So this week, I have met and hung with two musicians from Denton, Texas, and I don’t think they know each other.  A couple of nights ago, Rodney Parker came to play my new Threadgill’s WHQ series, The School Night Sessions.  They happen on off nights, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, in air-conditioned comfort in the back room at Threadgill’s on Riverside and Barton Springs in South Austin.  They grew out of our Music Fog Marathons in March during SXSW.  I am very comfortable in that back room, I love the intimate vibe, and the great new sound system.  I wish the Music Fog crew lived in Texas so we could bring this great music to you, but you'll have to wait for our next trip will to Nashville for the Americana Fest in October.  More about that in the near future.

On Friday night, I found myself watching Bonnie Whitmore sing and play bass with Mando Saenz. Bonnie is one of those people that just seems to have moonlight shining on her. She is part ingénue, part vixen, and 100% musician.  We had the family trifecta during our Music Fog Marathon in March, when Bonnie brought her sister Eleanor and brother in law Chris Masterson to play with her.  Chris and Eleanor have been on tour with Steve Earle and Allison Moorer, and The Dukes and Duchesses. Bonnie's second album is Embers To Ashes, and this is one of those ‘burn them down’ tunes, from the girl from Denton, TX, “Tin Man.”

- Jessie Scott