Favorite Austin Artists

Having lived in Austin before, people always ask me what are some good acts in Austin to check out when they're on vacation in Austin. Below I list some of my favorite Austin artists who play out on a regular basis, with a brief description each. This list is not all inclusive though, I'm sure I'm missing lots of great artist, and I'm sure lots of great talent have popped up that I missed ever since moving away from Austin.

Monte Montgomery
An acoustic rocker who's songwriting is influenced by Fleetwood Mack, but who's lead-guitar work is similar to electric shredders like Stevie Ray Vaughan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud4a_8JdnUM

Rhett Butler
He's a Stanley Jordan clone on electric, but also plays acoustic guitar incorporating unorthodox techniques ala Michael Hedges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyk6jg-tQs

Eric Tessmer
A blues-rock shredder heavily influenced by Stevie Ray. He plays a mean guitar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96hGOmJ-C8I

JT Coldfire
Another blues-rock shredder who plays a mean guitar like T-Bone Walker, but also sings with a gruff voice like Howlin Wolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofld5gntOg

Andy Macintyre
Yet another blues-rock shredder heavily influenced by Hendrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ2dg29sut8

Redd Volkaert
An expert country picker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8AFtlAykA

Junior Brown
a country/rockabilly player known for playing a double neck guitar, where one neck is a standard guitar neck, and the other is a lap steel neck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRMNeoaosQw

Atash
A great groovy world-beat fusion band with heavy middle-eastern and gypsy influences. Instrumentation includes nylon guitar, table, oud, sitar, standup bass, fiddle, and drums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6VAXlNYvJo

Eric Johnson
Grammy nominated jazz/fusion rock guitar virtuoso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eu7ar5EKM

Mallford Milligan
A soulful bluesy singer who's powerful voice fills up a whole room. He's like the male version of Aretha Franklin. He plays every week at Antones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yzvg5TE-Hk

Alan Haynes
Soulful blues guitarist who combines different styles of Texas blues from Stevie Ray, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, and T-Bone Walker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srk-dtpvTS0

Joe Richarson Express
A gritty slide blues guitarist who plays Louisiana Delta electric blues. He also has a deep heavy baritone voice like John Lee Hooker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHbywfTJgto