Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
Every year for the past few years (excluding a couple of pandemic era times), Sue Foley, Chris “Whipper” Layton Jimmie Vaughan, Mike Flanigan and Billy F. Gibbons have put on a multi-night extravaganza called The Jungle Show at Antone’s in Austin, Texas.
I have always wanted to go, but various things have prevented it…but this year, I finally had things lined up.
I was doubly happy my daughter was able to attend with me.
Unfortunately, Jimmie Vaughan had some sort of cardiac event and surgery, so they were down one man…I was extremely disappointed, as he is one of my favorite guitarists, but the show was still spectacular.
The stage, before the show:
The Fantabulous Ice Queen, Miss Sue Foley opened up the show, backed by Layton and Flanigan…
I’ve always been impressed by her playing and stage presence (since the first time I saw her in 1991), but she’s continued to grow as an artist, singer, guitarist and performer.
Her last two-to-three albums are some of the best blues discs of the last two decades, in my opinion, and her playing has only gotten stronger with each release. She performed several tracks from her latest, “Pinky’s Blues” as well as a few standard Austin blues tunes.
She played her famous MIJ Fender Paisley Telecaster “Pinky”; at one point towards the end of the show, she switched over to the recent gift from Jimmie Vaughan, “Pinky II” (another pink paisley Tele)…she ran her guitars directly into her old Fender 59-reissue Bassman (and a backup, just in case), with a tremolo/vibrato effect and a reverb unit of some sort (I didn’t see either one, so I don’t know what it was she was using).
“The Drifter” Mike Flanigan dazzled (as always) on the Hammond B-3 and played bass throughout most of the show with his cowboy-boot-clad feet. I don’t understand how he plays that footboard and adjusts the Leslie speed while playing fairly complicated keyboard parts on the B-3.
He did strap on a 1951-style Precision Bass for a few songs; he also sang lead on a couple as well. I’d love to go see a Mike Flanigan show/concert. I think he has what it takes to be a good band leader.
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I have always wanted to go, but various things have prevented it…but this year, I finally had things lined up.
I was doubly happy my daughter was able to attend with me.
Unfortunately, Jimmie Vaughan had some sort of cardiac event and surgery, so they were down one man…I was extremely disappointed, as he is one of my favorite guitarists, but the show was still spectacular.
The stage, before the show:
The Fantabulous Ice Queen, Miss Sue Foley opened up the show, backed by Layton and Flanigan…
I’ve always been impressed by her playing and stage presence (since the first time I saw her in 1991), but she’s continued to grow as an artist, singer, guitarist and performer.
Her last two-to-three albums are some of the best blues discs of the last two decades, in my opinion, and her playing has only gotten stronger with each release. She performed several tracks from her latest, “Pinky’s Blues” as well as a few standard Austin blues tunes.
She played her famous MIJ Fender Paisley Telecaster “Pinky”; at one point towards the end of the show, she switched over to the recent gift from Jimmie Vaughan, “Pinky II” (another pink paisley Tele)…she ran her guitars directly into her old Fender 59-reissue Bassman (and a backup, just in case), with a tremolo/vibrato effect and a reverb unit of some sort (I didn’t see either one, so I don’t know what it was she was using).
“The Drifter” Mike Flanigan dazzled (as always) on the Hammond B-3 and played bass throughout most of the show with his cowboy-boot-clad feet. I don’t understand how he plays that footboard and adjusts the Leslie speed while playing fairly complicated keyboard parts on the B-3.
He did strap on a 1951-style Precision Bass for a few songs; he also sang lead on a couple as well. I’d love to go see a Mike Flanigan show/concert. I think he has what it takes to be a good band leader.
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