Thursday, July 10, 2008

BRUCE ROBISON at Scholz Garten 7-9-08

Bruce Robison has a new record coming out in September & to promote it he's playing every Wednesday night at Scholz Garten, an old German restaurant sandwiched between UT & downtown. It has quite a history as a hangout for reporters, politicians(mostly Democrats, yea!)and if you've ever read any Molly Ivins, it was a favorite place of hers. In fact when she died this is where they had a celebration of her life service. The outdoor beer garden is pretty big with basic picnic tables for seating.
The paper said Bruce would have special guests every week. Night 1 brought his wife, Kelly Willis, who harmonized on Travelin' Soldier. That is the song the Dixie Chicks had a big hit with that Bruce wrote. A singer/songwriter in her own right, Kelly is taking a break from touring due to their having 4 kids who look to be between the ages of 2 thru 8! All 4 were with her last night. They are fun to watch. The daughter had her violin & one of the boys had his little guitar & at times they stood off to the side playing along. Very cute.
I am hoping to video Bruce playing my favorite song, Lifeline, but since the show is outside I have to video before it gets too dark so I did When It Rains, another great song from his last record, It Came From San Antonio.

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