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I was going to write a bunch about 3+ days I spent at the show, but I’m only going to put info about each band we saw each night.

Day One:

• Nora O’Connor – Any chick who does a pretty good Tom Waits cover, “Looks Like I’m up Shit Creek Again”, is okay in my book!
• Madeleine Peyroux – French jazz/lounge music, very chill
• Grey DeLisle – Accompanied by Murry of the Old 97s. Great music, but the venue sucked! The power blew out which cut her set short, in the down time they had the bartenders dancing on the bar to Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, pretty pitiful! The bar name as Coyote Ugly, you would think that since the movie sucked ASS there would be no way someone would think it’s a good idea to make a REAL bar after it, but guess what THEY DID!
• Garrison Star – Good singer, band was tight, and she’s not too bad on the eyes….
• Little Richard – Still has a great set of lungs on him, but don’t expect him to know all the lyrics to his songs! He 70 for christ sakes. What really made his show for me was that he handed out a bunch Jehovah’s Witnesses books after the show! And yes it came with a sweet signed photograph of Little! Oh yes, he’s also not so bad on the eyes!

Day Two:

• Old Crow Medicine Show – It’s blue grass, and wasn’t at all good for my liking.
• Concombre Zombi – Psychobilly crew, could only take it for 3 songs, but the last was a decent cover of a Johny Cash tune.
• Black Keys – Best show of SXSW!!! 2 guys with a ton of energy! I got sort of the same feeling from them that I do when I see the likes of Jon Spencer, or Wilco. Kick ASS! Highly Recommend!
• British Sea Power – Couldn’t get into the show. Maybe it was because we just saw the Black Keys, or maybe the music just didn’t do it for me. They are rather young kids and have some serious potential.

Day Three:

• Robyn Hitchcock – Very funny / nutty performer, extended his show by playing fully acoustic at the back of Rockstars venue. He was joined by John Wesley Harding, I have no idea who he is but Nicole thought it was super cool!
• Patty Griffin – Decent pop/country music, venue was full of people who felt the need to talk and not listen to music. Btw, this is a huge pet peeve of mine! Why do you feel the need to go to a show and pay to money to get in, if only you’ve come to try to talk as loud as you can over the music! Go somewhere else where they aren’t playing music so you can carry on your shitty conversation at a normal level! Anyway, she came on a bit too late, so we had to split before Old 97s made it on stage.
• Iron and Wine – The next show, which caused us to miss the Old 97s! Great music, good performance, and crazy beard! Also, again obnoxiously loud crowd…

All in all a very good time, maybe we’ll hit it up again next year…