[FairRetailRecordings] #0007 -- Slaid Cleaves -- Open All Night

Here's one of my favorite covers from one of my favorite shows. This cover of the Boss' "Open All Night" is from Slaid Cleaves' first (and only) Summer Bash in 2005 that featured Graham Weber and Hayes Carll.

Artist: Slaid Cleaves

Venue: The Pier, Austin, TX

Date: 2005.06.04

Track: Open All Night

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

Some New, Some Old

Been a slow summer here in Austin. The mercury touching triple digits every day has presumably been keeping a lot of folks away. Not much in the way of (OKOM) touring acts coming through with the exception of Scott Miller (audio of his Cactus show) a few others that we weren't able to attend.

Some of the shows we have been able to attend included the Brock Zeman (Canadiana), Flatcar Rattlers (bluegrass), Roger Alan Wade (of Jackass notoriety), Austin Homegrown (local country/blues/reggae rockers), The Memphis Strange (former Stillwater Pioneers rocking it up) and the Happen-Ins (former Dedringer Sean Faires' new group). Here's the recordings from some of their performance.

Brock Zeman: 2009.06.10 at Riley's

The Flatcar Rattlers: 2009.07.03 at Jovita's

Roger Alan Wade: 2009.07.08 at the Mean Eyed Cat

Austin Homegrown: 2009.07.11 at the Mean Eyed Cat

The Memphis Strange: 2009.07.16 at Stubb's BBQ

The Happen-Ins: 2009.07.16 at Stubb's BBQ

Also, next Monday (August 3rd) will the latest installment of the Mean Eyed Cat Songwriter Night featuring host Lew Card, Ramsay Midwood, Jacob Jaeger and Johnny Dango. You can check out the audio from the last songwriter night at the link below.

Mean Eyed Cat Songwriter Night: 2009.07.20

[FairRetailRecordings] #0006 - Nels Andrews - Dollar And A Dream

This is Nels Andrews from a songwriter night at Flipnotics with AJ Roach, Danny Schmidt, Carrie Elkin and Robby Hecht.

Artist: Nels Andrews

Venue: Flipnotics Barton Springs, Austin, TX

Date: 2009.06.05

Track: Dollar And A Dream

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

[FairRetailRecordings] #0005 - The Onion Creek Crawdaddies - Blood In My Veins

Here's the Onion Creek Crawdaddies from two years ago at the opening of the Dive (now called the Tiniest Bar In Texas) on a hot summer night.

Artist: Onion Creek Crawdaddies

Venue: The Dive, Austin, TX

Date: 2007.07.13

Track: Blood In My Veins

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

[FairRetailRecordings] #0004 - Mark Jungers - Powderfinger

Here's a fun cover from the back pages. Mark Jungers covers Neil Young's Powderfinger at the Carousel Lounge with Roger Marin's band (Rod Standish, Matt Kiegan and Phil Bosley) along with Dan Walsh.

Artist: Mark Jungers & Friends

Venue: The Carousel Lounge, Austin, TX

Date: 2006.03.29

Track: Powderfinger

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

[FairRetailRecordings] #0003 -- Graham Weber -- Young Linda Ronstadt

Graham Weber, recently un-retired and back playing music, shared this new tune at the Mean Eyed Cat Songwriter Night in June. The July iteration of the MEC's Songwriter Night is next Monday, the 20th. Come out and support.

Artist: Graham Weber

Venue: The Mean Eyed Cat, Austin, TX

Date: 2009.06.01

Track: Young Linda Ronstadt

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

Mean Eyed Cat Songwriter Night Part 4

If you're in Austin on Monday, July 20th, come out to the Mean Eyed Cat and check out the 4th installment of the Cat's songwriter night hosted by Lew Card. This month's guests are James Hyland (former South Austin Juggie), Doug Strahan (of Chili Cold Blood) and Will Sexton.

The last three have been fantastic. Check out the audio from the previous shows here:

www.archive.org/details/mecsn2009-04-06.sbd

www.archive.org/details/mecsn2009-05-04.sbd

www.archive.org/details/mecsn2009-06-01.sbd

[FairRetailRecordings] #0002 - Mike Herrera's Tumbledown - Break Out Of History

Here's a really good alt-country band that I haven't heard much about. This recording is from End Sounds Records pre-SXSW party this year.

Artist: Mike Herrera's Tumbledown

Venue: Red7, Austin, TX

Date: 2009.03.17

Track: Break Out Of History

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

[FairRetailRecordings] #0001 -- The Flatcar Rattlers -- Redneck Hippie

Hey, gang. I'm going to start putting out a weekly mp3 (or possibly more frequently) of some of the live music that gets recorded in and around Austin. Some of it will be from my recordings, some of it will be from the recordings of others.

Let me know if you want off the list or want a friend added or want this sent to a different email address. By the by, gmail is now up to 7 gigs of free storage. FYI.

All that said, here's the first installment.

Artist: The Flatcar Ratters

Venue: Jovita's, Austin, TX

Date: 2009.07.03

Track: Redneck Hippie

Enjoy. And support your local music scene.

alt512

ps, in the future, you will be able to find all the previous files here.