CMT Blog: Archive

Monday March 10

Arrived in Austin in time for our show with Dale Watson at the Continental Club. Dale’s a legend, and we’re honored to share the stage with him. It was a lot of fun to be in town before the SXSW music festival starts. We got to watch bands start to trickle in (the number of touring vans and buses was unbelievable!), and enjoy all this cool city had to offer before the crowds set in.

The band was a little nervous, but it looked like these folks were a Saturday night audience even though itwas only Monday. We hoped we could get them up and dancing and warmed up for Dale!

Tuesday March 11

Monday night’s show was the kind that made us want to be musicians in the first place. The band sounded great, we put on quite a show, and the excitement about the upcoming days of the festival only added to the buzz in the Continental Club. SXSW also has a film festival that takes place the week prior to the music festival, and they were screening an independent film in the club before our show, which was a great hang. Seemed like the moviegoers were a little tired of sitting after the film though because they were definitely ready to get up and shake it once we started to play.

I’ve been to a lot of memorable shows at the Continental during my SXSW visits. I’m proud to add my band’s to that list.

We were off Wednesday, time for a much needed rest. We’ve been on tour for almost a month, so sleep and alone time are precious. The music portion of SXSW started Thursday, and we needed to be on our game.

Sarah Borges