Saturday, September 18, 2021

Rock Royalty Visits Austin's Erwin Center

 Eric Clapton

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Eric Clapton stopped by the Frank Erwin Center at the University of Texas at Austin as part of his North American tour before embarking on the European leg of his tour. The eight tour stops for North America included three in Texas, and several other states across the Southern U.S. before concluding in Florida.  

Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton


Clapton has a stellar crew of talented musicians forming his band: guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, organist Paul Carrack, bassist Nathan East,, drummers Sonny Emory and Steve Gadd, keyboardist Chris Stainton, and backup singers Sharon White and Katie Kissoon. 

Eric Clapton

Doyle Bramhall II


Setlist:

Pretending

Key To The Highway

I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

I Shot The Sheriff

Acoustic:

Kerry

Man Of The World

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 

Tears In Heaven

Layla

Electric:

Got To Get Better In A Little While

Wonderful Tonight

Little Queen Of Spades, 

Cross Road Blues

Encore:

High Time We Went (with Jimmie Vaughan)

Eric Clapton


Jimmie Vaughan

Opening for Eric Clapton on this tour was Austin's own blues rock guitarist/vocalist Jimmie Vaughan. Jimmie, a phenomenal guitarist is his own right, is the older brother of the late guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. 

Jimmie Vaughan

Jimmie Vaughan

Jimmie Vaughan


Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Glass Animals Rock The Stage At New Austin Venue

Glass Animals

The British indie rock band Glass Animals helped usher in a new era in the heart of downtown Austin as the band performed at the brand new Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Greenway on September 12, 2021. The band is touring in support of their latest album, Dreamland, which was released in August of 2020, during this dreadful pandemic. 

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Fans at Moody Amphitheater


Glass Animals is led by the multi-faceted frontman Dave Bayley. Joining Bayley on stage are Drew MacFarlane on guitar, keys and backing vocals; Ed Irwin-Singer on bass, keys and backing vocals; an d Joe Seaward on drums and percussion.

Glass Animals

Fans at Moody Amphitheater

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Greenway

binki

Opening for Glass Animals was the dance-rap artist binki. This genre-blurring rapper from Pennsylvania has found a way to set himself apart from the rest by blending parts of many different genres to create his own unique sound. 

binki

binki


Monday, September 13, 2021

Latin Music Acts Bring Sold Out Crowd To HEB Center

Rising Latin Music artists Los Dos Carnales with special guests Voz de Mando and Los Austeros de Durango performed before a sold out crowd at the HEB Center in Cedar Park, Texas on September 10, 2021. 

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales is a norteño quartet from Coahuila, Mexico led by singer and bajo quinto guitarist Alfonso "Poncho" Quezada and his brother accordionist and harmony singer Imanol Quezada. Joining them are bassist Armando Hernandez, drummer Kevin Montemayor Marquez and Ruben Cabral. 

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales

Los Dos Carnales


Voz de Mando

Voz de Mando is a Regional Mexican band from Culiacan, Mexico now based in Los Angeles. The band is made up of founding member accordionist Jorge Gaxiola, bajo quinto guitarist, vocalist Miguel Gaxiola, tuba player Eduardo Gonzalez, and drummer Adrian Gonzalez.   

Voz de Mando

Voz de Mando

Fans


Los Austeros de Durango

Los Austeros de Durango is a norteño quartet from Mexico's Durango mountain range. Their members include Juan Luis Guzman on accordion and lead vocals, Antonio Alvarez on bajo sexto and backing vocals, Gilberto Lopez on electric guitar, and Crespin Gonzalez on drums.



Los Austeros de Durango

Los Austeros de Durango

Los Austeros de Durango

Los Austeros de Durango

Fans

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Primus Performs Classic Rush Album For Austin Audience

Primus

The American funk metal band Primus brought their "A Tribute To Kings" Tour to the stage at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater on September 9, 2021. As a tribute to the legendary rock band, Primus performed Rush's album A Farwell To Kings in its entirety. 

Primus

Les Claypool

Primus is fronted by bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander. 

Primus

Larry "Ler" LaLonde

Les Claypool

Les Claypool

Les Claypool

Fans


The Sword

Opening for Primus was The Sword. The Sword is an American Heavy Metal band from Austin, Texas. Their members include vocalist/guitarist John D Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and Drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III. 


John D Cronise

John D Cronise

Kyle Shutt

John D Cronise