*THREE DAYS IN SUMMER

*COLLECTIVE HALLUCINATION

*WEEKEND CALENDAR

*HPMA2004

*REPORT FROM THE INFIELD

 

 

First of all - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!

 

Second - Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies

   July 12th - THREE DAYS OF SUMMER FEST (Meridian @ 5pm)

   July 25th - HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS (Deans at 7pm)

 

So far. it's been a great musical summer for a bunch of our friends, and for all of us, too!

 

MArlo has probably had the best month of all, because a lot of her work is at the point where the public, and other friends and associates get to see/hear it. Her voice work is being featured on two video games for fall release this year. She and Roger Tausz have been working with Levon Louis' Chakra Sound (we all have, to some extent), producing music, sound effects and dialoge for KOHAN:Kings Of War (see it reviewed in PLAYBOY), as well as doing the same for the upcoming video game based on the old board game, AXIS & ALLIES (I did a voice for a U.S. Army General!).

 

Besides doing several voice-acting characters for both games, MArlo has handled casting and studio/talent booking for Levon, while Roger has engineered most of the live-mic recording duties (I've engineered a couple sessions and added a voice or two, also, but they've really been at it while I finish CDs and films). And that's not all Marlo's got coming along - her THREE RIVERS historical/Texas musical play is in it's second rewrite, with several communities committed to producing the play. David Fahl and I have each contributed a bit, but this one is her baby. There's a recording of hers, too, but I'll write about that in a minute.

 

Roger is working in his studio with Tracy Conover as I write (at this very moment), and they will be nailing down Tracy's LIVE CD any minute (or any day). It's a great live CD. It was an easy mix for Roger. They played so well, that the main thing they had to do in post-production was to decide how long to leave the applause until fading out after the songs. Besides live gigs with Tracy and with The New Jack Hippies, Roger has also been recording Mike Spencer, Sandy Stewart and Thuy-Linh Cornett. PLUS - we've been mastering the 4 CD set of our new (New Jack Hippies) music.

 

Besides finishing up the 4-CD set, and working on the Wonderland & Birthday Jam films, I've been busy in my studio producing tracks for or with Norman Pennington, Opie Hendrix and Jimmy Deen, as well as doing preproduction work with Ant Boogie of Collective Hallucination and demo sessions with Two Of A Kind. We're doing a live video shoot and 16-track recording with Collective Hallucination at 8:30pm on Saturday at OMNI Central (on Scott St. @ I-45) on Saturday night, when they double-bill with TRU SOL for a very musical evening.

 

As soon as that is over, we'll run downtown to The Meridian (1503 Chartres St.) to catch LunateX and Joe B., as they finish up night #1 at THREE DAYS IN SUMMER. This 3 day fest (SAT, SUN & MON!) is my type of show - 3 dozen of the best local acts of ALL genres. I'll play with The New Jack Hippies on Monday at 5:15pm with Chango Jackon playing shortly thereafter. The whole line-up is; 

• Andrei Morant
• Chris Anderson
• Lunatex
• Joe B & Friends
• Nathan Stewart
• Ben Clark
• BMC
• Scenic Woods
• Strange Company
• CeePlus
• Witnes
• Tru Sol
• D.R.U.M
• Absolute Pistol
• Opie Hendrix & the Texas Tallboys
• Silverleaf
• De Sangre
• Dubtex
• Pilot Radio
• The Krinkles
• Bad Acid Trip
• Organ Failure
• The New Jack Hippies
• Motograter
• Spoonfed Tribe
• Chango Jackson
• Tin Henry
• Deep Ella
• Hollister Fracus
• Dmitiri's Rail
• The Handsomes
• Secret Beat Society
• Long Paper
• Mystere
• Desperado
• DJ CEF
• Steve Swift
• Brio Kids
• Los Skarnales
• Camino

Check www.earthwire.net/3days for performance schedule.

 

While recording Norman Pennington (you'd remember him as 'Buster' Pennington from the band, Goin' Postal), I was impressed (as always) with his talents and abilities) he's got a great voice and is a seriously good songwriter. Norman's hired me to get demos of his new songs that "don't sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn". I can handle that!

 

Roger, Chaz and I were checking out Marcus Roberts on the drums one night last week, recording everything, when I hit upon a new progression...

 

'Hold on - let's do this - I have an idea for a new one!", said I.

 

Suddenly, I realised that it was not new and not original to me. It was part of an arrangement I has done a couple weeks ago on one of Buster's new songs. OH, well - let's do it anyway!

 

The song came out great, and I asked marlo to sing a background part. She sung it really well, and now Norman had 2 demos of his new song!

 

But - I got to thinking....

 

MArlo sounded good on this one. Why don't I get her to sing the lead?

 

It worked! Now we had three demos for Norman, one with a female lead!

 

MArlo was proud of it, too. She sent it to a few friends, and now, Phil Gammage (formerly of Houston, but a New Yorker in the band CERTAIN GENERAL) has decided to produce the song on Claudia's next CD!

 

Soon there will be 4 versions of Norman's song! <g>  I'm going to send MArlo's version to texastop40.com so you can hear it, too.

 

Haven't been out much lately, with all this production work. Tried to write about the benefit for my long-time aquaintance (and good guitarist, and good guy) Tony Lee, whose abdominal problems are similar to the stuff I had last fall (but worse)! It's tuff enough therapy that Monica Marie & The Blues Cruizers have cancelled all dates, for now. I wrote to tell you about it, but a Yahoogroup glitch froze me out that weekend so the letter never got out to anyone except the 200 on my list who haven't been added to the yahoogroup yet.

 

Gene & Joni Kelton put on a great event. Dozens of artists showed up to play, including Monica Marie, Mark May, Dave Nevling, Roy Head, Steve Rangel, Matt Leddy & the Meat Cutters, Professor Blues, Thurman "P-Funk" Robinson, Terri Green, Sandy Hickey, B2B, Mean Gene Kelton & The Die Hards, Curtis Craig, Rick "Biscuit"  Maxwell. The auction & event brought in much needed dollars, but more could help Monica and Tony. The band may not be working, but the bills keep coming.

 

MAIL IN DONATIONS: If you would like to make a donation by mail, Please send your "LOVE OFFERINGS" to:
Tony Lee Ziesemer
P.O. Box 1415
Dayton, TX 77535

 

 

Went to Keith York's birthday party, where ALL of his bands showed up to play (Guppies From Outer Space, York-Diaz-Gonzomatic, Blowtorch Repair)! It was a fun night, and Keith received a new set of DW drums from Guppies' bassist Danny Cates! Eight years ago, The New Jack Hippies did our first gig as a band outside of the Dan Electro's jam at the benefit which bought Keith the (replace his stolen) drums he's been currently playing. Time marches on...

 

Lot's of friends have been nominated (Drop Trio 4 times!), so please take a moment to vote in The Houston Press Music Awards.

 

I'm going to finish up now. There 's a lot of work to do before this THREE DAYS OF SUMMER festival. Kudos to Martin, Richard and Brett for putting this thing on.

 

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WEEKEND CALENDAR

Courtesy of The BluesHound & KPFT-FM90.1

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FRIDAY, JULY 9th

Austen's (Atascocita) - open mic w/Mauri (7:30 pm)
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) - Pete, Mike & Sam
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - Ashbury Keys
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) - Bad Boyfriend
Beverly Pub - Joe Sal
Big Easy (The) - Snit's Dog & Pony Show
Blanco's - Keith Norris
Blue Lagoon (The) - The Joe Valentino Show
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Pee Wee Bowen (9 pm)
Borski's - Kevin Black
Brian O'Neill's - Patrick Devlin
Buck's - Rainmakers
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Mark May Band
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chances - Shiela (10 pm)
Club 21 (Galveston) - Sonny Boy Terry
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9 pm); Alien Love
Child
Cosmos - Tommy Dardar
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Phil Johnson (8 pm)
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - P.C. Cowboys
Downtown Park (Rosenberg) - Ezra Charles & the Works  (7-10 pm)
Emily's (Seabrook) - Eric Tatum
Engine Room (The) - Trish Murphy/The Bonnie Bishop Band
Fenders (LaMarque) - Green Onions (9 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Bill Hart
Fitzgerald's (down) - Faceplant/Deep Above Surface/Farm SC/One Up
Fitzgerald's (up) - Kottonmouth Kings/Big D/Strawman/OPM
Forgetta'Bout It - Live Nude Chix/Wartorn
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Hideaway (The) - Luther & the Healers
Howling Coyote (The) - LaDon Lavalle & Shadow Play
Jack's For Cocktails - Al Casey & the BB's
Java Jazz Coffee House - By Any Other Name/Done For Now/Whats
Left/Kristoph & The Communist Manifesto/Brown vs Board/Ruby
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Wise Guys
Last Concert Café - Shawn Nelson & the Ramblers/9 Staion Drive
Lil's Bar & Grill - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Mercury Room (The) - What Is Hip
Meridian (The) - Smile Empty Soul
Mo's Place (Katy) - Daryle Singletary/Chad Brock/Rhett Aikins/David
Kersh
Molly's (Wilcrest @ Westheimer) - Scott Sileo (9 pm)
Muddie Waters Coffee House - Topaz
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - Shannon & Lance G
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Sisters Morales
Outback Pub - 3 Peace
Oz Bar (The) - XL
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Constant Buzz
Redneck Saloon (Seven Oaks) - Down to Earth
Rhythm Room (The) - Buddacrush/Southtrak/Lise Liddel
Ringside @ Sullivan's Steakhouse - Fried Ice Cream (9 pm)
River Café (The) - Garcia y Reyna
Rudyard's - Slapshifter
Saengerhalle (Hwy 46 off I-35, New Braunfels) - “Legendary Texas
Songwriters” benefit concert w/Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen,
Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker (New Braunfels Museum of Art fund raiser)
Sam Houston Race Park - Bellamy Brothers
Sam's Pub & Grill - Mike & Christin
Sambuca Jazz Café - Doppleganger
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Donny Taylor & the Gulf Coasters
Scout Bar (The) - Infinity's Twin
Shakespeare's Pub - Eugene Moody Blues Band
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Surface
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Big Daddy
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Full Tilt
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Static
Sidecar Pub (The) - Stoney LaRue Band/Britt Lloyd Band
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) - The Tie That Binds
Stags Head Pub - E=MC2
Super Happy Fun Land - Fight Like A Robot/Dialtone
Theory/SugarBeats/Ossum/Kingdom of the Seahorse
Sweetwater Country Club - Scott Sileo (5:30-8:30 pm)
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Zydeco Dots (6-10 pm)
Walter's On Washington - JW Americana/Satin Hooks
Westcott on Westcott - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (9 pm)   

SATURDAY, JULY 10th

Al's Sports Bar #1 - Mekka
Al's Sports Bar #2 - Just Got Lucky
Baker Street Pub (Rice Village) - Ashbury Keys
Baker Street Pub (Sugar Land) - The Fallout
Baker Street Pub (Willowbrook) - Mark Chandler
Big Dog Ice House - The Joe Valentino Show
Big Easy (The) - Gary Primich
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Mark Miller (9 pm)
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm); The Posse
Breakers - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine
Brian O'Neill's - Trey Clark
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Monte Montgomery
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Club Gravity (Galveston) - Reyna & Powerplay
Club 21 (Galveston) - Sonny Boy Terry
Cocktails (Galveston) - Mike McCulloch (9 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Grady (10 pm); Honky (11:30 pm)
Cosmos - Freddie Everett
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Tommy Dardar
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - Guppies From Outer Space
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Matt Thigpen & Gone To Texas
Fat Cat's - Sound Team/A Tiger Named Lovesick
Fenders (LaMarque) - The Fab 5 (9 pm)
Firehouse Saloon (The) - Macon Greyson/Randy Rogers
Fitzgerald's (down) - Ultramagg/Manifold/House Of Moist/Wheel Works
Fitzgerald's (up) - Carousel Shy/O'Doyle Rules/Jack In The Pulpit/Sad
Bert/Dover Drive
Flashback - LaDon Lavalle & Shadow Play
Foozies (Baytown) - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Forgetta'Bout It - Six Past Hell/Stale Mind/Full Circle
H-Town's Arena Theatre - D12/Slum Village
Helio's - jazz jam w/The Trade
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Texas Jamboree Boys
Hickory Hollow (Magnolia) - Pure Cajun (6:30 pm)
Hideaway (The) - Green Onions
Howling Coyote (The) - Hip Shots
Jack's For Cocktails - Gary Bob & Steve Downing
Java Jazz Coffee House - Based On Something/All The Way/Black Box
Originals/Starlit Summer/The Paradox/The Herminators
Jones Hall - Diana Krall
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
JP Hops House - Joey D & Willie B
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage - What Is Hip (7-11 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Wise Guys
Last Concert Café - Mikado/Darrin Dobetich
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - Jack Hall
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Kelly Willis (2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Rick Marcel
Millbend Coffee House - Eric Hansen
Mo's Place (Katy) - Derringer
Molly's Pub (Kingwood) - Route 66 Ltd.
Muddie Water's Coffee House - Annetta Haynes
Neon Moon Saloon (The) (LaPorte) - Ramblin' Rose
Next Door Coffee House (The) - The Joshua Project/Mourning After
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - Houx
Numbers - Infernal
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Chris Johnson
Outback Pub - Blue Corner
Ovations - Sarah Sharp
Oz Bar (The) - Spiffingtons
Papa's Ice House - Shannon & Lance G
Puffabelly's (Spring) - PC Cowboys
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Perfect Mixx
Redneck Saloon (Seven Oaks) - Down to Earth
Rhythm Room (The) - Blendt/The Flavor Conductors
Ringside @ Sullivan's Steakhouse - Rayvon (9 pm)
Rookie's - Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard's - Casino
Sam Goody (Baybrook Mall) - Lost Element
Sambuca Jazz Café - Ezra Charles & the Works
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Volumizers
Scout Bar (The) (Clear Lake) - Infinity's Twin
Shakespeare's Pub - Benny Brasket Band
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Surface
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Big Daddy
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - The Handsomes
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Full Tilt
Sidecar Pub (The) - Green River Ordinance/Mark Sanders Band/Joe
Miranda & The Wildcatters
Songbird Sanctuary - Mark Germino (8 pm; reservations required;
songbirdsanctuary@...
<mailto:songbirdsanctuary@...> or call 713-524-6545)
Sons of Hermann (120 Yale) - The River Road Boys (8:30 pm)
Spring Tavern - Brother2Brother
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) - Mike Zito
Stags Head Pub - Mandy Smith Band
Super Happy Fun Land - The Deconstruction Crew
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Live Cargo (6-10 pm)
Texas Borders (Katy) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Traders Village - Lone Star Band Search
Walter's On Washington - Norma Zenteno
Wrecker's Grill & Bar (San Leon) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (3
pm)
Zebo's Coffee House - open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)
SUNDAY, JULY 11th

Beverly Pub (The) - jazz brunch jam w/Michael Grebowicz
Big Easy (The) - Zydeco Ron
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Winchester (3-7 pm)
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm)
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Houx (8 pm)
Borski's - blues jam (3 pm)
Chickies (Ennis & Alabama) - jam w/Lady D & the Blue Flames (7-11 pm;
Ongoing)
Continental Club - The Mid-Life Crisis Band (7 pm); Glover Gill (The
Big Top; 9 pm)
Cosmos - Swing Kinds (7 pm)
Crooked Ferret (The) - Wattz It 2 Ya
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - jam (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - Sunday Session w/Carolyn Wallace/Joel
Stein/Jason Consolacion (7-10 pm)
Einstein's Pub - blues jam w/Jeremiah Johnson & the Texas Alligators
(7-11 pm)
Engine Room (The) - Mindflow
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Fat Cat's - Monday In London/In Passing/Hand Over Heart/Faster We
Fall/Margot
Frank's Trip On Inn - Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Gully (The) (Crosby) - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) - Chris & Claudia/Buddy Allen
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
JP Hops House - Houston Fort Bed Songwriters Association (1:30
pm);Showcase (4 pm); NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Kemah Boardwalk Plaza Stage - The Relics (6 -10 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club - Jazz Toonz
Last Concert Café (The) - David Fahl & Band w/Otis Futhermucker(6-9
pm); Goodtrain Sessions (9 pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
19th Hole (The) - Brad Absher
Papa's Ice House - jam w/Crossroads (4-8 pm)
Poor Michael's On the Strand (Galveston) - jam (8 pm)
Proletariat (The) - Ume/Mock Run
Queen's BBQ (Galveston) - Bert Wills (5 pm)
Rhythm Room (The) - Battle of the Bands (4-9 pm)
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Gene Kelton & the Die Hards
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) - blues jam
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 (Clear Lake) - Soma
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villains
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - showcase
Super Happy Fun Land - Susan Alcorn/Maria Chavez/Rose Lange
T-Bone Tom's (Kemah) - Sunny Jim White & Ocean Breeze (5-9 pm)
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Trader's Village - Fuzzy Side Up
Tubby's Ice House (LaMarque) - Down to Earth
Uncle Albert's - rock-n-blues jam (6-10 pm)
Westfield By The Railroad - jam (2 pm)
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!