
Los TexManiacs w/ special guest Jimmie Vaughan
Doors: 7pm
Opener: The Coffee Sergeants 8pm
Los TexManiacs and Jimmie Vaughan: 9pm
Culture ambassadors and Smithsonian Folkways artists, Los TexManiacs return to Gruene Hall with special guest blues rock legend Jimmie Vaughan! Grammy Award winners and new kings of Tex-Mex, Los Texmaniacs, were founded by Max Baca (bajo sexto, vocals) who has participated on eleven Grammy winning projects and is the premiere first call bajo sexto player in the world. Los TexManiacs’ latest album, Cruzando Borders, is available on Smithsonian Folkways which features guest vocals by Lyle Lovett & Rick Trevino.
When it comes to the blues today, there are a handful of guiding lights to make sure the music stays true to its powerful source. The sound of pleasure and pain that first sparked musicians to create such a sound is a force that can never be underestimated. The mojo has to be there. For Jimmie Vaughan, he’s dedicated his life to making sure the blues not only stays alive, but remains full of life and an inspiration to all who listen. It’s a spirit he holds close to him, and for over 50 years of holding the blues close inside him, Vaughan isn’t about to stop now. Jimmie Vaughan’s latest album, Baby, Please Come Home, is a rolling and righteous celebration of everything the blues can be. That’s because while the blues is almost as old as America itself, every time a musician lends their soul to living inside these songs, something new comes out. There is a constant reinvention for musicians like Vaughan because the blues demands it. There can be nothing less than a revelation because that’s how the music stays alive.
GENERAL ADMISSION: $35