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This is an article by Michael Corcoran from the 8/7 issue of "USA Today", courtesy of Leslie of the CrowePeople.

CROWE KICKS OUT JAMS AT TEXAS BBQ JOINT

Austin, Texas -- He had them at "Hello, Austin," but actor Russell Crowe and his Australia-based band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, seemed on a mission to prove they're not just another musical vanity project Friday night at Stubbs BBQ in the Texas capital.

The predominantly female crowd of 2,000 came to drool over a movie star in the role of musician and ended up catching a sweat-soaked, two-hour rock concert that found the star attraction ranging from sensitive to raucous, like some Aussie John Mellencamp. Chugging beer throughout the set, the muscular singer/songwriter stripped down to a sleeveless tank top by encore time.

Taking his private life public for a rare moment, the 36-year-old "Gladiator" star acknowledged onstage that much of his introspective material, such as the new "Sail the Same Oceans," came out of a four-year relationship with Aussie singer/actress Danielle Spencer. "She's got an album coming out soon, but I'll bet there aren't any songs about me," he joked.

Current girlfriend Meg Ryan wasn't on hand for the Grunts' first U.S. show in 18 months, but Crowe's "Flora Plum" director, Jodie Foster, was there in spirit on the concert's opening number, "Other Ways of Speaking." Crowe credits Foster with inspiring the ballad, which will be on the album the 5-year-old band is recording in Austin.

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