{"id":426,"date":"2013-09-28T20:00:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=426"},"modified":"2015-10-07T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T20:29:13","slug":"hardin-burns-almost-austin-pasadena-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/28\/hardin-burns-almost-austin-pasadena-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardin Burns – Almost Austin – Pasadena, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by James Killen <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 28, 2013 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"On day four of a five consecutive day tour of South Texas, Andrew Hardin and Jeannie Burns pulled in to Kenny Pipes place in Pasadena following an afternoon appearance on Larry Winters\u2019 Spare Change Show at KPFT. It takes a couple of professionals to pull off a schedule like that and on Saturday evening we were treated to some very professional showmanship by Andrew Hardin and Jeannie Burns.<\/p>\n

Hardin has spent many years touring with Tom Russell and producing records for many other artists. Jeannie Burns came up as one of the folk rock, Burns Sisters and has recently teamed up with Hardin to blaze a trail as an Americana duet.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been listening to Hardin\u2019s unique blend of blues, country, Spanish and jazz guitar for a while as part of Tom Russell\u2019s sound and as it turns out, several other artists whose recordings I have enjoyed, so this show was a welcome opportunity to see Hardin in action.<\/p>\n

The pair started the show out with several songs from their latest production, \u201cLounge\u201d, including \u201cEarthquake Hurricane Flood\u201d, \u201cUnderbelly Blues\u201d, \u201cThe Road\u201d and \u201cI Lost My Faith\u201d.\u00a0 In all of those songs, Jeannie\u2019s voice carried the lyrics with strength and Hardin\u2019s nimble fingers danced across the fret board. The duo did their first of several of the night\u2019s cover songs with a beautiful rendition of\u00a0 Lucinda Williams\u2019 \u201cLake Charles\u201d. They followed that with a Lady Wolf version of Howling Wolf\u2019s \u201cSmoke Stack Lightening\u201d.<\/p>\n

The evening continued with Hardin-Burns originals, \u201cAche\u201d, \u201cElla\u201d, and sliding into the intermission with \u201cStars Are Shining\u201d. Throughout the first set, watching Hardin work was like watching a magician. Both Jeannie and Andrew joined the intermission conversations with open camaraderie and from my view sold a nice bit of merch.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"The second set started off with tasteful cover songs, like Ray Bonneville\u2019s \u201cOh It\u2019s You\u201d, Warren Zevon\u2019s \u201cCarmelita\u201d and Rowland Salley\u2019s \u201cKilling the Blues\u201d. They dedicated the Hardin-Burns original, \u201cI Waited Too Long\u201d to JJ Cale and performed a soulful version of Allen Toussaint\u2019s \u201cFreedom for the Stallion\u201d.<\/p>\n

The duo picked one of my favorite George Harrison songs to cover, \u201cBeware of Darkness\u201d (also the only cover song on the \u201cLounge\u201d CD), doing a bang up job. They finished the second set covering Fred Eaglesmith\u2019s \u201cCrashing and Burning\u201d, Dylan\u2019s \u201cIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry\u201d and Steve Earle\u2019s \u201cMystery Train II\u201d.<\/p>\n

The encore was played in response to a request for \u201cAngels Waiting\u201d from \u201cLounge\u201d. It\u2019s a beautiful song that Andrew prompted Jeanie through as it had not been part of their rehearsed repertoire.<\/p>\n

In spite of the mediocre size of the crowd, I espouse that the attendees were well entertained from the energetic applause and enthusiastic merchandise requests. I, personally, picked up the \u201cLounge\u201d CD and have found it to be a treasure of vocal expertise, musicianship and production. It\u2019s likely to be the subject of one of the Saturday listening spots in the near future, even though it\u2019s a year old.<\/p>\n

In the mean time, ya\u2019ll have fun. We do.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by James Killen Sep 28, 2013 at 08:00 PM On day four of a five consecutive day tour of South Texas, Andrew Hardin and Jeannie Burns pulled in to Kenny Pipes place in Pasadena following an afternoon appearance on Larry Winters\u2019 Spare Change Show at KPFT. It takes a couple of professionals to pull… <\/p>\n

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