Austin Live Music

A group of people performs singing on stage.

Chris Reyna – A Man Who Keeps Good Company

By Seven Pillars Photography / November 7, 2023 /

June 19, 2021 finds me at the One-2-One. I am here to photograph Traces Left. An added bonus, I hear and fall in love with Tommy Elskes group. What I…

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A group of people playing music on a stage.

David Robbins – An Exchange

By Seven Pillars Photography / November 5, 2023 /

David Robbins, like Kelly Green, is one of those musicians that a photographer can easily focus all their attention on. They have the moves that one is always wanting to…

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A man in a hat playing an electric guitar.

Sonny Wolf – The Encyclopedia Brown of the Blues

By Seven Pillars Photography / November 5, 2023 /

I first encountered Sonny on January 21, 2021. It was a time, in Austin, when live music was still on “life-support.” December 2020 Christmas events had been cancelled for fear…

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A man playing guitar in front of an american flag.

The Soul of Robert Johnson is Alive and Well

By Seven Pillars Photography / November 4, 2023 /

I first encountered Robert Johnson on March 3, 2023, at Giddy Up’s only an hour after my car had been towed at another location. I had to clear this memory…

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A man is singing into a microphone.

Brian Scartocci – Don’t Let Your Wife Attend Alone

By Seven Pillars Photography / October 31, 2023 /

If you have ever heard Brian Scartocci then you understand the title. His endorphin packed music fills the room and never subsides. There should be a warning label attached that…

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A woman with blue hair singing into a microphone.

Shelley Mier – An inheritance of talent.

By Seven Pillars Photography / October 29, 2023 /

I first met Shelley Mier at an open mic held at Parmer Lane Tavern. For me these open mics are a great opportunity to capture musicians that I would not…

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Judi Hopka – Austin’s Music Cheerleader

By Seven Pillars Photography / October 28, 2023 /

September 11, 2020, as everyone who has read my first book or seen postings was the day that my path in life was redirected, my photography adventure had began. This…

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A man in a black hat holding a microphone.

The Crafting of Excellence – My Thoughts

By Seven Pillars Photography / October 26, 2023 /

In his quote about Excellence, Ralph Marston said: “Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a…

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A group of people playing music on stage.

Joe Fladger – Nothing Else Needs to be Said

By Seven Pillars Photography / October 26, 2023 /

December 2022, I am standing against a wall at 3Ten for Jelly’s Christmas bash. We are between bands. The room is packed. A man approaches me and says something. I…

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A man playing drums in a dark room.

Ernie Welter – He took a walk down 6th Street

By Seven Pillars Photography / October 24, 2023 /

I first captured him playing with a group called The Scoundrels, on September 18, 2020, at Emerald Point Bar and grill. We didn’t get a chance to talk. November 6,…

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