Trevor and I have been having a blast doing our regular Monday night gig at Blue Dahlia Bistro. Everything about this place is really fun:  the food, the staff, the plants, the location.  We can't wait to see you out there! 

Check out the Jazz toad:

He likes the jungly plants and our awesome Jazz stylings.

Kenny pics

Clockwise from top: Matt Russell and I, I'm singing and Shawn Ellison's playing, Floyd Domino on keys there, cute red and white dress.

Edd pics

                  Clockwise from left: David Chenu on sax in front of Larmon Maddox sitting in on cornet, Rob Kazenel on drums in front of Ryan Bowman on bass, Ryan behind Trevor LaBonte on guitar, Violet and her Crowns: Rob K., Ryan B., Liz M., Trevor L., David C., Matt R., and Matt Russell on piano.

I'd forgotten about this ensemble. I hardly ever wear those boots.  But when I do--ouch!  I'm a child of the Eighties, it's plain to see.  Final verdict: I'm standing by my choices and voting "yes" on this one.

Edd pics

Yowsers!  That's Terry Hale on bass and Rick McRae on guitar accompanying me, again at McCormick & Schmick's.  My dress was the loudest thing on that gig!  And the tights and shoes in addition to the dress?  Wow.  (There's yellow in the shoes...I was doing little splashes of yellow, I guess.)

Edd pics

Forrest Preece took the left and center pictures.  The left is from Stan Smith's fundraiser held August 19, 2007, at the ER, and the center picture above is from a July 17, '08, Liz-proper happy hour gig, also at the ER.  At that happy hour show, Eric Hargett (right) was in fro L.A. and joined us on saxophone.  Great stuff.  Eric's is a Kenny pic.  Click on Forrest's pics to check out his and his wife Linda's great Austin-taceous blogs.

The photo above is of (from left to right) Dave Biller on guitar, Stanley Smith on clarinet, Jon Doyle on tenor sax, and J.D. Pendley on guitar.

The photo above is one that Nari took on a January '08 Wednesday.  As you can see down the line, San Antonio's Jim Cullum sat in with us on cornet.  From left to right: Dave Biller, Stan Smith, Freddie Mendoza, Jim Cullum, J.D. Pendley, Jon Doyle, Ryan Gould, and Lizi.

Dave Biller is one of Austin's finest guitarists.  You can catch him all over the place: the Continental Club, the Elephant Room, Hole In the Wall, touring the state on steel guitar, you name it.  He plays for cat after cat on record after record.  Amazing stuff.  In Nari's picture below, you can really see him "shaking out the match."

Here's Ryan Gould being cute whilst playing his doghouse bass fiddle.  Ryan's a part of lots of things here in AusTex:  Aunt Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies and the Giant Three, to name a couple.

Jon Doyle doesn't only play saxophone, he can wail on a clarinet we he feels like it, too!  I just adore this pic of him and Stan blowing together.  You can just imagine how fabulous they sound complimenting each other.

Yay!  We get to see Damien Llanes on his drum kit!  He's tucked away behind everybody else in most of my pics.  Just like every other Pharaoh, Damien is a busy boy.  You can catch him drumming for Barfield and Hey Bale!, as well as dozens of other bands around town.  Gotta love all the sparkles in that throne of his.

J.D. Pendley's been playing guitar with the Pharaohs for almost half a year now.  J.D.'s great, and sometimes he joins me at Evangeline Cafe for my 1st Thursday gig.  He plays with the Giant Three, as well as Paris 49.

Kenny took these Cedar Street Courtyard shots of Jacob Wise on guitar, Lizi on mic and Aaron Allen on bass in September.  Hey, I know that chart...we're doing "Corcovado" down there!  Cool shot, Kenny.

My E.R. gig on September 28th was a lot of fun, as always.  Will Schulz on bass (above) joined me and Ryan Murphy and Tyler Summers, and Sick showed up (below) and sat in on a couple of tunes with his fiddle.  Fantastic!

Here's a shot from my October 13, '06 McCormick & Schmick's gig.  Carter Arrington joined me on guitar, and Kris Afflerbaugh joined us on bass.  Below is a table of some of my favorite fans: Dale, Barbara, Moody and Alice (from left to right).

I had Aaron Allen on bass and Ryan Murphy on piano fortifying my debut at Eddie V's Edgewater Grille on September 29, '06.  That's my Gingy's high school class ring I'm wearing on my right hand...

How much do I love Rich Harney on keys?  Let me count the ways:  I love his style, I love his warmth, I love his endings, I love his beginnings...I love Rich Harney!

I'm going to leave this shot up.  I'm still really digging the dress and the shoes and the glasses combo.

What a handsome young red capped mangabey the camera has captured.

Here's a young Francois langur munching on a leaf.

Look at this leaping little lemur! I bet its mom is very proud of it.