Wanna Rock & Roll

Live music came back to town as Buda sponsored the first-ever concert in the City Park that was intended to open one year ago but for Covid …

We got there early, not knowing what to expect …

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which turned out to be a good move because even though there were only 200 or 300 people by the time the concert started, we were able to grab what little shade there was to fend off the Texas summer heat.

We’ve seen Ray Wylie in concert eight or nine times over the years, as well as on Austin City Limits (recorded without an audience, also because of Covid) …

As he says himself, Ray is an acquired taste, but if you are intrigued by the notion of singer/songwriter who likes to talk about Rainer Maria Rilke, but also penned Redneck Mother, you might want to take a peek at the ACL episode.

The music in Buda was better than fine, including an epic two-minute jam by Ray’s son Lucas … too long for the video I recorded, but you can get a taste of it about two-thirds of the way into this video of Wanna Rock & Roll from a couple of years ago.

Process notes: I feel like I got a bit too precious with this patch, but it was geeky good fun putting together a musical staff with Ray’s initials embedded in a half note, an F# and a C chord … all on a scrap from Meg’s one-time shorts (I love it when she gives me first dibs on her clothing donations).