FRI 9 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Elephant Room

FRI 9 Switchblade Symphony, Sunshine Blind, Seraphim Gothique, Back Room

FRI 9 Larry Carlton, Ron Brown, Liberty Lunch

FRI 9 Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets featuring Sam Myers, Antone’s

FRI 9 Billygoat, Flamingo Cantina

FRI 9 Big Drag, Hole in the Wall

FRI 9 6240, Blue Flamingo

SAT 10 Dead Reckoners, Antone’s

SAT 10 Banana Blender Surprise, Liberty Lunch

SAT 10 Physical Graffiti, Back Room

SAT 10 Stanley, Blue Flamingo

SAT 10 Kelly Thibodeaux & Etoufee, Tropical Isle

SAT 10 The Sons of Hercules, Waterloo Brewing Co.

SUN 11 Silver Apples, Frontier, Emo’s

MON 12 Tomorrow People, Rubber Bullet, Emo’s

TUE 13 N.I.L.8., M.I.R.V., Emo’s

TUE 13 Dread Zeppelin, Liberty Lunch

WED 14 Social Distortion, Red Five, Liberty Lunch

THU 15 ZZ Top, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Erwin Center

THU 15 The Grifters, Scud Mt. Boys, Electric Lounge

THU 15 Half Japanese, Emo’s

FRI 16 Baboon, Electric Lounge

FRI 16 Jesse Dayton, Stubb’s

FRI 16 Johnny Reno & the Lounge Kings, Speakeasy

FRI 16 The Skeletons, Continental Club

FRI 16 The Dwarves, F.Y.P., Damnation, The Boozers, Emo’s

SAT 17 Johnny Reno & the Lounge Kings, Speakeasy

SAT 17 String Cheese Incident, Stubb’s

SAT 17 Flat Duo Jets, Emo’s

TUE 20 Five-Eight, Electric Lounge

TUE 20 Quincy Punx, Flamingo Cantina

FRI 23 Warrant, Back Room

FRI 23 Dirty Dozen, Antone’s

FRI 23 Trulio Disgracias, Thelonious Monster, John Frusciante, JOI, Weapon of Choice, Super 8, Skeletones, Street Walkin’ Cheetahs, Liberty Lunch

FRI 23, SAT 24 Ezra Charles & the Works, Top of the Marc

SUN 25 Sleater-Kinney, Electric Lounge

WED 28 Luther Allison, Antone’s

WED 28 Orbit, Stubb’s

WED 28 Keith Sweat, Austin Music Hall

THU 29 Guitars & Saxes, Paramount Theatre

FRI 30 Pavement, Royal Trux, Bis, Liberty Lunch

SAT 31 Offspring, L7, A.F.I., Austin Music Hall

SAT 31 Brave Combo, Liberty Lunch

JUNE

THU 5 Charlie Hunter Quartet, Antone’s

SAT 7 Dogstar, Liberty Lunch

SAT 7 Snooks Eaglin, George Porter, Earl King, Antone’s

FRI 13 Rollins Band, Liberty Lunch

FRI 13, SAT 14 Neville Brothers, Backyard

SAT 14 Chris Whitley, Antone’s

TUE 17 Collective Soul, Liberty Lunch

WED 18 The Lemonheads, Liberty Lunch

FRI 20 Yo La Tengo, Liberty Lunch

SAT 21 Spyro Gyra, Backyard

SAT 21 Tina & The B-Side Movement, Liberty Lunch

THU 26 Barry Manilow, Erwin Center

FRI 27 Guided by Voices, Liberty Lunch

This article appears in May 9 • 1997 and May 9 • 1997 (Cover).

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