1st Terlingua Microbrew and Music Festival
The 1st Terlingua Microbrew and Music festival was held yesterday, 3/29/14, at the pavilion behind Delia's store in Terlingua.
It was a day of sunshine, music, beer, and community.
Like the original Chili cook-off, SXSW, and the Kerrville Folk Festival, this event started out slow- which worked out great for the lucky ones who attended. Stand-out music sets were provided by Trevor Reichman and Chase Peeler and Alex and Marti Whitmore, George Goss, Jeffro Greasewood, Charley Maxwell, Clayton Drinkhard, Neil Trammel, Webster, Mark Lewis, Shirley Bird, Marshall (Dammit) Spires, and several others.
There was plenty of parking, lots of room on the dance floor, and Big Bend Brewing Company provided the beer- the IPA was perfect for a hot day of music. The only thing in short supply was Scotty's brisket, which went WAY too fast.
After the show was over, Jeff and a few others sat around discussing how to make the next show even bigger and better.
Webster, George Goss, and Jeff Haislip
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The Paper Moonshiners at the Starlight
Last night, Austin's "Paper Moonshiners" played the Starlight Theatre in Terlingua.
From their website:
Paper Moon Shiners is a duo from Austin, Texas. They specialize in vintage songs and originals inspired by American music from the early Twientieth Century including blues, jazz, swing, ragtime, americana roots and folk. Elena Antinelli fronts the band with her shoo-fly pie syrupy vibratos and turpentine tinged belly growls.
Frank Meyer toured with Gary Primich, played bass with B.B. King and roadied for Junior Brown once. He's the string man in the band and his fingers pull thumpin' notes from the stand up bass, delicate ripples from the ukelele, and soothing rhythms from his jazz guitar. Mix all that with deep vocal tones that resonate like shifts in tectonic plates and yes, you'll feel the earth beneath your feet move.
All that and a bag of chips.
Although I've played with Frank on the porch and at the Boathouse, I'd never heard the band before. They're like a musical time machine, showing how and why the 20's and 30's were so musically interesting and fun.
Elena has an amazing voice, with shadings of Ella and Janis, with the occasional Billie Holiday inflection. Frank is tasteful on guitar, uke, and national steel, and his deep voice provides an interesting counterpoint and contrast to Elena's.
Local sax-whiz Chase Peeler sat in on Tenor and added some spicy leads.
All in all, it was a surprising contrast – music we don't normally hear in Terlingua that fit right in.
They'll be at the High Sierra Friday, 3/28/14.
Here's how it looked:
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Just another day on the porch in Terlingua.
It's spring break in the big bend.
A group of locals gathered on the porch to watch the show… and be the show.
This is why dogs aren't allowed on the porch.
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Brewski Salmineo at the Starlight – 3/13/14
It's Spring Break in the Big Bend and there's music everywhere- on the porch, in the clubs, at the horseshoe pit…
Austin's (and soon to be Terlingua's) own Bruce Salmon brought his Brewski Salmineo show to the Starlight Theatre last night. He was joined by Chase Peeler on Saxophone.
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