November 8, 2010

“Don't Overthink Party Music”

The first time I saw Austin-based Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears was just about a year ago on a cold night in a small venue with seven-foot ceilings, and they didn’t come on until after one a.m. The delayed set and lack of vertical real estate made the smoke that had built up throughout the evening nearly unbearable. But once they emerged – this James Brown re-incarnate strutting peacock front man and his band of seven (mostly) bespectacled horn-blaring guitar-playing drum-kicking white guys – all hiccups dissipated instantly. I've seen them twice since, fortunately under more forgiving circumstances. 


The band is electric. Southern Funk slash Soul slash Texas Rock and Blues. And while Joe Lewis delivers his lyrics with all the clarity of Eddie Vedder on Yellow Ledbetter (truly, at times you can’t understand a damn word, which makes for interesting crowd participation during Big Booty Woman), it's his style that keeps the sweaty masses moving. This is, after all, party music... you'd be wise to just enjoy it. 




SAM’S BURGER JOINT
330 E. Grayson Street
San Antonio, Texas 78215
210/223-2830

Photo Credits: NPR.

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