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Darondo!
The funkiest place to be at all of SXSW was Club Deville Saturday night, when the mysterious Darondo, who recorded three singles in the ’70s and disappeared, performed. His band of fellow Bay Area rollers played about half an hour before the main man hit the stage, looking like Chuck Berry and singing like Al Green.
“How I Got Over” (not the gospel song) trounced like a bull out of the chute, while a song of parental admiration, which could be called “I Love My Papa” rode an intensely nasty groove. The band, with a horn section, couldn’t have been better.
As the crowd chanted his name, Darondo seemed genuinely touched. “I may have to move to Austin,” he said.
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