SXSW Music: Day One, By The Numbers
by Phil Gallo/The Set List
It was a bit of old timer's day on Wednesday's opening of the 22nd edition of SXSW. Long-time visitors were wondering how they might having to set up at Stubb's three or four hours early to catch R.E.M.; Daryl Hall opened DirecTV's Convention Center club; and chit-chat nearly always got around to the quality of Van Morrison's performance on Tuesday.
For this reviewer, here was the breakdown.
HOURS SEEING SHOWS: 4 p.m. to
PERFORMERS SEEN: Seven
ACTS INTERVIEWED: Eight
TIDBIT OF THE DAY: Lubbock native and longtime Austinite Joe Ely is working on a documentary on C.B. Stubblefield, the barbecue cook from Ely's hometown of Lubbock, Texas, whose Stubb's Barbecue is a staple of the Austin music scene. Ely started in October and has been rounding up footage and blues performers to record for the indie documentary, which he figures should ready for screenings this time next year.
DARYL HALL'S SET LIST:You Make My Dreams / Everything Your Heart Desires / Cab Driver / Can't Stop Dreaming / Someone Like You / It's Uncanny / Maneater / Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Sara Smile / Kiss is on My List
ONLY IN AUSTIN MOMENT: Jimmie Dale Gilmore and his son Colin waiting outside a restaurant for his daughter and grandkids.
BEVERAGES CONSUMED BESIDES
MEALS EATEN WITH SILVERWARE: 0
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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