No one would have imagined back in 2017, when Noel Cerda bought a fixer-upper on Beckley Avenue, that it would shelter and grow a new generation of musicians. He saw its flaws, but couldn’t know how pivotal the house would be to his brother, his friends and to their music. The songs inspired by the walls watching over the yard, guarding the classic Bel Air and 1951 Chevy Fleetline Deluxe, as pictured in their first self-titled EP , are adorned by murals of local music legends Stevie Ray Vaughan and Erykah Badu. Images of these idols are sandwiched in by portraits of Sharon Jones and Gregory Isaacs were painted by an artist who texted that he was going to bake cookies and never showed up to get paid.

The seeds were sown years ago in this tight-knit neighborhood in Oak Cliff when Noel’s

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