“Why are you guys so quiet out there?” Stan Ridgway greeted the crowd at the Saxon Pub Tuesday night. “Wake the fuck up!”
The former Wall of Voodoo lead singer with his signature nasal, almost electric twang led his band (wife Pietra Wexstun on keyboards and electronics, Rick King on guitar) though the entire, newly-released Neon Mirage record before a “cavalcade of hits” – joking every step of the way.
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With his political ambitions temporarily sidelined, songwriter-author-comedian Kinky Friedman, his ever-present–but unlit–cigar and his sidekick, “Little Jewford” have returned to the stage, performing at the Saxon Pub Thursday night.
The “Cadillac of girl bands,” Sis Deville took over the stage at the Saxon Pub for a rare show during the SXSW frenzy. And with Shelley King, Carolyn Wonderland, Floramay Holliday (all on guitar and vocals), Sarah Brown (bass) and Lisa Pankratz (drums), they’re not so much a girl band as a supergroup of Austin’s finest musicians.
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When it comes to Texas music, Shelley King is something of an authority. In fact, she was named the Official Texas State Musician 2008, a title she passed to Willie Nelson. And her live show is a testament to the powerful combination of country, swing, gospel and a certain brand of Southern sass.
The Saxon Pub was packed for a Saturday night show with her band (the first band show she’s played since returning from a tour of Japan with Carolyn Wonderland in January).
