Monday, March 14, 2011
Gruene Hall 3/13/11
Rob Roy Parnell celebrated his 50th birthday in New Braunfels with a huge party at "Texas' Oldest Dance Hall", the famous Gruene Hall. He invited a bunch of great musicians out to perform, including his brother, Lee Roy Parnell. There was cake and a huge crowd and never less than nine musicians on the stage at any given moment. I brought two keyboard rigs (one for each side of the stage), and I rotated with four other great keyboard players all night. Lots of special guest singer/songwriters came up to perform with the band. As we were setting up, the sound crew was nervous because of the sheer number of amps and people who were performing together, but it sounded great. Sax, trumpet, two piano players, at least three guitar players, bass, drums and Rob Roy on harmonica made a thunderous wall of sound. This was a great introduction for me into the world of Texas dance halls!
