[bomp] roky erickson related...

[Joe Emery <jemery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

my buddy just called me from his cell at a dive bar here in austin (shoal
creek saloon).  some old dude celebrating a b.d. and the place is packed w/
old musicians from around town.  roky was in attendance, and jumped onstage
to join the band for starry eyes -- i got to hear the second half thru the
cell.  sounded great.

in early march of this year as the sun was going down on a tuesday night i
raced from work to a kids' music school (where they teach kids roky's tunes,
among others) and got to catch a set with Roky singing about a half dozen
tunes.  he went on right after a bunch of 12 year olds tried to make their
way through pinball wizard.  (surreal to see Roky follow this!)  a little
shaky on a couple of songs but when he sang starry eyes it was transcendent.
actually, it was downright scary.  i had goose bumps and even started to
tear up.

no real point to any of this, except maybe that even though it's 11.30pm and
still 90 degrees, austin TX is the fucking coolest place in the universe.
and that while there have been a lot of great rock n roll singers through
the years, there will never be a better rock n roll singer than roky
erickson.  and that starry eyes has to be the most achingly beautiful song
ever written.  

two alone in the dark, may it be......

joe

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