Jon Rauhouse Live! September 9, 2007

Oh Sweet Margarita of Cascia, Patron Saint of Lost Causes, we beseech thee! Make the world safe for instrumental music once again! Is there no room for swank little numbers uncluttered by the human voice? Time was when the radio waves were littered with songs that eschewed the crutch of vocals: Tequila, Sleepwalk, Popcorn, Green Onions, The Rumble, Walk-Dont Run. Hell, even the themes to The Rockford Files and Taxi cracked the pop charts. Why then? Why not now?

Jon Rauhouse, god love em, is not one to give up this quixotic quest so easily. The pedal steel/Hawaiian wizard, who has contributed his alternately swashbuckling and swoony stylings to recordings byamong others-- Calexico, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Giant Sand, Sally Timms and the Waco Brothers, lets fly his third CD, Steel Guitar Heart Attack. Hitting all the hotspots and g-spots between Harlingen and Honolulu, Jon and his band (featuring Calexico and Jons longtime guitarist/ co-conspirator Tommy Connell) swing, sigh, giggle and charm their way into even those with hearts of tar.

As a concession to the whims of those in need of a human voice every now and again, there are performances by a few of the top notch singers of our day: Neko Case (East of the Sun), Kelly Hogan (Big Iron), Rachel Flotard of Visqueen (Harbor Lights) and Sally Timms (Ill Be Seeing You). These ladiesll melt the ice in anyones punchbowl.

Hear a track from Steel Guitar Heart Attack here: http://bloodshotrecords.com/album/jonrauhouse/289

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of BSHQ.