I went out on to So. Congress to play for all the Hot Rod people who have rumbled in to Austin this weekend. Made $18 in an hour or so! Above is a picture of my view of the street from where I was playing (in front of Ten Thousand Villiages) when a firetruck pulled up behind the yellow hot rod.
Below is the smoke cloud left by a burnout to my right, down past the Continental Club.
Here’s another pic of Mo (on the right), this time with Grass. They played Ruta Maya a couple months ago and I snapped these pics. Click on the pic above to see more at flickr.
Here’s Mo (in his J shirt), warming up before the fantastic concert lastnight. The 250 seat hall was packed with people standing in the back!
I saw Sub Oslo, a dub band from Denton, lastnight. They’re great. It was sold to me as their last show, but I found out half-way through that they are just losing their bass player, and they are going to find a way to go on.
I, and a few other wonderful singer/songwriters, have the privilege of performing our songs, tomorrow, Sunday evening, with the Hill Country Strings. Come out to the lovely Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for an hour-long concert starting with songwriters (Tony Scalzo of Fastball, Robert Harrison formerly of Cotton Mather, Karla Manzur of Deep Edward, Mo Pair of Grass), followed by a few exotic classical pieces played by the quartet. Come out early to stroll the beautiful wildflower garden and grounds. The website says that “late March through early May is usually the showiest time of the year for Texas wildflowers,” so it should be spectacular.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: http://www.wildflower.org/
Plants in bloom: http://www.wildflower.org/?nd=bloom.
Map and directions: http://www.wildflower.org/?nd=directions
