Even a characteristically late-running show couldn’t dampen the impact of a bona fide rock ‘n’ roll legend at the Austin Music Awards on Wednesday night (into Thursday morning) at South By Southwest.
Robert Plant hit the stage at about 12:30 a.m. to pay tribute to the late Austin DJ Paul Ray, who Plant -- referred to himself as “not a native son but…a surrogate nephew” of the city -- listened to when he resided for a brief time in Austin several years ago. The leather-jacketed Plant called Ray’s program “my anchor, quite often, at least sonically” during his time there and said he was performing “to say thanks to (Ray’s) contribution to me.”
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