Man, I cannot believe that it is just a week before SXSW®! The Film and Interactive portions of the Conference start this Friday, with the Music side of things starting on Tuesday, March 15th. The city of Austin is getting gussied up for the onslaught. There are billboards all over town that reference the party that is about to happen. It is interesting watching it unfold, as a resident here, instead of just parachuting in when it is full steam. At the same time, the trees are greening up, there is spring in the air, the days are getting longer, and damn it, it is time! We have a short winter here in Texas, but you know we pay for it in the summertime. But right now, it is just about perfect. Sunshiny days, and cool nights. But if you are heading here, check the weather, because it could be cold, or rainy, or unseasonably warm. You never know. But right now, the 10-day looks just about perfect.

Music Fog is excited to be bringing our Marathon to Threadgill’s WHQ again. (44 bands in 4 days---free shows, no badges! See schedule here.) We will have a lot of new faces playing for our cameras this time. Actually, we have not evr filmed about 75% of our line up this year.

Will Kimbrough is not listed, but we think he will appear anyway, as we expect him to accompany Brigitte DeMeyer on Friday, March 18th, at 7:20 pm. And so he continues as a Music Fog MVP. We have recorded him in lots of configurations; he has been solo, with Tommy Womack as Daddy, and with an ace band at Nashville's Americana Fest back in September. In Will’s latest blog post, you can find out who all he has been in the studio with this winter. And now he gets ready for the touring season to come. Of course for me that starts here in Austin next week. While we wait, let’s bring you “It Ain’t Cool,” from his album Wings. It's an anti-gossip song he wrote with Todd Snider. Todd is everywhere these days, too! Here is Will, with Lisa Oliver-Gray, Tim Mark and Fred Eltringham.

- Jessie Scott