Stoner icons materialize for surprise C-boy’s appearance
a joint when Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong walk past you, but I did on a recent Monday night. I was on the back deck of C-Boy’s – getting in the right headspace and talking to all the old-school scenesters there for Swollen Circus – a SXSW-week local hootenanny that Michael Hall from the Wild Seeds and Walter Salas-Humara from the Silos have been throwing since around 1995.
“Oh shit! It’s really happening,” I stubbed out the joint, absentmindedly leaving it in the ashtray, then hustled into the packed club and stood sidestage as David Bushell stepped up to the mic to introduce himself as the director of, which was premiering at SXSW the following afternoon, and asked if we’d like see the stars of that film?
“Thank you and goodnight,” Marin said, pantomiming leaving the stage. Without fuss, Chong turned around and picked up a TV yellow Gibson Les Paul Jr. that was leaning on an amplifier and gave it a confident strum as Marin began singing:They like flowers and music and white girls named Debbie too...
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