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*ME & LITTLE JOE
*REPORT:TEXAS TSUNAMI JAM & 420 FEST
*NEW SEASON OF Hippies.TV
*SCARFACE VIDEO
*HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS
This is one of my favorite newsletters yet, mostly because I'm happy with the essay I wrote for a Polish journalist, about Me & Little Joe. I'll share that, the calendar, and reports about the 420 Fest and Texas Tsunami Jam, after a little info about upcoming dates and new releases.
Congratulations to everyone involved in Hippies.TV, which begins it's second season of cablecasting local music on Warner Cable channel 17 on Friday nights at 10pm. Watch out for all new shows in May, featuring Scarface, Dubtex, Neutral Sisters, Jimmy Deen, P.J. Flowers, Opie Hendrix, Rusted Shut, Carolyn Wonderland, Tracy Conover, Jerald Gray, Heath Spencer Philip and Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies.
REGARDING THE HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS
Opie Hendrix, Vertigo Blue, Drop Trio, Jeff Wells, Dune, TX and many more have written to me (and probably you), and asked for our support in going to the Houston Press website and placing their names into nomination for The Houston Press Music Awards. There are so many deserving musicians in town, and I love them all.
Although I'm not going to pass on any recommendations, I DO hope that everyone takes the time to go to the site and nominate your favorites. Then - stop in again this summer to vote for your favorite nominees. Remember, the showcase they usually do at the end of July, is one of the best ways to check out many old & new musical acts in one place.
I've never won one of these awards from the local papers (although Public News once gave Z-ROCKS and album of the year/band of the year award), but I've been nominated many, many times (in at least a dozen categories). In the past 10 years alone, I've been nominated for Local Musician Of The Year, Best Songwriter, Best Song, Best Blues, and am proud of all of these nominations.
That said - let me remind you that IN JUST THE PAST YEAR (a year of low touring activity), we've;
-Played 50 live shows including 20 benefits on 2 continents (more than half in Houston)
-Released a four CD box set of 55 new songs/studio recordings
-Released 3 other compilation CDs featuring over 30 local artists
-Created the 'Hippies.TV' show, producing twenty films which feature video and audio
of over a hundred local artists - and getting them aired on Access TV,
and copies in the artist's hands - for free
-Created and pulled off the third annual SOUTH BY DUE EAST fest
-Played and performed as a sideman for other bandleader on 46 sessions or dates
-Recorded 50 local acts on multi-track recorders for free
-Began or continued production on films - Scarface & The Formaldehyde Funk Men,
Carolyn Wonderland In Amsterdam, SOUTH BY DUE EAST,
Bluesguy's Birthday Jam, Bluesguy's RnR House Party
-Wrote and recorded demos on 37 new songs
-Attended and performed at 30 public jams
-Performed 35 local radio concerts
-Met in consultation with 23 younger artists - giving up potentially worthless advice <g>
I really don't need awards to tell me that I'm The Local Musician of the Year. When I'm working with my friends and collaborators, I'm lucky enough to feel that way on a daily basis.
Thanks for your support!
On to the music.
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- TV, RADIO & LIVE CALENDAR for
Guy Schwartz, Hippies.TV, Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
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LIVE SHOW IN HOUSTON
Saturday, May 14 10pm - Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
with Slapshifter at Rudyard's on Waugh Drive
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RADIO
Friday, May 6 11:30pm - LIVE ON THE RADIO - Guy Schwartz will appear
live with Brad Martin & The Psychodillos
on KPFT-FM90.1 on the Dead Air program.
Also webcast at www.kpft.org
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TELEVISION
Friday, May 6 10pm - Hippies.TV presents 'Bluesguy's Rock-N-Roll House Party',
starring Opie Hendrix, Jimmy Deen, P.J. Flowers, and
The New Jack Hippies.
On The Hippies.TV Network (Warner Cable channel 17,
Kingwood Cable Channel 98, TV-Max 17)
Friday, May 13 10pm - Hippies.TV 'Houston Tsunami Relief.Org Kick-Off Event',
starring SCARFACE, Dubtex, Neutral Sisters, and
Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies.
On The Hippies.TV Network (Warner Cable channel 17,
Kingwood Cable Channel 98, TV-Max 17)
Friday, May 20 10pm - Hippies.TV 'The Chuck Crow Benefit Tribute',
starring Carolyn Wonderland, Tracy Conover, Jerald Gray,
Heath Spencer Philip, and Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies.
On The Hippies.TV Network (Warner Cable channel 17,
Kingwood Cable Channel 98, TV-Max 17)
Friday, May 27 10pm - Hippies.TV presents 'RUSTED SHUT - Two Nights',
starring Rusted Shut, Muzak John, and The New Jack Hippies.
On The Hippies.TV Network (Warner Cable channel 17,
Kingwood Cable Channel 98, TV-Max 17)
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ME & LITTLE JOE
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I was asked by a Polish music writer to answer some questions about Little Joe Washington for an upcoming article he was doing for a European blues magazine. As I began to write back, I realized that I was writing my own essay about Little Joe.
Writing about Little Joe is hard. Joe is a very multi-faceted man, and, I could see that the impressions the writer already had contained incorrect assumptions or claims.
I don't see Little Joe in any of the ways he is usually portrayed in print. I don't see him as the crazy wildman we see on stage. I see Little Joe as a fellow musician, as a genius musician, and as a man who has made a lot of decisions to avoid many of the responsibilities that most of us feel obliged to take on.
When I'm with Joe, his only weirdness is his desire to keep moving. He doesn't like sitting around in one place for a long time. Even at a gig that he books, if there is more than one set - he's ready to leave at breaktime. If there's only one set, Little Joe wants to cut it short. He will listen to reason at those moments, but only if one is strong enough to stand up to him and insist.
The hardest thing about working with Little Joe is that he can disappear and will be back in contact on his own time. He's never missed an agreed appointment, session or gig with me, but I can't always find him when I want. He finds me.
I've gotta be honest with you - I always enjoy reading articles about my friends (and about me). It helps to keep one's perspective to see that they always get it part right and part wrong. I'll probably get this one part wrong.
The writer's choice of sources sounded good.
In his query to me, the blues writer from Poland said that he had already corresponded with several people, and included brief descriptions of a couple of them. He said, "Things with the article are looking so good. I'm in contact with many of Joe's friends: Eddie Stout - he released Joe's first CD, Sonny James - his band-mate; Reg Burns and Roger Wood."
In my humble opinion, Sonny James is an excellent musician and vocalist in his own right, and should be considered one of Little Joe's contemporaries and collaborators. He's also a great friend of Joe's (they are fishing buddies), and a great supporter. I love Sonny James - the man and his talent! When Sonny, Teri Greene, Richard Cholakian and I played together in the late 1990's, it may have been the best band I was ever in. And, he's a good man.
Sonny James isn't really one of Little Joe's bandmates, although they've performed together many times. Little Joe doesn't really have bandmates. He's a one-man tornado who blows into the room, and onto the stage, and blows back out. Even if they've played with Little Joe a hundred times before, any musician onstage for that moment is an innocent bystander - as affected by each twist and turn of Joe's little body or guitar as those seeing Joe for the very first time.
I don't know Eddie Stout. We've briefly met twice (while I was working - once onstage with Gloria Edwards, and once behind a camera filming Little Joe) but haven't really spoken. I do know that Eddie Stout is doing a wonderful job of getting many of Texas' less recorded blues artists to the international market place. But to say he recorded Little Joe's first CD would be incorrect. None of the Dialtone CDs that I know of are the first by any of those artists. Before the Dialtone CD, Joe has two live CDs that I know of, and maybe more. Find the first at Sonny's site, www.raggedyass.com, and the writer found me when he found the one The New Jack Hippies did with Little Joe at CDBaby.com.
Reg Burns and Roger Wood are equally good sources for the Little Joe Washington story as well. They know him, and have spent quality time with him, too.
It's funny to me that Little Joe has patrons and supporters who are as broke as he is. Sonny James and I are both artists who needs occasional help and support of our own, and we have a small network of friends, fans and supporters who step up as needed. But we are amongst those in Little Joe's support network. Stevie Wilson used to be Little Joe's go-to guy, and he wasn't too healthy or wealthy, either! His friend Mary is another unsung hero for those of us who care for Little Joe. Mary always has a place where Joe can crash after a night of cruising the city on his bike.
There are a lot of us who love and admire Little Joe. My guess is that it's more than the music. I believe that through all of our ups and downs, we all hope and pray that we will ultimately have his kind of resiliance and musicality, even if our lives crash hard like his. The way he keeps going is something to respect and be amazed by. Some of us see more than Joe's imagery, and truly hope we can grow up to be like Little Joe.
The request for an interview about Little Joe Washington came to me with a few sample questions and queries;
1. Tell me about his difficult character, his health and love for liquor and stuff,
2. his habit of coming into clubs with his hat and getting tips, etc.
3. How did you met him and got to recording CD with him?
4. Is it difficult to be Joe's band-mate? Etc. etc.
5. And maybe there is something not included in my questions (a funny story, a sad story) that you would like to tell me about?
I have no idea where or when I first met Little Joe. I have an old picture in which we both have shorter, funnier haircuts, but neither of us can remember where or when we met in the '70s or '80s. I've probably spent parts of something like 100 days with Little Joe over the past 20-30 years.
On several dozen of those nights, we ran around town doing Joe's unique brand of busking. Instead of playing on a street-corner or outside of a museum with an open guitar case for donations, Little Joe Washington has found a way to sing-for-his-supper onstage at other people's gigs. It's an amazing thing that many could not get away with if they tried. More about that later.
On a couple dozen more occasions, Little Joe called me to play bass at gigs he had lined up at restaurants or bars. He's never missed one of these gigs. If we can't find him, he shows up on his bicycle. He's been at my studio for a jam on another 15-20 occasions, and we've met up at KPFT-FM radio studios for another dozen impromptu sessions, live on the radio. Joe has come to perform with my band, GUY SCHWARTZ & THE NEW JACK HIPPIES, for several of our big events, too. A few times, we've just met for lunch, and talked about stuff.
I guess Joe is just one of those guys who doesn't want to deal with any of the pain of unexpected hardship and loss anymore, so he insulates himself in a few familiar hardships of his own choosing. "If you ain't got nothing, you've got nothing to lose" Little Joe has lost a lot of people and a lot of stuff in his time, and he's very careful not to put himself in a position to lose more, even if it means being broke and homeless.
I've seen the crazy wild bluesman that everyone knows, too. He plays it well - on stage and off, but that's only a small part of the Little Joe Washington I know. The Little Joe I know can be holding an intelligent conversation as we walk from the car to the venue, only to see him swagger and stumble incoherently for the folks the moment we walk through the door.
Funny example -
At the internet radio session where we recorded the live album with Joe and The New jack Hippies, we were also running videotape. Marlo, my girlfriend and partner, has a piece of film where Little Joe sit's down on the earthwire studio stage with a guitar in one hand and a drink in the other. He would sip on this same drink for the next two hours - but that's another story. He puts the drink down beside him. He looks at the camera, smiles at Marlo, and then looks back at the drink. His eyes start moving - marking the stage off in his mind. Then, he leans over and grabs the glass, but - Instead of taking another sip, he moves the glass to another position further from his chair. His eyes and hands then clearly measure the area between the chair and the drink, again...
20 minutes later - in the middle of a song, Little Joe falls off the chair in a drunken manner, totally missing the drink and hitting his mark.
When I ran into Little Joe in the early 1990s, he had a couple small weekly weeknight gigs in Houston, and on the other nights he'd often call me to see if I was free to pick him up and "go play". This was Joe's was of asking if I wanted to take him to do his unique brand of panhandling. He didn't actually need me to play bass, but I had a good ear and a car. He was always happy to 'go play' by himself, but a friend with a car made it warmer in the winter, and increased his reach in this widely spread-out city.
If I was free and into it, I'd pick him up and we'd go hit a few familiar bars where friendly bands played. As we entered, Joe would always go to the bar first, where most of the bartenders would treat him to a drink. Once again, this would be the only drink he had in that bar, but he'd be sipping on it slowly until we left. From his barstool, he'd scope the place out and ask questions to the few who came up to greet him. "When did the band start this set? When is their next break? Can you give me ten dollars? Wanna buy a CD?"
I don't drink, and would usually take this time to say hello to whatever fellow musicians were in attendance, including those on stage. Seeing that Little Joe was in attendance, many would quickly offer to let him play. If they didn't invite him, and breaktime was soon, Little Joe would talk them into it at breaktime. If breaktime was going to be too long in coming, Joe would be restless, and we'd head out for another venue.
When given the chance, Joe and I would take the stage with whatever drummer was available, and Joe would hit a quick jump shuffle with screamin' guitar for a couple minutes - and then suddenly stop!
Quickly hollering the key and counting off, we'd start a slow blues, usually containing a section of call and answer between Little Joe's voice and guitar. This was finally followed by another shuffle wherein Joe would play with his teeth, his hair, his pants or anything! Then Joe would drop his guitar (usually the poor house guitar player's guitar), and he'd sing out - "I'm gonna pass my hat around, 'cos I ain't got no mmo-neyyyy!"
I'd signal to the drummer, and we'd continue playing. Taking off his hat and exposing his overly natty dreadlocks, Little Joe Washington would then run into the crowd and sell - sell - sell! We could come out of that bar with $30 or $100 for 20 minutes of work. We could do this 4-5 times a night and make as much as $400 back then. Once I could make cassettes, and later burn our own CDs from live recordings, Little Joe could sell recorded music to the people, too, instead of just asking for money.
Joe can't do this just anywhere now. He's dropped too many guitars that didn't belong to him. Some musicians won't let Joe onstage without his own guitar. Some musicians get pissed off that Little Joe comes into their gig for 20 minutes and makes more than they are being paid for a full night - and they are still stuck at the gig 'til 2:00am.
They way I see it - Little Joe Washington has found a way to make his musical living on his own terms. He doesn't need booking or management or a gig, and he's self-sufficient. It's his version of the American dream.
He's just doing it his way - without the responsibilities of planned engagements....
Without the responsibility of rent....
Without the responsibility of a band....
I've never found Little Joe to have a difficult character. When I make plans to do something specific with Little Joe, they always happen like clockwork.
It's different if we leave things up in the air with a, "Call me tomorrow...". Tomorrow can turn into a few days, or a few weeks.
His music is really genius, though. On many gigs or sessions, I'll think that Joe is just playing fast shit that doesn't especially go anywhere or say anything. Then I get home and listen to the recordings or videos, and realize that he's introduced new musical themes from all over creation, and blended several of them with gonzo-style, melodic witchery, or just plain humor - all faster than my well-trained ear could figure out with his notes blazing through them in realtime.
When Joe comes over, I'll usually put a mic on the piano inside the house, because I know he'll start playing on his way back from the bathroom. There's a CD we should release someday - "LITTLE JOE WASHINGTON:The Piano On The Way Back From Guy's Bathroom" He's even got a small beat-up electronic keyboard that he messes around with, creating really cool industrial noise that some noiseheads would flip over! He's an amazingly musical person.
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REPORT:TSUNAMI JAM & 420 FEST
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The sound system was almost up when we arrived at The Texas Tsunami Jam. There were already a half-dozen vendors, three or four bands with their gear, and absolutely no paying customers.
First-time promoter Darren Rivera told me that the pre-benefit party was an all-night blast the night before. Lots of people showed up and partied hard. "Big mistake", thought I, realizing that those burnt out late night party-goers would probably never show up today.
And they didn't.
That did not stop twenty acts from setting up on stage and rocking hard. The fact that Marlo, Roger and I were holding cameras and were set up with 16 tracks helped ease everyone's pain over the missing audience.
I've always found that most musicians can get it up in any situation full of their peers, with or without a full audience, and all-day festivals fit that bill. Today's unique combination of hard-rock and metal bands with hiphop acts performing in-between seemed like a natural for our Hippies.TV program.
MOONMAN was first. Surrounded by three capable musicians who stood their ground and played hard, bassist/vocalist Brad Pinkerton was all over the stage, the bass neck and the progressive melodies which were sometimes reminiscent to their obvious eighties roots. Good start for the day!
DISCARDED provided a solid set of rock-n-roll, with a stage presence beyond their years.
DREXL just plain rocked. Frontman/vocalist Travis Ammons worked his ass off and demonstrated his command of all things ROCK. DREXL mixed musical styles with great mastery.
LITARADI had it all - the rhymes, the moves, the attitude. He and partner Profit drew everyone in this huge field towards the stage... Kenyha & Tropic Blue were joined by D.N.J.C. for their mellow reggae-meets-soul styled jams... The unknown locals worked hard and sounded great, but were visually overwhelmed by the fog machine.
Raw B and his crew commanded the mics with nods to both East Coast and West Coast styles, and then it was our turn. Joined by Opie Hendrix on guitar (and with a guest cameo by Litaradi), Guy Schwartz & the New Jack Hippies performed new songs from the new 4-CD set, including worldbeat and classic-rock styles.
Next came Spoonfed Tribe. Deciding to play for their fans who had shown up - even though the promoter could not pay them as agreed - Spoonfed Tribe went on to blow my mind. With great energy, great musicianship and their own drum circle already built in as part of the act, Spoonfed Tribe delivers solid grooves and visual dynamics which should take these guys a long way. I can't wait to edit this stuff.
For this first-time promoter, I must extend my condolences and my congratulations. The show went off in a comfortable location, sounding and looking good. Find an audience for this, and you've got a good thing going. Many tsunami benefits have suffered the same result lately - great shows, small audience, and promoters who put in lots of time with the production and too little with the promotion. My pal on Portland had eight paying customers. Oh, well - best of luck to all of 'em! Build on these experiences, and any of these good hearts may become the next Bill Graham!
The 420 Benefit at The last Concert Cafe was another story.
Promoter Randy Wall made certain that a crowd was there to enjoy the music and speakers, and to raise a few thousand dollars for Houston NORML, our front-line in the fight to end prohibition. Joining local speakers Dean Becker, Ray Hill, Guy McLendon and more, was guru of ganga Ed Rosenthal (from the San Fransisco Co-op), and the line-up of music was great, too.
I believe that all artists art activists by nature, and love it when a good cause comes together with good music.
SLAPSHIFTER opened the show with a great set of rockers. Vocalist Renee Montgomery turned afternoon heads away from all of the colorful vendors, and got the crowd focused on the music. MEZCLAN jammed between the other acts, providing a day of non-stop music and entertainment.
Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys turned in a great set of original weed songs. Guy Schwartz & the New Jack Hippies were joined onstage by guitarist Chris Rogers from Slapshifter (Slapshifter and The New Jack Hippies perform together at Rudyard's on May 14th).
I took Marlo home and missed Mikado (but I loaned 'em my amp). When Grooving Ground began grooving, a number of beautiful young women came from nowhere and began dancing in the sand. A small band of Hightailers were seen with barely enough time to analyze these women before taking the stage for a rousing set of gulf coast rock and roll, followed by Mark May and The Agitators' burning brand of rockin' guitar driven blues.
Congratulations to NORML and to Randy Wall, for an excellent show and fundraiser.
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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The Blueshound & KPFT-FM90.1
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th
Acadia Louisiana Bar (The) – jam
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Stacey Steele
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Some Duo
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Pete & Sam
Beverly Pub (The) – Irish jam session w/Patrick Devlin
Big Easy (The) – blues jam
Blanco’s – Kim Carson
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – The Shawn Russell Band
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Bryan (8 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Sourtongue (10 pm)
Cosmos – Dr. Jeff Jam
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – acoustic open mic w/Mel Bell (5:30 pm);
J.B. Money & the New Experience
Fitzgerald’s (down) – The Dream Breakers (8:30 pm); open mic (10:30 pm)
Forgetta’Bout It Too – open mic
Howling Coyote (The) – blues jam w/Ricky Jackson
JP Hops House – Bob & Jeff (acoustic duo; 7 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Potroast/Drum Circle Hula Hoops
Lil’s Bar & Grill – acoustic open mic
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Moses Rangel (7-11 pm)
Magnolia Hotel (The) – Cindy Scott w/Paul English (5-8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Irish Session (8 pm)
Mi Luna (Rice Village) – Garcia y Reyna (7:30-9:30 pm; ongoing)
Mixed Nuts (League City) – open mic
Nautical’s (Spring) – open mic blues jam w/The Voodoo Grind (7-11 pm)
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – acoustic Wednesday
Oxford Hall – open mic w/Lloyd Ernstes (7:30 pm; ongoing)
Pappy’s House of Blues (Magnolia) – open mic
Parrott Pub (The) – open mic
PJ’s (West Gray) – Opie Hendrix (ongoing)
Proletariat (The) – Catapult/Million Year Dance
Puffabelly’s (Spring) – Davin James Songwriter Showcase
“Q” Sports Bar – open mic
Rhythm Room (The) – Faded/Awaiting The Fall
Rudyard’s – Baby Rosebud
Sambuca Restaurant – Jawad
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Joe Carmouche Banc (6:15 pm); The Scott Gertner
Band (9:15 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Pinkeye D’Gekko
Shakespeare’s Pub – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – A-Rival
Simposio – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quartet
Splash (Dickinson) – Down To Earth
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) – Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
Sullivan’s – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Duo w/Anibal Ambert (5:30-11:30 pm;
ongoing)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Matt Minor (7-9 pm)
Tavern (The) – The Trey Clark Band
Time Out #1 (Fuqua) – jam w/The Slags
Tut’s (Conroe) – Terry Ely Band
Vintage Bar – open mic
Westfield By The Railroad – jam
Woodlake Pub (The) – Luther & the Healers
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Stacey Steele
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Some Duo
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Pete & Sam
Beverly Pub (The) – Irish jam session w/Patrick Devlin
Big Easy (The) – blues jam
Blanco’s – Kim Carson
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – The Shawn Russell Band
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Bryan (8 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Sourtongue (10 pm)
Cosmos – Dr. Jeff Jam
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – acoustic open mic w/Mel Bell (5:30 pm);
J.B. Money & the New Experience
Fitzgerald’s (down) – The Dream Breakers (8:30 pm); open mic (10:30 pm)
Forgetta’Bout It Too – open mic
Howling Coyote (The) – blues jam w/Ricky Jackson
JP Hops House – Bob & Jeff (acoustic duo; 7 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Potroast/Drum Circle Hula Hoops
Lil’s Bar & Grill – acoustic open mic
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Moses Rangel (7-11 pm)
Magnolia Hotel (The) – Cindy Scott w/Paul English (5-8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Irish Session (8 pm)
Mi Luna (Rice Village) – Garcia y Reyna (7:30-9:30 pm; ongoing)
Mixed Nuts (League City) – open mic
Nautical’s (Spring) – open mic blues jam w/The Voodoo Grind (7-11 pm)
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – acoustic Wednesday
Oxford Hall – open mic w/Lloyd Ernstes (7:30 pm; ongoing)
Pappy’s House of Blues (Magnolia) – open mic
Parrott Pub (The) – open mic
PJ’s (West Gray) – Opie Hendrix (ongoing)
Proletariat (The) – Catapult/Million Year Dance
Puffabelly’s (Spring) – Davin James Songwriter Showcase
“Q” Sports Bar – open mic
Rhythm Room (The) – Faded/Awaiting The Fall
Rudyard’s – Baby Rosebud
Sambuca Restaurant – Jawad
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Joe Carmouche Banc (6:15 pm); The Scott Gertner
Band (9:15 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Pinkeye D’Gekko
Shakespeare’s Pub – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – A-Rival
Simposio – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quartet
Splash (Dickinson) – Down To Earth
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) – Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
Sullivan’s – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Duo w/Anibal Ambert (5:30-11:30 pm;
ongoing)
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Matt Minor (7-9 pm)
Tavern (The) – The Trey Clark Band
Time Out #1 (Fuqua) – jam w/The Slags
Tut’s (Conroe) – Terry Ely Band
Vintage Bar – open mic
Westfield By The Railroad – jam
Woodlake Pub (The) – Luther & the Healers
THURSDAY, MAY 5th (Cinco De Mayo)
Anderson Fair - Songwriters Night w/Wayne Wilkerson & Selia Qynn
w/Butterfly Sky (8 pm)
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Jump The Shark
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – E=MC3
Big Easy (The) – Luther & the Healers
Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (Webster) – Stoney LaRue
Blanco’s – David Joseph
Blue Lagoon – Blowtorch Repair
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – The Ronnie Hall Trio
Borski’s – country jam (7 pm)
Brian O’Neill’s – Bad Boyfriend
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cezanne’s – jazz jam (8 pm)
Chances – open mic
City of Conroe (The) (Heritage Place, 500 Collins St.) – Patricia Vonne/
Grupo Fantasma
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Beetle (7 pm); Johnny Schetch & the Dirty Notes
(10:15 pm)
Cosmos – Jason Consolation
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – The Grateful Geezers
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – acoustic jam w/Ken Valentino
Cullen Performance Hall - Muse/Razorlight
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour acoustic w/Carrie Ann Buchanan
(5:30-8 pm); blues jam w/Teri Greene (9:30 pm)
Engine Room (The) – New Dead Radio
Eureka Club – jam
Firehouse Saloon - acoustic show w/Eric Brendan/Cory Moravits/Brett Mouton
Fitzpatrick’s – Irish music session
Helios – open mic
Java Me – acoustic open mic
Jones Plaza (Louisiana & Preston) – Cedreyl Ballou/The Superiors &
Lady Audrey/Archie Love (5-10 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk – Key West (6:30-10:15 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – The Hightailers (11 pm); Drum Circle (midnight)
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Magnolia Hotel (The) – Paul English/Tommie Lee Bradley
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez (8 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Spotlight
19th Hole – jam
Perry’s Grille & Steakhouse (The Woodlands) – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Duo
w/Jerry Sanchez (6-10 pm; ongoing)
Rhythm Room (The) – Melvin Sparks/Adam Hood (9 pm)
Rudyard’s – The Psychodillos
Sambuca Restaurant – Norma Zenteno (7:30 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Dirty Worm Z/Edge
Shakespeare’s Pub – Sonny Boy Terry
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – The Trey Clark Band
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – A-Rival
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – The Reds
Speakeasy (The) – open mic w/Love Gravy
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bert Wills (7-9 pm)
Tut’s (Conroe) – Texas Music Night w/Brian Burke
21 (Galveston) – Willy Gonzalez & the Line Up
Walter’s On Washington – Kenny & the Bluesmen
Wunderbar (The) – Kyle Turner & Friends (ongoing)
Zydeco Louisiana Diner – Little Joe Washington (11:30 am; ongoing)
FRIDAY, MAY 6th
Armadillo Palace – The Davin James Band
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Bad Boyfriend
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Jump The Shark
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – E=MC2
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Joe King Carrasco
Big Easy (The) – Greg Piccolo
Blanco’s – Mike Mancy
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars (ongoing)
Bugle Boy Expresso Bar (LaGrange) – Tres Lunas
Cadillac Bar (The) (Kemah) – The Silver Wings Band (8 pm)
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Clary’s Restaurant (Galveston) – Louie Carrington (7-11 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Sweet Mama Cotton (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Grupo Fantasma
(9:30 pm); Los Skarnales (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Dead Serious
Crazy Frogs (Willowchase Center) – Brother2Brother
Cypress Lounge (The) – Bitter Creek
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (5:30-7:30 pm);
Psychodelic Jungle Tribe/Maston
Einstein’s Pub – The Catfish Band
Emily’s – Eric Tatum
Fat Cats – Alexander/Shades of Yesterday/Thorn Vs Side/Today’s Last Dawn/
Gyste
Fenders (LaMarque) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Firehouse Saloon – Honeybrowne
Fitzgerald’s – Cowboy Mouth/The Plus & Minus Show
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Grand Texas
Hideaway (The) – The Mark May Band
Howling Coyote (The) – Search Party
Jacks For Cocktails – Al Casey & the BBs
Java Jazz Coffee House – Resonant Strain/By Fear I Fall/Sincerely Yours/
Charlatan/Last Letter Red/On A Burning Day/A Royal Tragedy
JP Hops House – Shake Russell & Dana Cooper
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Full Throttle
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Skylites
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Soul Junkies (6 pm)
Magnolia Hotel – Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch
Martini’s & More (The Woodlands) – Down To Earth
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Rory Block (8 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Clockwork
Montana’s II – The Save Yer Blues Band featuring Karmyl
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – The Sidehill Gougers
Papa’s On The Lake – Lynn Logan & the Leading Edge
Playmakers Sports Bar – Thorns of Pain
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Cruise Control
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rookie’s – Luther & the Healers
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Arthur Yoria/Orange Is In/Pale
Sambuca Restaurant – Shanghai 5
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Back Beat
Scooter’s Ice House (Pearland) - Evolution
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Vallejo/Mad Mexicans
Shakespeare’s Pub – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Infinity’s Twin
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – The Reds
Sidecar Pub (The) – Brian Burke/Stoney LaRue
Sports N More – 2nd Wind
Stags Head Pub - Guitarramor
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Velvet Melvin (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience
Walter Hall Park (League City) - Village Fair w/Larry & Janet Z (7:30 pm);
Bert Wills (9:30 pm)
West Alabama Ice House – Kim Carson
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Bad Boyfriend
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Jump The Shark
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – E=MC2
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Joe King Carrasco
Big Easy (The) – Greg Piccolo
Blanco’s – Mike Mancy
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars (ongoing)
Bugle Boy Expresso Bar (LaGrange) – Tres Lunas
Cadillac Bar (The) (Kemah) – The Silver Wings Band (8 pm)
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Clary’s Restaurant (Galveston) – Louie Carrington (7-11 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Sweet Mama Cotton (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Grupo Fantasma
(9:30 pm); Los Skarnales (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Dead Serious
Crazy Frogs (Willowchase Center) – Brother2Brother
Cypress Lounge (The) – Bitter Creek
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (5:30-7:30 pm);
Psychodelic Jungle Tribe/Maston
Einstein’s Pub – The Catfish Band
Emily’s – Eric Tatum
Fat Cats – Alexander/Shades of Yesterday/Thorn Vs Side/Today’s Last Dawn/
Gyste
Fenders (LaMarque) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Firehouse Saloon – Honeybrowne
Fitzgerald’s – Cowboy Mouth/The Plus & Minus Show
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Grand Texas
Hideaway (The) – The Mark May Band
Howling Coyote (The) – Search Party
Jacks For Cocktails – Al Casey & the BBs
Java Jazz Coffee House – Resonant Strain/By Fear I Fall/Sincerely Yours/
Charlatan/Last Letter Red/On A Burning Day/A Royal Tragedy
JP Hops House – Shake Russell & Dana Cooper
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Full Throttle
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Skylites
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Soul Junkies (6 pm)
Magnolia Hotel – Paul English/Danette McMahon/Sarah Welch
Martini’s & More (The Woodlands) – Down To Earth
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Rory Block (8 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Clockwork
Montana’s II – The Save Yer Blues Band featuring Karmyl
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – The Sidehill Gougers
Papa’s On The Lake – Lynn Logan & the Leading Edge
Playmakers Sports Bar – Thorns of Pain
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Cruise Control
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rookie’s – Luther & the Healers
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Arthur Yoria/Orange Is In/Pale
Sambuca Restaurant – Shanghai 5
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Back Beat
Scooter’s Ice House (Pearland) - Evolution
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Vallejo/Mad Mexicans
Shakespeare’s Pub – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Infinity’s Twin
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – The Reds
Sidecar Pub (The) – Brian Burke/Stoney LaRue
Sports N More – 2nd Wind
Stags Head Pub - Guitarramor
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Velvet Melvin (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience
Walter Hall Park (League City) - Village Fair w/Larry & Janet Z (7:30 pm);
Bert Wills (9:30 pm)
West Alabama Ice House – Kim Carson
SATURDAY, MAY 7th
Anderson Fair – Denice Franke
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – E=MC2
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Some Duo
Bar One Café (4709 Dowling) – jam w/Tha’ Lady D (ongoing)
Bareback Bar – Bitter Creek
Big Dogs Ice House (Channelview) – 2nd Wind
Big Easy (The) – Greg Piccolo
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Michael Stevens & Toonz
Borski’s – country jam (1-6 pm); Aaron Holt
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O’Neill’s – The Trey Clark Band
Bugle Boy Expresso Bar (LaGrange) - Christy Claxton/Jean Synodinos/
Donnie Blanz
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Clary’s Restaurant – Louie Carrington (7-11 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) – George Lee (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Undermine (8:30 pm); Hellfire (9:30 pm);
The Ragged Heart (10:30 pm); Big Green Machine (midnight)
Cosmos – The Mark May Band
Crosby Fairgrounds (14920 FM 2100) - Southern Blues Festival w/Bobby Blue
Bland/Shirley Brown/J. Blackfoot/Omar Cunningham/Jeff Floyd/
Archie Love/The Superiors & Lady Audrey/Ray Parsee’s All Stars featuring
Vanessa and The Superiors & Lady Audrey/Big Cynthia/Patrick Green/
Kenne Wayne/Willie Clayton (gates open noon; 281-471-5060;
www.atbe.net)
Cypress Lounge (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bi-Peds
Emily’s (Seabrook) – Larry Taylor
Engine Room (The) – Golen Tilbrook & the Fluffers
Fat Cats – Grant Olney & the Broke Down Gospel/The Life and Times
Fenders (LaMarque) – Shadow Play
Fitzgerald’s – The Last Starfighter/Dover Dive/O’Doyle Rules/New Action Hero/
What’s Left/B Team Starter/Negative Outlook/Caught Off Guard/
By Fear I Fall
Forgetta’ Bout It – Faceplant/Lonestar Pornstar/Full Service
Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) - Tommy Tune & the Manhattan
Rhythm Kings (8 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Pat Gavin & the Buckaroo Band
Hideaway (The) – The Volumizers
Hotel Grand (LaMarque) – Down To Earth
Howling Coyote (The) – Uncle Mojo
Jack’s For Cocktails – The Convertibles
Java Jazz Coffee House - Three Kind Fiddle/A Star In Asia/Driver Friendly/
Say Anything
JP Hops House – Mark Zeus & the Thunderboltz
Kirby’s Steak House (Woodlands) – Mark Town’s Latin Jazz Quartet (7-11 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Diesel
Magnolia Bar & Grill – The Zydeco Dots (1 pm); Tommy Dardar (6 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Austin Lounge Lizards (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Bayou Funk Experiment
Meridian (The) - Bowling For Soup/American Hi-Fi/Riddlin’ Kids/MC Lars
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Next Door Coffee House – Sarah Dossey (8 pm); Flat Earth (10 pm)
Nut House (The) – Brother2Brother
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Shake Russell & Dana Cooper
Ovations – Sharon Montgomery
Papa’s On The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Chad Tucker
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – The Bench
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – Hog Nose/Donkey Punch
Sambuca Restaurant – Shanghai 5
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Scooter’s Ice House (Pearland) - Evolution
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Infinity’s Twin
Shakespeare’s Pub – Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Slags
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Static
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Cross Check
Stags Head Pub – The Rockin’ Robin Guitar Shop Band
Super Happy Fun Land - The Black Angels/Flowers To Hide/The Dimes/
The Guns of Will Sonnet/Stolen Library
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Cruise Control (6-10 pm)
Texas Crab Festival (Crystal Beach) - Ezra Charles & the Works (5:30-8:30 pm)
Tumbleweed Texas (1301 Kuykendahl) - Shake Russell & Dana Cooper/
The Mark May Band/Steve Garcia/The Buck Yeager Band (proceeds go to the Cypress Creek Emergency Medical Services Scholarship Program)
21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Uncle Albert’s (Katy) – The Catfish Band
Walter’s On Washington – Total Chaos/Formula For Victory/Johnny Switchblade
and the Blackouts/Negative Outlook
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron (7:30 pm)
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – E=MC2
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Some Duo
Bar One Café (4709 Dowling) – jam w/Tha’ Lady D (ongoing)
Bareback Bar – Bitter Creek
Big Dogs Ice House (Channelview) – 2nd Wind
Big Easy (The) – Greg Piccolo
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Michael Stevens & Toonz
Borski’s – country jam (1-6 pm); Aaron Holt
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O’Neill’s – The Trey Clark Band
Bugle Boy Expresso Bar (LaGrange) - Christy Claxton/Jean Synodinos/
Donnie Blanz
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Clary’s Restaurant – Louie Carrington (7-11 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) – George Lee (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Undermine (8:30 pm); Hellfire (9:30 pm);
The Ragged Heart (10:30 pm); Big Green Machine (midnight)
Cosmos – The Mark May Band
Crosby Fairgrounds (14920 FM 2100) - Southern Blues Festival w/Bobby Blue
Bland/Shirley Brown/J. Blackfoot/Omar Cunningham/Jeff Floyd/
Archie Love/The Superiors & Lady Audrey/Ray Parsee’s All Stars featuring
Vanessa and The Superiors & Lady Audrey/Big Cynthia/Patrick Green/
Kenne Wayne/Willie Clayton (gates open noon; 281-471-5060;
www.atbe.net)
Cypress Lounge (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bi-Peds
Emily’s (Seabrook) – Larry Taylor
Engine Room (The) – Golen Tilbrook & the Fluffers
Fat Cats – Grant Olney & the Broke Down Gospel/The Life and Times
Fenders (LaMarque) – Shadow Play
Fitzgerald’s – The Last Starfighter/Dover Dive/O’Doyle Rules/New Action Hero/
What’s Left/B Team Starter/Negative Outlook/Caught Off Guard/
By Fear I Fall
Forgetta’ Bout It – Faceplant/Lonestar Pornstar/Full Service
Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) - Tommy Tune & the Manhattan
Rhythm Kings (8 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Pat Gavin & the Buckaroo Band
Hideaway (The) – The Volumizers
Hotel Grand (LaMarque) – Down To Earth
Howling Coyote (The) – Uncle Mojo
Jack’s For Cocktails – The Convertibles
Java Jazz Coffee House - Three Kind Fiddle/A Star In Asia/Driver Friendly/
Say Anything
JP Hops House – Mark Zeus & the Thunderboltz
Kirby’s Steak House (Woodlands) – Mark Town’s Latin Jazz Quartet (7-11 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Diesel
Magnolia Bar & Grill – The Zydeco Dots (1 pm); Tommy Dardar (6 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Austin Lounge Lizards (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Bayou Funk Experiment
Meridian (The) - Bowling For Soup/American Hi-Fi/Riddlin’ Kids/MC Lars
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Next Door Coffee House – Sarah Dossey (8 pm); Flat Earth (10 pm)
Nut House (The) – Brother2Brother
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Shake Russell & Dana Cooper
Ovations – Sharon Montgomery
Papa’s On The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Chad Tucker
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – The Bench
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – Hog Nose/Donkey Punch
Sambuca Restaurant – Shanghai 5
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Scooter’s Ice House (Pearland) - Evolution
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Infinity’s Twin
Shakespeare’s Pub – Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Slags
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Static
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Cross Check
Stags Head Pub – The Rockin’ Robin Guitar Shop Band
Super Happy Fun Land - The Black Angels/Flowers To Hide/The Dimes/
The Guns of Will Sonnet/Stolen Library
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Cruise Control (6-10 pm)
Texas Crab Festival (Crystal Beach) - Ezra Charles & the Works (5:30-8:30 pm)
Tumbleweed Texas (1301 Kuykendahl) - Shake Russell & Dana Cooper/
The Mark May Band/Steve Garcia/The Buck Yeager Band (proceeds go to the Cypress Creek Emergency Medical Services Scholarship Program)
21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Uncle Albert’s (Katy) – The Catfish Band
Walter’s On Washington – Total Chaos/Formula For Victory/Johnny Switchblade
and the Blackouts/Negative Outlook
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, MAY 8th (Mother’s Day)
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Singer/Songwriter open mic w/Catfish
Big Easy (The) – CJ Chenier
Borski’s – round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic w/David Schwope (7-11 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Big E’s Rockabilly
Cosmos – Swing Kings (7 pm)
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Zydeco Joe (2-6 pm)
Cruiser’s (Santa Fe) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Jim Fleming/Jason Consolacion/
Chris Parker (8-11 pm)
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Fat Cats – British Sea Power/Feist
JP Hops House – NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam (8 pm)
Knights of Columbus Hall (11611 Beechnut) – The Wild River Band (3 pm)
Last Concert Café – Fahl & Folk (6 pm); Bongo Jane Wiley
LaStrada - Mark Towns Quartet w/Randi Smith (brunch)
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Fuzzy Side Up (6 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Kelly Lancaster & Vladimer Kotsiourba (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
Nautical’s – open mic w/The Groove Puppies
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – jam w/Chris Elliot & the James Brothers (4-8 pm)
19th Hole (The) – Brad Absher
Oyster Creek (Sugar Land) – The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Papa’s On The Lake – Bitter Creek
Ponderosa – O’Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – jam (8 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - I Voted For Kodos/The Toos Toos/Fox Force Five/
Core Hard
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Sambuca Restaurant – Sheri Lavo/Blue Monks
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Shamrock Inn – open mic w/Patrick & Chad (7-10 pm)
Sidecar Pub – acoustic open mic
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Donny Taylor & the Gulf Coasters (3-7 pm)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Wrecker’s Grill & Bar (San Leon) – Mack & Bryan (2-6 pm)
Big Easy (The) – CJ Chenier
Borski’s – round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – open mic w/David Schwope (7-11 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Big E’s Rockabilly
Cosmos – Swing Kings (7 pm)
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Zydeco Joe (2-6 pm)
Cruiser’s (Santa Fe) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Jim Fleming/Jason Consolacion/
Chris Parker (8-11 pm)
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Fat Cats – British Sea Power/Feist
JP Hops House – NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam (8 pm)
Knights of Columbus Hall (11611 Beechnut) – The Wild River Band (3 pm)
Last Concert Café – Fahl & Folk (6 pm); Bongo Jane Wiley
LaStrada - Mark Towns Quartet w/Randi Smith (brunch)
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Fuzzy Side Up (6 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Kelly Lancaster & Vladimer Kotsiourba (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
Nautical’s – open mic w/The Groove Puppies
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – jam w/Chris Elliot & the James Brothers (4-8 pm)
19th Hole (The) – Brad Absher
Oyster Creek (Sugar Land) – The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Papa’s On The Lake – Bitter Creek
Ponderosa – O’Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – jam (8 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - I Voted For Kodos/The Toos Toos/Fox Force Five/
Core Hard
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Sambuca Restaurant – Sheri Lavo/Blue Monks
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Shamrock Inn – open mic w/Patrick & Chad (7-10 pm)
Sidecar Pub – acoustic open mic
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Donny Taylor & the Gulf Coasters (3-7 pm)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Wrecker’s Grill & Bar (San Leon) – Mack & Bryan (2-6 pm)
That's it for now. See you where the live music is!
-Guy Schwartz
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