/tags/the-broken-spoke The Broken Spoke en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:55:29 GMT /austin/2021-01-28/james-whites-family-plans-to-continue-operating-austins-broken-spoke-dance-hall-despite-hurdles The driving spirit behind the honkey-tonk bar on South Lamar died last weekend. The dance hall’s future is uncertain, but not because of his death or proposed development. Because of COVID-19. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:55:29 GMT /austin/2021-01-28/james-whites-family-plans-to-continue-operating-austins-broken-spoke-dance-hall-despite-hurdles Jimmy Maas /austin/2021-01-24/james-white-longtime-owner-of-the-broken-spoke-dies-at-81 White opened the doors of Austin's most iconic honky tonk in 1964 and operated it for more than a half-century. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:49:18 GMT /austin/2021-01-24/james-white-longtime-owner-of-the-broken-spoke-dies-at-81 Andrew Weber /life-arts/2017-05-04/the-broken-spoke-austins-legendary-honky-tonk-honors-a-country-music-haven When James and Annetta White opened the Broken Spoke in 1964, South Lamar Boulevard had barbed wire fences and rolling pasture � a far cry from the� Thu, 04 May 2017 22:51:11 GMT /life-arts/2017-05-04/the-broken-spoke-austins-legendary-honky-tonk-honors-a-country-music-haven Nathan Bernier