MAY
FRI 22 Medeski Martin & Wood, Stubb’s
FRI 22 Liquid, Liberty Lunch
FRI 22 The Get-Up Kids, Braid, Three Years Down, The Hookers, Emo’s
FRI 22, SAT 23 Rising Lion, Flamingo Cantina
SAT 23 Wallflowers, Semisonic, Tonic, Fat, Whiskeytown, Naked, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Jolene, Muscadine, Austin Music Hall
SAT 23 Clutch, Liberty Lunch
SAT 23 The Platters, Top of the Marc
SUN 24 Jonathon Butler, Kirk Whalum, Backyard
SUN 24 Sugar Shack, Dead Moon, Emo’s
MON 25 Everclear, Marcy Playground, Austin Music Hall
THU 28 Marshall Tucker Band, Dessau Music Hall
THU 28 The Delphines, Antone’s
THU 28 Kris McKay, La Zona Rosa
THU 28 Ultra Bide, Emo’s
THU 28 Andy Milne, Elephant Room
FRI 29 Big Sandy & Fly-Rite Boys, Continental Club
FRI 29 Sports Guitar, Emo’s
SAT 30 Gipsy Kings, Backyard
SAT 30 Lara y Reyes, Elephant Room
SAT 30 The Lazy Cowgirls, The Mullens, Slick, Emo’s
SAT 30 Jeff Healey Band, La Zona Rosa
SUN 31 Buddy Blue Band, East First Garden Theater
JUNE
WED 3 Los Straitjackets, Continental Club
WED 3 Whistle Binkies, Cactus Cafe
WED 3 Vonda Shepard, La Zona Rosa
THU 4 The Jesus Lizard, Stubb’s
THU 4 Keiko Matsui, La Zona Rosa
THU 4 CPR, Farmdogs, Backyard
FRI 5 Manhattan Transfer, Backyard
FRI 5 Trout Fishing in America, Cactus Cafe
FRI 5 Huffamoose, Liberty Lunch
SAT 6 Spyro Gyra, La Zona Rosa
SAT 6 Denise Franke, Cactus Cafe
SAT 6 Chadd Thomas & the Crazy Kings, Black Cat Lounge
SAT 6 The Cameros, Continental Club
SAT 6 Danny and the Juniors, Top of the Marc
SAT 6 Ray Price, Backyard
FRI 12 Nick Lowe, La Zona Rosa
FRI 12 Sarge, Emo’s
FRI 12 Old 97s, Liberty Lunch
SAT 13 Acoustic Alchemy, La Zona Rosa
SAT 13 Swamp Dogg, Continental Club
SAT 13 Barnyard Ballers, Black Cat Lounge
SAT 13 Rocket from the Crypt, Liberty Lunch
WED 17 Mike Ireland & the Hollar, Continental Club
THU 18 Eliza Gilkyson, Cactus Cafe
THU 18 Steve Lacy, Continental Club
THU 18 Cornershop, Los Amigos Invisibles, Liberty Lunch
FRI 19 Royal Crown Revue, La Zona Rosa
SAT 20 Gravity Kills, Liberty Lunch
SAT 20 Unsteady, Black Cat Lounge
SAT 20 The Coasters, Top of the Marc
SUN 21 The Hollisters, Backyard
WED 24 Carrie Newcomer, Cactus Cafe
THU 25 Tom Russell, Cactus Cafe
SAT 27 Geno Delafose, Continental Club
SAT 27 Newcomer, Cactus Cafe
JULY
WED 1, THU 2 Leon Russell, Antone’s
SAT 11 The Tokens, Top of the Marc
SAT 18 Kitaro, Backyard
TUE 21 Jethro Tull, The Backyard
SAT 25 Phish, Southpark Meadows
FRI 31 Lilith Fair, Southpark Meadows
AUGUST
SAT 1 Yes, Alan Parsons Project, Backyard
This article appears in May 22 • 1998 and May 22 • 1998 (Cover).