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********* FREE ALT COUNTRY SHOWCASE ********

HOSTED BY

THE LONESOME HEROES


Monthly Austin Music Showcase
At Luckenbach, TX.
Hosted by The Lonesome Heroes
Free on the Outdoor Stage
1pm - 5pm
The Lonesome Heroes
AUSTIN AFTERNOON SPLASH
Saturday Afternoons at Luckenbach. 412 Luckenbach Town Loop Fredericksburg, TX 78624.
Come enjoy a Saturday afternoon splash of wild country music from Austin in Luckenbach TX one Saturday a month. After three years hosting Austin’s Alt Country Showcase at the Hole in the Wall, The Lonesome Heroes will bring a collection of their favorite bands to play at the birthplace of Outlaw Country Music. An Eclectic lineup of bands that push the boundaries of country music can be expected ranging from Psychedelic Country, Texas Swing, to Bluegrass and beyond.
Saturday, February 21st.
1pm McMercy Family Band
www.myspace.com/mcmercyfamilyband
2:30 Dave Insley’s Careless Smokers
www.myspace.com/daveinsley
4:00 Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
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Saturday March 14th
1pm Brennen Leigh
www.myspace.com/brennenleigh
2:30 Leo Rondeau
www.myspace.com/leorondeau
4pm Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
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Saturday April 18th
1pm Shotgun Party
www.myspace.com/shotgunfiesta
2:30 The Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
4:00pm The Maybelles
www.myspace.com/themaybelles
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Saturday May 16th
1pm Clay Nightingale
www.myspace.com/claynightingale
2:30 pm Lil’ Cap’n Travis
www.myspace.com/lilcapntravis
4pm Lonesome Heroes
www.myspace.com/lonesomeheroes
INFO:
[email protected]
www.thelonesomeheroes.com
www.myspace.com/austinaltcountry
The Alt Country Showcase seeks to create a space for Country Music and Alternative Music to gather, cross-pollinate, and explode. It represents a microcosm of the evolving sounds of Austin Texas, and it is always totally awesome.
Real Country, and alternative music have been scattered across the city at separate venues for too long; stuffed away in dive bars, and sandwiched between rock bands at Clubs that don't take proper care of budding bands like they should. Till one day the Lonesome Heroes decided it would be better to team up with other bands, and put original alternative music all together under one roof.
In October of 2006 The Lonesome Heroes became booking agents and found themselves booking bands one night a week at Austin's infamous Punk Rock club Headhunters. They began their experiment of letting the bands work together, and soon bands were swapping members, ideas, and fans. All sorts of sounds erupted ranging from bluegrass and country music, to indie rock and experimental music. Somehow it all seemed to make sense for these bands to play together, and while there is no exact link between all the diverse sounds, the common denominator has become original music that converses with and expands music of the past, not imitates it (& lots of Steel Guitars.)
The Showcase moved to Austin World Famous Hole in the Wall in September of 2007 after the bands and the crowd began to outgrow the small stage of Headhunters. The experiment proved to be a giant success after the crowds swelled beyond wednesday night proportions week after week.
2009 finds the Showcase moving beyond the Austin City Limits to Luckenback, TX. The Lonesome Heroes will bring a few of their favorite bands from the Last 3 years to play at the birthpace of Outlaw Country Music......
3 RAD COUNTRY BANDS
Last WEDNESDAY of every month @ 10 PM
@ THE HOLE IN THE WALL
2538 GUADALUPE @ DEAN KEATON
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***********************Please use this site as a resource for finding awesome bands around Austin. Consult the LIST OF BANDS that have played for a resource of amazing talent. Feel free to drop an email about future booking at the Showcase, or for advice if a band is needed for an event around town.
Austin Alt Country Showcase

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/17/2006
Band Website: www.thelonesomeheroes.com
Band Members: SOME OF THE RADICAL BANDS WHO’VE PLAYED THE ALT COUNTRY SHOWCASE:
The Lonesome Heroes
The Sidehill Gougers
Chris Brecht
Leatherbag
Marshall Jones & the Frontier Phrenologist
Johann Wagner
American Graveyard
Low Down Family String Band
Leo Rondeau
The Skeletons
Brennen Leigh
StillWater Pioneers
Charles Potts Magical Windmill Band
Some Say Leland
The Texas Saphires
Brennen Leigh
THE ARCHIBALDS
The Gary Newcomb Trio
The Boxcar Preachers
Twangzilla
The John’s
Mike Davis & His Broken Hearted Band
Nick Krause & His Austin Torpedo’s
Chomp Chomp
Carley Wolf
City Mouth Country Mouth
Tom VandenAvond
The Breathers
Aimee Bobruk
Danny Terry
Mark Jungers Band
The Down Here Band
Ralph White
Dave Insleys Careless Smokers
Adam Sultan
Jenifer Jackson
Friends of Dean Martinez
The Transgressors
ShaneParker
Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang
Chief Fuzzer
Heather Rae & The Moonshine Boys
McMercy Family Band
Frank Smith
Silver Pines
Izzy Cox
Dave Insley’s Careless Smokers
Burton & The Buffalo
Darwin Smith
Baltimore Harbor
Shake Em’ Ups
Chuck Fleming
The Lennings
Winter Dance Party
The Flatcar Rattlers
& THE LIST GROWS
Influences: Jimmie Rodgers, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, Ween, Johnny Cash, Beck, Hank Williams, Lil' Cap'n Travis, The Silver Jews, The Magnetic Fields, Patsy Cline, Wilco, Gillian Welch, Iron and Wine, Little Wings, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Luna, Galaxie 500, Will Oldham, Yo La Tengo, Empty Lonestar Beer Cans, The Byrds, The Flaming Lips, Smog, Whiskeytown, Woody Guthrie, Lou Barlow, The Velvet Underground, The Weary Boys, Patti Griffin, Dylan...
Sounds Like: a longneck Lonestar Theremin atop an old Victrola
Record Label: KOUNTRY
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lonesome Heroes Host Monthly Austin Music Showcase at Luckenbach, TX

Howdy Everybody we are super excited to bring our friends & favorite bands from Austin out to the birthplace of Outlaw Country Music. If you've heard the song or the legends, they are mostly true so c...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:31:00 GMT

Austin Chronicle Recomended Show: Steel Extravaganza @ The Hole in the Wall Wed Jan 16th

Wed Jan 16thSteel Extravaganza@ the Hole in the WallCome Check it Out9:30 Combo Mahalo www.myspace.com/combomahalo10:30 Friends of Dean Martinez www.myspace.com/friendsofdeanmartinez11:30 The Gary N...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:18:00 GMT

booking

10% of bar sales split 4 ways, pays out at the end of the night, great networking with fellow alt-country musicians, fans and promoters and not to mention, A HELLUVA GREAT TIME!!Burton Lee is handling...
Posted by on Thu, 17 May 2007 18:04:00 GMT