No shows for the next 4 weeks while we work at WildFlower in
Richardson, TX this weekend, then off to Kerrville for the
18 day festival... see you June 17! More information below
on Richardson WildFlower Festival...

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See us on the web: http://www.unclecalvins.org/

May 20 Closed for the Richardson WildFlower Festival
------ ( http://www.wildflowerfestival.com )
May 27/June 03/10 Closed for the Kerrville Folk Festival!
------ ( http://www.kerrville-music.com )
Jun 17 The Laws, Scott & Michelle open ($12)
Jun 24 Kate Campbell, Bruce Balmer opens ($12)
Jul 01 Closed for Independence Day
Jul 08 Woody Guthrie Festival preview, more to come! ($TBA)
Jul 15 Closed for Woody Guthrie Festival, Okemah, OK

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More music this week:

WildFlower specifics:

The Acoustic Cafe:
MAY 20
Dallas Songwriters – Master of Ceremonies (MC) 6:15 - 11 PM
6:30 pm
Contestant #1 & 2
7:45 pm Contestant #3 & 4
9:00 pm Contestant #5 & 6
10:15 – 11:00 Dallas Songwriters Showcase

MAY 21
Dallas Songwriters – Master of Ceremonies (MC) 11 AM - 8 PM
11:00 am Dallas Songwriters Showcase
1:30 pm Contestant #7 & 8
2:45 pm Contestant #9 & 10
4:00 pm Freebo
5:00 pm John William Davis
6:00 pm Contest Winners Rounds
7:00 pm Dallas Songwriters Showcase
8:00 pm The Texas Gypsies - a unique blend of 1930's Paris hot
------- jazz and Texas Bluegrass
9:10 pm Chris Holt - recently nominated for three awards in the
------- Dallas Observer Music Awards, Chris will be featuring
------- songs from his new album, "Summer Reverb."
10:15 pm Sarah Radle

MAY 22
Dallas Songwriters – Master of Ceremonies (MC) 12:45 - 3:15 p.m.
12:45 – 1:45 pm Dallas Songwriters Showcase
2:00 pm Carla Ulbrich
3:15 pm Monkeyshyne - "acoustic rock for the masses"
4:30 pm Beatlegras - the songs of the beatles with a Bluegrass
------- flavor

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Eisemann Center:
May 20
6:15 PM Beth Wood : http://www.bethwoodmusic.com
7:30 PM Chris Rosser : http://www.chrisrosser.com
8:45 PM Cosy Sheridan : http://www.cosysheridan.com
10:00 PM The Sherpas : http://www.thesherpas.net
May 21
11:00 AM Performing Songwriter Contest - w/ Nick Annis,
-------- Caren Armstong, Erik Balkey, Tim Chauvin, Ian
-------- Dickson, Karen Mal, Chuck McCabe, Abi Tapia,
-------- Joel Underwood
12:30 PM Carla Ulbrich : http://www.carlau.com
1;45 pm Beth Wood : http://www.bethwoodmusic.com
3:00 PM Chris Rosser : http://www.chrisrosser.com
4:00 PM Freebo : http://www.freebo.com
4:15 PM Cosy Sheridan : http://www.cosysheridan.com
5:00 PM John William Davis : http://www.losttribedreams.com
5:30 PM Kat Eggleston : http://www.kateggleston.com
6:45 PM Super Jam w/ Bill Ward, Tom Kimmel, Michael Lille,
--------- Tom Prasada-Rao
9:15 PM Performing Songwriter Contest Winners Round - the 3
--------- winners from the competition perform together in a
--------- round.
10:00 PM Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines : http://www.terrihendrix.com

May 22
2:00 PM Freebo with John William Davis
3:45 PM Bill Ward : http://www.songdogrecords.com
4:45 PM Kat Eggleston
5:45 PM Rowan Brothers : http://www.rowanbrothers.com

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May 19 Van Astine Jam at the gazebo in Van Alstyne, TX - 7 PM
no cover - share a song or play or listen!

May 19 Crawford & McAdams are featured at Shiney's Paradise
Grill - 7 - 11PM - recording a LIVE CD that night, too!
9410 Walnut St, Dallas, TX -
http://www.shineys.com/

May 21 The Mineola Picking Parlor welcomes Cadillac Sky - 115
E Commerce St, Mineola, TX - $12.50 adv -> (903)569-2664
or 903-569-0108 - $15 door - 7:30 PM -
http://www.pineywoodspicknparlor.com

May 21 Urban Campfires welcomes Big Wide Grin - 7 PM - $12
adults, $5 for kids under 12 - Potluck dinner available
Reservations are appreciated - (210) 824-1068 -
http://www.urbancampfires.com/ucpage2.htm
http://www.urbancampfires.com/

May 21 Walden Coffeehouse welcomes The Rowan Brothers, Janet
O'Connor opens - info/directions
http://www.waldencoffeehouse.org

May 21 Wildwood Coffeehouse in Tyler welcomes Eric Taylor -
1629 Old Omen Rd, Tyler, TX - Doors 7:30 PM, Music 8 PM -
$6 Adv, $8 Door, $4 for Students -
http://www.geocities.com/uutylertx/wildwood.html

May 21 Up-A-Creek Coffee Co welcomes TR Ritchie - 109 E Main,
Whitehouse, TX -
http://www.upacreek.com/coffee/index.html

Erik Moll sightings:
May 20 Cypress Creek Cafe - Wimberley, TX - 8:30PM - Trio w/Erik
Hokkanen-fiddle&guitar, Steve Carter-bass&harmonies
http://www.cypresscreekcafe.com/
May 21 Artz Ribhouse-Austin, TX-7:30-9:30PM - Duo w/Steve Carter

Annie Benjamin sightings:
May 20 with Rahim Quazi Band at Club Clearview
May 21 Wildflower Festival - Accoustic Cafe Stage - 11:30 to 12:30
in the round w/ Tracie Merchant, Mark Hughey and Paul Zander

The Granada Theater features:
May 19 Drew Emmitt Band w/ Billy Nershi plus late show with
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - 8 PM - Gen Adm $14, Rsrvd
$18
May 20 Spoonfed Tribe w/ Hairy Apes BMX and Drums and Tuba - 8 PM
Gen Adm $10, Rsrvd $14
May 21 Rev Horton Heat w/ Supersuckers and Murphy's Law - 8 Pm -
General Admission $15
3524 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX - (214) 824-9933
http://www.granadatheater.com/welcome.html

Anderson Fair welcomes:
May 19 Songwriters' Night - $5 - Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson
host guests Bill Aspinwall & Chuck Brodsky
May 20 Gordy Quist - $10 -
May 21 Paul Geremia - $10 -
2007 Grant Ave, Houston, TX
http://www.andersonfair.com/

Casbeer's in San Antonio welcomes:
May 17 Glenn Allan & Kim MacKenzie - Stephen Clair - Urban Troubador
May 18 Acoustic Jam with Claude "Butch" Morgan
May 19 Bill Kirchen w/ The Rowan Brothers
May 20 Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs
May 21 Moot Davis featuring Pete Anderson
1719 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX
http://www.casbeers.com/home.htm

Love & War in Texas welcomes:
May 18 Bobby Pinson CD RELEASE PARTY - NO COVER
May 19 Brian Burns $5
May 20 Becca Dalrymple $5
May 21 Ronny Spears $5 *updated 5/15
May 22 Shiner Sunday!! $10 - Live Broadcast at KHYI
95.3FM from 4pm - 6pm - 4pm: Becca Dalrymple - 5pm:
Dale Watson -
601 E. Plano Parkway, Plano, TX - (972)422-6201
http://www.loveandwarintexas.com/music.htm

MacHenry's features:
May 17 Every Tuesday ACOUSTIC SONG CIRCLE - open song sharing
session
May 18 EVERY WEDNESDAY WIDE OPEN MIC w/ Don McRay
May 19 SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE with RENE WEST & ABI TAPIA
May 20 THE GOURDS
May 21 TRINITY RIVER WHALERS
May 22 BIG WIDE GRIN
7618 Camp Bowie West, Ft Worth, TX
http://www.machenrysupstairs.com/

Poor David's Pub welcomes:
MAY 18 Heather Knox
MAY 19 Add 9
MAY 20 (Early Show 8:00 pm) ANDY INGLE
MAY 20 (Late Show 10:30 pm) The KILLDARES
MAY 21 Double Bill !! - LOS SUPER-VATOS and PONTY BONE and
the SQUEEZETONES
1313 S Lamar, Dallas, TX
http://www.poordavidspub.com/

Bill's Records & Tapes features:
May 20 Billy Joe Shaver, Fritz Schultz, The Dreamsicles - Tom
Prasado-Rao and Cary Cooper - noon
May 21 Ronny Spears, Bob Williford, Michael O'Neal - 3 PM
8118 Spring Valley, Dallas, TX - (972) 234-1496
http://www.radiorules.com/page1.html

May 18 The Texas Tea House welcomes "OPEN MIC NIGHT" w/ ZEN
BUBBA & LARGE MARJ
2612 Commerce St, Dallas, TX
http://www.texasteahouse.com/

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High Brow Stuff:
May 20 Rick Springfield - Wildflower Music Festival, Richardson, TX
May 21 Leon Russell - Wildflower Arts & Music Festival, Richardson, TX
May 20 Ray Wylie Hubbard - Gillys, Dallas, TX
Others at WildFlower: Neville Brothers / Darryl Worley / Miranda Lambert
/ Ryan Cabrera / Cheap Trick / Pure Prarie League - $20 for 3 day pass
May 22 Bruce Robison - Main Street Days , Grapevine, TX

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May 19-21, 2005
T-Roy Miller's Pickin' in the Pines
with Fred Eaglesmith!

Thursday: Open Mic
Friday: Shelley King, Darryl Lee Rush
Saturday: Fred Eaglesmith, T-Roy, McKay Brothers and more!
$20 in advance till May 19, $25 at the gate - 903-857-2253

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general announcement:
REPLY TO: Please see info below

www.kera.org

KERA 90.1 FM

Saturday, May 21 at 9 p.m.

Lone Star Saturday Night broadcasts "Art Of The Song," part two in a
series of one-hour special programs produced in Taos, New Mexico. This
episode features an interview with Texas singer/songwriter Nanci
Griffith at her home in Nashville. Also, El Paso songwriter, poet and
author Tom Russell steps into the "creativity corner" to discuss his
thoughts on the creative process. And song analyst Michael Shorr,
Professor of Songwriting at the University Of New Mexico, dissects Hugh
Prestwood's song, "The Song Remembers When."

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Other Texas Venues:

Adair's Saloon [2624 Commerce St, Dallas, TX - (214) 939-9900]
---- http://www.adairssaloon.com/
All Good Cafe [2934 Main St, Deep Ellum, TX]
---- http://www.allgoodcafe.com/
Anderson Fair [2009 Grant Ave, Houston, TX]
---- http://www.andersonfair.com
Back Porch Grill & Tavern [210 N. Main St, Grapevine, TX]
---- http://www.backporchtavern.com/
Cactus Cafe & Bar[Austin, TX]
---- http://www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/ae/cactus/
Camp Street Cafe [Crockett, TX]
---- http://www.campstreetcafe.com
Casbeer's [1719 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX ]
---- http://www.casbeers.com/calendar/index.htm
Cheatham Street [119 Cheatham St, San Marcos, TX]
---- http://www.cheathamstreet.com/
Club Dada[Dallas, TX]
---- http://www.clubdada.com/calendar.shtml
(The) Coffee Cup [Pittsburg, TX - 888-302-1878 or 903-856-2468]
---- http://thecoffeecup.biz/index.php
Curtain Club(Dallas, TX]
---- http://www.curtainclub.com/
Dan's Silverleaf in Denton [103 Industrial, Denton, TX -
940.320.2000 silverleafdenton@...]
---- http://www.silverleafdenton.com/
Donn's Depot [1600 W. 5th St, Austin, TX - (512) 478-0336]
---- http://www.donnsdepot.com/
Echo Theater at the Bathhouse (White Rock Lake)
---- http://www.echotheatre.org
Gypsy Tea Room [2548 Elm Street - Deep Ellum, TX]
---- http://www.gypsytearoom.com/
Hank's Texas Grill [1310 N. Central Expwy, McKinney, TX -
(972) 542-5144]
---- http://www.hankstexasgrill.com/home.asp
Hog Mountain Tavern [1550 Millsap Hwy, Mineral Wells, TX
(940)682-6694 or (940)682-6695]
---- http://www.hogmountaintavern.com/
International Folk Culture Center Concert Series
[San Antonio, TX]
---- http://www.ifcchouseconcerts.com/
Linda Lowe's WITR[Houston, TX]
---- http://witr.org/Schedule.htm
Live Oak Coffeehouse [Cedar Park (near Austin), TX]
---- http://www.liveoakuu.org/coffee/
Love and War in Texas [601 E. Plano Parkway, Plano, TX -
(972)422-6201]
---- http://www.loveandwarintexas.com/music.htm
MacHenry's Upstairs [7618 Camp Bowie West, Ft Worth, TX]
---- http://www.machenrysupstairs.com/
McGonigel's Mucky Duck [2425 Norfolk Ave, Houston, TX]
---- http://www.mcgonigels.com/
McKinney Guitar Studio Concerts [210 N. Tennessee, McKinney,
TX - 972 562-3993]
---- http://www.johnwynn.com/concerts.htm
Nokia Live[Grand Prairie, TX]
---- http://www.nokialivedfw.com/
Poor David's Pub [1924 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX]
---- http://www.poordavidspub.com/
Sons of Hermann Hall [3414 Elm St, Dallas, TX]
---- http://www.sonsofhermann.com/
Shiney's Paradise Grill [9410 Walnut St, Dallas, TX -
972-480-8470]
---- http://www.shineys.com/
Up-A-Creek Coffee Co [109 E Main, Whitehouse, TX -
903-839-5004]
---- http://www.upacreek.com/coffee/index.html
White Elephant Saloon [106 East Exchange Avenue, Ft Worth,
TX - (817)624-8273 - info@...]
---- http://www.whiteelephantsaloon.com/

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BTW, if any of you would like to join our Uncle Calvin's
Coffeehouse staff as a volunteer and catch a free show
some week (or every week, for that matter :), go to our
website and click on the volunteer link!

Also, anyone with more Texas venue listings they'd like
to see here each week, let me know and I'll do my best
to get them in!!


-- Listmom