Yesterday was my first day of SXSW. It was super fun. I started the day by playing a set at the Ioda stage with Y La Bamba. Directly after our performance we were interviewed by Dave Allen of Pamplemoose. It was nice to see some familiar face. Not only was Alicia there, a friend who used to live in Portland but now resides in Austin, but we had the pleasure of having Cohen of Gypsy Pop Records on stage with us playing mandolin. Ben's Dad and stepmom and sister and her friend David were there too.
We went and got on the guest list for the Decemberists show one of the many perks of having your band produced by Chris Funk. We hung out a bit backstage which was cool because I was no longer surrounded by very drunk people shouting "wooooo!". Then I went back out to see them play their entire new album Hazard's of Love. It was cool because it was a rock opera. Also I bumped into a bunch of Portland band folk including people from Loch Lomond and Laura Gibson's band. Later after wards I saw Cary Clarke from The Mercury. Then we dispersed to go and get some sleep.
Y La Bamba Live at SXSW 09 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
This video is from Pamplemoose
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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