2008 ACL Music Festival Austin, Tx.

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The 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival has begun at beautiful Zilker Park in downtown Austin! And if you love live music, then this incredible festival with its 130 bands, eight stages, and a variety of music that ranges from gospel to country to rock to blues to world beat to reggae, etc. is one hot ticket! You get the picture? Yes, there truly is something for everyone here…And while you listen to some of the world’s best music, you can also shop at the Art Booths which showcase some of our best local artists, munch down at the food stands again showcasing some of our better known “fun and fabulous” eateries like Stubb’s BBQ and B. Terry’s. Too tired to walk to another stage? There is even a Heineken Beer Garden to sit and just chill out under the big oaks with a nice cold beer and the misting fans blowing on you while you decide which band to see next! What an incredible day we had hanging out with friends from Dallas and Florida! Our Cool Houses Austin pick for best music….Well, it was a toss-up between Austin’s own phenomenally talented Alejandro Escovedo and California surfer dude, Donavon Frankenreiter www.donavonf.com whose talent has been compared to Ben Harper and Jack Johnson….I would have to agree; he is enormously talented and so good with the crowd that he took the mike and jumped down into the audience as he sang the final song of the night “It Don’t Matter”. The crowd sang right back at him as he held the mike out to the adoring fans…Another Friday favorite of the crowd was G.Love and to his credit, after he finished his own show, he came up onstage with Donavon and blew us all away with his incredible harmonica blues accompaniment on Donavon’s last songs…Wow! Just an incredible way to end the night….Click here to get a taste of Donavon’s music from his 2008 Pass It Around CD 01-life-love-laughter

Even if you miss out on ACL, Donavon is currently on his “Pass It Around” Tour so check out his site and do yourself a favor and get to one of his shows! You will write and thank me later for turning you onto this incredibly talented young artist! Check out our picks too of some of the local “Cool” Artists–My favorite as totally representative of the Austin Hot Music Scene was Michael Babyak’s incredible guitar painting! See more of his work at www.babyakart.com

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2008 ACL Music Festival Austin, Tx.