Flanfire

Toneheads unite -- Tahni and her troops were out at Ruta Maya again tonight (as the rain fell outside) - once again with Danny Bennett and Glenn Rexach on lap steel and lead guitar, respectively, but with Mike Longoria on drums and the Taste Buds (Toni Allen and Colleen Schoonmaker) on harmony vocals (and yes I forgot the bass player's name). This was a hotter, bluesier, rockier show than her December CD release party (which focused mostly on her acoustic CD "Back Again." Tahni featured several new songs as well as renditions of rock and roll classics for good measure. The gig came one day after she was live (acoustically) on KUT-FM's Eklektikos noon hour show - and it was clear that some of her audience came from KUT.

We have been busy, what with the new house and out-of-town trips and baby sitting, but we have attended a Shelley King show at Jovita's on Bonnie Whitmore's birthday (complete with cake), Carolyn Wonderland at the Saxon (with a seven-piece band!) on a night she could not play enough gospel, and the Sis DeVille acoustic show (Carolyn, Shelley, and Floramay Holliday - who is now living in the Dallas area with her new hubby but who will be BACK at Artz' Rib House with the Sistahs next Wednesday). Intended to get out more, but have been a little under the weather.....

Not much else to report -- but be on the lookout later this spring for the Hope Chapel Arts Festival.....