Filmmaker Dwight Adair joins us for this special screening, hosted by Mike Blizzard. Tickets are $5 and benefit the Austin Film Society.

TOMMY HANCOCK, WEST TEXAS MUSE is a documentary about the Texas fiddler and songwriter Tommy Hancock, who passed away on January 1. Musician, bandleader, songwriter, author, and father, Tommy Hancock’s music and legacy lives on.

Tommy was originally based in Lubbock as the house band/owner of the Cotton Club. The Cotton Club became well known for it’s wide variety of famous visiting country music performers. As he became interested in the hippies and LSD, he began a spiritual quest that not only changed his life and music, but influenced many well known Texas musicians, many now based in Austin. He formed the Supernatural Family Band and later, when he could no longer perform due to arthritis, he supported the Texana Dames with his songwriting and dancing.