Paula Nelson
- HOMETOWN:
- Austin, Texas
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- myspace.com/paulanelsonband
Blues / Southern Rock / Other
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Paula Nelson, Carson Alexander, Monte Montgomery
Wed. 11/26 | 8:00PM @ Saxon Pub (South of the river)
Sarah Pierce, Ponty Bone, Paula Nelson, Shawn Pittman, Leon Russell
Sat. 10/11 | 12:00PM @ Gruene Hall (South of the river)
Nelo, Paula Nelson
Fri. 10/03 | 9:00PM @ Threadgill's South World HQ (South of the river)
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"Jeff Strahan, Paula Nelson, Carolyn Wonderland"
Fri. 09/26 | 8:00PM @ Saxon Pub (South of the river)
4th Annual BATFEST! 2008 featuring Flobots, Ludo and More!
Sat. 08/30 | 7:00PM - Sun. 08/31 @ First Street Bridge
Batfest!, Will feature Arts, Crafts, Music, Food, Bat Watching, Children's Activities, and Educational Displays. Estimated attendance is around 40,000! With Scenic backdrop of Town Lake an…more»
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Ludo and Flobots? I’m there.
Women's Show w/ The Great Barbara Lynn, Carolyn Wonderland, Cindy Cashdollar, Rosi...
Tue. 07/29 | 7:00PM @ Antone's (Downtown)
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“People couldn’t believe their eyes, seeing a young girl playing left-handed! It was so odd for them, both men and women, to see a young black girl, especially around these parts, playing a left-handed guitar and singing the blues.”
Barbara Lynn started rocking Beaumont clubs while still in high school, fronting an Elvis-loving all-girl band. At age 20, the soulful southpaw shot from bars to American Bandstand as her self-penned 1962 single, “You’ll Lose a Good Thing,” bumped Ray Charles from atop the R&B charts.
“My manager and I sort of had a good idea that this song might hit, but we thought ‘Lonely Heartache,’ the flip side, would go,” Lynn explains. “It just so happened that they put ‘You’ll Lose a Good Thing’ for the A side, and it really took off.”
Lynn walked away from music in the 1970s, moving to California to raise a family. When she picked up her guitar again in the late 1980s, Clifford Antone was among the first to call.
“Clifford would always say, ‘Barbara, you need to put all that other music down and come in the studio and let us record a strong blues album with you.’ He felt all that other music was just garbage. He said the blues will always be around, and he told the honest-to-God truth.”
At 66, nearly five decades since her chart-topping debut, Lynn’s career is far from done: “I might be signing up with Daptone Records out of Brooklyn. Boy, they have been calling me.”
Lynn cuts a single for the catalysts of Sharon Jones’ retro-soul revival in September and hints a full LP could follow. Now that would be a good thing. more at austinchronicle.com
Bo Porter, Paula Nelson, Monte Montgomery, Meagan Tubb
Wed. 07/16 | 6:00PM @ Saxon Pub (South of the river)
Bo Porter, Paula Nelson, Monte Montgomery, Meagan Tubb
Wed. 07/09 | 8:00PM @ Saxon Pub (South of the river)
Paula Nelson & George Devore
Fri. 06/27 | 9:00PM @ Threadgill's North Old No 1 (Campus to 183)
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107.1 KGSR's Fan Fare Friday benefitting Family Eldercare
Fri. 06/20 | 8:00AM @ Threadgill's South World HQ (South of the river)
Each summer, 107.1 KGSR hosts a full day of live music dedicated to raising funds for Family Eldercare's Summer Fan Drive. Threadgill’s World Headquarters will again serve as the bac…more»
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KGSR hosts a day of live music benefiting Family Eldercare’s Summer Fan Drive. Featured acts include Jon Dee Graham, Seth Walker, South Austin Jug Band and more. more at austin360.com
Fundraiser for Candye Kane w/ Fabulous ThunderBirds and more
Thu. 05/29 | 6:00PM @ Antone's (Downtown)
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Candye Kane Benefit: SoCal’s Candye Kane has been a local favorite since she brought her brassy barroom blues to Austin in the early 1990s, but recent surgery for pancreatic cancer is keeping her sidelined. Coming to her rescue are longtime friends the Fabulous Thunderbirds with roots-rockabilly queen Rosie Flores, master Texas songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, and high-kickin’ Paula Nelson. A silent auction and donation table also help defray expenses. – Margaret Moser more at austinchronicle.com
Give Love Give Life Awareness Concert w/ John Trudell and Bad Dog, Paula Nelson, F...
Sun. 05/11 | 2:00PM @ La Zona Rosa (Downtown)
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Monte Montgomery’s youthful image has changed, I’ll definitely grant you that. He’s no longer that up-and-coming Texas rock punk with spiked bleached blond hair often caught strutting around downtown Austin— more at www.austin360.com