The Cactus Cafe is an iconic austin music venue. There are many unique things about the venue. One is its location, just on the edge of the University of Texas in the student union and another is the cast of absolutely HUGE names that have played that stage. Just outside of the doors to the Cactus are framed posters of some of these artists: Townes Van Zandt, Ani DiFranco, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson... the list goes on and on.
With the recent recession UT was looking to cut its budget and it appeared that they had the Cactus in the cross hairs.... until Austin made its voice heard. Non-profit: Save the Cactus Cafe was quickly formed... and that is exactly what they did. And we are grateful.
To read more about 'Save the Cactus Cafe' click
HERE.
I was fortunate enough to have my first show at the Cactus this past friday night. It was a full house and a truly great night. We did three new tunes, "Write A Book", "This is Real" & "It is for Love" as well as my favorite cover... Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain" in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I will be posting some videos of a few of the tunes. Thanks to all who came out, to the Cactus for having us and for One Pulse AG for putting the show together!
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