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Flanfire (Duggan Flanakin) is bringing LIFE to Austin music -- and telling the world how sweet it is!
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Gospel Music in Austin!
Maria Mabra joined Brennen Leigh on stage at Threadgill's Gospel Brunch; Papa Mali, Scrappy, and Sarah playing in the sunshine at Maria's grand opening!
Sunday is Gospel Music Day in Austin - and today, Flanfire went first to Threadgill's to catch Brennen Leigh (with special guest Maria Mabra) and then to the grand opening of the new Maria's Taco X-press to catch the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - the very best band in town. Along the way, the Harmonizers' special guest, Stephen Bruton, announced that his lovely wife Mary and her pal Cindy Smiley will be opening up their snow cone and Cuban coffee stand (behind Maria's) during the coming week - the place, Mary and Smiley's Cubana, will also feature authentic Louisiana pralines and Mary and Smiley's very own secret recipe cookies - and perhaps other desserts (something that is NOT a Maria's specialty).
Brennen - fresh from her successful trips to France and Norway this summer - had brother Seth on guitar, Josh Hoag on upright bass, and Danny Curtis on fiddle. Just past her birthday (I will NOT disclose which one), she put on a commanding performance, but when longtime pal Maria (with whom she has recorded a soon to be released EP entitled, Shout Hallelujah!) ascended to the stage, magic began to happen. Maria, who is about to unleash her own band Corrine Rose's Austin debut CD, sings the high parts while Brennen handles the lower notes - and you would think they were sisters the way their harmonies mesh. [Well, maybe they ARE!] Fans should be aware that Brennen will be joined on stage on Tuesday at 6:00 pm at the Evangeline Cafe by one of the guys who backed her up in Norway this summer (he is here for the ACL Fest, of course!).
The new Maria's features nicer bathrooms, a much larger (and cooler) interior cafe area (with big windows that ends the claustrophobia of the old place) and a new covered patio that retains the dirt floor but still provides a side area for dancers and lots of seating that will be out of most rains. The stage is lower (building code issues kept the ceiling low) and the band has its back to South Lamar (with a small parking lot in between). What CAN one say about the Harmonizers - who (for newcomers here) raise money for local charities every Sunday and totally donate their time and talents and do not even use the venue to promote their own gigs. Today's lineup was Papa Mali (Malcolm Welbourne) and "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb on guitars, the incomparable Sarah Brown on bass, Paul "Bhudda" Mills on drums, and Nick Connelly on keyboards - plus Shelley King on vocals.
We, however, will promote a gig or two here and there -- and this time, it is the FUNK FEST this Friday through Sunday (Fri-Sat at Jovita's, Sun at the Parish). On Friday it is Big Sam's Funky Nation and Topaz. The Saturday show, billed as Papalactic AftaBlasta (starts at 10 pm), features Papa on guitar, Rob Mercurio on bass, Rich Vogel on keys, Stanton Moore on drums -- plus Cyril Neville and very surprise special guests on brass! The Sunday show features the Greyhounds and the Stanton Moore Trio (with Robert Walter and Will Bernard) and special guests Papa Mali and IVAN Neville. Advance tickets are going for $12 Friday, $18 Saturday, and $20 Sunday.
Maria Mabra joined Brennen Leigh on stage at Threadgill's Gospel Brunch; Papa Mali, Scrappy, and Sarah playing in the sunshine at Maria's grand opening!
Sunday is Gospel Music Day in Austin - and today, Flanfire went first to Threadgill's to catch Brennen Leigh (with special guest Maria Mabra) and then to the grand opening of the new Maria's Taco X-press to catch the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - the very best band in town. Along the way, the Harmonizers' special guest, Stephen Bruton, announced that his lovely wife Mary and her pal Cindy Smiley will be opening up their snow cone and Cuban coffee stand (behind Maria's) during the coming week - the place, Mary and Smiley's Cubana, will also feature authentic Louisiana pralines and Mary and Smiley's very own secret recipe cookies - and perhaps other desserts (something that is NOT a Maria's specialty).
Brennen - fresh from her successful trips to France and Norway this summer - had brother Seth on guitar, Josh Hoag on upright bass, and Danny Curtis on fiddle. Just past her birthday (I will NOT disclose which one), she put on a commanding performance, but when longtime pal Maria (with whom she has recorded a soon to be released EP entitled, Shout Hallelujah!) ascended to the stage, magic began to happen. Maria, who is about to unleash her own band Corrine Rose's Austin debut CD, sings the high parts while Brennen handles the lower notes - and you would think they were sisters the way their harmonies mesh. [Well, maybe they ARE!] Fans should be aware that Brennen will be joined on stage on Tuesday at 6:00 pm at the Evangeline Cafe by one of the guys who backed her up in Norway this summer (he is here for the ACL Fest, of course!).
The new Maria's features nicer bathrooms, a much larger (and cooler) interior cafe area (with big windows that ends the claustrophobia of the old place) and a new covered patio that retains the dirt floor but still provides a side area for dancers and lots of seating that will be out of most rains. The stage is lower (building code issues kept the ceiling low) and the band has its back to South Lamar (with a small parking lot in between). What CAN one say about the Harmonizers - who (for newcomers here) raise money for local charities every Sunday and totally donate their time and talents and do not even use the venue to promote their own gigs. Today's lineup was Papa Mali (Malcolm Welbourne) and "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb on guitars, the incomparable Sarah Brown on bass, Paul "Bhudda" Mills on drums, and Nick Connelly on keyboards - plus Shelley King on vocals.
We, however, will promote a gig or two here and there -- and this time, it is the FUNK FEST this Friday through Sunday (Fri-Sat at Jovita's, Sun at the Parish). On Friday it is Big Sam's Funky Nation and Topaz. The Saturday show, billed as Papalactic AftaBlasta (starts at 10 pm), features Papa on guitar, Rob Mercurio on bass, Rich Vogel on keys, Stanton Moore on drums -- plus Cyril Neville and very surprise special guests on brass! The Sunday show features the Greyhounds and the Stanton Moore Trio (with Robert Walter and Will Bernard) and special guests Papa Mali and IVAN Neville. Advance tickets are going for $12 Friday, $18 Saturday, and $20 Sunday.
