*ROCK ROMANO'S BIRTHDAY MONDAY

*WONDERLAND/CONOVER @ DAN'S - WOMEN'S SHELTER BENEFIT

*I'M ON THE COVER OF MUSIC NEWS

*HIPPIES ON THE RADIO EARLY MONDAY MORNING

*WEEKEND MUSIC

 

For the sake of this letter, I will assume that we all know that Hippies.TV is not just a website, but it is the name of our weekly TV show (which airs on Friday nights at 10pm on Waner, Kingwood, and TV-Max cable systems), and we also know about my birthday party (Bluesguy's R&R House Party) and about the big SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2005 gathering in March. If you don't already know too much about these things, check the website.

 

This week, my daughter Chelsea needs a ride! Or, at least, her stuff does. Chelsea is moving back from Chicago at the end of the month. She did good (two Bs, one A and one C) at that special audio school, and wants to be in Texas in time for SXSW. If you know anyone driving to Houston from Chicago, who has a van or could pull a trailer, please respond to me.

 

Big thanks to The Music News and publisher Kevin Wildman for putting me on the cover of their February magazine, and publishing a great article by Marlo Blue! Kevin has been a great friend and supporter for decades, and has been kind enough to give me a cover story every 23 years, whether I deserve it or not! <g>

 

Not a lot of time to report on all the cool stuff we're working on this week. I've been busy assembling video for Hippies.TV, mastering CDs for release before the two big events, and working out songs and schedules with artists from both. Just got back from a Tuesday night out. Started by dropping off TV programs at Houston Media-Source, and then dropped by the Houston Music Industry round table at The Meridian. Lots of people at this meeting. I hung with old friends like brothers Dan & Oscar Oviedo from the band IRENE, buddies Brian and Jeff from Sound Arts Studios, Mike Naus (Vertigo Blue), and Kevin Wildman. I also got to put a face to email buds like Sara Cress from The Chronicle Interactive, and Elvo Wickstein from the band HUDDA HUBBA. Mary Jane Hancocks patent leather mod boots were da bomb!

 

After then Meridian, I went on to The Last Concert Cafe to drop off 500 blank CDs for Dubtex' Lion808 (he and Nicki have had their baby by the time you read this - congrats... let's have a shower at the cafe) and listen to The Scott Daniels Band! Mmm, Mmm, good! Ended the night jamming at Dan Electro's at EP VAllejo's new  almost-every-Tuesday jam.

 

I say 'almost-every-Tuesday, because...

 

One Tuesday per month, they've got Blowtorch Repair, but the rock jam is the other Tuesdays. Kinda confusing, but it's a common thing that bar-owners do that us bands think is a mistake.

 

By some opinions - The only way to build a loyal following for a special night or band is consistancy, every week, so I hope that the young rockers being cultivated at EPV's rock jam, when showing up to jam loosely on ruff versions of old rock standards, are not turned off when they show up one Tuesday night and find great classic-rockers playing a night of well-rehearsed oldies instead. Reminds me - Did I ever mention the narrow tolerance that most American music fans AND musician have for styles of music other than their own....

 

I'm home now, and beginning this letter, which won't be sent out 'til Thursday or Friday, but I need to get it written while I can. The next six week will be a very cool panic!

 

In my world, there are also several friends and family members doing medical procedures this next week. We'll be busy taking care of some of them, but if given the opportunity, we'll try to get out on Friday to see Martin & Shelby at Bibas around 8:30 and then over to Dan Electro's where carolyn Wonderland and Tracy Conover will play together in a benefit for The Houston Area women's Center. I WILL make it by Club 1415 to speak briefly at the electronica show there (which benefits houstontsunamirelief.org and the charities it supports), and video tape as much of Vertigo Blue, LunateX and The Brio Kids as I can. OsmodeusX also performs, but I won't be there then...

 

Sunday afternoon, Texas House Concerts presents Dancing Bare. Cool!

 

On Sunday night (actually Monday morning), Roger and I will perform live on the radio and web at KPFT-FM90.1 (www.kpft.org), on 'Pat & Rosie's Nightsounds' program at 5:00am CST.

 

Monday night, I'll join a cast of thousands (including Big Al Bettis, Rich Layton, Tommy Dardar, Tommie lee Bradley and more...) at Fitzgerald's to celebrate valentine's Day and Rock Romano's 60th birthday.

 

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WEEKEND MUSIC

Courtesy of The ablueshound & Colleen and KPFT

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11th

Anderson fair – Davee Bryan (CD release & aloha party)
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – E=MC3
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Ezra Charles & the Works
Big Easy (The) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Blanco’s – James Hand
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Red, Hot and Cool
Borski’s – Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers
Bossa – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Trio 
Brian O’Neill’s – Bad Boyfriend
Café Blonde (Seabrook) – open mic
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); The Red-Stick
Ramblers (10 pm); The Weary Boys (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Sancho
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Route 66
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (5:30-7:30 pm);
 Tracy Conover/Carolyn Wonderland (benefit for the Houston Area’s
Women Center)
Einstein’s Pub – Fondue Monks
Engine Room (The) – Pushmonkey (CD release party)/PM Theory/Trace Element
Fenders (LaMarque) – Mike Stevens & Toonz
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Texas High Life/Bleu Edmondson
First Tee (The) - Armanos
Fitzgerald’s (down) – Incisor/Mourge City/8:08
Fitzgerald’s (up) – Decyble/Prognosis/Chrome 44
510 Sports Bar (Katy) – Dilana Smith
Helios – Arthur Yoria
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Hideaway (The) – Luther & the Healers
Howling Coyote (The) – Uncle Mojo
Jack’s For Cocktails – Deuces Wild
Janie’s Martini Bar – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Java Jazz Coffee House – Carter/Media Nox/Seeing Stars/Mr. Grinch/
 Astoria TX/Salinger/Caught Off Guard/Half Broken Heart
JP Hops House - Texas Songwriters Showcase w/Carolyn Wallace/Jen Rathbun/
Michael Pope/Willie B
Julian’s (Galveston) – The Mark May Band
Katie’s (Bacliff) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Koozie’s – Trick Dog

Last Concert Café – Hurt Street/No Kings
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Bab Habit
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – The Broken Spoke
Magnolia Hotel – Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat - ESE
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Patty Larkin (9 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Mambo Kings
Mike’s Place – The Fab 5
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Darryl Worley
Molly’s (Wilcrest & Westheimer) – Scott Sileo (9 pm)
Nautical’s (Spring) – Brother2Brother
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Trish Murphy
Oz Bar – Search Party
Papa’s on the Lake – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Pennison’s Sports Pub (Copperfield) – Bar Code
Pennison’s Sports Pub (Sugar Land) – Human Error
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron 
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – The Slagz
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Resa’s Steak House – Mack & Bryan (6 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) – House of Moist (CD release party)/Goodtrain/Paris Green/
 Big Green Machine
Rocky Top Club (Santa Fe) – Down to Earth
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Dead Roses/The Jonx/Gods Temple of Family Deliverance/
 Dum Dum Crew
Sam’s Pub & Grill – Rick Marcel & the Radiance Band
Sambuca Restaurant – B & the Buzz
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Blowtorch Repair
Shakespeare’s Pub – The Zydeco Players
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Deep 6 Band
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Livin’ Proof
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – 11th Hour
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Head First
Sidecar Pub – Travers Laville/Dave Elles/Micah Harris/Mike Troutman/
 Blake Thompson
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – Tody & the Falcon
Stags Head Pub – Giancarlo
Super Happy Fun Land – The Mathletes/Organ Failure/Locust Ghost

Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) – The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Tubby’s Ice House (LaMarque) – 3 Peace
21 (Galveston) – Julia Edmonds Motown Review
Vintage Bar – Marc Twyman’s One Man Electric Band
Walter’s on Washington – Pranxter/Mekka/South Bound

 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12th

Acadia Sports Bar – The Fab 5
Al’s Sports Bar #2 – Traffic Jam
Anderson Fair – Allen Shamblin
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Mark Chandler
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – E=MC3
Bareback Bar – Geoff Spahr
Big Easy (The) – The Joe Richardson Express
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Ronnie Hall & Green Onions
Boondoggle’s (Seabrook) – The Ken Valentino Band
Borski’s – country jam (1-6 pm); Dale Watson
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O’Neill’s – The Slagz
Bus (The) – jam w/Premium Blend/The Back Door Blues Band (6:30-11 pm)
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Cocktails (Galveston) – Mike McCulloch (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Los Skarnales (9:30 pm); Jon Dee Graham (11 pm)
Cosmos – Two Tons of Steel/Glenna Bell (CD release party)
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – CC Rider
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bipeds
Downtown Aquarium Boardwalk – Chameleon (5-9 pm)
Einstein’s Pub – Wattzit2Ya
Engine Room (The) – Pepper/Authority Zero/Shark Attack/O.P.M.
Fenders (LaMarque) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Firehouse Saloon – Paul Eason/Django Walker
510 Sports Bar (Katy) – The Grateful Geezers
Forgetta’Bout It – Dark Quiet
Forgetta’Bout It Too – Drexl/Damascus/Powderburn
Henry’s Hideout – Cool Water
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Texas Jamboree Boys
Howling Coyote (The) – The Mark May Band
Java Jazz Coffee House – The Guns of Will Sonnet/Living With Last/
The Belle Curve/O’Doyle Rules/Sadbert/Door Number 2/Rockett Queen/
Nadiri
JP Hops House – Bobby Mitchell & Friends
Kirby’s Steak House (Woodlands) – Mark Town’s Latin Jazz Quartet (7-11 pm)
Last Concert Café – Fusion/Brown Vs Board
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – The Hanshaws
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Six Gun

Martini’s & More – Down to Earth
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat – Rogue Wave
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – The Greencards (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Rick Marcel
Millbend Coffee House – Emma’s Revolution (Pat Humphries & Sandy O)
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Zona Jones
Muddie Waters Coffee House – Annetta Haynes
Next Door Coffee House (The) – Gilmer & Moore
Old Quarter Acoustic Café – P.C. Cowboys
Ovations – Sarah Sharp
Oz Bar – What Is Hip
Papa’s on The Lake – Uncle Mojo
Pennison’s Sports Pub (Copperfield) – Big Red Sun
Pennison’s Sports Pub (Sugar Land) - Pull
Playmakers Sports Bar – Just Got Lucky
Poor Michael’s on The Strand (Galveston) – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Al Casey & the BB’s
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – Octopus Project/Peelander-Z/Animals of the Bible
Sam’s Pub & Grill – Rapture Band
Sambuca Restaurant – B & the Buzz
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Mike Stevens & Toonz
Shakespeare’s Pub – Shawn Pittman
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Madigan
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Deep 6 Band
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Head First
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Nervous Rex
Sidecar Pub – Canvas/King Zero/5 Dollar Friend
Silver Eagle Club – Carl Marshall/Charli’/Stan G./Scandaloos/Bobby Powell/
 Undercover Band/Lil’ Fallay (9 pm)
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – River Fly
Stags Head (The) – Peter Scafidi
Super Happy Fun Land – The Mathletes/Organ Failure/Locust Ghost
Terrace Club (The Warwick Hotel) – The Louie Carrington Duo (8 pm;
weekly through Feb 26)
Time Out Sports Bar #1 – Rock Starz
Time Out Sports Bar #3 - Skyline
Tut’s (Conroe) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
21 (Galveston) – Julia Edmonds Motown Review
Uncle Albert’s – Fuzzy Side Up
Velvet Melvin – Marc Twyman’s One Man Electric Band
West End Pub – Trick Dog
West University Community Building (6104 Auden) – Ed Miller & Andy Wilkinson
 (7:30 pm)
Yaga’s (Galveston) - Honeybrowne
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)

 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13th      
Big Easy (The) –The Zydeco Dots
Birraporetti’s – jazz brunch w/Mark Towns (11 am-2:30 pm)
Borski’s – round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Club B & W – Down to Earth/Bobby Blue Bland
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic w/David Schwope (7-11 pm)
Cosmos – Swingsters w/Herb Remington (7 pm)
Cruiser’s (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session (8-11 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Sugarcult/The Early November/Head Automatica/
 Hawthorne Heights/Maxeen
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Pet Rooster (2-5 pm)
JP Hops House – Houston Fort Bend Songwriters Association Monthly Meeting;
NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Knights of Columbus Hall (11611 Beechnut) – The Wild River Band (3-7 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Fahl & Folk w/Chaz Nadege (6-9 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Ginny Mac (7 pm)
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
Omni Central (1927 Scott St.) – The First Annual Valentine Show & Dance
 w/Patrick Green & the Superior Band & Lady Audrey/Big Cynthia
 Walker/Embrace (9 pm)
Ponderosa – O’Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – jam (8 pm)
Reno’s (Webster) – Stoney Larue
Rhythm Room (The) – Goodtrain Sessions (9 pm)
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Sambuca Restaurant - Blue Monks
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 House Concerts (Space Place) w/Dancin’ Bare
www.texashouseconcerts.com
Texas Tavern (The) (Texas City) – open mic (4-7 pm)
What’s Left (Tomball) – jam w/Mark May Band (2-6 pm)
Wrecker’s Grill & Bar (San Leon) – Bryan Barnes (2-6 pm)

 

That's it for now. New CDs and videos on the web!

 

See you where the live music is!