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    In Austin's music scene, the Continental Club is a classic that rocks on

    by Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Jan 21, 2019 7 minutes

    AUSTIN, Texas - The Continental Club on South Congress Avenue is a dim, snug, loud room that barely holds 200 people, a pool table and a stage.

    If you drop by late on a Thursday, Mike Barfield will probably be here, and you might catch one of those moments when Barfield, a.k.a. the Tyrant of Texas Funk, stops singing and starts scowling like Harry Dean Stanton and dancing like Napoleon Dynamite in a cowboy hat.

    Or maybe you'll arrive so late on a Friday night that it's really Saturday morning. If so, expect to see Paige DeChausse of the Reverent Few pacing the stage in heels and cutting loose on a gospel chorus.

    "Up above my head, I hear music in the air," she sang the night I heard her, her voice soaring above a swampy guitar groove. "I really do believe there's a joy somewhere."

    There's live music every night at the Continental and plenty of joy, much of it fueled by local heroes, many of whom have held down weekly residencies for years. On weekends, touring acts come through.

    The Continental was born in the '50s as

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