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Yet while his friends moved on from central Texas, he planted his flag. We wanted to take it on the road to see how much fun we could have.”

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“We didn’t just want to be complacent in playing in that beautiful California sunshine, drinking Dos Equis and playing volleyball with the professional volleyball players. “We wanted to see new places,” he says by phone from a tour stop in Los Angeles. Still, he found himself in Texas again - Austin this time - with some musician friends, intending to continue his itinerant trek across the continent. MORE MUSIC ON HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM: 'Texas Flood' book tells Stevie Ray Vaughan's story

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It’s a sound, topped by Burton’s soulfully world-weary vocals and accompanied by a reputation for gut-punch live shows, that snared the group a deal with Dave Matthews’ ATO label - the home of Alabama Shakes, Lee Ann Womack and Old 97’s -which just issued Black Pumas’ self-titled debut.ĭetails: Free /shows See More Collapse and Charley Crockett, multi-racial ensembles who untangle the state’s intertwining white, black and brown musical lineages and fashion them into something contemporary. The group he fronts along with guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada - the Grammy-winning founder of Austin’s Latin-funk powerhouse Grupo Fantasma and its spinoffs, Brownout and the Black Sabbath tribute band Brown Sabbath - plays a sinewy, bluesy twist on pop that echoes the roots traditionalism of such other Texas acts as Leon Bridges, Khruangbin, The Suffers, Gary Clark Jr. singer Eric Burton was busking with his buddies at the Santa Monica Pier and other points along the West Coast a few years back, he had no idea that he would end up smack in the middle of the Lone Star State as the vocalist for one of the most buzzed-about indie bands of 2019: Black Pumas. Spanish Gold - which features drummer Patrick Hallahan (My Morning Jacket), guitarist Adrian Quesada (formerly of Grupo Fantasma) and guitarist and lead vocalist Dante Schwebel (City and Colour, formerly of Hacienda) Alysse Gafkjen Show More Show Less 12 of12 RJ / Courtesy Edward 'Phrog' Styre Show More Show Less 11 of12 Money Chicha performs a fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched, and percussion-heavy style of music inspired by the sounds of Peru and Colombia in the 60s and 70s. Money Chicha features members of the Grammy Award-winning Latin orchestra Grupo Fantasma and its offshoot funk outfit Brownout. Courtesy photo Show More Show Less 10 of12 Grupo Fantasman, from left To right: Adrian Quesada - guitar Greg Gonzalez - bass Beto Martinez - guitar Jose Galeano - percussion vocals Kino Rodriguez - vocals percussion Tre' Ridings, Freelance / For the Chronicle Show More Show Less 8 of12īrownout (band) COURTESY PHOTO Show More Show Less 9 of12īrown Sabbath, the heavy-metal alter ego of Brownout, the spinoff band of Austin's Grupo Fantasma. The Austin band Black Pumas Shore Fire Media Show More Show Less 7 of12 The Austin band Black Pumas Shore Fire Media, Owner Show More Show Less 6 of12

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