Oh no…it hit 109 degrees on Tuesday in Austin. That’s the kind of heat that makes it hard to escape. Heck, it makes it hard to justify living here in the sunbelt. If you were walking on the sidewalk the pavement radiated like it was 120. It was worse still if you were having a chat in a parking lot. All us folks that were here last summer are a little gun shy about it. Every time it hits 100, we fear triple digits will follow for days and days and days. Ahhh, but there is something to be said for green grass and shade trees. Throw in a watering hole; either for swimming or drinking…or both, and we’ll be right there.
Chatham County Line illuminates the classic dilemma, country or city, with their song “Country Boy City Boy.” They have a new live CD/DVD coming out called Sight & Sound. It was originally schedule to be released this week, but now it will make its debut on July 10th. Festivities are under way for the release by the band, who get together around one microphone, old school style, at the turn of the century. They have six albums to their credit. Today's song was originally from IV, which came out in 2008. We had the great good fortune to catch CCL at SXSW in 2010, and here is the Music Fog recording of “Country Boy City Boy,” from the Threadgill’s WHQ appearance during SXSW 2010.
-Jessie Scott
