Archive for August, 2006

August 24, 2006-Ruby Dee and the Snake Handlers-The Continental Club, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 24th August 2006 in Alt-Country

Rockboy was all excited about “best show in Seattle” band, she looked rockabilly but sounded as vanilla as Old 97s, the only benefit to this show was that it made me realize how much magic these punk Texans do with their old country, this band just didn’t get it

August 22, 2006-Long Shadows-Beerland, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 22nd August 2006 in Outlaw Country, Prog Rock, Surf Rock

fantastic dark country, noodling like a spaghetti western, actually casting long shadows on the wall behind them, no vocals, prog to me but surf guitar to Rockboy, really liked them

August 22, 2006-Heather Rae and the Moonshine Boys-Beerland, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 22nd August 2006 in Bluegrass, Outlaw Country

the gal pal of WT Special, the sound was so off for their set I almost couldn\”t discern her effortless beautiful tang of a voice, good rockabilly, better than WT by far, the sound was really bad

August 18, 2006-Scott H. Biram-Hole in the Wall, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 18th August 2006 in Delta Blues, Punk

I love him more everytime I see him – big crush – “An impassioned multi-instrumentalist unleashing a brutal cacophany with the fury of someone whose check from the Devil finally cleared. Half dirty blues, half underground punk, half honky-tonk, half revival meeting… oh shut up about the math. You’ll see the light.” Dayna Papaleo, Rochester City News

August 12, 2006-The Meteors-Emo’s, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 12th August 2006 in Hard Rock, Rockabilly

OTMAPP = Only the Meteors Are Pure Psychobilly (this is what people chant at their shows), the first psychobilly say they though The Cramps were contemporaneous, they were much more popular in the UK, Rockboy was very excited, they were hard for sure and driving and that\”s the end of their goodness, no diversity in the music and no show, they apparently do not throw up blood any longer

August 11, 2006-Miss Leslie and Her Jukebox Jointers-Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 11th August 2006 in Americana, Jazz

honky tonk – we tried to define it apart from country and came up with twangy guitar, pedal steel guitar, Hawaiian guitar sounds (I say), and traditional uptight singing, I don\”t much like the style but it strikes much nostalgia in Rockboy

August 4, 2006-Guitar Shorty-Continental Club, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 4th August 2006 in Texas Blues

one of those surprise shows – an old great coming back – he was near toothless and truly short and heartbreakingly addicted to crowd adoration – of other interest was the gay romance hero 80s guitarist who kept trying very inappropriately to do the guitar face-off with other members of the band – happy fat drummer and little old proper but hip dancing keyboardist – other odd white guy was a guitarist doing the turtle head dance

August 4, 2006-Scott H. Biram-Continental Club, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 4th August 2006 in Delta Blues, Punk

I think I do have a crush on him, dark shadowed face and face scruff with the low hat, he has a knack for picking the beautiful songs (unless he writes them?) and then scruffs them up with a voice distorter that makes him sound like an old black man and by speeding/roughing up the music itself, did I mention he\”s a one-man band?, guitar/drum pedal/voice/harmonica, Rockboy thought the schtick got old but I thought his songs choices were interesting enough that it didn\”t

August 4, 2006-The Weary Boys-The Continental Club, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 4th August 2006 in Bluegrass, Country, Rock and Roll

very bland country rock and bluegrass, a crowd pleaser I guess