Honeycutters

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The Honeycutters (or sometimes Amanda Platt and the Honeycutters, or lately just Amanada Platt) play a Friday night gig at the Backstage, El Mercado on S 1st in Austin. It's just around the corner from where we're staying, and we go there often, so of course we're going to this event.

Beat Root Revival, some English transplants, are there as an opening act. They're pretty good, very expressive, but I'm more interested in Amanda Platt. I've listened to some of her music on Youtube and I'm keen to hear more.

The Honeycutters are a full band with Amanda on acoustic, there's a drummer and bass, an electric guitar and another fellow on keyboards. They're tight together and play very well. We think the sound isn't bring her voice to the forward enough and mention that later to the sound man. He says she ought to sing louder and into the mic. We think he ought to work more with what they have.

Their music, while sometimes rockin', can often have a sad melancholy. "Learning How to Love Him" is an acoustic tear jerker that really moves me. .. this is what love is. I put it on the Xmas 2018 mix tape I make for Kate.

We liked the music. A lot!