A Little Off the Beaten Path

It probably didn't make much of a blip among Austinist readers, but Bert & Ernie's General Store, a quirkly little convenience store/breakfast taco stop/live music venue off Hamilton Pool Road, hosted its last show under the current ownership. Headlining was accordionist Ponty Bone (yes, that's his real performing name) and his backup band the Squeezetones (which includes Austin's Blues King 2006, Richard Segura).

No word on what changes, if any, the new ownership will make. But sitting in lawn chairs listening to Zydeco, sipping a Lone Star, and watching suburbanites try to dance made for a pretty nice night.