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Original vintage 11 x 17 promotional poster for The Cobras at Antone’s Nightclub in Austin, Texas, “Austin’s Home of the Blues,” featuring a large central group photograph of the band, with a young Stevie Ray Vaughan seated at the lower right. The poster bears the distinctive Antone’s logo at the top and bold “The Cobras” lettering below the image. In fine condition, with edgewear, including staple holes, short tears, and staining.
Vaughan joined Paul Ray and the Cobras in 1975, the same year Clifford Antone opened his celebrated Austin blues club. The group became a regular presence at Antone’s, where Vaughan had the opportunity to play alongside and learn from many of the blues musicians who had influenced him, including Buddy Guy, Albert King, Jimmy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin, and Lightnin’ Hopkins. The Cobras were voted Band of the Year in an Austin Sun readers’ poll, establishing them among the city’s leading acts during Vaughan’s tenure. Vaughan remained with the group until 1977, when he left to form the Triple Threat Revue, an early precursor to Double Trouble. An appealing early image of Vaughan from years before the 1983 release of Texas Flood brought him international fame.
