First up was Ginger and she had a packed house right at 8pm.  Sporting a Mafia themed steamy hot outfit including a kinky lookin’ hat and a gold revolver in her belt, GL stormed the stage and never let up.

She’s a stickler for perfection and after much ta due, the band kicked off the night with a super “Better Than Well”.  Ginger jumped into the ‘Hit Woman’ take charge lady she is droppin’ F-bombs and grabbin’ the crowd by the throat and pullin’ them in.  Next up a cat named Bling Johnson grabbed the mike and said he’s going to tape “Time to Move On” for his “Let’s Get Famous” show on My Austin TV !   Leigh & Company smoked the song, but dude flubbed the recording and had them do it AGAIN.  Second time was good, but not like the first version and I know we-and GL-would have preferred to do another tune, but oh well.

“Come On Funny Feelin'” got the motor running again and Ginger stoked the crowd the way she can to sing along.   The killer seven piece band did a new one,”Turn Your Eyes On Me”, which made Ginger gush to the crowd “Y’all are amazing, just amazing.”

Leigh claims to be on her website a world traveler, recording artist, song writer, and musician.  Toss in a stiff shot of Jameson and what she does best on a cover of Madonna’s “Hanky Panky” IS professional entertainer!    The way she played the crowd with the kinky line’Hanky Panky-nuthin’ like a good spanky’ was awesome.  Speaking of covers, the Italian diddy she pulled off “Un ‘Anno D’ Amore” (“A Year of Love”) was sultry and alluring.  The tune was done in the 60’s by Italian pop star Mina, but I cannot beleive she did it any better than GL did it.

Leigh exudes a raw sexiness along with a playful cartoonish exterior all at the same time as a front woman to a solid band!  Her confidence and swagger out front oozes into you and makes you feel part of the gig.

“Guilty’ was bad ass and the elongated “In These Shoes” was a theatrical bonanza featuring the bongo prowess of Marie Leal, the all night killer sax from Scott Solkofske, Stewart Cochran on keys, full bottom bass provided by Mark Williams, and drum work by Frank Favacho.

My only nitpick of the night was the always solid John Pointer on vocals and acoustic guitar seemed out of sorts a bit all night.  Dude had monitor problems and never could be fully appreciated especially on guitar.  Would of loved to see him stretch out on some electric, but ya can’t have it all.  No complaints EVER when Ginger cranks out her standard good night song of “Charge Laughing”!  Plus, she tossed in “I Got the Music In Me” which is a perfect fit for this woman.  She has way more than the music in her and if you have not seen her, GO!

These two killer women have toured the world a lot and garnered many awards in the hotbed of music called Austin, Texas.  To survive and make it there is no easy job to say the least.  That being said there is a modern way to help these 2 keep on keepin’ on . www.patronism.com/gingerleigh & www.patronism.com/wendycolonna is a way to get ALL the music these musicians generate and then some for a monthly donation.  Please take the time to see if you can jump on board and help people who make our lives more fun by letting them receive a check in the mail and you get tons of music, both studio and live cuts!

Austin is an escape from the rat race of Houston for yours truly to go and be entertained for a weekend at a time.   I thank my lucky stars that I’m connected to music promotion in some fashion and if I can serve as a conduit to help somebody do better so be it.   Times are tough.   Please do what you can because I know I’d be lost without LIVE music in my life………..Off the soapbox and headin’ back out to see more of what I crave and that’s the “next” band!