Janice Williams Loves Austin

Whew. . . my quest to see 30 bands in 30 days is over and, hooray, I did it.

BAND #30  Chip Taylor at Waterloo Records. I’ll report later on his new CD, which I purchased, but I got to hear a few songs from him and his band, including “Wild Thing.” That reminds me of Ray Wylie Hubbard’s advice about songwriting… When you write a song, think to yourself, “Do I still want to be playing this song 25 years from now?”  Chip has been playing Wild Thing for over 40 now. Yikes! He’s also Jon Voight’s brother and Angelina Jolie’s uncle, if you didn’t know those details.

Let’s look quickly back over the month of June:

1-0    June 1:  Bob Schneider at Live at the Lake at the Lakeway Spa (4)

2-0    June 2:  Little Elmore Reed at TC’s Lounge (5)

3-1    June 3:  Shawn Nelson at the Scoot Inn (7?)

4-1    June 3: Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox at the Scoot Inn(4?)

5-1    June 4: Ryan James at Hill’s Cafe (4?)

6-1    June 4: Cory Morrow at Hill’s Cafe (5?)

7-1    June 5: Paula Nelson at Shady Grove (3)
8-1     June 5: Micky and the Motorcars at Shady Grove (5)

9-1    June 6: Lucky Tomblin Band at Club 21 in Uhland (7)

JUNE 7:  No one

10-1    June 8: Nelo at Live at the Lake (5)

JUNE 9: Little Elmore Reed a second time

11-1    June 10:  Reckless Kelly at the ME TV Studios (5)

12-1    June 11: Rich O’Toole at Hill’s Cafe (4?)

13-1    June 11: Johnny Cooper at Hill’s Cafe (5)

14-2    June 12: Nakia and His Southern Cousins at Shady Grove (5)

15-2    June 12: Guy Forsyth at Shady Grove (4)

16-2    June 13: Shawn Pittman  at Rick’s on the Square in Tyler (3)

JUNE 14-15: No one

JUNE 16: Little Elmore Reed a third time

JUNE 17: No one

17-3    June 18 Suzanne Smith at B.D. Riley’s  (1)

18-3    June 18 Texas Renegade at Hill’s Cafe (5)

19-3    June 18  Aaron Watson at Hill’s Cafe (6)

20-4    June 19 Kissinger at Shady Grove (4)

JUNE 19:  Bob Schneider for a second time

21-5    June 20: Smash Cowboy at the Nutty Brown (5)

22-6    June 20: Charla Corn at the Nutty Brown (2)

23-6    June 20: Kevin Fowler at the Nutty Brown (6)

JUNE 21-22-23-24: No one (I’m wearing thin!)

24-6     June 25:  Austin Collins at Hill’s Cafe (4)

25-6    June 25:   Radney Foster at Hill’s Cafe (6)

26-7    June 26:     Susan Gibson at Shady Grove (3)

27-7    June 26:     Bruce Robison at Shady Grove (5)

JUNE 27:  No one

28-7     June 28   Geezinslaws at the Broken Spoke (6)

29-7    June 29    Belleville Outfit at Momo’s (5)

30-7    June 29    Warren Hood and the Hoodlums at Momo’s (6)

31-8    June 30    Chip Taylor at Waterloo Records (5)

Also:     Little Elmore Reed a fourth time
There you go, 31 bands/performers (but 36 performances) at 13 different venues, on 21 days (9 days without music). And 8 of those performers were new to me (maybe 9). And about 142 different musicians? That’s the little numbers on the right. There was some overlap, so maybe not quite that many. You know what is really amazing? I paid a total of $5 at the door for this whole month of music. Granted, I have some advantages and some free shows that others might not get, but the great majority of these shows were free. I was there for work more than pleasure, but anyone could have gone for free, too. I may see how much I see in July, but I’m not going to burden myself with a goal. At least not a live music goal. We’ll see tomorrow what my goal for July will be.