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SXSW 09 – Quincy Jones & Incredible Protégé Alfredo Rodriguez
We spent ALL DAY last Thursday with the amazing Quincy Jones.
He probably doesn’t know it, because there were always 200-2000 other people there as well , but WE knew it and it was AWESOME. It was like spending the day in the presence of giants and their ghosts and their shadows as Mr. Jones [...]
Day one done at SXSW ‘09
It’s always the bands you find by accident that turn out to be the best, as you’ll find by reading further about new music recommendations from NPR vs what we found by stumbling down 6th Street…
CFO Bob Carnahan and I arrived here in Austin last Friday to catch SXSW interactive, so even though yesterday was [...]
Sultry Tori Sparks sets fire in Austin
On Friday night, Savvant Music CFO, Bob Carnahan, and I took advantage of our Austin locale and attended a non-SXSW show performed by lovely Nashville singer/songwriter Tori Sparks. Sparks’ bluesy vocals and intensely rhythmic groove paints a sexy and sultry sound that’s a joy to hear in any venue. Sparks followed a highly amplified four [...]
Mississippi Blues at Nuno’s
Wow! Everything’s happening so fast I’m finding it awfully difficult to find time to write about it all! I’ll get caught up soon, I promise. Meanwhile, just a quick update on an amazing Monday night.
Bob and I were walking down 6th Street here in Austin on our way to a SXSW party, and as we [...]
