Ok....so today I am TIRED!!!! A group of us went to Austin last night to see a benefit concert at Antone's. Antone's is pretty much a dive, but its one of those "iconic places" you have to visit if you take a trip to Austin. Out front was the Mystery Mobile (Scooby Doo's van), and inside was a parade of musical acts...some REALLY good...and some NOT!!

Here is a little history on Antone's

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Clifford Antone opened the original club July 15, 1975 at 6th and Brazos in an old furniture warehouse with zydeco king Clifton Chenier.

Bringing in the blues and soul legends of the day such as Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Fats Domino, Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Walter "Shakey" Horton, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins, Albert King, James Cotton, Calvin Jones, Willie "Big Eye" Smith, Bobby Blue Bland, and B.B. King made Antone's the premier blues club in Texas.

He furthered the career of regional R&B artists such as Albert Collins, Barbara Lynn, Clifton Chenier, Miss Lavelle White, and Lazy Lester.

Yet what truly made Antone's Austin's Home of the Blues was its cultivation of local talent such as Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Jimmie Vaughan, Angela Strehli, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Derek O'Brien, Lou Ann Barton, Guy Forsyth, Doyle Bramhall II, Sue Foley, Bob Schneider, and Charlie Sexton.

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Needless to say....I got home at about 2am and had to get up at 7 for work!!! *starts to snore at her desk*