Live music session with Andrew Duplantis and friends at Hole in the Wall, every Tuesday.
Andrew Duplantis hosts his happy hour at Hole in the Wall every Tuesday from 6 PM to 8 PM, a weekly slot that puts a bassist who spends most of his time playing for other people center stage. It's a low-stakes way to catch him leading his own room rather than holding down the low end for someone else.
If you're not familiar with Duplantis, you've probably heard him without knowing it. He's a bassist who has worked with Jon Dee Graham, Alejandro Escovedo, Tia Carrera, and Son Volt—the kind of steady presence that keeps a band together while other names take the spotlight. That's why this weekly thing is worth noting: it's one of the few times he's the one calling the shots. He's usually joined by friends, so the lineup can shift from week to week, but he's the constant.
When he does step out on his own, he leans into alt-country. His album Only Funny the First Time (GFY Records) is a good example of that sound: Claude Bernard on accordion, Jon Dee Graham on lap steel, the Tosca strings and horns played by Matt Giles and Hubbard, and vocals from The Damnations' Amy Boone. It's a record that gathers a fair amount of Austin's session and songwriting circle around it, and that same spirit carries over to these Tuesday nights.
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Hole in the Wall is one of the oldest live music venues in Austin, operating since 1974. It's got two stages, a beer garden, and a pinball arcade, with live music every night from 7 PM to close. Duplantis' happy hour runs 6 PM to 8 PM, so it's an early-evening thing that gets you in before the main nightly sets kick off. There's no cover, and it's every Tuesday at 2538 Guadalupe St.
