Welcome to Janice Williams' Austin

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This site is your portal to the Texas Country Music Scene. A daily listing of the gigs around the Austin area by country, Americana, folk, and a few other indefinable kinds of music.  I hope you discover some new artists and new venues and you go out and support live music tonight!

If you just happened upon this site, I am Janice Williams and I have been in Austin  9 years.  I am a recovering disc jockey and have said the name "Janice Williams" on the air a couple of million times. Now I am discovering that if I want people to search or Google "Janice Williams" and find this site, the words Janice Williams need to be on here more often. So, forgive what appears to be ego which is really just, well, self-aggrandizement.

While I'm encouraging people to find this site, I bet if I put words like Kevin Fowler, Aaron Watson, Pat Green, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Jason Boland, Cory Morrow, Jack Ingram, and Stoney LaRue, a few more people will find it. 

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Chip Taylor at the Cactus Cafe   830 pm   $12 Sure, he wrote "Wild Thing" (Troggs) and "Angel of the Morning" (Merrilee Rush and Juice Newton), but the stuff he does with Carrie Rodriguez and on his own just sends me. Listen to the lyrics of "Memphis" and you will know a lot more about me.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Jason Roberts Band at Threadgill's Original #1  8 pm Hard Core Country with Alvin Crow and James M. White at the Broken Spoke   Bill Rice hosts singers and songwriters and performs, too, at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Planet Casper has the Happy Hour at the Continental Club 6:30 pm $5 Jordan Minor at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Two Ton Tuesdays with Two Tons of Steel at Gruene Hall  Hot hot hot  $4 Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Bart Crow and Mark McKinney at Hill's Cafe  6:30 pm  Free Dale Watson at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm  Tony Harrison has the Happy hour from 6 to 8 pm James McMurtry at the Continental Club at midnight  $7 Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle every Wednesday at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Zach Walther and the Cronkites on a Walther Wednesday at Gruene Hall 7 to 1030   No Cover Thursday, July 3, 2008 James McMurtry at the Shady Grove for Unplugged at the Grove  Sahara Smith opens at 7 pm  Free   James was just nominated for 3 Americana Music Awards, to be presented in September at the Ryman in Nashville. He's up for Album of the Year for "Just Us Kids," Song of the Year for "Cheney's Toy," and Artist of the Year.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for your pre-Fourth reality check. Bob Schneider's Texas Bluegrass Massacre at Threadgill's South 10 pm, with The Winchester Twin opening at 9 pm Jesse Dayton at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm, with dancing lessons at 8 pm Cornell Hurd Band at Jovita's . . . always a delight to the senses.  8 pm  No cover, but tip well Kevin Welch at the Continental Club at 10 pm Dustin Welch and the House Band follow dad at midnight  $7 Los Texas Wranglers at Hill's Cafe at 7 pm  Free The Gourds along with Band of Heathens and Seth Walker at the Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels   Free show! Friday, July 4, 2008       HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! I've never quite forgiven myself for blowing up Uncle Homer with a bottle rocket . Yes, I was "grown up" and knew what I was doing (I thought). Be careful with the fireworks and be careful with all the dry grass. In fact, skip the fireworks and go see some music. Willie Nelson at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma for the big ol' picnic . . . with Merle Haggard, David Allen Coe, Pat Green, Los Lonely Boys, Ray Price and more.  Ticketmaster has the tickets for $27 and on up. Have you read my blog posting about my first time with Willie? Ah, memories. Cornell Hurd Band at the Broken Spoke -- now THAT'S American!! The South Austin Jug Band at Threadgill's South   9 pm Bob Schneider  at the Nutty Brown Cafe with fireworks. I know it isn't country, but I've seen him so much lately I have to recommend it. Good show.  $12 Jack Ingram at Gruene Hall  $25  The Gougers are opening Band of Heathens at Gruene Hall 1 to 5 pm   No cover Jason Marbach at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Saturday, July 5, 2008 Redd Volkaert hosts the matinee at the Continental Club at 3 pm   Free  Robyn Ludwick plays there at 930 pm and Dale Watson wraps up the big Saturday at midnight  $10 Bruce Robison at the Broken Spoke 9 pm   Bruce has a new CD "The New World" coming out on Sept 2. His sixth album and I've been a fan since #1. Come hear him sing "California 85"--one of my new favorites. Jimmy LaFave at Threadgill's South at 9 pm Jeremy Steding at Hill's Cafe at 730 pm   Rosie Flores at Patsy's Cowgirl Cafe  $7 Shelley King at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Gary P Nunn at Gruene Hall  9 pm $12  TC Taylor opens Kevin Fowler at the River Road Icehouse in New Braunfels Sunday, July 6 Heybale! at the Continenntal Club at 11 pm  $7 Grant Mazak Band at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos 4 to 8 pm Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash at Gruene Hall 5 to 9 pm   No cover Return to the top of the page Monday, July 7, 2008  Dale Watson at the Continental Club at 10 pm $5 Lee Duffy and Friends at Threadgill's South  8 pm  No Cover Ronnie Corbin and Big John Mills at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Bill Rice hosts singers and songwriters and performs, too, at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Bo Porter at the Broken Spoke   No cover Planet Casper has the Happy Hour at the Continental Club 6:30 pm $5 Jordan Minor at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Two Ton Tuesdays with Two Tons of Steel at Gruene Hall  Hot hot hot  $4  Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros at HIll's Cafe with Robyn Ludwick opening the show  Free  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Dale Watson at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm  Tony Harrison has the Happy hour from 6 to 8 pm Shinyribs at Threadgill's South at 9 pm Hot Club of Cowtown at the Continental Club for Happy Hour 630 pm  $5 Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle every Wednesday at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Trent Summar, Rodney Hayden, Seth James, and Jay Knowle have an acoustic song swap at Gruene Hall   7 to 11 pm  No cover   Thursday, July 10, 2008 Cornell Hurd Band at Jovita's for their every Thursday gig. Big Smith at the Continental Club at 930 pm Shad Blair at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Jesse Dayton at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm, with dancing lessons at 8 pm Ben Danher at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Emory Quinn at Gruene Hall 7 to 11 pm  No cover Zack Walther and the Cronkites at the KNBT Music Series at the Whitewater Amphitheater   8 pm  Free show   Friday, July 11, 2008 Brandon Rhyder at Midnight Rodeo Butch Hancock at the Cactus Cafe Ronnie Corbin at Hill's Cafe at 730 pm Saturday, July 12, 2008 Charlie Robison at the Nutty Brown Cafe The Gourds at Threadgill's South with the Dedringers opening the show at 9 pm Alvin Crow at the Broken Spoke  9 pm James Hand hosts the Saturday matinee at the Continental Club at 3 pm  No cover KCee Edwards at Hill's Cafe at 730 pm Shinyribs at Gruene Hall   1 to 5 pm  No cover Sunday, July 13, 2008 Brennen Leigh at Threadgill's South  for the Gospel Brunch at 11 am Band of Heathens at the Live at the Lake series at Lakeway Resort    6 to 8 pm   Free Return to the top of the page Monday, July 14, 2008 Butch Hancock's Woody Guthrie Birthday Tribute at Threadgill's South  9 pm    Audrey Auld-Mezera and Andrew Hardin at Gruene Hall 7 to 11 pm  No cover Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Hard Core Country with Alvin Crow and James M. White at the Broken Spoke   Planet Casper has the Happy Hour at the Continental Club 6:30 pm $5 Bill Rice hosts singers and songwriters and performs, too, at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Jordan Minor at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Two Ton Tuesdays with Two Tons of Steel at Gruene Hall  Hot hot hot  $4 Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Jackson Taylor at Hill's Cafe at 8 pm  Bo Cox opens at 6:30 pm   Free Dale Watson at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm  The Blazing Bows Recital precedes Dale 6 to 8 pm Hot Club of Cowtown at the Continental Club for Happy Hour 630 pm  $5 Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle every Wednesday at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Zach Walther and the Cronkites on a Walther Wednesday at Gruene Hall 7 to 1030   No Cover Thursday, July 17, 2008 Butch Hancock at the Cactus Cafe 830 pm  $12 Texas Renegade at the Nutty Brown Cafe   830 to 1130 pm  No cover Jack Ingram is at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma, opening the show for Martina McBride   Here's a pic of the very first Jack Ingram Real American Music Festival.... a great idea that I guess has gone away. That's a happy Janice, a sweaty Jack, and my old great boss Jason Kane. You read my blog post about Jack, right? Kevin Welch at the Shady Grove "Unplugged at the Grove" at 8 pm  Audrey Auld-Mezera and Andrew Hardin open at 6:30 pm Cornell Hurd Band at Jovita's on South First Jesse Dayton at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm, with dancing lessons at 8 pm Melody Mann at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Austin Collins plays at the Whitewater Amphitheater at the KNBT Free Music Series  Gates at 7 pm, show at 8 pm   Free Bo Porter at Gruene Hall 7 to 11 pm Free Friday, July 18, 2008 Honeybrowne at Midnight Rodeo (have I mentioned lately that my accordion is featured on their new CD?  No, not my accordion PLAYING, just my accordion... Clay Corn did the honors) Dale Watson at the Broken Spoke 9 pm Dustin Welch and the House Band at the Continental Club at 10 pm Sam Bentley at Hill's Cafe  730 pm The Gougers at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Jack Ingram is at the "superpages.com Centre" in Dallas. Is that the old Smirnoff, which was the old Starplex? This sponsorship name thing is just getting too silly.  He's opening the show again for Martina McBride wherever this may be Saturday, July 19, 2008 Wade Bowen at the Nutty Brown Cafe Derailers at the Broken Spoke  9 pm Chad Johnson and Down 1450 at Hill's Cafe  730 pm Austin Lounge Lizards at Threadgill's South at 10 pm with Randy Weeks opening at 9 pm Redd Volkaert is back for the matinee at the Continental Club at 3 pm Hacienda Brothers follow with a special show to benefit the family of Chris Gaffney Jack Ingram is back home in the Woodlands (Houston) to open the show again for Martina McBride. I say home, Austin is still his home...but the Woodlands was where he grew up. Belleville Outfit plays Gruene Hall from 1 to 5 pm   No cover Sunday, July 20, 2008 Austin Collins plays at the LIve at the Lake music series at Lakeway Resort  6 to 8 pm  Free Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs at Gruene Hall   1 to 430 pm  No cover Hacienda Brothers and Special Guests remember Chris Gaffney at Gruene Hall   5 to 9 pm   No cover  Chris Gaffney passed away in April at the age of 58.  More details on his life at helpgaff.com Return to the top of the page Monday, July 21, 2008 Lee Duffy and Friends at Threadgill's South  8 pm   No Cover Robyn Ludwick at Gruene Hall  7 to 11 pm  No cover Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Bill Rice hosts singers and songwriters and performs, too, at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Bo Porter at the Broken Spoke  No cover Planet Casper has the Happy Hour at the Continental Club 6:30 pm $5 Jordan Minor at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Two Ton Tuesdays with Two Tons of Steel at Gruene Hall  Hot hot hot  $4 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Jason Boland and the Stragglers at Hill's Cafe at 8 pm.  80 Proof opens the show at 630 pm    Free Dale Watson at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm  Tony Harrison has the Happy hour from 6 to 8 pm Susan Gibson at the Cactus Cafe  830 pm  $10 Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle every Wednesday at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Zach Walther and the Cronkites on a Walther Wednesday at Gruene Hall 7 to 1030   No Cover Thursday, July 24, 2008 The Belleville Outfit at Threadgill's South  9 pm Cory Morrow at the Cactus Cafe with Waylon Payne (you know, you saw him in the movie "Walk the Line" as Jerry Lee Lewis)  830 pm  $15  I've been listening to Cory's new CD "Vagrants and Kings" and I like it very much. It will be interesting to hear these songs in an intimate setting. Derailers at the Shady Grove "Unplugged at the Grove" with Idgy Vaughn opening at 630 pm  Free Dr. G and the Mudcats at Hill's Cafe at 7 pm Cornell Hurd Band at Jovita's  8 pm   No cover Jesse Dayton at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm, with dancing lessons at 8 pm Adam Hood at the KNBT Music Series at the Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels  7 pm  Free The McKay Brothers at Gruene Hall 7 to 11 pm   No cover Friday, July 25, 2008 Jimmy Webb  at the Cactus Cafe  830  $33 in advance   This would be an amazing show. He's the guy that wrote most of Glen Campbell's big hits (By the Time I Get To Phoenix , Wichita Lineman) and ALSO wrote Up Up and Away (in  My Beautiful Balloon) for the Fifth Dimension and McArthur Park for Richard Harris/Donna Summer/Waylon Jennings and just about everyone else in the world. My aunt Louie taught Jimmy Webb English and music in junior high school in Eldorado, Oklahoma, so I've always felt a connection. Where would he be without my aunt Louie? I don't have a picture of Jimmy Webb (and who knows what he looks like anyway?) so I will put a picture of Aunt Louie (Mrs. White to Jimmy Webb) instead. Steven Franks at Hill's Cafe  7:30 pm Alvin Crow at the Broken Spoke Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros and Friends Festival at Whitewater at the Horseshoe on the Guadalupe  Kevin Welch is a special guest Derailers at Gruene Hall   8 pm  $10 Saturday, July 26, 2008 Hot Club of Cowtown at Threadgill's South  9 pm Randy Rogers Band at the Nutty Brown Cafe 80 Proof at Hill's Cafe  730 pm Jimmy LaFave at the Cactus Cafe  830 pm  $15 Roger Creager Birthday Celebration at Gruene Hall  9 pm  Rich O'Toole opens the show Walt Wilkins and Friends Festival at Whitewater at the Horseshoe on the Guadalupe Sunday, July 27, 2008 Luckenbach Cultural Exchange at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos 4 to 8 pm Return to the top of the page Monday, July 28, 2008 Lee Duffy and Friends at Threadgill's South  8 pm   No Cover Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Jason Roberts and Elizabeth McQueen at Threadgill's Original #1  8 pm Bill Rice hosts singers and songwriters and performs, too, at Hill's Cafe  7 pm Planet Casper has the Happy Hour at the Continental Club 6:30 pm $5 Jordan Minor at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Two Ton Tuesdays with Two Tons of Steel at Gruene Hall  Hot hot hot  $4 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Bruce Robison at Hill's Cafe at 8 pm with the Texas Sapphires opening the show at 630 pm Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle every Wednesday at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Zach Walther and the Cronkites on a Walther Wednesday at Gruene Hall 7 to 1030   No Cover Thursday, July 31, 2008 Cory Morrow plays the Buda City Park   9 pm (gates at 5 pm)  Free! Cornell Hurd Band at their weekly Jovita's suarez  8 pm  No cover Jesse Dayton at the Broken Spoke at 9 pm, with dancing lessons at 8 pm Adam Carroll, Owen Temple, and Jason Eady have teamed up for the "Ramblin' Revival Tour" and they'll  be preaching to the crowd at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos Rodney Hayden at Gruene Hall  7 to 11 pm  Free Continue on to August (sketchy as it is) . . .