From the monthly archives:

November 2008

[mp3] Robert Earl Keen Austin City Limits Music Festival 2003

November 28, 2008

Robert Earl Keen photo by Ushlambad. Here is a classic live gem from Austin City Limits Festival 2003. Robert Earl Keen is the king of ACL and this performance serves as a great reminder why that is. From the first slide licks on Lay Me Down My Walking Cane to the last drum fueled distortion [...]

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Peace Queer: The Movie

November 24, 2008

There is a movie being made about Todd Snider’s new album Peace Queer. I don’t have very many details but here are some clips. All I can say is that Todd Snider is a very disturbed man and I love him for it! Todd will be playing Gruene Hall on December 30.

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Radiohead Weird Fishes Video

November 24, 2008

Best stop motion video ever! Radiohead – Weird Fishes – by Tobias Stretch

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Austin Live Music Task Force

November 19, 2008

If you care about live music in Austin, show up at Antone’s tomorrow at 1:00 and march over to city hall to show your support and hear the Austin Music Task Force present their recommendations to city council. Important topics such as noise ordinances and the creation of an Austin music office will be discussed. [...]

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[mp3] Shooter Jennings Emo’s Austin TX 9-26-2008

November 17, 2008

This is an Austin City Limits Festival after show at Emo’s that was amazing. Shooter and the band were on fire that night during the opening set for Drive By Truckers. When listening to the show you can tell that Shooter brought his A game for the ACL shows. There must’ve been some sore throats [...]

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Derek Trucks Band Already Free

November 13, 2008

The new Derek Trucks Band album Already Free comes out on January 13. If the first single Down In The Flood is any indicator, the album will be smoking. Already Free is the sixth studio release from the Derek Trucks Band and was recorded entirely in Trucks’ Jacksonville, FL home studio. According to Trucks: “This [...]

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[mp3] Stevie Ray Vaughan Red Rocks 6/19/85

November 8, 2008

I’ve been listening to and thinking about Stevie Ray Vaughan quite a bit lately. There was a great article in the Austin Chronicle a couple months ago about some recovered early recordings from 1978 which kicked off yet another rediscovery of SRV for me. I’ve got a few live recordings but this show is the [...]

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Welcome Barak Obama (i.e. cuarenta y cuatro)!

November 6, 2008

I’m still a little shocked that it actually happened. Had you told me four years ago that in 2008 a black man would become president I’d probably have called you crazy. Now we can finally hold our heads up high and turn a new page. We can say goodbye to all the destructive politics of [...]

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Welcome Jambase Readers!

November 3, 2008

Starting to get some traffic from a Todd Snider photo I shot at the Santa Fe Brewing Company. Thought the Jambase hippies might like to check out this superb (if I may say so myself) Jerry Garcia show from Oregon State Prison (5-5-82) I posted a while back. It seems to be a favorite of [...]

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