Texas Union Ballroom, Sunday 8
In case you hadn’t heard, KUT is thinking of replacing its regular
midnight-5am weeknight programming with BBC news feeds, which are about as
exciting as watching ear hair grow. So pony up your $13 to see Jimmie Dale
Gilmore, Shawn Colvin, Robert Earl Keen, The Austin Lounge Lizards, and Ed
Miller demonstrate why Austin is synonymous with singer-songwriters. Should be
a great one!
FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS
Backyard, Friday 6
Nothing wrong with either of Kim Wilson’s last two solo releases on Antone’s
records, yet the T-Birds new release, Roll of the Dice, sounds like
Austin’s heppest harpcat is happier than a pig in shit in the group’s latest
incarnation. Hard to say, who’ll be manning the axes at this gig, which
celebrates KXAN’s 30th anniversary and benefits Youth Options of Austin, but
you can be sure that the blues will cut lean and mean Friday night.
BUFFALO TOM, JENNIFER TRYNIN
Liberty Lunch, Friday 6
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Such has been Buffalo Tom’s fate the
last couple of times through town when they’ve opened for lesser talents. Still
working their rockin’ Sleepy Eyed, this rootsy trio of Uncle Tupelites,
should provide a good lesson in the union of rock and roll and great
songwriting. Jennifer Trynin supports in a Crow/Osborne manner, and the
In-Breds open.
OLD SETTLER’S BLUEGRASS & ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
Old Settler’s Park, Round Rock, Friday 6 & Saturday 7
Only 10 miles North of Austin on Hwy79 E, Old Settler’s Park is hosting its
annual bluegrass blowout with two days worth of talent to make your toes curl.
Starting at 6pm on Friday look for: The Austin Lounge Lizards, Erik Hokkanen,
The Blazing Bows, and Interstate Bluegrass Co. Saturday at 1pm, you’ll find the
David Grisman Quintet, Jerry Douglas, and Paul Glasse among many others.
Whoo-wee, pass the likker jar.
ODETTA
Waterloo Ice House 38th, Saturday 7
First, the nouns: Singer, songwriter, actress, teacher. Second, the genres:
folk, traditional, Broadway, ballads, classical, blues. Third, the details:
Odetta, 65, has captivated audiences and influenced perfomers for so long she’s
often overlooked; Here’s the chance to hear a living legend.
– Margaret Moser
DIRTY DOZEN
Antone’s, Saturday 7
Formerly the artists known as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, these N’awlins blues
‘n’ jazzbos always set Antone’s alight with their ragtime, R&B brass
bawlin’, which was last seen entertaining Black Crowes’ fans at the City
Coliseum. No opener, just the boyz.
WAYNE HANCOCK
Continental Club, Saturday 7
Already the whispers have begun (mostly by me, really) that Wayne “The Train”
Hancock’s new Dejadisc Thunderstorms and Neon Signs is the Austin
release of 1995. In case you missed all those Emo’s Monday nights and haven’t
caught one of Hancock’s weekly Jovita’s dance riots, this nasally honky-tonker
joins Don Walser, and Junior Brown as one of Austin’s unique treasures destined
for greatness. Hank Wiliams would’ve been proud o’ The Train.
JENNYANYKIND FREE-FOR-ALL
Hole in the Wall, Sunday 8
North Carolina invades (next week Superchunk) when Jennyanykind lather up the
Sunday Free-for-All crowd with their everything-but-the-kitchen sink blues of
the afflicted. Meat Puppets meet the Allman Brothers, we’ll call ’em, but
they’ll still leave you scratching your head. Besides Paul Minor’s Superego
houseband, look for Euripides Pants, Sister Run Naked, and Veronica Pope. Still
no better place in town to spend your Sundays.
JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE
Steamboat, Monday 9
A Stones town to be sure, Austin, but don’t nobody tell that to Steamboat’s
patron saint and GM, Danny Crooks, who simply says “rock and roll wouldn’t
exist without John Lennon.” Not the first time we’ve heard that, nor is
this the first year for this annual event, which features host and resident
Beatlehead Stephen Doster ushering on Steamboat stalwarts like Will Sexton,
Johnny Goudie, Richard Weiss, Bob Schneider, Vallejo, and Kris McKay as they
pay tribute to the Walrus.
VELVET HAMMER
White Rabbit, Wednesday 11
If women are indeed a musical minority then the gals in Velvet Hammer are
alone in the toolbox, as no other local band mixes Led Zeppelin III acoustic and electric diminuendo and crescendo with Celtic flute melodies, and
space-agey keys. Lynda Millard and Ginger Doss used to be Dos Millard, and
later Avalon, but they’ve finally settled on the Hammer moniker and the White
Rabbit.
PAW, GRITHER, SKILLET
Emo’s, Thursday 12
Though they hail from Lawrence, Kansas, Paw have Texas sensibilities. No, it’s
not just the song “Texas” on their new rawhide rocker Death to Traitors.
It’s their shit-kicking, mean-ass rock & roll, which smiles twisted blues
through a mouthful of blackened teeth as if from some backwoods crazies
straight outta Deliverance. Their last pass through Emo’s found them
playing to an empty, frozen tundra. Let’s see that doesn’t happen again.
ALSO PLAYING
Friday: Los Straitjackets, Continental Club
Saturday: Gomez, The Chumps, Motards, Satans, Tallboy, Hurtbox, Emo’s;
Tailgators, Poodle Dog Lounge
Sunday: Tuscadero, Truly, Electric Lounge
Monday: Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Artz Rib House
Tuesday: Julie Burrell, Ego’s
Wednesday: Magneto USA, Hole in the Wall
Thursday: Pocket FishRmen, Flamingo Cantina
This article appears in October 6 • 1995 and October 6 • 1995 (Cover).