What a great few months this has been. I got to see Brian Wilson, the B52s, the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Victor Wooten and Dennis Chambers, Fastball, and several local artists play live here in the live music capital of the world.
Last night I watched Ian Anderson and his band play the music of Jethro Tull, and it was amazing. For a 69 year old man, Ian can still own a stage and play the flute like a Hindi god. The band was very good, though a tad robotic, but the guitar player (some young dude from Switzerland) was brilliant. They rocked a broad range of classic Tull tunes, a few newer songs, and pulled out some deep tracks I had never heard before, such as some baroque piece written by King Henry VIII. It was one hell of a show.
The Moody Theater, where they now film Austin City Limits, is a perfect venue. I was on the mezzanine level and was about 20 feet from the side of the stage where I could clear see everything from the drummers point of view (he sat on the far right of the stage). Pretty cool. The sound was great as well, not too loud, but plenty powerful.
There were strict rules that we could not film or photograph any of the performance, so no pictures. Ian also had a rule that he forbids anyone from whistling at the show - not sure what that's about.
Good times.
Last night I watched Ian Anderson and his band play the music of Jethro Tull, and it was amazing. For a 69 year old man, Ian can still own a stage and play the flute like a Hindi god. The band was very good, though a tad robotic, but the guitar player (some young dude from Switzerland) was brilliant. They rocked a broad range of classic Tull tunes, a few newer songs, and pulled out some deep tracks I had never heard before, such as some baroque piece written by King Henry VIII. It was one hell of a show.
The Moody Theater, where they now film Austin City Limits, is a perfect venue. I was on the mezzanine level and was about 20 feet from the side of the stage where I could clear see everything from the drummers point of view (he sat on the far right of the stage). Pretty cool. The sound was great as well, not too loud, but plenty powerful.
There were strict rules that we could not film or photograph any of the performance, so no pictures. Ian also had a rule that he forbids anyone from whistling at the show - not sure what that's about.
Good times.