Folker SAHARA SMITH at Shady Grove 7-3-08

So...after catching Los Lonely Boys at Waterloo I flew over to Shady Grove. They have a free music series called Unplugged at the Grove, sponsored by KGSR, Radio Austin. Opening for James McMurtry tonight was Sahara Smith. Accompanying her on guitar was Jake Owen. He was very good. As far as I can tell Sahara doesn't have a record out yet. There was a song she played that stuck in my head about wanting to drive all night to Laredo. I wish I could find it. She is very young, maybe 20, pretty shy & doesn't interact with the crowd much. I'm sure she'll get better at that as she goes along. Sure has some cool, red cowboy boots!