LIVE MUSIC I'VE SEEN

1997-1998



 

Artist
Date
Location
Comments
Dr. John plus Trish Murphy 12/30/98 La Zona Rosa
Roky Erickson with The Mystic Knights of the Sea 12/10/98 Continental Club OK, Roky didn't show up, but we still heard plenty of Roky's songs played by Will and Charlie Sexton
Los Super Seven 12/08/98 La Zona Rosa Featuring David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez, Ruben Ramos, Rick Trevino, with special guests Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, and Little Joe
David Lindley and Wally Ingram plus Barbara K (of Timbuk 3) 11/14/98 Stubb's Bar-B-Q Good Twang and Bang, plus a song dedicated to Bo Diddley
Junior Brown 11/06/98 Continental Club Junior back at his old stomping grounds, just a week before his guest appearence on The X-Files. Plus, his drummer was Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix, among others!
Southern Culture on the Skids 11/04/98 Liberty Lunch
Doug Sahm and the Last Real Texas Blues Band 10/30/98 Antones The real thing -- Texas Boogie Woogie, with a little inspiration from a few pints of Guiness.
Jimmy Cliff 10/27/98 La Zona Rosa
Irma Thomas 10/24/98 Antones The Soul Queen of New Orleans in fine form.
The Wailing Souls 10/19/98 Flamingo Cantina Their first Austin appearence.  Excellent Reggae.
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys 10/16/98 Stubb's Bar-B-Q
Storyville 10/11/98 Wildflower Center An acoustic show -- and one of their last, since the word is that they're breaking up at the end of the year
Darden Smith & Trish Murphy 8/28/98 Cactus Cafe
Skatalites 8/27/98 Liberty Lunch
Our Memories of Elvis w/ Ted Roddy 8/16/98 La Zona Rosa The first time this was moved from its traditional Continental Club venue.  Not quite the same atmosphere, but a good time nonetheless
Sid and Billy King 8/15/98 Continental Club As Sid King and the Five Strings, these guys are rockabilly legends.  They opened for Elvis 5 times, including a show in Austin in what was later to become Armadillo World Headquarters.
The Gourds 8/13/98 Unplugged at the Grove
Beau Jocque 7/24/98 Antones
Jethro Tull 7/21/98 The Backyard Excellent show, although the audience was definitely made up of "classic" rock fans
Willie Nelson & Leon Russell 7/03/98 Antones Great Show -- Just Willie, Leon, and Mickey Raphael on harp
Guy Clark & Terry Allen 6/13/98 Dessau Hall
Shawn Colvin, Jerry Jeff Walker plus Malford Milligan & Stephen Bruton, Kris McKay, Sara Hickman, and Bill Oliver 6/07/98 La Zona Rosa Soul of the City benefit for the S.O.S. (Save Our Springs) Alliance
The Radiators at Stubb`s Two Year Anniversary Crawfish Fest. 6/06/98 Stubb's Bar-B-Q I missed Henry Butler, Kermit Ruffins, The Gourds, and the Damnations 
The Studebakers & Certain Feelings 5/16/98 Louis & Patti`s A benefit for the Tanqueray Texas AIDS Ride, a 575 mile bike ride that Patti will be riding in
Six Pence None the Richer & Cotton Mather  5/15/98 Stubb's Bar-B-Q KGSR`s Free T-Party
Leon Russell 5/02/98 Liberty Lunch
Buck`s 1998 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Page 4/24-
 26/98
The New Orleans Fairgrounds Racetrack
Buck`s 98 Jazz Fest Page
Terrance Simien
with The Gulf Coast Playboys
4/19/98 East First Garden Theater Small Crowd, but Rockin` Zydeco
Bo Diddley
w/ The Rhythm Rats
4/18/98 Greune Hall The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member still puts on a great show
Sleepy LaBeef 4/02/98 Continental Club Here`s a good web article & interview with Sleepy LaBeef
Son Seals 3/07/98 Antones
Reckless Kelly 3/07/98 Stubb's Bar-B-Q A rare event - a concert I attended with my brother Eric who lives in England and my sister Liz
Skatalites 2/20/98 Liberty Lunch
Southern Culture on the Skids 2/10/98 Liberty Lunch
Darden Smith 1/31/98 Liberty Lunch
Culture 1/10/98 Liberty Lunch
Dr. John 12/30/97 Antones Jimmy Vaughn joined them for the encore.
Koko Taylor 12/29/97 Antones Her band is fantastic
Tito & Tarantula, 
with Tiesco Del Rey
12/21/97 Continental Club Quentin Tarentino, Robert Rodriguez, and Rick Linklater were there!
Steve Forbert 12/13/97 Cactus Cafe
Toni Price 11/16/97 Wildflower Center Great setting for music
David Byrne 11/04/97 La Zona Rosa Cool Outfits
David Lindley 10/28/97 Liberty Lunch Very Greasy
Beau Jocque 10/11/97 Antones Rockin` Zydeco
The Radiators
w/ The Damnations
10/10/97 Stubb's Bar-B-Q
Taj Mahal 09/13/97 Stubb's Bar-B-Q
Sweet Honey in the Rock 09/12/97 Hogg Auditorium
Burning Spear 09/10/97 Liberty Lunch Still the best reggae band
John Fogerty 09/03/97 Austin Music Hall A classic concert
SW Louisiana Zydeco Festival 08/30/97 Plaisance, La. BooZoo Chavis, Keith Frank, Chris Ardoin, Roy Carrier, And more
Lucky Dube 08/21/97 Liberty Lunch
Antone's 22nd Anniversary 07/17/97 Antones Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins, Kim Wilson, Calvin Jones, Ted Harvey,....
Skatalites 07/07/97 Liberty Lunch Jammin` Ska
Neville Brothers 06/14/97 The Backyard
The Funky Meters and 
Cowboy Mouth
04/17/97 Austin Music Hall Weird Concert.  It was put on by the Texas Cowboys and the crowd was mostly frats & sororities.
10th Old Settler's Bluegrass Festival 04/4-5/97 Old Settlers Park, Round Rock, Tx An amazing line-up, including Doc Watson, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Alison Krause, Iris DeMent, Jerry Douglas, Fairfield Four, the Paul Glasse Quartet, and an Old & In The Way Reunion. I was really looking forward to Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, and David Grisman reuniting for the Old and In the Way Reunion. Sadly, everything ran behind schedule due to rain earlier in the weekend, and their set was cut short after only a couple of songs.
The Chieftans 03/25/97 Bass Concert Hall
Morphine 03/22/97 Liberty Lunch
George Clinton & P-Funk All-Stars 03/01/97 Austin Music Hall
Iris Dement 02/25/97 Texas Union Ballroom


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