music austin

A 1959 Freddy Fender fave as done by Ryan Castillo, keys + vox, with Jolie and the Jackalopes, The Little Longhorn Saloon

Bastille Day approaches & YT had the foresight to remind me of a video shoot from 8 years back. Julie Slim & Rendezvous. They'll be playing Monk"s jazz club, Austin, Texas. Now I know what's on my agenda.

Whoooo wheeee! Bright boys of bass.

If I can dance at almost 68, you can dance, if you want to!

Now this is a great intro to the terrific humans of The Human Circuit! Check out their NPR Tiny Desk submission from last year. It's fab!

Shorter preview, malted milk, from up at the honkytonk, with Delta Blues.

Some cool Delta Blues, with Shotguns Ready doing a Robert Leroy Johnson original.

Great one that shouldn't be missed! Everyone complains there's no old school country western coming out. Yeah. It is and it died.

DANG!

A sweet jazz/Broadway number, by Earl Hunt & Ramsey Park Rounders, at Draught House.

So, this is always a fun favorite, but the guitar.. sweet. Glen Rexach on lead. Such a pretty player.

This is some flippin incredible straight-up blues. Who needs to embellish when he's this good? Alan Haynes, blues maestro.

Whaaaa, what's the Watutsi! You only need rhythm, no particular steps, to feel and react to great music.., when it ain't canned. Srsly. Ramsey Park Rounders with Dean Stinsmuehlen calling the round, with that crazy bass, man. Oww! Who wouldn't get up and Watutsi? I did it, twice, just this morning.

Don't do Canned Music! Do live music! Make your own day. Live-Live, darlings!

My life is charmed. A funny, and sweet, group of guys & musicians, a local pub I can walk to & home from, and music. Music I can dance to. Charmed.

Yeah, man, this is some sweet drumming, Lisco Danty, with Beautiful Phnix, at the Central Market. Live Music living.