PAST RECOMMENDED SHOWS:
09/28/08 @ Zilker ParkAustin City Limits Music Festival 2008AUDRA SCHROEDER
08/25/07 @ Saxon Pub
James Hand, Cindy Cashdollar
This pairing might just burn down South Austin. 8pm.
06/22/07 @ Threadgill's World HQ
Family Eldercare’s Summer Fan Drive
KGSR’s all-day (starts at 8am!) drive picks up Elana James, Dale Watson, and others, with Big Brother & the Holding Co. at 9pm.
06/16/07 @ Republic Square Park
Fifth Annual Keep Austin Weird 5K and Music Fest
Kid bands, 5K, Patricia Vonne, Alejandro Escovedo, and more.
10/21/06 @ Camp Ben McCullochAustin String Band Festival
Sponsored by Austin Friends of Traditional Music, the first String Band Festival has the potential to be something special. Spotlighting local darlings like White Ghost Shivers, South Austin Jug Band, Sarah Jarosz, and the Grassy Knoll Boys, as well as Northern California’s Earl Brothers, Driftwood, Texas, rings with three days of jammin’, campin’, and strings, strings, strings.
www.aftm.us.
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03/25/06 @ The Glenn at the BackyardSam Bush/Bela Fleck
One of the most talented mandolin players of our day, Sam Bush hasn’t played in Austin in quite some time. A founding member of the New Grass Revival, he’s also known for mixing Bill Monroe, Bob Marley, and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin into a dizzying whole. His fans know to expect some whacked-out fun from Bush and band, who have a new album due from Sugar Hill Records this summer. Bela Fleck, Bush’s banjo parallel, and his Flecktones are reportedly re-energized after a year off the road. Their latest,
The Hidden Land (Columbia), continues their exploration of jazz, bluegrass, funk, classical, and other worldly sounds.
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09/24/05 @ Zilker Park
Austin City Limits Music Festival
08/28/05 @ Waterloo Park'Austin Chronicle' 2005 Hot Sauce Festival
Why should the epidermis enjoy all the heat? The
Chronicle’s 15th annual Hot Sauce Festival promises more than just spice and sweat. Tunes provide the beat to which you eat. River City favorites the
Gourds (3:30-5pm) headline with their twisted roots holler, preceded by Ernie Durawa’s rhythm troupe
Los Jazz Vatos (1:30-3pm), the contemporary bluegrass of
South Austin Jug Band (noon-1pm), and, fresh from rock camp, the
Loose Cannons (11-11:30am). Not only is it absolutely free, it’s also a Capital Area Food Band rally. So bring some canned goods, lube up with sunscreen, and load the kids in the car. And you might want to skimp on breakfast. 11am-5pm.
DARCIE STEVENS
08/27/05 @ Threadgill's World HQ
The BoDeans
“Runaway” rock, acoustic Friday, full band Saturday.
07/07/05 @ Continental Club
Split Lip Rayfield
Twin psychograss blowouts.
12/27/03 @ Saxon PubThe South Austin Jug Band is one of the hardest-working local outfits around. By gigging several nights a week all over Texas, they’ve coalesced into a nearly peerless ensemble. With chops to spare, SAJB jams, yet keeps the noodle factor to a minimum, and by covering Bob Wills and Walter Hyatt, they stay true to their roots. Omar & the Howlers, with more than 20 years of rough and tumble Texas blues under their belts, are gearing up for the February release of a new batch of rockin’ mojo titled
Boogie Man.
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08/14/03 @ Threadgill's World HQLast year around this time, Austin music fans were just beginning to find out how good the South Austin Jug Band really was. They had just won the bluegrass competition at the Telluride (Colo.) Bluegrass Festival and their atypical mix of Texas standards (and should-be standards) and acoustic jams were really starting to crystallize. Then they lost their ace fiddle player, Warren Hood, son of Champ, but, as luck would have it, they managed to find Dennis Ludiker, who’s even better. Now they’re set to release their first proper studio album, and it does a great job of showing off their talent for incorporating the traditional with some out-there originals, as well as their outstanding musicianship and inspired interplay. Their last appearance under the tent at Threadgill’s was SRO, and this one promises to be even more special, so you should probably get there early.
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