There is something so easy about Chuck Mead's music...a thread that runs from his BR549 days through the coming of his new solo album “Journeyman's Wager”, due out soon. He is reverent of the old forms, but does them with such gusto that you just don't think of them as old. To wit, Chuck led off his SXSW set for us at Threadgill's with a Bob Wills tune. Enjoy "Cadillac In Model A."
Emory Joseph “The Real Thing”
Emory appeared on Threadgill’s Music Fog stage at SXSW, but he wasn’t alone. Having just contributed to the Wavy Gravy movie soundtrack ("Saint Misbehavin"), Wavy himself introduced Emory in his own “special” way. Ladies and gentlemen, from the temple of accumulated error…
Tom Gillam "Ready To Begin"
Out of the ashes of a near death heart attack, followed by a life changing move to Austin this year, Tom Gillam rises. He is working on a new as-yet untitled album, and took the Threadgill's stage during SXSW to play us one of the songs.