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*NEW VIDEO ON HIPPIES TV!
*REPORT FROM THE FIELD:420 FEST, BONEMAN TRIBUTE & APRIL FOOLERY
*GUY SCHWARTZ & THE NEW JACK HIPPIES CALENDAR
*'This BONEMAN' on hippies.tv
*WEEKLONG MUSIC CALENDAR
*RED SHACK 25th Aniiversary (Rock Romano FOR SALE)
What a wild and fun time for me!
We've started doing live dates again, and even though the recording and film projects are not totally finished, little pieces are filtering out as they are completed - and the response is terrific!
The film tribute to Bil Gonce, titled 'This BONEMAN', premiered at the tribute night at Forgetta Bout It, and all the metalheads out there applauded loudly (something which took Marlo and I by surprise - we had never premiered a film before). Not only that, but I was awakened the other morning by a phone call from Carolyn Wonderland, expressing her appreciation of the film (I guess she saw it at Pam Jam's house), It's really nice to wake up to a voice as sweet as Carolyn's, and this was about the only way for me to accomplish that!
I'll write about all of our recent fun and music in a minute, but right now I need to give you the New Jack Hippies calendar, as well as mine. I'll finish up most of the new CDs in the next couple weeks, and then go play bass for Vince Bell for a couple more. I'll be nearby with Vince on May 8th at The Old Quarter in Galveston, and in Austin at Jovita's on May 14th.
The New Jack Hippies will perform at The Lookout in Surfside on May 22nd.
In between those dates, I'll be working on editing the Wonderland film, as well as The SOUTH BY DUE EAST and BLUESGUY'S BIRTHDAY JAM films.
After that, we intend to play more dates around Texas in June, followed by a few festivals up north in July (in exotic locations like Ontario and Wyoming)!
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NEW VIDEO ON HIPPIES TV
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I've placed 'This BONEMAN' (the film I did for Bil Gonce's memory) up on the video website for free viewing and download, as well as a few new videos of musical performances.
New Videos on HIPPIES TV include performances by Sisters Morales, Hayes Carll, Ray Wylie Hubbard (on a video called 'Friends I Saw In Austin Last Week'), Little Joe Washington (from Birthday Jam #4), The New Jack Hippies and some cool rock band I saw at a block party in Sonny James' neighborhood.
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ROCK ROMANO'S RED SHACK
25 And Counting!
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Rock Romano's Red Shack is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary. Rock has recorded dozens of my friend's albums, and I've even used Rock's Studio for tracks on three of the New Jack Hippies CDs. Congratulations, Rock!
Rock is also a bit of a pack rat, and has kept much of the gear that the studio used to use before his recent improvements. All that used gear takes up room where a guy like me could put another New jack Hippie or two during a recording session. What I'm trying to say is - if you head to the Red Shack for a session, and see something you like, make Rock and offer and put that old gear to work! Check his ad in Music News for special anniversary block rates. Michael Heyman, James Bolden and Big Al Bettis already have!
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REPORT FROM THE FIELD:
Hippies Ride Again!
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April 2003 started off with the first new live dates for The New Jack Hippies in a while. We played at Southmore House with Lyric and Kool B at The Secret Beat Society's Poetry Slam. Southmore House is a cool new performance space, and these guys are up for anything artistic and cool. We were exposed (and played with) a bunch of new (to us) poets, and had a great time. We'll be back.
Next came Pat & Rosie's fundraiser for KPFT, called April Foolery. It was a very musical event at The Last Concert Cafe. We arrived in time to catch the last David Fahl & Folk song, and were told that Robert Frith had done an outstanding solo set just before David and Mikey, et al.
Myrna Sanders was next, and they sounded great. This band, including Greg Barr on bass, and the lovely and talented Mike Simon on guitar, has really jelled around Myrna's songs, and the sound is terrific! Mark Zeus & The Thunderboltz followed Myrna, and they were dynamic, musical and tight. Marlo was really impressed. After having seen Mark only as a late night folkie at Pat & Rosie's radio show, the sight and sound of the Thunderboltz was energizing, to say the least. We both grabbed cameras and had a ball!
Next came a rockin' New Jack Hippies set, featuring guest guitarist Opie Hendrix and a slew of new songs! Fun jams were had, and we nailed our new 'LOST IN TIME, LOST IN LOVE' from the ROCK ONWARD CD. We had recently been mixing the recorded performances from SOUTH BY DUE EAST, and the performance which Opie and The Texas Tallboys did of Opie's song, 'BOB' (which he wrote onstage at 2003's SOUTH BY DUE EAST) was already on our minds, so we asked Opie to close the set with his new classic, 'BOB'. It rocked!
Then, last Wednesday, Jimmy Deen and Kieth York joined in as we paid tribute to Bil Gonce. We arrived at Forgetta Bout It early, to make certain that the film could be plugged into at least one of the dozens of TV's in the place. It worked, so we sat back and enjoyed some of the ham and rigatoni that Frankie had cooked and provided. Lisa Ward and Kevin Wildman put on a great tribute show. Midnight Cross began the show, rockin' hard as they do. Next came Stinky's band, doing a set full of Bil's material with their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks and their fingers on the fretboards. Bil would have been proud!
We set up during the showing of the film, so we really were surprised when the room broke out in applause for our film! Jimmy Deen was a star, as usual, with all of the rock attitude and hormonal aphrodisia that always follows him around. We did 'Dead Flowers' for Bil, and then Jimmy rocked it on 'Gonna Be Allright'. I did Bil's 'It Pleases My Heart'. Next came E.P. Vallejo, who came on like gangbusters and had a few surprises of their own, including Hellstar's James Rivera singing a song, and Rob rockin' the house!
The 420 fest at The Last Concert Cafe could have featured less rain, but since the big stage was out of commission - that's where we hung out and partied!Sean Reefer and The Resin Valley Boys did a crack set of cracked-up songs about weed, and Little Brother Project funked up the place with some of the best groove music I've heard lately! The Goodtrain Sessions were next, and grooved likewise, even without Teri Greene, who was anxiously trying to get back to town with his car stranded at the side of the road 150 miles away. By the time Carolyn Wonderland began, the show was 2 hours behind, thanks to the rain and a rookie promoter. It looked like everyone would not be able to play. Actually, it looked like WE would not play without finding a replacement for Roger and Leesa, both of whom had to leave for other nighttime gigs. Carolyn Wonderland, the pro that she is, knowing that Roger had to leave for a gig with Tracy Conover, suggested that The New Jack Hippies set up onstage with her band, and that she would shorten her set and bring on the New Jack Hippies without any downtime, thereby allowing us to play a short set of our own without substitute Hippies. Jeremy Horton was ready to play bass, and there were a couple of drummers ready to go, but we decided to shorten our set, too.
Shortening both sets would get Carolyn on the road back to Austin, Roger and Leesa on the road to their gigs, and put The Hightailers on stage at 10:30 - right when they were supposed to be! Thanks to Carolyn's generousity and quick thinking, the show was back on schedule. The Hightailers rocked it up as we partied on the back stage.
Then came US and THEM, a Pink Floyd tribute band. If it weren't for Carolyn, these guys would have never gotten to play without bumping us or The Hightailers!
Now I've got to tell you that I feel several ways about cover bands. It's great to see musicians working in any form, but I'm lover, supporter and creator of original music - so that is where my heart and priorities lie.
Tribute bands don't do much for me, either.
So, as I listened to the opening stains of the Pink Floyd set, I wondered if I might be better off back at the house, working on the Wonderland movie, or finishing that new song that Jimmy Deen, Roger and I wrote after rehearsal for the Bil tribute. Since the brain was working anyway, I gave furthur thought to concept behind this tribute band. The music was good - just like Pink Floyd.
Amazingly like Pink Floyd.
Tribute bands have never done it for me. I loved QUEEN, but no matter how well the QUEEN tribute bands play the songs, some other guy all dressed up like Freddie Mercury while strutting his faggy-self a la Freddie ruins any chance that I can suspend disbelief for even a nanosecond. The Blues Brothers are easy enough to copy, but two guys in suits, fedoras and shades don't make it - and they never think to get a good guitar player to be Steve Cropper or a saxman like Blue Lou. KISS tribute bands look like 4 guys in KISS costumes, and I think that they've got the same guy playing Jimmy Page AND Joe Perry in ALL of the Led Zepellin and Aerosmith tributes.
The music of Pink Floyd should be performed and remembered. It's a great body of work. Symphony orchestras around the world keep the music of Bach, Stravinsky and Bernstein alive by recreating their works, so why not Pink Floyd and all of the great composers of the '60s and '70s?
And this one kinda worked.
Since Pink Floyd never did allow their image to revolve around personalities or fashion and the like, it was always about the music. If a band recreates the music, they recreate Pink Floyd. No costumes or dance steps needed for this one (maybe some killer stage staging and sets).
No doubt about it. US and THEM nailed the sound of Pink Floyd. The people sat and hung on every word and riff. They stood up and cheered in all the right places. They lit up their BICs, and held them to the sky. The people got off.
That was it. A promised afterhours jam never got off the ground.
It was a great show, but I must make one more comment. The young musician promoting the show is a fellow I really like. I like his musicianship, his drive, and his evolving abilities. He'll be an important part of our music scene for years to come. I proud to call him a friend but I must point out where I believe he messed up. I hope we're still friends after this.
When I arrived the show was already running two hours late. As I've said, if it weren't for Carolyn Wonderland's generousity, out set would have been an inconvenience if it had happened at all, and would have meant that either The Hightailers or US and THEM would have performed for only 30 minutes or not performed at all. This young man, knowing that one stage had fallen through because of rain and the show was running late, should have let his band play a shortened set earlier on. In all, he played with two bands, and each of them played for almost 2 hours, while four other bands were severely shorted on play time. Two of the headlining bands were forced to play way after they were scheduled, and for less than a half hour apiece.
I'm not upset, 'cos it was just a rookie mistake. He's a good man, but the event overwhelmed him. He'll learn to recognise these things (they happen all the time) and adjust on the fly. All in all, he did a great job, and it was a great event, and money was raised to help a good cause!
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WEEKLONG MUSIC
Courtesy of The Blueshound & KPFT-FM90.1
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MONDAY, APRIL 26th
Boatyard (The) - jam
Cezanne's - jam
Continental Club (The) - Glover Gill (8-9 pm); El Orbits (9 pm)
Emily's (Seabrook) - acoustic jam
Good Fellows - jam w/Lady D & the Blue Flames
Infinity - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Blue Monday jam w/Bobby Lewis & the
Mighty Invaders (6 pm)
Ken's Club - Lucas McClane
Last Concert Café - New Monsoon/Hot Buttered Rum (acoustic show)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Rockin' Redneck Happy Hour w/John Evans (6-8
pm); open mic w/Wayne Wilkerson
Mr. Gino's - Don Kesee
Rudyard's - Mr. Airplane Man
Sambuca Jazz Café - Kelly Dean
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Rat Ranch
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Bad Boyfriend
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - The Stugots
TUESDAY, APRIL 27th
Big Easy (The) - Jeremiah Johnson (acoustic)
Birraporetti's (West Gray) - Harry Sheppard
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Acoustic Villains (acoustic jam)
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Catz Club - Lucas McClane
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) - The Dreambreakers (8 pm); Allison Fisher's
Rock 'n Roll jam (10 pm)
Cosmos - Mark Zeus & the Bayou City Showcase (acoustic open mic)
Crooked Ferret (The) - open mic (acoustic)
Engine Room (The) - Bob Guiney/Brian Vanderark
Fitzgerald's (down) - Andrew WK/No Motiv/Jersey/Chronic Future
Forgetta'Bout It Too - Luther & the Healers (8 pm)
Hideaway (The) - jam w/Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (Wharton) - open mic
Jammers Ice House (9500 Monroe) - open mic (8 pm)
JP Hops House - open mic w/Willie B (8 pm)
Ken's Club - Steve & Gary Bob
Last Concert Café (The) - Carolyn Wonderland/Michael Glabicki
Magnolia Bar & Grill - The Guzzlers
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Genevieve Charlot (8 pm)
Next Door Coffee House - acoustic jam
O'Shea's Irish Pub - jam
Sambuca Jazz Café - Garcia y Reyna
Score Card Sports Bar - Keith York's Gonzomatic jam
Shakespeare's Pub - Steve The Chief's C&W Revue
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Obsolete August
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Robert Greaney
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Faron & John
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - open mic
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) - Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
10 Downing Street - The Blue Monks (8:30 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theater - Etta James
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Tubie Pushee
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28th
Acadia Louisiana Bar (The) - jam
Beverly Pub (The) - Irish jam session w/Patrick Devlin
Big Easy (The) - blues jam
Blanco's - open mic w/Brian Kalinec
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Houx
Brian O'Neill's - Pete & Sam
Cactus Moon Blues Café - The Black & Blues Jam
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); open mic (8 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Johnny Wolfe and Cletus (7-10 pm); The
Octanes
Cosmos - Sandy Hickey
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - open mic w/Donny Taylor
Engine Room (The) - Josh Kelly/Bea
Fat Cat's - Blonde Redhead/Secret Machines
Forgetta'Bout It - open mic
Hideaway (The) - open mic w/Josal
Home On The Range Bar & Grill - Mike Zito
Howling Coyote (The) - blues jam w/Ricky Jackson
JP Hops House - Bob & Jeff (acoustic duo; 7 pm)
Ken's Club - open mic w/Blue Flash
Last Concert Café (The) - Potroast
Lil's Bar & Grill - acoustic open mic
Magnolia Bar & Grill - The Grateful Geezers
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Irish Session
Mercury Room (The) - Kyle Turner
Mixed Nuts (League City) - open mic
Mo's Place - The Rachels
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Sounds & Grounds (5-10 pm)
19th Hole (The) - rock jam
Numbers - G Love & Special Sauce/Tristen Prettyman
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic
Pappy's House of Blues (29610 Nichols Sawmill Rd, Magnolia) - open mic
Parrott Pub (The) - open mic
Proletariat (The) - Mansion/Locust Tree/A Tiger Named Lovesick/Margot
Puffabelly's (Spring) - Davin James Songwriter Showcase w/Mike Blakely
“Q” Sports Bar - open mic
Rhythm Room (The) - Plump/Tea Leaf Green/Drop Trio
Ringside @ Sullivan's - Mi Conuco
River Café (The) - Primal Funk
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show
Sambuca Jazz Café - Dave Marcellin
Shakespeare's Pub - The Mighty Orq
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Static
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - acoustic
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Gravel
Splash (Dickinson) - Down to Earth
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) - Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theatre - The Offspring/The Start/International
Noise Conspiracy
Vintage Bar (The) - open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
Warehouse Music Café (The) - open mic
Woodlake Pub (The) - Luther & the Healers
Wunsche Bros Café & Saloon - Randy Meadows
THURSDAY, APRIL 29th
Anderson Fair - Songwriters Night w/Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson
w/Stephanie Korby & Kimberly M'Carver
Big Easy (The) - HBS Monthly Jam
Blanco's - Mike Mancy
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Grateful Geezers
Brian O'Neill's - The Slags
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Swamp Night Blues Jam
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Catz Club - Steve & Gary Bob
Cezanne's - jazz jam (8 pm)
Chances - open mic
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Beetle (7-10 pm); The Soul of John Black
Cosmos - Mitch Vegas
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - 3 Peace
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - David Bowie/The Polyphonic Spree
Dan Electros Guitar Bar - jam
Duke's Tavern (Katy) - Mark Twyman's Blues Experience
Engine Room (The) - Sugarcult/Mae/Next Best Thing
Eureka Club - jam
Fenders (LaMarque) - Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac (8 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Hog Legg Ellis
Fitzpatrick's - Irish music session
Helio's - open mic
Hideaway (The) - Texas Songwriters Night
Home On The Range - Clockwork
Horseshoe Pub - jam
Jammers Ice House (9500 Monroe) - open mic (8 pm)
Java Me - acoustic open mic
JP Hops House - Preacher Boy & Colin Brooks (8:30 pm)
Ken's Club - Lucas McClane
Lance's Turtle Club - Me & Julio
Last Concert Café (The) - The Hightailers
Marguerite's (Santa Fe) - Joe Valentino
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Dave McKenzie/Adie Grey (8:30 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Rapture
Meridian (The) - Super Diamond
Mo's Place (Katy) - The Emotions
19th Hole (The) - jam w/Mark May
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic
Onion Creek - The Mandy Smith Group (ongoing)
Oz Bar (The) - Mark Allen Threadgill
Rhythm Room (The) - Dan Darrah/Brent Palmer/Caulk
Ringside @ Sullivan's - Commercial Art
River Café (The) - Erin Wright
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - open mic
Rookie's - The Rachels
Rudyard's - Cutthroats 9/Speedloader
Salento's Coffee (2407 Rice Blvd) - Smythe & Taylor (8:30 pm)
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - Roberto Zenteno w/Norma Zenteno
Shakespeare's Pub - Sonny Boy Terry
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Static
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Shawn Pander
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Gravel
Sidecar Pub (The) - Underground Nation/Headfirst/Elf Trauma
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) - Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - David Schwope (7-9 pm)
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - Non Assembled
(6:30 pm); Lost Element (8 pm)
Vintage Bar (The) - Houseplants
Walter's On Washington - Sancho
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Randy Meadows
FRIDAY, APRIL 30th
Austen's (Atascocita) - open mic (7:30 pm)
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - Power Play
Bareback Bar & Ice House - String Benders
Big Easy (The) - Lady D & Little Stanley
Big John's (12640 Briar Forest) - Snit's Dog & Pony Show
Blanco's - Jesse Dayton
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Green Onions (8 pm)
Brian O'Neill's - Patrick Devlin
Buck's - The Rain Makers
Cactus Moon Blues Café - The Mark May Band
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Catz Club - Hypnontica
Christian's Totem - The Michael Heyman Band
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); CeDell
Davis/Guy Forsyth
Cosmos - Trent Turner
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Holland K. Smith (8 pm)
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - David Brake/The Hudsons/Edge City/Fredy
Argir
Engine Room (The) - The Beautiful Mistake/Emery/Abasia/The Anatomy of
a Ghost/The A.K.A.s
Fenders (LaMarque) - The Line Up (9 pm)
Fire On the Strings Bluegrass Festival (Haven's Landing RV Resort,
19785 Hwy 105, Conroe; www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm
<http://www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm> w/The Lonestar
Bluegrass Band/The Bluegrass Solution/Classical Grass/The Lonesome
River Band/Special Consensus/Cadillac Sky (thru May 2nd)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Britt Lloyd Band/Honeybrowne
Fitzgerald's (down) - Viewpoint/The Matt White Band/Shawn Pander
Fitzgerald's (up) - My Chemical Romance/Avenged Sevenfold
Forgetta'Bout It - Private Eye
Forgetta'Bout It Too - Victim
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Liberty
Hideaway (The) - Luther & the Healers
Home On The Range - Shadowplay
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (The) (Wharton) - Stone Coyotes
Jack's For Cocktails - Reflex
Jammers Ice House - Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Jeff's Sports Bar - Blue Corner
Jones Hall - K.D. Lang
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage - Down to Earth (7-11 pm)
Ken's Club - Karizma
Lance's Turtle Club - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Last Concert Café - Animal Liberation Orchestra/Friends of Gravity
Lil's Bar & Grill - Joe Valentino
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond, TX) - Thaddeus Breneman
Magnolia Bar & Grill - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (6-10 pm)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Sidehill Gougers
Mercury Room (The) - La Raza Connection
Mo's Place (Katy) - Rhythm of the Road
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - The 4-Barrel Ramblers
Numbers - Dizzee Rascal/Bun B/Mddl Fngz/G.R.I.T. Boys/DJ Chill
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - The Southern Backtones
Oz Bar (The) - Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Pennison's Sports Bar (Copperfield) - Us & Them
Pennison's Sports Bar (Sugarland) - Dueces Wild
Pennison's Sports Bar (West Oaks) - Steve Downing
Proletariat (The) - Ghetto Fabulous Getdown
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Grateful Geezers
Ragazza Italian Bar & Grill - Gumbo (7-11 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - Two Tons of Steel/Sleeping Rubys
Ringside @ Sullivan's - Rapture
River Café (The) - Garcia y Reyna
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Volumizers
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Ezra Charles & the Works
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Bill Hendricks Blues Experiences
Shakespeare's Pub - Sonny Boy Terry
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - The Max
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Head First
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - A-Rival
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Electric Gypsies
Sidecar Pub (The) - Hurricane Jane/Amber Drive/Cadillac Voodoo Choir
Stags Head Pub - Giancarlo & Big Stick
Sunset Club - Mystic Cross
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Jeff Coursey
Texas Crawfish Music Festival (18th Annual) (Preservation Park, Old
Town Spring)
www.texascrawfishfestival.com <http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com>
Texas Stage
6:30 pm One Light Town
8:30 pm The Stone Coyotes
11:00 pm Davin James
Crawfish Stage
6:30 pm Macon Greyson
9:00 pm Phil Pritchett
11:00 pm Owen Temple
Club Zydeco Stage
6:30 pm Zydeco Joe & H-Town Players
10:30 pm Bayou Roux
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - Andrea
Fairless (7 pm); Patrick Murphy (8 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theatre - Slipknot/Fear Factory/Chimaira (7 pm)
Vintage Bar (The) - Stewart Krahn
Wheel (The) (12026 Hempstead Rd.) - The Tony Vega Band
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Canvas
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Hugh Meyer
Yaga's (Galveston) - Fidelity Maxx
SATURDAY, MAY 1st
Anderson Fair - Eric Taylor
Austen's - Smythe & Taylor (7:30 pm)
Axiom (The) - Boxcar Satan/Zombilly/Suicide Drive
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Clay Farmer
Big Easy (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Dale Watson (9 pm)
Blanco's - Frank & Kay Salvato
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Secret Formula/Will Johnson/Annetta
Haynes/Toree Montgomery
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm); Thunder Creek
Breakers (345 W. Ritchie Rd) - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O'Neill's - Sonny Boy Terry
“Budweiser” Southern Blues Festival (The) (The Crosby Fairgrounds,
Crosby) - Pat Brown/Big Cynthia Walker/Theodis Ealey/Jeff Floyd/Omar
Cunningham/Archie Love/Patrick Green/Kenne' Wayne/Willie Clayton/Mel
Waiters/Bobby Bland (gates open at 11 am)
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Anthony Gomes
Cadillac Bar & Grill (The) (Kemah) - The 4-Barrel Ramblers
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Club 21 (Galveston) - The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Continental Club (The) - Los Skarnales/Vatos Locos/The Dirty Minds
Cosmos - The Mark May Band
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Phil Johnson & Rush Hour (8 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Billy Wells
Dan Electros Guitar Bar - Carolyn Wonderland
Fenders (LaMarque) - Herman & the Dearhearts (9 pm)
Fire On the Strings Bluegrass Festival (Haven's Landing RV Resort,
19785 Hwy 105, Conroe; www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm
<http://www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm> w/The Lonestar
Bluegrass Band/The Bluegrass Solution/Classical Grass/The Lonesome
River Band/Special Consensus/Cadillac Sky (thru May 2nd)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - The Jackson Taylor Band
Fitzgerald's (up) - Romeo Dogs/Mave Datthews
Forgetta'Bout It - Z-Lot-Z/Troublemaker/WolfBlitzer
Forgetta'Bout It Too - Wide Open Throttle/Scared Betty
Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston) - Glen Campbell (8 pm)
Helio's - jazz jam w/The Trade
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Pat Gavin & the Buckaroo Band
Hideaway (The) - Luther & the Healers
Home On The Range - Kenny Palyola Trio
Jack's For Cocktails - Brett & Friends
Jones Hall - K.D. Lang
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage - The Skylites (2-11 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Surf Stomp 2004 w/Los Rauncheros/Neutral
Sisters/Space City Aces/Mandy Smith Group/The Shy Exhibitionists/The
Hodadz
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Stone Coyotes (2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - What Is Hip
Neon Moon Saloon (The) (LaPorte) - Sid Maxwell
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Alan Lett
Numbers - Silverleaf (CD release party)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Sisters Morales
Ovations - Sharon Montgomery
Pal's (Texas City) - Down to Earth
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Constant Buzz
Rhythm Room (The) - Del Castillo/Patricia Vonne/Kevin Eskowitz
River Café (The) - Flamenco Sol
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Willie T & the Zydeco Posse
Rookie's - Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard's - Dr. Eugene Chadbourne/Walter Daniels/Quantum 4
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sandar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - The Sharks
Shakespeare's Pub - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Sidecar Pub (The) - Stone Kings/Van Wilks
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - The Rhythm Kings
Texas Crawfish Music Festival (18th Annual) (Preservation Park, Old
Town Spring)
www.texascrawfishfestival.com <http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com>
Texas Stage
1:00 pm Broken Spoke
4:30 pm Geoff Spahr
7:00 pm John Evans
9:00 pm Drew Womack
12:00 am Roger Creager
Crawfish Stage
6:30 pm Outboard Johnson
9:00 pm The McClanahans
12:00 am The Fab 5
Club Zydeco Stage
1:30 pm Zydeco Dots
6:30 pm Texas Squeeze
10:00 pm Leroy Thomas
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - League City
Concert Band (11 am); Strand Street 6 7/8 Dixieland Band (noon); Six
Gun (2 pm); The Posse (4:30 pm); Larry Joe Taylor (7 pm); Jerry Jeff
Walker (9 pm); Cooder Graw (11 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theatre - Rodney Carrington
Vintage Bar (The) - Joey D & Willie B
Walter's on Washington - Die Young (CD release party)
Westfield By The Railroad - Warrant/Excalibur/Draw Back/Greg T. Walker
Westheimer Street Fest 2004 - Los Skarnales/Los
Fantastics/Incisor/C'mon C'mon/The Free Radicals/Erin Wright
Zebo's Coffee House - open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, MAY 2nd
Big Top (The) - Glover Gill
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm)
Borski's - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Chickies (Ennis & Alabama) - jam w/Lady D & the Blue Flames (7-11 pm;
ongoing)
Continental Club (The) - Swap N' Bop
Cosmos - Hardwood Bros (7 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - jam (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - jam (4-7 pm)
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Fat Cat's - Battle of the Bands
Fire On the Strings Bluegrass Festival (Haven's Landing RV Resort,
19785 Hwy 105, Conroe; www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm
<http://www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm> w/The Lonestar
Bluegrass Band/The Bluegrass Solution/Classical
Grass/The Lonesome River Band/Special Consensus/Cadillac Sky
Frank's Trip On Inn - Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Grand 18894 Opera House (Galveston) - Glen Campbell (3 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Paul & Kelly Seitz
Home On The Range - blues jam w/Rick Lee (4-8m)
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
JP Hops House - HAAM garage sale (1:30-5:30 pm); NSAI open mic w/T.C.
Smythe (6 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club - Hamilton Loomis (8:30 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - David Fahl & band (7 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - jam w/Tom'z Katz (8 pm)
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard
Rowdy's - open mic
Rudyard's - Irish session music (6-8 pm); The Medicine Show (11 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue
Monks
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Sparetime Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villains
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Original Showcase
Sidecar Pub (The) - Johnny Goudie
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Ken May's Talent Showcase
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Texas Crawfish Music Festival (18th Annual) (Preservation Park, Old
Town Spring)
www.texascrawfishfestival.com <http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com>
Texas Stage
5:00 pm Hamilton Loomis
Club Zydeco Stage
2:30 pm Bon Ton Mickey
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - A Few Small
Fish (noon); Laurie Hays (2 pm); Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley
Boys (3:30 pm)
Uncle Albert's - rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theater - Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band/Susan
Tedeschi (8 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
Westheimer Street Fest 2004 - Vatos Locos/F For
Fake/Tarantula/Violence of the Sun/Rusted Shut/Garcia y Reyna
What's Left (Tomball) - jam (2-6 pm)
Who's The Club - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
Boatyard (The) - jam
Cezanne's - jam
Continental Club (The) - Glover Gill (8-9 pm); El Orbits (9 pm)
Emily's (Seabrook) - acoustic jam
Good Fellows - jam w/Lady D & the Blue Flames
Infinity - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Blue Monday jam w/Bobby Lewis & the
Mighty Invaders (6 pm)
Ken's Club - Lucas McClane
Last Concert Café - New Monsoon/Hot Buttered Rum (acoustic show)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Rockin' Redneck Happy Hour w/John Evans (6-8
pm); open mic w/Wayne Wilkerson
Mr. Gino's - Don Kesee
Rudyard's - Mr. Airplane Man
Sambuca Jazz Café - Kelly Dean
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Rat Ranch
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Bad Boyfriend
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - The Stugots
TUESDAY, APRIL 27th
Big Easy (The) - Jeremiah Johnson (acoustic)
Birraporetti's (West Gray) - Harry Sheppard
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Acoustic Villains (acoustic jam)
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Catz Club - Lucas McClane
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) - The Dreambreakers (8 pm); Allison Fisher's
Rock 'n Roll jam (10 pm)
Cosmos - Mark Zeus & the Bayou City Showcase (acoustic open mic)
Crooked Ferret (The) - open mic (acoustic)
Engine Room (The) - Bob Guiney/Brian Vanderark
Fitzgerald's (down) - Andrew WK/No Motiv/Jersey/Chronic Future
Forgetta'Bout It Too - Luther & the Healers (8 pm)
Hideaway (The) - jam w/Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (Wharton) - open mic
Jammers Ice House (9500 Monroe) - open mic (8 pm)
JP Hops House - open mic w/Willie B (8 pm)
Ken's Club - Steve & Gary Bob
Last Concert Café (The) - Carolyn Wonderland/Michael Glabicki
Magnolia Bar & Grill - The Guzzlers
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Genevieve Charlot (8 pm)
Next Door Coffee House - acoustic jam
O'Shea's Irish Pub - jam
Sambuca Jazz Café - Garcia y Reyna
Score Card Sports Bar - Keith York's Gonzomatic jam
Shakespeare's Pub - Steve The Chief's C&W Revue
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Obsolete August
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Robert Greaney
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Faron & John
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - open mic
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) - Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
10 Downing Street - The Blue Monks (8:30 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theater - Etta James
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Tubie Pushee
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28th
Acadia Louisiana Bar (The) - jam
Beverly Pub (The) - Irish jam session w/Patrick Devlin
Big Easy (The) - blues jam
Blanco's - open mic w/Brian Kalinec
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Houx
Brian O'Neill's - Pete & Sam
Cactus Moon Blues Café - The Black & Blues Jam
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); open mic (8 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Johnny Wolfe and Cletus (7-10 pm); The
Octanes
Cosmos - Sandy Hickey
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - open mic w/Donny Taylor
Engine Room (The) - Josh Kelly/Bea
Fat Cat's - Blonde Redhead/Secret Machines
Forgetta'Bout It - open mic
Hideaway (The) - open mic w/Josal
Home On The Range Bar & Grill - Mike Zito
Howling Coyote (The) - blues jam w/Ricky Jackson
JP Hops House - Bob & Jeff (acoustic duo; 7 pm)
Ken's Club - open mic w/Blue Flash
Last Concert Café (The) - Potroast
Lil's Bar & Grill - acoustic open mic
Magnolia Bar & Grill - The Grateful Geezers
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Irish Session
Mercury Room (The) - Kyle Turner
Mixed Nuts (League City) - open mic
Mo's Place - The Rachels
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Sounds & Grounds (5-10 pm)
19th Hole (The) - rock jam
Numbers - G Love & Special Sauce/Tristen Prettyman
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic
Pappy's House of Blues (29610 Nichols Sawmill Rd, Magnolia) - open mic
Parrott Pub (The) - open mic
Proletariat (The) - Mansion/Locust Tree/A Tiger Named Lovesick/Margot
Puffabelly's (Spring) - Davin James Songwriter Showcase w/Mike Blakely
“Q” Sports Bar - open mic
Rhythm Room (The) - Plump/Tea Leaf Green/Drop Trio
Ringside @ Sullivan's - Mi Conuco
River Café (The) - Primal Funk
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show
Sambuca Jazz Café - Dave Marcellin
Shakespeare's Pub - The Mighty Orq
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Static
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - acoustic
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Nervous Rex
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Gravel
Splash (Dickinson) - Down to Earth
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) - Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theatre - The Offspring/The Start/International
Noise Conspiracy
Vintage Bar (The) - open mic w/Gary Joe Cameron
Warehouse Music Café (The) - open mic
Woodlake Pub (The) - Luther & the Healers
Wunsche Bros Café & Saloon - Randy Meadows
THURSDAY, APRIL 29th
Anderson Fair - Songwriters Night w/Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson
w/Stephanie Korby & Kimberly M'Carver
Big Easy (The) - HBS Monthly Jam
Blanco's - Mike Mancy
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Grateful Geezers
Brian O'Neill's - The Slags
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Swamp Night Blues Jam
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Catz Club - Steve & Gary Bob
Cezanne's - jazz jam (8 pm)
Chances - open mic
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Beetle (7-10 pm); The Soul of John Black
Cosmos - Mitch Vegas
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - 3 Peace
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - David Bowie/The Polyphonic Spree
Dan Electros Guitar Bar - jam
Duke's Tavern (Katy) - Mark Twyman's Blues Experience
Engine Room (The) - Sugarcult/Mae/Next Best Thing
Eureka Club - jam
Fenders (LaMarque) - Scott McGill & Old Dog Mac (8 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Hog Legg Ellis
Fitzpatrick's - Irish music session
Helio's - open mic
Hideaway (The) - Texas Songwriters Night
Home On The Range - Clockwork
Horseshoe Pub - jam
Jammers Ice House (9500 Monroe) - open mic (8 pm)
Java Me - acoustic open mic
JP Hops House - Preacher Boy & Colin Brooks (8:30 pm)
Ken's Club - Lucas McClane
Lance's Turtle Club - Me & Julio
Last Concert Café (The) - The Hightailers
Marguerite's (Santa Fe) - Joe Valentino
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Dave McKenzie/Adie Grey (8:30 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Rapture
Meridian (The) - Super Diamond
Mo's Place (Katy) - The Emotions
19th Hole (The) - jam w/Mark May
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic
Onion Creek - The Mandy Smith Group (ongoing)
Oz Bar (The) - Mark Allen Threadgill
Rhythm Room (The) - Dan Darrah/Brent Palmer/Caulk
Ringside @ Sullivan's - Commercial Art
River Café (The) - Erin Wright
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - open mic
Rookie's - The Rachels
Rudyard's - Cutthroats 9/Speedloader
Salento's Coffee (2407 Rice Blvd) - Smythe & Taylor (8:30 pm)
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - Roberto Zenteno w/Norma Zenteno
Shakespeare's Pub - Sonny Boy Terry
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Static
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Shawn Pander
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Gravel
Sidecar Pub (The) - Underground Nation/Headfirst/Elf Trauma
St. Regis Hotel (Remington Bar) - Iola Broussard (6:30-10:30 pm)
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - David Schwope (7-9 pm)
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - Non Assembled
(6:30 pm); Lost Element (8 pm)
Vintage Bar (The) - Houseplants
Walter's On Washington - Sancho
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Randy Meadows
FRIDAY, APRIL 30th
Austen's (Atascocita) - open mic (7:30 pm)
Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - Power Play
Bareback Bar & Ice House - String Benders
Big Easy (The) - Lady D & Little Stanley
Big John's (12640 Briar Forest) - Snit's Dog & Pony Show
Blanco's - Jesse Dayton
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Green Onions (8 pm)
Brian O'Neill's - Patrick Devlin
Buck's - The Rain Makers
Cactus Moon Blues Café - The Mark May Band
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Catz Club - Hypnontica
Christian's Totem - The Michael Heyman Band
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); CeDell
Davis/Guy Forsyth
Cosmos - Trent Turner
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Holland K. Smith (8 pm)
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - David Brake/The Hudsons/Edge City/Fredy
Argir
Engine Room (The) - The Beautiful Mistake/Emery/Abasia/The Anatomy of
a Ghost/The A.K.A.s
Fenders (LaMarque) - The Line Up (9 pm)
Fire On the Strings Bluegrass Festival (Haven's Landing RV Resort,
19785 Hwy 105, Conroe; www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm
<http://www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm> w/The Lonestar
Bluegrass Band/The Bluegrass Solution/Classical Grass/The Lonesome
River Band/Special Consensus/Cadillac Sky (thru May 2nd)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Britt Lloyd Band/Honeybrowne
Fitzgerald's (down) - Viewpoint/The Matt White Band/Shawn Pander
Fitzgerald's (up) - My Chemical Romance/Avenged Sevenfold
Forgetta'Bout It - Private Eye
Forgetta'Bout It Too - Victim
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Liberty
Hideaway (The) - Luther & the Healers
Home On The Range - Shadowplay
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (The) (Wharton) - Stone Coyotes
Jack's For Cocktails - Reflex
Jammers Ice House - Rick Lee & the Night Owls
Jeff's Sports Bar - Blue Corner
Jones Hall - K.D. Lang
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage - Down to Earth (7-11 pm)
Ken's Club - Karizma
Lance's Turtle Club - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers
Last Concert Café - Animal Liberation Orchestra/Friends of Gravity
Lil's Bar & Grill - Joe Valentino
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond, TX) - Thaddeus Breneman
Magnolia Bar & Grill - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (6-10 pm)
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Sidehill Gougers
Mercury Room (The) - La Raza Connection
Mo's Place (Katy) - Rhythm of the Road
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - The 4-Barrel Ramblers
Numbers - Dizzee Rascal/Bun B/Mddl Fngz/G.R.I.T. Boys/DJ Chill
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - The Southern Backtones
Oz Bar (The) - Brook Ballard & the Big Wheelers
Pennison's Sports Bar (Copperfield) - Us & Them
Pennison's Sports Bar (Sugarland) - Dueces Wild
Pennison's Sports Bar (West Oaks) - Steve Downing
Proletariat (The) - Ghetto Fabulous Getdown
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Grateful Geezers
Ragazza Italian Bar & Grill - Gumbo (7-11 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - Two Tons of Steel/Sleeping Rubys
Ringside @ Sullivan's - Rapture
River Café (The) - Garcia y Reyna
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Volumizers
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Ezra Charles & the Works
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Bill Hendricks Blues Experiences
Shakespeare's Pub - Sonny Boy Terry
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - The Max
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Head First
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - A-Rival
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Electric Gypsies
Sidecar Pub (The) - Hurricane Jane/Amber Drive/Cadillac Voodoo Choir
Stags Head Pub - Giancarlo & Big Stick
Sunset Club - Mystic Cross
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Jeff Coursey
Texas Crawfish Music Festival (18th Annual) (Preservation Park, Old
Town Spring)
www.texascrawfishfestival.com <http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com>
Texas Stage
6:30 pm One Light Town
8:30 pm The Stone Coyotes
11:00 pm Davin James
Crawfish Stage
6:30 pm Macon Greyson
9:00 pm Phil Pritchett
11:00 pm Owen Temple
Club Zydeco Stage
6:30 pm Zydeco Joe & H-Town Players
10:30 pm Bayou Roux
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - Andrea
Fairless (7 pm); Patrick Murphy (8 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theatre - Slipknot/Fear Factory/Chimaira (7 pm)
Vintage Bar (The) - Stewart Krahn
Wheel (The) (12026 Hempstead Rd.) - The Tony Vega Band
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Canvas
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Hugh Meyer
Yaga's (Galveston) - Fidelity Maxx
SATURDAY, MAY 1st
Anderson Fair - Eric Taylor
Austen's - Smythe & Taylor (7:30 pm)
Axiom (The) - Boxcar Satan/Zombilly/Suicide Drive
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Clay Farmer
Big Easy (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Dale Watson (9 pm)
Blanco's - Frank & Kay Salvato
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Secret Formula/Will Johnson/Annetta
Haynes/Toree Montgomery
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm); Thunder Creek
Breakers (345 W. Ritchie Rd) - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O'Neill's - Sonny Boy Terry
“Budweiser” Southern Blues Festival (The) (The Crosby Fairgrounds,
Crosby) - Pat Brown/Big Cynthia Walker/Theodis Ealey/Jeff Floyd/Omar
Cunningham/Archie Love/Patrick Green/Kenne' Wayne/Willie Clayton/Mel
Waiters/Bobby Bland (gates open at 11 am)
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Anthony Gomes
Cadillac Bar & Grill (The) (Kemah) - The 4-Barrel Ramblers
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Club 21 (Galveston) - The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Continental Club (The) - Los Skarnales/Vatos Locos/The Dirty Minds
Cosmos - The Mark May Band
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Phil Johnson & Rush Hour (8 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Billy Wells
Dan Electros Guitar Bar - Carolyn Wonderland
Fenders (LaMarque) - Herman & the Dearhearts (9 pm)
Fire On the Strings Bluegrass Festival (Haven's Landing RV Resort,
19785 Hwy 105, Conroe; www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm
<http://www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm> w/The Lonestar
Bluegrass Band/The Bluegrass Solution/Classical Grass/The Lonesome
River Band/Special Consensus/Cadillac Sky (thru May 2nd)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - The Jackson Taylor Band
Fitzgerald's (up) - Romeo Dogs/Mave Datthews
Forgetta'Bout It - Z-Lot-Z/Troublemaker/WolfBlitzer
Forgetta'Bout It Too - Wide Open Throttle/Scared Betty
Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston) - Glen Campbell (8 pm)
Helio's - jazz jam w/The Trade
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Pat Gavin & the Buckaroo Band
Hideaway (The) - Luther & the Healers
Home On The Range - Kenny Palyola Trio
Jack's For Cocktails - Brett & Friends
Jones Hall - K.D. Lang
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage - The Skylites (2-11 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Surf Stomp 2004 w/Los Rauncheros/Neutral
Sisters/Space City Aces/Mandy Smith Group/The Shy Exhibitionists/The
Hodadz
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Stone Coyotes (2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - What Is Hip
Neon Moon Saloon (The) (LaPorte) - Sid Maxwell
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Alan Lett
Numbers - Silverleaf (CD release party)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Sisters Morales
Ovations - Sharon Montgomery
Pal's (Texas City) - Down to Earth
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Constant Buzz
Rhythm Room (The) - Del Castillo/Patricia Vonne/Kevin Eskowitz
River Café (The) - Flamenco Sol
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Willie T & the Zydeco Posse
Rookie's - Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard's - Dr. Eugene Chadbourne/Walter Daniels/Quantum 4
Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sandar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - The Sharks
Shakespeare's Pub - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Sidecar Pub (The) - Stone Kings/Van Wilks
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - The Rhythm Kings
Texas Crawfish Music Festival (18th Annual) (Preservation Park, Old
Town Spring)
www.texascrawfishfestival.com <http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com>
Texas Stage
1:00 pm Broken Spoke
4:30 pm Geoff Spahr
7:00 pm John Evans
9:00 pm Drew Womack
12:00 am Roger Creager
Crawfish Stage
6:30 pm Outboard Johnson
9:00 pm The McClanahans
12:00 am The Fab 5
Club Zydeco Stage
1:30 pm Zydeco Dots
6:30 pm Texas Squeeze
10:00 pm Leroy Thomas
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - League City
Concert Band (11 am); Strand Street 6 7/8 Dixieland Band (noon); Six
Gun (2 pm); The Posse (4:30 pm); Larry Joe Taylor (7 pm); Jerry Jeff
Walker (9 pm); Cooder Graw (11 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theatre - Rodney Carrington
Vintage Bar (The) - Joey D & Willie B
Walter's on Washington - Die Young (CD release party)
Westfield By The Railroad - Warrant/Excalibur/Draw Back/Greg T. Walker
Westheimer Street Fest 2004 - Los Skarnales/Los
Fantastics/Incisor/C'mon C'mon/The Free Radicals/Erin Wright
Zebo's Coffee House - open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, MAY 2nd
Big Top (The) - Glover Gill
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm)
Borski's - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Chickies (Ennis & Alabama) - jam w/Lady D & the Blue Flames (7-11 pm;
ongoing)
Continental Club (The) - Swap N' Bop
Cosmos - Hardwood Bros (7 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - jam (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - jam (4-7 pm)
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Fat Cat's - Battle of the Bands
Fire On the Strings Bluegrass Festival (Haven's Landing RV Resort,
19785 Hwy 105, Conroe; www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm
<http://www.bayareabluegrass.org/festival.htm> w/The Lonestar
Bluegrass Band/The Bluegrass Solution/Classical
Grass/The Lonesome River Band/Special Consensus/Cadillac Sky
Frank's Trip On Inn - Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Grand 18894 Opera House (Galveston) - Glen Campbell (3 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Paul & Kelly Seitz
Home On The Range - blues jam w/Rick Lee (4-8m)
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
JP Hops House - HAAM garage sale (1:30-5:30 pm); NSAI open mic w/T.C.
Smythe (6 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club - Hamilton Loomis (8:30 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - David Fahl & band (7 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Poor Michael's on the Strand (Galveston) - jam w/Tom'z Katz (8 pm)
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard
Rowdy's - open mic
Rudyard's - Irish session music (6-8 pm); The Medicine Show (11 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue
Monks
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Sparetime Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villains
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Original Showcase
Sidecar Pub (The) - Johnny Goudie
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Ken May's Talent Showcase
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Texas Crawfish Music Festival (18th Annual) (Preservation Park, Old
Town Spring)
www.texascrawfishfestival.com <http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com>
Texas Stage
5:00 pm Hamilton Loomis
Club Zydeco Stage
2:30 pm Bon Ton Mickey
Texas Music Festival (Walter Hall Park, League City) - A Few Small
Fish (noon); Laurie Hays (2 pm); Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley
Boys (3:30 pm)
Uncle Albert's - rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Verizon Wireless Theater - Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band/Susan
Tedeschi (8 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
Westheimer Street Fest 2004 - Vatos Locos/F For
Fake/Tarantula/Violence of the Sun/Rusted Shut/Garcia y Reyna
What's Left (Tomball) - jam (2-6 pm)
Who's The Club - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
That's it for now. See you where the live music is!
-Guy Schwartz
Texas Musician, Songwriter, Bandleader, Producer, FilmMaker, Author
Houston, Texas, USA
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