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You’re welcome to VISIT anytime …
Ian McLagan treated the crowd at the Raji World Party to a prime quip, as well as a killer set of old-school, keyboard-based rock ‘n’ roll. Surveying the assemblage, which included a lot of hipsters obviously not from here, he said, “Welcome to Austin!” Then, after an exquisite pause, he added, “Please don’t move here! There are plenty of people here already! But you can visit anytime you like.” Of course, he admitted with a laugh, he himself is “a foreigner.”
The Hacienda Brothers were also a huge hit at the party. Applause for Chris Gaffney’s soulful vocals bled right into applause for one of Dave Gonzalez’s guitar solos or David Berzansky’s pedal-steel excursions. The rhythm section proved irresistible, too. The accordion-fueled closing cover of the Box Tops’ “Cry Like a Baby” had even the most BlackBerry-dependent industry types smiling and nodding, if not up and dancing.
The party was held at Big Red Sun, which deserves kudos as both the only venue I’ve seen with a recycling container prominently placed next to the garbage can, and for the amazing two-story outhouse with plumbing (every Dwell magazine subscriber will want one).
Comments
By chad
March 18, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this
any special guest at big red sun…we had to leave early…
By traci
March 19, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this
special guest was James McMurtry!