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# Swervedriver live at Red 7, SXSW 2015
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/201547swervedriver-live-at-red-7-sxsw-2015/
- Published: 2015-04-09T22:42:02.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-09T22:42:02.000Z
- Author: Elke Nominikat
- Tags: Music, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

There are bands, who seem to have disappeared, yet never lost their fan base. Then they come back, and are (still) so incredibly good that it blows your mind. [Swervedriver](http://www.swervedriver.com/?ref=glamglare.com) is one of these bands with not having released an album in 15 years and then putting out a gem like *I Wasn’t Born to Lose You*.

It doesn’t matter whether you’ve known Swervedriver from the 80s or if you just got drawn recently into their beautiful, guitar driven, lush sound – going to a show of theirs is a no-brainer!

I was lucky that night in Austin (03/20/15), having secured myself a stage front and center place during the set of [The Twilight Sad](https://www.facebook.com/thetwilightsad), and waited in anticipation for Swervedriver to take the seemingly small stage of [Red 7](http://red7austin.com/?ref=glamglare.com). Shortly after Midnight, [Adam Franklin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%5FFranklin?ref=glamglare.com) (vocals, guitar) appeared and announced that their bass player Steve George couldn’t go on tour with them but that [Mick Quinn ](https://www.facebook.com/mick.quinn.01)of Supergrass would fill in. Meanwhile the other band members, Jimmy Hartridge (guitar) and Mikey Jones (drums), took to the stage too.

![Red 7 set-list which my concert buddy Greg took home...](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/5526fbf8e4b0a6b1a31b0c5b/1428618250777//img.jpg)

Red 7 set-list which my concert buddy Greg took home…

We got treated to five songs from the new album (*Autodidact*, *For A Day Like Tomorrow*, *Lone Star*, *Everso*, *Red Queens Arms Race)* as well as old(er) material. From what fellow fans, who’ve seen the afternoon show and the one the day before told me, each show seems to feature a slightly different set. Standing so close, the sound was loud but that’s what good earplugs are for! On the flip side though, I could admire great guitar play and got an idea of how to have fun with more than half a dozen pedals. That’s also the reason why I decided on the pedal-centric photo as the visual to go with for this post. It’s by all means no disrespect for the band but quite the opposite!

To stay current, follow Swervedriver on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/swervedriverofficial?fref=ts) and/or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SwervedriverUK?ref=glamglare.com), check out the following photo gallery and enjoy a recent KEXP live session, a few scrolls down…

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466aae4b07dff6fc5dc50/1428448939855/Swervedriver-00274.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466a9e4b0ba68a5446887/1428448955553/Swervedriver-00277.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466ace4b0ba68a5446889/1428448943496/Swervedriver-00279.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466afe4b0ba68a54468b9/1428448945088/Swervedriver-00284.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b1e4b0ba68a54468be/1428448947139/Swervedriver-00289.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b2e4b07dff6fc5dc94/1428448950728/Swervedriver-00291.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b6e4b07dff6fc5dcb4/1428448993023/Swervedriver-00307.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b2e4b0ba68a54468c2/1428448948697/Swervedriver-00293.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b4e4b07dff6fc5dc96/1428448961628/Swervedriver-00303.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b6e4b0ba68a54468e6/1428448952846/Swervedriver-00310.jpg)

![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/4fa3199ee4b068df94b4cbaf/52a7ae2ae4b077af2713ad5e/552466b8e4b0ba68a54468ff/1428448961187/Swervedriver-00311.jpg)

*\== All concert photos by glamglare.com – Elke Nominikat and Oliver Bouchard ==*

Enjoy the recently uploaded life performance: **Published on Apr 2, 2015 –** [http://KEXP.ORG](http://kexp.org/?ref=glamglare.com) presents Swervedriver performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 8, 2015.