SXSW Co-Founder Louis Jay Meyers (1955-2016)
Festival instigator dies on its biggest day
"...Louis Jay Meyers, one of the four men who founded..."
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March 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Page Three – In Memoriam: Louis Jay Meyers
SXSW co-founder passes away on first day of festival
"...address, when we got the totally unexpected news that Louis Jay Meyers had just passed away in a hospital..."
March 18, 2016 Column by Nick Barbaro
Austin Chronicle Co-Founder Louis Black Sued for Alleged Harassment, Abuse, and “Sexual Servitude”
Chronicle named co-defendant in suit
"...This story has been updated with a statement from Louis Black's attorney...."
Oct. 5, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson
Pressure Drop
The State of Modern Reggae
"...they don't know much about jazz, but isn't that Louis Armstrong fella really nice?..."
July 4, 1997 Music Feature
The First SXSW
"...Louis Jay Meyers ran a company called EZ Money Productions..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature
On the Inside Looking In
The meta world of Outside Industry, Alan Berg's new documentary about SXSW, coming soon to SXSW
"...the co-founders of SXSW back in 1987, along with Louis Jay Meyers, Nick Barbaro, and Louis Black. And seeing..."
March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud
September 1982-August 1988
"...teach at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale. Louis Black was still ostensibly a graduate student, Nick Barbaro..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature
SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards
Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull
"...Wednesday night’s sold-out gala. Immaculate tribute to Twine Time deejay and veteran AMA emcee Paul Ray, led by Zeppelin..."
March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman
Page Two: South by Simplicity
The plain truth behind the Festival's origins
"...In early November, Roland Swenson and Louis Jay Meyers came to Chronicle Publisher Nick Barbaro and..."
March 14, 2008 Column by Louis Black
Dancing About Architecture
Willie Nelson, not burnt down
"...ago and forced a slowdown. Friend and former manager Louis Jay Meyers, calling from his current residence in Amsterdam,..."
May 25, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Rock and a Hard Place
Balancing the Austin Music Ledger
"...begun to see signs of what Antone's club manager Louis Jay Meyers calls "today's teetotaler times." In that scenario,..."
Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature
Page Two: Everlasting Love
Our annual ode to South by Southwest
"...and I were three of the original four partners (Louis Jay Meyers is now head of the Folk Alliance)...."
March 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black
Page Two: Oh, Death
Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection
"...died on Feb. 29. John Morthland on March 8. Louis Jay Meyers on March 11. Jim Yanaway on March..."
March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black
Dancing About Architecture
Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.
"...the CMJ music fest, while South by Southwest co-founder Louis Jay Meyers is readying the first annual Rockrgrl music..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
What the Folk?
The 2006 Folk Alliance washes ashore in Austin – brace the bulkheads!
"...felt the positive effects of the Folk Alliance is Louis Jay Meyers, who left Austin in the summer of..."
Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Love Walks In
The first Rockrgrl Music Conference gets a blessing from Seattle's rain goddess.
"...A&R reps, publicists, and managers. The radio programmers, the deejays, the agents, the club managers, the songwriters, the musicians,..."
Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Page Two
"...Swenson, Nick Barbaro, and me, who worked here, and Louis Jay Meyers, who didn't. Meyers left a few years..."
March 5, 1999 Column by Louis Black
Page Two
"...having good ideas. Managing director Roland Swenson and director Louis Jay Meyers are very involved in this new venture..."
March 13, 1998 Column by Louis Black
Dancing About Architecture
¿Agua-Fest, Si?
"...album. Count Cindy Cashdollar (Asleep at the Wheel), Augie Meyers (Texas Tornados), and Duke Robillard (ex-Fabulous Thunderbirds) among mumblin'..."
Sept. 26, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Dancing About Architecture
Sixth Street Scuffle
"...free in-store at Blondie's Skateshop at 5pm that day... Louis Jay Meyers says that by August 1 he should..."
July 25, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Dancing About Architecture
On Your Marks
"...parties. More Nasty Ol' Performers Former SXSW head honcho Louis Jay Meyers has returned from the MIDEM conference in..."
Feb. 7, 1997 Music Column
Dancing About Architecture
"...appropriate ditty for the film... You just can't keep Louis Jay Meyers out of Austin music. The former SXSW..."
Aug. 11, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Critics Poll
"...Jay Trachtenberg: Pedrito Martinez, Continental Club..."
Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow
Long Live Liberty Lunch
"...and wished them luck at their new location. -- Jay Hardwig..."
July 23, 1999 Music Feature
South by Southwest Lays Off 23 Employees
Festival plans “new vision” for growing event
"...Roland Swenson, Louis Jay Meyers, Louis Black, and Nick Barbaro launched South..."
June 28, 2024 News Post by Carys Anderson
SXSW Co-Founder Roland Swenson Changes Roles
CEO becomes executive chairman in leadership shuffle
"...Swenson cofounded SXSW with Louis Jay Meyers, Louis Black, and Austin Chronicle publisher Nick..."
Oct. 24, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
35 Years of the Austin Music Awards
Living in a dream
"...1984’s lineup under the guidance of Margaret Moser and Louis Black hoped to encompass the eclecticism of the homegrown..."
March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman
Playback
Neil Young premieres his director's cut of Human Highway at SXSW, while Graham Reynolds brings Marfa to the Festival
"...public interview led by Chronicle editor and SXSW co-founder Louis Black. "It's a very subtle thing. If you're trying..."
March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Whither Rock?
ii.
"...Media Conference was conceived and executed by Roland Swenson, Louis Black, Nick Barbaro adn Louis Jay Meyers. "City Planners"..."
Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold
Day Trips: Looking Back at 2016
Some noteworthy milestones from last year
"...• Paul Ray, Jan. 15, deejay who created the soundtrack for many day trips...."
