In Austin, he also met his future wife and occasional Elevators songwriter Clementine Hall (née Tausch), who he married in 1964.
[2] A special aspect of The Elevators' sound came from Tommy Hall's innovative electric jug.
The jug, a crock-jug with a microphone held up to it while it was being blown, sounded somewhat like a cross between a Minimoog and cuica drum.
[3][4] In the 1980s, he was rumored to be the true identity of Texas outsider musician Jandek,[5] although this was incorrect.
[2] Hall has told interviewers that he is no longer interested in music or thinks of himself as a musician, and that he "lost [his] jug a long time ago.