LEGENDARY BAR-B-Q AND MUSIC

The jukebox music was soon augmented with Sunday afternoon jam sessions featuring musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Jessie "Guitar" Taylor. It wasn’t unusual for big-name performers like Willie Nelson, Tom T. Hall, B. B. King or George Thorogood to drop by when they were in town - or anywhere near Lubbock. In fact, Tom T. Hall wrote a song about his experiences at Stubb’s. Hall’s song, The Great East Broadway Onion Championship of 1978 tells the story of an early morning pool game that took place at Stubb’s Barbecue between himself and Ely in which they used an onion for the cue ball.

Legend has it that Stevie Ray Vaughan learned to play Tin Pan Alley over a plate of Stubb’s barbecue by listening to it on Stubb’s jukebox. Sometimes Stubb himself would take the microphone or would accompany other musicians who were there to play for their supper. People came from all over to enjoy the barbecue and to see which well known musician might be joining the jam. Everyone seemed to leave with a smile on their face.