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Thursday, October 26, 2006
The Addictions Awe 
She Rocks Show!There were a lot of hot chicks at Momo's on Wednesday night at Part 2 of the She Rocks! calendar
Taz (spiderman?) gets off as Beth gets UP;
Beth and Jason Richard belt 'em out!
release party (part 1 had been at Antone's the Wednesday before). But just as she had done in the calendar itself, The Addictions' Beth Richard showed her peers how to dominate. Well, the whole band rocked their socks off, in their final show until December 30 (as they sneak into the studio to work on a new album). Yes, there was "Roller Girl" [dedicated this evening to Adrian Conner, who was in the house and is in the calendar with her bandmates] and "Jaded" and a few others from their last CD, but the band also unveiled new songs like "Suck Up Your Dreams" and "See Right Through You" and others soon to be recorded.
The 15 women (including the Sickness trio of Adrian, Heather, and Nina) were all photographed by Ricardo Acevedo, whose posters and photos and other art forms are fast becoming legendary here in Austin where he has lived since 1999. [OK -- this year's calendar may not be as racy as last year's - but think HOT!] Other 2007 calendar girls who rocked the house at Momo's included Wendy Colonna, Jane Bond (whom Acevedo actually got to wear makeup for her shoot!), and Meagan Tubb -- fresh from having her band win the battle of the bands at Poodie's (for which the grand prize is getting to play the next Willie Nelson Fourth of July show) - but lots of others (from both 2006 and 2007) were in the house keeping the party going. One of them -- Momo's coowner Kate Tomich -- was behind the bar.
After a solo acoustic opening set by Miss May of 2006, Ernie Ernst (which featured her tongue very much in cheek - or somewhere else - "I Want To Be Sexually Harassed Tonight"), Austin newcomer Meagan Tubb [and no, she has no real idea whether she is kin to Ernest Tubb] brought out her sparkling Gibson Les Paul (and BIG Marshall amp) and showed the prowess on electric lead guitar - and vocals - that brought down the house at Poodie's week in and week out. Meagan's band included Berklee graduate (and another Austin newcomer) Johnny Duran on drums, Jason Nunnencamp on guitar, and Rick the new bass player (playing a
Wendy Colonna (red guitar); Meagan Tubb (silver Les Paul).
red Fender). Meagan and the gang rocked the house with songs like "Flower of the Night" and "Color Outside the Lines" -- and BTW, she's 5-10 and a mountain biker and a college graduate too. Catch her band at Waterloo Ice House next Friday (November 3).
Next up was the lovely Jane Bond (in her normal sans makeup jeans) ... with Josh Hoag on bass, El Goins on drums, and Spencer on lead guitar. Jane is playing here and there with Chad Tracy, but on this night she opted for more of a blues rock pose -- reminiscent of her early Austin sets with smokin' guitarists and a tight rhythm section. Check out Jane's myspace page and hopefully you can find a delicious photo that shows the flash in her eyes that has long made her the most captivating singer in South Austin since Toni Price.
Okay, I can never say enough about Wendy Colonna -- who started out to do a solo acoustic set - just her and her guitar and her amazing poetry in musical motion. But very quickly El Goins jumped behind the Momo's drum kit - and after another couple of solo songs -- including the beautiful "Coffee Today" -- El and Mark Addison joined the diva for "Judas" and an awesome rendition of "Vacancy" (which was so stark on the CD) that included a great solo by the beautiful bald guy (who makes me proud!). Reminding us more of Cleopatra than ever (imagine if she'd had a lute instead of an asp!), Wendy closed out with the really old classic "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" which segued right into "October."
Now earlier in the evening I had stopped by Central Market South for a bite to eat and some super jazz from Little Alice and Her Monkey Butlers -- aka Alice Spencer, Mark Rubin (tuba), Pops Bayless (banjo), Joe Cordi on piano, and Ben Saffer on clarinet. The band is debuting a new CD - "Joe's Basement" - which was recorded - duh - in Joe Cordi's basement. The band is playing at the Elephant Room on Friday - and we were wowed by such classic hits as "Who'll Chop Your Suey WHen I'm Gone" and Pops' own "Cakewalk" - and some smooth solos on "Bye Bye Blues" and "Some of These Days" -- and other classics and originals too.
