Alex Hunter, Cowboys Sports Café
Like most men, I’m driven by basic instincts and primitive urges. Last week, one of the most powerful of those primitive urges, hunger, drove me to the closest bar to where I live to get a burger, some tots, and a cold beer (or 3). While there I saw a flyer for a live music show featuring a 14 year old guitar wiz named Alex Hunter. Prodigy Guitar wiz, in a bar that is less than half a mile away from me…well I figured I had to go.
Cowboys is now under new ownership, and the owners Jeff and April are trying to get into the live music scene. The bar is a moderately sized and pretty well known in the area for Texas Hold’um. They have a nice sized stage, and small dance floor area to go along with the full bar and food selection. Their prices are competitive and the staff is very friendly.
So what about this 14 year old wiz kid? 14… what is that, 8th grade? What was I doing in 8th grade? What were you doing in 8th grade? What was George Washington doing in 8th grade? Sorry, got off on a tangent. (sub tangent….14 years old means he was born in 92? Ok.. I officially feel old now).
Alex put on a very entertaining show. He played with a 3 man band (Him, drums and a bass player), and belted out a mix of current punk/rock and classic hits from people who died long before he was ever born (Jimmy Hendrix, for example). He was lead vocals, and he sang well, but what was really impressive was his guitar playing ability. He played some tricky stuff and pulled it off with gusto. I’ve never seen anyone that age with that level of skill on an electric guitar. I will be interested to see where he goes from here. He’s young and if he stays with it and keeps improving I think he has a lot of potential. On that note, I’ll also be interested to see how Cowboy’s does as it tries to foster its live music scene.
In case anyone is wondering here’s were Cowboys is located:
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Thank you kindly sir.
Z