(image thanks to Sarah and the Tall Boys website)

They’re coming to Rhode Island this weekend!!!!!  (schedule below)

We heard about this band from RI friends who said Sarah and the Tall Boys were the best band at Rhythm and Roots* this past Labor Day weekend.

So last October, when I saw they were performing in New Braunfels, a mere 45 minutes south of Austin, Texas, we hopped in the van and went to hear them for ourselves.

I forgot my camera.

But Son #2 bought 2 cd’s and I purchased a poster.  One of these days I will get all of my 47 posters framed, I really will.  My walls will dazzle you.

Sarah has a fabulous husky velvet rockin’-blues voice.  The band is great and I really enjoyed the pedal steel player, not just for his music but because he makes faces while he plays.  If you watch closely, you can tell when he is pleased with a chord or note and when he is not, or when he is concentrating on what to add to the music.  This guy listens.

Unfortunately for the band, we were able to sit up front and notice details like that because The Phoenix–a beautiful old historic downtown saloon–was practically empty.  We could blame the World Series and the Texas Rangers, I guess, but this is a band who deserves a rollicking crowd.

I clapped and cheered and ate one of the best hot dogs of my life.

And Sarah is the happiest, friendliest, most outgoing blues singers I’ve ever met.  You go, girl!!!

Listen to the band.

• December 30th / Friday 8pm | Somerville, MA  @ Johnny D’s w/ Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers
• December 31st / Saturday 9pm  | Chapatchet, RI  @ Cady’s Tavern !!!! NEW YEARS EVE !!!!
• January 1st / Sunday 1pm  | Jamestown, RI  @ Narragansett Cafe
• January 3rd / Tuesday 9pm  | Providence, RI  @ Nick-A-Nee’s

more about them:  www.sarahandthetallboys.com

*more about Rhythm & Roots–one of the best things about Rhode Island–in an upcoming winter post, when you have time to sip a cup of coffee, listen to music and see a very cool slideshow.