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<\/a>San Antonio\u2019s Ranch\/ House had their CD release party at a rather unique venue in the upscale West Olmos community, called Period Modern Furniture. They sell unique pieces of furniture from the 1960\u2019s through the 1980\u2019s, works of art by local artists, and feature house concerts on a regular basis. In its music venue role, Period Modern, is a cozy venue with comfortable seating. In fact, you actually sit on the inventory. Beer, wine, and soft drinks are available and a suggested donation jar is at the front door.<\/p>\nSan Antonio Honky-Tonker, D.T.Buffkin, opened the show. He performs folksy country songs with traditional country themes like drinking, and breaking up, and more drinking. Most of his songs were original compositions, although he did cover KK\u2019s \u201cHelp Me Make it Through the Night\u201d. Some of his originals that stood out to me were \u201cDoes She Drink?\u201d, \u201cTie One On\u201d and \u201cHouston Street\u201d. The band was tight and featured some pretty nice guitar work and a keyboard player that contributed some nice Latin trumpet flourishes.<\/p>\n
Ranch\/ House\u2019s set followed the order of the album, \u201cBook It to Sundown\u201d, exactly. Brady Dietert, the chief architect of the band presents an imposing figure center stage, standing at what I would guess to be 6\u2019 10\u201d. He attacks his songs with an unbridled energy within the bounds of his band\u2019s tight rhythm section (Dylan Ilseng and Matt Carrell) and veteran lead\/pedal steel man, Scott Lutz.<\/p>\n
Brady\u2019s vocal style at times reminded me of Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Neil Young, Pete Townsend, and David Byrne and yet remained unique in its own right. The band waned country for tunes like \u201cMy Mountain Home\u201d, \u201cThis World Alone\u201d, and \u201cCurtain Call\u201d and really rocked it for \u201cWear the Hat\u201d, \u201cBloody Murder\u201d and \u201cBaby Doll\u201d. The band was joined on \u201cHer Recipe\u201d and \u201cHit the Ground\u201d by Rito Pena, who had contributed accordion to the original recordings. The show ended with the performance of \u201cCabin in the Clouds\u201d with a local violinist that helped bring home the more pensive mood of the song.<\/p>\n
All in all, it was an entertaining evening in a comfortable setting. Ranch\/ House certainly exhibits an original and creative musical concept as a band. I look forward to seeing what Brady has up his sleeve for this fine group of musicians in the future.<\/p>\n
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Written by James Killen San Antonio\u2019s Ranch\/ House had their CD release party at a rather unique venue in the upscale West Olmos community, called Period Modern Furniture. They sell unique pieces of furniture from the 1960\u2019s through the 1980\u2019s, works of art by local artists, and feature house concerts on a regular basis. In… <\/p>\n