TCB
By Christopher Gray, Fri., June 18, 2004
BULLET THE BLUE SKY
Cheatham Street Warehouse, the San Marcos saloon that hosted George Strait's first gigs with the Ace in the Hole Band and Stevie Vaughan – before he ever thought about adding the "Ray" – welcomes all alumni for its 30-year reunion Saturday. Fiddler Alvin Crow commandeers the bandstand.
Local online mag Let Them Eat Lead is joining forces with RockinBones.net to lens a video version of their pull-no-punches zine Saturday at Beerland. See "Recommended" for the ruckus-raising lineup featuring the Kodiaks.
Austin troubadour Slaid Cleaves didn't much care for the NBA Finals distracting his crowd during a recent Massachusetts gig, so after the club owner refused to turn off the TVs, he unplugged them himself. Asked to leave shortly thereafter, Cleaves stuck around to play for around 90 fans in a nearby parking lot.
Nearly a year after their self-titled debut came out, Los Lonely Boys are still gathering steam. The album went gold (500,000 sold) earlier this month, and hit single "Heaven" is now No. 30 on Billboard's Hot 100. Last Friday, the trio explained their "musical burrito" theory to a nonplussed Bob Costas on HBO's On the Record.
Need an extra crucifix or two? Elysium is having a free "Graveyard Sale" 5-8pm Saturday, with CDs, DVDs, artifacts, and lots more up for grabs at prices that are downright eerie.
