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Topic: Austin Trip this week!!! |
Dave Manion
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Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2011 6:19 pm |
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Hello there all, I'm gonna be in Austin from Sunday the 27th til the afternoon of Friday the 1st. I'm getting there just in time to catch JR Brown at the Continental Club at 6:30, then Heybale right after that! Gonna catch Dale at the Broken Spoke on Wednesday too! Any other suggestions? Gonna see if I can catch some of the Stone River Boys too, especially since their steeler (Gary Newcomb) used to live up here.
Do any stores carry steel guitars down there? I would love to get a chance to play some different ones, I've only really played three different steels, and I own two of em! Any other ideas, like places to eat, cool stores etc... would be very welcomed! I have some friends down there to show me around, but am interested in you all's opinion....even if it is unrelated to steel guitar. thanks FOBROS!! |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 27 Mar 2011 1:01 am
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Dave,
You can see Gary Newcomb's and my band called Monster Island at The Hole in the Wall on thursday at 5:00. 2 pedslsteel players and no singer ! Maybe see you down at the Heybale gig. I live around the corner.
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Dave Manion
From:
Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2011 9:38 am
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| Nice! It would be cool to meet you, and hear your take on austin. You are relatively new to the area, right? If I Dont se you tonight, I will try to get to the hole in the wal gig. Ill be wearing a kern county basque club white cap. Obviously, i dont type well on my phone, but feel free to email me if you want also. Anyways, this is too hard to do on my phone right now, haha. Hip opt pe ty o catch up to you this week. |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 27 Mar 2011 6:35 pm
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| Of the Australian acts over there I would recommend The Wagons and The Level Spirits . |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 9:30 am
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Dave,You have to go to Cisco's Mexican Bakery on E,6th right near I-35 for breakfast,Family owned been there for a million years,order Migas! http://www.yelp.com/biz/ciscos-restaurant-bakery-and-bar-austin
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 12:25 pm
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Dave
It may be a little late to reach you, but I'll be at the Broken Spoke from 6-8pm with the Tony Harrison Band. Great horn section and the excellent Jake Langley will be on guitar.
3201 S. Lamar, 78704. "Last of the true Texas dance halls, and damn sure proud of it."
That's their story, anyways, and they're stickin' to it.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Dave Manion
From:
Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 11:56 pm
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Bob and Herb, thanks for the info! I'm sorry I didn't catch either of your gigs. Bob, I shouyld've wrote down the time of your gig, in fact I probably did, but promptly left it at home. So, Murphy's law, right when I get back to my room from a daylong trek around town at 5 to clean up a little, I text Gary and he tells me the gig is right then! Doh!! Would love to hear what you guys are up to in that group.
Herb, I didn't check in on this while I was there, obviously didn't take a laptop or anything, or I would've been ALL OVER seeing you play! You were definitely on my list to see, and I'm honored you replied to my request for info. I did see Dale's last Wednesday gig there, and Don Don was playing great!
I saw alot of variety of music, honky tonk, reggae, garage rock, funky Texas flavored R'B, Ac. Singer/songwriter stuff.... and was really impressed with the musicality of alot of the players. Everybody seemed to really be about the songs, and not trying to do their own thing over the top. Seems like a good songwriters town, for sure. And a good town for collaboration, not just gun-slinging. But, maybe I just got lucky with the acts I saw...
Thanks again guys for the replies,
Dave |
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