
My favorite thing about Hyde Park Fridays is getting to do shows with folks I've wanted to gig with for years. The multi-talented Purly Gates is a part-time Therapy Sister and singing cowgirl who slings guitar, banjo, accordion, ukelele, washboard and other homemade percussion instruments. She's equally at home in a classroom, a retirement home or a cowboy gathering. And did I mention her good taste in music? Which is to say, she's the only singer with the cojones to perform my aerobic yodeling song "Yoga Lady." Give her a listen at www.purlygates.com.
You can also hear me at two other shows this weekend. Saturday morning, I'll be singing for Independence Day at the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market. And Thursday night, I'll be out of town, in Fredericksburg, at Hondo's on Main. If you have friends in that part of the Hill Country, feel free to pass this note along to them - it's a rare chance to get a dose of South Austin folk.
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 7 to 10:30 p.m.
STEVE BROOKS
HONDO’S ON MAIN
312 West Main, Fredericksburg
http://www.hondosonmain.com/contact_map.html
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 11 a.m. to noon
STEVE BROOKS
SUNSET VALLEY FARMER'S MARKET
Toney Burger Center
3200 Jones Road at Pillow, or
290 West between Brodie Lane and Westgate Blvd in Sunset Valley.