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Flanfire (Duggan Flanakin) is bringing LIFE to Austin music -- and telling the world how sweet it is!
Saturday, October 14, 2006
A Socia-ble Evening at Shoal Creek!
Robert Socia with his new Santa Cruz guitar; my own photographer, Winker (see my profile on myspace), on the OTHER end of the camera.
In his first appearance at the Shoal Creek Saloon since his engagement party (which we hear was a karaoke blowout of major proportions!), Robert Socia packed the house and then proceeded to blow the crowd away, especially in his second set. Socia, who was recently blessed with a Santa Cruz acoustic guitar to replace the Gibson that was stolen about a month ago by a dark spirit hanging around Jovita's, had Andy Tindall sitting in on fiddle along with stalwarts Eric Smith on bass and Jimmy Anderson on drums.
This was my first visit to Shoal Creek's great listening room, and I credit Sommer Novak for getting me there. The sound was good, there was beer and good food available, and the stage was comfortable for the musicians -- and people (including my buds Winker, Tiger, and Eric) were all having a good time. Early on Robert sang a song he had written for his lady (kinda reminding me of Slowtrain's song in which Adoniram Lipton says, "it might not be that bad" spending the rest of my life with you) - plus Ten Long Miles, The Great Divide, and Something Ain't Right off his debut CD and the Bobby Earl Smith (father of Eric) tune, Dry Creek Inn, written during his days with Freda and the Firedogs.
The band really got hot in the second set, and after reminding us all that he is a Texan and then playing some T-Bone style blues, Robert and Andy teamed up with an awe-inspiring instrumentally strong "In Your Dreams." Later in the set it was "Up on Cripple Creek," covering The Band, and then Robert quieted the whole room with a haunting version of the Townes Van Zandt classic, "Waiting Around To Die." Sixty-plus people and not a single sound from anywhere except the stage....
The band played a couple more, and then Robert let Andy loose on the fiddle and the evening was over. Robert will be back at Shoal Creek on October 26; at Jovita's the next night; and at Momo's the night after that. OR you can catch his electric guitar slinging side at the Poodle Dog this Sunday as he backs Sunny Sweeney.
Earlier in the evening I stopped by Flipnotics to catch a few numbers from About:Blank, in which my pal Kyle Clayton plays the acoustic bass. DJ Stillness had his turntables set up on stage, adding to the sounds. The band lineup most days is Dave Adams on drums, Danny Anderson on electric guitar, Clayton on double bass, Kevin Gibbs on saxophone, and Paul Luedke on trumpet. These guys play original music that sometimes combines funk and even hiphop (Idol-C sometimes lends his skills to the band) with traditional jazz.
The About:Blank horn section!
Robert Socia with his new Santa Cruz guitar; my own photographer, Winker (see my profile on myspace), on the OTHER end of the camera.
In his first appearance at the Shoal Creek Saloon since his engagement party (which we hear was a karaoke blowout of major proportions!), Robert Socia packed the house and then proceeded to blow the crowd away, especially in his second set. Socia, who was recently blessed with a Santa Cruz acoustic guitar to replace the Gibson that was stolen about a month ago by a dark spirit hanging around Jovita's, had Andy Tindall sitting in on fiddle along with stalwarts Eric Smith on bass and Jimmy Anderson on drums.
This was my first visit to Shoal Creek's great listening room, and I credit Sommer Novak for getting me there. The sound was good, there was beer and good food available, and the stage was comfortable for the musicians -- and people (including my buds Winker, Tiger, and Eric) were all having a good time. Early on Robert sang a song he had written for his lady (kinda reminding me of Slowtrain's song in which Adoniram Lipton says, "it might not be that bad" spending the rest of my life with you) - plus Ten Long Miles, The Great Divide, and Something Ain't Right off his debut CD and the Bobby Earl Smith (father of Eric) tune, Dry Creek Inn, written during his days with Freda and the Firedogs.
The band really got hot in the second set, and after reminding us all that he is a Texan and then playing some T-Bone style blues, Robert and Andy teamed up with an awe-inspiring instrumentally strong "In Your Dreams." Later in the set it was "Up on Cripple Creek," covering The Band, and then Robert quieted the whole room with a haunting version of the Townes Van Zandt classic, "Waiting Around To Die." Sixty-plus people and not a single sound from anywhere except the stage....
The band played a couple more, and then Robert let Andy loose on the fiddle and the evening was over. Robert will be back at Shoal Creek on October 26; at Jovita's the next night; and at Momo's the night after that. OR you can catch his electric guitar slinging side at the Poodle Dog this Sunday as he backs Sunny Sweeney.
Earlier in the evening I stopped by Flipnotics to catch a few numbers from About:Blank, in which my pal Kyle Clayton plays the acoustic bass. DJ Stillness had his turntables set up on stage, adding to the sounds. The band lineup most days is Dave Adams on drums, Danny Anderson on electric guitar, Clayton on double bass, Kevin Gibbs on saxophone, and Paul Luedke on trumpet. These guys play original music that sometimes combines funk and even hiphop (Idol-C sometimes lends his skills to the band) with traditional jazz.The About:Blank horn section!
