Following a Swedish pop-punk mosh pit and autographed guitar giveaway, a hype-filled Tuesday night at the Belmont took a turn for the quietly introspective when Washington, D.C. indie rock artist Bartees Strange graced the stage sans backing band. With only a Fender guitar slung across his shoulder and a synth player to his right, the singer initiated 28 minutes of unrelenting vulnerability with"Mustang.
Instead, with one memorable exception, the burden of impassioned agitprop fell mostly on two guest speakers. “$250 is a slap on the face,” said City Council member Zohaib “Zo” Qadri. “Whether you're a musician already here or you're coming to give your love to the city, Austin is losing the soul that made it so beautiful.” Congressman Greg Casar later agreed: “We don't want our musicians to starve. We want them to keep creating what is the lifeblood of this city.
They couldn’t have tapped better talent to represent both Austin and Nashville. “If we sing it, we wrote it. This ain’t hillbilly karaoke,” declared Miller before launching into “Southern Girl,” taken up the charts by Tim McGraw. In fact, McGraw played a prominent role throughout the night, not only for the money he’s put in songwriters’ mailboxes , but also as the title inspiration for Rose’s hit composed after meeting “a little blond-haired girl named Taylor.” Over the 1.
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