Bob Schneider: 3/7/08 @ Antone’s, Austin TX
Posted on March 8, 2008
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Caught this show at the famous Austin blues club Antone’s. I recalled Bob Schneider more for his very cool website designed by WeFail. What I didn’t remember is that his music now sounds a lot like Jack Johnson and that type of fucking annoying mellow ‘everything is gonna be alright’ brand of white guy soul. Rule #1: NO white people should do reggae unless it’s the Clash or Blondie… back in the 80′s. Everybody that tries to do this just tends to overplay… that type of music is all about the back beat and knowing when to hold back. OK, so Mr. Schneider didn’t do much reggae, to be fair. And some of the more riff driven, southern rock style stuff was pretty good. I wasn’t sure what to make of the weird comedy act about two-thirds of the way through about a cock sucking crack whore. Kinda funny, I guess. But not really. Then the rapping style stuff he did later… ouch. I think I’m all set, we left before the show was even over.