MUSIC

It's McGonigel's Mucky Duck Songwriters NIGHT! Songwriters Night featuring John Evans - Will Sexton - Jon Dee Graham.

JOHN EVANS  - John's had a busy year: He Landed two songs in Country Strong which starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, one song "Christmas in Texas" in the final episode of Friday Night Lights, two co-writes on Hayes' new album including the title track, made an appearance on Jay Leno with Hayes, toured Canada twice including western Canada with Corb Lund in the ice and snow, released and starred in the independent movie Honky Tonk Blood.

WILL SEXTON - Will Sexton, whose writing credits range from work with Waylon Jennings and Stephen Stills to Joe Ely and Bill Carter, is shaped by the unique diversity of the Austin music scene. Fate and his own sheer talent placed him on stage with local legends before he’d lived out his first decade. Will and his big brother, Charlie, started playing together at the Continental Club when Will was 9 and Charlie was 11. Many of the sounds of his childhood still resonate in his current work. Will received early success in Austin and was signed by MCA at age 16. He has survived in the tough Austin music scene by playing gigs with a variety of notable artists. It is never unusual to go out to catch a show featuring an Austin singer/songwriter and see Will onstage.

JON DEE GRAHAM - Jon Dee Graham is a legend on the Austin music scene. He’s been inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times, in 2000 as a solo artist, in 2008 as a member of the Skunks, and in 2009 as a member of the True Believers.

It’s Not As Bad As it Looks, Graham's 2010 release is about -- you guessed it – second chances, hope, sin & redemption, the constant search for higher meaning and a path forward, and trying to walk that fine line life often forces upon you. And it’s all delivered through Jon Dee Graham’s unique prism of pointed lyrics, searing guitar, and arrangements that sway between touching ballads and balls out rock with a punk edge.