Austin honky-tonk legend celebrates 50 years playing at the Broken Spoke

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin's famed Broken Spoke dance hall has welcomed visitors like George Strait and Dolly Parton over the years, but for the last 50 of them, it's been home to Alvin Crow, his fiddle and his band. The Broken Spoke will celebrate Crow's five decades of honky-tonk with a boot-scootin' bash next Saturday."I first played at the Broken Spoke in 1972," said Crow. "We've estimated the times that I've taken the stage, and it's somewhere over 15 hundred — which