Rob Haeuser, founding member of White Light, is now...


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In 1976 the dream nearly came true for three aspiring musicians. White Light, first formed in New Orleans in the late 60's, and later resurrected by founding members Rob Haeuser and Mike Hobren in Austin, Texas during the mid-70's, ended it's journey with the passing of Bill Josey, a man who helped make Austin the musical powerhouse it is today. Bill first set the stage by broadcasting radio shows live from local clubs. He went on to establish Austin's first record label, Sonobeat Records. He recorded and produced Johnny Winter's first album, worked with a relative unknown named Janis Joplin, and first recorded guitarist Eric Johnson when he was barely 15 years old. White Light came across Bill tucked up in the cedar hills northwest of Austin. Bill had converted an old stone church to a recording studio, Blue Hole Sounds. We and Bill immediately hit it off, so in late October 1975, we engaged Bill to record a demo tape. Bill apparently liked what he heard well enough to make a proposal barely two weeks later: he would produce a work-tape for a concept album written and performed by a band unlike any he had worked with before...

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