Friday Locals
By Kevin Curtin, Fri., Oct. 6, 2017
Carson McHone playing The Austin Chronicle's Hair of the 3-Legged Dog SXSW Day Party in 2016 (Photo by David Brendan Hall)
Asleep at the Wheel
12:30pm, Honda stage, weekend one onlyForty-seven-year-running Western swing posse led by charismatic giant Ray Benson.
Carson McHone
12:30pm, Tito’s stage, weekend one onlyEmotionally stirring young country native with unique songwriting gifts.
Barton Hills Choir
12:30pm, Austin Kiddie Limits stageKids sing the darnedest things … like the Grateful Dead and Muse.
Missio
1:15pm, HomeAway stageRCA-signed electro-pop duo whose synth 'n' beats sound has already yielded a minor hit in "Middle Fingers."
Band of Heathens
1:30pm, Tito’s stageSmooth, electric Americana vets with oft-romantic songcraft.
School of Rock
2:30pm/Sun.,12:30pm, Austin Kiddie Limits stageWitness the earliest performance of future Austin rock stars.
