SOME OF THE RADICAL BANDS WHO’VE PLAYED THE ALT COUNTRY SHOWCASE:
The Lonesome Heroes The Sidehill Gougers Chris Brecht Leatherbag Marshall Jones & the Frontier Phrenologist Johann Wagner American Graveyard Low Down Family String Band Leo Rondeau The Skeletons Brennen Leigh StillWater Pioneers Charles Potts Magical Windmill Band Some Say Leland The Texas Saphires Brennen Leigh THE ARCHIBALDS The Gary Newcomb Trio The Boxcar Preachers Twangzilla The John’s Mike Davis & His Broken Hearted Band Nick Krause & His Austin Torpedo’s Chomp Chomp Carley Wolf City Mouth Country Mouth Tom VandenAvond The Breathers Aimee Bobruk Danny Terry Mark Jungers Band The Down Here Band Ralph White Dave Insleys Careless Smokers Adam Sultan Jenifer Jackson Friends of Dean Martinez The Transgressors ShaneParker Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang Chief Fuzzer Heather Rae & The Moonshine Boys McMercy Family Band Frank Smith Silver Pines Izzy Cox
Dave Insley’s Careless Smokers
Burton & The Buffalo
Darwin Smith
Baltimore Harbor
Shake Em’ Ups
Chuck Fleming
The Lennings
Winter Dance Party
The Flatcar Rattlers
& THE LIST GROWS
Influences
Jimmie Rodgers, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, Ween, Johnny Cash, Beck, Hank Williams, Lil' Cap'n Travis, The Silver Jews, The Magnetic Fields, Patsy Cline, Wilco, Gillian Welch, Iron and Wine, Little Wings, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Luna, Galaxie 500, Will Oldham, Yo La Tengo, Empty Lonestar Beer Cans, The Byrds, The Flaming Lips, Smog, Whiskeytown, Woody Guthrie, Lou Barlow, The Velvet Underground, The Weary Boys, Patti Griffin, Dylan...
Monthly Austin Music Showcase
At Luckenbach, TX.
Hosted by The Lonesome Heroes
Free on the Outdoor Stage
1pm - 5pm
The Lonesome Heroes
AUSTIN AFTERNOON SPLASH
Saturday Afternoons at Luckenbach.
412 Luckenbach Town Loop Fredericksburg, TX 78624.
Come enjoy a Saturday afternoon splash of wild country music from Austin in Luckenbach TX one Saturday a month. After three years hosting Austin’s Alt Country Showcase at the Hole in the Wall, The Lonesome Heroes will bring a collection of their favorite bands to play at the birthplace of Outlaw Country Music. An Eclectic lineup of bands that push the boundaries of country music can be expected ranging from Psychedelic Country, Texas Swing, to Bluegrass and beyond.
Saturday, February 21st.
1pm McMercy Family Band
www.myspace.com/mcmercyfamilyband
2:30 Dave Insley’s Careless Smokers
www.myspace.com/daveinsley
4:00 Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
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Saturday March 14th
1pm Brennen Leigh
www.myspace.com/brennenleigh
2:30 Leo Rondeau
www.myspace.com/leorondeau
4pm Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
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Saturday April 18th
1pm Shotgun Party
www.myspace.com/shotgunfiesta
2:30 The Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
4:00pm The Maybelles
www.myspace.com/themaybelles
The Alt Country Showcase seeks to create a space for Country Music and Alternative Music to gather, cross-pollinate, and explode. It represents a microcosm of the evolving sounds of Austin Texas, and it is always totally awesome.
Real Country, and alternative music have been scattered across the city at separate venues for too long; stuffed away in dive bars, and sandwiched between rock bands at Clubs that don't take proper care of budding bands like they should. Till one day the Lonesome Heroes decided it would be better to team up with other bands, and put original alternative music all together under one roof.
In October of 2006 The Lonesome Heroes became booking agents and found themselves booking bands one night a week at Austin's infamous Punk Rock club Headhunters. They began their experiment of letting the bands work together, and soon bands were swapping members, ideas, and fans. All sorts of sounds erupted ranging from bluegrass and country music, to indie rock and experimental music. Somehow it all seemed to make sense for these bands to play together, and while there is no exact link between all the diverse sounds, the common denominator has become original music that converses with and expands music of the past, not imitates it (& lots of Steel Guitars.)
The Showcase moved to Austin World Famous Hole in the Wall in September of 2007 after the bands and the crowd began to outgrow the small stage of Headhunters. The experiment proved to be a giant success after the crowds swelled beyond wednesday night proportions week after week.
2009 finds the Showcase moving beyond the Austin City Limits to Luckenback, TX. The Lonesome Heroes will bring a few of their favorite bands from the Last 3 years to play at the birthpace of Outlaw Country Music......
3 RAD COUNTRY BANDS
Last WEDNESDAY of every month @ 10 PM
@ THE HOLE IN THE WALL
2538 GUADALUPE @ DEAN KEATON
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Please use this site as a resource for finding awesome bands around Austin. Consult the LIST OF BANDS that have played for a resource of amazing talent. Feel free to drop an email about future booking at the Showcase, or for advice if a band is needed for an event around town.
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Please check out GLAMBILLY (2009 SXSW Official Selection) on March 20th at the HABANNA BAR , 709 E 6th St Austin, TX, 78701 at 8 PM.
“Strip-club rhythms to the Man in Black? Hans Frank's take on Johnny Cash, "Folsom Prison Mambo," is
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Come listen to former frontman of the South Austin Jug Band...James Hyland -live on free radio KAOS! Special guest...Dirty Charley will be in the house to play some of his new songs! A great show and live broadcast from the Nomad-tonight from 9-11pm
Christmas party at the Nomad! Come down to the Nomad bar and donate to those less fortunate then yourself! Buy a beer for Dj Smooth and El Demento to insure that Santa will be coming to see you this year!
Austin Alt Country Showcase
