He Was A Pepper!

Posted on August 27, 2008

Yesterday I attended the funeral and reception for the sweetest, kindest, most loving person I had ever met in my life. He really touched my heart and soul and made me feel great to be alive every time I was around him. I printed this on a t-shirt and wore it down and lots of people were asking about getting their own shirt. I plan on making a few for the family and some of the folks I ran into - but decided to put this here just in case anyone else wanted it. Danny loved his Dr. Pepper. They were even serving it yesterday at the reception - which is where I drank my last one.

Little Red Rooster At Momo’s

Posted on August 15, 2008

Tonight’s show at Momo’s was, as usual, really great! Great band that played before us - Douglas Jay Boyd, and then we came on rockin’ the house to a lot of new faces.

One familiar face happened to pop his head in the door early in the night. Lucky for us - and the audience - this face happened to belong to none other than Gary Clark, Jr.!

Just last week Mac and I saw him sit in with Jimmie Vaughn at Antone’s and I was - as usual - blown away by him. He’s so laid-back and super talented. I said to myself, “Man! I wish I could have Gary Clark, Jr. sit in with me!”

As we were leaving Antone’s that night we saw him speaking with Joe Constantine and we invited him to come by and see us sometime at Momo’s on a Thursday. Mac even went so far as to extend an open invite for him to jam with us. We left Antone’s and that was that.

But tonight, I was floored when he walked in with some friends and I called for Gary from the stage to come up. Sure enough - he stepped up, Mac gave him his Fender Strat and here’s what happened next…

After the set, we posed for a pic and I mingled in the audience trying to gather more emails for our mailing list.

Gary hung out for most of the second set too, but had to cut out about 3 songs before we called it a night. Too bad, I was going to call him up again for Driving Wheel. Somehow though… I don’t think this will be my last chance to play it with him.

Thanks Gary!

Nakia

Twangville Loves Nakia!

Posted on August 9, 2008

Sometimes late at night I find myself Googling my name just for fun. Come on… You know you’ve done it too! Tonight, I found this amazing review of my SXSW show from back in March and of the Playing The Cards EP. Thought I would share it with you. Here’s a blurb from the Twangville.com article:

In a small room off the beaten path at this year’s SXSW I found a big voice. Austin singer-songwriter Nakia took possession of the room that night, his rich and brawny voice shifting effortlessly from a soulful ballad to a R&B rave-up. Ably backed by his top-notch band the Southern Cousins, it was a highlight of the conference.

Read the full article review here…

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