Born in La Grange, TexasTexas in 1934, Henry “Blues Boy” Hubbard is one AustinAustin’s most legendary living musicians. He arrived to the Texas capital in the 1950s, while he worked as a mechanic at the Bergstorm Air Force Base, and soon developed his band Blues Boy HubbardBlues Boy Hubbard & The Jets in collaboration with local musicians—including L. P. Pearson, W. C. ClarkClark, W.C. and blackblack impresario Charlie GildenCharlie Gilden (owner of Charlie’s PlayhouseCharlie’s Playhouse and the Chicken ShackErnie’s Chicken ShackChicken Shack), with whom he formed an enduring and productive partnership. Established as regular house musicians at Charlie’s Playhouse, Blues Boy Hubbard & The Jets decisively contributed with their music and entertainment to transform the state of race relations in (East) Austin within the 1960s African-AmericanAfrican American Civil Rights Era.