*Report From The Field - Billy Block's Western Beat/Houston
*WESTERN BEAT VIDEO
*Weekend Music Calendar
*www.hippies.tv

 

If I don't write again before then - Happy Holiday season to all of you!

 

OK - It's friday evening, and the only night this week without a prior commitment, so I'll spend a few minutes or hours passing the BluesHound's calendar to you. There's so much to tell you about.

 

Thanks to many of you for buying the Hippies.TV Series Season One 6-DVD Set. It's the perfect gift for the local music enthusiast. The rest of you can check it out at
www.shop.hippies.tv

 

The Z-Rocks & RELAYER rerelease CDs are up and on sale at cdbaby.com, too! Both contain the original albums and over a dozen previously unreleased tracks!

 

Mostly, it feels great to get out and play music!

 

Starting a couple months ago, with a few dates on the road with The John Wilde Group, and then with Vince Bell, I've begun the proccess of getting to where I'm doing more live music than film editing the past couple of months. The New Jack Hippies have played a half dozen times, too!

 

This week it really started peaking, with rehearsals, tracking sessions and gigs every day and night except for tonight. Rehearsal over at Rock Romano's Red Shack recording studio for a Tucker Bradley gig, rehearsal with Opie Hendrix (as we figure out what we'll do together on the road when we tour acoustically in April) and gigs at Rudyard's and Dan Electro's.

 

If you are in the midwest or east coast, and have any ideas where Opie and could play in your area in April, please email back! We're going to be two bandleaders without our bands, but with our songs and acoustic guitars (and banjos, madolins and stuff).

 

We'll be playing our songs a different way, and out to make new friends and find new places we can return to - alone or with our bands. We'll be happy to play smaller listening rooms or house concerts, festivals, or open large shows (or headline and entertain our asses off if anyone wants to take a chance).

 

So - I'm getting back into shape for the road. The New Jack Hippies have played a couple of all day shows, a rock show with The Theives, an acoustic show at The Cafe with David Fahl & Mikey, and a country/americana show at Billy Block's Western Beat/Houston. It started to gel from the beginning. First there were blisters, but now I'm starting to develop my bass AND guitar callouses again.

 

The Western Beat Show was the highlight for me. I started out to put together a big reunion jam for Billy Block, who was in town to produce and MC the regional fast-track auditions for Nashville Star 4 (the reality series on the USA network), but it quickly became a mega-reunion for me and Roger as well. I should have known that from the beginning, since we all played with so many of the same people back then.

 

A year earlier, we had jammed into the night, after the Nashville Star 3 auditions. It had been loose, with the auditionees sitting in with the band, totally unrehearsed. Billy had suggested that this time we do a Western Beat show, like his great, long-running (14 years?) BILLY BLOCK'S WESTERN BEAT concert series in Nashville and Los Angeles. I began emailing and calling people who we had all worked with back then (when Billy lived here).

 

We arrived at Dan Electro's at 2pm on show day, and began setting up gear for rehearsal. Rock Romano was there early, so we began Rock's rehearsal with Leesa Squyres on drums. Leesa was setting up her drums for the New Jack Hippies set, and would leave them up all night (Thanks, Leesa!), so she worked with us on the Rock material until Billy arrived, as expected, at 3pm.

 

After that, we retired to the patio with a scrapbook which Billy had brought along. It was a Kodak moment in itself, but the cameras hadn't yet arrived. The pictures were killer - all of us looking much younger. It was a preview of the night's show, as so many of these people would showed up by the end of the night. One at a time, the expected guests and the unexpected guests blew our minds.

 

MArlo showed up at 5pm with video gear, and set up as we finished rehearsal, quickly garnering the attention of the guys hired to videotape for Nashville Star as soon as she took the Canon XL-1 out of it's case.

 

The Canon XL-1 is a great camera. We have a few other cameras that I like better for many applications, but the Canon XL-1 is one impressive piece of machinery to look at. You see it on sit-coms all the time when they want to give you an impression of a really cool camera. You may remember that we call it 'the big dick'! We call it that because of the many times that we walk into a room with ther videographers who may look down their noses at us until we take out the big dick. Especially when MArlo walks into a room with several males with cameras - there's almost always a little disrespect until the XL-1 comes out of the case. Suddenly there is respect - a wierd law of the jungle type of thing, but it works.

 

As we rehearsed, MArlo's obvious authority was immediately recognized by each of the female contestants for the TV show. One by one, they entered Dan Electro's and walked up to MArlo and asked, "Where's the rest room?"

 

We went to for mexican food while the Nashville Star 4 auditions got under way. Great food.

 

When we returned to Dan Electro's 45 minutes later, the parking lot was packed. Cool! So many of the Nashville Star auditionees were so good! Wayne Wilkerson was there to accompany one of them, and it was the first of many reunions. Wayne and Ken Gaines have a songwriters-in-the-round series on Thursday nights at Anderson Fair, and Wayne said he'd suggest me to Ken for that series! Cool, again!

 

It was soon time to play. The next three hours were blast, as we reconfigured again and again, reliving music with the musicians who made it the first time! Dr. Rockit's music came off great! Jack Saunders was great. He brought along Rick Poss from Austin (another reunion) to play guitar. What a line of guitars - Rick Poss, Scotty Daniels, Bubba Gould, Jack and me! Rock & Jack both contributed great songs to the night. Scotty drove in at the last minute from Austin to replace Cam King from Wimberly who had suffered death in the family. Scotty was a hero, and played like one!

 

Country sweethearts Rosalee & Ben performed and gave us a break, and let the audience fall in love with them as we had earlier in the year at South By Due East.

 

Randy Soffar and I played onstage with Billy for the first time, even though billy WAS the drummer on the Z-Rocks album. Z-Rocks rocked. So did Rancho Bebop, with Pat Brennan and Darrel John joining Billy Block for Van Morrison's MOONDANCE.

 

The came a New Jack Hippies set with the whole house band plus Chaz, Leesa, Carlos and Randy Wall, which eventually evolved into a Zap Rhythm Band set with Billy on the drums. Randy Wall rocked on the organ!

 

The Romeo Dogs got onstage at midnight and rocked us all 'till closing time. What a fun band!

 

Billy Block was such a pro. He was the great communicator, narrating the evening as the perfect host, and playing big-time drums, never getting in the way, and never missing an opportunity for the perfect flashy fill at just the right time. He was always smiling and pumping the musicians onstage, as he pumped up each of the audience members while working the crowd when offstage.

If you want to see the ruff edit of some of the first couple sets from the BILLY BLOCK'S WESTERN BEAT/HOUSTON show, I'm uploading a video on another computer right now. Check it out now!

 

Broadband - crunched the color too much, but it compressed OK...
www.guyschwartz.com/hippiestv/HTV0522WESTERNBEATHOUSTONraw256.wmv

 

Dial-up - really shitty video 'till I work on it furthur, audio OK...
www.guyschwartz.com/hippiestv/HTV0522WESTERNBEATHOUSTONraw56.wmv

 

It's rough, but fun. I'll make it better in the spring (when I'm working on the series again)...

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WEEKLONG MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound & Colleen (and KPFT-FM90.1)
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th 

Acadia Sports Bar – Lounge 4407

Anderson Fair – Traveller

Armadillo Palace – Ed Burleson

Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Sonic Amber

Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Shinolah

Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Promise

Balinese Room (Galveston) – Rasheed

Bareback Bar – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers

Big Easy (The) – Tony Vega Band

Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Brother2Brother

Borski’s (Willis) – blues & rock jam w/Marie English & Ricky Jackson (3-6 pm);

Opie Hendrix

Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Phillippe Bertaud

Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Cruise Control

Cocktails (Galveston) – Mike McCulloch (9 pm)

Continental Club (The) – Stephen Clarke (8:30 pm); Honky (10 pm);

          Flametrick Subs (midnight)

Cosmos – Mark Miller

Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – CC Rider

Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Red Cap

Cube Sports Bar – Definite Maybe

Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bipeds

Einstein’s Pub – Poison Cherry

Engine Room – Kings X

Firehouse Saloon – Ryan Turner/Wade Bowen & West 84

First Tee – David Brake & That Damn Band

Fitzgerald’s – Del Castillo/Los Super Vatos/Chango Jackson

518 West Sports Bar – Full Throttle

Forgetta’Bout It – Escape/Bah Humbug

Gary’s Spot – 2nd Wind

Howling Coyote (The) – Tommy Dardar

Jacks For Cocktails – The Attitude Band

JP Hops House - Cade

Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Sonny Boy Terry

KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Al White

Last Concert Café – West Bank Mike & the Fisher Project

Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – The Stephen Chadwick Trio

Maxwell’s Grille (Humble) – Ronnie Corb

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Austin Lounge Lizards (7:30 pm);

Ian Moore (10 pm)

Mo’s Place (Katy) – The Texas Unlimited Band

Molly’s (Wilcrest & Westheimer) – Scott Sileo (9 pm)

Old Heidelberg – Chameleon

Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Sisters Morales

Ole’ Moulton Bank (Moulton) – Michael Ballew

Oz Bar – Volumizers

Papa’s on the Lake – Honest Mango (8 pm)

Pennison’s (Copperfield) – Freddie Everett

Proletariat (The) – Program (CD release party); Studemont Project

R & R Sports Bar – Al Casey & the BB’s

Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James

Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)

Rowdy Buck’s Saloon (Crosby) – Django Walker

Rudyard’s – Casino/Action Is

Sambuca Restaurant – Dean James w/Mark Dini

Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Two Way Street

Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band

Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Infinity’s Twin

Shady McGrady’s Pub (Quality Inn, Baytown) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac

Shakespeare’s Pub – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show

Shanahan’s – Josh Weathers

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Cracker Jackson

Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Velcro Pygmies

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – The Reds

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Rat Ranch

Sidecar Pub (The) – Lefty PO/Brian Burke

Sports N More – Bionic Appendage

Spring Tavern – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters

Super Happy Fun Land – Rock/RJ Faith/Electricks

Vintage Bar – Big Lizard Boys

Woody’s Pub - 3 Peace

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18th

Big Easy (The) – National Zydeco Foundation Jam

Borski’s (Willis) – blues jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)

Bud Plaza – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers

Continental Club (The) – Mark Halata’s Christmas Polka Party (4-8 pm)

Cosmos – The Gypsies

Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – New Birth Brass Band (4-7 pm)

Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Vanessa Peters/Steve Reno/

Mark Zeus (8-11 pm)

Diallo’s of Houston – Trudy Lynn/Faye Robinson (4-8 pm)

Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters

JP Hops House – Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) meeting

(3:30 pm); open mic hosted by TC Smythe (6 pm)

Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam w/The Amigos (6-10 pm)

Ken’s Club – open mic w/Blue Flash

Last Concert Café – jam (12-5:30 pm); Fahl & Folk w/Carrie Ann & the

Apocalyptics (6 pm)

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Supper Session (4-11 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) – acoustic electric open mic (3 pm)

Oxford Hall – Notorious (7 pm)
Ponderosa – O’Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – jam w/Gary Lee (8 pm)
Prego’s (Rice Village) – Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm; ongoing)

Reno’s (Webster) – Django Walker
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Seabrook) – South FM/Morningside Drive
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray

Shamrock Inn – open mic w/Patrick & Chad (7-10 pm)

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Velcro Pygmies

Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – 11th Hour

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – showcase

Splash (Seabrook) – Magazine (unplugged) w/Shea (3:30-7:30 pm)

Sturgis By The Bay (Seabrook) – The Mighty Orq (solo; 2 pm)

Tavern (The) (West Gray) – Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm; ongoing)

10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)

Toyota Center – Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2 shows, 2:30 & 7:30 pm)

Uncle Albert’s – open mic

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th

Big Easy (The) – The Mighty Orq (solo)
Cezanne’s – jam

Continental Club (The) – Glover Gill’s Tango Piano Hour (8-9 pm);

El Orbits (9 pm)

KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – jam nite

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – open mic w/Wayne Wilkerson (8 pm)

Mezzanine Lounge (The) – open mic w/Hillary Arwen

Perry’s (The Woodlands) – Bart (6-10 pm)

Red Cat Jazz Café – blues jam (8 pm)

Sambuca Restaurant – Jawad

Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Obsolete August

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) - Torn

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – The Stugots

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20th

Armadillo Palace – Trevor Burgess (acoustic)

Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – A-Rival

Big Easy (The) – Jeremiah Johnson (acoustic)

Big Top (The) – Lisa Novak (10 pm)

Bungalo 8 (1463 Hwy 6 S.) - jam w/N.Y.G.

Clark’s Bar – electric session

Cosmos – Mark Zeus & the Bayou City Showcase (acoustic open mic)

Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Aaron Loesch

Diallo’s of Houston – Tom Burton & Heart 2 Heart

Hideaway (The) – jam w/Rick Lee & the Night Owls

JP Hops House – open mic w/Pam Herndon (8 pm)

Last Concert Café – Scott Daniels Band (9:30 pm)

Live Sports Cafe (The) - Shadowplay

Magnolia Bar & Grill – The Guzzlers (7 pm)

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Trish & Darin (8 pm)

Moody Gardens (Galveston) – Chameleon (Festival of Lights; 6-10 pm)

Oxford Hall – English Pickup Band Practice/Session (7-9 pm)

Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille (Sugar Land) – Bart (6-10 pm)

Sambuca Restaurant – ZSP

Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Strippers Lie

Shakespeare’s Pub – Steve The Chief’s C&W Revue

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Stacey Steele

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Shinolah

Sidecar Pub – Bleu Edmondson (acoustic)

Tailgate Bar & Grill (Washington Ave.) – open mic (8:30 pm)

Tut’s (Conroe) – open mic jam
Vintage Bar – John Chaney
 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21st

Acadia Louisiana Bar (The) – jam

Armadillo Palace – Cody Kouba (acoustic)

Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Brent Wood

Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Dave & Greg

Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Pete & Sam

Beverly Pub (The) – Irish jam session w/Patrick Devlin
Big Easy (The) – blues jam 

Big Top (The) – Peter & James (10 pm)

Blanco’s – open mic w/Chad Ware

Borksi’s (Willis) – acoustic Texas music guitar pull

Continental Club (The) – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers (7-9 pm);

The Terms (10 pm)

Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Lizzie Harah & The Madisons (9 pm);

The Rehabiliteens

Dutchman (The) – Tuna Sin (8 pm); Hardwood Brothers (8:30 pm)

Einstein’s Pub – Stephen Chadwick

Engine Room (The) – Erase the Virus/As Long As People Die/Abasia/

          To Scale the Throne/As We Speak

Firehouse Saloon – acoustic show w/Brett Mouton/Eric Brendan/Cory Dane

Fitzgerald’s – blues jam (9 pm)

Forgetta’Bout It Too – open mic

Grappino’s – Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)

Howling Coyote (The) – blues jam w/Ricky Jackson

Java Jazz Coffee House – From First to Last/Haste the Day/He Is Legend/

          Dead Reckless

JP Hops House – Bob & Jeff (acoustic duo; 7 pm)

Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – The Groove Kings
Kemah 5th Street Café & Wine Bar (Kemah) – open mic w/Lynn Raggio (7-11 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Potroast/Drum Circle Hula Hoops
Lil’s Bar & Grill – acoustic open mic

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Bob Schneider (8 pm)

Mixed Nuts (League City) – open mic

Murphy’s on Main (LaMarque) - Vanessa

Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – acoustic Wednesday

Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic

Pappy’s House of Blues (Magnolia) – open mic

Parrott Pub (The) – open mic

Proletariat (The) – Zipperneck/Bare Knuckle Knockout/LDV

Puffabelly’s (Spring) – Davin James Christmas Show

“Q” Sports Bar – open mic

Rooster’s Ice House (Magnolia) – open mic w/Blue Flash (6:30-10:30 pm)

Rudyard’s – The Dreambreakers

Sambuca Restaurant – Dave Marcellin

Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Joe Carmouche Band (6:15 pm); The Scott Gertner

          Band (9:15 pm)

Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Anubis/Ecos Novus/Carcen/Secondhand Solution

Shakespeare’s Pub – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Strippers Lie

Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Stephen Chadwick

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Torn

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Infinity’s Twin

Sidecar Pub (The) – John Michael

St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) – Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)

Time Out #1 (Fuqua) – jam w/The Slags

Tomball College (Room E100) – Harmonica Organization of Texas (H.O.O.T.)

          Monthly Meeting (7:30 pm; www.hoottexas.com)

Under the Volcano – New Birth Brass Band

Vintage Bar – open mic

Woodlake Pub (The) – Luther & the Healers

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22nd

Armadillo Palace – One Light Town

B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Annette Metoyer & Natural Groove
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – The Promise
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Livin’ Proof

Big Easy (The) – Luther & the Healers
Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (Webster) – The Great Divide

Blanco’s – Pauline Reese

Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Scott McGill & Old Doc Mac

Borski’s (Willis) – country jam (7 pm)
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – open mic (7-9 pm)

Cezanne’s – jazz jam (8 pm)

Chances – open mic

Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Tom Rodgers (8 pm)

Continental Club (The) – Beetle (7 pm); LL Cooper (10:15 pm);

          Lisa Novak (11:30 pm) (presented by The Society for the Performing Arts

          and sponsored in part by KPFT and The Houston Press)

Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Davin James Travelin’ Light Show

Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Carrie Ann Buchanan (acoustic; 7-9 pm);

          blues jam w/Teri Greene (9:30 pm)

Eureka Club – jam
Firehouse Saloon – The Eli-Young Band
Fitzpatrick’s – Irish music session

Helios – open mic

Java Me – acoustic open mic

Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Benny Brasket w/Chris Ray & John Glossop

KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Husker Row

Last Concert Café (The) – The Hightailers (11 pm)

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Eliza Gilkyson (8 pm)

Meridian (The) - Chutzpah

Mo’s Place (Katy) – Bad Landz

19th Hole – jam

Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – open mic

Ole’ Mouton and (Moulton, TX) – The Country Critters (6 pm)

Oxford Hall – Contra Dan’s Pickup Band Practice/Session (7-9 pm)

Oz Bar – Coco

Palmer Club (Texas City) – jam w/The Convertibles (8 pm)

Perry’s Grille & Steakhouse (The Woodlands) – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Duo

          w/Jerry Sanchez (6-10 pm; ongoing)

Remington Bar (St. Regis Hotel) – Bart (7:30-11:30 pm)

Rogue’s Pub – Guppies From Outer Space

Sam’s Concert Pub – Nervous Rex

Sambuca Restaurant – Norma Zenteno
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Strippers Lie
Shakespeare’s Pub – Sonny Boy Terry

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Torn

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Liquid Sand

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Infinity’s Twin

St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin – Kosmic Latte

Super Happy Fun Land – Stephanie Briggs/Luke Leverett/Morrow/Goby Blue

Tailgate Bar & Grill (Bagby) – open mic (9 pm)

Tut’s (Conroe) – open mic jam

21 (Galveston) – Willy Gonzalez & the Line Up

Vintage Bar – Blues with Otis

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23rd

Acadia Sports Bar – Wildwood

Anderson Fair – CLOSED

Armadillo Palace – Davin James Band

Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Livin’ Proof

Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – A-Rival

Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Promise

Big Easy (The) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band

Blanco’s – Gary P. Nunn

Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars (ongoing)

Brian O’Neill’s – The Slags

Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Nitewave

Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Banana Blender

Surprise (10 pm)

Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Dirt Brothers

Cosmos – Norma Zenteno

Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Big Otis

Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar –  Fahl & Folk (7-9 pm); Sisters Morales

Double Tree Ballroom – The Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra (9 pm)

Eddie’s Country Ballroom (Manvel) – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers

Einstein’s Pub – Liquid Sand

Firehouse Saloon – Austin Collins/Gary Kyle

Fitzgerald’s – Asleep at the Wheel/Romeo Dogs/Tommie Lee Bradley

Froggie’s Saloon - Shadowplay

Jacks For Cocktails – Coco & the Players

Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Jody Blankenbaker
Last Concert Café (The) – Shawn Pander/Come and Go

Maxwell’s Grille (Humble) – Ronnie Corb

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Patrice Pike (8 pm)

Mo’s Place (Katy) – Bad Landz

Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)

Nutty Bar (The) – Kings Highway

Ole Moulton Bank (Moulton) – Bill Pekar & the Rainey Brothers

Oz Bar – Chromatics

Papa’s On The Lake – Uncle Mojo (8 pm)

Pennison’s (Copperfield) – Lounge 4407

R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Mark May Band

Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James

Rowdy Buck’s Saloon (Crosby) – Misbehavin’

Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia

Rudyard’s – Fired for Walking

Sam’s Concert Pub – The Klocks

Sambuca Restaurant – Tommy Dardar

Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band

Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Strippers Lie

Shakespeare’s Pub – Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Static

Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Pirate Radio

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Citizen X

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – BC & the Crisis

Super Happy Fun Land – Carousel Shy/The Eastern Sea/The Wolf

Vintage Bar – Marc Twyman

Walter’s on Washington – LSX/Shy One/Unspeakable Symbol/Claas
 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24th 

Anderson Fair – CLOSED

Armadillo Palace – CLOSED

Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Strange Love

Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Ruse

Big Easy (The) – CLOSED

Borski’s (Willis) – blues & rock jam w/Marie English & Ricky Jackson (3-6 pm)

Continental Club (The) – CLOSED

Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Double Ought

Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – New Birth Brass Band

Einstein’s Pub – The Reds

Fenders (LaMarque) - CLOSED

KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Still Standin’

Last Concert Café – CLOSED

Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – CLOSED

Old Heidelberg – Chameleon

Oz Bar – Coco

Proletariat (The) – Anti-Christ Show

Red Cat Jazz Café – Dean James

Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)

Sambuca Restaurant – Tommy Dardar

Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band

Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Bad Boyfriend

Shakespeare’s Pub – Don Kesee & the Blues Masters

Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Cross Check

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – BC & the Crisis

Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Downcry

Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – The Slags

Vintage Bar – CLOSED

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25th

Big Easy (The) – CLOSED

Borski’s (Willis) – blues jam w/Donny Simmons (4 pm)

Continental Club (The) – Thunderado (9 pm); The Handsomes (10:30 pm)

Cosmos – CLOSED

Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – New Birth Brass Band (5-9 pm)

Dean’s Credit Clothing – Sunday Session w/Pete Simple (8-11 pm)

Diallo’s of Houston – Trudy Lynn/Faye Robinson (4-8 pm)

Duke’s Place (Anahuac) – Pete Mayes & the Texas Houserockers (5-9 pm)

Etta’s - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters

Fenders (LaMarque) – CLOSED

Fitzgerald’s – 30 Foot Fall

JP Hops House – open mic hosted by TC Smythe (6 pm)

Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam w/The Amigos (6-10 pm)

Ken’s Club – open mic w/Blue Flash

Last Concert Café – jam (12-5:30 pm); Fahl & Folk (6 pm)

Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - CLOSED

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Supper Session (4-11 pm)

Moody Gardens (Galveston) – Chameleon (Festival of Lights; 6-10 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) – acoustic electric open mic (3 pm)

Ponderosa – O’Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – jam w/Gary Lee (8 pm)
Prego’s (Rice Village) – Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm; ongoing)

Proletariat (The) – The Guilloteens

Reno’s (Webster) – Still Standin’
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rudyard’s – Tody Castillo/Scattered Pages
Sambuca Restaurant – CLOSED
Scout Bar (Seabrook) – Erase the Virus/Supavillian/Abasia
Shakespeare’s Pub – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray

Shamrock Inn – open mic w/Patrick & Chad (7-10 pm)

Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Danny & Rusty

Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – 11th Hour

Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – showcase

Splash (Seabrook) – Magazine (unplugged) w/Shea (3:30-7:30 pm)

Sturgis By The Bay (Seabrook) – The Mighty Orq (solo; 2 pm)

Super Happy Fun Land – CJ Boyd/A Fluff Christmas/The Gomez X-spearmint/

          The High Elves Christmas/The Krinkles

Tavern (The) (West Gray) – Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm; ongoing)

10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)

Uncle Albert’s – open mic

 

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