JANUARY
FRI 23 John Gorka, Cactus Cafe
FRI 23 Slave State, Bates Motel
FRI 23 Derek Trucks Band, Mercury Lounge
FRI 23 Suspects, Emo’s
FRI 23 Red Steagall, LBJ Library Theatre (UT)
FRI 23 Hot Club of Cowtown, Continental Club
FRI 23 Susie Ibarra, Assif Tsahar, 33 Degrees
SAT 24 Joe McPhee, Arthur Doyle, 33 Degrees
SAT 24 6 String Drag, Liberty Lunch
SAT 24 Cowboys & Indians, Continental Club
SAT 24 Galactic, Stubb’s
SUN 25 Less Than Jake, Liberty Lunch
SUN 25 Geno Delafose, Continental Club
TUE 27 Polvo, Spatula, Electric Lounge
WED 28 Lucy Kaplansky, Cactus Cafe
THU 29 Arlo Guthrie, La Zona Rosa
THU 29 Entombed, Bloodlet, Hate Breed, Emo’s
THU 29 Ken Navarro, Ringside @ Sullivan’s
THU 29 Vanilla Ice, Bob Popular
THU 29 Stuck Mojo, Electric Lounge
FRI 30 Sweet Diesel, Man Will Surrender, Six Going on Seven, Emo’s
FRI 30, SAT 31 Rebirth Brass Band, Stubb’s
SAT 31 Paul Burlison, Continental Club
SAT 31 Silver Apples, Electric Lounge
SAT 31 Course of Empire, Liberty Lunch
FEBRUARY
SUN 1 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, La Zona Rosa
MON 2 Cornershop, Electric Lounge
MON 2 Los Skarnales, Black Cat
MON 2, TUE 3 Jazz Mandolin Project, Stubb’s
TUE 3 C-TEC, Atomic Cafe
WED 4 Lord of the Dance, Frank Erwin Center
WED 4, THU 5 Macumba, Cactus Cafe
THU 5 Pat Dininzio, Clarissa, Electric Lounge
THU 5 Frantic Flattops, Continental Club
FRI 6 Front Range, Cactus Cafe
FRI 6 Nashville Pussy, Gaunt, Electric Lounge
FRI 6, SAT 7 Big Ass Truck, Mercury Lounge
FRI 6, SAT 7 Bobby Blue Bland, Antone’s
SAT 7 Pat Metheny, Austin Music Hall
SAT 7 Clandestine, Cactus Cafe
SUN 8 ? & the Mysterians, Electric Lounge
TUE 10 Southern Culture on the Skids, Liberty Lunch
WED 11 William Topley, Continental Club
WED 11 Hepcats, Liberty Lunch
WED 11 Kelly Jo Phelps, Peter Mulvey, Cactus Cafe
THU 12 Spies Like Us, The Adjustments, Decepticonz, Voodoo Lounge
THU 12 Christine Lavin, Cactus Cafe
THU 12 Marcy Playground, La Zona Rosa
FRI 13 Crystal Method, La Zona Rosa
FRI 13 Unsane, Emo’s
WED 18 Sister Hazel, Freddy Jones Band, La Zona Rosa
THU 19 LeAnn Rimes, Bryan White, Frank Erwin Center
FRI 20 Johnny Lang, La Zona Rosa
FRI 20, SAT 21 The Mighty Zor, Antone’s
SAT 21 Slow Gherkin, Ska Walkers, Skate or Die, Money Penny, Voodoo Lounge
THU 26 Andy Summers, Cactus Cafe
SAT 28 Crash Worship, Voodoo Lounge
SAT 28 NOFX, Liberty Lunch
This article appears in January 23 • 1998 and January 23 • 1998 (Cover).