My Austin shows this month will be a couple of solo happy hours at Mesa Ranch at Oltorf and I-35, well-placed for those of you who live South or those who want...
Doing my bit to make Happy Hours a little happier, I'll be back at Mesa Ranch this coming Tuesday. When you get sick of sitting in traffic on I-35, pull off...
I picked my time carefully for early voting - I was one of the few residents of Travis County who didn't have to wait in line. Oh, what a feeling! But I've got...
I'll be on the move all day Saturday. I'll play the morning at the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market and the evening at B.B. Rover's. Depending on the temperature,...
Before I head to Houston and Galveston for the weekend, here's a note on my next show here in Austin. The last Tuesday evening I played at Mesa Ranch, Barack...
Three more days in the studio the past two weeks, and we're closing in on the finish line. I finished my vocals (thanks to Brenda Freed for some great vocal...
I kicked off the New Year with two more days in the studio. More overdubs from Chris, and harmony vocals on four songs from Paula Held. And Tom Pittman of the...
Where were you Tuesday morning? For a lot of us, it was one of those moments you never forget, like your first kiss, your first shot of tequila or your first...
Here's a reminder that I'll be playing a happy hour set tonight at Mesa Ranch. If you're looking to postpone a cold, icy commute until traffic dies down, it's...
Somehow, I've missed using this joke during the several months I've been playing at Mesa Ranch. I'll be there again this Tuesday and the 24th, offering...
Yes, it's true. Ten years ago, when I started this email list, I was writing songs for Jim Hightower's radio show and hosting Hyde Park Unplugged, a weekly...
When it rains, it pours - there are some words we haven't heard in these parts for awhile. I'm looking forward to Friday's what-goes-around-comes-around return...
Thanks to all who made my return to the New World Deli a night to remember and a night to reminisce. There will be more Deli shows upcoming. In the meantime,...
It's been contest time the past few weeks. A couple of Sundays ago, I won a songwriter's shootout at the Bugle Boy in La Grange, tying for first place with...
Howdy, South Austin Friends & Fans, Besides winning in La Grange a couple of weeks ago, I tried out a homegrown contest just around the corner from my house....
The bad news is, my contest streak has been interrupted. No win at The Bakehouse last Monday, and "Austin Found" was not selected as one of the five finalists...
I'm Deli-ted to report that I'm officially returning to a regular weekly gig at the New World Deli, a decade after Hyde Park Unplugged pulled its last plug....
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...
This is the big weekend, when you can either run screaming out of Austin or you can run down to the O.Henry Museum and set up your chair in the shade. I'll be...
Part of the fun of my new Friday gig at the New World Deli is that each week, I get to swap songs with one of my favorite musicians. This Friday, Dave Hooper...
I'm home from Kerrville for a couple of nights, to catch up on sleep and laundry and frolic with Molly. Oh, and to play Friday night in a battle of the...
I'm home from the Kerrville Folk Festival, bleary-eyed and happy. And I'm happy about the Hyde Park Fridays I have coming up this month at the New World Deli....
With city officials and grumpy neighbors doing their best to shut down live music in Austin, we can all use a little music therapy, and this week, my guests at...
After a side-splitting show with the Therapy Sisters last week, I'm ready for a different sort of musical therapy, with honky-tonk heroes The Flyin' A's. I...
My favorite thing about Hyde Park Fridays is getting to do shows with folks I've wanted to gig with for years. The multi-talented Purly Gates is a part-time...
My apologies to those of you who got a big blank space in last week's email and wondered where the info about Purly was. I'd included it in a spiffy little...
...and before any sharp-eyed readers catch my typo, here's the corrected info on this Friday: FRIDAY, JULY 10, 7 to 10 p.m. HYDE PARK FRIDAYS STEVE BROOKS with...
In my efforts to promote Hyde Park Fridays more effectively, I'm experimenting with sending out a reminder the day of the show. If y'all feel this is too much...
Thanks to those of you came by the Deli last Friday. We finally had a killer night, with about 50 listeners, and your enthusiasm spilled over into the show. It...
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