Man, can this festival be frustrating.  Too many great shows to choose from and too many great places to try to eat at!

I spent SXSW with Gregg Geil, his wife Nicole, as well as Hickorywind.org founder Larry and his wife Heather romping about Austin in an ‘earal’  and oral orgy of sound and taste! Gregg has posted on some of the happenings in Austin already, so I’d like to add some photos to give a ‘taste’ of what this thing was like.

We spent thursday night at Antone’s at the Americana Music Association Showcase at a jam packed Antones.  The next day we had the Americanaroots.com and Galleywinter.com showcase at the Waterloo Ice House.  Saturday was spent at The Continental Club seeing Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry in the afternoon.  In the evening I happened upon the Countryline Magazine showcase at The Ranch on 6th and saw Ruby Jane, Jeffrey Steele (Nashville songwriter extrordinairre) and Brandon Rhyder. There were probably only 30 other shows we would have liked to see.  The great music, coupled with great food (Salt Lick BBQ and Guero’s Taco Bar especially) made for one fantastic weekend!

Carrie Rodriguez at Antones

Band of Heathens at Antones

Sarah Borges and me

Two Tons of Steel- Waterloo Ice House

Wrinkle Neck Mules at the Ice House

Scott Miller at the Ice House

Josh Grider Trio at The Ice House- new EP is fantastic!

Tim Easton at Jovitas

Ruby Jane Smith at The Ranch

Man was that fun!