Performance
Date
Thursday,
May 27
They're
Back.....
Based in Austin,
Texas, the Lizards have honed their music into a
wicked-funny art form. They’ve delighted audiences
from Texas to Trafalgar Square with their inventive
style of satirical folk, country and bluegrass.
Trademarks of a Lizards song are highly literate,
sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics,
love, religion and the culture in general. Combined
with superb musicianship that features precise four-
and five-part vocal harmonies and instrumental
mastery, the band’s songs are as melodically
infectious as they are lyrically prescient.
Given their
free-ranging eclecticism and natural irreverence,
it’s no surprise that the group counts among its
influences Frank Zappa, George Jones, Spike Jones,
Flatt & Scruggs, Tom Lehrer and Steve Goodman.
Album and song titles like CREATURES FROM THE BLACK
SALOON, “Shallow End of the Gene Pool,”
“Teenage Immigrant Welfare Mothers On Drugs,”
“Jesus Loves Me (But He Can’t Stand You)” and
NEVER AN ADULT MOMENT all point to the Lizards’
love of wordplay and topical relevance.
For
more information on the Lizards, visit www.austinlizards.com
.
