Mean Eyed Cat Songwriter Night

Here's a recent show from the Mean Eyed Cat. Lew Card (from the Gunhands) has started hosting a monthly songwriter night (first Mondays) at the Cat. This was the first installment featuring, Lew, Aimie Bobruck, Brennen Leigh and Kevin Galloway (from Uncle Lucius).

They took turns at their songs for the better part of two hours. For the more twang-loving (and less singer-songwriter-loving) among you, be sure to check out all of Brennen Leigh's songs. She has some excellent country chops that she's not afraid to show off here.

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ADDENDUM -- A Baker's Dozen Perfect Records Of The Last Ten Years

Hopy crap. We did that whole list and left off two records BY THE SAME BAND that are both fantastically brilliant (too much hyperbole?) and perfect. The list should have been fifteen records. Our editor will be getting a severe tongue lashing when he returns from happy hour.

Here's the revised list.
1 Adam Carroll -- Live At Cheatham Street Warehouse
2 Scott Miller -- Citation
3 Corb Lund -- Five Dollar Bill
4 Daddy -- At The Women's Club
5 Danny Schmidt -- Little Grey Sheep
6 Fred Eaglesmith -- Balin'
7 Guy Clark -- Cold Dog Soup
8 Mike McClure -- Twelve Pieces
9 Reckless Kelly -- Wicked Twisted Road
10 The Stillwater Pioneers -- Let's Go Pioneering
11 Verlon Thompson -- Everywhere...Yet
12 Brian Keane -- I Ain't Even Lonely
13 Deadstring Brothers -- Starving Winter Report
14 The Victrolas -- Life Like The Movies
15 The Victrolas -- Drop The Needle

**The three records in bold are, as far as we can tell, the debut offerings from these artists.

And if you happen to see the guys from the Victrolas, tell them to drop us a line and get their asses down to Austin. They can stay on the couches in the alt512 office. There's also a kegerator in there.

A Baker's Dozen Perfect Records Of The Last Ten Years

Lots of great records come out every year but so very few of them are perfect. Lots of great artists go a whole career without ever even coming close to touching the sun. Perfect means you wouldn't change the songs, the order, the arrangement, the players or anything else about the record. There's something else, something transcendent about the records on this list. After one or a dozen or a hundred listens, the record is still as fresh and brilliant and perfect as when you unwrapped it from the plastic.

Here's the list of alt512's Thirteen Perfect Records Of The Last Ten Years (1999-2008).

In no particular order other than almost alphabetical:
1 Adam Carroll -- Live At Cheatham Street Warehouse
2 Scott Miller -- Citation
3 Corb Lund -- Five Dollar Bill
4 Daddy -- At The Women's Club
5 Danny Schmidt -- Little Grey Sheep
6 Fred Eaglesmith -- Balin'
7 Guy Clark -- Cold Dog Soup
8 Mike McClure -- Twelve Pieces
9 Reckless Kelly -- Wicked Twisted Road
10 The Stillwater Pioneers -- Let's Go Pioneering
11 Verlon Thompson -- Everywhere...Yet
12 Brian Keane -- I Ain't Even Lonely
13 Deadstring Brothers -- Starving Winter Report

**The two records in bold are, as far as we can tell, the debut offerings from these artists.

Some would argue for Slaid's Broke Down or Wishbones or Bingham's Mescalito or Hayes' Flowers and Liquor or the Gourds Blood Of The Ram. Alas, great records all. Perfect...close.