MAY

FRI 16 Baboon, Electric Lounge

FRI 16 Jesse Dayton, Stubb’s

FRI 16 The Skeletons,
Continental Club

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

FRI 16, SAT 17Johnny Reno & the Lounge Kings, Speakeasy

FRI 16, SAT 17Gregory Boyd,
Jazz on Sixth Street

SAT 17 String Cheese Incident, Stubb’s

SAT 17 Flat Duo Jets, Horseshit Gunfire, Vaz, Emo’s

SAT 17 Sevendust, Voodoo Lounge

MON 19 Total Chaos, Emo’s

TUE 20 Five-Eight, Electric Lounge

TUE 20 Quincy Punx, Flamingo Cantina

WED 21 Eric Hamilton Band, Mercury Lounge

WED 21 22 Jacks, Emo’s

WED 21 Cherub Scourge, Hole in the Wall

THU 22 Herb Ellis, Top of the Marc

THU 22 Towel, Flamingo Cantina

THU 22 Rob Lockhart, Elephant Room

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 Poor Dumb Bastards, Knomes of Zurik, Emo’s

FRI 23 Hamell on Trial,
Electric Lounge

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

SAT 24 Lincoln, Electric Lounge

SAT 24 The Suspects, Middle Finger, Static, Emo’s

SUN 25 Sleater-Kinney, Electric Lounge

SUN 25 Over the Rhine, Pilot Ship, Emo’s

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

TUE 10 Lucy Kaplanski, Cactus Cafe

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

THU 19 Peter Tork, Cactus Cafe

FRI 20 Yo La Tengo, Liberty Lunch

FRI 20 Steeleye Span, Cactus Cafe

SAT 21 Spyro Gyra, Backyard

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

THU 26 Barry Manilow, Erwin Center

THU 26, FRI 27 Indigo Girls, Backyard

FRI 27 Guided by Voices, Liberty Lunch

This article appears in May 16 • 1997 and May 16 • 1997 (Cover).

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