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*MONDAYS @ HELIOS - Wow! Report From The Infield
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*HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS - Nomination Time (link provided)
*WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
The Monday night essay is pretty good, but first,
a couple of words from our sponsors...
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BILLY BLOCK'S WESTERN BEAT HOUSTON
Live Showcase & Videotaping - The Last Friday of Every Month
Dan Electro's - 8:30pm
Cover charge is $5, but we give you a $6 show!
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It's easy, early show. Starts at 8:30pm,
and most artists will be featured by 10:30pm
Then, we turn off the video lights and party.
May 26th
Hosted
By Guy Schwartz
starring
Jack Saunders - singer songwriter extraordinaire
Mandy Smith - alt. americana rocker
Rose & Ben - country sweethearts
Randy Soffar - singer/songwriter returns home
The New Jack Western Beat Hippies - house band to the stars
June 30th
Hosted By Billy Block & Guy Schwartz
starring
Cam King - Austin Explosive & Nashville Songwriter
Kim Miller - Hill Country Songstress
Bob Showdown - The Lionel Richie of Texas Rock
Z-Rocks - '80s Power Pop Cult Legends
Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies - anything can happen
Fahl & Folk - warming up the crowd at 8:30pm
The New Jack Western Beat Hippies - house band to the stars
July 28th
Hosted By Guy
Schwartz
starring
BluesGuy & The Blue Jack Hippies - internationally known blues psuedonym
Fahl & Folk - warming up the crowd at 8:30pm
The New Jack Western Beat Hippies - house band to the stars
More TBA
Shows will be cablecast on Hippies.TV
on the 3rd Friday of the following month
and available online at www.hippies.tv
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Tonight's episode of Hippies.TV is
BILLY BLOCK'S WESTERN BEAT HOUSTON REUNION
Billy Block returns home to Houston
for a reunioun with old bandmates and friends. 12.2005
Hosted By Billy Block
starring
Rock 'Dr. Rockit' Romano
Jack Saunders
Z-Rocks
Rose & Ben
Guy Schwartz &
The New Jack Hippies
Hippies.TV is seen on
Houston Time-Warner Cable
Channel 17 at 10pm Friday Nights
- then -
Online beginning Sunday at www.hippies.tv
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MONDAY NIGHT:Report from The Infield
THE TRADE & THE MEDICINE SHOW - Serious Music & Serious Fun
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It was Monday night, and I felt like getting out.
The computer on the left was busy rendering a Michael Heyman concert video I had just edited, and the computer on the right was uploading a Drop Trio concert video to the web. Neither one of these silicon and metal companions would need me for a couple of hours yet.
MArlo asked, "Is there anything to do on Mondays?"
It's a night we are often
at home, whether travelling or in Houston. Not many Monday night gigs on the road. Our Mondays often tend to lean towards a version of most American's Sundays - sleeping a bit late, an afternoon adventure or outing, home early for a home cooked meal and fade out on the TIVOed programs we missed on the weekend.
But - we live in Houston, the big wooly behemoth of the south, home of so much music that Nashville, Los Angeles and New York are all teeming with Texans. There had to be lots of music out there.
I looked at the Blues Hound's calendar and found fifteen 'live music' events and appearances on a Monday night. Cool. Jams at The Red Cat downtown and KKs in Pasadena. The acoustic session at Dean's and Wayne Wilkerson's great open mic at The Mucky Duck.The Mighty Orq was at The Big Easy and there was a rock-a-billy show at The Meridian.
All good choices, but none of
them really hit the spot for my mood.
My workaholic mood.
So -
I decided to print some flyers and fill the boxes of all the programmers at KPFT-FM90.1 with the information and advertising propaganda for next week's big WESTERN BEAT HOUSTON SHOW next Friday at Dan Electro's.
Getting off the new 527 spur and on my way down lower Westheimer, I passed Helios. The parking lots for Helios (and Mangoes next door) were packed, and the parked cars continued all the way around the block on my way to the radio station.
So, I went back to Helios. What a great scene.
Before I left the parking lot, I ran into Jason Jackson, a fine young saxophonist and composer who's work with Quantum 5 and The Secret Beat Society (and The new Jack Hippies) may be familiar to you. If you need a visual, go to
Hippies.TV and check the 'But The Night' video. Jason's behind me on the pier during the last verse.
Jason and I talked about old times, music, life and Mother's Day for a half hour or so. He told me that The Trade was playing great jazz upstairs, and I could hear the bluegrass band I didn't know through the windows downstairs. Jason told me that the bluegrass guys would turn into an electric band on their last set.
By the time I went in, the bluegrass band was taking a break, so I went upstairs to hear The Trade. These Monday night sessions were an old favorite of mine, but it had been a while. The musicians were lined up to sit-in, and The Trade knocked my socks off. One piece after another, these guys demonstrated why many consider them the best jazz ensemble in town. Mixing standards with funk, salsa and lots of improv, Drummer Charlie Perez has held this thing
together for 5 years, starting out as a jazz jam and evolving into a great band which currently includes John Durbin-Trumpet and cat calls; Tim Ruiz- Bass; Tito C.- Tenor Sax; Rangel- Keyboards, and a long list of musicians which rivals The New Jack Hippies roster of the same!
On my way downstairs, I started to feel the floor shake. The bluesgrass band, called The Medicine Show, had picked up electric instruments were now ten or more musicians leading the crowd through frenzied set of music that had this audience stomping, dancing, drinking, sweating, screaming and all types of other things people do when the music takes their self-consciousness away to a world of sublime abandon.
I recognized a few from the old open-turtable jam that my son, Levon Louis, used to hold at The Oven. In an attempt to make music more organically, they had traded in their turntables for instruments, and had connected
with this crowd, who were now their zombies. I was their zombie, too!
It was a lot of fun!
And - this is a regular Monday night thing! Both bands!
The Blues Hound is going to have to get this one onto his calendar.
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HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS - Nomination Time
and tell 'em who you like!
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You don't have to live in Houston!
You don't have to nominate me!
Check out some of
the great performances
in the films about our
SOUTH BY DUE EAST fest
and
nominate the artists you like.
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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound & Baby Girl and KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY, MAY 19th
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Acadia Sports Bar – Rue Bourbon
Anderson Fair – Dana Cooper
Armadillo Palace – Rusty Wier
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Digglers
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Mark May Band (Showroom)
Bano’s – 4-Barrel Ramblers
Baytown Fair Grounds - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (benefit for Robert E. Lee
High School Project Graduation & Baytown Youth Fair & Rodeo; 8-11 pm)
Big Daddy’s Sports Bar (Spring) - Airwaves
Big Easy (The) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Big John’s Ice House – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show (7 pm)
Blanco’s – Dan T Chambers Band
Bob Wills Jr’s Danceland (Conroe) – Bill Bertrand
Borski’s (Willis) – Rob Darien
Brian O’Neill’s – Trey Clark Band
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Bluehouse
Bungalo 8 - Bogart
Cadillac Bar (Kemah) – Down to Earth Band (7-11 pm)
Captain’s Table (Galveston) – J.D. Richards
Chantilly Room (LaPorte) – Shannon & Lance G
Cheers (Tomball) – Spring Creek Band
Coffee Oasis (Seabrook) – Dylan Williams
Concert Pub (The) – Rick Marcel
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); South Austin
Jug Band (10 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Malcolm Holcombe (8:30 pm)
Cosmos – Steve Krase & the In Crowd
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality
Blues Band (8 pm)
Crown Club (Spring) – Sugar Buzz Dou
Cube Sports Bar – Buying Time
Cypress Lounge – Brian Loftin
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – “Thanks Bob” w/Fahl & Folk/Sweet Mama
Cotton and more (KPFT 90.1 FM benefit)
Doubletree Hotel - Calvin Owens & the Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra presenting
Carolyn Blanchard/Tweed Smith/Jabo/Davy J w/special guests Joe
Carmouche Jazz Band/Ray Parsee & the All Stars w/Vanessa And Trudy Lynn presenting Conrad Johnson’s Big Band/The Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra (2 CD release party)
Einstein’s Pub (Katy) – BC & the Crisis
Fire on the Strings Festival (Magnolia) www.bayareabluegrass.org
White Dove (1-1:50 pm); Hucks Acoustic Revue (2-2:50 pm);
No Strings Attached (3-3:50 pm); Bluegrass Solution (4-4:50 pm);
TVA (5:30-6:20 pm); Classical Grass (6:30-7:20 pm); Lonestar Bluegrass
Band (7:30-8:20 pm); Hickory Hill (8:30-9:20 pm); Cadillac Sky (9:30 pm)
Firehouse Saloon – Randy Rogers Band/Brandon Rhyder
First Tee – Willie B & the Silver Backs
Fitzgerald’s (down) – Devola
510 Sports Bar – The Grateful Geezers
518 West Sports Bar (League City) – King’s Highway
Forgetta’Bout It – Deafening/Rowe/Cerebro/Faze Out
Froggie’s Saloon – Joe Valentino
Gabby’s (Telephone Road) – Kalinec & Chambers (6:30 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Vintage Sounds
Hideaway (The) – Romeo Dogs
Howling Coyote (The) – Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Jack’s For Cocktails – Dirty Old Men
Jernigan’s (Texas City) – Soulful Tears
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Shakedown
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Mark Miller
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Fidelity Max
Last Concert Café – Shady Deal
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Jack Saunders (8 pm)
Meridian (The) – Devildriver/Bury Your Dead/Remembering Never/
If Hope Dies/Artemis Pyledriver (6:30 pm)
Mi Luna – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars
Mike’s Place – Likely Story
Mike’s Ultimate – Strange Brew
Mo’s Place (Katy) – BadLandz
Molly’s (Westheimer @ Wilcrest) – Scott Sileo (9 pm)
Muddie Waters Coffeehouse – Damon Rexroad (8 pm)
My Bar – Torque
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole – Salting Job/Frisbee/Hand Over Fist
Nutty Bar (The) – CC Rider
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Ded Ringers
Oz Bar – Just Got Lucky
Palmer Club (Texas City) – Full Throttle
Papa’s On The Lake – Gary Bohem
Pennison’s Sports Bar (Copperfield) – Land Shark
Pennison’s Sports Bar (Sugar Land) – Pocket Change
Potbelly – Keith Serpa (11 pm)
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Level One
Rainbow Room – 2nd Wind
Red Cat Jazz Café – Kermit Ruffin
Ringside @ Sullivan’s – Fried Ice Cream
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Mary Cutrufello
Sambuca Restaurant – Shape Shifters
Sammi’s – Faye Robinson (10 pm)
Sansone’s – Attitude Band
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Downcry
Shakespeare’s Pub – Shawn Pittman
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Bad Boyfriend
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Nervous Rex
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Pirate Radio
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Rat Ranch
Sidecar Pub (The) – Jimmy Lynch/House of Moist/Dames Violet/Valentimes
Sips Wine & Tea Room (Atascocita) – open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (8 pm)
Splash (Bacliff) - Magazine
Sports N More – The Spiffingtons
Spring Tavern (Spring) – Fuzzy Side Up
Stags Head Pub – The Mighty Orq
Super Happy Fun Land – The Transmission/Bad Sun/Taught Me
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Janet Z (6-10 pm)
Texan’s Sports Bar (LaPorte) - Wiseguy
Topwater Grill (San Leon) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (7 pm)
Uncle Albert’s - Chromatics
Walter’s on Washington – By the End of Tonight/O’Pioneers/Buxton
Warehouse Live – Jimmie Vaughan w/Lou Ann Barton
West Alabama Ice House – Luther & the Healers (6-10 pm)
Whiskey River (Humble) – Cecil Shaw
SATURDAY, MAY 20th
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Acadia Sports Bar – Dave’s Not Here/Breed Society
Al’s Sports Bar #2 (Westheimer) – Search Party
Anderson Fair – Bob Livingston
Armadillo Palace – Gary P. Nunn
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Luther & the Healers (9:30 pm)
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Right on Red
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Promise
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Calvin Owens Orchestra featuring Trudy
Lynn/Davie Jay/Tweed (Showroom); Counsel/Goody Bag (Casinobar)
Big Daddy’s Sports Bar – 4 Play
Big Easy (The) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Bob Wills Jr’s Danceland (Conroe) – Bill Bertrand
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – 4-Barrel Ramblers
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Toni Price
Bungalo 8 – Life of Riley/Black Tuesday
Chances – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quintet
Chantilly Room (LaPorte) – Shannon & Lance G
Cheers (Tomball) – Spring Creek Band
Concert Pub (The) – Mettallica Tribute Band
Continental Club (The) – Sam Winch (9 pm); The Small Stars (10 pm);
The Weary Boys (11:30 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Mark Jungers Band (9 pm)
Cosmos – Norma Zenteno
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Phil Johnson (8 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Soulful Tears
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bipeds
Einstein’s Pub (Katy) – Infinity’s Twin
EJ’s Place – Shannon & Lance G (3-7 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Dawn Over Zero (CD release); Glass Intrepid/Chrome 44/
Makeshifte
5th Street Café & Wine Bar (Kemah) – Groove Grease w/Donny Taylor (7-11 pm)
Fire on the Strings Festival (Magnolia) www.bayareabluegrass.org
Lonestar Bluegrass Band (2-2:50 pm); Cadillac Sky (3-3:50 pm);
Blue Highway (4-5 pm); Hickory Hill (5:10-6 pm); Bluegrass
Solution (6:50-7:40 pm); Classical Grass (7:50-8:40 pm);
Cadillac Sky (8:50-9:40 pm); Blue Highway (9:50-10:50 pm)
Firehouse Saloon – JC Eason/Paul Eason
Fitzgerald’s (down) - Live Broadcast, Joe’s Roadhouse (90.1 FM KPFT)
w/Uncle Mojo/Mark May Band (3-6 pm); Stalking Chloe/Four Men
Walking/Somewhat Damaged/Withered
Fitzgerald’s (up) - Mechanical Boy/History of our Presence/The Last Place You
Look/Charlize/Another Day/Stadium (up) (8 pm)
518 West Sports Bar (League City) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Forgetta’Bout It – Stride/Damascus
Froggie’s Saloon – High Tech
Grisby Grill – Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)
Hawg Stop (Channelview) - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (Pair-A-Dice MC 10th
Anniversary party & swapmeet & dice run)
Henry’s Hideout – The Cool Water Band
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – The Blenders
Hideaway (The) – Trick Dog
Howling Coyote (The) – Bitter Creek
Jack’s For Cocktails – Dirty Old Men
Jernigan’s (Texas City) – rock jam
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Kemah Boardwalk – Cypress Creek (5:30 pm)
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Bubba Baker
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Fidelity Max
Last Concert Café – Plump/Praia Urbana
Last Organic Outpost (4507½ Inman) - Houston Blues Society Blues & Greens
Festival w/Jeremiah Johnson & Ray Griffith/Steve Krase & the In Crowd/
Sandy Hickey & the Soul Providers (2-9 pm)
Martinis & More (The Woodlands) – Down to Earth Band
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Sisters Morales (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room – Atlantics
Meridian (The) – The Panic Channel (7 pm)
Mike’s Ultimate – Overload
Miss Behaving – Don Martinez & Raizin Cain
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Zona Jones
Mojo Risin’ Coffee House – Mark Zeus (7 pm); Keith Serpa (10:30 pm)
Muddie Waters Coffeehouse – Tommy Collins (8 pm)
My Bar – Drivin’ Wheel
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Austin
19th Hole – Troublemaker/Soulharbour/Black Dog
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – “Thanks Bob” wFahl & Folk and more
(tribute to Bob Dylan)
Ole Moulton Bank (Moulton) – Tim Hall Band
Oz Bar – What Is Hip
Palmer Club (Texas City) – Nite Waves
Papa’s On The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Parrot Pub (Spring) – Wes Brown
Pennison’s Sports Bar (Copperfield) - Victim
Playmakers Live – Not The Rachels
Q Sports Bar & Billiards (Katy) – Identity Crisis
R & R Sports Bar & Grill (Barker Cypress) – Rhythm Bandits
Red Cat Jazz Café – Mary Griffin
Ringside @ Sullivan’s – Infinite Groove
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – 2nd Wind
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rowdy’s Roadhouse (Hitchcock) - Wiseguy
Rudyard’s – The Dicks (CD release)/Poor Dumb Bastards/The Squishees
Sambuca Restaurant – Shape Shifters
Sammi’s – Faye Robinson (10 pm)
Sansone’s – Two Hoots & A Holler
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Slags
Shakespeare’s Pub – John McVey & the Stumble
Shanahan’s (Conroe) – Dilana
Shelly’s (Jamaica Beach) – J.D. Richards
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Pirate Radio
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Rock Starz
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) - Adrenaline
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Rat Ranch
Splash (Bacliff) – The Chevys
Splash (Seabrook) – 646
Sports N More – Southern Accents
Spring Tavern (Spring) – Level One Band
Stags Head Pub – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – O.G.R.E. (6-10 pm)
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) – Full Moon
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – The Crisis
Traders Village – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers
Tut’s (Conroe) – Captain Legendary Band
Uncle Albert’s – Lounge 4407
Walter’s on Washington – The Matches/MC Lars/Whole Wheat Bread/
O’Doyle Rules
Warehouse Live – Ice Cube/The Dogg Pound/Clipse/Jiggolo
Whiskey River (Humble) – Jackson Taylor Band
Wired Java & Internet Café – Keith Serpa (7-8 pm)
Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival (The) www.woodlandsartfestival.com
Brother2Brother/Scott Swezy (10 am-6 pm)
Woody’s Pub – 3 Peace
SUNDAY, MAY 21st
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Big Easy (The) – Wilfred Chevis
Borski’s (Willis) – classic rock band (4 pm)
Captain’s Table (Galveston) – J.D. Richards
Casa Mexican Restaurant Cantina (The) – Rod Garcia Entertainment
(6:30-9:30 pm)
Cosmos – Gypsies
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Southside Playboys (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)
Etta’s – Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Billie Ledbetter Orchestra (5-8 pm)
Henry’s Hideout - Element
Howling Coyote (The) - Mark May Band/The Nationals/Bitter Creek/Marie
English/Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters/Brook Ballard/Shannon & Lance G
and more (fundraiser for Laura Truax; 2 pm)
JP Hops House – NSAI 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 w/Sweet Mama Cotton
(6 pm)
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Luther & the Healers (6-10 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Sarah Dinan (7 pm)
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)
Oxford Hall – Notorious (7 pm)
Papa’s On The Lake – Rag Top
Pasadena Fairgrounds - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (Pasadena Strawberry
Festival; 5:30-7 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) – Django Walker
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
Sansone’s – jam w/Flash (5-9 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Neverset/Dirty Wormz/John Evans Band
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
Sidecar Pub – acoustic open mic
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) – Lonestar Bluegrass Band (7 pm)
Super Happy Fun Land – Trampled By Turtles
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bert Wills Band (5-9 pm)
Tavern (The) – Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Tobin’s – Scott Sileo (4 pm)
Traders Village – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers
Uncle Albert’s – open mic
Walter’s on Washington – Pelican/Mono/The Life & Times
Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival (The) www.woodlandsartfestival.com
Brother2Brother/Scott Swezy (10 am-6 pm)
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Acadia Sports Bar – Rue Bourbon
Anderson Fair – Dana Cooper
Armadillo Palace – Rusty Wier
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Sonic Amber
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Digglers
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Mark May Band (Showroom)
Bano’s – 4-Barrel Ramblers
Baytown Fair Grounds - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (benefit for Robert E. Lee
High School Project Graduation & Baytown Youth Fair & Rodeo; 8-11 pm)
Big Daddy’s Sports Bar (Spring) - Airwaves
Big Easy (The) – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Big John’s Ice House – Snit’s Dog & Pony Show (7 pm)
Blanco’s – Dan T Chambers Band
Bob Wills Jr’s Danceland (Conroe) – Bill Bertrand
Borski’s (Willis) – Rob Darien
Brian O’Neill’s – Trey Clark Band
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Bluehouse
Bungalo 8 - Bogart
Cadillac Bar (Kemah) – Down to Earth Band (7-11 pm)
Captain’s Table (Galveston) – J.D. Richards
Chantilly Room (LaPorte) – Shannon & Lance G
Cheers (Tomball) – Spring Creek Band
Coffee Oasis (Seabrook) – Dylan Williams
Concert Pub (The) – Rick Marcel
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); South Austin
Jug Band (10 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Malcolm Holcombe (8:30 pm)
Cosmos – Steve Krase & the In Crowd
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality
Blues Band (8 pm)
Crown Club (Spring) – Sugar Buzz Dou
Cube Sports Bar – Buying Time
Cypress Lounge – Brian Loftin
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – “Thanks Bob” w/Fahl & Folk/Sweet Mama
Cotton and more (KPFT 90.1 FM benefit)
Doubletree Hotel - Calvin Owens & the Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra presenting
Carolyn Blanchard/Tweed Smith/Jabo/Davy J w/special guests Joe
Carmouche Jazz Band/Ray Parsee & the All Stars w/Vanessa And Trudy Lynn presenting Conrad Johnson’s Big Band/The Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra (2 CD release party)
Einstein’s Pub (Katy) – BC & the Crisis
Fire on the Strings Festival (Magnolia) www.bayareabluegrass.org
White Dove (1-1:50 pm); Hucks Acoustic Revue (2-2:50 pm);
No Strings Attached (3-3:50 pm); Bluegrass Solution (4-4:50 pm);
TVA (5:30-6:20 pm); Classical Grass (6:30-7:20 pm); Lonestar Bluegrass
Band (7:30-8:20 pm); Hickory Hill (8:30-9:20 pm); Cadillac Sky (9:30 pm)
Firehouse Saloon – Randy Rogers Band/Brandon Rhyder
First Tee – Willie B & the Silver Backs
Fitzgerald’s (down) – Devola
510 Sports Bar – The Grateful Geezers
518 West Sports Bar (League City) – King’s Highway
Forgetta’Bout It – Deafening/Rowe/Cerebro/Faze Out
Froggie’s Saloon – Joe Valentino
Gabby’s (Telephone Road) – Kalinec & Chambers (6:30 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Vintage Sounds
Hideaway (The) – Romeo Dogs
Howling Coyote (The) – Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Jack’s For Cocktails – Dirty Old Men
Jernigan’s (Texas City) – Soulful Tears
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Shakedown
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Mark Miller
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Fidelity Max
Last Concert Café – Shady Deal
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Jack Saunders (8 pm)
Meridian (The) – Devildriver/Bury Your Dead/Remembering Never/
If Hope Dies/Artemis Pyledriver (6:30 pm)
Mi Luna – Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars
Mike’s Place – Likely Story
Mike’s Ultimate – Strange Brew
Mo’s Place (Katy) – BadLandz
Molly’s (Westheimer @ Wilcrest) – Scott Sileo (9 pm)
Muddie Waters Coffeehouse – Damon Rexroad (8 pm)
My Bar – Torque
Next Door Coffee House – open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole – Salting Job/Frisbee/Hand Over Fist
Nutty Bar (The) – CC Rider
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Ded Ringers
Oz Bar – Just Got Lucky
Palmer Club (Texas City) – Full Throttle
Papa’s On The Lake – Gary Bohem
Pennison’s Sports Bar (Copperfield) – Land Shark
Pennison’s Sports Bar (Sugar Land) – Pocket Change
Potbelly – Keith Serpa (11 pm)
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Level One
Rainbow Room – 2nd Wind
Red Cat Jazz Café – Kermit Ruffin
Ringside @ Sullivan’s – Fried Ice Cream
Rowdy’s – Steve Garcia
Rudyard’s – Mary Cutrufello
Sambuca Restaurant – Shape Shifters
Sammi’s – Faye Robinson (10 pm)
Sansone’s – Attitude Band
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Downcry
Shakespeare’s Pub – Shawn Pittman
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Bad Boyfriend
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Nervous Rex
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) – Pirate Radio
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Rat Ranch
Sidecar Pub (The) – Jimmy Lynch/House of Moist/Dames Violet/Valentimes
Sips Wine & Tea Room (Atascocita) – open mic w/Andy Rodriguez (8 pm)
Splash (Bacliff) - Magazine
Sports N More – The Spiffingtons
Spring Tavern (Spring) – Fuzzy Side Up
Stags Head Pub – The Mighty Orq
Super Happy Fun Land – The Transmission/Bad Sun/Taught Me
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Janet Z (6-10 pm)
Texan’s Sports Bar (LaPorte) - Wiseguy
Topwater Grill (San Leon) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (7 pm)
Uncle Albert’s - Chromatics
Walter’s on Washington – By the End of Tonight/O’Pioneers/Buxton
Warehouse Live – Jimmie Vaughan w/Lou Ann Barton
West Alabama Ice House – Luther & the Healers (6-10 pm)
Whiskey River (Humble) – Cecil Shaw
SATURDAY, MAY 20th
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Acadia Sports Bar – Dave’s Not Here/Breed Society
Al’s Sports Bar #2 (Westheimer) – Search Party
Anderson Fair – Bob Livingston
Armadillo Palace – Gary P. Nunn
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Luther & the Healers (9:30 pm)
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Right on Red
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Promise
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Calvin Owens Orchestra featuring Trudy
Lynn/Davie Jay/Tweed (Showroom); Counsel/Goody Bag (Casinobar)
Big Daddy’s Sports Bar – 4 Play
Big Easy (The) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Bob Wills Jr’s Danceland (Conroe) – Bill Bertrand
Bojangle’s (Seabrook) – 4-Barrel Ramblers
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Toni Price
Bungalo 8 – Life of Riley/Black Tuesday
Chances – Mark Towns Latin Jazz Quintet
Chantilly Room (LaPorte) – Shannon & Lance G
Cheers (Tomball) – Spring Creek Band
Concert Pub (The) – Mettallica Tribute Band
Continental Club (The) – Sam Winch (9 pm); The Small Stars (10 pm);
The Weary Boys (11:30 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Mark Jungers Band (9 pm)
Cosmos – Norma Zenteno
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Phil Johnson (8 pm)
Cruiser’s Ice House (Santa Fe) – Soulful Tears
Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar – Beans Barton & the Bipeds
Einstein’s Pub (Katy) – Infinity’s Twin
EJ’s Place – Shannon & Lance G (3-7 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Dawn Over Zero (CD release); Glass Intrepid/Chrome 44/
Makeshifte
5th Street Café & Wine Bar (Kemah) – Groove Grease w/Donny Taylor (7-11 pm)
Fire on the Strings Festival (Magnolia) www.bayareabluegrass.org
Lonestar Bluegrass Band (2-2:50 pm); Cadillac Sky (3-3:50 pm);
Blue Highway (4-5 pm); Hickory Hill (5:10-6 pm); Bluegrass
Solution (6:50-7:40 pm); Classical Grass (7:50-8:40 pm);
Cadillac Sky (8:50-9:40 pm); Blue Highway (9:50-10:50 pm)
Firehouse Saloon – JC Eason/Paul Eason
Fitzgerald’s (down) - Live Broadcast, Joe’s Roadhouse (90.1 FM KPFT)
w/Uncle Mojo/Mark May Band (3-6 pm); Stalking Chloe/Four Men
Walking/Somewhat Damaged/Withered
Fitzgerald’s (up) - Mechanical Boy/History of our Presence/The Last Place You
Look/Charlize/Another Day/Stadium (up) (8 pm)
518 West Sports Bar (League City) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Forgetta’Bout It – Stride/Damascus
Froggie’s Saloon – High Tech
Grisby Grill – Scott Sileo (6-10 pm)
Hawg Stop (Channelview) - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (Pair-A-Dice MC 10th
Anniversary party & swapmeet & dice run)
Henry’s Hideout – The Cool Water Band
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – The Blenders
Hideaway (The) – Trick Dog
Howling Coyote (The) – Bitter Creek
Jack’s For Cocktails – Dirty Old Men
Jernigan’s (Texas City) – rock jam
Katie’s Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
Kemah Boardwalk – Cypress Creek (5:30 pm)
KK’s Pub (Pasadena) – Bubba Baker
Lance’s Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Fidelity Max
Last Concert Café – Plump/Praia Urbana
Last Organic Outpost (4507½ Inman) - Houston Blues Society Blues & Greens
Festival w/Jeremiah Johnson & Ray Griffith/Steve Krase & the In Crowd/
Sandy Hickey & the Soul Providers (2-9 pm)
Martinis & More (The Woodlands) – Down to Earth Band
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Sisters Morales (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room – Atlantics
Meridian (The) – The Panic Channel (7 pm)
Mike’s Ultimate – Overload
Miss Behaving – Don Martinez & Raizin Cain
Mo’s Place (Katy) – Zona Jones
Mojo Risin’ Coffee House – Mark Zeus (7 pm); Keith Serpa (10:30 pm)
Muddie Waters Coffeehouse – Tommy Collins (8 pm)
My Bar – Drivin’ Wheel
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – Austin
19th Hole – Troublemaker/Soulharbour/Black Dog
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – “Thanks Bob” wFahl & Folk and more
(tribute to Bob Dylan)
Ole Moulton Bank (Moulton) – Tim Hall Band
Oz Bar – What Is Hip
Palmer Club (Texas City) – Nite Waves
Papa’s On The Lake – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Parrot Pub (Spring) – Wes Brown
Pennison’s Sports Bar (Copperfield) - Victim
Playmakers Live – Not The Rachels
Q Sports Bar & Billiards (Katy) – Identity Crisis
R & R Sports Bar & Grill (Barker Cypress) – Rhythm Bandits
Red Cat Jazz Café – Mary Griffin
Ringside @ Sullivan’s – Infinite Groove
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – 2nd Wind
Rookie’s – Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rowdy’s Roadhouse (Hitchcock) - Wiseguy
Rudyard’s – The Dicks (CD release)/Poor Dumb Bastards/The Squishees
Sambuca Restaurant – Shape Shifters
Sammi’s – Faye Robinson (10 pm)
Sansone’s – Two Hoots & A Holler
Scott Gertner’s Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – The Slags
Shakespeare’s Pub – John McVey & the Stumble
Shanahan’s (Conroe) – Dilana
Shelly’s (Jamaica Beach) – J.D. Richards
Sherlock’s Pub (Clear Lake) – Pirate Radio
Sherlock’s Pub (Humble) – Rock Starz
Sherlock’s Pub (West Gray) - Adrenaline
Sherlock’s Pub (Westheimer) – Rat Ranch
Splash (Bacliff) – The Chevys
Splash (Seabrook) – 646
Sports N More – Southern Accents
Spring Tavern (Spring) – Level One Band
Stags Head Pub – Rick Lee & the Night Owls
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – O.G.R.E. (6-10 pm)
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) – Full Moon
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – The Crisis
Traders Village – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers
Tut’s (Conroe) – Captain Legendary Band
Uncle Albert’s – Lounge 4407
Walter’s on Washington – The Matches/MC Lars/Whole Wheat Bread/
O’Doyle Rules
Warehouse Live – Ice Cube/The Dogg Pound/Clipse/Jiggolo
Whiskey River (Humble) – Jackson Taylor Band
Wired Java & Internet Café – Keith Serpa (7-8 pm)
Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival (The) www.woodlandsartfestival.com
Brother2Brother/Scott Swezy (10 am-6 pm)
Woody’s Pub – 3 Peace
SUNDAY, MAY 21st
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Big Easy (The) – Wilfred Chevis
Borski’s (Willis) – classic rock band (4 pm)
Captain’s Table (Galveston) – J.D. Richards
Casa Mexican Restaurant Cantina (The) – Rod Garcia Entertainment
(6:30-9:30 pm)
Cosmos – Gypsies
Crawdaddy’s Bayou Grill (Kemah) – Southside Playboys (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)
Etta’s – Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Billie Ledbetter Orchestra (5-8 pm)
Henry’s Hideout - Element
Howling Coyote (The) - Mark May Band/The Nationals/Bitter Creek/Marie
English/Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters/Brook Ballard/Shannon & Lance G
and more (fundraiser for Laura Truax; 2 pm)
JP Hops House – NSAI 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 w/Sweet Mama Cotton
(6 pm)
Magnolia Bar & Grill – Luther & the Healers (6-10 pm)
McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Sarah Dinan (7 pm)
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)
Oxford Hall – Notorious (7 pm)
Papa’s On The Lake – Rag Top
Pasadena Fairgrounds - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (Pasadena Strawberry
Festival; 5:30-7 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) – Django Walker
Ronnie’s Ice House (Dickinson) – jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
Sansone’s – jam w/Flash (5-9 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Neverset/Dirty Wormz/John Evans Band
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
Sidecar Pub – acoustic open mic
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) – Lonestar Bluegrass Band (7 pm)
Super Happy Fun Land – Trampled By Turtles
T-Bone Tom’s (Kemah) – Bert Wills Band (5-9 pm)
Tavern (The) – Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm)
10 Downing Street – The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Tobin’s – Scott Sileo (4 pm)
Traders Village – Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers
Uncle Albert’s – open mic
Walter’s on Washington – Pelican/Mono/The Life & Times
Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival (The) www.woodlandsartfestival.com
Brother2Brother/Scott Swezy (10 am-6 pm)
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