Thanks to all who made my Big Five-O show a special one, especially to Dave Hooper, Seymour Guenther and Thom Moon 10, for playing some guest tunes. It's already starting to feel like old times, except that now, you can get a margarita to go with your Reuben.
This Friday at the Deli will be a warmup for the O.Henry Pun-Off. My guest will be Joel McColl, who fronts the band Midlife Crisis when he's not helping to emcee the Pun-Off himself. So in-between songs, we'll be doing some warmup rounds for the big day of word wrangling and verbal abuse. The Pun-Off itself will be on Saturday, May 16.
Saturday night, I'll be playing for folks at the north end of town, at B.B. Rover's Pub, the house of a hundred beers. My guest will be my longtime vato Danny Santos. We'll be doing some of the songs we did in Switzerland a year ago, and songs from Danny's new album - two of which, we wrote together. His Swiss girlfriend is in town, so he'd better bring some cheese.
Onward, through the Frogs,
Steve
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 7 to 10 p.m.
PUN-OFF PREVIEW
STEVE BROOKS with JOEL MCCOLL
NEW WORLD DELI
4101 Guadalupe (Corner of 41st of Guadalupe), 451-7170
www.newworlddeli.com
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 9 to 11:30
STEVE BROOKS with DANNY SANTOS
B.B. ROVER'S PUB
12636 Research Blvd., 335-9504
Don't let the address fool you. Rover's faces Jollyville Rd., just north of Kerbey Lane Cafe and Krispy Kreme, next to the Mongolian BBQ
No cover. Tips gratefully accepted. Or just buy us a beer.
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 7 to 10 p.m.
STEVE BROOKS with Guest TBA
NEW WORLD DELI
4101 Guadalupe (Corner of 41st of Guadalupe), 451-7170
www.newworlddeli.com
SATURDAY, MAY 16, noon to 5
O.HENRY PUN-OFF
O.Henry Museum
409 East 5th St. @ Neches
Bring lawn chair, blanket, sunscreen and sense of humor
www.punpunpun.com