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Flanfire (Duggan Flanakin) is bringing LIFE to Austin music -- and telling the world how sweet it is!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Jabarvy at the NEW Club 115!
Ryan (Sham) Jones makes a funny devil with his lei; the M Squad horns -- Meg Kemp and Margaret Harn.
Below: Rachel Loy makes an attractive (though dreadlocked) and talented addition (as a guest performer) 
to Goldcure.
to Goldcure.There's something new and better about Jabarvy, the Lubbock transplants whose debut CD last fall showed the versatility afforded by having two lead guitarists and a two-woman horn section wrapped around a pulsating rhythm section that also includes the lead singer. This family band (well, two members are married to each other!) reveals its joy of living in the songs they perform.
Okay, they played some songs new to me (some of which were just out of mothballs, others brand new) in the portion of a set I saw last Friday at the NEW (management, that is) Club 115 (at 115 San Jacinto) -- which is fast becoming one of THE places to play in this town (thanks in large part to the great sound system, very comfy seats, and good vibes that are today what Ter'ell Shahid had envisioned when he first opened the club with three partners a while back).
Jabavry, which will return to Club 115 on June 15th (DO check their myspace calendar to see which of your OTHER favorite Austin bands are playing there), blew the crowd (largely passers-by from nearby upscale restaurants) away with "Raisin' Hell" (which featured Sham Jones with an evil grin!), "Redbone," "Mud Pie," and "Marcia Martian" -- and who knows what all else they played that night. What is NEW about Jabarvy is the new attitude from trumpeter Margaret Harn -- thanks, she says, to her new gig with fellow Lubbock exiles Muchos Backflips. These guys, says club owner Matthew Claudnic, may be the best band in Austin.
Earlier that evening, I was at Momo's Club to catch a set by Goldcure that featured the lovely (and dreadlocked) Rachel Loy on bass -- plus Evan Griffiths on giddle and Dustin Walsh on banjo on some songs. Adam, Craig, and Gavin continue to improve their sound at every gig -- and they will be back at Momo's this Friday.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening, I was again drawn out to see Chris Brecht -- this time with a full complement of Broken 45's. As usual, Matt Mollica and his Hammond B3 (and his backing vocals) took away the breath of some audience members, while guest guitarist (the C team, he said, pinch hitting for Brad Rice and Chris Masterson) Gordy Quist (he of the Band of Heathens) also brought some oohs and aahs with his solo licks. [Gordy's solo CD, done in Nashville with some legends, will be available in June!] Earlier that evening, my pal George Duron was showing off for his mom (he bought her flowers!) playing drums for British import (and power popstar) Sally Crewe (along with bassist Matt Baab). Truth be told, I enjoyed the set but want to hear her again before writing too much ... I really liked songs like "Love Is the Drug (for me)" and "Get It Right This Time" (or whatever the title is), but I was at the time unwinding from a two-hour session before the city planning and zoning board (my wife even saw me on Channel 6!) and unfocused on her lyrics. Lots of fun -- no wonder the music guys I know who know her all like her.
FINALLY -- Good news, bad news department: I got out to Threadgill's Old No. 1 on May 16th to see Dao Strom, everyone's favorite novelist-singer-songwriter from northern California who has graced Austin with her presence for the past few years. Dao in the first of two sets offered up some of her older songs (like Perfume River), some brand-new songs (like A Waking Dream and Silver), and some old standards (Wreck on the Highway) -- backed by Kevin Fox on standup bass and sometimes by Christa Haxthausen on vocals. My gracious friend, though, is on her way to Oregon to smell the salt air and be closer to her childhood home ... well, Portland after a summer at the beach -- and this concert was her last in Austin -- at least for now. But MORE GOOD NEWS from DAO -- she is finishing up a brand-new collection of songs with producer Darden Smith that should be coming our way later this year -- and hopefully she will just HAVE to come back to Austin for a CD release party or two (as well, perhaps, as for the debut of her next book!).
Flanfire -- Bringing LIFE to Austin music.
