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Tonight's episode of Hippies.TV features SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2004
We'll have live performances including
Opie Hendrix (who plays at The Firehouse next Thursday)
de Sangre
Muzak
Rosta Jazz Avengers
The Secret Beat Society.

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REPORT FROM THE FIELD:
My Unexpected Month Of July - Pt.1
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Suddenly, I’m on the road again! An email came thru from Mark Zeus
(who has begun coordinating Sunday nights at Dean's Credit
Clothing), asking, “Can anybody help these guys?”

THE JOHN WILDE GROUP from London was stuck in the middle of their
US tour without a bass player. Musicians know that I have a great
database full of available musicians, and that I'm good at filling
in on bass (or with a whole improvised band) at the last minute,
so I get these calls and emails. I went onto the web and found
some mp3s. Hmmm, these songs are good! I decided that I’d like to
do the gig myself. I’m almost through with my Hippies.TV
obligations for now, our Canadian tour fell through for August,
and I know that John Wilde has played guitar for some of my heroes
(Steve Winwood, Joe Strummer, Paul Young, etc…). So, I rang him up
and now I'm on the road with a British pop band playing bass!

The stuff on the web said that these guys got onstage as they were
and just played. So, on I-10 east, I stopped only for gas and at
one western-wear store, to pick up a simple black western shirt,
in case John Wilde was the type of insecure bandleader who would
not appreciate a sideman showing up in flashier clothes than he.

When about to be a new sideman, I’m reminded of the time that
Billy Block, Gurf Morlix, Zeeder Hogg and I played with B.W.
Stephenson at Baylor College in Waco, Texas, long, long ago. I had
done a couple dozen gigs with Buck. The college paper reviewed the
show the next day and practically called Buck boring, but cited
Billy and I as very entertaining musicians to watch. Buck never
called me again! <g> Rule #17, don’t outshow the frontman, unless
he/she works for you!

Sound check in Baton Rouge went well. I found a place to park, put
valuables in the trunk, changed into one of my fancier western
shirts and tried the nearest door. I had entered the back door
of 'SoGo Live', in the backstage area, right next to the office,
with no view of the stage and showroom. There were two musician-
looking guys on the other end of the room, so I approached them.

"Are you Guy?", asked the dark haired one.

"Yes, I'm Guy Schwartz.", I said with my best nice-to-meet-you
smile.

"Great shirt!"

They had already set up the gear, so we proceeded right into sound
check (the only rehearsal we would ever have). By the time we had
rocked on 4 songs, the blister on my right middle finger was large
enough to require using a pick for the next 3 days. But it did
rock. It rocked a bit differently that the mp3s I had listened to,
but Mark Tompson was a great rock drummer, and John Wilde's voice,
guitar and songs were everything I had heard on those mp3s.

We ordered sandwiches from the place next door, and moved into
John's RV to listen to some tunes I hadn't heard yet, trade
some 'get-to-know-you small talk, and have a smoke. Turns out that
their sour-drunk bass player was a substitute himself. The real
bass player was turned back at the airport with visa problems.
Don't know what happened to the drummer, but this was only Mark's
second gig with The John Wilde Group.

The last time I had played in Baton Rouge, my band Z-Rocks was
opening for DURAN DURAN in the LSU basketball arena, with an
amazingly tasty catered cajun seafood feast! Louisiana had always
been a great place for seafood. Tonight, the oyster poboy
sandwich sucked.

The Engliushmen were both obviously relieved to find that I could
cut the gig on bass. John said that Mark had been quite concerned
about playing with a stranger, but that he had assured him that
musicians were better in America, and no American musician was
going to drive across the country unless he knew he could cut it.
I didn't know about "across the country", I had only driven to
Louisiana...

When writing last month at this time, I expected little musical
action in July, but that turned out a bit short-sighted! I joined
Opie Hendrix & The Texas Tallboys on stage at Fun Land during the
all-day event to help pay Randal Calcote's hospital bills on that
first weekend before the road, and the fun continued all weekend
long.

I sat in with E.P. Vallejo and his hard-rockin' trio at the Texas
House Concert series at The Space Place, and then took part at
Michael Heyman's CD release concert at Fitzgerald's. This was one
large event, as Michael took a large band (which included Roger
Tausz, Brian Turner and Rock Romano, amongst others) thru his new
songs, old cover songs and songs with guest artists like Sam
Massey and Herschell Berry.

An even larger band, embellished with Teri Greene, Big Al Bettis
(who had opened the show) and yours truly, played out a 'concert
for Bangladesh' segment including 'Bell Bottom Blues and 'While My
Guitar Gently Weeps'. It was strange sharing a microphone with Big
Al Bettis, who towers over me (and everyone else) in height. I
watched Al go to the mic and adjust it, then turn to look at me,
then turn back to adjust the mic a bit lower. That done, he then
stepped back, looked at me again and smiled, and then promptly
walked back to the mic and adjusted the stand even lower.

After that, the night went on into short 'blues jam' type sets. I
enjoyed my turn, playing bass with Andy 'Too Hard' Williams and
Angelo Giovanni. Cool! I had been thinking about going to the jams
with only a bass, to get my bass playing chops and calluses up
again.

A couple days later, I was back on the road as a bass player.

That gig in Baton Rouge was cool enough. The room was large, the
stage and sound system were great, with killer computerized
recording and lighting set-ups. JB, who was running the place, was
a kind fellow and former Houstonian (La Portian?) who had stayed
in Baton Rouge after a successful football career at LSU. He
offered his broadband connection for those of us who needed to
check email. I left his browser on www.hippies.tv, playing The
Ballad Of Fearless Diablo' on a loop. He dug it! The opening band
was 'Torn & Frayed'. I dug what they did, and hope to see them
again. It was a great thing that they AND their girlfriends stayed
and cheered enthusiastically, because they were our only audience.

Mark and John had decided toi save money by staying in the RV. It
was 92 degrees and humid as hell. I decided they were nuts, and
got a motel room.

There was a three day break in the tour schedule, so I high-tailed
it home and caught John Gaar (remember him with Miss Molly?) with
a killer trio (featuring bass-whiz Mark Harris) at Dan Electro's.
It was a great show. I noticed the Blues Hound and Colleen were at
that singular front table by the bar, obviously enjoying
everything, applauding and holding onto that table all night long.

Soon, I was driving again, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana. Greg
Ashley and The Mirrors were playing next door in Jackson,
Mississippi, where that day's newspaper headline read, "WILL THE
KKK FADE INTO HISTORY?'. The Mirrors sounded psychedelic and
great! I'll write about that for next week, or the next...

Got home just in time for The Houston Press Awards, where I say de
Sangre and Chrome 44 rock out before we played, followed by
Bojones and Los Skarnales. We were thinking that we must have
played on the coolest stage, because every band was awesome!
Actually - all the stages were awesome, becuase we have so much
awesome talent here. At the awards, I caught live performances by
Chango Jackson and Lonestar Pornstar. Chango was delicious, Mojo
Jackson killing with his Mexi-bass three string guitar, and his
world-reknown 3-string bass style.... Lonestar Pornstar is new to
me (and I only gcaught one song), but these guys rocked and will
find them again!


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WEEKEND CALENDAR
Courtesy of The Blues Hound, Colleen & KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th
Armadillo Palace – Mike McClure
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Jump The Shark
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Digglers
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Hamilton Loomis
Blanco’s – Dan Chambers & the Katy Freeway Backup Band
Borski’s – Lil’ Bit & the Customatics
Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars (ongoing)
Brian O’Neill’s – The Slags
Bugle Boy (LaGrange) – Dana Cooper
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Sweet Mama Cotton (9
pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Grupo
Fantasma
(10 pm)
Cosmos – Mark May Band
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (7 pm)
Emily’s – Eric Tatum
Engine Room (The) – Chimaira/Six Feet Under/3 Inches of Blood/All
That
Remains
Fat Cats – Gravy Train/VIP/The Gaze
Fenders (LaMarque) – Brother2Brother
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Brett Mouton
First Tee (The) – 2nd Wind
Gabby’s BBQ (North Shepherd) – The Hanshaws (6:30-9:30 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Bluegrass Solution (7-10 pm)
Howling Coyote (The) – Kenny Cordray
Jack’s For Cocktails – Leading Edge
Java Jazz Coffee House – Last Letter Red/The Paradox/School Girl
Knife Fight/
Rusted Sun/From Beneath the Heart/Claret Martyr
JP Hops House – Carolyn Wallace & Brian Kalinec
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Kitchen Emporium & Wine Bar (The) (4300 Town Center Place,
Kingwood) –
open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (7 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Joey D
Landry’s Seafood (The Woodlands) – Wilfred Chevis & the Southwest
Louisiana
Band (6-10 pm; ongoing)
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Joey Blankenbaker
Marguerite’s (Santa Fe) – Southern Justice
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Tom Russell (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Texas Unlimited Band
Montana’s II – The Save Yer Blues Band featuring Rev. Brock &
Karmyl
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Nutty Bar (The) – Fidelity Maxx
Oz Bar (The) – Search Party
Papa’s on The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters (8 pm)
Pig Pen (The) (LaMarque) – Down to Earth
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – The Small Sounds/Shawn Pander
Rosenberg Hot Summer Concert Series (downtown park on Ave G) –
Son Tumba’o (7-10 pm)
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Bonsfire/Drunken Thunder
Sam Houston Race Park – Cory Morrow
Sambuca Restaurant – Marc Dini
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Werewolf
Seabrook Beach Club – Pirate Radio (9 pm)
Shakespeare’s Pub – Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Nervous Rex
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Cracker Jackson
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Livin’ Proof
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Cross Check
Sidecar Pub (The) – Pushmonkey/Feeding James/Trace Element
Stags Head Pub (The) – E=MC2
Struts Live – Nothing Moore
Super Happy Fun Land – The Stunned/Joe Jitsu/Brains For
Dinner/Dumbarton/
King Louie & the Swinging Monkeys
21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston International Jazz Festival –
Asian Jazz
Night w/Hiroshima/Bobby Thomas (8 pm; inside); Jazz
Village: Outdoor
Stage Concerts (4 pm – 1 am)
Walter’s On Washington – Hellbound Hearse/Sic City Daggers





SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th
Aquarium Bamboo Bar (Kemah) – Harry Burks (7-11 pm)
Armadillo Palace – Rusty Wier
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Jump The Shark
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Bareback Bar (The) – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers
Bayou (The) – 2nd Wind
Big Easy (The) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Big John’s Sports Bar – jam
Borski’s (Willis) – country jam (1-6 pm); Robbie Wooten
Breakers – Papa Joe’s Ultimate Blues Machine
Bugle Boy (LaGrange) – Back At The Ranch
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (9 pm)
Coffee Oasis (Seabrook) – Janet Z
Continental Club (The) – Vallejo (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – Tommy Dardar
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Big Otis
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Funky Mustard
Emily’s (Seabrook) – Larry Taylor
Fat Cats – The Plus Ones/The Mirrors
Fenders (LaMarque) - Cheyenne
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Wade Bowen
Forgetta’Bout It – Six Past Hell/Yuna/Full Circle
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Cowboy Pat Gavin & the Buckaroo Band
(6:30-9:30 pm)
Howling Coyote (The) – The Mark May Band
Jack’s For Cocktails – Dirty Old Men
Java Jazz Coffee House – Carter/Caught Off Guard/U and
I/Floorbound/
The Last Great Assault/Hollow Soul
JP Hops House – The Dana Cooper Band
JT’s Sports Bar (Humble) – Shadowplay
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – The Taildraggers
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Luther & the Healers
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Amanda Williams
Marguerite’s (Santa Fe) – Southern Justice
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Calvert & Mims (7:30 pm); Albert & Gage
(10 pm)
Mixed Nuts (League City) – The Short Notice Band
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Zona Jones
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Kings Highway
Next Door Coffeehouse (The) – Jack in the Pulpit (7 pm)
Oz Bar (The) – Level One
Papa’s On The Lake – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac (8 pm)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – Matt Leddy & the
Meatcutters
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – The Bench
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – King Coal/Mando Saenz
Sambuca Restaurant – Marc Dini
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Infinity’s Twin
Seabrook Beach Club – Irie Time (4-8 pm)
Shakespeare’s Pub – Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Shanahan’s Bar – Soul Harbour
Sharkey’s Machine - Airwaves
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Cracker Jackson
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Cross Check
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) - Static
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Werewolf
Sidecar Pub (The) – The Jeff Boortz Band/Brian Burke/Honeybrowne
Stags Head Pub – Rockin’ Robin Guitar Shop Night
Sunset Lounge (San Leon) – JW & Company (8 pm)
Super Happy Fun Land – The Dimes/Cartwheels In Central Park/Stolen
Library/
The Ride Home/Flowers 2 Hide/Postcards To Letters
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Reyna & Texas Select
Talento Bilingue de Houston (333 S. Jensen) – Lucia y Valdemar
(Gitanerias
Flamenco)/Timo Lozano (flamenco dancer) (8 pm)
Topwater Grill (San Leon) – Silver Wings Band (6-10 pm)
Traders Village (Pepsi Red Expo Stage) – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-
Jointers
21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston International Jazz Festival –
Latin Jazz
Night w/Tito Puente Jr./Norma Zenteno (8 pm); Jazz
Village: Outdoor Stage Concerts (4 pm – 1 am)
Whisky’s All American Pub (Galveston) – The Benny Brasket Band
Yaga’s (Galveston) – Dreadneck
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron (7:30 pm)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th

Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – singer/songwriter open mic
w/Catfish
Borski’s (Willis) – “Save Live Music at The Honky Tonks Showcase”
w/ Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers (2 pm); Josh Ward, acoustic
(3:15 pm); Cass & Billy (4:15 pm); Davin James, acoustic (5:15
pm);
Jamie Richards Band (6:15 pm); Donnie Simmons & the House Rockers
(7:30 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Bourbon Street (3-7 pm; ongoing)
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (3-8 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Big E’s Rockabilly
Cosmos – Dreambreakers
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Wilfred Chevis & the Southwest
Louisiana Band (4-8 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Benny Brasket (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Fat Cats – Mechanical Boy/14er/The Muldoons
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Tommy Dardar (6:30-8:30 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Magnolia) – Pure Cajun (12:30-2:30 pm)
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Juju’s Hangout (Galveston) – The Line Up (3 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam (8 pm)
Ken’s Club – open mic w/Blue Flash
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Toonz
Last Concert Café (The) – Fahl & Folk w/JB Money & New Experience
(6 pm)
Lighted Pier (The) (Texas City Dike) – Silver Wings Band (4-8 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Ginny Mac (7 pm)
Mi Luna Restaurant & Bar – jam w/Martinez & Associates (4-8 pm;
ongoing)
Mr. Gino’s – I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Nautical’s (Spring) – open mic jam w/The Groove Puppies
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – jam (4-8 pm)
Ole’ Moulton Band (Moulton) – Sunday Bank Jam (3 pm)
Papa’s On The Lake – Bitter Creek (3 pm)
Poor Michael’s On the Strand (Galveston) – jam w/The Skip Devlin
Band (8 pm)
Prego’s (Rice Village) – Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm; ongoing)
Reno’s (Webster) – Aaron Watson
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-
9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Rudyard’s – Holly Go Lightly/Tom Heinl
Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Stillframe/Pistol Whippin’ Ike/FOUR
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – 11th Hour
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds (acoustic)
Struts Live – Cheap Sex/El des Madres/The Quarantines/Negative
Outlook/
Career Soldiers
Super Happy Fun Land – Treasure Mammal/Panda 84/Slash Fiction
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Traders Village – Daddy Kats (noon)
Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston International Jazz Festival –
Smooth Jazz
Night w/Guitars & Saxes w/Mindy Abair/Jeff Golub/Warren
Hill/
Wayman Tisdale (7 pm); Jazz Village – Outdoor Stage
Concerts (4-7 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad – open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (6-10 pm)


-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


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