ACL FESTIVAL 2013…..ONLY ONE THING TO SAY…..THE MAVERICKS
STOLE THE SHOW. WITH A RE-VITALIZED
SOUND, ENGERY THEY PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS YOUTHFUL BOYS WITH THE TIGHTEST
SOUND I HAVE HEARD FROM THEM IN YEARS.
THEIR MATURITY FROM YEARS OF HARD WORK ON THE ROAD SHOWED ONLY WHEN YOU
GOT CLOSE TO THEIR FACES. THE ENTHUSIASM
AND VIGOR ON STAGE WAS A THROW BACK TO EARLY DAYS OF THE MAVERICK. NOT ONLY DID THEY WORK HARD, BUT THE TIGHTNESS
AND THE PRECISION WAS WORLD CLASS. WHAT
STOOD OUT MOST WAS……THEY WERE HAVING A BLAST!!
OTHER WORTHY MENTIONS WERE (FROM THE BMI STAGE) THE PETERSON
BROS. 2 UNDER 18 BROTHERS, GLENN AND
ALEX BOUGHT SOULFUL BLUES SOUND OF GREATS FROM BB KING TO HENDRIX. GLENN HAS MAGIC FINGERS THAT WILL BE HEARD
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME…..AUSTIN IS LUCK TO HAVE THEM! WILCO PERFORMED “THEIR LAST SHOW” AND PUT IT
OVER THE TOP (AS EXPECTED). ARTIC
MONKEYS ARE STARTING TO SHOW MATURITY BUT STILL PUSHED THE SOUND BARRIER—GREAT
SHOW. KINGS OF LEON ARE NOW OFFICIALLY A
“SUPER GROUP” IN MY EYES—THE AUSTIN CROWD LOVES THEM AND THEY RETURNED TO LOVE
TEN FOLD—AGAIN AWESOME SHOW BUT WHAT A CROWD.
AND HANK WILLIAMS GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER--SHE PUT COUNTRY BACK IN COUNTRY WESTERN.....JUST LIKE HER GREAT GRANDDADDY!!
ANOTHER SURPISE …. PLEASANT SURPRISE….WAS DELTA RAE OUT OF
NORTH CAROLINA.
http://www.deltarae.com/
DUBBED AS FOLK ROCK, THEY WERE ANYTHING
BUT THAT.
MISSING ONE OF THEIR LEAD SINGERS DUE TO ILLNESS, THE OTHER MEMBERS ROSE TO THE OCCASION AND
ROCKED THE BUD LIGHT STAGE.
BRITTANY HOLLJES
TOOK OVER AND DROVE THE BAND THROUGH ROCK, FOLK (WITH FUSION), HARD LUCK
COUNTRY AND REAL, TRUE ROCK N ROLL.
AWESOME SHOW AND THE BAND WAS EXHAUSTED.
A NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR WAS THE CRAFT BEER TENT. NOT BEING A BIG FAN OF CRAFT BEER (I KNOW
THAT THIS IS BLASPHEMY BUT TRUE) I AVOIDED THE TENT FOR THE FIRST DAY. ON SATURDAY I VENTURED IN LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING CLOSE TO A GUINNESS. WHAT A
BLAST. IT WAS COOL UNDER THE TENT, THE
SERVERS WERE BETTER THAN EXPECTED ON A HOT DAY AND THE BEER SAMPLES WERE
INCREDIBLE.
FOOD, AUSTIN HOSPITALITY, WEATHER, EVENTS OUTSIDE THE PARK
AND THE FESTIVAL GO’ERS WERE AS ENTERTAINING AS EVER. ONE PLACE OF NOTE (RUN BY STEVE AND RENEE) IS
THE HIHAT PUBLIC HOUSE www.hihatpublichouse.com. STEVE PROVIDES THE ENTERTAINMENT (AND YES
SOME OF THE MUSIC WHEN A COMBO NEEDS EXTRA PERCUSSION) AND RENEE RUNS THE
HOUSE. GREAT DAILY SPECIALS THAT TIE TO
THE LOCAL EVENTS OF THE DAY (FOOTBALL, ACL FESTIVAL, SXSW) AND CRAFT BEER TO GO
WITH THE CUISINE OF THE DAY. TRY THE
SHRIMP MAC N CHEESE OR THE DUCK CONFIT NACHOS.
GO AROUND AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO TRY ONE OF THE MANY DISHED THAT
INCLUDE NEW MEXICO HATCH GREEN CHILE (THE FLAVOR WILL MAKE YOU FORGET THE
HEAT—BEST IN THE WORLD BY FAR).
ONCE AGAIN….THANKS AUSTIN, THANKS C3 AND THE MULTIPLE FOLKS
THAT MAKE ACL FESTIVAL THE ICON OF MUSIC FESTIVALS.
OH....AND...THANKS ALEJANDRO ......AWESOME PERFORMANCE.
