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The whole damn thing was a blast!
It's 5am, and our schedules have inverted themselves again. Marlo decided we should go to Amsterdam with Carolyn Wonderland this year, and those six nights and five days have left me quite invigorated. I've got to clear up a few things I've missed, and get ready for The New Jack Hippies' appearance on Saturday evening at ART ON THE AVENUE at the Winter Street Warehouse. I'll try to finish my Amsterdam report this morning, but even if I don't - there is a bunch of it already written when I was there, so check out the 'report from the field' down below.
The first news I received upon my arrival home, was of the passing of Pat Sullivan. Pat was a great bass player, and a kind and honest gentleman. I first met Pat in the '60s when I was 14, and he played in a band called Thursday's Children (with Ezra Charles - before he was Ezra Charles). They were great band. Recently, he's been a one man musical support group for Opie Hendrix, and I'm sure that Opie must be devastated. Pat will be missed.
I haven't even checked my email yet. Marlo had 800 messages, so I must have 4000. There were 67 messages on the phone. Yikes! I'll get to you soon as I can! I'll go find The Blueshound's calendar, so I can get it to you, but that's about it for today on the email! My goals for today are to write to you, to capture a little Amsterdam video with me, Marlo, Wonderland and her band playing around at being tourists in the park behind the Rijksmuseum, and put a piece up at www.hippies.tv, and to help Marlo get her visual presentation ready for tonight's 2nd Annual Poet's For Peace Concert at The Southmore House (where it's possible that the New Jack Hippies will perform - maybe I'll know by the time I send this out).
Here's some thoughts from Amsterdam...
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AMSTERDAM, AMSTERDAM
I Hear You Calling
Report From The Field
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Friday - The Netherlands
Noonish over here... 5am at home... Up all night...
We arrived in Amsterdam without any real hassle or inconvenience. We also arrived without Carolyn Wonderland. Carolyn had been sent home from the airport with a visa problem. Supposedly, it's all being worked out now, and she'll arrive tomorrow, at the same time we did today.
Our bus driver, Rene, was entertaining and informative, and gave us a brief rundown about Dutch culture, law, society, etc. We had fun with him, but listened quite intently. Many of us had never been to Amsterdam before.
I met lots of seemingly cool people on the jet. I'll tell you a bit about some of them later. Our group has 27 people, including Carolyn and the band. More about that later - we're going to find a coffee shop!
Friday night 19:00 (7pm)
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This is great! Everything seems to work really well here. We left the hotel with Matt Hubbard, one of our new friends from the group, met up with Marlo's friend Leslye and her friend Drew, hit the train station, figured out the passes to buy, and were dropped in a touristy part of the central district within 20 minutes of leaving the hotel room.
Across the street from the train station, we saw our first coffee shop. Knowing that the place near the station must be the most expensive didn't stop us. After twelve hours of sober transportation, paying 8 Euros instead of 6 seemed OK to me. The place was tiny, and we were handed a menu as soon as we walked in.
Marlo ordered Cappucino and the King Hassan, while I went for the White Widow and Northern Lights. The guys doing the dividing and weighing was from San Francisco, and was quite helpful and knowledgeable. After sampling everyone's choices, we were ready to hit the streets.
As we left the coffee shop, the first thing we saw was an open air market with fashions and chatchkes in the brightest colors imaginable. It was right next to the train station, too, but our new perspective (from across the street) showed us that the ballet/opera house was right on top of the train station.
We checked our Amsterdam map, and boldly crossed a bridge over the Amstel River, where we found hundreds of little tiny restaurants, all types of shops for everything from guitars to groceries, and more coffee shops. We chose a little shoarma house, and the tastes were incredible. By this time, we had lost Leslye and Drew on the streets of Amsterdam. We were about ready to sleep, so we made one more coffee shop stop, and headed for the hotel.
It's only 8pm here, but I've been up for 52 hours, and our group breakfast buffet begins at 6am. Sweet deams...
Saturday morning - 9:30am
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MArlo is getting dressed fro the buffet. I woke up a 5am, & I've already been there twice.
The breakfast buffet for our group is in a second floor dining area which is set aside for large groups. The real large groups must reserve a time, but since we had a smaller group of 27 (and because we convinced them that our group would never make it up and organized that early), they allowed that we could wander in and out at our pleasure during their breakfast hours, Good thing this is Saturday, because the breakfast ends at 9am on the weekdays. The only way most of us will make that is to eat at 6am, before we go to sleep!
It's a much better buffet than I thought it would be. There's a table that looks scandinavian, with cold cuts and cheeses. I took the roast beef, prosciutto and the liver loaf. The scrambled eggs were extremely fluffy, but the bacon was served almost raw. The hard boiled eggs were brown. So were half the breads and rolls. Eight types of bread (toast it yourself) and rolls, dry cereal (cornflakes, corn pops...), milk juice, coffee, tea.
Saturday 20:00 (8pm)
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We went with Darren and Robbie to pick up Carolyn at Schiphol Airport and returned to the hotel. I wanted to head straight back out, but Marlo was hit by the jet lag, so we didn't hit the streets until 16:00. Amsterdam is so far north that it gets dark between 4-5pm at this time of year. But for all of the rain they normally have (over 220 rain days per year), we've got nothing but sunny days, so far...
We hit more coffee shops as we walked and walked. I had a pizza with chicken shoarma and mussels, to satisfy the munchies from the Orange Bud and Purple Haze. Life is good, but it's time to get to the venue. Carolyn plays at 11pm-3am, and we must arrive early enough to set up cameras in the best places.
Sunday 04:00 (4am)
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There's a little time to write about tonight's show, before gathering in a tourmates room at 5:15 to keep each other awake until the breakfast buffet. Not that we haven't eaten - Darren, Robbie and I went to a little snack shop during the gig, where we indulged in fries with all sorts of condiments with mayonnaise. It was at that shop where we encountered our first anti-americanism. A large guy in a wool cap (who's insignia proclaimed his allegiance to an american sportswear company) asked where we were from.
"Texas", we proclaimed in unison.
"Texas... George Booosh!", he replies, and then continues speaking with us in dutch or afrikance or some other language we didn't understand for the next three minutes or so.
It wasn't until he left, and a couple of other kinder-hearted Eauropeans began to apoligize to us profusely, that we realized just how much we must have been dissed.
Maloe Melo was a bunch of fun! The venue has been there forever, and the management loves their Texas music. It stuck me immediately that there was no difference in the way they accepted our country, blues and rock-n-roll, as if it were all the same music... American music.
Even when getting into the cab - the mix of music was amazingly diverse. Euro-disco followed by Tom Petty followed by a hiphop track in french. Jerry the bartender showed us pictures of himself on the road with Joe Cocker, and sat in during sound check to do a little boogie woogie. Jan blew my mind when we were introduced, and he said, "Hmmm... GUY SCHWARTZ... I am familiar with your music!" This was a gratifying moment for me, especially under the circumstances of this trip.
There were several good musicians on the trip, who were not there to play music. It may not be healthy, but us musicians get very used to the attention people give us. Many of us perform because we need that attention. Marlo was wonderingn how I'd hold up. After all - I'm usually the star of the show, but this time I was there in a supporting role, to film Carolyn Wonderland.
I made it through OK, but not all of the musicians were as comfortable as I. Many of us sounded like waiters in Los Angeles (who are always between acting parts), telling our tourmates about the music we create and handing out our CDs.
When Carolyn missed the first flight out, some of the group began fantasizing about having to save the day by performing in her place.
Not me!
I was too busy figuring that it would be a cool documentary if some of these other musicians had to save the day by performing in Carolyn's place, and then Carolyn walks in at the last moment, etc...
Maloe Melo is small. There's a pub-like room and bar in front, with swinging doors that open to the music room in back shortly before music-time. Each room couldn't be more than 16-18 feet wide and 40 or 50 feet long. I'm not certain how many meters that is, but it isn't many.
A guy named Chris (or Kris) brought out guitars and amps for the band, which saved everyone money, and made it unnecessary to convert power supplies for European standards. They were good sounding amps. Marlo set the new Canon XL-1 on it's tripod up in a small raised 3x3 booth in the back of the room, and I set up with a hand-held Panasonic 3-chip unit at the stage. Darren brought a DAT machine and stereo microphone for audio, and set it up by Marlo.
When showtime came, they opened the door to the back room, and the place flooded with people. It was packed to the walls with music-lovers, who listened and applauded and laughed in all the right places.
The band was hot! An audience like that almost guarantees it, but these guys were ready. This band is tight, and full of great players who are always in the right frame of mind to get the music done. I've known and listened to Carolyn and Scott Daniels for years, and have enjoyed Cole El-Saleh's music since we met a couple years ago, but the additions of both Bob and Lefty on bass and drums, has really brought this band up to Carolyn's great potential, musically AND professionally.
Jan and Jerry both sat in during the night, and Guy Forsythe showed up too, singing and playing harp with the band.
I hope the Videotape looks as good as it did in the viewfinder! I hope Darren got great audio! I hope those guys are still awake for our pre-breakfast meeting, 'cos it's time to go!
To Be Continued
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That's all I got to write while there. We had two power converters, and recharging my laptop took a back-seat to recharging the batteries for the video cameras. And, after charging up the laptop today, so I could get to this, there's really no time to write today.
Carolyn plays at Dan Electro's tonight. I'll do music with poets at Southmore House (Leeland @ Palmer), and head to Dan Electro's later.
I'll write later, too, about Carolyn's second night at Maloe Melo, the red-light district, The Van Gogh, our visit with Bob Dylan, and many more coffee shops and snack places....
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WEEKEND CALENDAR
Courtesy of The Blueshound and KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
Anderson Fair – Kimberly M'Carver
Ashbury 60s Bar & Java House – Blue Corner
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – The Manna Band
Bareback Bar & Ice House – String Benders
Big Easy (The) – Sonny Boy Terry
Blanco's – Alvin Crow
Blondie's (LaPorte) – The Joe Valentino Show
Bob Wills Jr. Danceland – Rick Sousley
Borski's – Clay Canfield
Brian O'Neill's – The Brad Absher Band
Buck's – Guppies From Outer Space
Cactus Moon Blues Café – Sherman Robertson
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chantilly Room (The) (LaPorte) – The Texas Hurricanes
Club 21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Joyce Fields (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); Cave Catt
Sammy (10 pm); Two Tons of Steel (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – The Zydeco Dots
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) – John McVey & the Stumble (8 pm)
Crooked Ferret (The) – Checkered Past
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar – Carolyn Wonderland
Engine Room (The) – Mondo Generator/Bad Wizard
Fat Cat's – Hot Water Music/Astatic Lullaby/These Hands Are Snakes
Fenders (LaMarque) – Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Mark David Manders/The Peter Dawson Band
Fitzgerald's – Kings X/The Hunger/House of Moist
Froggie's Saloon – The Tony Vega Band
Gin Mill on the Bayou – Groove Central Station
Grappino Di Nino's – Smythe & Taylor (ongoing)
Harmony Coffee House – Chris Collins & Derek Aramburu/Joey D & Willie
B
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Hideaway (The) – Mark May
Jack's For Cocktails – 2nd Wind
Jackie's (Bacliff) – Down To Earth
Jeff's Sports Bar – Spiffington
Kemah Boardwalk (top floor parking garage) – "Rock the Roof" w/Ezra
Charles &
The Works (classic car show & 50s party)
Lance's Turtle Club – The Relics
Lil's Bar & Grill – Grapevine
Manvel Opry (The) – John Collins/Jennie Valka/Rosi Mullins
Maribelle's (Seabrook) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14th (continued)
Martini's & More – The Allstars
McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Hayes Carll
Mercury Room (The) – La Raza Connection
Mo's Place – The Texas Unlimited Band
Next Door Coffee House (The) – open mic
Ovations – Deborah Boily/Michael Jones (CD release party)
Oz Bar (The) – Car Tunes
Papa's – Matt Leddy & the Meat Cutters
Paradise Sports Bar (Angleton) – Soulful Tears
Pennison's #1 (Sugarland) – The Dukes of Houston
Pennison's #2 (Copperfield) - Drive
Pennison's #3 (West Oaks) – Big Red Sun
Poor Michaels' On The Strand (Galveston) – The Benny Brasket Band
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Chameleon
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – The Grateful Geezers
Rhythm Room (The) – Zwee/Mellowship/Drum
Rookie's – Nervous Rex
Rudyard's – Okkervil River/The Mendoza Line
Sam's Irish Pub – Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café – Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – The Mandy Smith Group
Scooter's Ice House - Evolution
Shakespeare's Pub – Shawn Pittman
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Rapture
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – Loud Love
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) – Gravel
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) – Electric Gypsies
Sidecar Pub (The) – Randy Rogers/Nigel Edison
Silky's – Birds of India/Victims of Modern Age/The Last Place You Look
SRO Sports Bar (Champions) – Luther & the Healers
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) – The Mighty Orq
Stag's Head Pub (The) – E=MC2
Texas Arts Venue – Ruthie Foster
Verizon Wireless Theater – Cheap Trick/Wayne Kramer
Vintage Bar (The) – Jen Rathbun
Walter's on Washington – The Damn Wells/Tody & the Falcones/South 59
Warehouse Music Café & Icehouse (The) – Mitch Vegas
West Alabama Ice House – Dean Seltzer & the Redneck Mothers
Westfield by the Railroad – Tail Spin
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) – Hot New Couple/Shulton's Youth
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon – Harry Burkes
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th
Acadia – Matt Leddy & the Meat Cutters
Al's Sports Bar #1 – Creative Differences
Al's Sports Bar #2 – Big Red Sun
Allen Bango Company (11210 Craighead) – Banjo Workshop w/Ross
Nickerson
(1-5 pm); Pickin' Party (5-6:45 pm); Ross Nickerson Show (7-9 pm)
(reservations please, 866-258-7159)
Anderson Fair – Back at the Ranch
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Dreamsickle Band
Bareback Bar & Ice House – Blackie & the Bullets
Big Easy (The) – The Mighty Orq
Bob Wills Jr. Danceland – Rick Sousley
Borski's – traditional country jam (1-6 pm)
Brian O'Neill's – Plump
Cactus Moon Blues Café – Lucky Peterson
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Chantilly Room (The) (LaPorte) – The Texas Hurricanes
Cocktails (Galveston) – Eden Ames (10 pm)
Compaq Center (The) – Earth, Wind & Fire
Continental Club (The) – Mike Barfield (10 pm); Seven Nations (11:30
pm)
Cosmos – The Tony Vega Band
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) – High Tech (8 pm)
Einstein's Pub – Fuzzy Side Up
Elbow Room (The) – Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Engine Room (The) – Default/Blue October
Fat Cat's – Numbers/Die Monitor Batts/Das Automatik/DJ Sonic Reducer
Firehouse Saloon (The) – David Glenn
Fitzgerald's (down) – The Colour Clear/7th Day Sky/Tri 7 Kru/The
Horrid Affair/
Forever is Never
Fitzgerald's (up) – Pimpadelic/Dinosaur
Salad/Downfall/Rubberhead/Tabular Asa
Gin Mill on the Bayou – Luther & the Healers
H-Town's Arena Theatre – Larry Carlton/Kim Waters
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Wine & Stars Party (6 pm)
Henry's Hideout – Dean Seltzer
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Bluegrass Solution
Hideaway (The) – Tracy Conover
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (Wharton) – Jody Booth
Jack's For Cocktails – 2nd Wind
Johnny Arolfo Civic Center (League City) - Ross Nickerson/Tom Roberts
& Before
Electricity
JP Hops House – Mark Beets (CD release party); The Jack Saunders Band
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Manvel Opry (The) – John Gilliam/Jesse Whittley/Devin Yancy
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th (continued)
Maribelle's (Seabrook) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Ian Moore (2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Soul Circus
Mike's Place – Just Got Lucky
Mo's Place – Kevin Eagan
Molly's Pub (Wilcrest & Westheimer) – Scott Sileo
Next Door Coffee House (The) – Gene Stewart/Two Harbors
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Brian Burns & Tommy Alverson
Cruise Party
Ovations – Deborah Boily/Michael Jones (CD release party)
Oz Bar (The) – Skylites
Papa's – Earlywine
Parrot Pub (The) – Angela Peterson
Pennison's #1 (Sugarland) – Toxic Otter
Pennison's #2 (Copperfield) – Fuzzy Side Up
Pennison's #3 (West Oaks) – Crank
Pit Stop (The) (8788 Hammerly) – The Joe Valentino Show
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) – Roy Lee Nelson &
Unfinished
Business
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Chameleon
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Mark May
Rhythm Room (The) – Live Broadcast, Joe's Roadhouse (90.1 FM KPFT)
w/Sonny Boy Terry/Sherman Robertson (3-6 pm); Strangelight/
The Chemistry Set/The Methods (9 pm)
Rookie's – Hurtbox
Rudyard's – J.W. Americana/Clouseaux/Ready O.K.
Sam's Irish Pub – Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café – Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Kenny & the Bluesmen
Scooter's Ice House - Evolution
Shakespeare's Pub – John McVey & the Stumble
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Head First
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – The Overlook
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) – Electric Gypsies
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Gravel
Sidecar Pub (The) – Turbulent/Six/Dreamtrybe
Silky's – Oscar O'Bear & the Las Vegas Connection
Splash #2 (Dickinson) – Down to Earth
Stag's Head Pub – Light Rock Express
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) – Live Cargo (6-10 pm)
Timeout Sports Bar #1 – Rock Starz
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th (continued)
Toyota Center – The Isley Brothers
Tut's (Conroe) – Kyle Hutton
Vine Street Studios (1113 Vine Street) - Houston Chapter of the
American
Institute of Graphic Arts and KPFT 90.1 FM present "Loud and Clear –
Texas Music Looks Like This!" w/Mando Saenz/Billy Joe Shaver
(exhibition and auction of original artwork)
Vintage Bar (The) – Big Lizard Boys
Walter's on Washington – The Fruit Bats/Chasmatic
Warehouse Music Café & Icehouse (The) – Lisa Novak
Westfield by the Railroad – Big Otis
Wunsche Bros. Café (Spring) – Harry Burkes
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
Big Easy (The) – Bon Ton Mickey
Borski's – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Cosmos – Gypsies (7 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) – jam (4-8 pm)
Curley's (Hitchcock) – jam w/Texas Boogie (5-9 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing – open mic (10 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Senses Fail/Every Time I Die/Saosin
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Cowboys Nightmare (Texas Equisearch Benefit)
Fitzgerald's – Agent Orange
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Brian Burns
JP Hops House – HFBSA (1:30 pm); Showcase (4 pm); NSAI open mic (6 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage – Luther & the Healers (5-9 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Opie Hendrix (7 pm)
Mr. Gino's – I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
19th Hole (The) – open jam; singer/songwriter contest
Ovations – Kayemberg/Glennie Scott
Papa's (formerly Papa's on the Lake) – The Papa's Allstars
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) – jam
Proletariat (The) – Bonfire Madigans/The Quails
Rhythm Room (The) – Bruce James (9 pm); jam (11 pm)
River Café (The) – Harry Sheppard
Ronnie's (Dickinson) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Rowdy's – open mic
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue
Monks
Shakespeare's Pub – 13th Annual Blues for Food w/The Mighty Orq/Don
Kesee &
the Blues Masters/John McVey & the Stumble/Eugene Moody/The Texas
Destroyers/Steve The Chief's C&W Revue/Benny Brasket Band/Shawn
Pittman/Sonny Boy Terry (benefiting the Houston Food Bank) (1 pm)
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Soma
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – Acoustic Villains
Uncle Albert's – rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theater (The) – Kenny Loggins (CANCELLED)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
What's Cookin' (Kemah) – Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers (5-9 pm)
What's Left (FM 2978 Tomball; 281-351-5929) – open mic w/Mark May (4
pm)
Anderson Fair – Kimberly M'Carver
Ashbury 60s Bar & Java House – Blue Corner
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – The Manna Band
Bareback Bar & Ice House – String Benders
Big Easy (The) – Sonny Boy Terry
Blanco's – Alvin Crow
Blondie's (LaPorte) – The Joe Valentino Show
Bob Wills Jr. Danceland – Rick Sousley
Borski's – Clay Canfield
Brian O'Neill's – The Brad Absher Band
Buck's – Guppies From Outer Space
Cactus Moon Blues Café – Sherman Robertson
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chantilly Room (The) (LaPorte) – The Texas Hurricanes
Club 21 (Galveston) – The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Cocktails (Galveston) – Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Joyce Fields (10 pm)
Continental Club (The) – Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); Cave Catt
Sammy (10 pm); Two Tons of Steel (11:30 pm)
Cosmos – The Zydeco Dots
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) – John McVey & the Stumble (8 pm)
Crooked Ferret (The) – Checkered Past
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar – Carolyn Wonderland
Engine Room (The) – Mondo Generator/Bad Wizard
Fat Cat's – Hot Water Music/Astatic Lullaby/These Hands Are Snakes
Fenders (LaMarque) – Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Mark David Manders/The Peter Dawson Band
Fitzgerald's – Kings X/The Hunger/House of Moist
Froggie's Saloon – The Tony Vega Band
Gin Mill on the Bayou – Groove Central Station
Grappino Di Nino's – Smythe & Taylor (ongoing)
Harmony Coffee House – Chris Collins & Derek Aramburu/Joey D & Willie
B
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Hideaway (The) – Mark May
Jack's For Cocktails – 2nd Wind
Jackie's (Bacliff) – Down To Earth
Jeff's Sports Bar – Spiffington
Kemah Boardwalk (top floor parking garage) – "Rock the Roof" w/Ezra
Charles &
The Works (classic car show & 50s party)
Lance's Turtle Club – The Relics
Lil's Bar & Grill – Grapevine
Manvel Opry (The) – John Collins/Jennie Valka/Rosi Mullins
Maribelle's (Seabrook) – Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14th (continued)
Martini's & More – The Allstars
McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Hayes Carll
Mercury Room (The) – La Raza Connection
Mo's Place – The Texas Unlimited Band
Next Door Coffee House (The) – open mic
Ovations – Deborah Boily/Michael Jones (CD release party)
Oz Bar (The) – Car Tunes
Papa's – Matt Leddy & the Meat Cutters
Paradise Sports Bar (Angleton) – Soulful Tears
Pennison's #1 (Sugarland) – The Dukes of Houston
Pennison's #2 (Copperfield) - Drive
Pennison's #3 (West Oaks) – Big Red Sun
Poor Michaels' On The Strand (Galveston) – The Benny Brasket Band
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Chameleon
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – The Grateful Geezers
Rhythm Room (The) – Zwee/Mellowship/Drum
Rookie's – Nervous Rex
Rudyard's – Okkervil River/The Mendoza Line
Sam's Irish Pub – Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café – Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – The Mandy Smith Group
Scooter's Ice House - Evolution
Shakespeare's Pub – Shawn Pittman
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Rapture
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – Loud Love
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) – Gravel
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) – Electric Gypsies
Sidecar Pub (The) – Randy Rogers/Nigel Edison
Silky's – Birds of India/Victims of Modern Age/The Last Place You Look
SRO Sports Bar (Champions) – Luther & the Healers
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) – The Mighty Orq
Stag's Head Pub (The) – E=MC2
Texas Arts Venue – Ruthie Foster
Verizon Wireless Theater – Cheap Trick/Wayne Kramer
Vintage Bar (The) – Jen Rathbun
Walter's on Washington – The Damn Wells/Tody & the Falcones/South 59
Warehouse Music Café & Icehouse (The) – Mitch Vegas
West Alabama Ice House – Dean Seltzer & the Redneck Mothers
Westfield by the Railroad – Tail Spin
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) – Hot New Couple/Shulton's Youth
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon – Harry Burkes
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th
Acadia – Matt Leddy & the Meat Cutters
Al's Sports Bar #1 – Creative Differences
Al's Sports Bar #2 – Big Red Sun
Allen Bango Company (11210 Craighead) – Banjo Workshop w/Ross
Nickerson
(1-5 pm); Pickin' Party (5-6:45 pm); Ross Nickerson Show (7-9 pm)
(reservations please, 866-258-7159)
Anderson Fair – Back at the Ranch
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) – Dreamsickle Band
Bareback Bar & Ice House – Blackie & the Bullets
Big Easy (The) – The Mighty Orq
Bob Wills Jr. Danceland – Rick Sousley
Borski's – traditional country jam (1-6 pm)
Brian O'Neill's – Plump
Cactus Moon Blues Café – Lucky Peterson
Caps Piano Bar – Faye Robinson
Chantilly Room (The) (LaPorte) – The Texas Hurricanes
Cocktails (Galveston) – Eden Ames (10 pm)
Compaq Center (The) – Earth, Wind & Fire
Continental Club (The) – Mike Barfield (10 pm); Seven Nations (11:30
pm)
Cosmos – The Tony Vega Band
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) – High Tech (8 pm)
Einstein's Pub – Fuzzy Side Up
Elbow Room (The) – Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Engine Room (The) – Default/Blue October
Fat Cat's – Numbers/Die Monitor Batts/Das Automatik/DJ Sonic Reducer
Firehouse Saloon (The) – David Glenn
Fitzgerald's (down) – The Colour Clear/7th Day Sky/Tri 7 Kru/The
Horrid Affair/
Forever is Never
Fitzgerald's (up) – Pimpadelic/Dinosaur
Salad/Downfall/Rubberhead/Tabular Asa
Gin Mill on the Bayou – Luther & the Healers
H-Town's Arena Theatre – Larry Carlton/Kim Waters
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) – Wine & Stars Party (6 pm)
Henry's Hideout – Dean Seltzer
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Bluegrass Solution
Hideaway (The) – Tracy Conover
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (Wharton) – Jody Booth
Jack's For Cocktails – 2nd Wind
Johnny Arolfo Civic Center (League City) - Ross Nickerson/Tom Roberts
& Before
Electricity
JP Hops House – Mark Beets (CD release party); The Jack Saunders Band
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) – Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Manvel Opry (The) – John Gilliam/Jesse Whittley/Devin Yancy
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th (continued)
Maribelle's (Seabrook) – Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
McGonigel's Mucky Duck – Ian Moore (2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) – Soul Circus
Mike's Place – Just Got Lucky
Mo's Place – Kevin Eagan
Molly's Pub (Wilcrest & Westheimer) – Scott Sileo
Next Door Coffee House (The) – Gene Stewart/Two Harbors
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) – Brian Burns & Tommy Alverson
Cruise Party
Ovations – Deborah Boily/Michael Jones (CD release party)
Oz Bar (The) – Skylites
Papa's – Earlywine
Parrot Pub (The) – Angela Peterson
Pennison's #1 (Sugarland) – Toxic Otter
Pennison's #2 (Copperfield) – Fuzzy Side Up
Pennison's #3 (West Oaks) – Crank
Pit Stop (The) (8788 Hammerly) – The Joe Valentino Show
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) – Roy Lee Nelson &
Unfinished
Business
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Chameleon
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) – Mark May
Rhythm Room (The) – Live Broadcast, Joe's Roadhouse (90.1 FM KPFT)
w/Sonny Boy Terry/Sherman Robertson (3-6 pm); Strangelight/
The Chemistry Set/The Methods (9 pm)
Rookie's – Hurtbox
Rudyard's – J.W. Americana/Clouseaux/Ready O.K.
Sam's Irish Pub – Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café – Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) – Kenny & the Bluesmen
Scooter's Ice House - Evolution
Shakespeare's Pub – John McVey & the Stumble
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Head First
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – The Overlook
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) – Electric Gypsies
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Gravel
Sidecar Pub (The) – Turbulent/Six/Dreamtrybe
Silky's – Oscar O'Bear & the Las Vegas Connection
Splash #2 (Dickinson) – Down to Earth
Stag's Head Pub – Light Rock Express
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) – Live Cargo (6-10 pm)
Timeout Sports Bar #1 – Rock Starz
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15th (continued)
Toyota Center – The Isley Brothers
Tut's (Conroe) – Kyle Hutton
Vine Street Studios (1113 Vine Street) - Houston Chapter of the
American
Institute of Graphic Arts and KPFT 90.1 FM present "Loud and Clear –
Texas Music Looks Like This!" w/Mando Saenz/Billy Joe Shaver
(exhibition and auction of original artwork)
Vintage Bar (The) – Big Lizard Boys
Walter's on Washington – The Fruit Bats/Chasmatic
Warehouse Music Café & Icehouse (The) – Lisa Novak
Westfield by the Railroad – Big Otis
Wunsche Bros. Café (Spring) – Harry Burkes
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16th
Big Easy (The) – Bon Ton Mickey
Borski's – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Cosmos – Gypsies (7 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) – jam (4-8 pm)
Curley's (Hitchcock) – jam w/Texas Boogie (5-9 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing – open mic (10 pm)
Engine Room (The) – Senses Fail/Every Time I Die/Saosin
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Firehouse Saloon (The) – Cowboys Nightmare (Texas Equisearch Benefit)
Fitzgerald's – Agent Orange
Hickory Hollow (Heights) – Brian Burns
JP Hops House – HFBSA (1:30 pm); Showcase (4 pm); NSAI open mic (6 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage – Luther & the Healers (5-9 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) – Opie Hendrix (7 pm)
Mr. Gino's – I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
19th Hole (The) – open jam; singer/songwriter contest
Ovations – Kayemberg/Glennie Scott
Papa's (formerly Papa's on the Lake) – The Papa's Allstars
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) – jam
Proletariat (The) – Bonfire Madigans/The Quails
Rhythm Room (The) – Bruce James (9 pm); jam (11 pm)
River Café (The) – Harry Sheppard
Ronnie's (Dickinson) – blues jam (4-8 pm)
Rowdy's – open mic
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue
Monks
Shakespeare's Pub – 13th Annual Blues for Food w/The Mighty Orq/Don
Kesee &
the Blues Masters/John McVey & the Stumble/Eugene Moody/The Texas
Destroyers/Steve The Chief's C&W Revue/Benny Brasket Band/Shawn
Pittman/Sonny Boy Terry (benefiting the Houston Food Bank) (1 pm)
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) – Soma
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) – Acoustic Villains
Uncle Albert's – rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theater (The) – Kenny Loggins (CANCELLED)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
What's Cookin' (Kemah) – Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers (5-9 pm)
What's Left (FM 2978 Tomball; 281-351-5929) – open mic w/Mark May (4
pm)
That's it for now. See you where the live music is!
-Guy Schwartz
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