I saw many good friends and lots of great bands, and missed just as many good bands.
Here’s what I managed to see at the HPMA Showcase 2008: Flying Fish Sailors, The El Orbits, Umbrella Man, Katie Stuckey and the Swagger, The Tontons, Buxton, Los Skarnales, Blaggards, Bring Back the Guns, Thee Armada, Young Mammals, and Sideshow Tramps.
I only caught a song or two of a few of the bands. I really liked the Tontons; it was the first time I had heard or seen them. Thee Armada had an amazing ability to empty the room at the Venue – where the sign had been corrected: Three Armada.
I enjoyed hearing from a few guys in Pale that they enjoyed Miss Leslie a lot.
I noticed both Jay and Eric at many of the venues taking photos. And it seems Julie and Ginny were as well.
great seeing you, bill 🙂
i got a photo of you, too, but it came out blurry. [my specialty, clearly].
The Houston Press photographer I ran into commented that there were more photographers than musicians this year.
How was Katie Stuckie and the Swagger? Her father is a good friend of mine.
Katie Stuckie was very good. I enjoyed her vocals, and the band was tight.