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Artist
|
Date
|
Location
|
Comment
|
| Los Lonely Boys |
12/31/04 |
Austin Music Hall |
I just saw the last 45 minutes or so, but still a great way
to rock in the New Year. |
| The Shelley King Band |
12/24/04 |
Austin Music Hall |
At the 29th annual Armadillo Christmas Bazaar |
C. J.
Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
|
12/04/04 |
Antone's |
A tribute to C.J.'s father, Clifton Chenier, featuring
members of Clifton's band, Paul "Lil Buck" Sinegal and Harry
Hypolite.
Here is a link to a Danny
Garrett poster from that evening.
|
| Macy Gray |
11/18/04 |
House of Blues -
Las Vegas
|
A fun,
crazy, colorful show. It was recorded for a DVD, so I'll be able to see how it
looked at some point in the future. |
| Dr. John with Charlie Musselwhite and
Shemekia Copeland |
11/14/04 |
The
Paramount Theater |
Dr. John was great as
expected. Charlie played some excellent blues harp,
and Shemekia provided some strong, yet uninspiring vocals.
|
Drive By Truckers and
Split Lip Rayfield
|
11/12/04 |
The Parish |
Drive By rocked as usual. Split Lip Rayfield played
some frenzied bluegrass.
|
Kacey Chambers and
Holly Williams
|
11/08/04 |
La
Zona Rosa |
A fine show, with
touches of Neil Young and Lucinda Williams.
|
| the subdudes |
11/04/04 |
Antone's |
A particularly rocking subdudes show. Good to
have them back in top form.
|
| T. K. Hulin and Tommy McClain
|
10/28/04
|
Antone's |
Clifford Antone's Swamp Pop Birthday Bash featured two
blue-eyed soul singers from Louisina that Clifford admired while
growing up in Port Arthur. Special guests included Pinetop
Perkins, who has just moved to Austin, Marcia Ball. who included a fine
Irma Thomas
tribute in her set, and Johnny
Nicholas, a great but rarely seen blues guitarist now living in
Fredricksburg. Also notable for being the night the Boston Red
Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years, much to the
delight of native Bostonites in the band, Kaz Kazanoff and Sarah
Brown.
|
Brave
Combo
|
10/16/04 |
NXNW Brewery
|
Some fine Polka music as part of their Oktoberfest
celebration.
|
| Friday,
September 17 |
|
| Asleep at the Wheel |
Some good old Texas Swing to start the
Festival. |
| Dale Watson |
Dale was joined by Beatle
Bob for his last song. It made for an interesting juxtaposition
between the Honky Tonkin' country rocker and the mod dancing idiot. |
| The Pierces |
Two beautiful ex-ballerinas, actually
made some pretty good music.
|
The
Blind Boys of Alabama
|
Some fine Gospel and Soul music, although we got our first
intro to the poor sound system at the huge Verizon stage.
|
| Henry Butler |
One of my surprise favorite sets of the festival. I
had seen Henry Butler's New Orleans piano-based music, but had never
seen such a rocking set with New Orleans favorites such as Iko Iko and
Big Chief, along with his own funky jams.
|
| Terri Hendrix |
Some fun songs by the charismatic Austinite, and good
playing by her band including Lloyd Maines on acoustic guitar.
|
| Neko Case |
Acoustic sets don't usually cut it for me at an
outdoor concert, and such was the case here.
|
| John
Butler Trio |
Some fine sounding bluesy slide guitar playing.
|
Solomon
Burke
|
One of my highlights of the fest. Solomon Burke came
out in a wheel-chair, I guess due to his huge size, dressed in a
robe and sparkling red suit, and then was seated in a huge green and
gold throne. He had a tight band with a full horn section
also well dressed in snappy suits. He
then proceeded to do a fine set of smooth soul and R & B
music., including his own material and hits by Otis Redding, Ben E.
King, and Ray Charles.
|
| The
Legendary Soul Stirrers |
A famous gospel group, but it seems that the legendary guys
failed to show up...
|
| Particle |
I enjoyed their electronic sounding funk, but didn't have
time to see too much.
|
| Terry
Allen |
Just got to see a little of his set, but enjoyed his West
Texas sounds, including his most well known songs, "Amarillo Highway"
and "New Delhi Freight Train".
|
Toots
& the Maytals
|
A good Reggae set, although I couldn't get too close
to the huge stage, which once again had muffled sound.
|
| Joe Ely |
A fine reunion of Joe's band from the "Live at Liberty
Lunch" days: Lloyd Maines, David Grissom, Davis McLarty, and Jimmy
Pettit. They played a lot of great old stuff, but "Boxcars" was
the one that gave me chills.
|
| Franz
Ferdinand |
Some good hard rock from this band from Scotland. |
Los Lonely Boys
|
The Boys sounded great as usual, even trying out some new
material. |
| Saturday, September 18 |
|
| New Monsoon |
Probably my favorite new discovery of the fest. New
Monsoon plays a blend of Far Eastern and Jam Band music, but with a
fine attitude and excellent musicianship.
|
| Shields
of Faith |
The best down home Gospel set of the weekend. |
Trish Murphy
|
Trish put on an entertaining set with her original folky
rock.
|
Old 97's
|
Good, hard rockin' alt-country, although once again I
couldn't get too close and the sound was garbled.
|
| The Gourds |
They rocked it up with their
usual blend of country, folk , and funk.
|
| Bruce Robison |
Got a kick out of "What Would Willie Do?"
|
| Holmes
Brothers |
I enjoyed their gospel-tinged blues, but unfortunately one
of the three brothers couldn't handle the heat and had to drop out
early in the set.
|
The
Wailers
|
Led by bassist Aston "Family Man Barrett", this version of The Wailers put on a show with authentically
jammin' versions of the original Wailers' hits . Although in some
ways this is not much more than a high quality cover band, the roots
reggae vibe had the crowd swaying and grooving to the music
throughout the set.
|
| Walter "Wolfman" Washington |
Walter & the Roadmasters played some authentic New
Orleans R&B.
|
| Marcia Ball |
Marcia played a great set of her New Orleans influenced
R&B, with the full band including horn section. I think
Marcia is one of Austin's most under-appreciated artists, and her set
was as much fun as any I heard all weekend.
|
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
|
During the portion of the set I heard, Gatemouth focused on
the Blues portion of his repertoire, rather than Jazz, Swing, Country,
or Cajun. At 80 years of age, Gatemouth is still an amazing
performer.
|
The Neville Brothers
|
The Nevilles played an unfortunately short 45 minute
set, featuring a lot of new, Funky material from their upcoming
album. Art Neville was back on keyboards after an absence due to
back surgery. Overall, this was the best Nevilles set I have
heard in years, and I wish they could have played a longer set.
|
The Pixies
|
The Pixies big return after a 10+ year hiatus was
underwhelming to me.
|
| Sunday, September 19 |
|
| Mofro |
Sounded good with their original brand of swampy funk.
I had seen them before, but several people who had not told me they
were their favorite new band of the festival.
|
Doyle Bramhall
|
A solid set of Texas blues .
|
Papa Mali
|
More original music with Papa Mali's unique blend of
blues, rock, Reggae, & New Orleans Funk.
|
North Mississippi Allstars
|
Some good bluesy southern rock, especially when joined by
the Rising
Star Fife and Drum band (although no fifes were to be seen). |
Antibalas Afrobeat
Orchestra
|
This Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band lived up to their
reputation as emulators of the great Fela Kuti, and put on a non-stop
dance-athon of a set.
|
Elvis
Costello & the Imposters
|
Elvis played a set with all the classics you would want to
hear, but from where I stood towards the back, the sound was so muddled
that it was barely listenable.
|
Drive By Truckers
|
For the second straight year, I really dug their
triple-guitar style of hardcore Southern rock. |
| Dirty Dozen Brass Band |
Loved the jammin' New Orleans brass sound and second line
rhythms.
|
| Cake |
Some good solid rock.
|
Ben
Harper & The Innocent Criminals
|
A great final set which may have been the strongest of the
festival. Harper and his band sounded much more inspired to me
than they did last year, and really impressed me with their
songs, musicianship, and passionate delivery. I especially enjoyed the
gospel tinged songs from their new album.
|
|
|
|
Roy
Head
and
Barfield
|
9/10/04 |
Continental
Club |
Roy Head put on a wildly entertaining show, as he strutted,
screamed, swung his microphone around, and did somersaults across the
stage. Pretty good for a 61 year old. His material, filled with old
rock-and-roll and blue-eyed soul, sounded good, as did his backing
band, The El Orbits |
Peter Rowan
|
9/09/04 |
The Shady Grove
|
An
"Unplugged at the Grove" show. Rowan put on a very mellow acoustic
show |
John Fogerty
|
8/07/04 |
The
Backyard |
Fogerty sounded as good as ever on lots of old
favorites, and his newest song, "Deja Vu All Over Again", a moving
political song about the Iraq war. |
| Charlie Musselwhite and
Charlie
Sexton |
8/04/04 |
Zilker Park Rock Island |
A nice evening of blues as part of KGSR's
Blues on the Green series. |
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King
|
7/24/04 |
Deep Ellum Blues
(Dallas)
|
On the evening of my 30th High School Reunion (yes, I'm that
old), an evening of hot original blues from this Dallas based band.
Thanks to Mark & Barbie for inviting us to the show and sharing
their front row table with Kirk and I.
|
| Mofro
and The
Greyhounds |
6/26/04 |
The Parish |
Mofro plays a unique blend of moody, funky swamp rock, and
they put on an entertaining show. |
| Papa Grows Funk |
6/25/04 |
The Parish
|
Voted the best Funk Band in New Orleans for the past few
years, and they showed why. |
| Imperial
Golden
Crown Harmonizers (featuring Gurf
Morlix, Scrappy
Jud Newcomb, Papa Mali, Carolyn Wonderland, Sarah
Brown, Shelley King, Nick
Connolly & Paul Mills) |
6/23/04 |
Zilker Park Rock Island |
Part of KGSR's
Blues on the Green series. Some rockin' gospel by an Austin
All-star band.
|
Little Milton
and Blues Boy
Hubbard and the East Side All-Stars
|
6/19/04 |
Antone's |
A Juneteenth celebration, with some fine classic blues.
|
 
Saturday, June 5
|
Fair
Park, Dallas, Texas
|
Jeff
"Skunk" Baxter Clinic
|
At this workshop, the former Doobie Brother and Steely Dan
guitarist provided some tips on playing guitar in various keys, but
apparently he is spending a lot of his time these days "as an adviser
to the
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and as a top military
adviser for numerous congressmen and senators." |
Eric Johnson
|
A better set than I expected. He even did a good job
covering Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary".
|
Dan
Tyminski
|
A nice acoustic set from this member of Alison Krauss' band
Union Station,
known mainly as lead singer on “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” in O
Brother, Where Art Thou?. |
Doyle
Bramhall II
|
A former Austinite and member of the Arc Angels, Doyle is
now touring as a member of Eric Clapton's band. His band included the
great Billy Preston on
keyboards. This set
featured some of his solo work, and the highlight was when he was
joined by Robert Randolph for a few songs.
|
J.J. Cale
|
What a great experience seeing Eric Clapton play the entire
set with J.J. Cale. They performed
"Cocaine", "After Midnight", and "Travelin' Light", all J.J. Cale songs
recorded by Clapton. Being able to see them trade guitar licks
and vocals throughout the set was fantastic.
|
John Mayer
|
The lowlight of the evening. Mayer is a teeny-bopper
idol who had no business sharing a stage with the other guitarists
on the bill. I guess the idea was to bring some young fans
out to see the others who played, but overall, this set really dragged
things down.
|
Robert Randolph
|
As usual, Randolph's energetic pedal steel guitar and tight
band really got the crowd going. His Hendrix "Voodoo Chile" jam
was a highlight.
|
All-Star
Blues Jam, with Eric
Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan,
Robert Cray,
Hubert
Sumlin, Buddy Guy,
and Robert Randolph
|
An amazing jam session. Eric Clapton and Jimmie
Vaughan came on first. Eric dedicated the set to Stevie Ray
Vaughan, saying that this would be sort of a recreation of a Stevie
tribute show that occurred a few years ago. Then, each of the
remaining artists came on one by one, taking the lead on one classic
blues song after another. Buddy Guy stole the show with his firey
guitar and passionate vocals on songs such as "Sweet Home Chicago" and
"Hoochie Coochie Man". Buddy trading licks with Robert Randolph
was fantastic, and Jimmie's performance of "Six Stings Down", a tribute
to Stevie and other blues guitarists was a fitting number on this great
day of music.
|
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|
Del Castillo
and Eliza Gilkyson
|
5/29/04 |
Stubb's
Bar-B-Q |
KGSR's
annual T-Party. Eliza sounded good with a fine band, and Del
Castillo tore it up with their flamenco influenced Latin rock.
|
| Toni
Price |
5/15/04 |
Big Red Sun |
At the "Hello, Birdie"
family festival, benefitting the Sustainable Food Center.
|
Buddy Guy
with Double Trouble
|
4/17/04 |
Stubb's
Bar-B-Q |
At age 76, Buddy Guy proved that he can still sing and play
the blues guitar with the
best of them, with more than adequate help from Tommy Shannon, Chris
Layton, and Reese Wynans of Double Trouble.
|
|
Thrilla at the Dilla Kid's
Show
|
3/20/04 |
Threadgill's
|
A kid's show
benefitting the Austin
Music Network with Jon
Emery, Cowboy Dan, Marynka
and Some Lovely Girls, Captain Pleabag, Thirsty the Elephant., and
more.
|
Toots and
the Maytals
and Kris Kristofferson
|
3/19/04 |
Auditorium
Shores
|
A free show put
on by SXSW. Toots and
his band put on a fine Roots Reggae show.
|
Trailer
Bride
|
3/19/04 |
Yard Dog Folk Art
|
Bloodshot
Record party at South x South Congress.
|
Rosie Flores
|
3/19/04 |
Texas Music Cafe
|
With Sarah
Brown on bass and Lisa
Pankratz on drums at South x South Congress. |
Little Richard
and Cake
|
3/18/04
|
Austin Music Hall
|
A SXSW show by 2004's keynote
speaker. At the age of 70, Little Richard is still an amazing
showman, with a top notch band. "Shut up!" Plus I got a free
autographed picture and a book preaching the faith.
|
Antone's Home of
the Blues DVD
Release Party
|
3/13/04 |
Antone's |
With Pinetop
Perkins , Hubert
Sumlin, Calvin
"Fuzz" Jones, Wille
"Big Eyes" Smith, Kim
Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan,
Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton
|
Particle with Rob Wasserman
|
2/20/04 |
La
Zona Rosa |
Excellent show from
this instrumental jam band, with help from the fine bassist Rob
Wasserman.
|
Hot Tuna
|
2/12/04 |
Cactus
Cafe |
A fine show
featuring Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady originally of the Jefferson
Airplane, with help from Cindy
Cashdollar. |
Ronnie Dawson Tribute
|
2/07/04 |
Continental
Club |
A trubute featuring
the Ronnie Dawson Band (Lisa Pankratz, Kevin Smith, Shaun Young, Tjarko
Jeen and Nick Curran) with guests:
Bobby Rambo,
Teisco Del Rey, Mike
Barfield Ted Roddy, Marti Brom,
Ray “Linda Lu” Sharpe, and special guest headliner
Jimmie Vaughan. |
Delbert McClinton
|
2/07/04 |
Hilton
Hotel
|
A free show
celebrating the opening of the new downtown Hilton by the Austin
Convention Center. Good food and free booze.
|
Yonder Mountain String Band
|
2/06/04 |
La
Zona Rosa |
A little bluegrass and
a little jam band. So-so first set, but hot second set.
|
| Dick Dale |
11/08/03 |
Red Eyed Fly |
A fine show by The King of Surf Guitar |
| Burning
Spear |
10/16/03 |
Flamingo
Cantina |
The
best Burning Spear show that I can remember since the Liberty Lunch
days. Great energy, with a great horn section, guitar, and rhythm
section,
and Winston Rodney at his best. |
| Chris Smither |
10/15/03 |
Cactus
Cafe |
The first time I have seen him, and I was really
impressed. An amazing acoustic guitar player, with impressive
lyrics, and a great
rapport with his audience. |
| Friday,
September 19 |
|
| Shawn Colvin |
A
nice mellow start to the festival. |
| Particle |
One
of my surprise higlights of the festival. A Jam band featuring
fine keyboard work and overall good musicianship. |
| Steve Earle & The Dukes |
An
excellent set, although Steve Earle's looking like Billy Bob Thornton
these days. |
| The
Mavericks |
Another
good set of country rock with a Latin twist. Raul Malo
is getting pretty chunky. |
| Los Lonely Boys |
I
hear it was a great set if you were close enough to enjoy it, but we
weren't willing to fight our way into the tent. |
| Del Castillo |
An Austin band with some hot songs and Flamenco style guitar. |
| Steve Winwood |
I was pleasantly surprised. Winwood focused on his old
Traffic,
Blind Faith, and Spencer Davis Group material, without too much of the
schlocky solo stuff. |
| Al
Green |
A big disappointment. Nothing like his shows I saw at
N.O. Jazz
Fest 10-15 years ago. A hot band, but his voice isn't what it
used to
be, at least on this night. |
| Saturday, September 20 |
|
| Asleep
at the Wheel |
Started out great, until Ray went into the boring songs from
his recent solo
album. |
| Old
'97's |
Some
good alt-country. |
| Tift Merritt |
Tift
looked good, and she and her band sounded good too. |
| Dandy Warhols |
I was not impressed. |
| Los
Lobos |
This band still rocks. I especially enjoyed the song
where Sara
Watkins from Nickle Creek joined them on fiddle. |
| Drive By Truckers |
A rocking set of hard driving Southern rock. |
| Robert Randolph & The Family
Band |
For the second year in a row, the highlight of the Festival
for me.
Incredible pedal steel playing, a fine band, and high enegy
music. This
year's best was Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joining in on a Hendrix song. |
| North Mississippi Allstars |
More good bluesy southern rock. |
| Nickel Creek |
Sounded
good once again with their blend of bluegrass influenced musicianship,
melodies, and vocals. |
| Rebirth
Brass Band |
This
year their New Orleans Jazz sound was taken over by hip-hop, and it
sounded
better than I would have expected. |
| The
String Cheese Incident |
 I was there for the
amazing appearance of the Pink Floyd Pig
(click
on photo for the video). Otherwise, I found their set
uninspiring,
although I did enjoy the songs where Robert Randolph and Chris Thile (from Nickel
Creek) joined them. |
| Sunday,
September 21 |
|
| Soulive |
Described
as groove-jazz, they were a little too groovy/jazzy for my taste |
| Jack
Ingram |
Some
pretty good folk/country/rock |
| Lucinda
Williams |
A
good set, until she got mad at herself and let out a string of f-words |
| The
Polyphonic Spree |
An
amazing sight -- over twenty people in flowing white robes jumping up
and
down to lively Gospel inspired music. Coach described them as
"Godspell
on Acid". They have a pretty cool website too. |
| Jack
Johnson |
California
surfer folk rock. A little too California cool for me. |
| Reckless
Kelly |
Some
rockin' alt-country from an Austin-based band |
| O.A.R. |
Sounded
like a Frat rock band |
| Karl
Denson's Tiny Universe |
A
very danceable set of jazzed-up funk |
| Ben
Harper & The Innocent Criminals |
Another
one of my highlights. A great performance and great
material.
It went to an even higher level when Robert Randolph joined in. |
| Yonder
Mountain String Band |
They
said because they didn't have much time, they would play only fast
bluegrass,
and I loved it. |
| Beth
Orton |
Her
acoustic set had difficulty penetrating the throngs heading over to see
REM. |
| R.E.M. |
Sounded
like REM, but didn't do that much for me. |
|
|
|
| The
Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks Showband & All-Star Revue |
8/20/03 |
Antone's |
An
R&B band featuring a strong horn section and New Orleans vocalist Luther
Kent. |
| Los
Lonely Boys and Doyle
Bramhall |
8/20/03 |
Zilker Park Rock Island |
Part
of the Blues
on the Green series of free outdoor concerts. Los Lonely Boys
are the hottest band in Austin right now. Doyle Bramhall put on a
solid blues show as well. |
| Bembeya
Jazz |
8/07/03 |
Centennial
Square - Victoria, BC, Canada |
On
vacation in Canada, I had the good fortune of hearing about this fine
African
band from Guinea. Led by guitarist Sekou "Diamond Fingers"
Diabate,
they put on an energetic show that had the crowd dancing non-stop. |
| Norah
Jones and Richard
Julian |
7/22/03 |
The
Backyard |
A
really enjoyable show. A quality band, an interesting mix of
material,
and Norah Jones could sing from the phone book and make it sound good. |
2003
Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic
Willie
Nelson, The Dead, Ray
Price, Leon Russell,
Merle Haggard, Johnny
Bush, Geezinslaws |
7/04/03 |
Two
River Canyon Amphitheatre |
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic was a pretty good experience. I was looking forward to The Dead,
along with sets by usual suspects Leon Russell, Merle Haggard, Johnny Bush, and Ray Price. However, 1) getting in and out was a
nightmare, 2) the venue was too crowded, and 3) the set changes took too long. I was a bit disappointed with The Dead's performance.
Joan Osborne as lead vocalist on Jerry's songs didn't work for me. On the plus side, they did play for 3 hours, and
Willie joined them on a couple of songs, although only on guitar.
 Here is a page on The Dead's set,
including the setlist, a review, and
some photos from their set. |
| W.
C. Clark |
6/25/03 |
IBM
Century Oaks Park |
A nice evening in the park |
| Erik
Hokkanen |
6/21/03 |
The Y
Bar Grill |
Happy
first birthday to David Dawson! |
| Pinetop
Perkins and Clarence
"Gatemouth" Brown |
6/19/03 |
Antone's |
The
77 year-old Clarence had a little more energy on this night, but 89 years young Pinetop put on a
fine
show as well. |
| Lucky
Dube |
6/17/03 |
Flamingo
Cantina |
An
energetic reggae show by this fine band from South Africa. Great
songs, musicianship, and harmonies. |
| Bonerama |
4/26/03 |
The
Maple Leaf Bar |
More
Trombone mania. |
| Dwayne
Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers |
4/25/03 |
La
Strada Lounge on Bourbon Street |
A
fun night on Bourbon
Street, highlighted by some Zydeco hellraising, courtesy of the son
of Rockin' Dopsie . |
| Chris
Ardoin and Double Clutchin', Nathan
and the Zydeco Cha-Chas, and Keith
Frank |
4/24/03 |
Mid-City
Lanes |
Great
Zydeco at the world-famous Rock-n-Bowl. |
| Thursday,
April 24 (Grid) |
|
| Bonerama |
A
band
featuring five trombones playing
Jimi Hendrix. A great start to the Fest. |
| Rare
Connexion Band featuring "Big Al" Carson |
Big Al is
400+
pounds, and he can belt out the blues. |
| Bob Margolin
All-star Jam featuring
Pinetop Perkins and Willie
"Big Eyes" Smith |
As usual,
Pinetop
Perkins stole the show of this set of ex-members of the Muddy Waters
band. |
| Lucinda
Williams |
Lucinda
sounded
good and as usual had a top notch band. |
| Fats
Domino |
Classic New
Orleans music. |
| Friday,
April
25 (Grid) |
|
| Lil'
Buck Sinegal Blues
Band |
A
noted
zydeco guitarist who played with Clifton Chenier among others. |
| Lil'
Band O'Gold featuring Warren Storm, Steve Riley , and C.C. Adcock |
The
all-star
Louisiana swamp-rock band
put on a great show. |
| Jon
Cleary &the Absolute Monster Gentlemen |
He started
off
kind of slow, so we left before he had a chance to display what is
regarded as some of New Orleans best
piano driven R&B |
| Jo-El Sonnier |
Good
Zydeco, but
not my favorite. |
| Duke Robillard
Blues
Band |
Good,
but not great blues. |
| Bob Dylan |
Dylan
played keyboard for most of the show, and in general, you could
recognize what song he was playing. A
pretty good Dylan show from my experience. |
| Clarence
"Gatemouth" Brown |
Still
going strong in his late 70's. |
| Poncho
Chavis
& the Magic Sounds |
Poncho
surprised us
by sounding a lot like his dad, Boozoo Chavis. |
| Saturday,
April 26 (Grid) |
|
| Henry
Gray and the Cats |
Henry
Gray put on one of the most surprising and dynamic sets that we heard
in the blues tent during
our 4 days at the Fest. |
| Crown Seekers |
Some
dynamite gospel, with vocals reminiscent
of Aaron Neville. |
| Bruce
Daigrepont
Cajun Band |
A
classic Cajun band. |
| Theresa
Andersson |
The
world's greatest violinist, especially when she stripped down to her
bikini top and day-glo paint that covered
the lower half of her body. |
| Plastic
System
Band of Martinique |
Martinique's
famed Carnival march band. |
| Allen
Toussaint |
New
Orleans'greatest songwriter and producer
played many of his hits, but unfortunately, no "Mother-in-Law" |
| Terrance Simien |
His
choice of "War (What is it Good For)",
almost made up for his strange decision to perform "The Star Spangled
Banner". Is this Zydeco? |
| the
subdudes |
This
reunited band sounded a lot like their
old selves, with a surprising amount of new material. |
| Marva Wright and
the BMWs |
The
"Blues Queen of New Orleans" |
| Anders Osborne |
Sounded
good, although I honestly don't remember
much from his set. |
| Crosby,
Stills & Nash |
Surprisingly
good, especially on rocking numbers
like "Almost Cut My Hair", "Wooden Ships", and "Woodstock". |
| Sunday,
April
27 (Grid) |
|
| Spencer Bohren |
Some
excellent acoustic blues and slide guitar by a
self-proclaimed "recovering Baptist". |
| D.L.
Menard
& the Louisiana Aces |
More
classic Cajun music. |
| Eddie
Bo |
Traditional
New Orleans R&B by a veteran piano man. |
| Sean
Ardoin -n- Zydekool |
Sean showed
that he can keep up with his younger,
more well-known brother Chris. Some rocking zydeco. |
| Jean
Knight with Blue Eyed Soul |
A
soul singer known for the song, "Big Stuff". |
| Dr.
John |
A
great way to end the Fest. (Unfortunately
we had to leave early and could not stay for Snooks Eaglin, among
others). |
|
|
|
| Joe
McDermott and The
Gulf
Coast Playboys |
4/13/03 |
Republic
Square |
At
the Austin
Fine
Arts Festival (formerly Fiesta at Laguna Gloria). |
| Afro-Cuban
All Stars |
4/09/03 |
The
Paramount Theater |
Cuban
inspired jazz led by Juan
de Marcos Gonzalez who helped form and conducted the Buena
Vista Social Club |
| Robert
Randolph and the Family Band |
3/29/03 |
Stubb's
Bar-B-Q |
A
great show. Robert Randolph plays incredible steel guitar, and the rest
of his band is hot as well. |
Ratdog 
(click on
image
for larger view of poster) |
3/04/03 |
The
Fillmore, San Francisco |
Mardi
Gras at the Fillmore, a.k.a. Rat Tuesday, was quite an
experience. Bob
Weir
and friends
put on a great show including Dead material featuring "Terrapin
Station",
a couple of Dylan songs, and covers such as "Youngblood", "El Paso",
and
"Iko-Iko". Here is the complete set
list and some reviews
of the show. Norton
Buffalo
played harmonica on about half of the songs, and the show was opened by
the Stanford
University
Marching Band, who played "Uncle John's Band" among other songs. |
| Leo
Kottke and Patty
Larkin |
3/01/03 |
The
Paramount Theater |
Leo
put on his usual display of 6 and 12-string guitar magic. Patty
Larkin
also impressed us. |
| Susan
Tedeschi |
2/28/03 |
La
Zona Rosa |
Susan
and her
band sounded great, performing music ranging from blues to soul to
funk.
The highlight was Jimmie
Vaughan
joining in for a couple of songs. |
| Jorma
Kaukonen and Blue Country |
2/06/03 |
Cactus
Cafe |
Former
member
of Jefferson Airplane
and
Hot Tuna, now doing traditional country blues. His band
included Cindy
Cashdollar, who used to play with Asleep
at the Wheel on dobro and slide guitar. |
| The
Booze Weasels |
2/01/03 |
Continental
Club |
Former
members
of the Joe Ely Band and
Storyville, David Grissom, David Holt, Jimmie Pettit, and Davis
McLarty.
Although they only play together once a year, they sound better than
most
permanent bands. |
| George
DeVore |
2/01/03 |
The
Vibe |
TC's
Third annual
Corbett Fest. |
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