SXSW Notes: The Music Scene Part Two: March 14

Here is more on SXSW music. I was pleased to attend SXSW for the first time. Except for the long lines, it exceeded expectations for both the tech part and the music part. I am grateful for Adobe Acrobat for enabling me to attend. For the first four days and nights I focused on the Interactive part, both sessions during the day and the parties at night. Then I switched to the music on the evening of March 14. I realized then that maybe I should have gone to some of the Sixth Street music bars before then. Next year I will know better. I will do a few more posts on SXSW music in the upcoming days.

The day started with the BAMM.tv music cruise that I wrote about this past weekend (see: SXSW Notes: BAMM.tv River Cruise Part One and SXSW Notes: BAMM.tv River Cruise Part Two. When it was over around 5PM I walked back from the lake and into a concert in front of Austin City Hall with a good band of unknown name.

    

I learned that Leah Siegal, who was on the first BAMM.tv music cruise and fronts for Firehorse, was also going to be in a very different music event at the French Litigation Museum across town at 7:30. It was a New York style cabernet in what turned to be a beautiful setting. So you will see below. But first I took a slow walk up Sixth Street to see the action as you can see directly below.

    

   

Here are pictures of The Citizen’s Band, performing at the French Litigation Museum. You can Leah in her new persona on the right. 

          

I then tried another of the official bands for SXSW but they were not my taste so I went back to the Blue Moon for more blues with a different band but a few of the same players from the night before. It was once again great. The leader asked for requests and I said do Stevie Ray doing Hendryx Voodoo Child and deposited a good tip. He did a great version and the guy sitting next to me bought me a drink and said I should pick the rest of the set.  And once again I had to leave at 2 to catch my shuttle bus while they were still going strong. They said that play 2 blues bands a night 365 days a year so I will be back.