Wednesday was a hit / Thursday - Look out people!

Howdy,
Wednesday: Giddy Ups in Manchaca, TX.  Country.  As in you are in the country.  Gracious hosts, cheap beer, decent crowd.  Miss Leslie played first and we were joined by Robert Ellis who plays music in and around Houston.  Great set of music and Leslie can really sing the hell out of a song.  There are few performers who seem to really set it all out there and bare their souls every time they sing and Leslie is one of them.  She is so technically good as a singer and fiddler and it is a joy to play with her.


Mike Stinson was up next.  We played ok but I think the venue and the crowd sort of threw off the set list.  Don't get me wrong - we played a good choice of tunes but the order was a little off.  For the last 2 songs I would have done "Set Up Another Drink" (country shuffle) THEN "Take Out The Trash" (a rocker).  We did it the other way 'round and it was o.k. but not face-numbing like it should be.  At any rate the crowd, albeit small, really enjoyed both sets.  Plus my parents and sister made it out so it was nice to see them.  I wish there was something more excited to mention but like I said it was in the country south of Austin and far removed from the wandering freak show that is SXSW Downtown.


Thursday:  Well we did it - we added another show at the last minute.  It makes sense really if you think about it.  Today is St. Patrick's Day so there are bound to be drunks at every watering hole in town therefore... why not play a Mike Stinson happy hours set at Ginny's?  Alvin Crow is to follow us but I need/want to get down to Trophy's when we finish.  


Tonight should be the killer set of the whole deal.  Two Hoots and A Holler is playing at 11:30 right before the LeRoi Brothers which should be amazing on many levels.  Rick is the actual host of the event so I am excited for him and excited to burn down that shithole that is Trophy's.  This is one of those clubs that when you go to bathroom you don't even touch yourself.  It's not as bad as that foulest of foul dumpsters from the other night but it is on my list of shitholes.  (Another notable shithole was the boys bathroom next to the bandroom when I taught music at Westside High School but that's another bog.)


Anyway if Tuesday's show was any indication of how Two Hoots can "brang it" then tonight will melt faces and make people dance their shoes off.  After tonight the rest of the weekend is a rollercoaster ride of music and gigs and facing "the pressure of time".  Tonight's the night.