davíd garza

David Garza performs 'Minority Boys Got $' after sneaking into the Chicano Culture Room in the University of Texas Union....

(via Republic of Austin)

Image from Davíd Garza’s MySpaceLeading up to Pachanga (May 21st and 22nd at Fiesta Gardens), we’ll be spending five minutes with many of the artists scheduled to perform at the festival.

Today, we catch up with Austin’s Davíd Garza.

What does a perfect Pachanga entail?

Hot Sun, familias, cumbias & carnitas.

Although David Garza, Chris Searles and Jeff Haley played together as Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom for only 10 months in 1989-1990, they were incredibly successful- and polarizing.

You either loved Twang Twang or you were already out of college.

The band’s first cassette “Me So Twangy” has been remastered and it’s set to be released on CD and online Tuesday Dec. 8.

To celebrate, the trio will play a free show Dec. 9 at Farmer’s Market at the Triangle from 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Image From AMF AMF Hear and Now Fundraiser w/ David Garza and Suzanna Choffel
Sunday, August 9th
El Soly La Luna (600 East 6th St Austin, TX 78701)
$35,

“Hi Austin.

This is a strange time for those of us who make music. While anyone can make a record with a laptop and learn to play by watching lessons on YouTube, more than half of American teenagers have never paid for music and cannot be convinced why anyone would.

What will happen next?

Will this generation of artists find a way to live and thrive in this chaos? And what will it sound like?

Davíd Garza is an Austin-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who infuses rock and pop with a Latin feel.

His pop-savvy songwriting and vocal style regularly draws comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley, Donovan and Robert Plant.

Garza cites other influences as diverse as Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Blondie.

The Pachanga Latino Music Festival, Austin’s only Latin-themed music, cultural arts and food festival is being held at Fiesta Gardens in Austin on Saturday, May 30th.

The one-day festival will once again close out Austin’s Latino Music Month and showcase a vibrant blend of Latino-created music and art.