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*JAMBANDS : From HoopinMan

*WEEKEND MUSIC

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On the way back from San Antonio last week, MArlo and I decided to make a detour of 10 miles off of Interstate 10 and visit Dr. Zoomack & Harvana at their new place in Moulton, Texas, just south of Shiner. I am scheduled to play there with Vince Bell and Joe lindley this Saturday, and I had always told Jim that I'd visit on my next trip to SA. That trip to San Antonio had been a long time coming.

 

Heading south on Highway 95, we enjoyed the rural landscape during this rolling ride through the foothills of the Texas hill country.

 

Spotting a two-block section of a quaint downtown-like area, just a few hundred feet from the highway and over some railroad tracks, we decided to investigate and were rewarded with downtown Moulton, Texas. It was delightful. The first thing we saw was Ole moulton Bank, right on the corner with a big pane of glass with neon.

 

Inside, we were reminded of Jim's two former businesses (Dan E;ectro's & Heights Guitar), due to the guitars on the wall, and the similarly structured corner stage.

 

They were getting ready for the Thursday night bluegrass picking session with the 25 cent cover charge, so I grabbed my Martin Backpacker out of the trunk, and picked along to avoid the cover. <g>

 

Marlo bought something from Harvan'a boutique, and I know I'll be getting some of those cool conchoed jeans on Saturday, so that I can wear them when Vince, Joe and I play at Fred Eaglesmith's Texas Roundup at Gruene Hall on Sunday.

 

Jim said that in it's peak, Moulton (a town of 900 people) had 15 bars. There were still 3 on that block. I guess they love their beer!

 

The place was comfortable, the sound was great, and I know that they bring in a lot of our friends to play, so I can only recommend planning a visit when one of your favorites perform there.

 

Roger and I will perform on Pat & Rosie's Nightsounds from 4-6am on Monday morning. Don't laugh at the late time - because of the internet (www.kpft.org), we'll be heard by friends in Europe at lunchtime, and in Austrailia in the evening!

 

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JAMBANDS

From HoopinMan

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I've never really liked the term "jamband" because it doesnt really describe the band you are trying to explain to people.....in the new Jambands.com interview with Jacob Fred Jazz Oddessy, Reed Mathis has this take on it....i have to agree with him:

HI: Your publicist tells me you all have some reservations about being characterized as a jamband. Perhaps you could tell me what you find most limiting about that label, and why you object to it.
 
RM: I shy away from terms like 'jamband' because they don't really tell you anything about the group. It's applied to so many different kinds of things that it doesn't contain any actual information about music. To say that you like jambands, doesn't tell you anything. It basically describes a circuit of venues or a type of audience member. It doesn't describe the music. If Medeski, Martin and Wood and Fareed Haque Group and moe and Yonder Mountain String Band all play the same kind of music, then I am a mouse that lives on the moon

 

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The Blues Hound’s 3rd Annual Spring Howl

The Meridian this Sunday

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The Blues Hound’s 3rd Annual Spring Howl w/Joe Miranda &
 The Wildcatters featuring The Westside Horns/Dave Nevling &
 The Blues Kats/The Holland K. Smith Band/The Malford Milligan Band
(KPFT benefit; 1-6 pm)

 

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR

Courtesy of The BluesHound & KPFT-FM90.1

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FRIDAY, MARCH 11th

Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Bad Boyfriend
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – E=MC3
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Pure Class
Big Easy (The) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Blanco’s – Dale Watson
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Café Blonde (Seabrook) – open mic
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chantilly Room (The) (LaPorte) - Shadowplay
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); The Weary Boys
(9:30 pm); Chris Duarte (11 pm)
Cosmos – The Eric Tessmer Band
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality
 Blues Band
Cube Sports Bar – The Clones
Cypress Lounge – Hit N Run
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (5:30-7:30 pm);
Sisters Morales
Diamond Jim Brady’s Ice House – 2nd Wind
Einstein’s Pub – Catfish
Engine Room (The) – Unsigned TV Qualifier
Fenders (LaMarque) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Firehouse Saloon – Deryl Dodd
First Tee (The) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Fitzgerald’s (down) – Shark Attack/Darth Vato/57 State
Fitzgerald’s (up) - Los Skarnales/Middlefinger/Captain Bringdown & the Buzz
Killers/Clouseau
Forgetta’ Bout It – Supavillian/My Own I
Froggie’s Saloon – Level One
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Reliant Stadium) –  Pat Green (rodeo
Performance; 7 pm); Kazzi Shae & The Edge (The Hideout; 10:30 pm-
12:30 am); Angela Peterson (Coca-Cola Texas Stage; 4-4:30 pm,
5:30-6 pm, 10:30-11 pm)
Howling Coyote (The) – Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Jack’s for Cocktails – Soul Junkies
Janie’s Martini Bar – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Java Jazz Coffee House – Marla Burse/Enemy Owned/Step Behind/Driving
Hopeful/Half Broken Heart/Fossill Gossllbakmon Project

JP Hops House - Texas Songwriters Showcase w/Josal/Joey D/Michael Pope/
 Willie B
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Koozie’s – Trick Dog
Last Concert Café – Plump/Larry
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Bad Habit
Lucky Devils - Bogart
Lying Larry’s Ice House (Crosby) – The Texas Hurricanes
Magnolia Hotel – Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch
Martini’s & More – Down to Earth
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat – Seventh Star/Bloody Sunday/Xlooking Forward X/
 Clear Convictions/Endless Flight/Hollow Ground
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Greencards (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Skylites
Mike’s Place – Strange Brew
Mike’s Ultimate Sports Bar – The Volumizers
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Texas Unlimited Band
Nauticals (Spring) – The Gorilla Dance Band
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Noah’s Ark (Bacliff) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Nutty Bar (The) – Al Casey & the BB’s
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Wrecks Bell/Harlem Slim
Oz Bar (The) – Spiffingtons
Papa’s on the Lake – The Mark May Band
Poor Michael’s on The Strand (Galveston) – Sonny Boy Terry
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron 
Pub (The) – Paul Holland & Mykama Rd
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Luther & the Healers
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Resa’s Steak House – Mack & Bryan (6 pm)
Rookie’s - Spydust
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Dupree Brothers
Sam’s Concert Pub – Rick Marcel
Sambuca Restaurant – Javier Zenteno
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Guppies From Outer Space
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Handsomes
Shakespeare’s Pub – Little Ray & the Blues Sonics

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Max
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Cross Check
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Head First
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Big Daddy
Sidecar Pub – Nooner/SoulXChange/Prognosis
Splash #2 (Dickinson) – Modadz
Sports & More – Benny Valerio
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – Tody & the Falcon
Stags Head Pub (The) – Giancarlo & the Big Stick
Super Happy Fun Land – Javuta & Carl/Chimeneas
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bert Wills
Tubby’s Ice House (LaMarque) – Nite Waves
21 (Galveston) – The Line Up
Uncle Albert’s – Nervous Rex
Vintage Bar (The) - Lanky
Walter’s on Washington – Castanets/Lazarus/The Weird Weeds
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon – Larry Emerson

SATURDAY, MARCH 12th

Al’s Sports Bar #2 – Fondue Monks
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – E=MC3
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - Shinola
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Slagz
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Tracy Conover
Big Easy (The) – Holland K. Smith
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Boondoggle’s (Seabrook) – The Ken Valentino Band
Borski’s – country jam (1-6 pm); Wes Hayden Band
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O’Neill’s – The Ruse
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Chantilly Room (The) (LaPorte) – Shadowplay
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Cocktails (Galveston) – Mike McCulloch (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Maltoro (9 pm); The Flametrick Subs (11 pm)
Cosmos – Two Tons of Steel
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Grateful Geezers
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Jeff Strittmatter
Cube Sports Bar – Suz Azul
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bi-Peds (19th anniversary show)
Einstein’s Pub – Nervous Rex
Fenders (LaMarque) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Firehouse Saloon – Roger Creager
Fitzgerald’s (down) –America Is Waiting/Hell is for Heroes/Kemo for Emo
Fitzgerald’s (up) - Carousel Shy (CD release party)
Forgetta’Bout It – Lonestar Pornstar/Flood/Rhenium/Epic
Forgetta’Bout It Too – Deep 6
Grisby Grill (The) – Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)
Habitat House Concert Series – Emily Kaitz & Mary Reynolds (7:30 pm;
 281-772-7100 or selia@... for directions & reservations)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Kimberly M’Carver
Hideaway (The) – The Mark May Band
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Reliant Stadium) –  Martina McBride
(rodeo performance; 4 pm); Kazzi Shae & The Edge (The Hideout;
8:45-11 pm); Angela Peterson (Coca-Cola Texas Stage; 1-1:30 pm,
2:30-3 pm, 8:30-9 pm)
Howling Coyote (The) – Joe Miranda (CD release party)
Jackie’s Tavern (Bacliff) – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Java Jazz Coffee House – Caught Off Guard/Nadiri/Carter/O’Doyle Rules/
 Rockett Queen/Dover Drive/Dynamite Boy
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Kemah Boardwalk – live blues music
Kirby’s Steak House (Woodlands) – Mark Town’s Latin Jazz Quartet (7-11 pm)
Knucklehead’s (Baytown) – The Blues Dragons
Last Concert Café – Drop Trio/The Googe
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – The Hanshaws
Lying Larry’s Ice House (Crosby) – Knight Riders
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat – Xiu Xiu
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Toni Price (7:30 pm); Albert Cummings (9:30 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – T.J. Funk
Meridian (The) – eXposure Showcase (over 20 local alternative & punk bands)
Mike’s Ultimate Sports Bar – Abbey Rode
Millbend Coffee House – Mad Agnes
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Zona Jones
Muddie Waters Coffeehouse – Annetta Haynes
Murphy’s on Main (LaMarque) – Fuzz Box Junkies
Next Door Coffee House (The) – Rozino Smith
Old Quarter Acoustic Café – Janet Z w/Benny Brasket & Bert Wills (CD release
party)
Ovations – Sarah Sharp
Oz Bar (The) – What Is Hip
Papa’s on The Lake – Uncle Mojo
Playmakers Sports Bar – That 80s Hair Band
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Funksion
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Red Neck Saloon (Seven Oaks) – Down to Earth
Reservoir (The) – Dilana Smith
Rhythm Room (The) – Dubtex/Bigga Boss (CD release party)/Steve Swift &
P-Rod
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – Luxerta/Destroy the Bridge/Fired For Walking
Sam’s Concert Pub – Us and Them
Sambuca Restaurant – Javier Zenteno
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Volumizers
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Battle of the Bands w/Drawback/Hi-Jacking Paris/
 Threnody/The Pilots/Next Best Thing/Stillframe/Charlize (benefit for
The Rise School of Houston
Shakespeare’s Pub – Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Max
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Cross Check
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Big Daddy
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Madigan
Sidecar Pub (The) – Mike Troutman/Stoney Larue/Brandon Jenkins
Speakeasy (The) – ESE/Vatos Locos/Zombilly/Pirate Bones
Splash #2 (Dickinson) - Jerkwater
Splash #3 (Bacliff) – Ioline
Sports & More – Just Got Lucky
St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – E.P. Vallejo
Stags Head Pub (The) – Lisa Novak
Super Happy Fun Land – The Tuna Helpers/The Slurpees/Organ Failure
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Rhythm Kings
Tut’s (Conroe) – Lynn Logan & Leading Edge Band
21 (Galveston) – The Line Up
Uncle Albert’s – Head First
Velvet Melvin (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience
Vintage Bar (The) – Shelly & Julian
West University Community Building (6104 Auden @ Rice Blvd.) – Tony Trischka/
 Rhett Butler (presented by the Houston Folklore Music Society; 7:30 pm;
 www.houstonfolkmusic.org; 281-495-2923
Wunsche Bros. Café &  Saloon – Larry Emerson
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron (7:30 pm)

 SUNDAY, MARCH 13th  
Acadia Sports Bar – The Fab 5 (2-6 pm)
Bareback Bar – Bitter Creek
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)
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 (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Big Bill & Lil Terry/Bonnie & Blythe/
 Jim Kam (8-11 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Hed P.E./Full Scale
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Reliant Stadium) –  Duelo/Jimmy G y el Grupo
Mazz (rodeo performance; 4 pm); Impozzible (3-4 pm); JP y Grupo Sueno
(7-7:35 pm); Leo y Los Dominantez (7:50-8:25 pm); Johnny Bustamante
y La Boyz (8:40-9:20 pm); Los Desperadoz (9:30-11 pm) (The Hideout);
Celso Torres & Texas Fusion/Garcia Brothers/Los Mestenos de Austin High
School/La Raza Connection/Starlight/The Paul Henry Middle School
Mariachi Band (Coca-Cola Texas Stage; 1-1:30 pm, 2:30-3 pm,
8:30-9 pm)
JP Hops House – NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam (8 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk – Mark May (1-5 pm)
Knights of Columbus (11611 Beechnut St.) – The Wild River Band (3 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Fahl & Folk (6-9 pm)
LaStrada – Mark Towns Quartet w/Randi Smith (brunch)
Mary Jane’s Fat Cat – Sage Francis
Meridian (The) – The Blues Hound’s 3rd Annual Spring Howl w/Joe Miranda &
 The Wildcatters featuring The Westside Horns/Dave Nevling &
 The Blues Kats/The Holland K. Smith Band/The Malford Milligan Band
(KPFT benefit; 1-6 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 w/Chris Elliot & the James Brothers (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) – Deryl Dodd
Rhythm Room (The) – Dig (9 pm)
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Rudyard’s – Ian Moore
Sambuca Restaurant - Blue Monks
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sidecar Pub – acoustic open mic
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Janet Z w/Bert Wills (CD release party)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Texas House Concerts (Space Place) – The Tommy Hall Schedule
Verizon Wireless Theater – Elvis Costello & the Imposters
What’s Left (Tomball) – jam (2-6 pm)
Wrecker’s Grill & Bar (San Leon) – Mack & Bryan (2-6 pm)
 

That's it for now. See you where the live music is.