July and August are hot with birthday's and anniversaries and every other thing under the sun. As such here she goes... not the finest copy, but good enough...
I never thought Homer was a psyc band....more hard rock like.I really dont think any band from San Antonio was psyc.Some people thought our band the Minds Eye...
this month marks the 39th aniversary of Charle's Witman climbed the University of Texas Tower did what he did. I was wondering if there were any bands or...
Who can forget the "The Ballad of Charles Joseph Whitman" by Kinky Friedman? http://www.lyricsexpert.com/kinkyfriedman/kinkyfriedman-lyrics0100.html ... From:...
Kinky (our next Gov) and his Texas Jewboys had a local hit with "the Ballad of Charles Whitman" back in the daze. "there was a rumor about a tumoe located at...
How was the show, Craig? And weren't the Loose Cannons darling? :) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 /...
Hi, Looking for info on a band from the late '60s called the Bojangles. They hung out with Liza Minelli and played around Houston. Possibly in clubs on Market...
I believe the leader was Gary Smith who went on to glory as a born again Christian Nashville artist. Bojangles was both a club and the name of the house band....
... no, never, never... i let you and their mothers say that. no matching suits, no choreography, these guys ain't goin nowhere. for those who don't know,...
Thanks for the quick response. Not sure if this is the same band. My mother says she saw the Bojangles perform at a place called Jiggers. My dad says he...
They did play a lot of the hotels and probably played Jiggers as well. Back then, most of the hotel bars had major entertainment offerings. Dean Scott, Roy...
That's the Flames, the other big band at camp with Loose Cannons. The Flames are a mixed-gender band with 13-year-old Ariel Abshire on vocals. This little girl...
American guitar manufacturer Leo Fender is born today in 1909. Best known for his range of electric guitars such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster, Fender saw...
Hi, Ya'll-- Yes, the site has been updated some more in recent weeks. You can find a link in the section appropriately named "links." The most recent handbill...
i think playing in tune is vastly overrated..... always amazed me how buddy holly or bobby fuller could stay in tune w/ all those open chords on a strat, they ...
Randy J. Turner, better known as "Biscuit," was found dead Thursday, August 18, at his home in Austin, Texas. Ironically, he was the cover story of the Austin...
The action on Buddy's strat was probably about the same as what you'd experience on an average pitchfork... (remember those "Mapes" heavy-gauge strings were...
... that doesn't describe my action, but possibly my tone. speaking of heavy guages, did you players back then (mid 60s & earlier) ever go thru using a banjo...
I remember the first time i ever heard of a light gauge set of strings.I talked with Denny Turner after a battle of the bands at teen canteen about his string...
there's to be a Rag Reunion, with events on sept 1-3 in austin: press release: http://www.nuevoanden.com/rag/pressrelease.html rag info here, including the 1st...
Hello there, I'm looking for information about the original copy of the Moving Sidewalks Flash LP on tantara, I know there are some pirates or counterfacts of...
the original is definitely a unipak, it folds open. i believe there is a counterfeit that is pretty precise, and some that are not. see messages #680 and #674...