Good Music

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H & I just got back from hearing a great Western Swing band, the "Ridgetop Syncopators", who have a regular Wednesday night gig at the Hole In The Wall on Guadelupe.

What an excellent band! And the string bass player, one Ricky Rees, is phenomenal, one of the best I've heard. I had a chance to talk with him a bit afterwards-- Pops Foster influence.

Amazing band-- no cover-- and $2 draft beers. Man! That right there is almost enough to make me decide to stay in Austin.
And that's without even mentioning that I don't feel like I need a shower going to hear music, as the bars in Austin are now non-smoking.

There I unexpectedly met Steve Gav and Dr. Eddie, two other Tumblers and members of the MOM's Royal Band, out club hopping. They were similarly impressed.

The Ridgetop Syncopators are flying up to Washington D.C. for a day to play at the Kennedy Center.

Comments

I like Molly Ivins' comment

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this week about how "Austin musicians have adopted New Orleans musicians en masse: You're practically no one if you haven't got a Neville in your guest room."

Re: I like Molly Ivins' comment

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Cool!

Do you have a link to that?

Grab it quick

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from the current column (http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv) (starting with "The Big Whew"), or sign up with her home newspaper where it'll last a few months. (http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnists/molly_ivins/)