Singer Toni Price, the Toast of Austin

NPR

Published February 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Sipping whiskey and flashing arm tattoos, R&B singer Toni Price performs at a small club in Austin in a weekly ritual called Hippie Hour. NPR's John Burnett has Price's story.

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