Garner Twins at All Good Cafe

Good food, good music, beautiful girls and twins….what’s not to like?

Friday night I had the opportunity to go see a really show that I’ve wanted to see for quite a while now. The All Good Cafe in Deep Ellum had their “Red Neck Happy Hour” Friday afternoon from 7-9 featuring the Beth Garner Band, with special guest Linda Garner(AKA Lyndah Garner). I have known Linda for a little while now and have been lucky enough to see her play stand up bass for Kristy Kruger, and Cricket Taylor. This was the first time that I was able to see her play the electric base and the first time that I have been able to see her play with her sister Beth.

Linda and Beth grew up in the DFW area and both went to school at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Beth calls Nashville her home now, and is a full time musician. Linda has a career in Dallas, and plays periodically with a number of musicians around town. The pedigree of bands the Garner girls have played with, and traveled the country with (both together and separately) is long and impressive. I knew of several of the bands just from talking with Linda, but in doing research for this blog post, I found out the list was about twice as long as I thought it was.

I really enjoyed this show. The All Good Cafe is a great venue for live music, and I really liked the idea of being able to see good live music on the weekend, and not having to wait until midnight to hear it. Being happy hour, I was able to head out right from work and didn’t have to deal with the traffic or parking trouble I typically have to deal with prime time Friday night downtown. The All Good food is just that (try the chicken fried steak!), and there is plenty of room to find a comfortable spot to start your night, or spend your evening. Their stage is large enough to accommodate even the largest bands, but still allows some breathing room between the band and the crowd.

The music helped me get my weekend started off a a good note! It was interesting for me to hear Beth sing, because I have never heard Linda sing and seeing her twin up there let it loose with her pipes was pretty cool. On a side note, doing my research I found one band that had Linda listed as also singing backup vocals. Maybe she does sing after all . Beth’s voice was strong, and her skills on the guitar were impressive. I didn’t realize how hard that girl could rock out on the electric guitar! It was also fun for me to see Linda play the electric bass, since I’ve almost exclusively seen her play the stand up bass (she kicks ass on both, in case you were wondering ). If I had to classify the sound, I would say blues with a pretty rocky edge to it. You might even go as far to call some of the tracks classic rock. They had a great steel guitar player along with them that really added to the music and added a hint of Texas country to the sound. They played a few covers, but the majority of the music was original. I had high expectations, and I was in no way let down. Make sure and check them out if either of the twins are playing in your area, and if you haven’t been to All Good, drop by for a great meal, a few drinks, and/or some live music when you get the chance.

Beth Garner

All Good Cafe

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