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Weekend picks: Grammy winning bluesman, old school punk and tight, smartly realized garage rock
FRIDAY
Robert Cray at Antone’s. Cray was amazingly popular in the 1980s, one of the few bluesmen, along with Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood, who was able to get radio airplay across formats (or at all, for that matter). With J.J. Usher and Doc and the Medicine Man $25 to $62.50. 2 With Doors at 8 p.m. show at 9 p.m. 13 W. Fifth St. 320-8424. — Joe Gross
Also recommended
- Anti-Nowhere League at Red 7
- Cevin Key (of Skinny Puppy) DJ set at Elysium
- Shapes Have Fangs, Cartright and more at Emo’s
- Shake Russell at the Cactus Cafe
- White Ghost Shivers at the Continental Club
- Spoon, Low, Dale Watson at Stubb’s
SATURDAY
The Germs at Red 7. Yep, those Germs, one of the craziest punk bands ever. Their barely audible debut single ‘Forming’ is one of the creepiest singles Los Angeles ever produced, while their full-length debut ‘G.I.’ is pretty much the birth of West Coast hardcore. This lineup includes guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom, drummer Don Bolles and singer Shane West, who played legendary (and deceased) Germs singer Darby Crash in the movie. With Krum Bums and Coptic Times. 9 p.m. $10. 611 E. Seventh St. 476-8100 — J.G.
Also recommended
- Jamie Foxx at Erwin Center
- Asylum Street Spankers at the Cactus Cafe
- Coathangers, Woven Bones at the Mohawk
- Drop Dead Gorgeous and more at Emo’s
- Strange Attractors, Churchwood at Room 710
- Arc Angels at Antone’s
- Spoon, Atlas Sound, The Strange Boys at Stubb’s
SUNDAY
Ugly Beats, Black Hollies, Dikes of Holland at Beerland. It’s a night when Red River gets its own Cavern Club, overrun with Mersey Beatniks in their go-go boots. The Ugly Beats and Black Hollies worship at the altar of the Beatles, but the Dikes play like the rock lineage went right from Little Richard to Captain Beefheart. Are we allowed to have this much sloppy fun on a Sunday night? Oh yeah. Don’t the sign at the city limits sez ‘Austin.’ 711 Red River St. 479-7625. — Michael Corcoran
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