*LIVE APPEARANCES & NEW RELEASES
*BLUESGUY'S BIRTHDAY JAM #8
  This Sunday - You're Invited!
*DEAD AIR - Tonight!
*WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR



Today's lesson is filled with facts and information. Soft on prose and heavy on all the different ways we will be sharing the music in the next few weeks!

Why no stories? There's just too much to do as we get ready for our two annual Texas events, including my birthday party on Sunday, which will be webcast around the world!.

We'll appear on Dead Air tonight, performing live. Dead Air is KPFT-FM90.1's deadhead show, and we'll do about 30 minutes live after the prerecorded Grateful Dead set (around 1:30am CST). KPFT is available online around the world at www.kpft.org

The Dead set will be a 1990 set from Knickerbocker Arena (first set). Sandy sez it's a high quality thing some great jams! Cool! That's what we're going to try to be, as well!

Tonight
10pm (TV) - Channel 17 - Hippies.TV
                                          BluesGuy's Birthday Jam #5
1:30am CST (radio and web) - KPFT-FM / www.kpft.org
                                                 Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
                                                 Performing live on the radio

SUNDAY -
3pm   Live party  - www.bluesguy.com/birthdayjamdirections
          videotaping & webcast - www.stickam.com/profile/bigmeandog

                          BluesGuy's Birthday Jam #8
                                  starring
                          Mandy Mercier
                          Chris Elliot & The Bodacious Ta Ta's
                          TC & the Cannonballs
                          Big Al Bettis
                          Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies

TUE February 26 - Release of Guy's new CD 'Chameleon v3.5'
                              Advance copies available at Birthday Jam

TUE March 4 - Release of as-yet untitled DVD from
                        SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2007
TUE March 11 - Release of compilation CD from
                        SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2007

SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2008 - 14-17 MARCH
        Four days of free concert movie making magic.
        Line-ups, signups and info at
        www.southbydueeast.com or www.myspace.com/southbydueeast

TUE April 1 - Release of
                    "Guy Schwartz' Video Guide to JAMS & OPEN MICS
                      In The Greater Metropolitan Houston Area"
                      online & on high-quality DVD.

Hippies.TV Season 6 Schedule
Fridays at 10pm
Houston Comcast Cable 17 & www.hippies.tv
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15-Feb	BluesGuy's Birthday Jam 2005
22-Feb	TEACH THE BAND A SONG
29-Feb	SXDE2007 - THE UNDERGROUND
7-Mar	SXDE 2006 PERFORMANCES
14-Mar	SXDE 2007 - Rock Part 2
21-Mar	Little Joe Washington - Zydeco Cafe
28-Mar	BILLY JOE SHAVER  - NORTH CAROLINA
4-Apr	SXDE2008 - First View
11-Apr	Guy Schwartz' Guide To JAMS & OPEN MICS
18-Apr	Steel Train & other rockers...
25-Apr	BluesGuy's Birthday Jam 2008

MAY 1 - Release of Guy's new blues CD


BluesGuy's Birthday Jam # 8 looks to be a good one - if the weather holds out. Most sources say the storms will clear out Saturday night, so we have no alternate plan. Que sera, sera! One way or another - you are invited!

It looks like we'll have more guests than ever before, so we've ordered three sliced cooked brisket from Pete's Fine Meats and encourage everyone to bring yer own whatever. The music will start at 3pm and go 'til 6 or 8, depending upon the weather.

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WEEKEND MUSIC CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound & Baby Girl and KPFT
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SUNDAY February 17

• Guy & Marlo's Backyard – Blues Guy's Birthday Jam #8 w/Big Al Bettis/Mandy Mercier/Chris Elliot & the Bodacious Ta Ta's/T.C. & the Cannonballs/Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies (3 pm) www.bluesguy.com/birthdayjamdirections

FRIDAY February 15

• Anderson Fair – Michael Fracasso & Mary Battiata
• B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Mambo Jazz Kings
• Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Short Bus
• Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Shinolah
• Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – The Slags
• Baker Street Pub (The Woodlands) – Vertigo
• Big Daddy's Sports Bar (Spring) – Brother2Brother (9 pm)
• Big Easy (The) – Tracy Conover
• Big Texas Dance Hall & Saloon (North) (Spring) – Jarrod Birmingham
• Big Top (The) – Front Porch Society (7 pm); Allison Fisher (10 pm)
• Blanco's – Darwin Macon Band
• Bogart's Club – Mark May Band
• Bohemeo's – Liviya Compean
• Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Connie Mims
• Club 21 (Galveston) – Tonya Nolan & Art Sessionz
• Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – 98 in the Shade
• Concert Pub (The) – The Lost Boys
• Continental Club (The) – Seth Walker (10 pm)
• Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Bob Rose (8:30 pm)
• Cypress Saloon – Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash/Roger Creager
• Dan Electro's Guitar Bar – Fahl & Folk (7-9 pm); Third Ear/Fondue Monks
• Einstein's Pub (Katy) – Citizen X
• Elegant Hogg (The) – 2nd Wind (9 pm)
• FBI Rocks #1 – Marzi/Mercury Down/The Truth
• Firehouse Saloon (The) – Stoney LaRue/King Cone
• First Tee – Bout Time
• Fitzgerald's - The Motion Census (down); Drawback/Under the Green/Dine Alone/Four Men Walking (up)
• 517 Bar (Dickinson) – Full Throttle
• Gabby's (North Shepherd) – The Hanshaws (6:30-9:30 pm)
• Gabby's (Spencer Hwy) – Liz Talley & Chet Daniels (6:30-9:30 pm)
• Gabby's (Telephone Rd) – Silver Shoes Duo (6:30-9:30 pm)
• Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) - “A Ride with Bob” w/Asleep at the Wheel (8 pm)
• Gravity Bar (Galveston) – Carl Pianosmith (12-3 pm); Dave Oates (3-7 pm)
• Hideaway (The) – Luther & the Healers
• Howling Coyote (The) – Strange Brew
• JP Hops House – Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson
• Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – Sonny Boy Terry
• Ken's Club – Whitmore Band
• KK's Pub (Pasadena) – Cheap Whiskey
• Last Concert Cafι (The) – Little Brother Project/Scott McMurry Band
• Martinis & More (The Woodlands) – Down to Earth (9 pm)
• McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Terri Hendrix (8 pm)
• Mink (The) – Cex/Satin Hooks/Extraman/Maidenstorm/Lewis Ladder
• Mo's Place (Katy) – Rhythm of the Road
• Mother's Speakeasy (Bacliff) – Bill Nelson & Mojo Faction
• My Bar – Infinity's Twin
• Nutty Bar (The) – Level One
• Old Quarter Acoustic Cafι (Galveston) – Broken Spoke
• Palmer Club (Texas City) – Misfit Toys
• Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) – AJ & the Jazz Pack (9:30 pm)
• R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Backseat Driver
• Red Cat Jazz Cafι – Kyle Turner
• Rendezvous Club (Alvin) – Po Cats
• Rock Wine & Blues (Humble) – Sherman Robertson
• Rowdy Buck's Saloon (Crosby) – James Garner
• Sambuca Restaurant – The Zenteno Band
• Sammy's – Faye Robinson & the Midcity Players
• Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
• Scott Gertner's Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band (9:45 pm)
• Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Ill Nino/Bobaflex/Droid/Cellcyst
• Shakespeare Pub (The) – Zydeco Dots
• Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Strippers Lie
• Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – Cross Check
• Sherlock's Pub (River Oaks) – A-Rival
• Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) – The Max
• Ship's Wheel (Crystal Beach) – Hamilton Loomis (9:30 pm)
• Skyline Bar & Grill – Morgan Bouldin (7-10 pm)
• Songbird Sanctuary - Butch Morgan & George Ensle (for reservations email music@...This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )
• Spring Tavern (The) (Spring) – Curtis King
• Tommy's Steakhouse (Clear Lake) – Andy Anderson Trio (7:30-10:30 pm)
• Tommy's Steakhouse (Westheimer) – Kim Prevost & Matt Lemmler (5-7:30 pm); Matt Lemmler Quartet (8 & 10 pm)
• Uncle Albert's – Mainstreet
• Vintage Pub – The Spiffingtons
• Warehouse Live – Queensryche/Don Dokken (9 pm)
• West Alabama Ice House – Honky Tonk Heroes (6 pm)
• Yaga's (Galveston) – The Line Up (10:30 pm)

SATURDAY February 16

• Al's Sports Bar (Westheimer) - Prime
• Almost Austin House Concerts - Jack Saunders & Rick Poss (for reservations email kpipesjr@...This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )
• Anderson Fair – Buddy Mondlock
• Armadillo Palace – South 40
• B. Jiggers (Holiday Inn, Galveston) – Mambo Jazz Kings
• Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) – Vertigo
• Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) – Shinolah
• Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) – A-Rival
• Baker Street Pub (The Woodlands) – The Ruse
• Big Easy (The) – Rick Lee & the Night Owl (Rick's birthday party)
• Big Top (The) – The Octanes (10 pm)
• Bohemeo's – Sky & Joe Lee McCoy
• Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Darden Smith
• Cactus Music – Honky Tonk Heroes (3:30 pm)
• Cafe Soleil – Leo Emry Band (8 pm)
• Club 21 (Galveston) – Tonya Nolan & Art Sessionz
• Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) – Cruise Control
• Concert Pub (The) - Vertigo
• Continental Club (The) – Skyrocket (9:30 pm)
• Corner Pub (The) (Conroe) – Ragtop (9 pm)
• Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
• Cypress Saloon – Phil Pritchett (CD release party)/Jeff Boortz
• Dan Electro's Guitar Bar – “Joe's Roadhouse” (live broadcast 90.1 FM KPFT) w/Mojofromopolis/skyblue 72 (3-6 pm); Carrie Ann & the Apocalyptics (CD release)/ Opie Hendrix
• Einstein's Pub (Katy) – The Crisis
• Elegant Hogg (The) – Flash & Traffic Jam (9 pm)
• FBI Rocks #1 – L.A. Guns
• FBI Rocks #2 - Bemontuary/Carcinom/Of Raven & Ruin/Gates of Enoch/Golgotha/Subterranean/Fecal Root/Deranged Euphora
• Firehouse Saloon (The) – Bleu Edmondson/Eric Brendon Band (9 pm)
• Fitzgerald's – Science Monsters Galore/Useful Information/Scarcella 13 (down); Rainchild/Angels & Outlaws/Brink of Disaster/Downfall 2012 (up)
• Gabby's (North Shepherd) – Ben & Rose (6:30-9:30 pm)
• Gabby's (Spencer Hwy) – The Hanshaws (6-9:30 pm)
• Gabby's (Telephone Rd) – Tequila Squeeze (6:30-9:30 pm)
• Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) - “A Ride with Bob” w/Asleep at the Wheel (3 & 8 pm)
• Gravity Bar (Galveston) – Carl Pianosmith (12-3 pm); Dave Oates (3-6 pm)
• Haak Winery (Santa Fe) – Jackson Truett (5-7 pm)
• Hickory Hollow (Heights) – The Blenders (6:30-9:30 pm)
• Hideaway (The) – Love of Peace
• Howling Coyote (The) – Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
• Johnny Arolfo Civic Center (League City) - Green Mountain Grass/Bailey & the Boys (6:30 pm)
• Jones Hall – Ladysmith Black Mambazo (8 pm)
• JP Hops House – Bobby Mitchell Band
• Katie's Bar & Grill (Bacliff) – JJ Dynomite
• KK's Pub (Pasadena) – Luther & the Healers
• Last Concert Cafι (The) – Giant Bear/Patrick Godbey
• Marguerite's (LaMarque) – Hamilton Loomis
• Martinis & More (Louetta Rd) – Down to Earth (9 pm)
• McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Tom Russell (7, SRO, & 9:30 pm)
• Meridian (The) – Eye Against/The Drunks/Amplified Heat/Morgue City/Hell City Kings/Jalambo Chispa/American Terrorists/Whorehound/Dead End Lake/Mechanical Boy/Until Dawn/Dicky Hands
• Mo's Place (Katy) – Texas Unlimited Band
• Mojo Risin' Coffee House - Constant Billy (7-9 pm); Suzanna Choffell & Kacy Crowley (9 pm)
• Mother's Speakeasy (Bacliff) – 98 in the Shade
• Mugz Coffee Bar – acoustic open mic (7-9:30 pm)
• My Bar – The Reds
• Nut House (The) (League City) – 2nd Wind
• Old Quarter Acoustic Cafι (Galveston) – Shake Russell Band
• Papa's on The Lake (Lake Conroe) – Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
• Pelican's Sports Bar (San Leon) – Undesided (9 pm)
• Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) – Billy Bourbon Band (9 pm)
• Pub Fiction – John B (patio)
• Q Sports Bar (Katy) – Reckless Southerners
• R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Mark May Band
• Red Cat Jazz Cafι – Althea Rene
• Rendezvous Club (Alvin) - Wiseguy
• Rock Wine & Blues (Humble) – Sherman Robertson
• Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) – The Hammers (9 pm)
• Rowdy Buck's Saloon (Crosby) – Granger Smith
• Rudyard's – Spain Colored Orange
• Sambuca Restaurant – Eclipse
• Sammy's – Faye Robinson & the Midcity Players
• Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Snit's Dog & Pony Show
• Scott Gertner's Sky Bar – The Scott Gertner Band
• Scout Bar (Clear Lake) – Raging Apathy/Lunara
• Shakespeare Pub (The) – John McVey & the Stumble
• Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – The Reds
• Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – Drive Train
• Sherlock's Pub (River Oaks) – Cross Check
• Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) – The Max
• Spring Tavern (The) (Spring) – Tom Hays & the Persuaders
• Stafford Centre (Stafford) – The Original Triumps/BJ Thomas
• Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) – 3 Peace
• Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) – 11th Hour
• Tommy's Steakhouse (Clear Lake) – Johnny Pena Trio (7:30-10:30 pm)
• Tommy's Steakhouse (Westheimer) – Matt Lemmler Trio (8 & 10 pm)
• Uncle Albert's – Gypsy Train
• Vintage Pub – Drive Train
• Walter's on Washington – Co-Pilot/Awake

SUNDAY February 17

• Guy & Marlo's Backyard – Blues Guy's Birthday Jam #8 w/Big Al Bettis/Mandy Mercier/Chris Elliot & the Bodacious Ta Ta's/T.C. & the Cannonballs/Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies (3 pm) www.bluesguy.com/birthdayjamdirections

• Big Easy (The) – Wilfred Chevis
• Bugle Boy (The) (LaGrange) – Showcase Sunday (1:30-5 pm); Tret Fure (CD release; dinner: 4-5:30 pm; concert: 6-8 pm)
• Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) – blues jam w/Adam Burchfield (4-8 pm)
• Grand 1894 Opera House (The) (Galveston) - “A Ride with Bob” w/Asleep at the Wheel (3 pm)
• Gravity Bar (Galveston) – Marc Twyman's One Man Band (2-7 pm); open mic (9 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)
• Last Concert Cafι – jam (12-5:30 pm); Fahl & Folk w/Carrie Ann Buchanan & The Apocalyptics (6 pm)
• McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Susan Werner (6 pm)
• Mother's Speakeasy (Bacliff) - Wiseguy
• Mr. Gino's – I.J. Gosey (5-9 pm)
• Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) – jam w/Chris Elliot & the James Brothers (6 pm)
• Poor Michael's on The Strand (Galveston) – jam w/Skip Devlin (8:30 pm)
• Prego's (Rice Village) – Mickey Mosley & Ray Wilson (6-9 pm)
• Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) – 2nd Wind (4 pm)
• Sambuca Restaurant – Blue Monks
• Shakespeare Pub (The) – blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
• Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – The Jack Trippers
• Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – The Matchsticks
• Sherlock's Pub (River Oaks) – The Underground
• Super Happy Fun Land – Downtown Brown/Calabi Yau/El Tlazho/Always Guilty
• Walter's on Washington – Death Before Dishonor/Die Young/Grave Robbers/Bottomfeeder

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