The Broken Spoke

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.

White opened the doors of Austin's most iconic honky tonk in 1964 and operated it for more than a half-century.

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…