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*LIVE HIPPIES @ Last Concert Cafe with FAHL & FOLK
*WEEKEND MUSIC
*OH, WHAT A NIGHT!
*HIPPIES.TV TONIGHT
Before I tell you about the Houston Tsunami Relief show last Sunday, allow me to tell you where to see Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies play this weekend.
We play in town once on Sunday, and appear on TV tonight.
Tonight's episode of 'Hippies.TV' (at 10:00pm on Warner Cable channel 17, Kingwood Cable channel 98, and TV-Max 17) features a radio concert that Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies performed in Holland last November. If you don't have cable, many of these shows are rotated on www.hippies.tv
On Sunday night, we'll join David Fahl & Folk at their regular Sunday evening gig at The Last Concert Cafe, We'll play acoustically around 6pm, followed by David & Mikey and almost every other musician who shows up!
Check out the line-up for this year's Bluesguy's Birthday Jam #5 (Bluesguy's Rock-n-Roll House Party!) at www.bluesguy.com
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Houston Tsunami Relief
What a night!
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I love all day events with a bunch of bands, DJs and musicians. What a great time to hear your friends play, and enjoy the feeling of community which DOES exist in Houston (although often hard to find).
Last Sunday's Houston Tsunami Relief benefit at NUMBERS was such an event, and I enjoyed every minute I was there. Houstontsunamirelief.org is a new organization (conceived by MY SON (proud Dad moment) Levon Louis & Adrienne Currie at our house on New Year's Day). By the following night, Levon & Adrienne had TV stations, NUMBERS and a congresswoman involved. By the time the phone calls had all been returned, we had a live music line-up which featured Scarface, Neutral Sisters, Dubtex, Gloria Edwards, Wayside Drive, QUE, and Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies.
We arrived at 5pm, after the festivities had begun. The band onstage was Wayside Drive. This was my first time hearing them, and they rocked like a buzz-type pop band should rock. Don't know who they were followed by, as Marlo, Roger, Corey Stoot and I headed to Ming's for dinner. Corey is a big part of Scarface's new big band, and had just flown in for the show. Corey was fried from a four-day visit to the N.A.M.M. show in Los Angeles. Roger and Corey spoke about remixing the jazz CD that Corey had recorded with Roger last year at Iris Studios, and we traded notes on old musical friends and new gear.
When we arrived back at the venue, QUE was onstage, with a funked up hiphop groove and crowd-pleasing performance style. During the band's change-over, Matthew Dunne took over the turntables. Matthew is part of the Chemistry Records/Trancision Crew, along with Jreyna and Czar, who also spun while we were there. These guys specialize in hard trance and progressive house music, and it was a great warm-up for Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies, performing a quick set featuring guest vocalist (and one of my favorite hippies) Gloria Edwards on two of Guy's songs. The rhythm section of Leesa Squyres & Roger Tausz rocked the band hard, but the crowd was more interested in two well-endowed strippers doing a fertility spank-me dance by the main bar.
BMC was next, spinning a quick but inspired reggae flavored set from the stage. For you rockers and bluesers who don't keep up with such things, BMC is a drumNbass pioneer, publisher of PRIDE (one of the original DnB magazines), and is a cofounder of the Purrin' Lion Soundflex Crew, one of the largest and oldest dj collectives.
Now came Scarface & The Formaldehyde Funk Men, a twelve piece horn band which rocked the house with a smooth jazz/trance/R&B/hiphop sound of their own. Studio wizard Mike Dean was one of two keyboardists, and it sounded great. Scarface, every bit as confident and in control onstage as ever, took the band thru highs and lows and worked the crowd like the pro he is.
In a day when many rappers have decided to add to their sound by trying to sing (and often failing), Scarface has decided to expand his sound by becoming more musical. He took his turn on drums, bass and guitar, then invited me onstage to play guitar, too.
It was a great show, and the band knew it. They blew through old hits and new songs alike, and it was all top-notch stuff. Mr. Scarface is back!
Next came DJ Steve Swift, bringing the crowd to it's feet and towards the stage, as The Neutral Sisters checked the sound lines with Tie-Dyed Productions' Alan Cunningham, who had donated the system and the work to make the sound great! DJ Steve Swift is a former professional drummer, and is clearly regarded as Houston's #1 DnB MC, and widely regarded as one of the best anywhere. He's a part of the Blunted Crew (reggae DJ collective) with BMC & DJ Cef, who also performed.
The Neutral Sisters were OK, fronting a workmanlike reggae band ("Can you tell we've had only one rehearsal?"), and sporting a great pop-reggae sound which works better with your eyes closed. Although pleasant to look at, the Sisters move like two teenagers rehearsing moves in front of the bedroom mirror, never quite lapsing into anything resembling believable soul.
They were lucky that Levon Louis put them before Dubtex - they would have had trouble following Dubtex. The comparison was too obvious. Same rhythms, but Dubtex had soul, rhythm, drive, energy, and a command of the stage that the Sisters lacked. Dubtex performed after a brief set by DJ Cef, the latest hot-hand to step on the DJ scene in Houston, and from the onset, Dubtex' Jeremy Masters aka Dredi Knight had complete control of the stage and audience. Live P.A. tracks from drummer/producer Lion 808 were soon joined by the live musicians for a live drumNbass/dancehall/hiphop sound that made everyone in the joint start to move their collective and individual butts! Mr. Rico came forward and added his smooth style to the mix. It was great! I admit that they might be my favorite local band, but that doesn't change the fact that these guys rock!
DJ Czar, (also from the Chemistry Records Crew) took everybody home. Money was raised, and a good time was had by all. Upcoming Houston Tsunami Relief Dot Org events include Bluesguy's Birthday Jam #5 on February 20th, and February 11th's 'D1G1T4L L0V3' (Digital Love) at Club 1415, including electronic performances by Vertigo Blue, LunateX, Asmodeus X, Brio Kids, DJ Genesis, and more...
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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound & KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28th
Anderson Fair - Gordy Quist
Austen's - open mic
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) - Livin' Proof
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - E=MC3
Baker Street Pub (Willowbook) - Catfish
Big Easy (The) - Sonny Boy Terry
Blanco's - Dale Watson
Blue Dolphin - Dilana Smith
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Michael Stevens & Toonz
Bossa - Mark Towns Latin Jazz Trio
Brian O'Neill's - The Slags
Buck's - Bad Habits
Café Blonde (Seabrook) - open mic
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Catfish & Becca Ryan (10
pm)
Continental Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); Hayes
Carll (10 pm); Reckless Kelly (11:30 pm)
Cosmos - Mark Miller & the High Lifes
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Ronnie Hall & Green Onions
Cypress Lounge (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Trolls (CD release party)/Del Rey
Double Ts - David Brake & That Damn Band
Einstein's Pub - A-Rival
Engine Room (The) - Restless Heroes/I-45
Fenders (LaMarque) - Mambo Jazz Kings
Firehouse Saloon (The) - F Co/Rick Trevino
First Tee (The) - Soul Cube
Fitzgerald's (down) - Hopsing/Bo Jones/Carousel Shy/Alligator Dave
Fitzgerald's (up) - Fallen Line/Swellbone/Fault
Forgetta'Bout It - Six Past Hell/New Damage/Dixie Witch
Grisby Grill (The) - Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)
Helio's - Free Radicals
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Houston Area Acoustic Music Showcase
Hotel Grand (LaMarque) - Down to Earth
Howling Coyote (The) - Strange Brew
Jack's For Cocktails - Al Casey & the BB's
Java Jazz Coffee House - Worth While/The Elliott Project/All Or
Nothin'/Gun Metal Gray/Three Kind Fiddle/Miss The
Mark/Disclaimer/Fyend
JP Hops House - Shake Russell & Dana Cooper (CD release party)
Ken's Club - Shakedown
Lake Conroe Pub - Austin Band
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Volumizers
Last Concert Café - Big Jim's Wife
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - Randy Marshall
Magnolia Hotel - Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch
Mary Jane's Fat Cat - Overladen/The Charlize/Highjacking Paris/The
Last Stand
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Ray Wylie Hubbard (CD release party; 2
shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Brotherhood
Meridian (The) - Burden Brothers/Dune TX
Mike's Place - Trick Dog
Mo's Place (Katy) - Horizon
Muddie Waters Coffee House - Easy Living Trio
Nautical's (Spring) - The Gorilla Dance Band
Next Door Coffee House - open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole - Podunk/The Space City Kings
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic
Oz Bar - Spiffingtons
Papa's on The Lake - Uncle Mojo
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Torn
Pennison's (Sugar Land) - Crowded Minds
Port City Java (The Woodlands) - open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - King's Highway
Red Cat Jazz Café - Dean James
Resa's Steak House - Mack & Bryan (6 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - Down With The Scene Showcase
Rowdy's - Steve Garcia
Rudyard's - Slapshifter/Skyblue 72/Stacy Steger & the Satellites
Sam's Irish Pub & Grill - Barcode
Sambuca Restaurant - Javier Zenteno
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Magazine
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - Big Red Sun
Shakespeare's Pub - Pete Mayes & the Texas House Rockers
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Rat Ranch
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Head First
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Strippers Lie
Sidecar Pub - Keith Davis/Mark Sanders
Speakeasy (The) - Mekka
St. Pete's Dancing Marlin - Tody & the Falcon
Stags Head Pub - Guitarramor
Super Happy Fun Land - The Whole Fantastic World
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) - The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Texas Sports Bar (LaPorte) - Luther & the Healers
21 (Galveston) - Willy Gonzales & the Line Up
Uncle Albert's - Fondue Monks
Velvet Melvin - Pete & Sam
Vintage Bar (The) - Zach Arrington
Walter's on Washington - Severed Head of State
Yaga's (Galveston) - Fidelity Maxx
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29th
Anderson Fair - HAAM Showcase w/Mark Zeus/Smythe & Taylor/Jen
Rathbun/Lucky Boyd/Sarah Golden/Kalinec & Chambers (6 pm; benefits
The Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston)
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) - Catfish
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - Livin' Proof
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) - The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - The Bad Monkeys (2 pm); Herschel
Berry (9 pm)
Bareback Bar - Bitter Creek
Big Easy (The) - Alan Haynes
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Borski's - Borski's & Barry's 60th birthday celebration (jam - noon);
Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers; 5 Mile Band (9 pm)
Breakers - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O'Neill's - E=MC3
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Cocktails (Galveston) - Eden Ames (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Papa Grows Funk (10 pm)
Cosmos - The Davin James Band
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - CC Rider
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Donny Taylor & the Gulf Coasters
w/Billy Wells
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Van Wilks
Double Ts - David Brake & That Damn Band
Einstein's Pub - A-Rival
Fast Lane (Spring) - The Back Door Blues Band
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Paul Eason/The Great Divide
Fitzgerald's (down) - Beligerous/Fox Force Five/Seraphin/The
Clints/Alaska is For Players
Fitzgerald's (up) - Irene/Black Box Originals/Rhinosaurs/The Deep 6
Band
Forgetta'Bout It - Mindcrime/Victim
Gabby's (N. Shepherd) - Brian Kalinec & Jeff Chambers (6:30-9:30 pm)
Helio's - Drop Trio
Henry's Hideout - Brother2Brother
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - No Strings Attached
Hideaway (The) - The Mark May Band
Hotel Grand (LaMarque) - Down to Earth
Howling Coyote (The) - Tommy Dardar
Java Jazz Coffee House - A Royal Tragedy/This Sacred Tragedy/Resonant
Strain/On A Burning Day/Fall To None/Dividing Crisis/The Last
Starfighter
Juju's (Galveston) - Reyna & Powerplay
Kirby's Steak House (Woodlands) - Mark Town's Latin Jazz Quartet
(7-11 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Checkered Past
Last Concert Café - Middle Rhythm Section/Mikado
Little Mo's - 2nd Wind
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - Hitchhikers
Mardi Gras Galveston
21st & The Strand
12:00-1:15 pm Diunna Greenleaf
2:00-3:30 pm Trish Murphy
4:00-5:15 pm Fidelity Maxx
5:45-7:15 pm Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
7:45-9:15 pm Shark Attack
9:45-11:30 pm Hamilton Loomis
Saengerfest Park
12:00-1:15 pm Down to Earth
1:30-2:45 pm Tracy Conover
3:15-4:30 pm Malford Milligan Band
5:00-6:15 pm Andy Griggs
6:45-8:15 pm Survivor
8:30-9:45 pm Cowboy Mouth
10:15-11:15 pm Wayne Toups
Mary Jane's Fat Cat - Die Cast/The Hoods/Sinai Beach/Winter
Solstice/Incisor
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - The Rogues (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - TJ Funk
Mi Luna - Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quartet
Mo's Place (Katy) - Roger Creager
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Natasha Angel
19th Hole - Broken Teeth/Mercury Down
Old Quarter Acoustic Café - open mic
Oxford Hall - Richard Sweat (8 pm)
Palmer Club (Texas City) - The Stone Kings
Papa's on The Lake - Earlywine
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Morgan Steep
Pennison's (Sugar Land) - The McClanahans
Playmakers Sports Bar - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Mike Zito
Red Cat Jazz Café - Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) - The Bench
Rudyard's - Lisa Novak/Orange Is In
Sam's Boat (Fountains) - Deep 6 Band
Sam's Irish Pub & Grill - Urbana
Sambuca Restaurant - Javier Zenteno
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Trick Dog Trio
Scout Bar (The) (Clear Lake) - The Slags
Shakespeare's Pub - Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Rat Ranch
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - 11th Hour
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Strippers Lie
Sidecar Pub - Doug Moreland/The Front Porch Band
Speakeasy Lounge - The Pirates
St. Pete's Dancing Marlin - River Fly
Stags Head (The) - Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Super Happy Fun Land - One Umbrella/Kairos/John Kramer/Wall With One
Side
Tavern in the Woods (The Woodlands) - Sweet Mama Cotton (7-9 pm)
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) - The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Texas Sports Bar (LaPorte) - Luther & the Healers
Time Out #1 (Fuqua) - General Ward
Time Out #3 (Pasadena) - Infinity's Twin
Triple Ace Saloon - Dilana Smith
Tut's (Conroe) - Lynn Logan & Leading Edge
21 (Galveston) - Willy Gonzales & the Line Up
Uncle Albert's - Fondue Monks
Vintage Bar (The) - Big Lizard Boys
Yaga's (Galveston) - Fidelity Maxx
Zebo's Coffee House - open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30th
Big Easy (The) -American Red Cross Tsunami Fundraiser w/Texas Johnny
Brown & the Quality Blues Band/I.J. Gosey/Ray Parsee & the Allstars
with Vanessa/Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws/Luther & the
Healers/Earl Gilliam/The Grateful Geezers/Trudy Lynn/Lady D/Sweet
Mama Cotton/Diunna Greenleaf/Pearl Murray & the Jewels (2-7 pm); The
National Zydeco Foundation Jam
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch w/Mark Towns (11 am-2:30 pm)
Borski's - round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) - open mic w/David Schwope (7-11 pm)
Cosmos - Johnny Dyson's Big Band (7 pm)
Cruiser's (Santa Fe) - blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - Sunday Session w/Smythe & Taylor/Camino/JP
Strong (8-11 pm)
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Frank's Trip On Inn - Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Gravity (Galveston) - Reyna & Powerplay (1-5 pm; 5:30-9:30 pm)
Gully Ice House (Crosby) - Al Casey & the BB's
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Fahl & Folk w/Guy Schwartz (6-9 pm)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Brennen Leigh (7 pm)
Meridian (The) - Elsley/The Colour/The Elected
Mr. B's Billiards & Sports Bar (Katy) - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Mulligan's & More - jam
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) - jam (4-8 pm)
19th Hole (The) - Brad Absher
Ponderosa - O'Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) - jam (8 pm)
Reno's (Webster) - Hamilton Loomis
Rhythm Room (The) - Dig (9 pm)
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) - jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9
pm)
Rowdy's - open mic
Sambuca Restaurant - Blue Monks
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - A Step Behind/Caller Ten/Feeding James
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sidecar Pub - acoustic open mic
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Texas Tavern (The) (Texas City) - open mic (4-7 pm)
21 (Galveston) - The Doug McKinnley Band
What's Left (Tomball) - jam w/Mark May Band (2-6 pm)
That's about it for now.
Anderson Fair - Gordy Quist
Austen's - open mic
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) - Livin' Proof
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - E=MC3
Baker Street Pub (Willowbook) - Catfish
Big Easy (The) - Sonny Boy Terry
Blanco's - Dale Watson
Blue Dolphin - Dilana Smith
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Michael Stevens & Toonz
Bossa - Mark Towns Latin Jazz Trio
Brian O'Neill's - The Slags
Buck's - Bad Habits
Café Blonde (Seabrook) - open mic
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Catfish & Becca Ryan (10
pm)
Continental Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); Hayes
Carll (10 pm); Reckless Kelly (11:30 pm)
Cosmos - Mark Miller & the High Lifes
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Ronnie Hall & Green Onions
Cypress Lounge (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Trolls (CD release party)/Del Rey
Double Ts - David Brake & That Damn Band
Einstein's Pub - A-Rival
Engine Room (The) - Restless Heroes/I-45
Fenders (LaMarque) - Mambo Jazz Kings
Firehouse Saloon (The) - F Co/Rick Trevino
First Tee (The) - Soul Cube
Fitzgerald's (down) - Hopsing/Bo Jones/Carousel Shy/Alligator Dave
Fitzgerald's (up) - Fallen Line/Swellbone/Fault
Forgetta'Bout It - Six Past Hell/New Damage/Dixie Witch
Grisby Grill (The) - Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)
Helio's - Free Radicals
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Houston Area Acoustic Music Showcase
Hotel Grand (LaMarque) - Down to Earth
Howling Coyote (The) - Strange Brew
Jack's For Cocktails - Al Casey & the BB's
Java Jazz Coffee House - Worth While/The Elliott Project/All Or
Nothin'/Gun Metal Gray/Three Kind Fiddle/Miss The
Mark/Disclaimer/Fyend
JP Hops House - Shake Russell & Dana Cooper (CD release party)
Ken's Club - Shakedown
Lake Conroe Pub - Austin Band
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Volumizers
Last Concert Café - Big Jim's Wife
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - Randy Marshall
Magnolia Hotel - Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch
Mary Jane's Fat Cat - Overladen/The Charlize/Highjacking Paris/The
Last Stand
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Ray Wylie Hubbard (CD release party; 2
shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Brotherhood
Meridian (The) - Burden Brothers/Dune TX
Mike's Place - Trick Dog
Mo's Place (Katy) - Horizon
Muddie Waters Coffee House - Easy Living Trio
Nautical's (Spring) - The Gorilla Dance Band
Next Door Coffee House - open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole - Podunk/The Space City Kings
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic
Oz Bar - Spiffingtons
Papa's on The Lake - Uncle Mojo
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Torn
Pennison's (Sugar Land) - Crowded Minds
Port City Java (The Woodlands) - open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - King's Highway
Red Cat Jazz Café - Dean James
Resa's Steak House - Mack & Bryan (6 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - Down With The Scene Showcase
Rowdy's - Steve Garcia
Rudyard's - Slapshifter/Skyblue 72/Stacy Steger & the Satellites
Sam's Irish Pub & Grill - Barcode
Sambuca Restaurant - Javier Zenteno
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Magazine
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - Big Red Sun
Shakespeare's Pub - Pete Mayes & the Texas House Rockers
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Rat Ranch
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Head First
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Strippers Lie
Sidecar Pub - Keith Davis/Mark Sanders
Speakeasy (The) - Mekka
St. Pete's Dancing Marlin - Tody & the Falcon
Stags Head Pub - Guitarramor
Super Happy Fun Land - The Whole Fantastic World
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) - The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Texas Sports Bar (LaPorte) - Luther & the Healers
21 (Galveston) - Willy Gonzales & the Line Up
Uncle Albert's - Fondue Monks
Velvet Melvin - Pete & Sam
Vintage Bar (The) - Zach Arrington
Walter's on Washington - Severed Head of State
Yaga's (Galveston) - Fidelity Maxx
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29th
Anderson Fair - HAAM Showcase w/Mark Zeus/Smythe & Taylor/Jen
Rathbun/Lucky Boyd/Sarah Golden/Kalinec & Chambers (6 pm; benefits
The Musicians Benevolent Society of Houston)
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) - Catfish
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - Livin' Proof
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) - The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - The Bad Monkeys (2 pm); Herschel
Berry (9 pm)
Bareback Bar - Bitter Creek
Big Easy (The) - Alan Haynes
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Borski's - Borski's & Barry's 60th birthday celebration (jam - noon);
Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers; 5 Mile Band (9 pm)
Breakers - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O'Neill's - E=MC3
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Cocktails (Galveston) - Eden Ames (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Papa Grows Funk (10 pm)
Cosmos - The Davin James Band
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - CC Rider
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Donny Taylor & the Gulf Coasters
w/Billy Wells
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Van Wilks
Double Ts - David Brake & That Damn Band
Einstein's Pub - A-Rival
Fast Lane (Spring) - The Back Door Blues Band
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Paul Eason/The Great Divide
Fitzgerald's (down) - Beligerous/Fox Force Five/Seraphin/The
Clints/Alaska is For Players
Fitzgerald's (up) - Irene/Black Box Originals/Rhinosaurs/The Deep 6
Band
Forgetta'Bout It - Mindcrime/Victim
Gabby's (N. Shepherd) - Brian Kalinec & Jeff Chambers (6:30-9:30 pm)
Helio's - Drop Trio
Henry's Hideout - Brother2Brother
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - No Strings Attached
Hideaway (The) - The Mark May Band
Hotel Grand (LaMarque) - Down to Earth
Howling Coyote (The) - Tommy Dardar
Java Jazz Coffee House - A Royal Tragedy/This Sacred Tragedy/Resonant
Strain/On A Burning Day/Fall To None/Dividing Crisis/The Last
Starfighter
Juju's (Galveston) - Reyna & Powerplay
Kirby's Steak House (Woodlands) - Mark Town's Latin Jazz Quartet
(7-11 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Checkered Past
Last Concert Café - Middle Rhythm Section/Mikado
Little Mo's - 2nd Wind
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - Hitchhikers
Mardi Gras Galveston
21st & The Strand
12:00-1:15 pm Diunna Greenleaf
2:00-3:30 pm Trish Murphy
4:00-5:15 pm Fidelity Maxx
5:45-7:15 pm Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
7:45-9:15 pm Shark Attack
9:45-11:30 pm Hamilton Loomis
Saengerfest Park
12:00-1:15 pm Down to Earth
1:30-2:45 pm Tracy Conover
3:15-4:30 pm Malford Milligan Band
5:00-6:15 pm Andy Griggs
6:45-8:15 pm Survivor
8:30-9:45 pm Cowboy Mouth
10:15-11:15 pm Wayne Toups
Mary Jane's Fat Cat - Die Cast/The Hoods/Sinai Beach/Winter
Solstice/Incisor
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - The Rogues (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - TJ Funk
Mi Luna - Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quartet
Mo's Place (Katy) - Roger Creager
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Natasha Angel
19th Hole - Broken Teeth/Mercury Down
Old Quarter Acoustic Café - open mic
Oxford Hall - Richard Sweat (8 pm)
Palmer Club (Texas City) - The Stone Kings
Papa's on The Lake - Earlywine
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Morgan Steep
Pennison's (Sugar Land) - The McClanahans
Playmakers Sports Bar - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Mike Zito
Red Cat Jazz Café - Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) - The Bench
Rudyard's - Lisa Novak/Orange Is In
Sam's Boat (Fountains) - Deep 6 Band
Sam's Irish Pub & Grill - Urbana
Sambuca Restaurant - Javier Zenteno
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Trick Dog Trio
Scout Bar (The) (Clear Lake) - The Slags
Shakespeare's Pub - Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Rat Ranch
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - 11th Hour
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Strippers Lie
Sidecar Pub - Doug Moreland/The Front Porch Band
Speakeasy Lounge - The Pirates
St. Pete's Dancing Marlin - River Fly
Stags Head (The) - Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Super Happy Fun Land - One Umbrella/Kairos/John Kramer/Wall With One
Side
Tavern in the Woods (The Woodlands) - Sweet Mama Cotton (7-9 pm)
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) - The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Texas Sports Bar (LaPorte) - Luther & the Healers
Time Out #1 (Fuqua) - General Ward
Time Out #3 (Pasadena) - Infinity's Twin
Triple Ace Saloon - Dilana Smith
Tut's (Conroe) - Lynn Logan & Leading Edge
21 (Galveston) - Willy Gonzales & the Line Up
Uncle Albert's - Fondue Monks
Vintage Bar (The) - Big Lizard Boys
Yaga's (Galveston) - Fidelity Maxx
Zebo's Coffee House - open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30th
Big Easy (The) -American Red Cross Tsunami Fundraiser w/Texas Johnny
Brown & the Quality Blues Band/I.J. Gosey/Ray Parsee & the Allstars
with Vanessa/Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws/Luther & the
Healers/Earl Gilliam/The Grateful Geezers/Trudy Lynn/Lady D/Sweet
Mama Cotton/Diunna Greenleaf/Pearl Murray & the Jewels (2-7 pm); The
National Zydeco Foundation Jam
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch w/Mark Towns (11 am-2:30 pm)
Borski's - round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) - open mic w/David Schwope (7-11 pm)
Cosmos - Johnny Dyson's Big Band (7 pm)
Cruiser's (Santa Fe) - blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - Sunday Session w/Smythe & Taylor/Camino/JP
Strong (8-11 pm)
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Frank's Trip On Inn - Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Gravity (Galveston) - Reyna & Powerplay (1-5 pm; 5:30-9:30 pm)
Gully Ice House (Crosby) - Al Casey & the BB's
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Fahl & Folk w/Guy Schwartz (6-9 pm)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Brennen Leigh (7 pm)
Meridian (The) - Elsley/The Colour/The Elected
Mr. B's Billiards & Sports Bar (Katy) - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Mulligan's & More - jam
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) - jam (4-8 pm)
19th Hole (The) - Brad Absher
Ponderosa - O'Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) - jam (8 pm)
Reno's (Webster) - Hamilton Loomis
Rhythm Room (The) - Dig (9 pm)
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) - jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9
pm)
Rowdy's - open mic
Sambuca Restaurant - Blue Monks
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - A Step Behind/Caller Ten/Feeding James
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sidecar Pub - acoustic open mic
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Texas Tavern (The) (Texas City) - open mic (4-7 pm)
21 (Galveston) - The Doug McKinnley Band
What's Left (Tomball) - jam w/Mark May Band (2-6 pm)
That's about it for now.
See you where the live music is!
-Guy Schwartz
Texaans muzikant, songwriter, bandleader, producer, filmmaker, auteur
HIPPIES TV - Gratis webvideo's op http://www.hippies.tv/
Houston, Texas, VSA 001-713-721-0093
Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
"De meest toonaangevende bluesrock hippie jam band van Texas"
-Billy Block (Western Beat)
15 cd albums verkrijgbaar bij www.CDbaby.com/hippies
Meer dan 30 cd albums verkrijgbaar bij www.bluesguy.com/shop
"Die Guy Schwartz weet pas hoe muziek écht moet!"
-Rusty Young, Nashville (medeoprichter van Poco)
-Guy Schwartz
Texaans muzikant, songwriter, bandleader, producer, filmmaker, auteur
HIPPIES TV - Gratis webvideo's op http://www.hippies.tv/
Houston, Texas, VSA 001-713-721-0093
Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
"De meest toonaangevende bluesrock hippie jam band van Texas"
-Billy Block (Western Beat)
15 cd albums verkrijgbaar bij www.CDbaby.com/hippies
Meer dan 30 cd albums verkrijgbaar bij www.bluesguy.com/shop
"Die Guy Schwartz weet pas hoe muziek écht moet!"
-Rusty Young, Nashville (medeoprichter van Poco)
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