The most valuable 20 minutes you can spend in Austin traffic is pointing your car south and driving down to Sam’s Town Point. If you’re sniffing for Real Austin Shit™, you’ll delight in the timeless decor and commingling of unpretentious working-class types, hipper-than-hell country dancers, and head-in-the-clouds (of weed smoke) country artists. The narrative folky-tonk of Cactus Lee and instrumentally impressive swamp-soul of JD3 highlight Thursday before Friday’s proceedings unite funk showstoppers Shinyribs, country-punk dust-kickers Rattlesnake Milk, and honky-tonk aces Armadillo Road to mirror bizarre Oklahoma gathering Twister Fest. Saturday’s blowout includes Athens, Ga., country-rockers Pink Stones, Hurray for the Riff Raff expatriate Sam Doores, and STP owner/mascot Ramsay Midwood.
Thu., March 17