Jean Caffeine / Michael Harrington

A double-header of American singer-songwriters, with Jean Caffeine from Austin, Texas, and opening the show, Michael Harrington from Los Angeles, California.

JEAN CAFFEINE

“Brenda Lee meets Patti Smith” — Austin American Statesmen

“You may not have heard of Jean Caffeine before, but you’d be a lot cooler if you had. Caffeine is a true punk rock original who earned her moniker slamming down cappuccinos in the office of San Francisco’s legendary fanzine Search & Destroy as she glued together its iconic layouts.” — Dallas Observer

“I don’t care what anyone says, I’m a fan!  — Townes Van Zandt

“Miss-Alternative-County-before-Alternative-Country-was-Cool” — Dallas Morning News

” A fully realized creative vision…” — Blurt

“…upper echelon of sainted local singer-songwriters” — Austin Chronicle

MICHAEL HARRINGTON

Michael Harrington was born in New York and raised in California, the middle child of Marge and Pat Harrington Jr. (Dwayne Schneider on the long-running hit 70’s TV series, One Day At A Time.)

Musically, Michael was taken equally by the work of acts from both sides of the Atlantic, exposed from an early age to the Byrds and the Beatles (the musical equivalent of the birds and the bees) and since then his pop sensibilities have continued to reflect an equal measure of both American and Anglo influences — as if Aimee Mann married Elvis Costello and their children were Roxy Music and The Grateful Dead. Throw in Filter, Semisonic, little feat, The Band, The Stones, The Who, Peter Gabriel and Squeeze and you get an idea of the range of his influences.

First up for Harrington is Relative North, a collection of 11 songs for and about the lost, dejected, and precious souls of this world, recorded with another famed relative, second cousin once removed, Canada’s own Hugh Christopher Brown. It only took the pair 20 years to collaborate, (hell it took them over 30 years to learn of each other’s existence). Hopefully the follow up won’t take as long.