Geezinslaw Brothers, Hill's Cafe, Sept 21
The Geezinslaw Brothers were scheduled to be one of the final acts for the Hill's Cafe, KVET, TX music series, which is an awesome event that takes place for free every wednesday night for like 6 months or something. i love austin.
I try to see the Geezinslaws every time i come to Austin. I'm usually one of the younger persons in the crowd, but i don't care. i'm old at heart. i watched the geezinslaws for years on the Ralph Emery Show on the Nashville Network when i was a kid, and love seeing them.
They're kind of the older, country version of Tenacious D. seriously. They are very talented musicians who sing mostly funny songs, and tell jokes in between. The bizarro thing is that they've been doing it about forever. For over 40 years they've been making music. They are major minor celebrities. all the old school folks know who they are, and sammy is now famous as one of the morning DJs on KVET. but everyone in the know knows them. they are good buddies with Willie, and Kinky, and Billy Joe, and tons more. the last time i saw them at the broken spoke back in december, there was Jerry Jeff Walker, just sittin at the bar hanging out.
i'm tellin you--- good stuff.
and they don't play much anymore, so i try to see them when i can.
but on my limited budget, i probably won't go to many of their monthly $10 shows at the Broken Spoke.
a free show at Hill's sounded perfect though.
mary and i grabbed a little BBQ at Hills before the show. the bbq there was alright, but nothing noteworthy.
then we headed out the patio for some good geezinslaws music.
i don't have any deep, insightful words to write about the performance. with the geezinslaws, you just go to have a good time. they forgot some words, told some jokes i'd heard before, sang some fun songs, and i loved it. all of it. mary says i love cheesiness. guess i do. it makes me happy. sometimes it good to just have some fun.
san and son, the geezinslaws, are good at providing it.
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