This Tunesday will focus mainly on Austin Lucas, but in a few of the videos, he has some really good back up musicians. Last night we headed out to Hollywood to check out Austin Lucas, Mike Hale and Two Cow Garage at Crane's Tavern. Upon arrival, everyone was locked out of the venue since the hired help was running late, but after a short wait, we were inside on the back patio enjoying $1 Budweisers... not bad.
The first act up was some kind of rockabilly setup that all dressed the part, but was lacking in the originality / musically diversity category. Every song sounded the same, they even started a few songs with some really cool first couple of seconds, but then jumped back into their washed out sound once the time for vocals to show up came in. Funny thing is that most of the crowd was there to see them (all of which were out on dress-up night too).
Next, Mike Hale and Austin Lucas played an unplugged acoustic set out on the patio. Damn fine stuff... too bad many people that weren't watching the show decided that it was their right to be goofing off and making a bunch of noise about 5 feet from there Austin and Mike were performing. Roll tape...
Following Mike Hale and Austin's outdoor set, Two Cow Garage played inside. Now, this venue is tiny inside, lacks a stage, and was unable to stand up to the volume that Two Cow Garage played at. Needless to say, they could have had a bit of a stronger P.A., but either way Two Cow Garage really turned it on. These dudes play with so much excitement and energy, it is just fun watching them. We did shoot a couple of videos of them, but due to their sheer volume, the microphone on the camera wasn't handling the audio well. Maybe next time. They did play backing band to Austin Lucas for a few songs, which came across really well, especially since the only stuff I've heard of Austin Lucas is acoustic. Clip #2...
After about a half dozen songs or so, Two Cow Garage left the stage and Austin Lucas played unplugged for the dozen or so people that were watching. All of which were obviously fans since they were singing along to the tunes and actually keeping quiet while Austin got to playing. The coolest part was that Austin made everyone that was watching him play stand really close in a circle around him. Everyone that was in the front of the circle was practically a foot away from him while he played, which brings the whole idea of an intimate show to the next level. A very cool feeling indeed. Enjoy this last clip and Austin Lucas' golden voice, beautiful song writing and impressive guitar playing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vsaqn41j78
After the gig was through, we got ourselves an Austin Lucas LP and headed home. A nice Monday night indeed. Sorry that the videos appear so red, but the lack of actual lighting and abundance of mood lighting don't help our little camera. You're supposed to listen to the music anyways.
You can check out music by all three of the above mentioned artists at Suburban Home Records. Best get on it!
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