Eliza Gilkyson - Live Today at The Armadillo

As many of you know one of my favorite things to do this time of year is to go to the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar in Austin, TX. The bazaar is what remains of the world famous Armadillo World Headquarters. It is a signature Austin event. Great art, crafts, and funky stuff. All us old hippies and hippie wanna-bees go. It was packed today. At 3:30 Eliza Gilkyson performed and rocked the house with the following song, "The Dark Side of Town". Hope you enjoy the tune.

Eliza told the story of playing this song last summer along a river in Colorado to a bunch of motorcyclists from Canada. These guys (about 20 or so) were at the same hotel she was staying in and one night they lit a bonfire down by the river & were playing guitars. She & a woman she was traveling with went to listen and somewhere along the way mentioned they could play so the guys gave them a couple of guitars & this is what she sang. (Eliza & her friend had a couple of days off from a gig in Colorado & were just hanging out resting.)




(Eliza Gilkyson at Common Fence Music: Dark Side of Town)


She said she was much more nervous singing in front of these 20 guys than to all of us today. She sang with her head down looking at the guitar when she realized the moon had risen & was reflecting off the guitar. When she looked up all the guys had out there mobile phones pointed at her & she heard a woosh as photos were sent to the folks back home.

Needless to say she & her friend knocked their socks off with her music!