespie County to be near Hondo, became the unofficial hagiographer and spent two years researching and writing the life story of Hondo Crouch.