Posts tagged ‘live music’
The Boat House Session ~ Fiddle Circle
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Bars and cafes may come and go in Terlingua but it seems like fiddle circles and open mic nights stay the course.
Mark Lewis’ ably organized and directed fiddle circle currently resides Tuesday nights 6 to 8 PM (maybe 9 PM if folks have some staying power) at the Boat House Bar in the Ghost Town section of Terlingua, Texas.
When not in Nome tending the rooming house, George ably tends the bar at the Boast House. George: Thank you for making me feel welcome.
Lots of fiddlers this year, some new faces and some that we remembered from the last time through.
It was nice to have our efforts remembered and welcomed.
12/27 2011 Post : Old Time Music Community ~ Ghost Town Cafe & Saloon ~ Terlingua, Texas
01/03 2012 Post : Viva Terlingua ~ Terlingua, Texas
Give and take, question and answer, show and tell, teachin’ and learnin’ going on: even an up out of one’s seat ‘Eureka’ moment.
And again the thread of photographers as musicians, musicians as photographers. It is good to stretch oneself.
Some things don’t change they just move across the street.
Do all drinking establishments in Terlingua house one or more motorcycles among their patrons?
Good energy, fellowship and community here.
Expanded Gallery : The Boat House Session
Austin Friends of Traditional Music ~ 2012 Mid-Winter Festival
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Corpus Cristi to Austin, a full days drive for us anymore, had us up early, stopping to get breakfast along the way and arriving to an unscheduled unreserved camping spot at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin. This is one of our favorite State Parks probably due to its proximity to live music.
Sometime recently the heavens opened up on this area and ended the drought with an exclamation mark: 4 inches of rain! Everything is green.
The drive left us tired and beat but we persevered and got ourselves into town to the Austin Friends of Traditional Music Mid-Winter Festival. Got there a touch late and left early but the acts that we saw and heard were great: klezmer fiddle to Chinese zither music, old time music bands to tight bluegrass duos, West African drummers to 16 and 17 year old Texas state mandolin and banjo champs, and a hurdy-gurdy man to boot.
Blue Buckskin Winchers
Sometimes you just have to embrace the mic stands and mics as part of the composition!
Yuan Li Chang
This acoustic duo playing and singing off that single mic hit a home run with me. Very tight. Excellent presentation and musical repertoire.
There are gun-slingers and then there are banjo-slingers!
Hurdy Gurdy Man
Judging from the presence and participation of her students this fiddler (FiddLisa ~ Lisa Schneider) must be one hell of a teacher!
Youthful Bluegrass A Capella
Good stuff, all of it!
Kudos to AFTM!
