Already got my tickets down that way, via Amtrak's City of New Orleans. A couple of other oldies have come back to the spotlight, too. Canned Heat has a new album out and is touring again, with drummer Fito de la Parra and guitarist Henry Versine doing the vocals that not only recall predecessors Bobby *Bear* Hite and *Blind Owl* Alan Wilson, but do 'em proud. And Steppenwolf is back on the road again as well, playing at the Helena, Arkansas Wild Hawh fest on the 26th of this month.
I saw Canned Heat at a free outdoor show a few years back (already some of the members had been changed out, including the lead singer). 2 more members had passed on since that show. It was a good show but so few of the original members remain that perhaps the name should be changed.
I didn't get to Austin to see the Yardbirds at SXSW. The only review I read said that Billy Bob Thorton sang before their set and that they couldn't help but look good by comparison. Mr. Thorton's singing was compared to the vocal stylings of William Shatner.