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Stubbs' Charles Attal, who's got his hands full with that venue's own expansion to house the new Liberty Lunch breaking ground next month, says he was worried when he heard about the Red Eyed Fly's outdoor undertaking, "but I was worried for them, not us - we have a very big amplifier." The Peenbeets were, in fact, in danger of being blasted out by Stubb's Vallejo show on Saturday night, but a new amp is on the way for the Fly in order to avoid a repeat of that problem luckily, 7% Solution played the night before, as their more delicate moments were threatened by mere police sirens on the nearby streets. (See this week's "Off the Desk" in Politics for more on the Bee Cave buzz.) Meanwhile, the Red Eyed Fly put its back yard to the test this weekend with three shows on its new outdoor stage, as part of what co-owner John Meyer calls the club's effort to "earn our place as a real 'go-for-it' live music venue." Luckily, what the club didn't earn was troubles from the police and the neighbors, with the cops checking the decibel levels and giving the Fly the okay. O'Connor says that a Bruce Springsteen show he had in negotiation for the 'yard has "gone away," but just imagine trying to get the E Street Band to shut down at 11pm, halfway into one of their trademark three-and-a-half-hour sets. Mind you, things are already restrictive enough in Bee Cave, with the Backyard having to shut down its music by 11pm or face fines, so let's hope for the sake of the soon-to-expand amphitheatre that they don't get worse.
New ordinances are indeed going into effect, but their effect on the venue, it appears, will be negligible. There's no cover for the night's entertainment, but I'm sure McMillan would be the first to say that's no reason not to bring your checkbook.ĭirect Events' Tim O'Connor has no comment on the tales circulating that new sound ordinances in Bee Cave threaten the livelihood of the Backyard, because, he says, they don't.
"After 11 years," he says, "it's gotten to the point where I can't have this work be as much of a personal risk to me and my little company." For those who can't wait, the last pre-Fest preview at the Bombay Room is tonight (Thursday) with the Oliver Rajamani Band performing following 8:30 drinks and conversation toward forming the Friends of the Fest. Waterloo Park is where McMillan hopes to rally Austin's jazz fans together, he says, with the idea of maintaining a cohesive presence of listeners willing to financially support the Fest into the future with a Friends of the Jazz Fest group, which is where his fundraising efforts will be focused. It's the outdoor shows at Waterloo Park that draw the bigger crowds, though, and those shows are next Friday, September 17, at 2pm, and Saturday, September 18, at 4pm, with local jazz, gospel, spoken word, and dance filling the day and part of the night (with teaser sets from Lake and Harris scheduled for 5:30pm on Friday and Saturday, respectively). As far as the Fest, the Bombay Room hosts a jazz vocalist jam session on Monday featuring Hope Morgan, the United States Air Force Jazz Band on Tuesday (no cover), the Irvin Mayfield Quartet featuring Jason Marsalis on Wednesday, the Austin Avant Showcase on Thursday, saxophonist/percussionist Oliver Lake on Friday, and Stefon Harris on Saturday. "We're on, we're set, we're ready to put on a good show," assures organizer Harold McMillan, who recently opened the Bombay Room above the Clay Pit restaurant (1601 Guadalupe) as a home for the more intimate performances of the Fest and for jazz in Austin in general. Before I even had time to run out and buy a funeral wreath, however, a second fax followed, apologizing for the first, and announcing that, in fact, things actually looked good for the Fest.
The Fest was in "dire financial straits," read the missive, adding that a "massive fund drive" was on in an attempt to rescue the sputtering expo from its final doom. "Save the Austin Jazz Festival" shrieked a fax from the DiverseArts Production Group that appeared at the Chronicle a few weeks back, prompting concerns that the always strapped-for-cash local Jazz & Arts Festival, beginning on Monday, was festooned with last-minute problems.
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