APRIL
FRI 4 Rat Dog, Susan James, Backyard
FRI 4 Thinkin’ Fellers Union Local 242, Critters Buggin’, Stinking Lizaveta, Electric Lounge
FRI 4 Christian McBride, Bates Recital Hall
FRI 4 Radish, Liberty Lunch
FRI 4 U.S. Bombs, Emo’s
FRI 4 & SAT 5 Old Settlers Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival, Round Rock
SAT 5 Morris Day & the Time,
Liberty Lunch
SAT 5 Blackula, Emo’s
SAT 5 Dropouts, Hole in the Wall
SAT 5 Mazinga Phazer, Electric Lounge
SAT 5 Harry Pussy, Blue Flamingo
SUN 6 Blonde Redhead, Emo’s
SUN 6 Red Elvises,
Continental Club
SUN 6 Slash’s Blues Ball, Back Room
TUE 8 Railroad Jerk, Speedball Baby, Emo’s
WED 9 Richmond Fontaine, Club DeVille
THU 10 The Jungle Brothers, M.O.P., Hyenas of the Desert, Electric Lounge
THU 10 Strunz & Farah, Backyard
THU 10 The Roots,
Texas Union Ballroom
THU 10 Pablo Moses and Meditations, Liberty Lunch
FRI 11 Barenaked Ladies, The Odds, Backyard
FRI 11 Onyas, Emo’s
FRI 11 De La Soul, Liberty Lunch
FRI 11 Black Family,
Hole in the Wall
SAT 12 Widespread Panic, Backyard
SAT 12 Kronos Quartet, Bass Concert Hall
SAT 12 Scud Mountain Boys, Electric Lounge
SAT 12 Hank Thompson, Broken Spoke
SUN 13 Los Lobos, Backyard
SUN 13 ESPN Xtreme Games, Auditorium Shores
SUN 13 Gillian Weir, Bates Recital Hall
SUN 13 Hermann Prey, Bates Recital Hall
MON 14 Ditch Witch, Electric Lounge
WED 16 Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Pie Tasters, Swingin’ Utters, Liberty Lunch
THU 17 Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, Pie Tasters, Swingin’ Utters, Liberty Lunch
FRI 18 Tarika, Cactus Cafe
FRI 18 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Antone’s
FRI 18 Ben Folds Five, Kolmenda, Liberty Lunch
SAT 19 The Bobs, Cactus Cafe
SAT 19 Peter Jeffries, Electric Lounge
SAT 19 Unsane, Emo’s
SUN 20 Zap Mama, Bass Concert Hall
WED 23 The Orb, Austin Music Hall
THU 24 Bill Morrissey, Cactus Cafe
THU 24 Lee Roy Parnell, Hang ’em High Saloon
FRI 25 Maceo Parker, Antone’s
FRI 25 Pachinko, Emo’s
FRI 25 Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Bakcyard
FRI 25 Lisa Germano, Melissa Ferrick, Electric Lounge
SAT 26 Little Feat, Backyard
SAT 26 Jennyanykind, Electric Lounge
SAT 26 Johnny Clyde Copeland, Holmes Brothers, Antone’s
TUE 29 Boz Scaggs, Backyard
WED 30 Metallica, Corrosion of Conformity, Erwin Center
WED 30 Battlefield Band, Cactus Cafe
MAY
MON 5 Jimmy Rogers Blues Band, Antone’s
THU 8 GWAR, Liberty Lunch
This article appears in April 4 • 1997 and April 4 • 1997 (Cover).