*NEW JACK HIPPIES AT LAST CONCERT CAFE TONIGHT
*FILM PREMIERE/ADVANCE SCREENING - SUNDAY JAMS & OPEN MICS
*HIPPIES.TV Tonight at 10 on Comcast 17
*WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
*NEW HIPPIES.TV SHOWS ONLINE - Beginning Monday!!
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I'm really jazzed today!

 

It's been a good time, lately. It's been time to start playing music again!

 

We're playing at the Last Concert Cafe tonight (28FRI).

 

We're showing a short film, too!

 

It'll be our smaller  rhythm section with horns - the way we recorded most of this next CD. We'll begin playing around 11pm, with a band called Odd Toddler beginning around 9pm. I enjoyed the music on Odd Toddler's Myspace page. They have an interesting acoustic-based sound.

 

Roger and I actually rehearsed last night (we do that every 4-6 years - whether we need to or not), and determined that we could try a half dozen of the new songs for the first time with the band tonight. Watch out for 'Joe's New Car'!

 

I've just finished the final episode of this season's Hippies.TV program. Watching all of these great local/regional artists as I edit is inspiring - AND I learn their songs in the process! How cool is that. I'm now very well prepared to sit-in with a lot of artists! <g>

 

I've also been connecting with many regional musicians in a new way, too, as I have been practically living on the road while right here in Houston. My newest project has had me driving 100-200 miles to our surrounding townships and cities every night to hear, shoot and play music.

 

You see...

 

I got a wild hair to put together a film about ALL of the jams and open mics around the greater metropolitan Houston area. I think I told you about the genesis of that idea in another letter a few weeks ago.

 

On the weekend before Labor Day, I figured I could compile a list of locations and times from the usual magazine's and The BluesHound's list, set out my route, and hit all 8 Sunday sessions in one day (and maybe even have time to jam - but, by the time I was thru with that, the jammers had turned me on to another 3 or 4 jams. This was obviously gonna take a few weeks longer than I had anticipated, so I set my sights further down the road and concentrated on the larger picture!  I'm up to around 100 now. I had no idea that there would be over a dozen places to play on a Tuesday... or a Monday... But there are!

 

Mikey is going to try to hook up a big screen video to play this Sunday jam segment at our show tonight at The Last Concert Cafe - during our break around 12 or 12:30. It's a little risky, but if the film doesn't make the screening (it's the first time we've tried this), and you came early and paid the cover, you are more than welcome to ask me for a refund while still at the venue. And then - you still got to party with us and hear the band!

 

I'll be placing a lot of this season's Hippies.TV episodes AND several new performances from SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2007 onto the web next week, so I'll put the links up at www.hippies.tv and www.southbydueeast.com.

 

Thanks for your support!

 

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound, Baby Girl & KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY September 28

 

Guy Schwartz & the New Jack Hippies/Odd Toddler - The Last Concert Café

 

Acadia Sports Bar Dilana & Magni (acoustic)
Anderson Fair Beaver Nelson
Armadillo Palace Jason Allen
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) CC Rider
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) Chant
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) 3 Peace
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (The Woodlands) Vertigo
Big Easy (The) Pete Mayes & The Texas Houserockers
Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (Webster) Zona Jones
Bogart's Club Hill Country Jane
Bohemeo's Carl Laffite
Bojangle's (Seabrook) Mambo Jazz Kings
Brian O'Neill's Lounge 4407 (10 pm)
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) Jean Synodinos
Bungalo 8 Midnight Circus
Cheers Club (Tomball) Gene Kelton & The Die Hards (9 pm)
Claudio's Piano Bar (Kemah) Crista, Claudio, Phil Johnson & Daniel Rose
Clifton's By The Sea (Bacliff) Mary Smith & Mystique
Club 21 (Galveston) Julia Edmonds Motown Review
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) Snit's Dog & Pony Show
Concert Pub (The) Led Zeppelin Tribute Band
Continental Club (The) Molly & The Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm)
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) Scooter Brown
Cosmos Norma Zenteno
Coyotes (FM 1774 Pinehurst) The Lugnutz (9 pm)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Velvet Revolver/Alice in Chains/Sparta (7 pm)
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar Fahl & Folk (7-9 pm); Carolyn Wonderland/Ginger Leigh
Einstein's Pub (Katy) Infinity's Twin
Elegant Hogg Joe Valentino (9 pm)
Engine Room Do Make Say Think
FBI Rocks #1 Chrome 44
Firehouse Saloon Bleu Edmondson/Wayne Hubbard
First Tee (The) - McClanahans
517 Bar (Dickinson) - Redcap
518 West Sports Bar (League City) JJ Dynomite
Full Throttle Coffee & Gallery (Spring) Blackmath Experiment (7 pm)
Gabby's (North Shepherd) Rick Stancil (6:30-9:30 pm)
Gabby's (Spencer Highway) Randy Meadows & Bad Bob (6-9:30 pm)
Gabby's (Telephone Road) Smythe & Taylor (6:30-9:30 pm)
Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) Clint Black (8 pm)
Habitat House Concerts - Spirit Wing, David Mayes, Linda Lowe & Selia Qynn (7:30 pm; (for reservations call 281-772-7100)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) Cypress Creek (7-10 pm)
Hour Glass (The) (Alvin) 2nd Wind
Howling Coyote (The) John McVey & The Stumble
Jake's Bar Lazor Vision/Shining Force/Lights Over Roswell/Tizok/Decimation Theory
JP Hops House Moe Hansum Band
JuJu's Hangout (Galveston) 98 in the Shade
Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) James Reese Band
KK's Pub (Pasadena) Luther & The Healers
Last Concert Café (The) Guy Schwartz & the New Jack Hippies/Odd Toddler
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Greg Trooper (8 pm)
Meridian (The) High on Fire/Mono/Panthers (Red Room; 8 pm)
Mo's Place (Katy) Rhythm of the Road
My Bar Mykawa Road
19th Hole Almost Sober/Velvet Revolver/Alice in Chains
Nutty Bar The H-Town Jukes
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) Mary Reynolds & Louise Goldberg
Ovations Patti Barnes (8:30 pm)
Phil's Place (League City) Abel Salazar
Polecat Shack (County Rd 351 off FM 1774 near Plantersville) - 8th Annual “End of the Road Jam” w/'Lectric Ed & The Welders/Shades of Red/8 Ball/Stick Shift/Dunville/Polecat Shooters & more
Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) Tomz Katz
Pub Fiction The Crisis
Red Cat Jazz Café Kyle Turner
Rowdy Buck's Saloon (Crosby) Texas Contraband
Rudyard's Lanky
Sambuca Restaurant Shape Shifters
Sammy's Sammy & The Friends Band w/Faye Robinson
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) Guppies From Outer Space (9 pm)
Scott Gertner's Sky Bar The Scott Gertner Band (9:45 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) Faktion/Neverset/July Alive/Overscene
Seabrook Beach Club Texas Johnny Boy (9:30 pm)
Shakespeare Pub (The) Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) A-Rival
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) Cross Check
Sherlock's Pub (River Oaks) Bad Boyfriend
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) The Slags
Spring Tavern (The) (Spring) Uncle Mojo
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) Ezra Charles & The Works
Tommy's Steakhouse (Clear Lake) Andy Anderson Trio (7:30-10:30 pm)
Tommy's Steakhouse (Westheimer) Mike Wheeler & Brennen Nase Duo (5-7:30 pm); The Tommy's Quartet (8 pm)
Tubby's Ice House (LaMarque) Down to Earth
Uncle Albert's Dry Water
Walter's on Washington The Western Civilization
Warehouse Live Bob Schneider/Fondue Monks/J.J. Usher
 
 
SATURDAY September 29

 

Acadia Sports Bar She Craves/D.E.M.O./Black Noise Revival
Al's Sports Bar (Westheimer) 3 Passes
Anderson Fair Michael Fracasso
Armadillo Palace Rodney Hayden
B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) Down to Earth
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) Cross Check
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) The Ruse
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) Shinolah
Baker Street Pub (The Woodlands) Chant
Bayou City Farmer's Market (3000 Richmond) - Brian Kalinec & Carolyn Wallace (9-11 am)
Big Easy (The) Alan Haynes
Bohemeo's Los Vertigos
Bojangle's (Seabrook) Jeff Strahan Band
Brittmoore Icehouse Nema 7 (8 pm)
Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) Kim Miller
Bungalo 8 Crank Case/Asphalt Junkies
Claudio's Piano Bar (Kemah) Crista, Claudio, Phil Johnson & Daniel Rose
Club 21 (Galveston) Julia Edmonds Motown Review
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) Los Gallos
Concert Pub (The) Edge of Reason
Continental Club (The) The Gourds
Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) Guitar Pull & Song Swap (4-6 pm); Bourbon Street (9 pm)
Cosmos Ruben V
County Line Bar & Grill The Reckless Southerners
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) Misfit Toys
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar Plump/Lower Life Form
Downtown Aquarium Chameleon (2-6 pm)
Einstein's Pub (Katy) Wattzit2Ya
Elegant Hogg John McVey & The Stumble (9 pm)
FBI Rocks #1 Azrael's Bane
FBI #2 - Wolfeblitzer/Mykawa Road/13 Passes/Skepticynic/Counterpoint/Honeysuckle/Hellstone (benefit for Harvey)
Firehouse Saloon Jeff Woolsey
Gabby's (North Shepherd) Smythe & Taylor (6:30-9:30 pm)
Gabby's (Spencer Highway) Randy Meadows & Bad Bob (6:30-9:30 pm)
Gabby's (Telephone Road) Ron O. & Joe Kirkpatrick (6:30-9:30 pm)
Gene's Better Times (Pasadena) Dave Nevling & The Blues Kats (9 pm)
Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) Clint Black (8 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) Rosalee & Ben (6:30-9:30 pm)
Hideaway (The) Hill Country Jane
Howling Coyote (The) Spare Parts
Jake's Bar Sedium
JP Hops House Brian Ashley Jones/Tisha Simeral
Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac
KK's Pub (Pasadena) Loud Love
Lake Conroe Pub (Montgomery) Brother2Brother
Last Concert Café (The) Pagan Pride Festival w/Open Ritual/The Wartime Social/WyrdGrl/Ted Miller (noon-midnight)
Magnolia Bar & Grill Fuzzy Side Up (6 pm)
Martinis & More #1 (The Woodlands) Luther & The Healers
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Shake Russell (7:30 & 10 pm)
Mo's Place (Katy) Lonely Road
Mojo Risin' Coffee House Kenneth Scott
My Bar The Fab 5
19th Hole Sudden Death/Cellcyst/Decimation Theory/Vozz
Nut House (The) (League City) Rick Lee & The Night Owls
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) Broken Spoke
Orange Show (The) The Blue Threads (1-4 pm)
Ovations Riff Raff (8 pm)
Piney Woods Performances House Concert Series The Hudsons (8 pm) (reservations required; email coumbe@...)
Polecat Shack (County Rd 351 off FM 1774 near Plantersville) - 8th Annual “End of the Road Jam” w/'Lectric Ed & The Welders/Shades of Red/8 Ball/Stick Shift/Dunville/Polecat Shooters & more
Pub Fiction John B (patio)
Q Sports Bar (Katy) 2nd Wind
Rowdy Buck's Saloon (Crosby) Kelly Schoppa
Rudyard's DollyRockers/Hot Rod Hillbillies/The Low Budget Thrillers
Sambuca Restaurant Shape Shifters
Sammy's Sammy & The Friends Band w/Faye Robinson
San Jacinto Harley-Davidson (Pasadena) - Gene Kelton & The Die Hards (11 am-1 pm); Brother2Brother (1:30-3:30 pm)
Scott Gertner's Sky Bar The Scott Gertner Band (9:45 pm)
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) Infinity's Twin/Midnight Pilots/The Gold Sounds
Seabrook Beach Club Familiar Strangers (4 pm); Sonic Amber (9:30 pm)
Shakespeare Pub (The) Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) Madigan
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) Adrenaline
Sherlock's Pub (River Oaks) Vertigo
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) Bad Boyfriend
Spring Tavern (The) (Spring) Still Broke
Super Happy Fun Land Polly Panic/Death Is Not A Joyride/Big by Bat/Stove Blow
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Navigators
The Last Concert Café - Guy Schwartz & the New Jack Hippies/Odd Toddler
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) Pirate Radio
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) Slags
Time Out Sports Bar #4 (North Freeway) Falskye
Tommy's Steakhouse (Westheimer) The Tommy's Quartet (8 pm)
Topwater Grill (San Leon) Undesided (7-11 pm)
Traders' Village 5th Gospel Jubilee
Tut's (Conroe) Native Texan Band
Uncle Albert's Drive Train
Warehouse Live Jackopierce (The Studio; 7 & 11 pm)
Woody's (Galveston) Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters (2:30 pm)
Zone 504 (Kemah) 3 Peace (9 pm)

 

 

SUNDAY September 30

 

Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) Jeff Canada/Lazlo
Big Easy (The) National Zydeco Foundation Monthly Jam
Continental Club (The) International Blues Challenge Regional Competition (finals; doors open at 2 pm; music at 3 pm)
County Line Bar & Grill open jam w/The Convertibles (4-8 pm)
Cosmos - Big John Mills/Forest Wayne Allen/Romeo Dogs/Shake Russell/Ken Gaines/Wayne Wilkerson/Brian Kalinec/Acoustic Villains/Ray Younkin/Mark Beets/Bill Ward/Robert Frith/Danny Everitt/Gary Burgess/Steve Reno/Kristen Jensen/Matt Harlan/Patti Sullivan/Hank Woji/Jim Kam/Selia Qynn/Tom Tranchilla/Kim Carson/BJ Mizell/Derek Aramburu/Larry Cooper/Glynace Eastham (benefit for Mark Zeus; 4 pm-midnight)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
Damm Ice House Guppies From Outer Space (4-7:30 pm)
Diallo's Trudy Lynn (6-10 pm)
Elegant Hogg Willie B & Just Us (5-9 pm; 2nd anniversary party)
Gravity Bar (Galveston) open mic (8 pm)
Haak Vineyard & Winery (Santa Fe) Ezra Charles & The Works (6-8:30 pm)
Joe's Crabshack (Richmond Ave.) Luther & The Healers (4-8 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)
Kemah Boardwalk Jazz Fest w/Mark Towns (6 pm)
Last Concert Café jam (12-5:30 pm); Fahl & Folk (6 pm)
Magnolia Bar & Grill Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (6 pm)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Cheryl Wheeler (6 pm)
Mr. Gino's I.J. Gosey (5-9 pm)
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) jam w/Chris Elliot & the James Brothers (6 pm)
Ovations The Snaufer-Garvin Harp & Guitar Duo (7 pm)
Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) jam w/Gary Lee & Sneak Preview
Prego's (Rice Village) Mickey Mosley (6-9 pm)
Reno's (Webster) Brandon Jenkins
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) jam (4-8 pm)
Sambuca Restaurant Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) Adakain/The Beautiful Disaster/Since the Ashes
Seabrook Beach Club Misfit Toys (4 pm)
Shakespeare Pub (The) blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) Last Heros
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) Necrofaith/Lycophile/Burn the Wicked
Sherlock's Pub (River Oaks) The Underground
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) Cruise Control
Warehouse Live The Forecast/The Blackpool Lights/Cassino (The Studio)

 

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