At the top of the Continental Club's list of mainstays is a gravelly bucket of heart, guts, and talent who has been holding down the midweek slot for a quarter century, Mr. Jon Dee Graham.
The mid-tempo beat behind William Harries Graham rolls through the open doors of the Continental Club and out onto South Congress on a Wednesday night, setting a scene so Austin it would make Richard Linklater grab a camera and yell,"ACTION!"The Continental has been at mecca-status for many a twang-loving vintage car collector around the world, but it always felt like more of a family affair to me, employing much the same staff and regular performers from when I worked there 16 years...
Graham's credentials and skills on the six-string, as well as his reliability, have earned him one of the most diverse and regular followings in town. Since joining Austin punk progenitors the Skunks in 1979, he has worked with or influenced pretty much anyone that has laid eyes on him, including Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, Alejandro Escovedo, John Doe, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Ian McLagan.Recently, the elder Graham had a health scare that sent him to the hospital.
The audience laughs, and then, as if to spite his current condition, he turns it up a notch, launching into the crowd favorite"Big Sweet Life." Gordie Johnson and Bobby Landgraf have both brought shreds of many colors to a wide array of stages around the world. Johnson's a founding member of platinum-selling Canadian reggae rock act Big Sugar and cowboy metal trio Grady; Landgraf plays lead guitar in another high-volume Texas tower of amplified power, Honky, and also lends his leads to the Southern metal supergroup Down.
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