The Studebakers ~ Vintage Swinging Harmonies ~ Austin, Texas
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Friday the 13th of January.
We came in through the back entrance of Artz Rib House in Austin, TX: quite the multitiered ramshackle entrance. The hostess made a beeline to us to escort our entry. Apparently the back entry is not where one is supposed to make one’s entry. The food, slow cooked meaty ribs and hearty sides, was good and plentiful. The barbecue sauce had a hint of citrus. The Shiner Bock was cold.
Jill, Becky, Sharon, Marilyn and Randy – The Studebakers, are musical purveyors of fine vintage swing harmonies, wry to ribald humor, ‘dance routine’s and good times.
They coalesced at (once again) a poorly lit and cramped stage area but more than made it work for them.
Their first song was a cappela, and good a cappela. From then on I split my time and attention between capturing their performance images and enjoying their music and stage presence. ‘Mr Sandman’ gets my vote. We recognized lots of the music but had never really paid that close attention as we did last night. Any music played or presented well is good music in my book.
This was and is good music!
This group has been harmonizing together since the early 90’s and it showed: very tight and very comfortable with one another.
How do you say it? “Thank Heaven for little girls!”
This from a musician whom they all referred to as Randy!
Our apologies to Marilyn: The vagaries of the lighting, the tyranny of mic stands, and the quest for backgrounds that are not distracting drove the image capture and editing process.
The Studebakers ~ Good Clean Fun!
Soundbytes??
The sound didn’t byte, as a matter of fact it was pretty good harmony.
😉