Music: Soulhat - Live At The Black Cat
For all you Austinites and those lucky enough to have spent time in the heaven that is central Texas in the early 90's, Dualtone is releasing a live record from the seminal band, Soulhat that was recorded over two nights in August of '91 at Austin's now defunct Black Cat Lounge. Here's the story from Dualtone:
Soulhat’s Live at the Black Cat is more than just a delightful and revelatory retrospective look at a then young band coming into its own. It’s also a musical journey back to another time and place. Soulhat had been formed a year before by guitarist/singer Kevin McKinney, guitarist Bill Cassis and bassist Brian Walsh, who had been college friends at Southwestern University in Georgetown just north of Austin. They added drummer Ian Bailey, and by the time of these recordings had been joined on percussion by Barry “Frosty” Smith, something of a rock drumming legend from his work with Lee Michaels, Sly & The Family Stone, Steve Miller, Rare Earth and Parliament-Funkadelic. One can’t underestimate the effect of the locale on this music. The Black Cat was a ramshackle, no frills dive music bar with minimal to no cover charge, cheap beer and free hot dogs where the bands were required to play for the better part of four hours by its proprietor, the eccentric Paul Sessums, who Cassis now recalls as something of a savant when it came to presenting live musical entertainment. After playing the club for the better part of the previous year, Soulhat was packing the joint with a mixture of college students, neo-hippies, bikers and music fans of all stripes (including then future Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong). Sixth Street wasn’t yet the bustling nightlife district it became, and even among the handful of music clubs there at the time, The Black Cat was notable for its utterly unpretentious good time vibe. That same feeling can be heard in the music. To wit, Soulhat’s music was then and still remains unclassifiable, fashioned from a broad mix of various styles of rock with splashes of blues, soul and funk as well as touches of everything from reggae to country — like the best rock’n’roll, inclusive and free of musical boundaries. — Rob Patterson
Album hits the streets December 8. For more info on Soulhat log on to http://www.soulhat.net/ or http://www.myspace.com/soulhat
Although it's not on this album, here's my favorite.
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Music: Pickin’ For The Record
Sunday, August 23 in Luckenbach, Texas.
They're goin' for the Guinness World Record for the most guitars assembled at one time to play a song to benefit the Welcome Home Project in their support for our Injured Veterans! Just head on down to Luckenbach on Sunday and they'll sign ya up. They have over 1,600 pickers signed up and need 1,803 to break the record.
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Music: SMSB At Antone’s
We're back in the saddle after a weekend of good food and great music over in Austin. We got into town on Thursday and were lucky enough to catch the Arc Angels warmin' up for their tour at The Continental Club. We spent Friday eatin' crawdads & po'boys over at the Shoal Creek Saloon and then beat feet on over to Antone's to catch an amazin' set by South Memphis String Band. Thanks for the hospitality, Luther! And just when we thought it couldn't get any better, we stumbled onto Jimmie Vaughan playin' in the great little gallery space above The Continental Club on Saturday night. A big southern thank ya to Stephen.
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Music/Film: Antone’s - Home Of The Blues
This is the trailer for the documentary on Antone's down in Austin, Texas. And here's a little background.
Clifford Antone (October 27, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas–May 23, 2006 in Austin, Texas) was the founder of a well-known Austin blues club, record label, and a mentor to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan and numerous other musicians.
Antone moved to Austin in 1968 and attended The University of Texas at Austin. An arrest for marijuana led to his dropping out of school. Nurturing a passion for Chicago blues, Antone started a blues club at age 25. The namesake club, Antone's, became one of the first music venues on Austin's 6th Street, helped lead to Austin's reputation as a music city, and fostered the careers of a number of musicians. Fats Domino, John Lee Hooker, Delbert McClinton, Pinetop Perkins, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins, Jimmy Reed, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and B.B. King and many other legends performed at Antone's in its more than 30-year history. Along with keeping all of the existing bluesmen in business, Antone began the career of Stevie Ray Vaughan. At the time Stevie was only known as Jimmie's little brother but his dream had always been to play with Albert King. Clifford asked Albert if it would be ok for Stevie to sit in with him one night and (after much persuasion), it was agreed. Stevie sat in with Albert and gave an amazing performance that astounded King. Thus Stevie Ray Vaughan became increasingly well known and went on to bring the blues back into the mainstream.
In 1987, Antone founded a recording label, Antone's Records and Tapes. Antone served time in federal prisons for drug charges in the early 1980s and in 2000. On hearing of Antone's passing, Austin Mayor Will Wynn was quoted as saying, "One of the primary reasons Austin is known as the Live Music Capital of the World is because of Clifford Antone."
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Antone's - Home of the Blues Documentary
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