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Weekend music picks
(Pictured: Pinetop Perkins, Photo by Larry Kolvoord AMERICAN-STATESMAN)Friday
Pinetop Perkins and Lou Ann Barton at Antone’s. The term ‘living legend’ doesn’t quite suffice to describe Perkins, the 96-year-old blues pianist who gigs with all the consistency and fire of a man eight decades his junior. Living icon? Living hero? Living pioneer? At any rate, the key phrase is ‘living,’ and fortunately for us, too, because Perkins still plays and croons Delta blues with a fervor that astounds and a freshness that amazes. He’ll be joined by sultry singer, frequent Vaughan brothers cohort and all-around class act Lou Ann Barton. $12. 7 p.m. 213 W. Fifth St. www.antones.net.
Also recommended:
- Chuck Prophet at the Continental Club
- 13th Victim at Beerland
- Nic Walker at the Scoot Inn
Saturday
Chuck Prophet at the Continental Club. Most rock ‘n’ roll musicians use kicking the crack cocaine habit as an excuse to slow down a bit, but Chuck Prophet is pointedly not among them. Prophet ditched his decade-plus addiction in the late ’90s — one that had hounded him through a career with seminal country rock outfit Green on Red — and emerged even more fiercely prolific, with a string of impressive solo albums. Last year he co-wrote Alejandro Escovedo’s ‘Real Animal.’ If Prophet’s 2009 album ‘Let Freedom Ring,’ his most political and incendiary yet, is any sign, the experience left him all the more inspired. With Frank Smith. 10 p.m. $15. 1315 S. Congress Ave. www.continentalclub.com.
Also recommended:
- Dan Dyer at Central Market North
- Marcia Ball and Bob Schneider at Antone’s
- Co-Pilot at the Scoot Inn
- Jeremy Nail at Momo’s
Sunday
Follow That Bird! at Trailer Space Records. Their name evokes ‘Sesame Street,’ but their sound — surging guitar licks, driving drums and the impassioned warble of singer Lauren Green — is a jagged and explosive rock ‘n’ roll that recalls all the best parts of riot grrl. It’s perhaps the closest thing the world will ever produce to the second coming of Sleater-Kinney. More importantly, they’re one of the sharpest and strongest bands coming out of Austin today. In up-and-coming punk rock record store Trailer Space, they might have their perfect venue. With Magic Jewels, Nighty Night, Literature. 7 p.m. Free. 1401 Rosewood Ave. trailerspacerecords.com.
Also recommended:
- Jon Dee Graham at the Continental Club Gallery
- Southpaw Jones at the Whip In
- McLemore Ave. at Ruta Maya
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