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*FREE RADICALS CD RELEASE
*SONNY BOY TERRY
*WEEKEND CALENDAR
*NEW VIDEO AT www.hippies.tv
*BLUESGUY'S BIRTHDAY JAM #4
Thursday 11:56pm
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Wow! I've been up a long time - even for me! Woke up at 6:30am on Tuesday. I keep meaning to sleep, but cool stuff keeps happening. Mickey Burton came in from Louisiana, and before I knew it he had Roger and Barry Feldt on the way to jam and record. It was a great session, and it just ended. We got 8 new tracks. There have been a lot of great sessions here lately.
I'm trying to write before I crash, so I can get this to you today. I've finished the blues album this week, and have most of the rock CD and spoken word CD lined out for the first test pressing. We've picked front covers for 2 of the CDs, and back covers for 3 (but we need 7 fronts and 6 backs - got anything good?), and I've listed most of the credits for all of the CDs. As it stands, there are 53 musicians, and 48 songs.
Bluesguy's Birthday Jam #3 is coming up on Valentine's Day afternoon, so the organization and promotion of that is getting to be a priority. Anybody want to help? Call me or meet up at tomorrow's Joe's Roadhouse Live from the RHYTHM ROOM, featuring The Brad Absher Band (with Teri Greene!), and the wonderful/legendary Pete Mayes.
Our 10 guest stars for the Birthday Jam are set now. The New Jack Hippies will play for 150 minutes, with each of the following joining us onstage for one or two songs - Sonny Boy Terry, Gloria Edwards, Kool B, Little Joe Washington, Opie Hendrix, Heath Spencer Philip, Tracy Conover, Dr. Rockit, Jerald Gray and Sandy Hickey!
We'll also do an all-night birthday jam from the radio studio the week before, during Pat & Rosie's Nightsounds on KPFT-FM & www.kpft.org on Feb 8th, with guests Ian Varley from Drop Trio, Opie Hendrix, Sonny Boy Terry and EP Vallejo.
There has been so much going on! Last night, I went to KPFT to hang a poster and stuff flyers for the Birthday Jam in the various DJs and programmers mailboxes, and caught a lively night at Matt Sonzala's program. Amongst the musicians, DJs, MCs and poets I ran into was Nick Cooper, from FREE RADICALS. Nick gave me a copy of FREE RADICALS new CD, and I'm popping it into the player right now.
Hmmm... maybe not...
I guess I left that CD inside the house, so I'll listen to it later. Instead, I'll put in the new 'Live At Miss Ann's Playpen' CD by Sonny Boy Terry.
To quote Hank Hill. "I'll tell you what..."
I'll tell you that I am impressed as hell with Sonny Boy Terry lately! He has really grown as an artist. I've known Sonny Boy Terry since when he was just plain Terry, and I've always considered him to be competant, yet 'workman-like' as a musician...
What I mean is - until this week, both he and his music have traditionally struck me as having little real 'artistry', There has always been a good quality to his music and performance, but his playing struck me as that of a student of the greats who had worked and worked on his craft until he could do a good recital of the standards. Speaking to him as a young cat, 20 years ago, I got the same feeling about him. He wasn't big on natural talent, but he had the desire and was willing to work for it. That alone was always enough to make a good impression on me.
You see - as a producer and bandleader, I've always had to assess the worth of a lot of performances and the personalities of their accompanying performers. I don't believe that everyone comes to the table with the same talents and skills, nor should they. A natural genius who never works on his craft (or shows up at rehearsals) is much less an asset to a band than the average guy who works on it day in and day out, so I take everyone's strong points into consideration when I evaluate musicians. Nobody is a TOTAL package, no matter what their hype says!
This new live album's is pretty damn good! The band is playing great! With Samantha Banks on drums, and Benny Brasket on bass, I would expect no less. I've never heard Little Ray Ibarra play guitar before, but he's burning up the tracks on my CD player right now! Sonny Boy Terry's harp is striking me the same way that it did when he dropped by my studio last week. Terry was here to add some harp tracks to my next CD (a four CD set), and that night of work convinced me that he was a changed man!
Sonny Boy Terry took the plunge about 18 months ago. He decided to quit his day job, and begin to take his music career as the number one priority in his life. He's worked on his performance, his playing, his conditioning and it shows in everything he does. He approached my session with an open mind, and then when I set him free to find his own parts - he began with one tasty track, and then began refining those parts like a pro, until he had boiled down each track to it's simplest statement of support or power, depending upon which was needed.
This live CD of his is the same way!
Sonny Boy Terry Band whips thru these tight arrangements like I would imagine the best of the first electric Chicago-style blues bands did when they invented the genre, yet Terry's band has so many of the influences of the gulf coast up front! It's a beautiful thing! Here's another Houston blues artist who will be heard by the world and bring credit to our community! Doc Blues Records has not just released this last testament to the coolness of live performances at Miss Ann's Playpen, now closed, but they've re-released Sonny Boy's 'Breakfast Dance' CD, a studio effort from a few years ago which captures many Houston greats in a proper studio setting. With a record company promoting both - a top-notch studio and Live CDs - the blues world could soon be Sonny Boy Terry's for the taking.
So - anyway...
I was at the radio station, at Matt Sonzala's show, and Renee from the news department comes in and starts talking about these Government In Media hearings in San Antonio next Wednesday morning. If you can go early and sit in line to speak up, please do. Rest assured (I'm not resting at all) - the corporations will have plenty of folks there to speak up for them. Get there early. I just can't believe that the best way to protect free speech is to put the media under government/corporate control...
When Matt's show ended, DJ Woo and Rezor T began their semi-weekly Alternative Scream, so I hung out a while longer. I asked Woo to play some of AERIAL BOMBARDMENT, the FREE RADICALS CD, and it sounded great. There are over 50 musicians and eighty minutes of music recorded all kinds of ways - and it's all quality stuff featuring all types of styles from around the world. I'm gonna go inside and get mine...
THE NEXT DAY...
Couldn't get this out to you last night. Over 50 hours with no sleep, combined with the new FREE RADICALS CD, put me out for the night. Don't get me wrong - I didn't fall asleep on AERIAL BOMBARDMENT, I listened to it. I really listened! There was no way I could write while music that interesting was going on! The practically 3 dozen pieces on the CD flow together as one larger statement. Interesting segues and interludes combine with short cuts - these are all free flowing performances - the way FREE RADICALS always do it, but these are the best of the best. Nick recorded them all, but then took two minutes from this gig, and six minutes from that gig, and produced one hell of an album. I don't know whether to use the word masterful or the word masterpiece, but I just woke up and listened to it again. From Gloria Edwards to Fast4ward, this CD contains many of my favorite Houston musicians caught in the act of creating music! The AERIAL BOMBARDMENT theme and the dedication to ('the two to seven million") innocent victims of American bombings since WWII, is consistant with Nick's willingness to put his body on the line for peace and fairness. Nick Cooper is a man who puts his music, money and politics where his mouth is, and each of them enhance the other. Highly recommended for those with unprejudiced ears.
Tomorrow (1.24) will be a musical day for me, but as a listener. Catch Nick Cooper and several dozen FREE RADICALS at the CD release party at Super Happy Fun Land on Saturday night, and The Brad Absher Band at Joe's Roadhouse Live at The Rhythm Room during the day.
Here's your weekend calendar...
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WEEKEND CALENDAR
Courtesy of The Blueshound and KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23rd
Anderson Fair - Caroline Herring
Ashbury's Bar & Java House - The Freddie Everett Band
Austen's (Atascocita) - open mic w/Mauri
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - Fannie LaFaye's Burlesque Show
(2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Soulful Country
Big Easy (The) - Leonard “Low Down” Brown
Blanco's - Dale Watson
Blondie's (LaPorte) - Tommy Lowe
Brian O'Neill's - Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tallboys
Buck's - The Mighty Orq
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Anthony Gomes
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chances - Shiela
Continental Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); The John
Evans
Band; Hadden Sayers (CD release)
Cosmos - Beryl Grady
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - The Grateful Geezers
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - The P.C. Cowboys
Double Ts - Hidden Agenda
Elbow Room (The) - Big Otis
Fat Cat's - Canvas/Spoonfed Tribe
Fenders (LaMarque) - Ray Parsee & the Allstars Band (9 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Honky Tonk Heroes/Patrick Murphy
Fitzgerald's (down) - Four/Plexity/Leaf/Deep Above Surface
Fitzgerald's (up) - Ultramagg/Fluffers Union/O'Doyle Rules/Zero New
Gin Mill on the Bayou - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Gully (The) (Crosby) - Southern Heritage
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Houston Area Acoustic Music Society
Hideaway (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters (CD release party,
“Texas
Tom Foolery”)
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (The) - Bleu Edmondson
Jack's For Cocktails - Dirty Old Men
Jeff's Sports Bar - Spiffingtons w/Tiffany Rane'
JP Hops House - Foscoe Jones & the Distractions (CD release)
Last Concert Café (The) - Moving Matter/Del Rey
Lone Star Saloon (The) - Jack Hall
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Robbie Fulks
Mercury Room (The) - Primal Funk
Mo's Place - The Texas Unlimited Band
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole - Flood
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - N-10-City
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic w/Wrecks & Friends
Oz Bar (The) - Trick Dog
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Surface
Pennison's (Sugarland) - James Garcia
Pennison's (West Oaks) - The McClanahans
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - Tha Lady D
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Louie Carrington & Julia Edmond Motown Review
(8 pm)
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Outboard Johnson
Red Neck Saloon (The) (Seven Oaks) - Down to Earth
Rhythm Room (The) - The Googe/Silverleaf
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (7 pm)
Rock Neutney's (Clear Lake) - Madigan
Rookie's - Adrian Circle
Rudyard's - Country Teasers/NTX + Electric
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Unheard UV
Scooter's Ice House (Pearland) - Plan B
Shakespeare's Pub - Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Radio Daze
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - The Overlook
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Head First
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Livin' Proof
Sidecar Pub (The) - Honeybrowne/Hurricane Jane
Sports Bunker (The) (Atascocita) - Route 66
SRO Sports Bar (Champions) - Route 66
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) - Luther & the Healers
Stags Head Pub - Guitar Amore
Super Happy Fun Land - Rua Minx/Wiggins/Childcraft
Vintage Bar - Harriet Reynolds
Westfield By The Railroad - Daddy Kats
What's Left (Tomball) - The Mark May Band
Whiskey River - Still Broke
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Paul Defatta
Yaga's (Galveston) - Randy Rogers
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th
Anderson Fair - The Laws
Austen's (Atascocita) - Mark Zeus
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - Fannie LaFaye's Burlesque Show
(2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Bitter Creek
Big Easy (The) - Jeremiah Johnson & the Texas Alligators
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Derringer (9 pm)
Blondie's (LaPorte) - Tommy Lowe
Boondoggles (Seabrook) - Dash & the 12th of Never
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm)
Brian O'Neill's - The Mark May Band
Bull & Bear Pub (The) - Patrick Devlin (grand opening)
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Sherman Robertson
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Chances - Saucerhead
Cocktails (Galveston) - Joyce Fields (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) - King Coal (8:30 pm); Drifter (10 pm);
The Stone Coyotes (11:30 pm)
Cosmos - Romeo Dogs
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - John McVey & the Stumble (8 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Myrna Sanders
Double Ts - Hidden Agenda
Fat Cat's - The Red Light Sting/The Ex-Patriots/Friendship
Fenders (LaMarque) - The Pee Wee Bowen Band (9 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - The Randy Rogers Band/Speedtrucker
Fitzgerald's (down) - The Emerging Culture/Ludo/Ignite the
Morning/The Y=/
Coexist
Fitzgerald's (up) - Boostika Hidakey/Arthur Yoria/Kevin Eskowitz
510 Sports Bar (Katy) - Major Tone
Froggie's Saloon - The Tony Vega Band
Gully (The) (Crosby) - Southern Heritage
Helio's - jazz jam w/The Trade
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Kimberly M'Carver
Hideaway (The) - The Mighty Orq
Jack's For Cocktails - Dirty Old Men
Last Concert Café (The) - Beggar Street Social
Lone Star Saloon (The) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Luisitos Cocina Cantina (2510 N. Loop West) - jazz jam (9 pm; ongoing)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Sisters Morales (Spanish show; 2 shows, 8 &
10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Global Village
Metoyer's Place - Future Star Band (7-11 pm; ongoing)
Mo's Place - Stephen Brown
Neon Moon (LaPorte) - Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys
Next Door Coffee House - City of Refuge (7 pm)
19th Hole - Well of Souls (CD release)/Magistral
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - The Bill Hendrix Blues Experience
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ovations - Classical Grass
Oz Bar (The) - Powerhouse
Papa's Ice House - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Octane
Pennison's (Sugarland) - Ron Coleman
Pennison's (West Oaks) - Tru Tones
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - Kenny & the Bluesmen
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Louie Carrington & Julia Edmond Motown Review
(8 pm)
“R” Bar - The Freddie Everett Band
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - The B.K. Long Band
Red Neck Saloon (The) (Seven Oaks) - Down to Earth
Rhythm Room (The) - Live Broadcast, “Joe's Roadhouse” (KPFT) w/Brad
Absher
Band/Pete Mayes (3-6 pm); Vibe Committee/Mellowship/Blendt
River Café - Garcia y Reyna
Rock Neutney's (Clear Lake) - Madigan
Rookie's - Adrian Circle
Rowdy's - The Shadowcasters
Rudyard's - Bonsfire/Ozzmosis
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - The Benny Brasket Band
Scooter's Ice House (Pearland) - Plan B
Shakespeare's Pub - Shawn Pittman
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Radio Daze
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - The Overlook
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Livin' Proof
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Head First
Sidecar Pub (The) - Close Call/The Googe
Slide On Inn - Luther & the Healers
Stags Head Pub - Snit & Leo
Super Happy Fun Land - Free Radicals (CD release party, “Aerial
Bombardment”)
Thibodeaux's On The Lake (Kemah) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Vintage Bar - Cheri Arnett
Walter's on Washington - Glen Eliott/Steve Wedemeyer
Westfield By The Railroad - Doug Stewart
What's Left (Tomball) - Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tallboys
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Strangelight/61-Cygni
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Paul Defatta
Yaga's (Galveston) - Hamilton Loomis
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25th
Big Easy (The) - The National Zydeco Foundation Jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Gary Bertrand & Touch of Cajun (2-6 pm)
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm)
Borski's - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Breakers (345 W. Richey Rd) - The Mark May Band (6-8 pm)
Continental Club (The) - David Garza (8 pm)
Cosmos - Johnny Dyson's Big Band (7 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - jam (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - jam (10 pm)
Disiree Club (13334 Almeda Rd @ Fuqua; 713-433-2563) - Bobby Blue
Bland/Ray Parsee & The Allstars w/Vanessa (7 pm)
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Topaz
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/Opie Hendrix (6 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Fahl & Folke (7 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
19th Hole (The) - open jam; singer/songwriter contest
Papa's on the Lake - The Papa's Allstars
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - jam w/Tom'z Katz
Proletariat (The) - Jonx
Radio City (San Leon) - Guppies From Outer Space
Rhythm Room (The) - The Goodtrain Jam
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Gospel Brunch w/Chris Hamblen (solo
acoustic)
Rocky's Pelican Junction (Baytown) - Kenny & the Bluesmen
Rowdy's - open mic
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue
Monks
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Sparetime Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - C.S.S.
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villains
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) - The Lonestar Bluegrass Band (6:30 pm)
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Uncle Albert's - rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
What's Left (FM 2978 Tomball; 281-351-5929) - open mic (4 pm)
Who's The Club - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
Anderson Fair - Caroline Herring
Ashbury's Bar & Java House - The Freddie Everett Band
Austen's (Atascocita) - open mic w/Mauri
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - Fannie LaFaye's Burlesque Show
(2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Soulful Country
Big Easy (The) - Leonard “Low Down” Brown
Blanco's - Dale Watson
Blondie's (LaPorte) - Tommy Lowe
Brian O'Neill's - Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tallboys
Buck's - The Mighty Orq
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Anthony Gomes
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chances - Shiela
Continental Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); The John
Evans
Band; Hadden Sayers (CD release)
Cosmos - Beryl Grady
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - The Grateful Geezers
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - The P.C. Cowboys
Double Ts - Hidden Agenda
Elbow Room (The) - Big Otis
Fat Cat's - Canvas/Spoonfed Tribe
Fenders (LaMarque) - Ray Parsee & the Allstars Band (9 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Honky Tonk Heroes/Patrick Murphy
Fitzgerald's (down) - Four/Plexity/Leaf/Deep Above Surface
Fitzgerald's (up) - Ultramagg/Fluffers Union/O'Doyle Rules/Zero New
Gin Mill on the Bayou - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Gully (The) (Crosby) - Southern Heritage
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Houston Area Acoustic Music Society
Hideaway (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters (CD release party,
“Texas
Tom Foolery”)
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (The) - Bleu Edmondson
Jack's For Cocktails - Dirty Old Men
Jeff's Sports Bar - Spiffingtons w/Tiffany Rane'
JP Hops House - Foscoe Jones & the Distractions (CD release)
Last Concert Café (The) - Moving Matter/Del Rey
Lone Star Saloon (The) - Jack Hall
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Robbie Fulks
Mercury Room (The) - Primal Funk
Mo's Place - The Texas Unlimited Band
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
19th Hole - Flood
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - N-10-City
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic w/Wrecks & Friends
Oz Bar (The) - Trick Dog
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Surface
Pennison's (Sugarland) - James Garcia
Pennison's (West Oaks) - The McClanahans
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - Tha Lady D
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Louie Carrington & Julia Edmond Motown Review
(8 pm)
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Outboard Johnson
Red Neck Saloon (The) (Seven Oaks) - Down to Earth
Rhythm Room (The) - The Googe/Silverleaf
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (7 pm)
Rock Neutney's (Clear Lake) - Madigan
Rookie's - Adrian Circle
Rudyard's - Country Teasers/NTX + Electric
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Unheard UV
Scooter's Ice House (Pearland) - Plan B
Shakespeare's Pub - Don Kesee & the Blues Masters
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Radio Daze
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - The Overlook
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Head First
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Livin' Proof
Sidecar Pub (The) - Honeybrowne/Hurricane Jane
Sports Bunker (The) (Atascocita) - Route 66
SRO Sports Bar (Champions) - Route 66
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) - Luther & the Healers
Stags Head Pub - Guitar Amore
Super Happy Fun Land - Rua Minx/Wiggins/Childcraft
Vintage Bar - Harriet Reynolds
Westfield By The Railroad - Daddy Kats
What's Left (Tomball) - The Mark May Band
Whiskey River - Still Broke
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Paul Defatta
Yaga's (Galveston) - Randy Rogers
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th
Anderson Fair - The Laws
Austen's (Atascocita) - Mark Zeus
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - Fannie LaFaye's Burlesque Show
(2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Bitter Creek
Big Easy (The) - Jeremiah Johnson & the Texas Alligators
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Derringer (9 pm)
Blondie's (LaPorte) - Tommy Lowe
Boondoggles (Seabrook) - Dash & the 12th of Never
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm)
Brian O'Neill's - The Mark May Band
Bull & Bear Pub (The) - Patrick Devlin (grand opening)
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Sherman Robertson
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Chances - Saucerhead
Cocktails (Galveston) - Joyce Fields (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) - King Coal (8:30 pm); Drifter (10 pm);
The Stone Coyotes (11:30 pm)
Cosmos - Romeo Dogs
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - John McVey & the Stumble (8 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Myrna Sanders
Double Ts - Hidden Agenda
Fat Cat's - The Red Light Sting/The Ex-Patriots/Friendship
Fenders (LaMarque) - The Pee Wee Bowen Band (9 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - The Randy Rogers Band/Speedtrucker
Fitzgerald's (down) - The Emerging Culture/Ludo/Ignite the
Morning/The Y=/
Coexist
Fitzgerald's (up) - Boostika Hidakey/Arthur Yoria/Kevin Eskowitz
510 Sports Bar (Katy) - Major Tone
Froggie's Saloon - The Tony Vega Band
Gully (The) (Crosby) - Southern Heritage
Helio's - jazz jam w/The Trade
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Kimberly M'Carver
Hideaway (The) - The Mighty Orq
Jack's For Cocktails - Dirty Old Men
Last Concert Café (The) - Beggar Street Social
Lone Star Saloon (The) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Luisitos Cocina Cantina (2510 N. Loop West) - jazz jam (9 pm; ongoing)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Sisters Morales (Spanish show; 2 shows, 8 &
10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Global Village
Metoyer's Place - Future Star Band (7-11 pm; ongoing)
Mo's Place - Stephen Brown
Neon Moon (LaPorte) - Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys
Next Door Coffee House - City of Refuge (7 pm)
19th Hole - Well of Souls (CD release)/Magistral
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - The Bill Hendrix Blues Experience
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ovations - Classical Grass
Oz Bar (The) - Powerhouse
Papa's Ice House - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Octane
Pennison's (Sugarland) - Ron Coleman
Pennison's (West Oaks) - Tru Tones
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - Kenny & the Bluesmen
Post Oak Bar & Grill - Louie Carrington & Julia Edmond Motown Review
(8 pm)
“R” Bar - The Freddie Everett Band
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - The B.K. Long Band
Red Neck Saloon (The) (Seven Oaks) - Down to Earth
Rhythm Room (The) - Live Broadcast, “Joe's Roadhouse” (KPFT) w/Brad
Absher
Band/Pete Mayes (3-6 pm); Vibe Committee/Mellowship/Blendt
River Café - Garcia y Reyna
Rock Neutney's (Clear Lake) - Madigan
Rookie's - Adrian Circle
Rowdy's - The Shadowcasters
Rudyard's - Bonsfire/Ozzmosis
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Tommy Dardar
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - The Benny Brasket Band
Scooter's Ice House (Pearland) - Plan B
Shakespeare's Pub - Shawn Pittman
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Radio Daze
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - The Overlook
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Livin' Proof
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Head First
Sidecar Pub (The) - Close Call/The Googe
Slide On Inn - Luther & the Healers
Stags Head Pub - Snit & Leo
Super Happy Fun Land - Free Radicals (CD release party, “Aerial
Bombardment”)
Thibodeaux's On The Lake (Kemah) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Vintage Bar - Cheri Arnett
Walter's on Washington - Glen Eliott/Steve Wedemeyer
Westfield By The Railroad - Doug Stewart
What's Left (Tomball) - Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tallboys
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Strangelight/61-Cygni
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Paul Defatta
Yaga's (Galveston) - Hamilton Loomis
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25th
Big Easy (The) - The National Zydeco Foundation Jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Gary Bertrand & Touch of Cajun (2-6 pm)
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm)
Borski's - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Breakers (345 W. Richey Rd) - The Mark May Band (6-8 pm)
Continental Club (The) - David Garza (8 pm)
Cosmos - Johnny Dyson's Big Band (7 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - jam (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - jam (10 pm)
Disiree Club (13334 Almeda Rd @ Fuqua; 713-433-2563) - Bobby Blue
Bland/Ray Parsee & The Allstars w/Vanessa (7 pm)
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Topaz
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/Opie Hendrix (6 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Fahl & Folke (7 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
19th Hole (The) - open jam; singer/songwriter contest
Papa's on the Lake - The Papa's Allstars
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - jam w/Tom'z Katz
Proletariat (The) - Jonx
Radio City (San Leon) - Guppies From Outer Space
Rhythm Room (The) - The Goodtrain Jam
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Gospel Brunch w/Chris Hamblen (solo
acoustic)
Rocky's Pelican Junction (Baytown) - Kenny & the Bluesmen
Rowdy's - open mic
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue
Monks
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Sparetime Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - C.S.S.
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villains
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) - The Lonestar Bluegrass Band (6:30 pm)
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Uncle Albert's - rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
What's Left (FM 2978 Tomball; 281-351-5929) - open mic (4 pm)
Who's The Club - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
-Guy Schwartz
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Houston, Texas, USA
713-721-0093
Houston Press 2003 Music Awards Nominee for
Best Songwriter, Best Song & Best Musician
Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies
'Texas Premiere Blues Rock Hippie Jam Band"
-Billy Block (Western Beat)
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