walking tour of my Austin

Entertaining headline. Barton Springs, walking tour of my Austin, all the tourist things. Got that out of the way so we could go to the Broken Spoke and watch Kevin [Beer, Bait & Ammo] Fowler. He did his stuff, he did some traditional country cover tunes, and there was the most interesting reaction in the first set, to the way he sang a Hank Jr. tune: “Kevin, why do you drink?” [crowd response in unison: to get drunk!] “Why do roll smoke?” [crowd response in unison: to get stoned!] “Why do you live out the songs that you wrote?” [crowd response in unison: to get laid!] Guess you had to be there. He can sing, he can play, and he’s the real deal. Nashville acts don’t lose a trailer in Wichita Falls. On the way to Ft. Worth. Or have a male bass player with hair way past his waist, almost to his knees. Wearing a cowboy hat. Kevin did pull another stunt, hollering, “Kick it out, homey!” Only, when the guy saying this is standing there in a western cut shirt that’s had its sleeves ripped off, straw cowboy hat, and when he drawls those lines, not an imitation of some inner–city slang, it just works. Sort of. Beer, Bait & Ammo, now available at a Wal–mart near you. Worth the trip. Or check Kevin’s site for a tour schedule. I’m off to Dallas via Marble Falls this morning, seeing the Eagles tonight.