Thursday, March 31, 2011

Blackburn Wine Company

Last night, I went to Veritas Wine Bar here in Dallas to taste three reds from Blackburn from Paso Robles, CA. The wines-2008 Blackburn Cab Sav, 2006 Park Blend, 2008 Proulx Petite Syrah were great! The Cab & the Syrah were $14.50 with the Blend selling for $19.50. These are excellent wines at VERY good prices!

My cheapo SXSW!

I am late in talking about the four acts I saw in the DFW metroplex as opposed to trekking to Austin. It began with my favorite-Eilen Jewell and her band who came by KNON on Wednesday March 16th prior to her show at the Chat Room in Ft. Worth on their way to Austin. She was joined by Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers from Seattle making this a bi-coastal pairing as Eilen is from Boston. The venue in Ft. Worth was small and smoky, but the music was excellent! I'm now a Zoe Muth fan as well.
On Saturday March 19th again in Fort Worth-this time at Arts 5th Ave.-I caught David Olney and Sergio Webb on their way back from Austin. I have heard great things about David, but had never seen him live. This venue is much better and the show was spectacular! David's songs and styling are wonderful; adding Sergio's guitars made even better. He is a great player! I won't miss them anytime they're in the area.
Finally, last Friday March 25th, I saw the Stone River Boys at the All Good Cafe here in Dallas. I saw them for the first time at last year's SXSW. They are from Austin and played SXSW this year as well. They are a great group playing an eclectic style of music. These are all groups I would have seen in Austin, but I was able to catch them all locally.