Sunny & Brennen

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Tuesday is often a slow night, but not in Austin. We caught Brennen Leigh and Sunny Sweeney at an 8:00 acoustic show at the Saxon Pub -- we biked over, it's a short ride from our vacation stay. It was basically a song swap with Sophia Johnson (who we had seen with Whitney Rose) playing along. This was probably the best show we've seen so far with an appreciative audience who listened to the music ... far too often bars are loud and noisy as patron shout at one another over top of the progressively louder music which attempts to drown out them out.

They sang some very funny songs like one about being a "trophy" wife, wanting to be a old lady driving a really big car real slow. And classics like "Honky Tonk Angels".

What made the event extra special was a guest appearance by Ray Benson who started off with a finger pickin' blues number by Mississippi John Hurt. He then brought the house down when he played his favorite song: Guy Clark's Dublin Blues. I've know about Ray Benson but had him pegged as a silky toned swing artist. He really opened my eyes to another side which I really liked and will need to explore.

We talked with Sophia, she's a Brit and has only been in the country a year or so, nevertheless she has a tattoo of Texas on her arm. We asked about her playing with Whitney Rose, she said sure and there's her husband over there who drums for Whitney who we had seen in Gruene over the weekend, and by the way did you see Whitney here tonight? And my band is playing at the Whitehorse later this wee. Small world here in Austin.

Brennen and Sunny gig around town and we already have plans to see them again. I wonder who we'll bump into there?