Casper Rawls, a musician's musician, brings an unpredictable mix of acoustic and electric performances blending classic country, blues and rockabilly.
Casper Rawls plays The Continental Club on Thursday, July 23, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. It's a solo set, and he's a regular on that stage.
If you've spent any time around the Austin roots scene, you've probably heard his name more often than you've seen him front and center. Rawls has been a fixture here since the 1970s, when he left his hometown of Helotes to find a place in the city's roots community. He built his reputation as a musician's musician and one of the city's most respected sidemen, recording on more than 75 albums and playing alongside artists like Toni Price, Doyle Bramhall, The Derailers, The LeRoi Brothers, Miss Lavelle White and John Juke Logan. His signature sound is the B-Bender Telecaster, and his first solo album, Brave World, finally put his own songwriting and vocals front and center.
He's also got a long history with the venue itself. In 1992, he founded the annual Buck Owens Birthday Party at the Continental Club, a benefit concert that stayed a local institution for more than two decades. His shows here blend classic country, Bakersfield twang, blues and rockabilly, and he fills the gaps with stories from a lifetime spent playing with some of Texas' finest musicians. The set is an unpredictable mix of acoustic and electric performances, so it's hard to say exactly where it'll land on any given night.
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It's a no-cover show, running from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at The Continental Club, 1315 South Congress Avenue.
