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I'm sometimes called 'Bluesguy'. Oddly, it isn't because I play the blues.
I often don't play the blues - although the blues is large part of my musical language and I often DO play the blues.
I haven't always played the blues. I don't always play the blues now.
And -
I call myself by my given name - Guy.
But...
When I was a teenager, I'd do anything and go anywhere to be close to the music and the (mostly rock) musicians who made the music.
My parents listened to swing and bebop for the most part (Dad later tried Country & Western when we moved to Texas), but I was digging the British Invasion during my early musician years. I dug the Stones, The Beatles, The Animals, The Who, and had no idea that I was listening the blues being rehashed by all of my favorite British rockers.
Dinah Washington's records were amongst my Mom's favorite sing-a-longs, so I guess the blues had a comfortable home base in my head, but I proclaimed myself a rocker, and lived the life through the tiny successes of my teenage
rock bands.
One afternoon when I was 16, I got a call from Jim Clinton, one of the older guys who played music from my high school, now graduated and a drummer in a popular local band (with a hit record on the radio) named The Magic Ring. Jim told me he would pick me up early for a concert. After picking me up at my parents' home, we picked up an older black man, who he introduced as 'Sam'.
Jim drove me and Sam to the Jewish Community Center for a 'Night Of Folk Music'. The performers were to be two I had never heard of, John Lomax & Sam 'Lightning' Hopkins.
That night turned out to be one o those moments one can point to and say -"my life was changed".
John Lomax was a historian and archivist, and his performance was part lecture, part storytelling, and part DJ, as he played tapes made from his travels into the backwoods of America, retold stories he had collected
from Native American folklore, sang songs he had recorded from delta negroes, and recited poetry from the Appalachians. He also told his own stories about his travels and adventures while collecting and archiving this American folk art.
Then, Sam got up and sat down to play.
Wow!
He was deep and raw! It was inspiring!
Jim and I were two feet away from and sitting at the feet of Lightning Hopkins.
We rode with him in Jim's car.
Wow!
The full meaning of my adventure was not clear to me for years. I had no idea how important those guys were to me 'til years later - and that was years after I found out how important they were to the rest of the world.
Like many others, I've spend hours of my life enjoying the music of blues artists who only came to be known through the archival work and recordings of John Lomax,
and his son Alan Lomax.
Like many others, I've been influenced by the music and songs of Sam 'Lightning' Hopkins, but with one big difference - I got to know him and play with him!
When Rex Bell wasn't available, I was one of the guys who got the call to play bass with Sam. This led to other, similar opportunities, too, like getting more phone calls to sub on bass when John Lee Hooker came to town, and then then Jimmy Reed.
Living within the rich blues culture in Houston, Texas, USA, I began meeting the most amazing musicians and songwriters. Great bluesmen and blueswomen. Mance Liscomb, Juke Boy Bonner, Albert Collins, Rocky Hill, Jerald Gray, Townes Van Zant, Blaze Foley, Kinney Abair. I got to play with many, party with others, and I wrote about them, too.
I like to write - songs and prose. I'm writing this now...
That's when I got the nickname 'BluesGuy' - As a
writer who wrote about blues and blues artists. For years, it had nothing to do with the music. I wrote about the culture, the blues jams, the musicians. I played bass in rock bands, and subbed on bass with blues and country artists, too. I wrote about my adventures. I was 'Bluesguy'.
Of course, the blues is an infectious form - it HAD infected my British-invasion heroes (and me, too) - so I've carried the blues with me through everything else.
The hiphop kids liked that name, so I became 'BluesGuy' again. When we recorded that great CD with Opie & Kool B, they both insisted that I use the 'Bluesguy' name. If you've never heard that CD, it's pretty cool (two acoustic guitars & poetry) at <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=16373961">itunes</a>.
So, I make music under that 'Bluesguy' name now, too. I've done some recording work with Gloria Edwards, Jerald Gray and Little Joe Washington, and contributed music and songs to projects with them and Calvin Owens and Hamilton Loomis.
In 2000, I collected the blues songs from my previous few mixed-genre CDs, and put out my first album containing nothing but blues & R&B songs, and used the 'BluesGuy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies' name as the artist. Made a new all-blues CD in 2004. They do better than most of my other titles online (except the weed stuff) -probably because it's easier to define when googling with search-words.
I'm working on a funk-rock CD and a bluesy
Americana-style CD right now. I've made a lot of albums, with all types of music, and just two of my 40 albums are blues-only studio albums, and three more are live recordings of blues events.
ST. PAUL, MN (AP) -- Fans who bought tickets from an online broker for June 26-27 concerts by Tom Petty with Pearl Jam at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota may find themselves without seats.
Petty's management and Ticketmaster have cancelled about 460 seats that had been set aside for fan club members but showed up on the Internet, being resold at a higher price.
Petty's manager says the tickets will be offered once again to fan club members under more strict guidelines. Those who buy the tickets will have to show a photo ID to pick up the tickets on the night of the concert.
Some scalpers apparently joined Petty's fan club to buy tickets and resell them at a higher price. That practice violates the club's terms and Minnesota law.
"We don't claim to have completely eliminated all reselling activity on these or any other shows," manager Tony Dimitriades said in a statement on Petty's website. "But this is definitely a step in the right direction and a major strike on behalf of the good guys."
Those are the ones that say 'BluesGuy'.
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PETTY, PEARL JAM TOUR
Ticketmaster & Scalpers Beware!
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Petty, Pearl Jam
Cancel Tickets To Fight Online Scalpers
Posted: May 9, 2006
Posted: May 9, 2006
ST. PAUL, MN (AP) -- Fans who bought tickets from an online broker for June 26-27 concerts by Tom Petty with Pearl Jam at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota may find themselves without seats.
Petty's management and Ticketmaster have cancelled about 460 seats that had been set aside for fan club members but showed up on the Internet, being resold at a higher price.
Petty's manager says the tickets will be offered once again to fan club members under more strict guidelines. Those who buy the tickets will have to show a photo ID to pick up the tickets on the night of the concert.
Some scalpers apparently joined Petty's fan club to buy tickets and resell them at a higher price. That practice violates the club's terms and Minnesota law.
"We don't claim to have completely eliminated all reselling activity on these or any other shows," manager Tony Dimitriades said in a statement on Petty's website. "But this is definitely a step in the right direction and a major strike on behalf of the good guys."
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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound & KPFT 90.1FM
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FRIDAY, MAY 12th
Acadia Sports Bar - Fallen
Anderson Fair – Southpaw Jones & Matt the Electrician
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Down to Earth Band
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – The Digglers
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – The Ruse
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Livin Proof
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Skip Devlin (Showroom); Twenty After/
IH5/Stillframe (Casinobar)
Bano’s – Curtis King Band
Big Easy (The) – Sonny Boy Terry
Borski’s
(Willis) – Steve Tenpenny
Bossa – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Walt Wilkins & Sam Baker
Cadillac Bar (Kemah) – Down to Earth Band (7-11 pm)
Captain’s Table (Galveston) – J.D. Richards
Cheers (Tomball) – JD & the Misfits Band
Claudio’s Piano Bar (Kemah) – David Brake & That Damn Band
Concert Pub (The) – Mark Chandler
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Bill Kirchen (10 pm);
Micky & the Motorcars (11:30 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Box Cox (8:30 pm)
Cosmos – Eric Tessmer Band
Coyote Bar – 2nd Wind
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Green Onions (8 pm)
Cube Sports Bar – Saucerhead
Cypress Lounge - Andre
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Fahl & Folk (7-9 pm); Carolyn Wonderland
Einstein’s
Pub (Katy) – BC & the Crisis
Engine Room (The) – Fondue Monks
Firehouse Saloon – Max Stalling
Fitzgerald’s (down) – Texas High Life
Fitzgerald’s (up) – Phil Pritchett & the Full Band/Dead End Cowboys
517 Bar (Dickinson) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Forgetta’Bout It – Iron Mayhem
Froggie’s Saloon – High Tech
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Hideaway (The) – Luther & the Healers
Howling Coyote (The) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
JP Hops House – Texas Songwriters Showcasse w/Willie B/Michael Pope/
Danny Everitt/Selia Qynn
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Mark May Band
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Straight Arrow Band
FRIDAY, MAY 12th (continued)
Last Concert Café – New Orleans musicians (Emergency Communities
fundraiser; 7 pm); Vibe Committee
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) – Davin James
Main Street Crossing (Tomball) – Smythe & Taylor
Marguerite’s (Santa Fe) – Misbehavin
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Jimmy LaFave (8 pm)
Mike’s Place – Guilty Party
Mike’s Ultimate – Trick Dog
Mink (The) (3718 Main St.) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Horizon
New World Cuisine (Pearland) – Chameleon (6-9 pm)
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
Nutty Bar (The) – Mambo Jazz Kings
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Sisters Morales
Ouisie’s Table – Mark Towns Duo (6:30-9:30 pm)
Oz Bar – Level One
Palmer Club (Texas City) – Fuzz Box Junkies
Papa’s On The Lake –
Earlywine
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – The Slags
Red Cat Jazz Café – Kermit Ruffin
Ringside @ Sullivan’s – - Big Otis
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Nervewreck/Slivered/Camino
Sambuca Restaurant – Water Colours
Sansone’s – Mark Zeus
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Buckcherry/Nonpoint/Revelation Theory
Shakespeare’s Pub – Pete Mayes & the Texas House Rockers
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) - Synergy
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Bad Boyfriend
Sidecar Pub (The) – Lazlo/Jack in the Pulpet/Ryan Euing/Clairmont
Sips Wine & Tea Room (Atascocita) – open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (8 pm)
Sports N More – Fuzzy Side Up
Stags Head Pub – Tody Castillo
Super Happy Fun Land –
Annabella
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Navigators (6-10 pm)
Tobin’s – Scott Sileo (9 pm)
Walter’s on Washington – Flametrick Subs/Luxurious Panthers
Warehouse Live – Imogen Heap (The Studio)
SATURDAY, MAY 13th
Acadia Sports Bar – Lonestar Pornstar/57 States/The Unknown Locals
Anderson Fair – Michael Troy
Armadillo Palace – Mike Mancy
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – The Digglers
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – Livin Proof
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Van Wilks (Showroom); Jose Alvarez
(CD release) (Casinobar)
Beer Cellar Bar (The) – Marc Twyman’s Electric Blues Experience
Big Easy (The) – Mike Morgan
Borski’s (Willis) – blues
& rock jam w/Marie English & Ricky Jackson (3-6 pm);
Steve Tenpenny
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Eric Taylor
Cheers (Tomball) – Lonely Road
Concert Pub (The) – Beatles Tribute Band
Continental Club (The) – Grupo Fantasma (10 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Kimberly Kelley Band Unplugged (9 pm)
Cosmos – Johnny Falstaff
County Line – Cypress Creek (6 pm)
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Phil Johnson (8 pm)
Crown Club (Spring) – 2nd Wind
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Spoonfed Tribe
Einstein’s Pub (Katy) – Landshark
Engine Room (The) – Rated E/Lao Tzu/Ill Logik
Firehouse Saloon – Stoney LaRue/Texas High Life
Fitzgerald’s (up) – The Finalist/Morningside Drive/Eye Against
Flashback (Humble) – Shannon & Lance G
Forgetta’Bout It – Wide Open Throttle (CD release)
Froggie’s Saloon – Hit N Run
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Texas Jamboree Boys
Hideaway (The) – Lounge 4407
Howling Coyote (The) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Jernigan’s (Texas City) - Counsel
JP Hops House – Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tallboys
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – The Sharks
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – David Glenn
Last Concert Café – Robert Socia Band
Marguerite’s (Santa Fe) – Misbehavin
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Slaid Cleaves (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
SATURDAY, MAY 13th (continued)
Mercury Room – Brotherhood
Meridian (The) – The Fray/The Damnwells (SOLD OUT)
Mike’s Ultimate – Short Notice
Millbend Coffeehouse – The Berrymans
Miss Behaving – Don Martinez & Raizin Cain
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Craig Morgan/Angela Peterson/Rhythm of the Road
Mojo Risin’ Coffee House – Sugar Bayou (7 pm)
Mr. B’s Billiards (Katy) – Fuzzy Side Up
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – The Hudsons
Ole Moulton Bank (Moulton) – Steve Tenpenny Band
Ouisie’s Table – Mark Towns Duo (6:30-9:30 pm)
Ovations – Ray Younkin (8:30 pm)
Oz Bar - Legacy
Palmer Club (Texas City) – Nite Waves
Papa’s On The Lake – Honest Mango
Papadeaux (Seabrook) – Zydeco Joe (6-10 pm)
Playmakers Live – Not The Rachels
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
R & R Sports Bar & Grill (Barker Cypress) – The Volumizers
Rascal’s Bar & Grill – Scott
Sileo
Red Cat Jazz Café – Mary Griffin
Ringside @ Sullivan’s – Mambo Jazz Kings
Riverside Inn (Channelview) – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show (5 pm)
Rocky’s Pelican Junction (Baytown) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
(benefit for Burl McCartney; 3 pm)
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard’s – Moonlight Towers/Savoy Special/Sitka Sound
Sambuca Restaurant – Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Sansone’s – Black Water Gospel
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Spazmatics
Shakespeare’s Pub – Jabo & the Southside Players
Shanahan’s (Conroe) – Josh Weathers Band
Shelly’s (Jamaica Beach) – J.D. Richards
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Rat Ranch
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) - Adrenaline
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Downcry
Sidecar Pub (The) – Zoo Seventeen/Flaming Hellcats
SATURDAY, MAY 13th (continued)
Sons of Hermann Hall – River Road Boys (8 pm)
Splash (Bacliff) – Abraham’s Tree
Splash (Seabrook) – Soulful Tears
Sports N More – Bionic Appendage
Stags Head Pub – Kim Carson Trio
Super Happy Fun Land – Sicker Than Sick/The Low Ends/The Hit Em’ Up Squad
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Cruise Control (2-4 pm)
Tailgate Bar & Grill (Washington Ave.) – Reckless Southerners
Texas Nights Concerts (281-992-5817) – Ray Wylie Hubbard
Texas Tradition (Katy) – Ron & Reta Rebstock
Time Out Sports Bar (Fuqua) – 3 Peace
Tommy’s (Westheimer) – David Caceres/Matt Lemmler (6 pm)
Uncle Albert’s - Spiffingtons
Walter’s on Washington – Anguish in Exile/Iconoclast/Bloodvoid/Fierce Allegiance
West University Community Center – Jack Williams (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, MAY 14th (Mother’s Day)
Big Easy (The) – The Zydeco Dots
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac (2-6 pm)
Borski’s (Willis) – classic rock band (4 pm)
Captain’s Table (Galveston) – J.D. Richards
Casa Mexican Restaurant Cantini (The) – Rod Garcia Entertainment
(6:30-9:30 pm)
Claudio’s Piano Bar (Kemah) –
jazz brunch w/Horace Grigsby
Cosmos – Swing Kings w/Herb Remington
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Bourbon Street (4 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Diallo’s of Houston – Trudy Lynn/Faye Robinson (5-9 pm)
Downtown Aquarium – Chameleon (2-6 pm)
East Beach Pavilion (Galveston) – Reyna & Powerplay (2-6 pm)
Etta’s – Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Fitzgerald’s – Deus/Machina
Jernigan’s (Texas City) – jam
JP Hops House – Houston Fort Bend Songwriters Association Monthly
Meeting (1:30 pm); showcase (4 pm); open mic hosted by T.C. Smythe
(6 pm)
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – jam w/The Amigos (7-11 pm)
Ken’s Club – open mic jam w/Blue Flash
Last Concert Café – jam (12-5:30 pm); Fahl & Folk (6 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – The Hudsons (7
pm)
Meridian (The) – Project 86/The Panic Division/The Last Starfighter
Mr. Gino’s – Don Kesee (4 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)
Ovations – Mark Inouye (7 pm)
Papa’s On The Lake – Luther & the Healers
Papadeaux (Seabrook) – Zydeco Joe (6-10 pm)
Perry’s Grill (The Woodlands) – Morgan Bouldin (11 am-3 pm)
Ponderosa Club – I.J. Gosey & the Supreme Band (5-9 pm)
Poor Michael’s On The Strand (Galveston) – jam (8 pm)
Prego’s (Rice Village) – Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm)
Reno’s (Webster) – Still Standin’
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Rudyard’s – El Ten Eleven
Saltgrass Steakhouse (Kemah) – Ron & Reta Rebstock
Sambuca Restaurant – Sheri Lavo/Blue Monks
Sansone’s – open mic jam w/Flash (5-9 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Pimpadelic/7 Story Drop/Straightfork
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 (Bacliff) – open jam (3-6 pm)
Super Happy Fun Land – Stephen Flinn/Infant Mortality Rate
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Rose & Ben (12-4 pm); Bert Wills Band (5 pm)
Tavern (The) – Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Tiki Bay (Baytown) –
Guppies From Outer Space
Tobin’s – Scott Sileo (4 pm)
Uncle Albert’s – open mic
Walter’s on Washington – Soul Position/One.Be.Lo
That's it for now.
See you where the live music is!
-Guy Schwartz (& The New Jack
Hippies)
Texaans muzikant, songwriter, bandleader, producer, filmmaker, auteu
HIPPIES TV - Gratis webvideo's op http://www.hippies.tv/
Houston, Texas, VSA 001-713-721-0093
"De meest toonaangevende bluesrock hippie jam band van Texas" -Billy Block (Western Beat)
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