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THE CONTINENTAL CLUB: Dianne's Dish • Continental Service Club • Sound Bites • The Club's Coming Shows • Birthdays And Memorials • Notable Obituaries
THE CONTINENTAL CLUB GALLERY: Dianne's Gallery Dish • Art • Literati • Music • The Gallery's Coming Shows
"This is simply one of the greatest clubs in the country.
With its rich tradition and great reputation for always having good music,
the Continental Club seems to be a hot spot for anyone who really likes
music. And if you go, you just may find yourself sitting next to Julia Roberts
or Johnny Depp. You never know at the CC. And that's why bigger acts always make a stop here on tour. As far as
musicians are concerned, there's no better place to play...or go."
~CitySearch.com
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Hello everyone!
• The Margaret Moser Birthday Bash was an unqualified success! William Harries Graham did a terrific job of coordinating the whole thing, and Steve Chaney stepped in as stage manager. Thank you to the many musicians who lent their time & talent to this amazing show! There are a lot of photos on our Facebook photo page from Sunday night. And then...Margaret & E.A. Srere came out for Happy Hour on Monday to catch Peterson Brothers Band. Later that night, Margaret and her beau, Steve Chaney, came back for Mystic Knights of The Sea and Rosie Flores! Yes, there are photos of that too. What fun we had!
• Regina McCrary, of The McCrary Sisters, sat in with the Peterson Brothers Band at Happy Hour this week and blew us all away on "I'll Take You There." She & her sisters are based in Nashville, and will be in Austin for both weekends of ACL Festival. They perform in the Gospel, Funk, R&B genres. Regina gave me a copy of their latest CD, All the Way, and they've got a cool groove thang
.• Heybale got some sweet love from Grammy-Nominated Bluegrass Queen, Rhonda Vincent! Rhonda has an unprecedented 7-consecutive wins - Female Vocalist of the Year! 5-Time Grammy Nominee - Most Awarded Group in Bluegrass Music with over 80 Awards. "What a thrilling evening of music watching some of whom we consider the best musicians in the world! Redd Volkhart is one of the most amazing guitarist you will ever hear, and Johnny Cox one of the greatest steel guitarist you will find. The entire band and I are so thankful we were able to stop in Austin, TX tonight and hear this incredible music! Be sure to visit The Continental Club every Sunday night at 10pm. Who loves REAL COUNTRY MUSIC, Texas style?" And if that wasn't enough, Johnny Cox's friend Carolyn Martin was there as well. Both she & Rhonda joined the band for a few tunes. Carolyn's rendition of "Sweet Dreams" about rattled the windows! That gal has got a big, beautiful voice on her!
• Alejandro Escovedo is hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday, May 28 that will benefit Nick Curran's mother. During Nick's illness and subsequent passing, his mother took responsibility for some of Nick's bills and living expenses that weren't covered any other way. Alejandro was aware of that & had never forgotten his desire to help Nick out. His touring schedule had made it impossible to play the benefits at the time, so he has choosen to do it now. Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys (@10pm) and The Rosie & Ruby Review w/ Rosie Flores & Ruby James (@ midnight) will play. The suggested donation is $15. Nick Curran merchandise will be available! If you can not make it to the benefit, you may make a PayPal donation to nickykay77@yahoo.com.
• Earl Poole Ball says "I have just put to bed my latest and possibly last CD project. This has taken a little over 18 months of working when I could and others were available for both musicians, engineers and studios. I have worked with some old friends and also some new people I may never have met had this project not brought them in. I thank all of you. By mid June or earlier you will be able to order this from Amazon or I-Tunes and other such sites. If you would like to reserve your advance autographed copy you can go now to www.earlpooleball.com and make sure that you get one as soon as possible. I have funded this entire project myself. Your purchase of advance copies will certainly be appreciated and help with the pressing costs at this point. If you care to book me and a band for a special party or occasion you may do it thru this site also. Most of the fee will go towards this special fund for finishing up the CD. Thank you all for your support and patience."
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What are they saying at the Austin American-Statesman?
By Pete Mongillo | Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 03:34 PM
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison were nominated for an Americana Music Award in the Duo/Group of the Year category Tuesday in Los Angeles. They are up against Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell and Shovels and Rope.
See the full list of nominees below. The awards take place Sept. 18 and will be broadcast on AXS TV.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Buddy & Jim, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Cheater’s Game, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
From The Ground Up, John Fullbright
O’ Be Joyful, Shovels & Rope
Old Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell
SONG OF THE YEAR
Birmingham - Shovels & Rope
Good Things Happen to Bad People - Richard Thompson
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
North Side Gal - JD McPhersonARTIST OF THE YEAR
Buddy Miller
Dwight Yoakam
Emmylou Harris
Richard Thompson
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
JD McPherson
John Fullbright
Milk Carton Kids
Shovels & Rope
DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison
Shovels & Rope
INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
Doug Lancio
Larry Campbell
Greg Leisz
Jay Bellerose
Mike Bub***
What's going on at the Austin Chronicle?
Let's take a look at the results of March's Austin Music Awards, shall we? How many times are the Whiskey Sisters or a member of the duo's band mentioned?
First, they were named Best New Band. Then, "All I Can Do," from their self-titled 2013 debut, came in at No. 3 in the Song of the Year category. They're No. 2 Best Country/Bluegrass Band; No. 2 Best Rock Band; and No. 3 Best Roots Rock Band. They split in Best Female Vocals with Teal Collins at No. 2 and Barbara Nesbitt slotting in at No. 4, as well as No. 3 Best Songwriter. Bass player Lonnie Trevino Jr. squeaked in at No. 9 in his category.
That's quite the showing for an act that barely existed when last year's AMAs were handed out. Must have been some serious ballot box stuffing.
"We had sex with the panel," quips Nesbitt.
Collins laughs. "We obviously have lots of fans here in Austin," she nods. "Barbara and I have been paying our dues for a long time on separate projects, so we tapped everybody. We weren't really persistent, but people did it. Still, it's a little puzzling to me, too."
"We put our heart and soul and a lot of energy into this band," adds Nesbitt. "Both on the stage and behind the scenes. Maybe people are picking up on that and appreciating it. I can't guess what's in anyone else's mind. I'm just grateful."
As Best New Band, these Sisters bring a lot of experience to the party.
With her husband, guitarist Josh Zee – and at the suggestion of Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson – Collins moved their band the Mother Truckers here from Northern California in 2005. The quartet released three stomping country-rock LPs before the couple decided to take a hiatus from the band two years ago. No personal problems – they remain happily married. It was simply a case of "let's see what else we can do." He hooked up with friends from Stonehoney and Deadman and formed the more blues- and soul-influenced South Austin Moonlighters.
Early in 2012, Collins, the daughter of famed radio disc jockey Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins (briefly NBC's Tonight Show host in 1957), sought something of her own when fellow California transplant Nick Randolph of Stonehoney suggested she try singing with Nesbitt.
Out of San Diego, Nesbitt had some success as a singer-songwriter while also being a member of Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe. Flannery, once popular infielder for baseball's San Diego Padres and current third base coach for the San Francisco Giants, only works in the off-season, which allowed Nesbitt some freedom. She chose Austin in 2010.
"Tim plays a lot of great gigs with a lot of great musicians and I get to be a part of that," she says. "I still do that when I can. But I wanted to live in a city that gives a shit about music."
And yet she moved here and then proceeded to tour outside the country for two years. "So I still felt like a newbie when I came back," she adds.
The Whiskey Sisters' first real gig happened around South by Southwest 2012. Later, the lineup solidified around three-quarters of the Moonlighters. That's Trevino on bass, Zee on guitar, Phil Bass on drums, and Michael Davids on keys.
"Lonnie brought Michael into the band," chuckles Nesbitt. "They knew each other from church, so they're good boys."
Zee wasn't the group's original guitarist, but according to Collins, he's more than happy playing the sideman while she and Nesbitt wail their hearts out up front.
"He wanted me to be the singer in the Mother Truckers," says Collins. "He didn't want to sing, but I disagreed with that because I love what he does. He's very happy now. He'd like not to have a microphone in front of him."
The sextet's live performances began with a 50/50 mix of covers and originals. Even some of the covers, Motörhead's "Ace of Spades" and the Rolling Stones' "Loving Cup" for instance, sound like band originals when reimagined as inflamed country rockers sung by super confident women. Once Nesbitt and Collins began writing together, the Sisters' 12-song debut began taking shape. The one with a song's original idea sings it, but there's a uniformity of sound that was there from the beginning.
"When we sing harmony and you can't tell who's singing what, I love that part," says Nesbitt. "We knew immediately this was something special. We hoped that it would be special to other people, but we certainly didn't expect it."
Approaching their fan base for help when it came time to cut the disc, the group eventually chose to do it on their own instead of using popular online fundraising tools like Kickstarter.
"Last summer, we did what we called the Whiskeystarter campaign," explains Collins. "Which wasn't something many bands did at the time. We had our own page instead going to Kickstarter. We borrowed their format but made it so we didn't have to reach our goal in order to use the funds. We didn't want to get burned."
"And we could use the money as we got it," says Nesbitt. "People were giving us money even after we finished the record. Some awesome people are still kicking in and we're using that for touring and promotion!"
The self-titled disc finds the entire endeavor living up to Best New Band. Collins commanded such force in the Mother Truckers that The Whiskey Sisters sounds like a natural sonic extension as doubled exponentially by Nesbitt. That's especially true with the addition of Zee's slide guitar work on "Wait a Lifetime" and his rampage riffing on "The Whiskey Song." Among the album's dozen songs, "Home on the Highway" best embodies what the band can to do: hellacious vocal harmonies, Zee's strutting six-string, and Davis' piano plinking á la Leon Russell in all the right spots. It's Southern rock with a decidedly feminine twist, more Heart than Skynyrd, but no less stirring.
"Josh was the unsung hero on the record," points out Collins. "He should've taken a producer's cut but he didn't want one."
Besides the Sisters' always-packed Thursday happy hour at the Continental Club, they're branching out with upcoming shows at Threadgill's, Antone's, and Strange Brew. There's a date in Zilker Park for KGSR's Blues on the Green in June, and this summer the group's also booked for festivals in Northern California – the new Bottle Rock Festival as well as High Sierra – plus the Ride in Telluride.
"Teal said this recently," offers Nesbitt. "And it's perfect: 'Get on board, man.'"
"To me, it feels as comfortable as music can be," Collins agrees, "People have come up to me and said, 'It's interesting to see you put on this hat with this band,' but really I'm just doing what I do, what I always did."
Given that the Whiskey Sisters are unafraid to let rock candidly expose the tenderest soul, she means they sing and play and mean it. With a couple of shots of whiskey on the side.
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Half Notes
› Mike Judge was at the Sahara Lounge on Tuesday directing a video for local trio Dupree, which is fronted by his friend Mike Flanigin on the B3 organ. Assisting in the shoot was another local guy, radio host Alex Jones, who kindly lent his cameras and production crew. The video is for the song "The Turtle" off Dupree's Nuestro Camino debut, which gets released on CD this Saturday at the Continental Club Gallery, 10:30pm.
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There’s just no getting over some people
Margaret Moser’s cancer diagnosis gave me reason to throw what some called one of the best shows this town had ever seen this past Sunday at the Continental Club. It got me thinking about Stephen Bruton.
It’s been four years to the week since Bruton died from throat cancer. He was on tour with my father, Jon Dee Graham, in Germany when he first mentioned having an irritation in his throat.
Last summer, when we started the Proper Nang Night at Maria’s, everything felt like kismet. Photographs of Bruton’s smiling face adorn the walls of the South Lamar taco shop and in fact he lived just a few blocks away. My generation of Austin musicians will miss out on seeing him perform, but he always watched over us.
For years my dad and Bruton played Sundays at the Saxon Pub in the Resentments. I saw them play every week of my life until Bruton went to finish his days in Los Angeles working with his childhood buddy T Bone Burnett on the movie Crazy Heart.
Bruton didn’t have children of his own, but my memories of him are like a child’s. I knew a side of Bruton that few did.
He’d call me up, set up a “play date,” and come get me in his vintage Sixties Porsche. We’d both put on pairs of my swimming goggles and he’d flip his windshield wipers out straight. We were transformed, often into jet pilots from World War II. A fantastical drive usually ended at Amy’s Ice Cream.
Bruton loved guitars – he had an enormous collection – but he loved his dogs Lucky and Dosey just as much. I remember walking with him and those dogs through Gus Fruth Park. His dogs ran wild through the creek.
Sometimes we’d stop and sit on rocks along the creek. Everybody who knew Bruton could testify that he was one of the great storytellers. It seemed like he’d known, met, or played with just about every musician you’ve ever heard of – from Bob Dylan to Christine McVie.
I know Bruton would’ve had a lot of advice to offer my generation and stories to tell. He was serious about his craft, both guitar playing and songwriting. He liked to share his wisdom, whether you wanted it or not.
I was one of the lucky ones that knew him well and got to see him play. His absence, as Moser admitted last summer, still hurts. It’s one we’ll just never get over.
It’s one of my great hopes that the young bands in Austin will see it fit to discover Stephen Bruton’s music.
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I have created a YouTube channel, The Continental Live! and have posted videos with Dale Watson, Stephanie Marler, Cella Blue (White Ghost Shivers), Redd Volkaert, Rick Broussard (Two Hoots & a Holler), Cindy Cashdollar (The Guilty Women, Johnny Nicholas, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Leon Redbone, and on & on), and Dave Alvin (The Blasters, X), more Dale Watson Pt 1 & Pt 2, Teal Collins & Barbara Nesbitt of The Whiskey Sisters, Australian Allan Tomkins of Tomkins Guitars, Ryan Cochran of Jalopy Journal, Jon Dee Graham, Casper Rawls, Cedric Burnside & the Peterson Brothers, Rosie Flores, Monte Warden of The Wagoneers, David Grissom, Julianne Banks, Sheila Steele of Real Pretty Flowers, Zach Ernst of Bad Trip Productions, and Clara Reed of Tejas Kidz Thredz.
The Continental Stageside will focus on performances rather than interviews. We begin with The Peterson Brothers, Planet Casper, Rosie Flores, and Jason D Williams. I apologize for the horrible sound for Jason's video, but you've got to see him perform!
I will continue adding links as I post videos. Anyone you want to hear from, or have a question for? Just let me know and I'll see what I can do to make it happen!
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The Continental Club and The Continental Club Gallery are now using DeliRadio! And it's FREE! Listen to our station here: ContinentalClubATX or check out the player below. When a musician puts their music & show dates in DeliRadio - they'll automatically be joining our venue station, and any other venue's station, for their shows. Our DeliRadio Venue Station is a great way to alert potential and existing fans about shows, and artists can share it with 1 click on Facebook / Twitter or drop it in email blasts. Wed love for all of our artists to visit DeliRadio.com - join - and upload some tracks and photos. It's free, takes only a few minutes and can really move sales. You can also sell your music there for no charge. If you're too busy - they'll set up your account for free: http://blog.deliradio.com/consent. It's SO cool!
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You can follow us on our Facebook Pages for The Continental Club & CC Gallery in Austin. If you're
on Facebook, we'd love to have you "Like" our pages. We also have Twitter accounts for The Continental Club and The Continental Club Gallery that are updated daily (unless it's my day off and I forget). Things change so quickly though that it's always best to
double-check with our Austin online calendar (click on Upcoming Shows and then click on calendar date), or call the Austin Club at 512-441-2444 for the most up-to-date information.***
Please Note: While I try to be very accurate with lineups, times & cover
charges for our shows, last-minute changes and errors can, and sometimes
do, occur. Call the Club at 512-441-2444 for the most current information for Austin shows.
Also, we are a 21+ venue! No under-21 admissions!
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The
Continental Club History is always an ongoing project for me. If
you have stories or photos to share, I would love to hear/see them!
I've posted several photos of the refurbished CC sign from 1987 on our photo page. I'm now I'm also getting together with Mrs. Jeanette Brown regarding the early years - her family owns the 1200 block where Amy's Ice Cream & Zen are located. Mrs. Brown has many early photos & stories for me! Jennifer Luna, the granddaughter of previous operators, Gilbert & Jo Kathryn Grovier, hooked me up with her mother who shared some of her memories of The Continental Club. I've also found a lot of information on The Continental
Club's very first residency band - The Mascots - from 1955! You can even hear 6 of their songs on MP3. Click here to learn more, view the photos & find the link to hear the MP3s.
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Are you a customer with questions about upcoming show times, tickets, cover charge etc.? In Austin call: (512) 441-0202 or (512) 441-2444 or e-mail Dianne at info@continentalclub.com. In Houston call: (713)529-9899 or (713) 529-9666. Are you a musician inquiring about booking a gig? Booking in Austin: steve@continentalclub.com. PR in Austin: Dianne, info@continentalclub.com.
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Keep readin' & rockin'....
Dianne
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THE CONTINENTAL CLUB: Dianne's Dish • Continental Service Club • Sound Bites • The Club's Coming Shows • Birthdays And Memorials • Notable Obituaries
THE CONTINENTAL CLUB GALLERY: Dianne's Gallery Dish • Art • Literati • Music • The Gallery's Coming Shows
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Thursday, May 16, doors open at 4:00pm.
Happy Hour, $5 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 6:30pm: The Whiskey Sisters are going to be rockin' the house in a big way every Thursday! The Whiskey Sisters is a co-chick fronted rock/blues/country band! Teal Collins (The Mother Truckers) and Barbara Nesbitt (Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe) met in Austin and decided to get together to sing a tune or two. By the time they reached the first chorus harmonies they knew it was going to be a good thing. They have been working hard to form their new band, The Whiskey Sisters, which is a sound like nothing else you've heard. Joined by crack musicians, they are going to take the world by storm.
Late Show, $7 cover at the door. No advance tickets! - LZ Love Farewell Show!
Get your dancin’ shoes shined up and ready for a night of Soul on SoCo at The Continental Club on Thursday, May 16 with ROXY ROCA (midnight) and the incomparable LZ Love (10pm). LZ is going back to Cali — help us make this a send-off party to remember! Spread the word: Click ‘I Like It’ on do512 and RSVP on Facebook.
@ 10:00pm: LZ Love & Git Rite play a final show at The Continental Club before Mz Love moves back to California in early July. LZ, the "Empress of Austin Funk" is a vocalist, percussionist and songwriter; Born in Chicago, back to Louisiana at age 3, then raised in Berkeley California. As so many great American singers have, LZ began singing gospel in a southern church…at age five. Having sung and toured with a long list of icons including Mary Wells, Joan Armatrading, Billy Preston (the 5th Beatle), Parliament Funkadelic, Luther Vandross and Stephen Marley, her credentials are impressive. "LZ Love's finest work to date is on her just released CD, "MYSTERIOUS". This collection is an amazing mix of great, all new songs about life, hope and past lessons, with ballads, a dance tune, World Music and a glimpse of a New Life. All this with a great funky beat that keeps you moving..."
@ 12:00pm: Roxy Roca "Austin based Roxy Roca has been tearing up the Texas music scene lately, playing in front of anyone willing to listen. Their brand of “Dynamite Texas Soul” is spreading like a soulful virus, garnering fans across the state and beyond. At first sight and listen, you may want to make the easy comparison to Kim Wilson and the Faboulous Thunderbirds, but it wouldn’t be fair. Its a compliment in many ways, especially considering how great the Thunderbirds are and how they similarly made their bones in Austin, too. But that’s just too easy. Taye Cannon (lead singer) ain’t Kim Wilson and Roxy Roca are not the TBirds. What they are is a group with a lot of soul and great songs that will make you get up and move something. This band is doing their own thing and you should definitely get hip to ‘em." ~BobbyPhats.com.
Video Links:
Roxy Roca
LZ Love
Whiskey Sisters
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Friday, May 17, doors open at 4:00pm.
Happy Hour (since January 1988), no cover.
@ 6:30pm-8:30pm: The
Blues Specialists have played continuously on Fridays at The
Continental Club for 25 years! Although founding members Erbie Bowser & T.D. Bell have passed on, their legacy continues with Mel Davis (T-Bone Walker's nephew - he doesn't brag on it, so I will) on vocals, sax & harmonica and T.D.'s son, Lawrence on keyboards.
Late Show:
@ 12:00am (midnight): The Jade Idol is a no-bullshit combo that takes classic early r&r/r&b influences straight to the garage; raw, loud, and honest. Formed in 2009 and fronted by Bob Bleed, late of Milwaukee garage namesake Bleed, the band initially made it's mark as a two-piece ala Flat Duo Jets, with Mark Ford (Magnet School, Schatzi) on drums. Both well known in the international hot rod/custom car scene, the band found it's first fanbase through car shows and club parties. Bob paid his dues on the infamous midwest garage rock circuit, sharing the stage with The White Stripes, Detroit Cobras, The Dirtbombs, The Oblivians and more. After a job brought him to Austin, he found a kindred musical spirit in co-worker and fellow hot rod builder Mark Ford. Mark is a gifted musician, having played drums in Schatzi since 2000, and singing and playing guitar in heavy post-punk rockers Magnet School. His explosive style was the perfect foil for Bob's music. After a few years as a duo, the band added John Speck, late of Detroit bands The Fags and The Paybacks, on bass. John spent years on the road and has a resume that includes tours with bands such as the Foo Fighters, Descendents and Rancid to name a few, records on A&M, RCA and Sire/WB, as well as numerous indie releases and session work.
@ 1:00am: The Texas Blue Dots are Alberto on skins, Paolo on dog house, Jerry on piano, and Shaun on guitar. Blue Dots will play their traditional rhythm & blues for you. Are you ready to be out on the dance floor rockin' the blues?
Austin360.com Also Playing.
Video Links:
TX Blue Dots
Jade Idol
Blues
Specialists
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Saturday, May 18, doors open at 3:00pm.
Matinee (since 2001), no cover.
@ 3:30pm: The Texas Blue Dots They didn't even load out last night. They slept on the stage & the pool table so they'd be ready for today's matinee. They're filling in for Redd Volkaert and they'll bring their best rhythm & blues out for you to spin around the dance floor!
Late Show, $10 at the door. Doors open at 8pm, No advance tickets!
@10:00pm: Los Fabulocos, Chicanos all, is the latest - and musically all encompassing - group to emerge from East Los Angeles, home of America ’s largest Mexican-American community and ground central for the musical and cultural revolution called Chicano Rock, that started decades ago and remains ongoing and vibrant today. Many different streams of music ebb and flow within the ranks of Los Fabulocos as a glance at the titles on the group’s first CD will show. From rock standards to recreations of material from classic Mexican cancionero singers, with nods to Doug Sahm, Lloyd Price and Rockin’ Dopsie. Added to this mix are Los Fabulocos’ own originals, again drawn from all these areas. Singing in English and Spanish, Los Fabulocos travel the rock, blues and Mexican routes, always laying down a good time groove. Fused together it becomes, as one critic noted “The quintessential Roots album of 2008.” Fans of Los Fabulocos would not disagree.
@ 12:00am (midnight): Mingo Fishtrap With a sound dancing between gutbucket soul, N'awlins grit-down funk and horn fueled Motown pop, Mingo Fishtrap is an anomaly in the contemporary music scene. With each album, the group gravitates closer to the classic sounds that inspired them to learn their craft. What's old is new again; with young audiences flocking to see a live show that lays its musical roots more in 1967 than 2012. And that's just fine with bandleader Roger Blevins, Jr. With an inspired, high-energy live show, they engage the audience - persuade them to, sometimes literally, join the band inside the music. With a new 11 song EP, In The Meantime, featuring music from a recent show in Austin, TX as well as some new studio tracks, adding to their catalog of CD releases, Mingo captures a musical conversation, which speaks with reverence about the past and with hope about the future.
Video Links:
Mingo Fishtrap
Los Fabulocos
TX Blue Dots
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Sunday, May 19, doors open at 3:00pm.
Matinee, no cover. No advance tickets!
@ 3:30pm: Planet Casper has made this Sunday Matinee the place to be!! What to expect? Just about everything from an all-acoustic front-porch hang to an electric romp through blazing instrumentals. Planet Casper is abundant with surprising and unpredictable treats of musicianship, groove and damn good songs. Strap yourself in -- you never know who might share the planet with Casper that each Sunday afternoon.
5/19: Planet Casper welcomes "Omar" Kent Dykes, Jackie Newhouse and Frosty!
Early Show, $10 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 7:30pm: Long before there was something called alt-country, The Wagoneers made high-intensity, twang-infused music that combined the sounds and subject matter of traditional country with the raw energy of rock and roll. Respectful of what came before yet brash enough to make it their own, they showed everybody that playing country could be cool. Formed in 1986, the band played the very first South By Southwest festival in 1987. In 1988, the Wagoneers released Stout & High and quickly followed with Good Fortune in 1989. They received rave reviews, played on Austin City Limits, at the Grand Old Opry, and found themselves sharing the stage with both country and rock legends. Then, in late 1989, they suddenly called it quits, but not before establishing themselves as originators and innovators. They truly helped lay the foundation for the Americana and alt-country movement of the 1990′s.
In 2011, the Wagoneers were asked to get together and play a brief set at the Austin Music awards to coincide with their induction into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. The band found that playing together again felt so natural, they booked a few shows around town. Next thing you know, there’s a full-fledged Wagoneer’s revival going on. The band has re-released their first two albums on CD as The Essential Wagoneers and they are working on a new album. The original four members of the band are the ones making this happen, so it’s not one of those reunions with just one or two original members. The most impressive thing is that you would never know that the band ever broke up. They don’t sound like a band that took a twenty-plus year hiatus. The response at their shows makes it seem like they’ve been together with their audience the entire time." ~Mathew Sturtevant, The Sound of Austin Portraits.
Austin360.com Also Playing.
Late Show (since July 2000), $8 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 10:15pm: Heybale! w/Redd Volkaert, Earl Poole Ball & Dallas Wayne! Heybale! featuring guitarist & vocalist Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard) and piano man & vocalist Earl
Poole Ball (Johnny Cash) is Austin's best & most popular country
supergroup! The lineup includes singer, songwriter, guitarist and SeriusXM host of Outlaw Country and Willie's Place, Dallas Wayne, pedal steel master Johnny "Dumplin" Cox (Ernest Tubb, Jim Ed Brown, Del Reeves, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Mel Tillis),
upright
bass player Kevin Smith (Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, High Noon) and
drummer Tom Lewis (Raul Malo, Wanda Jackson, Jim Lauderdale). It's all
Heybale!, all night, and still a bargain at $8!
"When country music was 'discovered' to be more popular than rock and a host of other genres in the 90s it seemed to prompt Nashville and elsewhere to aim to be everything for everyone. To some extent they succeeded, but they gave up something in the process, and if you want to get a taste of what that something is here it is. I love these songs, and the way these guys play them and write them it's obvious they do too. I've seen them a number of times at the Continental and the audience is madeup of a crazy mixture of hipsters, drunks, punks dancing with sexy grandmas and a smattering of Austin's best musicians. The music transcends a lot of the usual barriers. Whether of not you went to church you can still get a little bit of heaven on a Sunday night." ~David Byrne, Talking Heads.
Video Links:
Heybale!
Wagoneers
Planet Casper
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Monday, May 20, doors open at 6:00pm.
Happy Hour, no cover.
@ 6:30pm: The Peterson Brothers Band are the Best Under-18 Band for the 2012-2013 Austin Music Awards! And if that isn't enough, their award was presented by Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic! They also placed in the top 10 for Best Blues Band and in the top 10 for Best Bass! "They only just entered their teens, but bassist Alex and lead guitarist Glen Jr. have already opened for the likes of B.B. King due to their exceptional grasp of what they like to call 'that blues spirit.' Currently working on their debut album under mentor Bootsy Collins, see what all the buzz is about at the Continental for free, then stick around for Dale Watson & His Lone Stars at 10pm." ~Wanderless.com.
Later Show, $7 cover at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 10:00pm: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars are in the business of making music on stage for their fans on the dance floor. Traditional country music gets its due when Dale & his Lone Stars are playing it. Dale's originals fit seamlessly with the few covers he throws in. You never know who's going to show up & end up on stage with Dale... James Intveld, Chris Wall, Ian Moore, Gordie "Grady" Johnson, Alan Haynes, Tommy Mack, Hilary York, a fiddle player from Scotland, a harmonica player from Spain... who knows. This just might be the best $7 you'll ever spend!
Austin360.com Pick.
Video Links:
Dale Watson
Peterson Brothers
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Tuesday, May 21, doors open at 4:00pn.
Happy Hour, $7 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 7:00pm: The undisputed Queen of The Continental, Miss
Toni Price, continues to pack the house for her
Happy Tuesday Hippie Hour! The cover is $7 for an incredible evening of music. She will feature
a cast of musicians which will include some of her super-talented sidekicks like Rich Brotherton, Marshall Hood, Warren Hood, Willie Pipkin, and others.
Late Show, $10 cover at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 10:00pm: Alejandro Escovedo "Sessions on South Congress." "Alejandro is one with his muse and his music. Over a lifetime spent traversing the bridge between words and melody, he has ranged over an emotional depth that embraces all forms of genre and presentation, a resolute voice that weathers the emotional terrain of our lives, its celebrations and despairs, landmines and blindsides and upheavals and beckoning distractions, in search for ultimate release and the healing truth of honesty. Sometimes it takes the form of barely contained rage, the rock of punk amid kneeled feedback; sometimes it caresses and soothes, a whispery harmony riding the air of a nightclub room, removed from amplification, within the audience. His rise has been gradual, a steady incline rather than a quick ascendance, but it has deepened and burnished his music, made it closer to the bone, where it begins to break, deepening his insight and his ability to find that insight in performance. His tireless touring, and dogged determination to place one album after another, has taken him through many musical scenes, remaining the same persona within each, of an artist who doesn’t settle for the easy way out." ~Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith Group.
@ 12:00am (midnight): Grady Fronted by Gordie “Grady” Johnson, his unique and powerful guitar stylings blow the cobwebs off that bottle of tequila sitting on the back shelf. Big Ben grinds out the bottom end at the lowest frequencies seen this side of The Rio Grande. Drummer Trinidad Leal from Dixie Witch has been working with the band since 2011, and he hammers out the beat like a 500 pound jackhammer. As the 100 degree heat shimmers in the twilight over the lakes and valleys of West Texas, you can hear the plaintive howling of the coyotes. But what’s that din? The clanking of metal on metal, the grind of heavy machinery. A factory? An oil rig running at full blast? No, it’s the band GRADY, the self proclaimed kings of a new musical genre, Cowboy Metal.
Video Links:
Grady
Alejandro Escovedo
Toni
Price
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Wednesday, May 22, doors open at Noon.
Happy Hour, no cover.
@ 6:30pm: Jitterbug Vipers Imagine this: Gerry Garcia and Count Basie meet up in a dark alley, somewhere in Paris in the 1930s... Jitterbug Vipers are a hybrid of Lindy Hop (swing music) and Viper music, a unique offshoot of swing music popularized by Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and other jazz greats of the 1930s and 40s. Founded in 2007 by “the most dangerous guitarist in Texas” Slim Richey, Jitterbug Vipers are comprised of three other Austin music staples: lead singer Sarah Sharp, Francie Meaux Jeaux on stand-up bass, and Berkeley School of Music graduate Masumi Jones on drums.
Late Show, $8 cover at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 10:00pm: Jon Dee Graham A former member of the True Believers with Alejandro Escovedo, Graham is the only musician ever to be inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times. Jon Dee Graham is most well known for his solo work, including the critically acclaimed records "Escape from Monster Island", "Hooray For The Moon", and "Full". He is also well known for his tenure in The Skunks, Austin's very first punk band, and roots-rock pioneers The True Believers with Alejandro Escovedo. Jon Dee has also played guitar with acts such as John Doe (X, The Knitters), Exene Cervenka (X), Michelle Shocked, Alejandro Escovedo, Kelly Willis, and The Gourds and has had his songs covered by many artists, including Patty Smythe, Patty Griffin and James McMurtry.
@ 12:00am (midnight): James McMurtry "The simple fact is that James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation..." ~Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly. “James McMurtry is a true Americana poet – actually he is a poet regardless of genre” ~Michael Nesmith. “James writes like he's lived a lifetime.” ~John Mellencamp. Never one to rest on his laurels, James McMurtry continues to tour constantly, and consistently puts on a "must-see" powerhouse performance. 'The Washington Post' noted McMurtry's live prowess: "Much attention is paid to James McMurtry's lyrics, and rightfully so: He creates a novel's worth of emotion and experience in four minutes of blisteringly stark couplets. What gets overlooked, however, is that he's an accomplished rock guitar player. At a sold-out Birchmere, the Austin-based artist was joined by drummer Daren Hess and bassist Ronnie Johnson in a set that demonstrated the raw power of wince-inducing imagery propelled by electric guitar. It was serious stuff, imparted by a singularly serious band."
Austin360.com Also Playing.
Video Links:
James McMurtry
Jon Dee Graham
Jitterbug Vipers
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Thursday, May 23, doors open at 4:00pm.
Happy Hour, $5 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 6:30pm: The Whiskey Sisters are going to be rockin' the house in a big way every Thursday! The Whiskey Sisters is a co-chick fronted rock/blues/country band! Teal Collins (The Mother Truckers) and Barbara Nesbitt (Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe) met in Austin and decided to get together to sing a tune or two. By the time they reached the first chorus harmonies they knew it was going to be a good thing. They have been working hard to form their new band, The Whiskey Sisters, which is a sound like nothing else you've heard. Joined by crack musicians, they are going to take the world by storm.
Late Show, $7 cover at the door. No advance tickets! Goodwill Globetrotting Fundraiser!
@ 9:45: The Bare Feat A nine piece Austin band hitting the music scene with an incredibly fresh sound. Their horns and new approach to funk music give them a unique sound, and a big sound at that. The intense and almost overwhelming sound they produce live is unrivaled by many bands their age.
@ 10:45pm: Miranda Dodson’s magnetic, penetratingly vulnerable voice is undeniable. Her folk songs carry a straightforward depth, and her songwriting will bring us many more decades of strong and heartfelt music. With Producer Robert Harrison (Future Clouds and Radar & Cotton Mather) at the helm, Miranda released her debut album in June 2010. A blend of folk & alt-country-rock. This album busted down the doors with its major-record label quality and musicianship.
@ 12:00am (midnight): MODRAG is a mod-rock/psychedelic-folk band out of Austin Texas. The four piece have recorded a demo album, Takeitbackfromhipsterscum (2012). They have released a 7" vinyl EP split with two-piece rockers, Chalk (release date Feb. 2013 via Diamond Factory Studios and United Records). Modrag is Ronnie Davy on guitar and lead vox, Tom Hartman on bass and harmony vox, T.L. Ford on rhythm guitar and harmony vox, Cliff Real on drums and harmony vox.
Video Links:
Modrag
Miranda Dodson
Bare Feat
Whiskey Sisters
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Friday, May 24, doors open at 4:00pm.
Happy Hour (since January 1988), no cover.
@ 6:30pm-8:30pm: The
Blues Specialists have played continuously on Fridays at The
Continental Club for 25 years! Although founding members Erbie Bowser & T.D. Bell have passed on, their legacy continues with Mel Davis (T-Bone Walker's nephew - he doesn't brag on it, so I will) on vocals, sax & harmonica and T.D.'s son, Lawrence on keyboards.
Late Show - Bad Trip Productions presents! Night One of Two!
@ 10:00pm: Ironing Board Sam w/Thee Unseen Eye A boogie-woogie pianist of the highest order, Ironing Board Sam was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1939. He moved to Memphis at the age of twenty and was given his infamous nickname when a rowdy crowd learned that he was using an ironing board hidden by a curtain as his keyboard stand. The name stuck and he came to embrace it, for a while even giving away free ironing boards at every show. Thee Unseen Eye is Sonny James- guitar, harmonica, vocals; Gil T- bass, vocals; Mike Buck- drums; Eve Monsees- guitar, vocals
@ 11:30am (midnight): : Little Freddie King is perhaps the most raw and vital electric bluesman gigging today. Born in McComb, Mississippi in 1940 (the same small town that Bo Diddley called home), Fread Martin moved to New Orleans in the early 1950s. There he played the club circuit with fellow guitar slingers like Diddley and John Lee Hooker. He also backed up Freddie King, and in the early 60s earned his stage name of Little Freddie King because of his stylistic similarity to the blues icon.
Video Links:
Little Freddie King
Ironing Board Sam
Thee Unseen Eye
Blues
Specialists
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Saturday, May 25, doors open at 3:00pm.
Matinee (since 2001), no cover.
@ 3:30pm: Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard) picks & grins for his classic country Saturday matinees
with a great cast of players, including Rich Harney, Nate Rowe and Chris Gilson. Redd's playing is so revered that many other
musicians come to Redd's shows just to study his technique & sound.
He is a Telecaster master with a Sex
Drive™, Zia ™ and a Mucho Boosto™ too!
Late Show, $10 at the door. Doors open at 8pm, No advance tickets! Bad Trip Productions presents! Final Show!
@ 10:00pm: Ironing Board Sam w/Thee Unseen Eye Ironing Board Sam auditioned for Stax and Hi Records in the mid '60s with little success and moved to Chicago and Waterloo, Iowa before settling in New Orleans. There he started billing himself as "The Eighth Wonder of the World" and tried everything he could to make his name known. In 1978, he made arrangements to play a show from inside a hot-air balloon, but the show was cancelled due to high winds. He appeared at the 1979 New Orleans Jazz Fest from inside a 1500 gallon water tank. In the 80s, he busked for tourists in the French Quarter from inside a giant jukebox and became a Bourbon Street sensation with a toy monkey as his drummer.
@ 11:30am (midnight): Little Freddie King recorded intermittently in the 60s and 70s, but didn't make his full-length debut until 1997's Swamp Boogie. Legions of raw blues purists discovered him for the first time when Fat Possum released You Don't Know What I Know in 2005. Today his set comprises numerous memorable originals like "Crack Head Joe" and "Tough Frog to Swallow," not to mention the most upside-down, twisted, and utterly mesmerizing versions of Freddie King's "San Ho Say" and Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Do" you've ever heard.
Video Links:
Little Freddie King
Ironing Board Sam
Thee Unseen Eye
Redd Volkaert
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Sunday, May 26, doors open at 3:00pm.
Matinee, no cover. No advance tickets!
@ 3:30pm: Planet Casper has made this Sunday Matinee the place to be!! What to expect? Just about everything from an all-acoustic front-porch hang to an electric romp through blazing instrumentals. Planet Casper is abundant with surprising and unpredictable treats of musicianship, groove and damn good songs. Strap yourself in -- you never know who might share the planet with Casper that each Sunday afternoon.
5/26: Planet Casper welcomes Brennen Leigh, Noel McKay, Brad Fordham and Lisa Pankratz. Plus, Summer Birthdays Pot Luck!
Early Show, $10 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 7:30pm: Long before there was something called alt-country, The Wagoneers made high-intensity, twang-infused music that combined the sounds and subject matter of traditional country with the raw energy of rock and roll. Respectful of what came before yet brash enough to make it their own, they showed everybody that playing country could be cool. Formed in 1986, the band played the very first South By Southwest festival in 1987. In 1988, the Wagoneers released Stout & High and quickly followed with Good Fortune in 1989. They received rave reviews, played on Austin City Limits, at the Grand Old Opry, and found themselves sharing the stage with both country and rock legends. Then, in late 1989, they suddenly called it quits, but not before establishing themselves as originators and innovators. They truly helped lay the foundation for the Americana and alt-country movement of the 1990′s.
In 2011, the Wagoneers were asked to get together and play a brief set at the Austin Music awards to coincide with their induction into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. The band found that playing together again felt so natural, they booked a few shows around town. Next thing you know, there’s a full-fledged Wagoneer’s revival going on. The band has re-released their first two albums on CD as The Essential Wagoneers and they are working on a new album. The original four members of the band are the ones making this happen, so it’s not one of those reunions with just one or two original members. The most impressive thing is that you would never know that the band ever broke up. They don’t sound like a band that took a twenty-plus year hiatus. The response at their shows makes it seem like they’ve been together with their audience the entire time." ~Mathew Sturtevant, The Sound of Austin Portraits.
Late Show (since July 2000), $8 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 10:15pm: Heybale! w/Redd Volkaert, Earl Poole Ball & Dallas Wayne! Heybale! featuring guitarist & vocalist Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard) and piano man & vocalist Earl
Poole Ball (Johnny Cash) is Austin's best & most popular country
supergroup! The lineup includes singer, songwriter, guitarist and SeriusXM host of Outlaw Country and Willie's Place, Dallas Wayne, pedal steel master Johnny "Dumplin" Cox (Ernest Tubb, Jim Ed Brown, Del Reeves, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Mel Tillis),
upright
bass player Kevin Smith (Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, High Noon) and
drummer Tom Lewis (Raul Malo, Wanda Jackson, Jim Lauderdale). It's all
Heybale!, all night, and still a bargain at $8!
"When country music was 'discovered' to be more popular than rock and a host of other genres in the 90s it seemed to prompt Nashville and elsewhere to aim to be everything for everyone. To some extent they succeeded, but they gave up something in the process, and if you want to get a taste of what that something is here it is. I love these songs, and the way these guys play them and write them it's obvious they do too. I've seen them a number of times at the Continental and the audience is madeup of a crazy mixture of hipsters, drunks, punks dancing with sexy grandmas and a smattering of Austin's best musicians. The music transcends a lot of the usual barriers. Whether of not you went to church you can still get a little bit of heaven on a Sunday night." ~David Byrne, Talking Heads.
Video Links:
Heybale!
Wagoneers
Planet Casper
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Coming... Monday 5/27: Closed for a Private Party!... Tuesday 5/28: Nick Curran Fundraiser! The Rosie Ruby Revue w/ Rosie Flores & Ruby James @12am, Alejandro Escovedo "Sessions on South Congress" @10pm, $15 suggested donation; HH: Toni Price @7pm, $7... Wednesday 5/29: Late Show: James McMurtry @12am, Jon Dee Graham @10pm; Happy Hour: Elana James & Erik Hokkanen @6:30pm, no cover... Thursday 5/30: Late Show: Bill Kirchen all night long! @10, $7; Happy Hour: The Whiskey Sisters @ 6:30pm, $5... Friday 5/31: Late Show: The Carper Family @12, Hot Club of Cowtown Release Party! @ 10, $10; Happy Hour: The Blues Specialists @6:30pm, no cover....Saturday 6/1: Late Show: Barfield @12, TBA @ 10, $10; HH: Redd Volkaert @3:30pm, no cover... Sunday 6/2: Late Show: Heybale! w/Redd & Earl & Dallas @10:15pm, $8; Early Show: TBA @7:30pm, $10; Matinee: Planet Casper @3:30pm, no cover... Monday 6/3: Late Show: Dale Watson @10pm, $7; Happy Hour: Peterson Brothers Band @6:30pm, no cover... Tuesday 6/4: The Frank Mustard Project @12am, Alejandro Escovedo "Sessions on South Congress" @10pm, $10; HH: Toni Price @7pm, $7... Wednesday 6/5: Late Show: James McMurtry @12am, Jon Dee Graham @10pm; Happy Hour: Swing Guitar Summit w/Whit Smith & Dave Biller @6:30pm, no cover... Thursday 6/6: Late Show: The Will Callers release party! @ 12, Loves It @10, $7; Happy Hour: The Whiskey Sisters @ 6:30pm, $5... Friday 6/7: Late Show: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @12, TBA @ 10, $10; Happy Hour: The Blues Specialists @6:30pm, no cover....Saturday 6/8: Late Show: Charlie Sexton @12, Nicholas Tremulis @ 10, $10; HH: Redd Volkaert @3:30pm, no cover... Sunday 6/8: Late Show: Heybale! w/Redd & Earl & Dallas @10:15pm, $8; Early Show: The Wagoneers @7:30pm, $10; Matinee: Planet Casper @3:30pm, no cover... Monday 6/10: Late Show: Dale Watson @10pm, $7; Happy Hour: Peterson Brothers Band @6:30pm, no cover.
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THE CONTINENTAL CLUB: Dianne's Dish • Continental Service Club • Sound Bites • The Club's Coming Shows • Birthdays And Memorials • Notable Obituaries
THE CONTINENTAL CLUB GALLERY: Dianne's Gallery Dish • Art • Literati • Music • The Gallery's Coming Shows
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Wayne Hancock (1); Ted Roddy, Edwin Reed (2); *James Brown, Joyce Holman, Kelli Klauber (3); Dick Dale, Loris Lowe, Ashley Moore, Justin Belshe (4); *Erbie Bowser, Davis McLarty, Jerry Milton, Julie Serra (5); Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne, Monica Keller (6); Terry Allen (7); Alexis McVicker, Brandi Bridgeman (8); John Corbett (9); Kinky Friedman, Mario Matteoli, Chan Chandler (11); Ian McLagan, Hunter Perrin, James Elmo 'Jes' Sproat, Cash Edwards, Katrina Lucas (12); Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Sally Crewe, Michael Rinella, Jen Stippich, Kitty Korvette, Tim League (13); Grady Gaines (14); Jesse Sublett, Lee Jeffriess, Ethan Azarian, Ryan Carter, Theresa DiMenno, Tony Elfrez, Jeremy Hargrove, MacCauley Sexton, Annalies Moelans (15); Rick Treviño, Jeff Carroll, Margaret Moser (16); Marti Brom, Elsa Rennie, Jarrid McVicker (18); Webb Wilder, *"Mambo" John Treanor (19); Susan Cowsill, Rick "Casper" Rawls (20); Renea Pellegrino, Clark Graves, Jonise Hargrove (21); Steve "El Jefe" Wertheimer, Anthony "L.T." Elfrez, Patrick Barker-Benfield, Mando Saenz, Larry Carter, Debbie Irwin, Vicky Moerbe, Billy Emrich (23); Bob Dylan, Patti Labelle (24); Jesse Colter, Tom T. Hall, Li'l Deb (25); Stevie Nicks, Sewzi Gasper, L. Scott Walker (26); Jesse Dayton, Kristin Miller White (27); *T-Bone Walker, Dave Derrick, Leigh Mahoney, Bo Chase (28); Von Franco, Chan Kinchla, Lars Dahlgren (29); Johnny Gimble, Bill Carter, Marshall May (30); Augie Meyers, Ed Adkins, Nanette Labastida, Emma Perry, Bliss Edwards (31)
5/4: Paul Butterfield (1987); 5/8: Eddy Arnold (2008); 5/11: Bob Marley (1981), Noel Redding [Jimi Hendrix Experience] (2003); 5/13: Bob Wills (1975); 5/14: Frank Sinatra (1998); 5/15: June Carter Cash (2003); 5/16: "Django" Reinhardt (1953); 5/17: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson (1996); 5/19: Joe 'Guitar' Hughes (2003); 5/24: Elmore James (1963), Gene Clark [The Byrds] (1991)
Birthday Legend: * = deceased; italic = Continental Club staff (past & present)
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Notable Obituaries - May 2013 Courtesy of Dead Rock Stars Club
Ray Whitley (Robert Ray Whitley) - Died 5-5-2013 - Illness - Born 11-22-1943 in Columbus, Georgia, U.S. - Singer and songwriter - (He did, "Deeper In Love") - His songs have been recorded by The Tams ("Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" and "What Kind Of Fool"), Joe South, Billy Joe Royal ("Everything Turned Blue") and Tommy Roe - Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Sid Selvidge - Died 5-2-2013 - Cancer ( Rock ) He was 69 years old - Singer, guitarist and pianist - (He did, "Going Through Another Change" and "Wreck On The Highway") - Was a member of Mud Boy And The Neutrons (They did, "Dear Dad" and "Split Pea Shell") and Jim Dickinson And The New Beale Street Sheiks - Worked with Furry Lewis and Alex Chilton.
Jeff Hanneman (Jeffrey John Hanneman) - Died 5-2-2013 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Liver failure after a flesh eating disease caused by a spider bite ( Metal ) Born 1-31-1964 in Oakland, CA, U.S. - Guitarist - Was a member of Pap Smear and Slayer (They did, "Raining Blood" and "War Ensemble").
Braxton Schuffert (aka Braxton Shooford) - Died 4-26-2013 - Illness ( Country ) He was 97 years old - Singer and guitarist - (He did, "A Teardrop On A Rose" and "If Tears Could Bring You Back") - (He co-wrote, "Rockin’ Chair Daddy" with Hank Williams) - Was a member of Hank Williams' backing band, The Drifting Cowboys.
Deanna Durbin (Edna Mae Durbin) - Reported dead 4-30-2013 in Neauphle-le-Chateau, France - Born 12-4-1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Singer and actress - (She did the standards, "Love's Old Sweet Song" and "God Bless America") - She acted in the films, Every Sunday with Judy Garland, Three Smart Girls and Can't Help Singing - She had been married to director, Vaughn Paul, producer, Felix Jackson and director, Charles David.
Chris Kelly (aka Mac Daddy) - Died 5-1-2013 in Atlanta, GA, U.S. ( Rap ) Born 8-11-1978 - Half of the duo Kris Kross (They did, "Jump" and "Warm It Up").
Thanks to the Dead Rock Stars Club!
And there you have it until next week,
Dianne
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THE CONTINENTAL CLUB: Dianne's Dish • Continental Service Club • Sound Bites • The Club's Coming Shows • Birthdays And Memorials • Notable Obituaries
THE CONTINENTAL CLUB GALLERY: Dianne's Gallery Dish • Art • Literati • Music • The Gallery's Coming Shows
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"The Continental Gallery’s ambience is strikingly
different from most other clubs around town, highlighted by the revolving art
displays on the walls and relatively quiet live music. Upstairs from The Continental
Club, patrons find more secluded seating areas and a ping-pong table. Unique
touches like this one are what make the gallery so exciting." ~DTWeekend.com
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Hey, y'all!
• HBO Picks Up Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley Comedy To Series EXCLUSIVE: HBO’s Silicon Valley-set dark comedy pilot from the King Of The Hill trio of Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, producer Scott Rudin and 3 Arts has received a series order. The untitled single-camera project is set in the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. The pilot, written by Judge, Altschuler and Krinsky and directed by Judge, starred T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Josh Brener, Lindsey Broad, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Angela Trimbur, Zach Woods and Kumail Nanjiani. Judge, Altschuler and Krinsky executive produce the series with Rudin and 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg and Tom Lassally. The Judge show joins HBO’s praised current comedies Girls and Veep. ~By NELLIE ANDREEVA
What's going on at the Austin Chronicle?
Half Notes
› Mike Judge was at the Sahara Lounge on Tuesday directing a video for local trio Dupree, which is fronted by his friend Mike Flanigin on the B3 organ. Assisting in the shoot was another local guy, radio host Alex Jones, who kindly lent his cameras and production crew. The video is for the song "The Turtle" off Dupree's Nuestro Camino debut, which gets released on CD this Saturday at the Continental Club Gallery, 10:30pm.
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Keep readin' & rockin'....
Dianne
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Art show openings will usually take place on the First Thursday of each
month at 7pm when the doors open, and will run for the entire month. This
will be the general rule, although as with everything in this business, there
may be exceptions. Art can also be shown during the day by appointment by sending
an email to Steve to make arrangements. Check this section regularly for news on current &
upcoming shows.
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May Art Exhibit... Quarterly Tertulia Art Exhibit! 'SHE SAID,' the next Continental Club Gallery Tertulia. The Tertulia is based on the Iberian tradition of sharing the arts for art's sake. Free community event. This one is going to be spectacular!
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Thursday 5/16
Early Show, doors open at 8:00pm. No cover all night! No advance tickets!
@ 8:30pm: Dan Dyer has returned to Thursdays and there's NO COVER! Soul-folk singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dan Dyer rose to prominence in Austin, TX during the late 90s as frontman of the much heralded blues-rock outfit, Breedlove. Dyer’s voice and live performance intensity are raw and hot, yet soulful and sensitive, drawing from a wealth of classic soul, blues, folk, and R&B legends.
Late Show, no cover
@ 10:30pm: Tameca Jones owns Thursday nights! Coined the "Tina Turner of jazz" due to her long legs, fierce hair, and aggressive vocal stylings, Tameca Jones brews a fragrant potpourri of jazz, blues, rock, and soul with her quintet. She has opened for Smokey Robinson, David Sanborn and Joey Defrancesco, Oleta Adams, Take 6, and many other notable artists. Her honeyed tone and passionate, soulful renditions of jazz and rock classics captivate her audience. Backed by Wayne Salzmann II on drums, Jake Langley on guitar, and a rotating cast of bassists and pianists, her quintet serves honey buttered performances to the hungry patrons of Austin and San Antonio.
Video Links:
Tameca Jones
Dan Dyer
Friday 5/17
Early Show, doors open @ 8:00pm.
@ 8:30pm, no cover: The Robert Kraft Trio will be performing American popular song, originals, Seventies pop and soul. It's more about songs than genres. Clean, tight arrangements that emphasize the beauty and lyricism of the songs. If they like a song, they will do it, no matter what era it hails from. Robert Kraft- voice; JD Pendley- guitar; Lindsay Greene- upright bass.
You can pick up one of their CDs too!
Late Show, $10 at the door. No advance tickets!
@ 10:30pm: This week's edition of the Mike Flanigin B-3 Trio, features special guest guitarist Greg Piccolo & the inimitable Barry "Frosty" Smith on drums! The Mike Flanigin Trio features Mike on Hammond organ amplified through a classic Leslie cabinet. His backing players vary from night to night, but you count on it being the cream of Austin's crop in jazz, blues or funk. Perhaps best remembered for his 24-year stint with Rhode Island's internationally renowned jump blues band Roomful of Blues, Greg Piccolo has followed his muse since his teenage years. In company with his Roomful compatriots, Greg Piccolo is one of the guys that reintroduced swing to America in a popular sense. The swing revival of the nineties would never have happened without Roomful of Blues pointing the way during the seventies and eighties.
Video Links:
Mike Flanigin
Greg Piccolo
Robert Kraft Trio
Saturday 5/18
Early Show, no cover. Doors open @ 8:00pm.
@ 8:30pm: Scarlett Olson is a songwriter/performer/singer from San Antonio who has developed her own sound, mixing electronica/ rock/ cumbia /reggae/pop. Michael Ramos (Charanga Cakewalk) produced her first album and she is currently working on her second.
Late Show, $5 at the door No advance tickets! - DUPREE Release Party!
@ 10:30pm: Tonight we celebrate the release of Dupree's debut CD! Dupree is a trio of B3 organ (Mike Flanigin), guitar (Jake Langley) and drums, is in the Gallery on Sunday nights! Flanigin says "Dupree recorded a record at Public Hi-Fi with Jim Eno live to 2-track analog tape (no mixing!). The record will be mastered directly to vinyl so it will stay completely in the analog domain. More details later but we are excited about this project."
Video Links:
Mike Flanigin
Jake Langley
Scarlett Olson
Sunday 5/19
Early Show, doors open @ 8:00pm. No cover all night!
@ 8:30pm: Jon Dee Graham & Friend. The Jon Dee & Friend Show is an acoustic format with Jon Dee playing guitar, lap steel and who knows what else. Each week he invites a special guest to join him for a semi-acoustic concert punctuated by stories that will bring lots of laughter and maybe even a few tears. Jon Dee has a way of getting his fellow musicians to relax & talk & share stories that you probably haven't ever heard before. It's not just music - it's also part talk show & part comedy hour, and 100% genuine.
Late Show, no cover
@ 10:30pm: Dupree, a trio of B3 organ (Mike Flanigin), guitar (Jake Langley) and drums, is in the Gallery on Sunday nights! Flanigin says "Dupree recorded a record at Public Hi-Fi with Jim Eno live to 2-track analog tape (no mixing!). The record will be mastered directly to vinyl so it will stay completely in the analog domain. More details later but we are excited about this project."
Video Links:
Mike Flanigin
Jake Langley
Jon Dee Graham
Monday 5/20
Early Show, doors open at 8pm. No cover all night!
@ 8:30pm: Church on Monday with Elias Haslanger, featuring Dr. James Polk and Jake Langley will be in this spot through the end of the February. Elias' latest CD, "Church on Monday," was inspired by the early 60s Blue Note recordings by Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Smith. The quintet is partially made up of jazz saxophonist and composer Elias Haslanger, with James Polk on B3 and Jake Langley on guitar.
Late Show, no cover
@ 10:30pm: Sit Down, Servant!! Gordie Johnson’s new project – Sit Down, Servant!! – gives him the chance to combine blues and gospel with dub in his own unique way. Accompanied by Big Sugar drummer Stephane Beaudin on drums, Johnson sings and plays guitar along with his Moog bass pedals for a rousing electric set of boot-stomping tunes being heard by audiences for the first time. The musical talents of Gordie Johnson have long been an influence in the rock music world. His extraordinary guitar stylings are the driving force behind Big Sugar and Grady, two bands with large followings in North America. This is an excellent introduction to another side of the man and his music.
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Sit Down, Servant
Church on Monday
Tuesday 5/21
Early Show, $10. Doors open at 8:00pm. No advance tickets!
@ 8:30pm: James McMurtry began playing these intimate shows while getting ready to make a solo recording and to debut material, and work on songs for that project. It quickly gained momentum and McMurtry will continue the solo shows. "This intimate space doesn’t get enough credit for its low-key charm — you’d be hard-pressed to find a better listening room in town, perennial favorite the Cactus Cafe excepted. You couldn’t find a better place to see a solo acoustic set from clever Austin troubadour James McMurtry." ~Patrick Caldwell, Austin American-Statesman.
Late Show, no cover
@ 10:30pm: The Ephraim Owens Experienceis the brainchild of trumpet master in the jazz arena, Ephraim Owen. He is especially well known for his signature solos and ability to improvise. He has an uncanny ability to imagine his music laid on top of anything else he hears, and his adaptability makes him a welcome addition to any lineup. The Austin Chronicle ranks Ephraim as "Best Horn" in Austin. When Ephraim is out of town, Brannen Temple usually fills in for him.
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Ephraim Owens
James McMurtry
Wednesday 5/22
Early Show, doors open at 8pm. No cover all night!
@ 8:30pm: Barbara K returns to the Gallery with Mike Hardwick & Hector Munoz accompanying her! “A singer, songwriter, performer, musician and recording artist, who is also a mother, activist, visionary, innovator, entrepreneur and was a partner in Timbuk3, Kooyman is a fan, a believer, a nurturer and an advocate. Now if she only possessed one of those skills it would be amazing. It would be even more stunning if a whole section of those groupings were draped around her shoulders. But since each and every one of those words is appropriate to her, most being simply the opening idea for a whole essay on Barbara, then calling her just a wonderful person, gifted talent and strong performer is limiting rather than extolling." ~Louis Black, Editor of The Austin Chronicle.
Late Show, no cover
@ 10:30pm: Trube,
Farrell & Snizz are Anthony Farrell and Andrew Trube of the
Greyhounds, along with drummer Dave "Snizz" Robinson. They bring their
mix of funk, soul and r&b to the Gallery every Wednesday night for a real
happening scene. When Trube, Farrell are out of town, Snizz puts together a great band of co-horts to fill in. I don't always know about these shows in advance, so check out Trube, Farrell & Snizz on Facebook for the most accurate info. Snizzlestrut or Snizz & Friends fills in for TF&S whenever Andrew Trube & Anthony Farrell are out of town. It's always a groovin' funky good time!
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Trube,
Farrell & Snizz
Barbara K
Friday 5/24
Early Show, no cover. Doors open @ 8:00pm
@ 8:30pm: The Robert Kraft Trio will be performing American popular song, originals, Seventies pop and soul. It's more about songs than genres. Clean, tight arrangements that emphasize the beauty and lyricism of the songs. If they like a song, they will do it, no matter what era it hails from. Robert Kraft- voice; JD Pendley- guitar; Lindsay Greene- upright bass.
You can pick up one of their CDs too!
Late Show, $5
@ 10:30pm: This week's edition of the Mike Flanigin B-3 Trio, features guitarist TBA & the inimitable Barry "Frosty" Smith on drums! The Mike Flanigin Trio features Mike on Hammond organ amplified through a classic Leslie cabinet. His backing players vary from night to night, but you count on it being the cream of Austin's crop in jazz, blues or funk.
Video Links:
Mike Flanigin
Robert Kraft Trio
Saturday 5/25
Early Show, no cover. Doors open @ 8:00pm
@ 8:30pm: Scarlett Olson is a songwriter/performer/singer from San Antonio who has developed her own sound, mixing electronica/ rock/ cumbia /reggae/pop. Michael Ramos (Charanga Cakewalk) produced her first album and she is currently working on her second.
Late Show, $5
@ 10:30pm: This week's edition of the Mike Flanigin B-3 Trio, features guitarist TBA & the inimitable Barry "Frosty" Smith on drums! The Mike Flanigin Trio features Mike on Hammond organ amplified through a classic Leslie cabinet. His backing players vary from night to night, but you count on it being the cream of Austin's crop in jazz, blues or funk.
Video Links:
Mike Flanigin
Scarlett Olson
Sunday 5/26
Early Show, no cover. Doors open at 8:00pm. No cover all night!
@ 8:30pm: Jon Dee Graham & Friend. The Jon Dee & Friend Show is an acoustic format with Jon Dee playing guitar, lap steel and who knows what else. Each week he invites a special guest to join him for a semi-acoustic concert punctuated by stories that will bring lots of laughter and maybe even a few tears. Jon Dee has a way of getting his fellow musicians to relax & talk & share stories that you probably haven't ever heard before. It's not just music - it's also part talk show & part comedy hour, and 100% genuine.
Late Show, no cover
@ 10:30pm: Dupree, a trio of B3 organ (Mike Flanigin), guitar (Jake Langley) and drums, is in the Gallery on Sunday nights! Flanigin says "Dupree recorded a record at Public Hi-Fi with Jim Eno live to 2-track analog tape (no mixing!). The record will be mastered directly to vinyl so it will stay completely in the analog domain. More details later but we are excited about this project."
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Mike Flanigin
Jake Langley
Jon Dee Graham
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Coming...Monday 5/27: Closed for a Private Party!... Tuesday 5/28: Late: Ephraim Owens Experience @10:30, no cover. Early: James McMurtry @8:30, $10... Wednesday 5/29: Trube, Farrell & Snizz @10:30, Barbara K @8:30, no cover all night... Thursday 5/30: Late: Tameca Jones @10:30, Dan Dyer @8:30pm, no cover all night... Friday 5/31: Late: The Mike Flanigin Trio @10:30, $5; Early: The Robert Kraft Trio @8:30, no cover... Saturday 6/1: Late: The Mike Flanigin Trio @10:30, $5; Early: Scarlett Olson @8:30, no cover .... Sunday 6/2: Late: Dupree (Mike Flanigin, Jake Langley & Kyle Thompson) @10:30; Jon Dee Graham & Friend @8:30, no cover... Monday 6/3: James Robinson w/Brannen Temple, D-Madness & Steve Greer @10:30; Church on Monday with Elias Haslanger, featuring Dr. James Polk and Jake Langley @8:30, no cover all night.... Tuesday 6/4: Late: Ephraim Owens Experience @10:30, no cover. Early: James McMurtry @8:30, $10... Wednesday 6/5: Trube, Farrell & Snizz @10:30, Barbara K @8:30, no cover all night... Thursday 6/6: Late: Tameca Jones @10:30, Dan Dyer @8:30pm, no cover all night... Friday 6/7: Late: The Mike Flanigin Trio @10:30, $5; Early: The Robert Kraft Trio @8:30, no cover... Saturday 6/8: Late: The Mike Flanigin Trio @10:30, $5; Early: Scarlett Olson @8:30, no cover .... Sunday 6/9: Late: Dupree (Mike Flanigin, Jake Langley & Kyle Thompson) @10:30; Jon Dee Graham & Friend @8:30, no cover... Monday 6/10: James Robinson w/Brannen Temple, D-Madness & Steve Greer @10:30; Church on Monday with Elias Haslanger, featuring Dr. James Polk and Jake Langley @8:30, no cover all night.
And there you have it until next week,
Dianne
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THE CONTINENTAL CLUB: Dianne's Dish • Continental Service Club • Sound Bites • The Club's Coming Shows • Birthdays And Memorials • Notable Obituaries
THE CONTINENTAL CLUB GALLERY: Dianne's Gallery Dish • Art • Literati • Music • The Gallery's Coming Shows
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