The Heartless Bastards

Friday night I went into Ft. Worth to see a great band-- The Heartless Bastards. Ft. Worth is the most cowboy-esque city I have ever been to and has an entirely different feel than its behemoth neighbor, Dallas. Ft. Worth is so cowboy-y that even men going out on dates to non-country-western-style bars wear cowboy hats. Most of the stores have western fonts to their signs and double swinging doors like in Dodge City. Thus, it was only natural that the HB played a venue called the Longhorn Saloon, which opened in 1919 (it's the oldest drinking establishment still in business in the city and is located near the stockyards were cattle are still run twice daily). I probably should have ordered a whiskey, but I did not want to miss one second of the show, which was amazing.
Here is a picture of the lead singer, Erika (whose voice is like a tornado picking up speed) singing Into the Open, where she plays keyboards and guitar at the same time.