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Written by Avery James   
Thursday, 13 March 2008
I am currently in Austin, Texas, capital of the state, former stomping ground of George W. Bush, and home to South By Southwest Music Festival, one of the largest music conferences in the United States.  It’s tough to describe how overwhelming the festival is.  So much is going on that it seems a sin to sit down and write for a moment, especially when I still have to figure out where and when I’m sleeping tonight.  The purpose of this blog, however, is to go into some depth on some of the upcoming artists I have been able to see, especially those who have some sort of connection to the beautiful (and wonderfully peaceful, I am realizing) city of Santa Cruz.

I thought I’d start things off by mentioning the gentlemen who shared a car with me for the almost thirty hours to Austin, putting up with my general lack of patience and musical chops, which they all have in spades. I also got some great interviews with them, which I’ll be posting soon.  Steve Taylor and the Sadges plus pictures, after the jump.

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What a guy!

First is Steve Taylor, a songwriter from Berkeley.  Steve’s car is a biodiesel-fueled Jetta TDI, which made me feel a bit better about driving over 1,500 miles to Texas. He’s also got a brand new album full of soft-rock gems; he’s a multi-instrumentalist and performed just about everything himself. His singing voice is excellent.  I know this because there were plenty of a capella Beatles tunes being sung in perfect three-part harmony on the road.  Check out his music:  http://www.myspace.com/stevetaylorband

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Jack is quite pleasant in reality


and Matt is much more exciting.
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Also in the car were Jack and Matt of the Sadges, a New York based three-piece rock outfit.  I think I will probably need to devote another blog post to describing these guys. Their music, I think, is sort of psych, sort of pop, sort of folk.  Jack’s a hell of a melodica player. Matt’s a hell of a drummer.  Like Mr. Taylor, they record and perform the songs themselves.  Here they are: http://www.myspace.com/jackofalldawsons

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Avery James is the best thing to happen to The Good Times since Dylan Travis. Yeeha, buckaroo!
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