Just saw David Holt at Saxon Pub

[jtindle]

Got to Austin late Tuesday and checked to see if any of my favorite artists would be playing. Missed David Grissom by 4 hours. Couldn't find anyone else I knew of but saw Eightysixxed listed. I knew I had heard of them so I looked them up and it was David Holt! So I got to see David play and it was great. Toward the end of David's show Malford Milligan walked in and sat down. Made my week.

 

[thewhit]

Good get......Austin is great for name musicians showing up and sitting in. I remember several years ago Malford, Stephen Bruton and others had a regular Monday night gig at Antones and the surprise was that there always was a surprise......in terms of great support talent drifting in to play.

There were 4-5 regulars in the band but the core players could change depending on other gigs and commitments.

 

[gem]

Cool beans.

Storyville's album " A Piece of Your Soul" got me into Grissom, Milligan and Holt (having already been aware of Layton and Shannon) but I never bought any of Davids solo stuff... yet.

 

[AsYouSaid]

Cool beans.

Storyville's album " A Piece of Your Soul" got me into Grissom, Milligan and Holt (having already been aware of Layton and Shannon) but I never bought any of Davids solo stuff... yet.

His solo album Perpetual Motion which came out in '04 is terrific - Tommy Taylor on drums (ex-Eric Johnson, Chris Geppert/Christopher Cross, among others) and Mark Andes on bass (Spirit! and Heart, of course - phenomenal bass player). The album is well worth getting, Not only is David's guitar work first-rate, but the writing is quite good (several songs David co-wrote with Bill Carter and Ruth Ellsworth).