I'll write a bit about Amsterdam in a moment, but it'll only be a partial installment. We're pretty tired and jet-lagged still, and there is sooo much to catch up on....

 

For now, I will just say that each of The New Jack Hippies three performances in Holland could not have gone better, and that videos will start appearing at www.hippies.tv in a few days.

 

Important news from us includes -

 

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Episode Three of HIPPIES.TV airs tonight on Warner cable 17, and elsewhere on Kingwood Cable and TV MAX. Tonight's episode consists of two short films from live musiuc events.

 

GLO & GUY - LIVE IN TEXAS features Gloria Edwards and I with The New Jack Hippies at The Rhythm Room.

 

LOST IN TIME features Brio Kids, DUBTEX, The New Jack Hippies, Levon Louis, Hollister Fracus, Tin Henry, Motograter, Opie Hendrix & The Texas Tallboys, The Handsomes, Pilot Radio Los Skarnales, De Sangre, CitiZEN Change and more...

 

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4 CD BOX SET by Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies

 

New material recorded in the studio!

 

The new boxed set (and the individual CDs by themselves) is now available at www.cdbaby.com/hippies

 

If you haven't downloaded any of the new music for free, the newest stuff is at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/guyschwartzandthenewjackhippies.htm

 

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New Jack Hippies In Amsterdam

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Getting the band to Europe has always been one of my goals. I've always felt that the wide array of American styles we do would go over great (to that segment of European music fans who love all types of music). There's a great appreciation of all types of American music over there, and that's what we do.

 

All types of American music.

 

You see - the music listeners in America have been severely segregated during the past 20 - 25 years. Radio playlists have not only shrunk, but the diversity of styles played on any one station which began on the sixties has been replaced with a seperate station for the rocker, and another for the classic rocker. There's another radio station for the alternative rocker and three more for the listeners of the various strengths of country music.

 

There's another station or two for hip hop and those who mix their hiphop with older school R&B - but not TOO old-school! Roots rock, soul music and and classic blues receive no play at all in most markets (thank goodness for kpft & satellite radio).

 

Most folks get to hear no more than 20 songs....

 

In Europe, things are different. One station we listened to follows a Tom Petty song with some euro-disco trash. That might be followed by Bob Marley or anything else in the world - and people like it that way.

 

That's what I thought they'd like about the New Jack Hippies.

 

And they did.

 

On the first night of WonderJam In Amsterdam, a night we were videotaping others, I saw the crowd applaude for DBrown Fisher and his unique lyrical phrasing, and then turn around and dig Scotty Daniels' jazz influenced solo set, too. When Wayne Sutton came onstage with his heavy lyrics and brilliant guitar work, a few of us just grabbed instruments and fell in. It felt good. Carolyn grabbed a guitar, while I grabbed Roger's bass. Mike (didn't get his last name) from The Austin Volunteer Orchestra gave us the beat on the drums.

 

The crowd was right there with us.

 

The audience's willingness to go wherever the music went was refreshing and exciting. At home, it's easy to lose a rock crowd by playing a blues song (AND vice-versa).

 

Matt Hubbard played his jelly-rolling honky tonkin' piano and sang some crazy songs - and the crowd at Maloe Melo responded as if it was the only music they had come for.

 

The Carolyn Wonderland Trio took over the stage and the crowd kept growing. Going through a number of Texas styles themselves, Carolyn, Scott and Cole wowed those lucky enough to be in attendance. It was a highly charged performance from a bunch of jet-lagged Texans with newly legal high quality intoxicants in their systems.

 

All of the New Jack Hippies in attendance were grinning at each other, and it wasn't just the treats from the coffee shops. We knew that if they loved the diverse styles of music that Carolyn was playing, they'd be able to love us, too.

 

We went back to the boat tired and exhilarated, ready for sleep and tomorrow's show.

 

But first, uncontrollable group laughter...

 

CONTINUED SOON....

 

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Courtesy of The BluesHound & KPFT-FM90.1

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19th 

Anderson Fair - Stephanie Urbina Jones
Austen's - open mic
Baker Street (Rice Village) - E=MC2
Baker Street (Sugar Land) - Mark Chandler
Balinese Room (Galveston) - Ezra Charles & the Works
Bareback Bar (The) - Chris Woolf
Baybrook Mall (Foley's) - The Lonestar Bluegrass Band (2-4 pm)
Big Easy (The) - Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - Ronnie Hall & Green Onions
Borski's - Russel Ray
Bossa (610 Main St.) - Mark Towns Salsa All-Stars w/Rudy Rincon
(ongoing)
Brian O'Neill's - Pete & Sam Band
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Hamilton Loomis
Café Blonde (Seabrook) - Della & Chris
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chances - Shiela (10 pm)
Christian's Tailgate Grill & Bar - Opie Hendrix
Cocktails (Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm)
Continental Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7 pm); Sean Reefer &
the Resin Valley Boys (9:30 pm); Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (11:30
pm)
Cosmos - Voodoo Players (7 pm); Tommy Dardar (9:30 pm)
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Cypress Lounge - El-Vibes
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Happy Hour w/Fahl & Folk (5 pm); Fondue
Monks/Marius
Einstein's Pub - Strippers Lie
Emily's (Seabrook) - Eric Tatum
Engine Room (The) - Vallejo
Fenders (LaMarque) - Ray Parsee & the Allstars Band w/Vanessa (9 pm)
First Tee - 'Bout Time
Fitzgerald's (down) - Four/Fault/Still Frame
Fitzgerald's (up) - Lonestar Pornstar/Chrome 44/Severin/Cellcyst/Flood
Forgetta'Bout It - Absolute Pistol/Jurassic
Free Range Studios (1719 Live Oak St.) - Different Kind of
Monkey/Atash w/Ganesch Kumar & Subrata Bhattacharya (8 pm)
Grand Slam Sports Bar (5201 Gulf Frwy) - Shadow Play
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers
Hideaway (The) - The Tony Vega Band
Howling Coyote (The) - Bitter Creek
Jack's For Cocktails - Airwaves
Jackie's Tavern (Bacliff) - Shotgun & the Bayou Dawgs
Java Jazz Coffee House - Otenki/Fairfax/Rockett Queen/Subject 2
Change/West Born/Astoria TX
JP Hops House - Andi and I
Ken's Club - 2nd Wind
Knights of Columbus #803 (2616 Louisiana) - Gilmer & Moore
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Switch
Last Concert Café - Ellipsis
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - Acoustic Underground Band
Main Street Crossing - Kid Ray
Martinis & More - Down To Earth
Mary Jane's Fat Cat - Darkest Hour/Between The Buried And Me/Cattle
Decapitation/Fear Before The March Of Flames
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Clumsy Lovers (9 pm)
Mercury Room (The) - Brotherhood
Meridian (The) (Red Room) - The Donnas/The Von Bondies/Starlight
Desperation
Mo's Place (Katy) - Rhythm of the Road
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) - LaLa Wilson & Company (8:30 pm)
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - The Myrna Sanders Band/Lucky
Boyd
Oz Bar (The) - TJ Funk
Pal's (Texas City) - Bad Habits
Papa's on The Lake - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Torn
Pennison's (Sugar Land) - Tail Spin
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - David Brake & That Damn Band
Radisson Hotel (The) (I-10 & Beltway 8) - Sonny Boy Terry (8 pm)
Red Cat Jazz Café - Dean James
River Café (The) - Garcia y Reyna
Rowdy's - Steve Garcia
Rudyard's - Earlimart/Silversun Pickups/Chasmatic
Sam's Pub & Grill - Rick Marcel
Sambuca Restaurant - Mark Dini
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Last Train Out
Sands Restaurant & Bar (The) - Rotel & the Hot Tomatoes
Scout Bar (The) - Big Red Sun
Shakespeare's Pub - The Benny Brasket Band
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Adrian Circle
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - The Reds
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - The Max
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - Deep 6 Band
Sidecar Pub (The) - Van Wilks/57 State/Shad Blair
Songbird Sanctuary (117 Stratford Street) - Emily Kaitz & Darcie
Deaville - -reservations required; (713) 524-6545 -
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<mailto:songbirdsanctuary@...>
Stags Head - Tody Castillo
Super Happy Fun Land - Krewe Du Poux (New Orleans Review)
Sweetwater Country Club - Scott Sileo (5:30-8:30 pm)
Toyota Center - Bette Midler
21 (Galveston) - The Skylites
Uncle Albert's - Deep 6
Verizon Wireless Theater - Engelbert Humperdinck
Vintage Bar (The) - Joey D & Willie B
Warehouse Ice House (The) - Honky Tonk Revival
West Alabama Ice House (The) - Luther & the Healers (6-10 pm)
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Joe Vega
Whiskey River - Bucko Ruckus
Wreckers Grill & Bar (San Leon) - The Mark May Band
Wunsche Bros Café - Dan Golvach
Yaga's (Galveston) - Honeybrowne

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20th

Anderson Fair - Shake Russell & Mike Hearne
Baker Street (Rice Village) - American Past Time
Baker Street (Sugar Land) - E=MC2
Baker Street (Willowbrook) - Sonic Amber
Balinese Room (Galveston) - Bert Wills
Bareback Bar (The) - Aaron Holt
Big Easy (The) - The Tony Vega Band
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bojangle's (Seabrook) - CC Rider
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm); Miss Leslie & Her Juke
Jointers
Breakers - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine
Cactus Moon Blues Café - Coco Montoya
Cactus Music & Video - The Southern Backtones (in-store performance)
Cadillac Bar (Kemah) - 4-Barrel Ramblers
Café Blonde (Seabrook) - Teresa Kolo
Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson
Cock-Eyed Seagull (Clear Lake) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats
Continental Club (The) - Two Hoots & A Holler (10 pm); Jesse Dayton &
The Road Kings (11:30 pm)
Cosmos - Thunderboltz
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Tommy Dardar
Cruisers Ice House (Santa Fe) - Donny Taylor & the Gulf Coasters
Cypress Lounge - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra (CD release
party)
Einstein's Pub - Adrian Circle
Engine Room (The) - Fear Factory/No Warning
F2 (306 Main Street) - The Dudes (ongoing)
Fenders (LaMarque) - The Pee Wee Bowen Band
Firehouse Saloon - Deryl Dodd
Fitzgerald's (down) - Wiretap/Pinche Gringos/Black Box
Originals/Dialate
Fitzgerald's (up) - Tarantula/Yuna/Deafening/Copius
Forgetta'Bout It - Eternity Black/Dark Quiet/Test of Fate
Grand Slam Sports Bar (5201 Gulf Frwy) - Shadow Play
Helio's - jazz jam w/The Trade
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - No Strings Attached
Hideaway (The) - The Mark May Band
Howling Coyote (The) - Mirror Image
Jack's For Cocktails - Airwaves
Java Jazz Coffee House - Panik/Negative Outlook/Exit 33/The
Fifth/Vermin
JP Hops House - Moe Hansum Band
Kirby's Steak House (Woodlands) - Mark Town's Latin Jazz Quartet
Lance's Turtle Club (Seabrook) - Switch
Last Concert Café - Peach Truck Republic
Lone Star Saloon (Richmond) - The Hanshaws
Main Street Crossing - Andi and I
Mary Jane's Fat Cat - Panthers/Vietnam/Death From Above
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Toni Price (7:30 pm); Patrice Pike (10 pm)
Mo's Place (Katy) - Texas Unlimited Band
Mr. B's Billiards (Katy) - Texas Johnny Brown & the Quality Blues Band
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) - The Ernie Trevino Band
19th Hole (The) - Chelsea Hotel (CD release party)/Alcoholic Helltones
Numbers - Danseparc
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - Sisters Morales
Oz Bar (The) - Just Got Lucky
Pal's (Texas City) - Down To Earth
Papa's on The Lake - Leonard “Low Down” Brown
Parrot Pub (The) - Take Two
Pennison's (Copperfield) - Big Red Sun
Pennison's (Sugar Land) - Crowded Mind
Pit Stop (The) - Joe Miranda (8:30 pm)
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Steady Grind
Red Cat Jazz Café - Dean James
Rhythm Room (The) - 5th Annual Go Girl Music Fest w/Liviya
Compean/The Googe/Femantics
River Café (The) - Garcia y Reyna (8 pm; ongoing)
Rookie's - Bad Boyfriend (acoustic)
Rudyard's - J.W. Americana/Boxcar Satan/Rev. Vince Anderson/Danny &
The Nightmares
Sam's Pub & Grill - McClanahans
Sam's Boat (Willowbrook) - Deep 6 Band
Sambuca Restaurant - Mark Dini
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Volumizers
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - Jawbreaker
Shakespeare's Pub - Pearl Murray & the Jewels
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Blue Corner
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Infinity's Twin
Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - The Reds
Sherlock's Pub (Westheimer) - The Max
Sidecar Pub (The) - Texas High Life/Front Porch Band/Britt Lloyd
Sophia's - Kid Ray
Stags Head - Peter Scafidi
Super Happy Fun Land - Super Opie Funland 2
Terrace Café (Kemah) - Janet Z (6:30-9:30 pm)
Time Out Sports Bar #1 (Fuqua) - 3 Peace
Time Out Sports Bar #3 (Pasadena) - Nervous Rex
Tut's (Conroe) - Al Casey & the BB's
Uncle Albert's - A-Rival
Vintage Bar (The) - Big Lizard Boys
Walter's on Washington - Panthers/Vietnam/Death From Above   
Westfield By The Railroad - Southbound
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Joe Vega
Wunsche Bros Café - Dan Golvach
Yaga's (Galveston) - Dreadneck
Zebo's Coffee House - open mic w/Michael Pope (7:30 pm)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21st 

Big Easy (The) - Wilfred Chevis
Big Top (The) - Glover Tango w/The Tosca String Quartet (9 pm)
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm)
Borski's - blues jam (3 pm)
Cosmos - The Gypsies (7 pm)
Cruiser's (Santa Fe) - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Dean's Credit Clothing - Sunday Session (8-11 pm)
Engine Room (The) - Hot Snakes/The Ponys/The Detonations
Etta's - Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Frank's Trip On Inn - Symplisity (ongoing; 4 pm)
Haak Vineyards & Winery (Santa Fe) - The Texas Trio (1-5 pm)
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Brian Burns
Java Jazz Coffee House - Arthur Yoria/A Giant's
Wing/Bennington/Leaf/Joker's Apprentice
Joyce's Club Hole In The Wall (3103 Collingsworth) - Annette Metoyor
and more (2 pm)
JP Hops House - NSAI open mic w/T.C. Smythe (6 pm)
Last Concert Café (The) - Fahl & Folk w/Carrie Ann Buchanan & the
Apocalyptics (6-9 pm)
Mr. B's Billiards (Katy) - blues jam w/Ozell Roberts & friends (4-8
pm)
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Mulligan's & More - jam
Neon Moon Saloon (LaPorte) - jam (4-8 pm)
19th Hole (The) - Brad Absher
Numbers - The Faint
Papa's Ice House - jam w/Crossroads (4-8 pm)
Pasadena Fairgrounds - Sonny Boy Terry (J & O Swapmeet; 1-5 pm)
Ponderosa - O'Bear & the Las Vegas Band (8 pm; ongoing)
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) - jam (8 pm)
Quillen's Coffee House - Ross Nickerson
Reno's (Webster) - Drew Womack
Rhythm Room (The) - Battle of the Bands
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard   
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) - jam
Rowdy's - open mic
Sam's Boat (Fountains) - Pete & Sam
Sambuca Restaurant - Blue Monks
Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - Lonestar Pornstar/Infinity's Twin/Karma
Manifesto
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Faron
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villians
Sidecar Pub (The) - Johnny Goudie & Joseph King
Steak & Ale (I-10 @ Wilcrest) - The Lonestar Bluegrass Band
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
Tubby's Ice House (LaMarque) - Down To Earth
Uncle Albert's - 2nd Wind
What's Left (Tomball) - jam (2-6 pm)

 

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