*JERALD GRAY - R.I.P.
*HIPPIES.TV TONIGHT - LITTLE JOE WASHINGTON
*WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR


Sometimes it's harder to write than other times....

My friend Jerald Gray passed away a couple weeks ago. I'll write
about him in this letter, further down. I wasn't able to tell you
about Jerald in time for the wake and funeral because of all the
mess I've had while changing email addresses (and subsequent
problems interfacing with all of the groups and mailing lists from
my new temporary email addresses).

The new email is guyschwartz@...

It'll probably change again.

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HIPPIES.TV TONIGHT - 10pm
Ridin' With LITTLE JOE WASHINGTON
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What more can I say. This is the first piece from a full length
video on Little Joe. Hope you enjoy it. He's an amazing character
AND musician.

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JERALD GRAY - R.I.P.
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I didn't even hear about Jerald's demise right away. Tommy Dardar
(a long time friend of Jerald's... and mine - and a great guy &
dynamite soul/blues singer) had immediately sent a heartfelt
email, but my email address had changed, and the storms had hit my
computers with fried hard drives...

For those of you unaware, Jerald Gray was possibly the most
talented of all the 'Texas Tenors', three generations of
saxophonists who have dominated the world of jazz, blues, R&B and
rock-n-roll for the past half century or more. He was also the
amongst the least recognized of all of these talented musical
giants, known for their flashy, in-your-face style of music and
performance.

Jerald was the monster tenor saxophone player on most of my
recordings for the past ten years, and my go-to guy whenever I
wanted horns on a song (but had no arrangement of my own in mind).
His health was diminishing during the past few years, but he still
had the touch. He continued to blow everyone away with his horn.
He was a core member of our band, New Jack Hippie #37, and was
still playing lots of live gigs with Dardar, so he played 'til the
end. It was supposed to be that way.

The first of the Texas Tenors to turn my ear was Arnett Cobb. He
was the only person my folks knew in Houston when we moved here in
1961. Jerald Gray was already cutting his chops in some very cool
company. It was a powerful time. After a very successful stint in
the Senate, Texas' own Lyndon Baines Johnson had dealt his way to
the Vice Presidency after almost being the democratic party
nominee for Prez, and people and money were pouring into what
would soon become the nation's 4th largest city.

My mom had started Lionel Hampton's first fan club as a teen, and
Arnett Cobb's signature solo on Hamp's 'Flyin' Home' was something
that my folks turned me on to at an early age, on live albums and
at live shows. It wasn't until years later that I found out that
Cobb had only been the replacement for Illinois Jaquet (another
Texas Tenor - though actually born in Louisiana, like Jerald).
Jaquet had been the saxman who recorded the song with Hamp year's
earlier (at the age of 19). It had been Jaquet's signature solo
vehicle, too, but when Illinois moved out with his own band,
Arnett had moved in and had redone the solo to make it his own.
These lessons were not lost on a young Jerald Gray.

The Texas Tenor saxmen were many. James Clay (Ray Charles
Orchestra, Billy Higgins, and said to have influenced Ornette
Coleman - another Texan), Buddy Tate (Count Basie, Benny Goodman),
David 'Fathead' Newman (Ray Charles, solo success, including 2
great recordings with James Clay), Dewey Redman (Ornette Coleman,
Keith Jarrett), and our own Grady Gaines are fine examples of the
Texas Tenor, stepping out in front of the band and kicking the
music wide open with a flashy gunslinging style. The Texas Tenor
brand name was solidified when Illinois Jaquet formed a band by
that name in the '70s, featuring himself, Cobb and Tate. They
toured the world to great acclaim. None of them were any better
than Jerald Gray - just more famous.

Of course - fame is fickle! Even these famous musicians don't
always get a lot of respect. MArlo was once hired to edit some
footage of her cousin's restaurant, including a segment featuring
Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters. For those who don't know,
Grady Gaines is big-time! He contributed great touchstone sax
solos on records by Little Richard and Sam Cooke, and ran their
bands. Marlo went through the videotapes and logged times for the
good stuff. There were lots of great shots of 'Big Robert' Smith
and the rest of the band, but nothing of Grady Gaines. She called
her video guy, who told her to look again, 'cos he had gotten
great shots of Grady Gaines, so Marlo looked again. Again, no
Grady. It turns out that Grady wasn't even onstage when the
videographer walked in, so the videographer just assumed that the
singer, Big Robert, was Grady Gaines. Like Jerald always
said, "Horn players get no respect!"

Taking his 'musical' place amongst all the great Texas Tenors was
easy and natural for Jerald. He had the musical goods. Claiming
their type of success and fame was harder. He had a chemical
imbalance that the medical community hadn't figured out yet, so at
times, he was a very angry young man.

Jerald learned to play at Phyllis Wheatley/E.O. Smith
Junior/Senior High, and listened to everything he could get his
ears on. His multi-faceted mind could take in everything the other
musicians had to offer, and then twist it all around with his own
particular genius until he had made something new. His mind never
stopped whirring. He was always working on something new.

I've known and played with Jerald Gray for over 30 years, although
I'm not certain of just how many of those years were spent working
together, and how many years were just matter of Jerald letting me
hang out and absorb his knowledge and musicality. He was good at
that.

Jerald always said, "When I was a child, I used to sneak out and
go listen to Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies play, and I
always said to myself - 'Someday I'm going to grow up to be a New
Jack Hippie!'" His sense of humor was merciless when he was on!

At Jerald's funeral, one could see generations of musicians who
were Jerald's bandmates. At the wake there were even more. Tommy
Dardar led a group of volunteers to make certain that money and
awareness were raised for Jerald's funeral and memory. By the time
I found out (from a phone message from Scott Sumner) on Friday
night, Dardar had played two gigs where Jerald still got his share
and the tip jar, and was turning his Saturday night gig at The Big
Easy into another Jerald benefit. I quickly burned a couple dozen
Jerald CDs (from a live album we did in 1999), brought them to The
Big Easy, and sold them to the crowd for donations. Dardar's tip
jar was full. They didn't even need my help. Dardar worked the
crowd hard, and had made sure that the funeral would not be a
hardship on Jerald's family. Thank you all!!

Jerald's family had heard Jerald complaints of disrespect for
years. It was a shocker for them to see the love pouring out for
the man and his music.

At Jerald's funeral, one could see generations of musicians who
were Jerald's students. He didn't do his best teaching at any
school, although his living room and front porch was a Mecca for
young musicians who wanted to learn. Jerald didn't really care how
much natural talent they had, either. He told me that the naturals
were going to get it on their own, so he'd rather take a young
player with less talent and a big desire to work hard who may not
be a natural, but so what - it'll just take a little longer. He
adopted and collected protégés like most of us drink water.

He told me that the teaching came from his appreciation of one man
who had given the young Jerald a job as a printer, and then took
time to teach Jerald not only the printing, but what the words
were saying, selling, and telling about the world, politics,
literature and everything else.

Patrick Brink, who drove 24 hours straight from Las Vegas to be at
the funeral, said, "I was 14 years old and a buddy I went to High
school with said - "Hey man, we're playing a gig tonight at a
place called The Gallant Knight in Houston." I had no idea, but we
packed his Rhodes and my horn, and drove into Houston."

"Jerald's hair was in a big Afro - stickin' up 3 feet over his
head. He had the polished patent leather shoes and a three-piece
suit - he was just decked out and ready for a gig. Garry Dorsey
was playing that night, too. Jerald just looked at my friend and
me and said, "My, my, you fellows don't look a bit over 10 years
old. Let me hear you play something on that horn. So, I played
this little blues lick, and Jerald nodded his head up and down and
said, "Allright!" Then he heard my buddy, David Holcombe, play
piano. He was about fifteen - he wasn't even supposed to be
driving."

"The place was packed. It was a Saturday night. I was nervous,
freakin' out, 'cos I had never played a gig before. We started
with Stevie Wonder's ISN'T SHE LOVELY. When Jerald pointed to me,
I played a solo. When I was done, he walked over and put his arm
around me and told me - "You can play with me anytime.""

"He taught me so much. He got me thinking about how to play in a
horn section. When we started playing as The New Jack Hippies horn
section in 1998, it was like a review of the old days. Jerald's
just a hero to me. He's a musical icon. It's like - "Damn! That's
a whole period of music coming to a close. He played
with BB King, Ike and Tina... just the fortune of having spent
time with him - I was blessed. I got to share moments and make
music with him, and that's something that can never be taken away.
And that's cool."

That is cool, Pat! It was cool for me, too. And Jason, and Scott,
and Josh, and a hundred more...

Jerald often complained about being left behind or not included
throughout his career, and it was probably true. It was tough to
work with Jerald Gray. He expected the best from everyone around
him, and applied pressure to do so.

"If you're not here to listen to the guy across the stage and make
him sound good, you should go home and quit playing!", he once
said to one of the guys in my band.

During the past couple of decades, Jerald was often angry
that "the horns get no respect." Electric guitars with high
wattage amplifiers had made it hard to listen across the stage and
hear what the other musicians were playing. It made it hard to
hear what he was playing, too. As musical tastes and budgets
changed, horn players stopped getting as much work as the rhythm
section guys.

It wasn't just Jerald - We've all seen the recent RAY CHARLES film
with Jamie Foxx. Remember the scene where Ray is recording his
beautiful arrangement of GEORGIA with the rhythm section, and
orchestra full of strings, and a choir? There's saxman
David 'Fathead' Newman, in the control room as an onlooker only,
wondering how he's going to get work if Ray isn't going to use
horns.

Jerald sometimes wound up screwing up the gig with anger, an anger
that eventually landed him in prison. Still, his list of gigs and
accomplishments WAS impressive enough!

His session work, especially on the Duke and Peacock labels, was
often behind some of the biggest stars, including Bobby 'Blue'
Bland, Buddy Ace, and Johnny Copeland. He was the lead saxophonist
on the B.B. King/Bobby Bland recording, 'Everyday I Have The
Blues - LIVE'. He toured the USA and overseas with Bobby Bland,
Johnny Copeland, and Ike & Tina Turner (with whom he performed for
and met Queen Elizabeth). He played with Freddy King, Johnny
Taylor and Joe Simon, as well as Albert Collins and Trudy Lynn.

In later years, playing with Jerald meant you had to supply him
with a ride. His eyes pointed in two different directions, so
Jerald couldn't drive. This was a mixed blessing for those of us
who rode with him. Picking up and delivering Jerald led to quality
time with his Mom and neighbors, which was always an enriching
experience. Jerald came from good folks, and his great kids
reflect the type of man he was. The man beneath the music and the
anger was a pussycat with a heart of gold.

Jerald was the type of guy who figured out that an old woman down
the street couldn't mow her own lawn, or afford to pay someone to
mow it, so he just walked on down and mowed it himself. He loved
the ladies - the old ones, the young ones, all shapes and sizes.
Jokes about his ex-wife were plentiful.

The wake at Fitzgerald's last Wednesday night brought out the
musicians - a lot more than the funeral did. Funerals are held too
early for a lot of musicians, and are far too real for most of the
rest. The expressions of love from the stage at the wake were
magical. Ardis Turner sang soulfully, and Sherman Robertson played
delightfully, and one-by-one we all took our turns and played for
Jerald. Nobody was too big-time to play with some younger protege
of Jerald's. We were all in one spirit. Those from the bars, those
from the bands, and those from the 'hood.

"Of course I'm here. Jerald was my Brother!", Sherman Robertson
proclaimed.

Besides Jerald's cool Mom and family, the ride to Jerald's house
involved a lot of local color. His mom lived in the 5th Ward, off
Liberty Road on the other side from Frenchtown. In the past
several years, Jerald lived there again, too, in a small white
frame house on the corner across the street from Mom's. The
streets were always full of people, a lot of them out for illicit
means. For many people we know, this was a scary neighborhood.
Marlo always tells about dropping off Jerald, who wished to stop
at the corner store first. As Jerald comes back out the door, a
shot is heard from that doorway area, and the dealers and hookers
go running in every direction. But not Jerald - who walks right
towards the gunman and victim, does a little roundabout jig-move
out of their way and quickly tip-toes to her car and says, "I'm
ready to go to my house."

Many Houstonians first met Jerald in local house gigs, backing up
touring artists with the 5th Ward Express at The Hyatt Regency
Hotel, or playing in the Rockefeller's house band, 'THE SULTANS OF
SOUL' which featured Trudy Lynn.

Sometime around then, Jerald began playing with Tommy Dardar (I
forget whether this was in The Sheetrockers or the Shuffle
Brothers). Jerald loved Tommy, and loved the sound of Tommy's harp
blending with his sax, but Jerald was Jerald - so he had his
complaint's, too!. Like all bands, it lasted as long as it lasted,
and then bands break up or change members. Jerald always told me
that he'd never get over "the way Tommy and them decided to fire
the sax man, just so they could each make more money. It's always
the sax man who gets f**ked. Nobody respects horn players". But it
was all talk. Jerald loved Dardar, and I know that Tommy loved him
back.

On the night Jerald's body was found, Tommy Dardar wrote, "He was
an excellent Sax player and a man with a good heart, 'tho somtimes
a bit crotchety, misunderstood and a bit jaded. Life wasn't kind
to this man. Considering all he had been through it is definitely
understandable.

"He was my friend and ally. He always made the gig. He even played
after having a seizure one night, and only missed one because he
was in the hospital. He made me sound good!"

"He has had run in with the Law, as have I, but he always looked
after the old folks in the hood - keeping them from harm. He's my
brother and I'll miss him."

Jerald had been a bold, brash, ladies man, a top-dog alpha male,
and the most tricked out guy we knew back then, but had come to be
less fearless as the years and the seizures took their toll. After
Roger and Jerald had driven to and searched the state of Louisiana
for a birth certificate so Marlo could get his expedited Passport
for our Amsterdam trip last year, and after Jerald had spent
several mornings sorting it out at the Mickey Leeland Federal
Building, Jerald chickened out at the last minute - the very
morning we left. He yelled at us like a cornered animal, "What
will I do if I have a seizure while I'm there? Who's gonna take
care of me?"

He was really scared. Can't blame him. Those seizures laid him out
for days or weeks, spitting blood and hurting so bad it made us
hurt to watch him. He relied on the county hospital system, but
they let him down. Once, they found a combination of two pills
which made Jerald a happy, thoughtful, smart guy without a bit of
anger. The next month they tried something else - just one of the
two pills. Again, Jerald had frequent anxiety and anger. He asked
for the two-pill remedy, but they held him off for another year
and he paid a price. The seizures became more frequent. Bad
medicine or budget cuts? I don't know, but I've often thought that
his fear of the Dutch hospitals may have been misplaced. Leesa's
husband Alex caught pneumonia while we were there, and his
hospital experience was remarkably good. Maybe those guys could
have helped Jerald, but we so wanted to show him off to Europe.

He'll never do that country album he wanted to do. He WAS a
country boy at heart. He'll never save my butt with a kickin' horn
arrangement, either. The weird, worldbeat thing he had in mind?
We'll never hear it now.

He'd be amazed by the fuss everyone made at his death, and the way
the community (especially Dardar) came together to raise cash to
help his family with expenses. He always said, "Play a benefit?
Nobody ever plays a benefit for me! This is the LAST one!!", but
then he'd come through and play for everyone. Grouchy ol' man!

His musical mind enhanced a lot of artist's music a lot, but
Jerald's personal music was hardly recorded. Everything Jerald
contributed go with him, except for whatever we chose to pass
along, He was amazing, one-of-a-kind, and can't be replaced. Maybe
we can make sure he's remembered.

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The Blues Hound & Colleen
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26th
Armadillo Palace – Mike Mancy
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Jump The Shark
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Shake Russell
Barefoot Tina’s (LaPorte) – The Mark May Band
Big Easy (The) – Pete Mayes
Blanco’s – Jason Allen
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – CC Rider
Borski’s (Willis) – Lynn Logan
Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars (ongoing)
Boudreaux On The Bayou (Galveston) – Shadowplay (6-10 pm)
Brian O’Neill’s – The Blaggards
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Clary’s Restaurant (Galveston) – Louie Carrington (7-11 pm; weekly
through September)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Drew Bello (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Guy Forsyth/
Los Super Vatos
Cosmos – The Romeo Dogs (Mitch’s birthday bash)
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Green Onions
Cypress Lounge – Kent Aucoin
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Happy Hour w/David Fahl & Friends (7
pm);Carolyn Wonderland
Einstein’s Pub – The Chromatics
Elegant Hogg (The) – 2nd Wind
Emily’s – Eric Tatum
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Eli Young/Honeybrowne
Forgetta’Bout It – My Own I (CD release party)/Sevrin
Forgetta’Bout It Too – Spiracell/Dine Alone
Froggie’s Saloon – Hit N Run
Grisby Grill – Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Grand Texas
Hideaway (The) – The Mighty Orq
Howling Coyote (The) – Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Jack’s For Cocktails – The Attitude Band
Java Jazz Coffee House – Impathy
JP Hops House – 4th Annual Spudstock w/Stan Hatch & Paul McCann/
Larry Sepulvado & John Williams/Buddy Trotter & Jerry
Campbell/Alan & Ben Gould (8 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – David Brake & That Damn Band
KE Wine Bar (The) (4300 Town Center Place, Kingwood) – open mic
w/Andy Rodriguez (7 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – The Skylites
Landry’s Seafood (The Woodlands) – Wilfred Chevis & the Southwest
Louisiana Band (6-10 pm; ongoing)
Last Concert Café – Fusion
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Bad Habit
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Matt Minor
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Eric Brendan
Marguerite’s (Santa Fe) – James Lann
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – South Austin Jug Band (8 pm)
Meridian (The) - Topaz
Mezzanine Lounge (The) – Glenn Eliot
Mike’s Place – Fuzzy Side Up
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Rhythm of the Road
Muddy Waters Coffee House – Damascus Road
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole (The) – Afterthought/Panic Prone/Savage Evolution/Undo
Nutty Bar (The) – Daddy Kats
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Trish Murphy
Ole’ Moulton Bank (Moulton) – The Clay Farmer Band (8 pm)
Oz Bar (The) – Volumizers
Papa’s on The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters (8 pm)
Pennison’s Sports Pub (Copperfield) – Snak Johnny
Pennison’s Sport Pub (Sugar Land) – Edge of Reason
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – Silver Wings
Port City Java (The Woodlands) – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Tommy Dardar
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) – Dubtex
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Walkabout/Twenty-After
Sam’s Concert Pub – Infinity’s Twin
Sambuca Restaurant – Shape Shifters
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Adema/Revolution Theory/Alston
Seabrook Beach Club – The Slags (9 pm)
Shakespeare’s Pub – Beggars Tomb
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – The Max
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Cross Check
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Nervous Rex
Sports N More – Southern Accents
Stags Head Pub (The) – Giancarlo & the Big Stick
Struts Live – Mindsight/Drive
Super Happy Fun Land – Sybris/The Dimes/Whitman
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Ezra Charles & the Works (6-10 pm)
Texas Tavern (Cypress) – Trick Dog
Tommy’s (Clear Lake) – Morgan Bouldin (7:30-10:30 pm)
21 (Galveston) – Willy Gonzalez & the Line Up
Uncle Albert’s – Fondue Monks
Verizon Wireless Theater – 30 Seconds To Mars/H2O
Vintage Bar (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience (8:30
pm)
Walter’s on Washington – The Appleseed Cast/The Paper
Chase/Criteria
Whisky’s All American Pub (Galveston) – Magazine
Yaga’s (Galveston) – The Mambo Jazz Kings

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27th
Acadia Sports Bar – Spydust
Armadillo Palace – Texas High Life
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – A-Rival (unplugged)
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – The Bert Wills Band
Bareback Bar (The) – Clay Farmer
Bayou Sports Bar & Grill – The Lost Boys
Bayview Duck (The) (Bacliff) – The Ken Valentino Band
Big Easy (The) – The Tony Vega Band
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Tommy Dardar
Borders Bookstore (The Woodlands) – Woodlands Songwriters
Association Monthly Showcase featuring Ken Gaines & more (8:30-
9:30 pm)
Borski’s (Willis) – country jam (1-6 pm); Captain Legendary Band
Brian O’Neill’s – American Thighs
Buffalo Wild Wings (Pearland) – The Mighty Orq
Cactus Music & Video – Stoney LaRue (in-store performance; 3 pm)
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
City Lights (Baytown) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Clary’s Restaurant (Galveston) – Louie Carrington (7-11 pm; weekly
through September)
Cocktails (Galveston) – George Lee (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Ian Moore
Cosmos – Eric Tessmer
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Big Otis
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Redcap
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Ozzfest w/Black Sabbath/Velvet
Revolver/ In Flames/Shadows Fall/Black Label Society/Mudvayne/Rob
Zombie
Cypress Lounge – The Jeff Boortz Band
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – The Sonnier Brothers
Dimes (Baytown) – N 10 City
Einstein’s Pub - BC & the Crisis
Emily’s (Seabrook) – Larry Taylor
Fat Cats – Madison/A Day At The Fair/The Mile After/A Star In Asia/
B Team Starters/Beligerous
Fenders (LaMarque) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Firehouse Saloon – Chris Baker & Josh Owen/The Stoney LaRue Band
518 West Sports Bar – JJ Dynamite
Forgetta’Bout It – Emily Still/Beryl Grady
Froggie’s Saloon – 2nd Wind
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Kimberly M’Carver
Hideaway (The) – Mojomatics
Howling Coyote (The) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Jack’s For Cocktails – The Attitude Band
JP Hops House – 4th Annual Spudstock w/Bob Yoh & Jeff
Tompkins/Clyde Sayer/
The Fowler Brothers/Willie B/Otis Futhermucker (8 pm)
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – The Mambo Jazz Kings
Last Concert Café – Beggars Tomb
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Jack Hall
Lying Larry’s (Crosby) – Mark Miller
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – open mic
Marguerite’s (Santa Fe) – James Lann
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Bonnie Bishop (7:30); Seth Walker (10 pm)
Mixed Nuts (League City) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Roger Creager
Mr. B’s Billiards (Katy) – Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Next Door Coffeehouse (The) – Tawana (7 pm)
19th Hole (The) – Engine 69/Mindbent/III Logic
Northshore Park (The Woodlands) – The Gorilla Dance Band
(fundraiser for religious education at North Woods Unitarian
Universalist Church; 4-9 pm)
Old Heidelberg - Chameleon
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Tres Amoebas (Steve Brooks/
Lucky Boyd/Sweet Mama Cotton
Ole’ Moulton Band (Moulton) – The Jason Bales Band
Oz Bar (The) – Guilty Party
Pennison’s Sport Pub (Copperfield) – Torn
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – The Convertibles
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – CC Rider
Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – Southern Backtones/Black Tie Dynasty
Sam’s Boat (The Woodlands) - Catfish
Sam’s Concert Pub – Abbey Rode
Sambuca Restaurant – Shape Shifters
Sandcar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Airwaves
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Greatness In Tragedy
Seabrook Beach Club – Pirate Radio (4-8 pm)
Shakespeare’s Pub – The Eugene Moody Blues Band
Shanahan’s Bar – Uncle Mojo
Sharky’s Machine - Tailspin
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Out On Bail
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – The Reds
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Shinolah
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Nervous Rex
Sidecar Pub (The) – The Cody Gill Band/Ocean Cowboys
Sports N More – Just Got Lucky
Stags Head Pub – Goodtrain Sessions
Super Happy Fun Land – Voluntary Mother Earth/The Mathletes/ Organ
Failure
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Hannah’s Reef (6-10 pm)
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) – 3 Peace
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – The Slags
Tommy’s (Clear Lake) – Morgan Bouldin (7:30-10:30 pm)
Topwater Grill (San Leon) – Shadowplay (7-11 pm)
Traders Village (Pepsi Red Expo Stage) – Guppies From Outer Space
(12-4 pm)
Tubby’s Ice House (LaMarque) – Stolen Parts
Tut’s (Conroe) – The Josh Ward Band
21 (Galveston) – Reyna & Texas Select
Uncle Albert’s – Fab 5
Vintage Bar – House Plants
Walter’s On Washington – Day At The Fair/Madison/The Mile After/
The Suicide Pact
Whisky’s All American Pub (Galveston) – The Zom Zoms
Yaga’s (Galveston) – Honeybrowne
Zebo’s Coffee House – open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron (7:30 pm)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28th
Aquarium (The) (downtown) – Bart (2-6 pm)
Aquarium Bamboo Bar (Kemah) – Harry Burks (7-11 pm)
Big Easy (The) – The National Zydeco Foundation Monthly Jam
Blanco’s – Honk The Honky Tonk Music Festival
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Borski’s – round table jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Bourbon Street (3-7 pm; ongoing)
Cocktail’s (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (3-8 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Big E’s Rockabilly
Cosmos – Johnny Dyson’s Big Band (7 pm)
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Wilfred Chevis & the Southwest
Louisiana Band (4-8 pm)
Cruiser’s (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Benny Brasket (4-8 pm)
Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Steve Reno/Kim Carson/
Ray Cashman (8-11 pm)
Diallo’s of Houston – Tribute to Conrad Johnson & Scott Gertner
Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Haak Vineyard & Winery (Santa Fe) – Steel Vibrations (6:30-8:30 pm)
Howling Coyote (The) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards/Monica Marie/
Ezra Charles (Elvis/50s Tribute Show; 4-8 pm)
JP Hops House – 4th Annual Spudstock w/open mic (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) – The Mambo Jazz Kings
Last Concert Café – David Fahl & Band/Carrie Ann Buchanan & the
Apocalyptics (6 pm)
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Luther & the Healers (6 pm)
Miller Outdoor Theater (Hermann Park) – KPFT Fall Concert Series
(3 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)
Ole’ Moulton Bank (Moulton, TX) – acoustic electric open mic (3 pm)
Papa’s on the Lake – Honest Mango (3 pm)
Ponderosa – O’Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
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) – Still Standin’
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-
9 pm)
Rowdy’s – open mic
Rudyard’s – 27th Anniversary Party w/The Riverboat Gamblers/The
Wednesdays/ Michael Haaga
Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Element Eighty
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Shamrock Inn – open mic w/Patrick & Chad (7-10 pm)
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Strange Love
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds (acoustic)
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) – The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Cruise Control (5-9 pm)
Tavern (The) (West Gray) – Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm; ongoing)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Trader’s Village (7979 N. Eldridge Rd) – Mango Punch (12-4 pm)
Uncle Albert’s – Pancho & Lefty
Walter’s On Washington – The City On Film/Jeff Hanson/Bring Back
The Guns/The Tremula


That's it for now. Tell someone about Jerald Gray! See you where
the live music is.

-Guy Schwartz
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auteur
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