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, bewitched a cinematic Fifties soundtrack. Multi-horn wrangler Brian Donohoe’s arrangements spearheaded a brass fantasy punctuated by Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin adding a second baritone sax to the backline. When Quesada closed with a searing side of Albert King as vocalized by New York transplant Jessy Wilson, he flexed six-string heroics befitting one of the Laradoan’s first local inspirations: Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Jersey steel tamer Robert Randolph scooped up that gauntlet atop the roaring spectacle that followed. Opening with Cream’s “I’m So Glad,” his quartet ran oncoming locomotives down the same track as the bandleader‘s pedal steel screamed and guitarist Tash Neal gave as good on his vocal close-up, Jimi Hendrix signpost “Red House.
Stax/Volt Records overseer Booker T. Jones led a 90-minute hits cavalcade through the label’s standard-bearing American R&B. Jimmie Vaughan lent his white Stratocaster fire to brand backbone “Born Under a Bad Sign” and B.B. King’s “The Thrill Is Gone.” In-between those bookends, the great Southern jukebox punched up one sing-along after another: “Respect,” “Knock On Wood,” “Soul Man,” “Mr. Big Stuff,” “In the Midnight Hour,” “Hold On, I’m Coming.” When Jones’ organ led Booker T.
“I used to come to Austin a lot when I worked at Willie Nelson’s place,” dropped Jones, who produced Nelson smashFestival secret: a goodly percentage of attendees exit before the headliner. Indeed, 3,000-plus thinned a bit for Los Lobos’ 75-minute headlining walk-off. Whoever missed the best set to the inaugural return of a downtown blues festival also skipped out on the essence of the genre Antone’s maintains, the fusion of all Southern roots.
Blues, cumbias, Mexican revolution ditties, a Flaco Jimenez shout-out and Josh Baca guest spot for the mic-drop encore, plus hit after hit from East L.A.’s Rolling Stones – “Don’t Worry Baby,” elephantinetwofer “I Walk Alone” and “Down on the Riverbed,” “Kiko and the Lavender Moon,” “Evangeline,” “Come On, Let’s Go,” “Volver, Volver,” “Mas y Mas” – all boiled down to the obvious Lone Star adios.
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