Friday, August 25th, 8:30pm
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
1031 East 24th Street in the Houston Heights

Monthly Texas & Americana music celebration & gathering! Enjoy an early show and a live videotaping. All of the stars will perform before 11pm, and several will play again later. Houston’s version of Nashville's longest running artists showcase, and a fun hang with a real sense of community.

 

Your Host, Guy Schwartz welcomes -

DENNIS MARSHMAN & THE ELDERLY BROTHERS - With Pablo Burnet!

BRIAN KALINEC - Veteran Houston singer/songwriter
Z-ROCKS - '80s power pop trio

RANDY SOFFAR - Home from L.A.

FAHL & FOLK - Intelligent Lyrics & Songs about Killing Women!

GUY SCHWARTZ & THE NEW JACK HIPPIES - chameleons of American music. House Band - The Western Beat Hippies.

Cover charge is $5, but we give you a $6 show! For more Western Beat info click HERE.

 

Then...

 

On September 11th, Billy Block's Western Beat/Houston will host auditions for NASHVILLE STAR 5 at Blanco's followed by a whole night of Western Beat entertainment starring Buck Jones, Lisa Hayes, The New Jack Hippies and more!

 

Pretty cool, huh?

 

Come by 8pm to support these young entertainers!

One of them may be the next Nashville Star!

 

I'll perform in the round in
Asheville, NC

with Paco Shipp & Dave Turner
on Wednesday August 30

at The French Broad Bakery

.

The New Jack Hippies play at

JP Hops House (hwy 6@Westheimer, Houston)

on September 13th, too!

 

 

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REPORT FROM THE FIELD

Headed Home with Opie In My Ears

And Billy Joe Shaver on My Hard Drive

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O'Hare airport in Chicago reminds me of train stations of the '50s and '60s, and always throws me back to another era. Everything, from the brushed steel to the floor tiles, takes me back to a someplace earlier in my life. And it's pretty damn busy for 5am!

 

Sorry I haven't written in a while, but since South By Due East last March, it's been a year of driving through America in MArlo's Scion, and the writing time has been turning to new songs.

 

I'm on may way home for a few days. There's a couple of Western Beat/Houston shows to put on with Billy Block - including one where we'll host auditions for Nashville Star 5 at Blanco's on September 11th. Buck Jones and Lisa Hayes will join us for that one. We've been hearing Buck's new single, YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK, on various radio stations as we drive across interstate 40.

 

Speaking of which - if you are ever in western North Carolina, check out WNCW-FM - one of the best radio stations I've ever heard. HEY WAIT - I'm so old-school that I almost forgot you could check them right now on the web (www.wncw.org)

 

Opie Hendrx' new CD, titled CHUPACABRA is in the headphones as I'm waiting in a long line for a cup of coffee. As far as I know, I've only heard a few of these recordings before, but it begins with DEAD IN A DITCH - not just a song, it's a prayer to Jesus that Opie doesn't wind up like so many of his out-of-control outlaw heroes. Ian Tomzic's stratocaster gives the recording a heavenly tone which belies the fear, remorse and guilt of which Opie sings as he ponders his own future in the wake of the messy death of another of his compatriates. Sometimes Opie's lyrics are so honest that some listeners can't take it. This guy's lyrics can go deeper inside than most.

 

It's followed by an updating of his classic FIFTY DOLLAR BILL, a rocking duet with John Evans, and an out-and-out release of joyful noise and celebration -

 

"I found a fifty dollar bill.

 I can walk inside the tavern with my head held high!"

 

I love Opie Hendrix' talent and songs...

 

When I last wrote, I described seeing Billy Joe Shaver in Asheville.

 

Turns out Billy Joe was to play a benefit concert in Winston-Salem a few days later. It was an upscale thing in a grand hall, The Stevens Center, at The North Carolina School for the Arts.

 

We drove into town and looked for the hall. I called Billy's cell phone (yes - Billy Joe and I have both been dragged into the 21st century and now holster cell phones). I left a message. I knew what the van looked like, so I was sure we could find Billy or some of The Diamondbacks guys.

 

MArlo spotted a crowd, but I said, "Doesn't look like a Billy Joe Shaver crowd."

 

"What does a Billy Joe Shaver crowd look like?", she shot back as I turned right and gunned it to make the next light.

 

"Like that!". I responded, pointing two blocks down the road, where I spotted two cowboy hats sitting on a wooden bench by the curb in front of a well-embellished stone building-front. It was Randy Grimes and Jeremy Woodall, drummer and guitarist with Billy Joe's band. Billy had gotten my message and asked them to meet us out front. Once inside, MArlo and I were each given tickets, passes, and introduced the Mike Foster, who was definitely in charge of the benefit, and seemed to be in charge of Crisis Control Ministry, who was hosting the benefit for itself. Mike told us that Elvis had played this hall. Cool!

 

Next we were given the grand tour, and our own personal guides (with instructions to make certain we had any access we needed to anything)!

 

Wow!

 

My guide took me backstage, made serious eye-contact, and told me, "You know, Elvis played here in 1962!"

 

Looking out from behind the stage curtain, this 100 year old hall was a sight to see with guilded walls and a big balcony. From the front, there was a huge prescenium stage wide enough to hang 40-foot wide flag of Texas as a partial backdrop in front of the velvet curtains.

 

I was introduced to Frank Martin, who was recording the audio, and was happy to find that we'd get a good board mix, with multi-track recording which could be remixed later. This was looking like a miracle! We were about to make a last-minute Billy Joe Shaver concert movie.

 

We found our spots and planned our shoot. There was still a couple acts to play, so I headed back to the dressing room to charge batteries. Billy Joe was there, sitting in chairs while laughing and talking easily with the security guard as if they were old friends. That's the type of guy Billy Joe is. Always has been.

 

He spotted me and excused himself to come over so we could get some of that quality time, too. We talked about old friends. We traded some phone numbers. We talked about Kinky's campaign for governor. We talked about women - specifically and in general. We laughed. Talked about touring and the price of gas. No laughter there!

 

I first met Billy Joe Shaver in the '70s. He was living in Houston for a bit, but getting ready to move. His son Eddy must have been 10 or 12. Roger and Billy Block were about to start working for him as a rhythm section. He sooned moved to Nashville, which was lucky for me. He and Brenda had a nice house in Nashville, and I was lucky enough that they allowed me to sleep on their couch when visiting Nashville to master an album or try to drum up business. After a short while, Billy was hanging in good company. People were recording his songs. Brenda worked for Johnny Cash, in his business office. Eddy was becoming the most amazing 14-16 year-old guitarist I had ever seen since Jimmy Vaughn and Kenny Cordray.

 

But, I digress...

 

It was a great set. Billy Joe Shaver and Diamondback Texas played very well and we got it on tape. Frank got a great boardmix. MArlo said she got some great shots, and I did, too!

 

Frank gave the boardmix to Scott Thompson the Diamondback bassist who I had met in another lifetime (when he played at Cardi's in a hair-metal band in the '80s). Scott gave it to me with the promise I'd return it or burn him a copy.

 

I took MArlo and the mix home towards the hills and Donna's place, and immediately burned a few copies. I called Scott on his cell. The band hadn't found any excitement in town and were back at the hotel. I parked to come in to return the disc, but wound up finding him, Randy and Jeremy in front of the hotel. Poor guys with nothing to do. And everyone thinks the road is so glamourous.

 

I stuffed 'em all into the Scion and drove back to Donna's, where we traded music, stories and good vibes 'til dawn. Billy Joe is lucky! These are some great guys who get along really well, just the thing for a successful road band. They've been on the road for almost a year-and-a-half, and it's just getting better.

 

It's almost time for my plane to Houston to board.

 

Opie Hendrix is still in my ears, and it's a great CD!

 

"Why is there blood on the sheets, dear?

Did I do this to you? Did you do this to me?"

 

I'm listening to MY SWEET WEAKNESS, on-one-hand a beautiful pop ballad while on the other a song about love and anger, about tenderness and violence worthy of comparison to any Elvis Costello song of the same ilk.

 

Opie Hendrix' influences come from everywhere and he isn't afraid to show them off. Like many great classic country and blues artists, he borrows most of his music from the classics, but his lyrics and performance are where he rules, and Opie Hendrix connects like Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee.

 

The brutal honesty of DADDY'S DEMONS is tremendously powerful and will probably scare some listeners. While the main character's wife worries about which of him will walk throught the door, Opie sings -

 

"I'm gonna get drunk and belligerant,

Act all undignified and ignorant,

And, on the way back home I'll be lucky if I don't wreck my car"

 

Most entertainers with these habits try to hide it from the public. Opie Hendrix puts it all into the lyrics.

 

"Drunk & belligerant,

One more beer away from impotent,

And I'll bring Daddy's demons home to you"

 

His manic mind and often bloated body sometimes can't decide whether to have fun, play music or kill himself (or one of his bandmates), yet he perseveres through all that to write some of the most honest, gut-wrenching lyrics, I've ever heard. Evening Opie loves the world and everyone in it, while late night Opie often drunkenly mutters to himself about how everyone he knows (his band, his managers, his friends, his family) doesn't understand him, how they are out to get him, and how they are keeping him and his musical aspiration down.

 

He's angry. He's a bad-ass. He's an outlaw, and he wants us to know it!

 

THE WAY OF THE BUFFALO yields to FIRE IT UP. Two songs which list me as a co-writer, but I like 'em anyway. I love working with Opie. He's not a natural collaborator (he doesn't need anyone else), but to be there to watch him burst forward with moments of brilliant creative spontanaety is a miracle to behold.

 

Time to pack up the laptop and get on the plane. I didn't even get to tell you about my day with Jonathan Byrd. You can see and hear it at www.hippies.tv

 

I'll write more later...

 

But, before I go -

 

Opie Hendrix is a great entertainer, and puts all of himself into every performance, so go see him play live at the Last Concert Cafe on Saturday - and buy a copy of CHUPACABRA...

 

 

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR

Courtesy of The BluesHound & Baby Girl

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THURSDAY August 24
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Armadillo Palace Robert Henry Band
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) The Promise
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) Bad Boyfriend
Big Easy (The) Luther & the Healers
Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (Webster) No Justice
Blanco's Ed Burleson
Bojangle's (Seabrook) Gene Kelton & the Die Hards (7 pm)
Borski's (Willis) country jam (7 pm)
Cezanne's jazz jam (8 pm)
Chances open mic
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) open mic jam (8 pm)
Concert Pub (The) Infinity's Twin
Continental Club (The) Beetle (7 pm); Von Hindenburg Led Zeppelin Tribute (10 pm)
Cosmos Los Vertigos
County Line Bar & Grill Donny Z
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar Carrie Ann Buchanan (acoustic; 7-9 pm); blues jam w/Teri Greene (9:30 pm)
Ellen Ray's Creole Restaurant Louie Carrington
Engine Room (The) - Pushmonky
Firehouse Saloon Brett Mouton & Friends
Henry's Hideout jam w/Rick Sousley
Hoppie's Ice House (LaPorte) open mic
Howling Coyote (The) Groovin' Violations
Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) Benny Brasket w/Chris Ray & John Glossop
Kemah Boardwalk Rock The Dock w/The Fab 5 (6:30-10:15 pm)
Ken's Club Karizma
KK's Pub (Pasadena) Jamie Richards
Last Concert Café (The) The Hightailers (11 pm)
Lone Star Saloon (The) (Richmond) Patrick Murphy
Maxwell's Grille (Humble) David Pipkin
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Steve Forbert (8 pm)
Meridian (The) David Allan Coe/The Blaggards/The U-Joints
Mo's Place (Katy) Horizon
Mojo Risin' Coffee House Taylor Davis & Aaron Hale (8 pm)
19th Hole jam hosted by Dan Workman & Jason Carr
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 Blue Sun
Proletariat (The) Paramour/Bucky
Pub Fiction The Lost Boys
Remington Bar (St. Regis Hotel) Bart (7:30-11:30 pm)
Rudyard's Jude-Ross/Sea Surrounds Me/Dave Rask
Run Way Bar & Grill (LaPorte) open mic w/Blue Flash (8 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant Norma Zenteno
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) The American Tragedy/Subversa
Shady's Lounge (Baytown) open mic
Shakespeare Pub (The) Sonny Boy Terry
Shelly's (Jamaica Beach) J.D. Richards
Sherlock's Pub (Clear lake) Adrenaline
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) Strange Love
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) Ember
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) Pirate Radio
St. Pete's Dancing Marlin Kosmic Latte
Super Happy Fun Land - Lebanon/The Snake Trap/The Curbside Tree Project/Warren Jackson Hearne
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) Sharks (6-10 pm)
Tommy's (Westheimer) David Caceres & Matt Lemmier (6-9 pm)
Tut's (Conroe) open mic jam
Vintage Bar Julia Olivarez
Whisky's All American Pub (Galveston) Marc Twymans's Electric Blues Experience
Wunsche Brothers Café (Spring) Randy Meadows (6 pm)

FRIDAY August 25
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Acadia Sports Bar Brother2Brother
Al's Sports Bar #1 (Dairy Ashford) Pocket Change
Armadillo Palace Gary Kyle
B 52 Bomber Sports Bar & Grill Chad Tucker & The Road House Junction
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) The Digglers
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) The Ruse
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) Down To Earth Band (Showroom); Shark Attack/Raspas (Casinobar)
Big Easy (The) Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (Webster) Zona Jones
Blanco's Pauline Reese
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) Smythe & Taylor
Bungalo 8 Victim/Lizdexic
Captain's Table (Galveston) J.D. Richards
Cheers (Tomball) Spring Creek
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) In Your Dreams
Concert Pub (The) Back Beat
Continental Club (The) Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Chadd Thomas & The Crazy Kings (10 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) Amy Hughes (8:30 pm)
Cosmos John Evans Band
County Line Bar & Grill Almost Famous
Cypress Lounge Uncle Mojo
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar Fahl & Folk (7-9 pm); Z-Rocks/Brian Kalinec/Randy Soffar/Dennis Marshman & the Elderly Brothers/Fahl & Folk/Chris Knudson/Guy Schwartz & the New Jack Hippies (8:30 pm)
Darwin's Place (Tomball) Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Einstein's Pub Wattzit2ya
Engine Room (The) Sevenfold/Saturate/Fallen From The Nest
Firehouse Saloon Cooder Graw
First Tee (The) Bridges
Fitzgerald's Dead End Cowboys/Midnight Sinners/The U-Joints/The Smoke Eaters (down); Edgewater/Chrome 44/Sevrin/The Color Gray/Advent/Feeding James (up)
518 West Sports Bar (League City) The Chevys w/Sherri Sarno
Forgetta' Bout It deafening/Fear the State/Salting Job(e)
Forgetta' Bout It Too Package Habit/Monsters on the Wall
Froggie's Saloon Joe Valentino
Herman's Sports Bar 2nd Wind
Hickory Hollow (Heights) Grand Texas
Hideaway (The) Brad Absher Band
Howling Coyote Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Jack's For Cocktails Tony Vega Band
Jake's Bar deSangre/Rowe/Cerebro/Drive/Undue
JP Hops House 5th Annual Spudstock w/Shake Russell
Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) Undesided
KK's Pub (Pasadena) Al White
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) The Big Palooka
Last Concert Café Mingo Fishtrap
Maxwell's Grille (Humble) Tom Ashbridge
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Sara Hickman (CD release party) (8 pm)
Mike's Place Fuzzy Side Up
Mo's Place (Katy) Honeybrowne
Monkey Bar (Kemah) Sancho (7-11 pm)
My Bar Mykawa Road
Next Door Coffee House open mic (7 pm)
Nutty Bar Surface
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) Dana Cooper
Oz Bar Love of Peace
Palmer Club (Texas City) Lawst Dogz
Pennison's Sports Bar (Copperfield) Skillawatt
Pennison's Sports Bar (Sugar Land) Soul Junkies
Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) Bourbon Street
Portside Pub (San Leon) Pee Wee Bowen Band
Pub Fiction The Crisis
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) Mark May Band
Rossetti's Italian Restaurant (Kemah) - Alan Mosley (7-10 pm)
Rowdy Buck's Saloon (Crosby) Captain Legendary Band
Rudyard's Fired For Walking/Novox/Motions Turns It On
Sam Houston Race Park Kevin Fowler
Sambuca Restaurant Javier Zenteno
Sammy's Faye Robinson
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) Blowtorch Repair
Sansone's Guy Forsyth
Scott Gertner's Sky Bar The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) ABC
Shady's Lounge (Baytown) Shannon & Lance G
Shakespeare Pub (The) Shawn Pittman
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) A-Rival
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) Pirate Radio
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) Cross Check
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) Bad Boyfriend
Sidecar Pub (The) Osiris/Slivered/Dorkstar
Sports N More Bar & Grill Southern Accents
Spring Tavern (The) (Spring) Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Super Happy Fun Land Divided Like a Saint's/The Lovely Sparrows/Listen Listen/ Omega Monster Patrol
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) Ezra Charles & the Works (7-11 pm)
Tommy's (Clear Lake) Johnny Pena Trio
Tommy's (Westheimer) Diane Landry Duo (5-8 pm); Matt Lemmier Quartet Featuring Diane Landry
Topwater Grill (San Leon) Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (7 pm)
Uncle Albert's Spiffingtons
Vintage Bar Jenny Cotton
Walter's on Washington Murphy's Law/Ten Crowns/Hell City Kings/I-Gents
West End Pub The Convertibles
Whiskey River (Humble) Posse
Whisky's All American Pub (Galveston) Southern Backtones
Woody's Pub Lounge 4407
Wunsche Brothers Café (Spring) Rose & Ben (7 pm)

 
SATURDAY August 26
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Acadia Sports Bar Broken Teeth
Al's Sports Bar #2 (Westheimer) 4Play
Anderson Fair Across the Water
Armadillo Palace Austin Allsup
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) Down To Earth Band
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) The Ruse
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) Loud Love
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) Lounge 4407
Balinese Room (Galveston) Billy Bourbon/Tailspin (Showroom); Casino/The Convertibles/Therenody/Anubis/Truth Breaks Down/Kwirky (Casinobar)
Barefoot Tina's Too (LaPorte) Chevys
Big Easy (The) Alan Haynes
Bojangle's (Seabrook) Tommy Dardar
Borski's (Willis) blues & rock jam w/Marie English & Ricky Jackson (3-6 pm); Pauline Reese
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) Jimi Lee & Whitey Cornwell
Bungalo 8 Powerload
Cadillac Bar (Kemah) 4-Barrel Ramblers
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) The Volumizers
Coffee Oasis (Seabrook) Kristen Rae & Lawrence J. Clark
Concert Pub (The) Van Halen Tribute Band
Continental Club (The) Randy Weeks (9:30 pm); James McMurtry (11 pm)
Cornbread's Bluegrass Solution
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) Eric Taylor (9 pm)
Cosmos Mark May Band
County Live Bar & Grill Donny Z & Full Sale
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) Billy Wells Band
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Reggae Sunsplash 2/UB 40/Toots & the Maytals/Maxi Priest/ Third World (5:30 pm)
Cypress Lounge Brian Loftin
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar deSangre
Downtown Aquarium Chameleon (12-4 pm)
Einstein's Pub Adrenaline
Engine Room (The) Rehab/Faceplant/Longpoint/The Crisis
Firehouse Saloon Phil Pritchett
Fitzgerald's "Joe's Roadhouse" Live Broadcast (90.1 FM KPFT) w/The Hightailers/Fondue Monks (3-6 pm); The Remote Junkies/Heavy Stoned/Stompin White Pony (down); Truck (CD release party)/Lonestar Pornstar/Trace Element/Drive (up)
Forgetta 'Bout It Slick Fist/Wolfeblitzer/Metalstorm/Silence Within
Forgetta' Bout It Too Freddie Everett
Froggie's Saloon Rockaholics
Hickory Hollow (Heights) Kimberly M'Carver
Hideaway (The) Tony Vega Band
Hoppie's Ice House (LaPorte) Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (9 pm)
Howling Coyote (The) Shannon & Lance G w/Earl Gilliam
Jack's For Cocktails The Attitude Band
Jake's Bar Farm SC/Downfall 2012
JP Hops House 5th Annual Spudstock w/The Fowlers Brothers/Willie B and Jeff Hoofard/Bob & Jeff/Otis Futhermucker/Tony Kozel
Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) The Handsome Bob Band
Kemah Boardwalk (Saltgrass Stage) Mike Stroup Duo (5:30 pm)
KK's Pub (Pasadena) James Lann
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) Tonya Nolan Band
Last Concert Café (The) Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tall Boys
Lone Star Saloon (The) (Richmond) Bridges
Market Street Farmers' Market (The Woodlands) Brian Kalinec (9-11 am)
Maxwell's Grille (Humble) Bill Parish
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Austin Lounge Lizards (2 shows, 7:30 & 10 pm)
Mo's Place (Katy) Zona Jones
Mojo Risin' Coffee House Laughing Freeman (8:30 pm)
Monkey Bar (Kemah) Hunter McKithan Band (7-11 pm)
My Bar Trey Clark
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) The Electric Blues Crew
Nessler Park, Rotary Pavilion (Texas City) - Texas City Chamber of Commerce Annual Shrimp Boil w/Pee Wee Bowen Band (6-10 pm)
19th Hole - Camino
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) Abraham's Tree
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) Mike Barfield/Jesse Dayton
Ole Moulton Bank (Moulton) Clay Farmer Band
Oz Bar T.J. Funk
Palmer Club (Texas City) Lyndrix
Papa's On The Lake (Lake Conroe) Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters/Fuzzy Side Up (8 pm)
Pennison's Sports Bar (Copperfield) Landshark
Pennison's Sports Bar (Sugar Land) Road Humps
Phil's Place (League City) CC Rider
Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) Sandy Hickey & the Soul Providers
Proletariat Deep Ella/The Watermarks/The Warning
Pub Fiction John B (patio)
Q Sports Bar & Billiards (Katy) 2nd Wind
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) Chad Tucker
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) Cloud Nine
Rossetti's Italian Restaurant (Kemah) - Alan Mosley (7-10 pm)
Rouse House Concerts Kate Campbell (for reservations email Rouse_House_Concerts-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Rowdy Buck's Saloon (Crosby) Misbehavin
Rudyard's The Drunks/Bowel/Hit By Car
Sambuca Restaurant Javier Zenteno
Sammy's Faye Robinson
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) Airwaves
Sansone's South First Band
Scott Gertner's Sky Bar The Scott Gertner Band
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) The Slags
Shakespeare Pub (The) Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Road Runners
Shanahan's Josh Weathers Band
Shelly's (Jamaica Beach) J.D. Richards
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) Cracker Jackson
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) Pirate Radio
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) A-Rival
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) Torque
Sidecar Pub (The) Matt Davis
Sports N More Ten Rivers
Spring Tavern (The) (Spring) Snit's Dog & Pony Show
Stag's Head Pub Giancarlo & The Big Stick
Stevo's Down on Main Street (Baytown) Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Super Happy Fun Land Voidmate/Childcraft
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) Hanna's Reef (7-11 pm)
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) UFC
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) Nothing More
Tommy's (Clear Lake) Johnny Pena Trio
Tommy's (Westheimer) Matt Lemmier Quartet featuring Kimberley Longstreth (8 pm)
Traders Village Colby Logan (12-4 pm)
Tut's (Conroe) Captain Legendary Band
Ugly's Sports Bar & Grub Johnny Falstaff
Uncle Albert's Spiffingtons
Vintage Bar Gillick, Gibson & Darnell
Whiskey River (Humble) Deryl Dodd
Whisky's All American Pub (Galveston) Irie Times
Woody's Pub 3 Peace
Wunsche Brothers Café (Spring) Scooter Brown Band (7 pm)

SUNDAY August 27
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Big Daddy's Sports Bar (Spring) Wes Brown & Michael Brim (acoustic)
Big Easy (The) National Zydeco Foundation Jam
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 Johnny Dyson's Big Band
County Line Bar & Grill open mic w/Josal (4 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) blues jam (4-8 pm)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Godsmack/Rob Zombie/Shinedown
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar Fozz's fusion jam (6-10 pm)
Diallo's of Houston Trudy Lynn/Faye Robinson (6 pm) (Trudy's birthday party)
Engine Room (The) - Last Rosary/Bloodvoid/Cast in Grey/As Long As People Die/Diminished/Dark Flame
Etta's Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Fitzgerald's The Black Diamonds
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) Steel Vibrations (6:30-8:30 pm)
JP Hops House 5th Annual Spudstock w/open mic
Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) jam w/The Amigos (7-11 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk (Saltgrass Stage) Mike Stroup Duo (5:30 pm)
Ken's Club open mic jam w/Blue Flash (8 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) Shape Shifters
Last Concert Café jam (12-5:30 pm); Fahl & Folk w/Chaz Nadege (6 pm)
Magnolia Bar & Grill Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (6 pm)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Brandon Rhyder/Ryan James (7 pm)
Meridian (The) Gorilla Biscuits/Comeback Kid/Terror
Mr. Gino's Don Kesee (4 pm)
Monkey Bar (Kemah) Jack Tripper (5-9 pm)
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) jam w/Chris Elliot & the James Brothers (6-9 pm)
Papa's On The Lake (Lake Conroe) Modoc
Ponderosa Club I.J. Gosey & the Supreme Band (5-9 pm)
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) jam w/Gary Lee & Sneak Preview (8 pm)
Prego's (Rice Village) Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm)
Reno's (Webster) Bleu Edmondson
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) jam w/Buddy Manchac & friends (5-9 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) Lonestar Pornstar/Dirty Wormz/Since the Ashes
Shakespeare Pub (The) blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Shanahan's Donnie Simmons (5-9 pm)
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) Strange Love
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) showcase
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) The Jack Trippers
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) Lonestar Bluegrass Band (7 pm)
Super Happy Fun Land Lazlo Hollyfeld
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) Rhythm Kings (5-9 pm)
Tavern (The) Trey Clark (acoustic; 7-11 pm)
Tobin's Scott Sileo (4 pm)
Traders Village Mango Punch (12-4 pm)
Ugly's Sports Bar & Grub open mic acoustic jam
Uncle Albert's open mic

 

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