Continental Confidential
"Revealing the facts and naming the names"
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The Continental Club
Rockin' South Austin since 1957
1315 S. Congress Ave, Austin TX 78704
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Austin TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"This is simply one of the greatest clubs in the country. With its rich tradition and great reputation for always having good music, the Continental Club seems to be a hot spot for anyone who really likes music. And if you go, you just may find yourself sitting next to Julia Roberts or Johnny Depp. You never know at the CC. And that's why bigger acts such as Rev. Horton Heat or Spoon always make a stop here on tour. As far as musicians are concerned, there's no better place to play...or go." ~CitySearch.com
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Hello everyone! It would be almost impossible to recap all of our fabulous shows over the past couple of weeks, but I have a a few photos for you, so I'll just some this week and annotate them as best I can. More to come next week....
On September 1, we hosted the SuperSoul Stars! Barbara Mason, Archie Bell, Barbara Lynn, and Roy Head. Allen Oldies Band played a brief opening set and then backed each of our legendary artists for the night! The entire night was simply awesome!
There are plenty of stories left about that show, including how Spot Barnett ended up playing in the Gallery with Flanigin all night instead of in the Club with Archie....
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The Continental Clubs Austin & Houston and The Continental Club Gallery are all on MySpace! Check out our pages for band photos in "View more pics", and the weekly Continental Confidential complete with photos! You can even "subscribe" to the newsletter through MySpace! The address for Austin is www.myspace.com/continentalclub, the address for Houston is www.myspace.com/continentalclubhouston and the address for The Continental Club Gallery is www.myspace.com/continentalclubgallery Won't you be our "Friend"? ***
Are you a customer with questions about upcoming show times, tickets, cover charge etc.? In Austin call: (512) 441-0202 or (512) 441-2444 or e-mail Dianne at info@continentalclub.com. In Houston call: (713)529-9899 or (713) 529-9666. Are you a musician inquiring about booking a gig? Booking in Austin: steve@continentalclub.com. PR in Austin: Dianne, info@continentalclub.com. Booking & PR in Houston: pete@continentalclub.com. ***
If you would like to get on the list to receive a weekly e-mail of our happenings, please request the Austin info from Dianne at info@continentalclub.com. There is currently no e-mail version for Houston, however if you have questions about Houston shows, contact Pete at pete@continentalclub.com. To unsubscribe from the e-mail version, or if you feel that you have received the e-mail in error, please respond to info@continentalclub.com with "unsubscribe" as the subject. Don't forget to get your birthday to me if you want to be on the monthly birthday list. I'd be happy to add Houston birthdays also if y'all let me know about them!Keep readin' & rockin'.... Dianne
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The Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin is a grass roots, non-profit organization created by breast cancer survivors. The Center exists to serve women with breast cancer, their families and support systems, women who have questions about screening and biopsy, and others in the community who are concerned about breast cancer issues.
All of the current staff and volunteers who work with clients are survivors. The BCRC functions as a clearinghouse for information on resources in the Central Texas area that provide services in breast cancer detection, education and support. Anyone seeking information or support may drop in, call or write.
If you would like to make a donation by mail, just download the PDF donor form, print it out, and mail it with your check, to
Breast Cancer Resource Center,
P.O. Box 1532,
Austin, TX 78767-1532.
Donations can be made in memory or in honor of someone. A special acknowledgement will be sent to them or their family in recognition of your gift. Click here for donor form
The Breast Cancer Resource Center is a Texas non-profit organization. The BCRC is a public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Contact the Breast Cancer Resource Center for information or questions at:
Austin: (512) 472-1710 New main number after September 13th 544-0900
Austin Fax: (512) 472-1776 New fax number after September 13th 544-0908
Round Rock: (512) 248-2645
Brackenridge: (512) 324-7992
Georgetown: (512) 942-4689
E-mail: mail@bcrc.org
Thank you for your support!
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Happy Hour Monday HH @ 6:30. No cover - Formed in Austin, Texas late 2003, the Monday Happy Hour band, Paris 49, gathers 5 guys who share the same passion for American Jazz and its interpretation by Django Reinhardt's various bands of the 30's and 40's. The sound is the blend of 2 electrified Gypsy guitars and the tenor saxophone for a thick and surreal effect. Upright bass and drums work intricately together, flirting with a Be-Bop beat, while never really stating it. Renowned local and touring artists have enjoyed sitting in with the band... this show is improvised! (Mondays @ 6:00 p.m. No cover!) *Paris 49 will be off for part of October, and Django's Moustache will fill in for them on 10/1, 10/15 & 10/22.
Tuesday HH @ 6:30. $5 - Planet Casper takes on the Tuesday residency full-time. Because of the caliber of talent that Casper is drawing from (David Grissom, Warren Hood, "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb, Rich Brotherton & more), we have a $5 cover charge for this Happy Hour. What a hip way to spend a Tuesday evening! (Tuesdays @ 6:30 p.m., $5)
Wednesday HH @ 6:30. No cover - Elana James takes over the Happy Hour spot from 8/15-9/12! "There is no mystery about how Texas Elana James ended up playing fiddle for Bob Dylan's touring band in 2004 - she is an incredibly talented violinist, blending everything from classic touches of Stephane Grapelli to hints of mod trad-master Mark O'Connor in an energetic, engaging style that says a lot about both her own personality and the music she loves. James matches her bow work with a sweet, sassy purr of a voice, and turns both to the task of rendering a contemporary take on some very traditional western swing and jazz ideas." ~Rolling Stone, Australia. (Wednesdays @ 6:30 p.m. No cover!) *Combo Mahalo will fill in for Elana on 9/26.
Thursday HH, @ 6:30pm. $5 - The Mother Truckers are rockin' country! With irreverent, harmony driven country, they deliver non-traditional lyrics and blazing guitars. From sin to redemption and heartbreak to salvation. We have them every Thursday, just for you. *Except when Mario Matteoli fills in on 9/20 & 9/27, no cover.
Friday HH, @ 6:30pm. No cover - The Blues Specialists have played continuously on Fridays at The Continental Club for 20 years! Although founding members Erbie Bowser & T.D. Bell have passed on, the authentic blues tradition continues with band leader Mel Davis on vocals, sax & harmonica and T.D.'s son, Lawrence Bell on keyboards. (Fridays @ 6:30 p.m. No cover!)
Saturday Matinee, @ 3pm. No cover - Redd Volkaert, formerly a guitarist for Merle Haggard, picks & grins for his classic country Saturday matinees with a great cast of players. Redd's playing is so revered that many other musicians come to Redd's shows just to study his technique & sound. And to see what saying he has on his T-shirt.
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NightTime ResidenciesSunday night @ 10. $6 - Heybale! featuring Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard) & Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash) is Austin's best & most popular country supergroup! The lineup includes singer/guitarist Gary Claxton, upright bass player Kevin Smith (Dwight Yoakam, High Noon) and drummer Tom Lewis (Raul Malo, Jim Lauderdale). On the last Sunday of each month we will present the Heybale Orchestra w/special guests Cindy Cashdollar, and/or Elana James, and/or Eric Hokkanen, according to who's available! It's all Heybale, all night, and still a bargain at $6! (Sundays @ 10:00 p.m. $6).
Monday nights @ 10. $5 - Dale Watson & his Lone Stars are in the business of making music on stage for their fans on the dance floor. You never know who's going to show up & end up on stage with Dale... James Intveld, Chris Wall, Ian Moore, Gordie "Grady" Johnson, Alan Haynes, Tommy Mack, a fiddle player from Scotland, a harmonica player from Spain... who knows. His latest tune is "The Ballad of Billy Joe (Where Do You Want It)," and if you're from Texas you'll know the rest of the story. And of course, he's still doing "Redd Volkaert, The Man With Ten Thumbs." This just might be the best $5 you'll ever spend on a Monday night.
Tuesday nights @ 10. $5 - Barfield, "The Tyrant of Texas Funk" is all fresh & ready to tear it up! Their Southern funk 'n' rock 'n' soul shows have become legendary for the bootie-shakin' that goes on. They're going to be keeping the 10pm spot, splitting the night with Chicken Strut who will have the midnight spot. And who is Chicken Strut? The funkiest small combo around! Members are: Bobby Perkins - bass (Carolyn Wonderland, Larry, Topaz), Neil Pederson - keys (Extreme Heat, Papa Mali, Topaz), Michael Hale - drums, M.C. (Patrice Pike, Afrofreque, Dirty Wormz), Ron Sio - guitar (MeterMen, Topaz). "Some greasy fried chicken with the gizzards on the side and some bad hot sauce. And in this case - it definitely tastes like Chicken!"
Wednesday nights @ 10:30, 12:00. $7 - Songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Jon Dee Graham and his rockin' band, who may be called The Reluctant Astronauts, The Fuzzy Bunnies, The Enemies of Progress or The Fighting Cocks on any given Wednesday. Jon Dee is gone for a couple of months, but we've got some terrific fill-ins for him! James McMurtry & The Heartless Bastards are also here whenever they're not on the road or in the studio. Both of these songwriters produce literate, intelligent, intuitive material. And they can run the gamut from touching balladry to raucus rockers. *Except 9/26, 10/3, 10/10 & 10/17: Dustin Welch & The House Band @ 10, James McMurtry @ 12; 9/24: Bukka Allen release party @ 10, James McMurtry @ 12.
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Best of the Rest
Thursday September 20 @ 10:00, 12:00. $7 - Shotgun Party puts on a truly American music show. They swing early jazz right on into dance hall country… with rapturous results. The majority of songs are original, with melodies and lyrics that share stories: urban, bucolic, lively and lonesome. They've found a spot in our hearts, evidenced by the fact that they are playing Wednesday Happy Hour for the entire month of December! Greg Garing has been performing around America since the age of 10 absorbing and passing on countless forms of Folk and popular music. His own songs have been performed and recorded by many younger and older artists alike and hold the qualities of classic American songwriting. And he's the only musician I know who needs 6 MySpace sites to cover everything he does! The Dedringers are fast making a name for themselves in Texas with their compelling live shows. At the ripe old age of 20 Sean Faires and Jonny Burke have already been playing together for four years developing their craft under the influence of Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Steve Earle, Gram Parsons, Todd Snider, Guy Clark and a host of others.
Friday September 21 @ 10:00, 11:30. $12 - Johnny Bush became an early devotee of the Western Swing music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys and the honky-tonk sounds of Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell and Hank Thompson. Austin musicians like Dale Watson and Cornell Hurd sought Johnny out to play on their albums. His renewed visibility has made him a mentor figure to younger Texas musicians who revered the honky-tonk/hardcore country sound that Johnny has done so much to perpetuate. One of those is Johnny's pal, Jesse Dayton who plays the later set. His brand of country music has been labeled "turbo country," a nod to his rockabilly roots with the Road Kings and the Alamo Jets. Dayton was raised on a diet of blues, cajun and punk, but graduated into full-flown rockabilly with the Road Kings, the outfit he formed in the late 80s. His 2004 album, Country Soul Brother, was an effective distillation of honky-tonk, rockabilly, soul and folk and even included an unlikely cover version of the Cars' "Just What I Needed." And he's just been nominated in the Austin360 "Top Country Musician /Group" poll.
Saturday September 22, @ 10:00, 11:30. $12 - Bear & The Essentials are opening the show to "lay down some fancy hillbilly grooves blending originals with tunes from Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, and Hank Snow," according to Jim Caliguiri for the Austin Chronicle. Los Angeles, CA's Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics are going to deliver a night of surf, rock & country. Cutting a huge figure (both literally & figuratively) in the landscape of American roots music, Deke Dickerson has continued doing what he does best, mixing the best American musical styles of the last five decades. Deke's not known as the "Hardest Working Musician on the planet!" for nothing. And I just love his "Capitalist Corner" merch setup.
Thursday September 27 @ 10:00, 12:00. $7 - Brent Palmer is "a promising artist writing heart-melting tender songs, perfect for lovers' mix-tapes or choruses at the Apocalypse. Like a character in a Walker Percy novel, Palmer acts as an observer, retelling his encounters through sweet and sad refrains. One may find Brent singing about end times, hangovers and daggers then suddenly in the next verse, lust, longing and fist kisses." ~BrentPalmer.net. Psychedelic/Ambient/Southern Rockers The Summer Wardrobe "recall more pop/rock acts, such as Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ("Ned Kelly") and Dwight Twilley ("Sparkle and Fade"), in their allegiance to jangle pop. Later on, things get more exploratory ... achieving an effect akin to what the New Riders of the Purple Sage might sound like if they actually tried to play like the Grateful Dead ... Four Stars. " ~Allmusic. The melodic Indie rockers Youngmond Grand will close out the show. "Trafficking in dancey, synthed-out indie pop and sumptuous sing-alongs, the classy quintet is plenty deserving of a surrogate scene." ~Richard Gintowt, Pitch.com
Friday September 28 @ 10:00, 12:00. $10 - Patricia Vonne is celebrating the release of her latest CD, Firebird, with this big bash! "A Tex-Mex spitfire with a rock 'n' roll heart, this San Antonio native plays a border-crossing, bilingual mix of flamenco flamboyance and down -in-the-mud exuberance that's a Lone Star original." ~John T. Davis, Austin American Statesman. Michael Ramos' Charanga Cakewalk is firmly rooted in the Latin/Lounge vein. Charanga Cakewalk released a terrific album in 2006, Chicano Zen, that features Lila Downs, Patty Griffin, Ruben Ramos, Martha Gonzalez, and David Garza. “The collaborations on the album weren’t really on purpose, but it’s symbolic that it fell into place, given the album’s theme,” says Ramos. “We are all one people, no matter what you believe in… Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and when you examine each faith at its core, we all want the same thing.” Chicano Zen is simply the American dream cumbia-fied.
Saturday September 29, @ 10:00, 12:00. $10 - This is a dream double-bill! James Hand "has always been drawn to 'the dark side of things. Sometimes I think I've been living it since before I was born.' "The old-fashioned songs Hand writes and sings - about heartache, hard luck, and hard-won redemption - certainly sound as if they were written before he was born. They're all his, but you'd swear you can hear Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, and George Jones knocking around the lonely barrooms and locked back doors inside Hand's mournful music." ~Mary Huhn, New York Post. Dale Watson is iconic in Austin, and should be everywhere. Press like the following, proves that there are plenty of true believers out there. "Believe me: when Dale Watson sings something, it stays sung...it's kinda difficult to argue with a man who sounds like God." ~PopMatters.com. "...themes of personal angst, honor and redemption are what makes Watson's brand of country such a gratifying experience." ~Country Standard Time "Dale Watson writes songs that wouldn't sound out of place on one of Johnny Cash's best albums - songs that will endure...addressing matters of life and death, truth and justice, loss and longing in a voice that rings - make that, rumbles - with conviction." ~The Washington Post. "At turns philosophical, playful, fatalistic and scarred, Watson is as country as country can be, no matter what he's calling his music now." ~No Depression.
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Coming.... Sunday 9/30, $6: Heybale w/Earl @ 10.... Monday 10/1, $5: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Paris 49 @ 6:30.... Tuesday 10/2, $5: Chicken Strut, Barfield @ 10; Happy Hour, $5: Planet Casper @ 6:30.... Wednesday 10/3, $7: James McMurtry, Dustin Welch @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Elana James @ 6:30... Thursday 10/4, $7: Jungle Rockers, Deguello, Black Water Gospel @ 10, Happy Hour, $5: The Mother Truckers @ 6:30.... Friday 10/5, $10: Wanda Jackson's Annual Birthday Bash! @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: The Blues Specialists @ 6:30.... Saturday 10/6, $10: Doyle Bramhall, Teisco del Rey @ 10; Matinee, no cover: TBA @ 3pm.... Sunday 10/7, $6: Heybale w/Earl @ 10.... Monday 10/8, $5: Sunny Sweeney, Mark Jungers & The Mules @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Django's Moustache @ 6:30.... Tuesday 10/9, $5: Chicken Strut, Barfield @ 10; Happy Hour, $5: Planet Casper @ 6:30.... Wednesday 10/10, $7: James McMurtry, Dustin Welch @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Elana James @ 6:30... Thursday 10/11, $7: Seth Walker all night! @ 10, Happy Hour, no cover: Mario Matteoli @ 6:30.... Friday 10/12, $10: Texas Sapphires, Eleven Hundred Springs @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: The Blues Specialists @ 6:30.... Saturday 10/13, $10: Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears, T. Tex Edwards, American Graveyard @ 10; Matinee, no cover: TBA @ 3pm.... Sunday 10/14, $6: Heybale w/Earl @ 10
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Music History 101
September 20
1967 - Twins, Gunnar & Matthew Nelson of Nelson were born: "Milk Cow Blues," "I Couldn’t Live Without You," "A Girl Like That," "Just Once More," "The Silence is Broken"; father was singer/actor Ricky Nelson
1948 - One of the most popular singing groups of the 1950s got their professional start on this day. The Four Freshmen did their first gig - at the 113 Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana - and went on to major success with Capitol Records. Hits included "It’s a Blue World," "Charmaine" and "Love is Just Around the Corner."
1965 - The Animals record "It's My Life"
1969 - "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies, hit number one in Billboard and stayed there for 4 weeks.
1972 - Paul McCartney is arrested for growing marijuana on his farm in Scotland
1973 - Singer Jim Croce, his lead guitarist, Maury Muehleisen, and four others died when their plane crashed into a tree at Natchitoches, LA while taking off for a concert in Sherman, Texas.
1973 - The Roxy opens in Los Angeles. Neil Young is the Headliner.
1975 - "Fame" by David Bowie topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
1984 - Songwriter Steve Goodman ("The City Of New Orleans," "You Never Even Call Me By My Name") dies of leukemia
1986 - "Stuck with You" by Huey Lewis & the News topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
September 21
1957 - Scotty Moore and Bill Black quit as Elvis Presley's backup musicians in a salary dispute (Bill eventually forms Bill Black's Combo)
1959 - "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
1963 - "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1963 - "Sugar Shack" entered the Billboard Hot 100, starting a fifteen-week run for Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs.
1968 - "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1974 - "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1985 - "Money forNothing" by Dire Straits topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
September 22
1941 - Singer Dickey Lee (Lipscomb) was born: "Patches," "I Saw Linda Yesterday," "Never Ending Songs of Love," "Rocky"; songwriter: "She Thinks I Still Care."
1943 - Singer Kate Smith finished her War Bond radio appeal. For 13 continuous hours Smith had stayed on the air, collecting a whopping $39 million dollars in bond pledges.
1947 - Don Felder of The Eagles was born: "One of These Nights," "Lyin’ Eyes," "Best of My Love," "New Kid in Town"; solo: LP: Airborne.
1951 - David Coverdale of Deep Purple, Whitesnake was born: "Fool for Your Loving," "Don’t Break My Heart Again"; solo: "In the Heat of the Night."
1956 - Grammy Award-winning singer Debby Boone was born: Best New Artist [1977], "You Light Up My Life" [1977], "With My Song I Will Praise Him" [1980], "Keep the Flame Burning" [w/Phil Driscoll - 1984]; group: The Boone Family; daughter of singers Pat and Shirley Boone
1958 - Joan Jett of The Blackhearts was born in Landsdowne, PA: "I Love Rock ’n’ Roll," "Crimson and Clover," "I Hate Myself for Loving You"; actress: Light of Day; group: Runaways
1962 - It was a hootenanny of a good time in, of all places, New York’s famed Carnegie Hall.
The cast included newcomer Bob Dylan making his first appearance at Carnegie Hall.
1965 - Chart Toppers: "Help!" - The Beatles; "Eve of Destruction" - Barry McGuire; "Hang on Sloopy" - The McCoys; "Is It Really Over?" - Jim Reeves
1980 - John Lennon signed with Geffen Records. The Lennon LP, Double Fantasy, was released on Geffen. (Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980.)
1983 - The Everly Brothers reunite, playing together for the first time in a decade, at Royal Albert Hall in London
1984 - "Missing You" by John Waite topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1985 - The poor of America’s Heartland ... the financially troubled farmers of Middle America ... got help from their friends in the music biz. Singing stars Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Cougar Mellencamp held a benefit concert to raise funds. The stars came out and so did the money. The Farm Aid concert raised ten million dollars.
1989 - Russian-born American songwriter Irving Berlin died. He was 101 years old. Berlin wrote some 1,500 songs.
1999 - Singer Shania Twain was Entertainer of the Year, and The Dixie Chicks picked up three awards, including Vocal Group of the Year, at the 33rd Annual Country Music Association Awards show.
2006 - The Big Bopper is posthumously honored with a historical marker in his home town of Beaumont, Texas.
September 23
1926 - John (William) Coltrane, composer, musician was born: tenor & soprano saxman was born: "Stablemates," "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," "Greensleeves," "Chim Chim Cheree," "In a Sentimental Mood"; LPs: Kind of Blue, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things; died July 17, 1967.
1930 - Ray Charles (Robinson), ‘The Genius’ was born: Grammy Award-winning singer: "Georgia on My Mind" [1960], "Let the Good Times Roll" [1960], Genius of Ray Charles [1960]," Hit the Road Jack" [1961], "I Can’t Stop Loving You" [1962], "Busted" [1963], "Crying Time" [1966], "Living for the City" [1975], Lifetime Achievement Award of 1986, "I’ll be Good to You" [w/Chaka Khan - 1990]; "What’d I Say," "One Mint Julep," "Take These Chains from My Heart," "You Don’t Know Me"; actor: The Blues Brothers, Ballad in Blue, Limit Up; died June 10, 2004.
1943 - Julio Iglesias was born: "To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before" [w/Willie Nelson]; Guinness Book of Records: sales of more than 100 million copies of 60 LPs in five languages; soccer: professional goalie [Spain].
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Boss’was born in Freehold, NJ: E-Street Band: "Born in the U.S.A.," "Born to Run," "Hungry Heart," "Dancing in the Dark," "Cover Me," "I’m on Fire," "Glory Days," "My Hometown," "War"; songwriter: "Blinded by the Light" [Manfred Mann’s Earth Band], "Fire" [The Pointer Sisters]; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [3-15-99].
1957 - "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.
1957 - "That'll Be the Day" by Crickets topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1967 - "The Letter" by Box Tops topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. Though the song was #1 for four weeks and remained on the charts for 13 weeks, The Box Tops reorganized right after that first hit and never made it to #1 again.
1969 - "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the US when an Illinois University newspaper publishes "clues" hinting at Paul McCartney’s demise and subsequent replacement in the Beatles. Some suspect the hoopla is really a Capitol Records publicity stunt.
1972 - "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1980 - The Elephant Man made its debut on Broadway with rock singer David Bowie in his acting debut.
1989 - "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
1984 - Chart Toppers: "Missing You" - John Waite; "Let’s Go Crazy" - Prince & The Revolution; "Drive" - The Cars; "Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room" - Merle Haggard.
1997 - The Rock group U2 performed for an estimated 45,000 Muslims, Croats, Serbs and NATO peace-keeping troops. The band performed in a stadium built for Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics. Their sounds of rock music echoed through a valley that had known only the terrifying explosions of shells and the ring of snipers’ bullets for several years.
September 24
1941 - Linda Eastman McCartney, photographerand member of Wings was born: "Silly Love Songs" [w/husband Paul McCartney]; died Apr 17, 1998.
1942 - Glenn Miller ended his Moonlight Serenade series on CBS radio. It was time for Miller to go to war. The show had aired three times a week for Chesterfield Cigarettes.
1942 - Gerry Marsden of Gerry & The Pacemakers was born: "Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying," "I’m the One," "Ferry Cross the Mersey."
1953 - Following in the footlights of musical greats like Ignace Paderewski and Victor Borge, a piano player named Liberace debuted at Carnegie Hall. Liberace performed before a sellout audience. His candelabra and concert grand piano were instant trademarks that lasted throughout his career.
1966 - "Cherish" by the Association topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1966 - Jimmy Hendrix changed the spelling of his name to Jimi.
1968 - The Vogues received a gold record for "Turn Around Look at Me" on the Reprise label.
1983 - "Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1988 - "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
1988 - Guns N’Roses Appetite for Destruction reached #1 on the Billboard album chart.
1994 - Chart Toppers: "I’ll Make Love to You" - Boyz II Men; "Endless Love" - Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey; "When Can I See You" - Babyface; "Third Rock from the Sun" - Joe Diffie.
September 25
1950 - NBC-TV introduced a new concept in daytime programming. Kate Smith debuted an hourlong show. Her theme song for the show was "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain." Kate’s daytime show ran for four years. God Bless America.
1954 - "Hey There" by Rosemary Clooney topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks.
1965 - "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1968 - Chart Toppers: "Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley; "Hey Jude" - The Beatles; "Hush" - Deep Purple; "Mama Tried" - Merle Haggard.
1979 - The third musical resulting from the collaboration of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber lit up the Great White Way. Evita opened on Broadway to rave reviews.
September 26
1887 - German immigrant Emile Berliner receives a patent for his new invention, the Gramophone.
1892 - The ‘March King’ was introduced to the general public. John Philip Sousa and his band played the "Liberty Bell March" in Plainfield, New Jersey.
1898 - Composer George Gershwin (Jacob Gershvin) was born: "Rhapsody in Blue," "Swanee," "Porgy & Bess," "The Man I Love," "Funny Face," "I Got Rhythm," "Summertime," "An American in Paris," "They Can’t Take That Away from Me," "Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off," "A Foggy Day [In London Town]," "Fascinating Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "Our Love is Here to Stay"; collaborated with brother Ira; died July 11, 1937.
1908 - An ad for the Edison Phonograph appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. The phonograph offered buyers free records by both the Democratic and Republican U.S. presidential candidates!
1925 - Country Music Hall of Famer and Grammy Award Winner, Marty Robbins (Robertson) was born: "El Paso" [1960], "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" [1970]; "A White Sport Coat," "Devil Woman"; actor: Road to Nashville, Ballad of a Gunfighter, Hell on Wheels, The Drifter; last Grand Ole Oprey singer to perform in Ryman Auditorium, 1st to perform in new Opryland; died Dec 8, 1982.
1937 - Bessie Smith, known as the 'Empress of the Blues', died in a car crash on Highway 61 near Clarksdale, Mississippi. She was 43 years old.
1941 - David Frizzel was born: "You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma," "I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home," "I Just Came Here to Dance," "Lost My Baby Blues," "Lefty"; brother of singer Lefty Frizzel.
1945 - Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music: "Virginia Plain," "Pyjamarama," "Do the Strand," "Editions of You," "In Every Dream a Heartache," "Love is the Drug," "Angel Eyes," "More than This," "Heart on My Sleeve"; solo: Let’s Stick Together.
1947 - Grammy Award-winning singer Lynn Anderson was born: "Rose Garden" [1970]; "If I Kiss You," "Promises, Promises"; CMA Female Vocalist of the Year [1971].
1948 - Singer Olivia Newton-John was born: "You’re the One that I Want," "If Not for You," "Let Me Be There," "I Honestly Love You," "Have You Never Been Mellow," "Please Mr. Please," "Physical," "Magic"; actress: Grease, Xanadu, Two of a Kind.
1953 - "You You You" by the Ames Brothers topped the charts and stayed there for 8 weeks.
1955 - Carlene Carter (June Carter’s daughter) was born: "I Fell in Love," "Every Little Thing," "Do It in a Heartache."
1957 - West Side Story opened in New York. The musical ran for 734 performances. The loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet produced several hit songs, including "Maria" and "Tonight."
1960 - "My Heart Has a Mind of its Own" by Connie Francis topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
1962 - “Come and listen to the story ’bout a man named Jed...” The Beverly Hillbillies aired on CBS-TV. U.S. audiences were enchanted with Jed, Ellie Mae, Granny, Jethro, Miss Jane and that banker feller. Enchanted, as in a trance, in fact, for 216 shows. Bluegrass stars Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs had the honor of composing and recording the theme song and hit record, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett."
1964 - "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1969 - The Beatles walked the road toward a hit LP for the last time, as Abbey Road was released in London. The 13th and last album for the ‘fab four’ zoomed quickly to the #1 spot on the charts and stayed there for 11 weeks.
1987 - Whitney Houston’s fifth consecutive #1 U.S. single hit the top. "Didn’t We Almost Have It All" was a cut from her LP, Whitney, which was number one on the album charts from June 27 to Sep 11 that year.
1998 - Betty Carter, Grammy-winning jazz singer, died of pancreatic cancer in New York. She was 69 years old.
2003 - Rock singer Robert Palmer, known for his sharp suits and hits, such as "Addicted to Love," died in Paris of a heart attack. He was 54 years old.
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1938 - Clarinet virtuoso Artie Shaw recorded the song that would become his theme song. "Nightmare" was waxed on the Bluebird Jazz label.
1938 - "Thanks for the Memory" was heard for the first time on The Bob Hope Show -- on the NBC Red radio network. Who was the bandleader? If you said Les Brown, you’d be ... wrong. It was Skinnay Ennis accompanying ol’ ski nose at the time.
1943 - Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive was born: "Let It Ride," "Takin’ Care of Business," "You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet," "Roll on Down the Highway"; The Guess Who: "Shakin’ All Over," "These Eyes," "Laughing," "No Time," "American Woman," "No Sugar Tonight."
1947 - Meat Loaf (Michael [Marvin] Lee Aday) was born in Dallas TX: "Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad," "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"; actor: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Americathon, Roadie.
1958 - Singer Shaun Cassidy was born: "Da Doo Ron Ron," "That’s Rock ’n’ Roll," "Hey Deanie," "Do You Believe in Magic"; actor: The Hardy Boys Mysteries, Breaking Away, General Hospital, Blood Brothers; son of Jack Cassidy & Shirley Jones; half-brother of David Cassidy.
1962 - Detroit secretary Martha Reeves cut a side with a group called The Vandellas and the result was "I’ll Have to Let Him Go." Soon thereafter, the hits of Martha and The Vandellas just kept on comin’.
1962 - After a concert that featured folk music at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times gave a glowing review in a story about “Bob Dylan: A Distinctive Folk Song Stylist.”
1975 - "I'm Sorry" by John Denver topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1984 - Songwriter, singer Avril Lavigne was born: "Complicated," "I’m With You," "Losing Grip," "Sk8er Boi," "Nobody’s Fool," "Anything But Ordinary."
1986 - Lionel Richie’s Dancing on the Ceiling was the #1 U.S. LP. The tracks: "Dancing on the Ceiling," "Se La," "Ballerina Girl, " "Say You, Say Me." Dancing on the Ceiling was the number one album for two weeks.
1997 - Chart Toppers: "Honey" - Mariah Carey; "4 Seasons of Loneliness" - Boyz II Men; "How Do I Live" - LeAnn Rimes; "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" - Diamond Rio.
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September Birthdays
*Boxcar Willie, Archie Bell, Charlie Robison, *Virginia Scott (1), Hank Thompson, *Freddie King (3), Ashley Overton (4), Bill Campbell, Dave Pipkin (5), David Allan Coe, Gary Myrick, Rhett Miller, Karen Peters (6), *Buddy Holly (7), *Jimmie Rodgers, Guitar Shorty, Michelle Vignault, Anna Keyah (8), Sharon Lohse (9), Rosie Flores, Miles Zuniga (10), Roger Wallace, Hosea Hargrove (11), *Kenneth Threadgill, George Jones, *Barry White, Christine Albert, Steve Reynolds, Jennifer Hoskins (12), Marchel Ivery, Bill Small (13), *Hank Williams, *Don Walser (14), Beaver Nelson, Stephanie Nelson, Karen Salter, Becky Gernand, Giorgio Angelini, Bryan Hibler (15), Terry McBride, Andrew Duplantis, Paul Minor, Eric C. Hughes, Will Indian (16), *Hank Williams (17), Lance Armstrong (18), Bobby Snell (21), Luke Wilson (22), Chris Gunn, John Avery Lomax (23), Carrie Weld, Griff Luneberg (25), Chris Miller, Mike Whitely, Donna Trimble (26), Meat Loaf, Jaime Wellwarth, Alex Napier (27), Paul Skelton, Tomas Ramirez (28), *Joe "Guitar" Hughes, Alvin Crow, Betsy Moore (29), Johnny Mathis, Gibby Haynes, Noelle DeBruhl, Anthony Bice (30)
September Memorials (date of death)
Vanessa Alvarez (9/1/06), Janice Martin (9/3/07), Luciano Pavarotti (9/6/07), Bill Monroe, The "Father of Bluegrass Music" (9/9/1996); Remember the Heroes of 9/11 in NYC, PA & Washington DC (9/11/01), Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas (9/13/06), Toby Solomon (9/19), Don Walser (9/20/06)
Birthday Legend: * = deceased; italic = Continental Club staff (past & present)
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Notable Obituaries - September 2007Jeffrey Carter Albrecht, b. 6/23/1973 - d. 9/3/2007
DALLAS — He was known for his singular voice, quick fingers, and kind character. Carter Albrecht was a favorite in the Dallas music scene. He played for the local rock band Sorta was also a member of Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians. On the cusp of a solo career, a doctor warned Albrecht he might lose his soulful sound if he didn't ditch cigarettes. He asked girlfriend Ryann Rathbone about taking Chantix, a stop-smoking drug made by Pfizer and approved by the FDA just last year. "And then we decided that we would do it together, because we decided that we wanted to quit," Rathbone said. Almost immediately, she said they started having vivid, often frightening dreams. "Changes in dreaming" is a known side effect of the medication. This was much worse, says Rathbone. "Nightmare, kind of... hallucination kind of dreams where you don't know if it's real or not." About a week into taking Chantix, after an evening of cocktails, Rathbone said Albrecht started hallucinating for real—lashing out at her physically and verbally. She remembers being hurt and confused by this uncharacteristic behavior. "It wasn't him. And I'd look at him and be like, 'Do you know who I am? Do, do you know it's me?'" she recalled. "And the things that he was saying did not make any sense. It was like he was in a nightmare." The nightmare ended on a peaceful Dallas street early on Labor Day morning with a terrified 911 call from a neighbor. "He was yelling. I didn't know what he was yelling, but I told him to get out of my yard," said the voice of a terrified female neighbor on the police recording. Seconds later, her husband is heard saying he shot someone at the front door. It turned out to be Carter Albrecht. "I was thinking, 'There's no way—there's no way. There's no way,'" Rathbone said. "It doesn't make any sense. None of it does." Months before Carter Albrecht's bizarre death, bloggers had started posting concerns about Chantix. There were reports of suicide. "I thought I was losing my mind," one person wrote. Another told of a "super-depressed meltdown" associated with the prescription drug. "I remember saying that nothing is worth doing, nothing matters, and I wish I was dead," said one North Texas resident who wished to remain anonymous. He said those dark feelings came out of the blue for him, too, after having a few drinks one night with his wife. Large-print, pharmacy handouts warn of nausea, changes in dreaming, constipation, gas, and vomiting with the use of Chantix. Only in the extreme fine print of the original box insert is there mention of rare psychotic and suicidal behavior. Even though a huge number of smokers are also drinkers, researchers say ethically, doctors can't study why Chantix and alcohol could cause the brain to go haywire. But the combination makes sense to addiction expert Bryon Adinoff of the Dallas VA. "So you mix a drug that affects the central nervous system, like Chantix, and you mix a drug like alcohol that affects the central nervous system," he said. "It's possible to have some unusual kind of responses." "There's a lot of problems that can occur once it's in a mass use," noted Carrollton family practice physician Dr. Richard Honaker. Vioxx, for example, was taken off the market after it caused heart attacks in patients. Dr. Honaker says he is now urging patients use Chantix with caution, but he believes its risk may still be worth the benefit. "More patients by far are able to quit smoking with this drug than anything else we have," he said. The 28-year-old North Texan who reported suicidal thoughts decided to keep using Chantix—but he quit drinking. "Nothing since that night. I've actually been much better," he said. Ryann Rathbone said she remains completely in shock about the events of Sept. 3. "I'm devastated and sad. I lost my soulmate," she said. "Where do you go from there?" Despite her grief, Rathbone has decided to speak out about what happened to the love of her life—perhaps as a warning about mixing Chantix with alcohol. "If that means saving other peoples' lives by getting the word out about Chantix and the complications or the side-effects, then that's what I want," she said. Her great sadness now is that this message—and not his music—may be Carter Albrecht's lasting legacy. The Albrecht family also announced the establishment of the Carter Albrecht Music Foundation "in support of music and the music industry" in Dallas. The foundation's beneficiary has yet to be determined. Donations can be made through Northern Trust Bank, 16475 Dallas Parkway in Addison.
Bobby Byrd, b. 8/15/1934 - d. 9/12/2007
LOGANVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Bobby Byrd, longtime collaborator with the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown, and co-founder of the Famous Flames, has died. He was 73.
Byrd died Wednesday at his home near Atlanta, according to the Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home. News accounts attributed Byrd's death to cancer.
One of the chief architects of Brown's trademark sound, Byrd's contributions can be heard on early Brown soul tracks and on hits that laid the foundations of funk, such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine." The punctuating phrase "Get on up," which repeats throughout that song, was sung by Byrd.
Brown, who was born and raised in poverty, was serving a sentence in a north Georgia reform school for breaking into cars when he met Byrd, and Byrd's family arranged to take Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his gospel group. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B.
Byrd stayed with the Famous Flames, and the JBs after that, until 1973. Later, he would have a string of modest R&B hits. Byrd performed at the James Brown Arena in Augusta during Brown's memorial service in December.
Luciano Pavarotti, b. 10/12/1935 - d. 9/6/2007
Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday, September 6 at his home in Modena after a battle with cancer. He was 71. His manager Terri Robson said in a statement. "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life.
While past opera stars often locked themselves in a gilded, elitist world, television viewers around the world heard Pavarotti sing alongside pop stars like Sting and Bono in his famous "Pavarotti and Friends" benefits for the needy.
Already famous in the opera world, he rocketed to planetary superstardom when he, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras sang at Rome's Caracalla Baths during the 1990 soccer World Cup in Italy. His last public singing performance was at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin in February 2006.
In 2003, Pavarotti married Nicoletta Mantovani, an assistant 34 years his junior and younger than his three daughters, after an acrimonious divorce from Adua, his wife of 37 years. He is survived by Nicoletta, their four-year-old daughter, Alice, as well as three daughters from Pavarotti's first marriage.
Janis Martin, b. 5/23/1940 - d. 9/3/2007
Janis Martin, 67, a rockabilly sensation of the 1950s who was billed as "the female Elvis," died of cancer Sept. 3 in Durham, N.C.
Her death, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., was announced Tuesday by her husband, Bradley Whitt, who said the cause was cancer. She learned that she had cancer shortly after what turned out to be her last public performance, a cancer benefit in Richmond in March, Mr. Whitt said.
Ms. Martin rose to fame in the 1950s as Elvis Presley’s label mate at RCA Victor, which promoted her as the Female Elvis. Her first record and biggest hit, “Will You Willyum,” was released in 1956, when she was just 15. The song made the Billboard Top 10 for one week and sold about 750,000 copies. Martin's songs also included "Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll" and "Let's Elope, Baby."
She appeared on the “Tonight” show and “American Bandstand” and toured with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Faron Young, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner and Jim Reeves. She became a star in Europe, where she is still popular, Mr. Whitt said.
Ms. Martin was voted Billboard’s most promising female artist in 1956. When Martin secretly married and became pregnant in 1957, her record label dropped her. She formed her own band, the Marteens, and played clubs and fairs before retiring from show business in 1958. She remained largely inactive in the business until the late 1970s, when the rockabilly revival led to extensive tours in Europe and introduced Ms. Martin to a new generation of fans.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a sister, Geraldine Connor of South Boston, Va.; a granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter. She had a son, who died, by a previous marriage.
“She was a free-spirited lady who was devoted to her fan base,” Mr. Whitt said in a telephone interview. “She would stay for hours after a show and never leave a person standing, taking pictures and signing for them for four or five hours.”
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The Continental Club Gallery
A Fusion of Art, Jazz and Cocktails
1313A S. Congress Avenue, Austin TX 78704
Two doors up from The Continental Club
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Austin TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"The Continental Gallery’s ambience is strikingly different from most other clubs around town, highlighted by the revolving art displays on the walls and relatively quiet live music. Upstairs from The Continental Club, patrons find more secluded seating areas and a ping-pong table. Unique touches like this one are what make the gallery so exciting." ~DTWeekend.com
A Fusion of Art, Jazz and Cocktails
1313A S. Congress Avenue, Austin TX 78704
Two doors up from The Continental Club
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Austin TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"The Continental Gallery’s ambience is strikingly different from most other clubs around town, highlighted by the revolving art displays on the walls and relatively quiet live music. Upstairs from The Continental Club, patrons find more secluded seating areas and a ping-pong table. Unique touches like this one are what make the gallery so exciting." ~DTWeekend.com
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ArtArt show openings will take place on the First Thursday of each month, and the shows will run for the entire month. This will be the general rule, although as with everything in this business, there may be exceptions. Check this section regularly for news on current & upcoming shows.
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September 6 -September 30: William K. Stidham came to painting after a bruising experience in trying to get his contemporary fiction novel published. Having spent 4 years in writing, editing, choosing an agent,more editing, then shopping publishing houses and hitting a dead end... William decided to pick up a watercolor kit from the local Walgreen's in order to do something different with his creative energy...
The initial paintings came out better than expected and offered encouragement. Not having a formal education in art, he looks at this as a gift. "The only bad habits I have are my own. Watercolors can never be mastered and God is in the perceived mistakes that eventually become a new extension of who I am and where I am going. The so called mistakes end up becoming a new direction."
William K. Stidham has had shows in many cities including: Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Atlanta, Corpus Christi and Queretaro, Mexico. He has been featured in the Austin American Statesman, radio station in Austin, ME TV, magazines and a Coors Light beer commercial. His work also graces The Vineyard wine labels. He currently resides in Austin TX.
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MusicMondays in September @ 10 - Son Y No Son is an established Austin Latin dance ensemble led by Rey Arteaga and accompanied by some of the best musicians in Austin. Son Y No Son performs Cuban Son, Colombian Cumbia, Mexican Sones and Boleros, Brazilian Chorinho, but are known to play way outside of those genres when inspired. The individual members like all kinds of music and have many shared musical tastes and play in an array of other bands and other projects.
Tuesdays in September @ 10 - The Ephraim Owens Experience is the brainchild of trumpet master in the jazz arena, Ephraim Owen. He is especially well known for his signature solos and ability to improvise. He has an uncanny ability to imagine his music laid on top of anything else he hears, and his adaptability makes him a welcome addition to any lineup. The Austin Chronicle ranks Ephraim as "Best Horn" in Austin.
Wednesdays in September @ 10 - Trube, Farrell & Sniz are Anthony Farrell, Andrew Trube of the Greyhounds, and Dave "Sniz" Robinson. They bring their mix of funk, soul and r&b to the Gallery every Wednesday night.
Thursdays in September @ 10 - Paris 49 gathers 5 guys who share the same passion for American Jazz and its interpretation by Django Reinhardt's various bands of the 30's and 40's. The sound is the blend of 2 electrified Gypsy guitars and the tenor saxophone; a thick and surreal effect. Upright bass and drums work intricately together, flirting with a Be-Bop beat, while never really stating it. *Paris 49 is off for part of October, and Trio Gallerio and Chris Vestre Group will fill in on on dates TBA.
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in September @ 10 - Mike Flanigin's B-3 Trio features Mike on Hammond B-3 organ amplified through a classic Leslie cabinet. His backing players vary from night to night, but you count on it being the cream of Austin's crop in jazz, blues or funk. Possible guitarists include Derek O'Brien, Johnny Moeller, Mike Keller, and Dave Biller. Drummers may be Damien Llanes, Chris "Whipper" Layton, or George Raines. Whether the show is jazz, blues or funk or some combination of all of them depends solely on who the backing band is, since Flanigin does it all with finesse.
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Literati
Saturday, November 3 @ 8:00pm - The Texas Book Festival in partnership with American Short Fiction will present Dagoberto Gilb's Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of
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The Continental Club
Bringing the Continental tradition to Downtown Houston
3700 Main St, Houston TX 77002
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Houston TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"A spin-off of an Austin landmark, this club located in a booming section of Midtown plays host to popular retro roots, rockabilly, country and swing acts like Big Sandy and Flaco Jimenez, who perform on a red velvet-curtained stage; vintage neon light fixtures shine from high metal ceilings in the space that was once a general store, where pool tables, a back-room bar and an outdoor patio offer a respite from the music." ~Priceline.com
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Bringing the Continental tradition to Downtown Houston
3700 Main St, Houston TX 77002
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Houston TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"A spin-off of an Austin landmark, this club located in a booming section of Midtown plays host to popular retro roots, rockabilly, country and swing acts like Big Sandy and Flaco Jimenez, who perform on a red velvet-curtained stage; vintage neon light fixtures shine from high metal ceilings in the space that was once a general store, where pool tables, a back-room bar and an outdoor patio offer a respite from the music." ~Priceline.com
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The Space City Music Spin
When you come visit us on Main St, don't forget the good eats at Tacos A Go-Go, 3704 Main, a funky taco joint right between the Continental Club, Sigs Lagoon, and Shoeshine Charlie's Big Top (The Big Top). You can place your order, return to your drink at The Big Top, and they will bring your order to you. Now that's service!
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Hey, y'all, the Continental Confidential can now be found on our MySpace Blog, as well as on the website!
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Check out our schedules below for both The Continental Club and for THE BIG TOP. Tickets for select shows, which will be noted in the schedule, will be available at Sig's Lagoon, 3710 Main St., (713) 533-9525.
Email me if you need more details on the shows, or give us a call (713) 529-9899.
Keep Rockin’ Houston,
Pete
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This week's shows at The Continental Club, Houston...
Thursday 9/20 @ 10 - Cattywompus
Friday 9/21 - Tody Castillo @ 11:30, and Patricia Vonne @ 10
Saturday 9/22 - Grupo Fantasma @ 9:30. Dance all night! Doors open @ 8pm.
Sunday 9/23 - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers! Doors open @ 8pm. Tix on sale now! Call (713) 533-9525
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Upcoming shows at The Continental Club, Houston...
Wednesday 9/26 @ 10 - Eric Tucker's Wicked Wednesdays w/Chad Strader, Spoiled Royals, Texas Sapphires and Wicked Witch!
Thursday 9/27 @ 10 - Anders Parker
Friday 9/28 - The Umbrella Man @ 11:30, plus Texas Sapphires @ 10
Saturday 9/29- EARLY SHOW with THE GOURDS @ 9pm! Doors open @ 8pm.
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Weekly Residencies at The Continental Club, Houston...
Every Monday @ 8 - The beautiful Tango music of pianist Glover Gill begins at 8:00 p.m. and El Orbits hit the stage at 9:00 p.m. for swing, country, soul and a little of everything else. The delicious martinis are only $3 and the Lone Star pints are just $2.
Every Tuesday 9:00 - Goodtrain Recording Sessions is an ever evolving/ revolving family of musicians/ artists/ friends & family. Its only goal is to have a good time and play some groovy music. Doors open @ 8pm. No cover!
Every Wednesday 7:00-10:00 - Through September Papa Sloan's Country will play all your favorite country and western hits! They'll be taking requests and keeping them dancing. Always entertaining! $1 Lone Stars till 8pm so come early and stay a while.
Thursday Nights 7:00 -10:00 - FREE! BEETLE is an unbelievable band; “close your eyes” and you are there. Beetle weaves their way through all the fun of The Beatles songs, playing “Hard Days Night”, “Lucy in the Sky”, “Hello Goodbye”, and “She Loves You, YEAH, YEAH,YEAH” they cover all the favorites. Paul on bass, Jim on guitar, Jamie on guitar, and BK Ringo Jamison on the Drums, This Fab four will have you dancing the evening away week after week. TACO A GO GO will be on hand to feed you some of their fantastic food! The Big Top opens at 5pm for Happy Hour.
Friday Nights 7:00-9:30 No Cover - Molly and the Ringwalds are giving you the best in 80’s Pop Rock. From “My Sharona” to “Jesse’s Girl” the '80s come screaming back to you! Songs you thought you forgot, but you seem to know every word. We’re going to party like it’s 1989. There will be a FREE '80s NACHO BUFFET, plus many other special surprises like Ringwald Karaoke. Bring your friends! Here comes the weekend! The Big Top opens at 5pm for Happy Hour.
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Shoeshine Charlie's Big Top Lounge
No Phone - No Pool - No Pets
3714 Main St, Houston TX 77002
Three doors down from The Continental Club
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Houston TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"Basically the chill out room to Houston's venerable hard-partying Continental Club, Shoeshine Charlie's Big Top Lounge, while not being as raucous as its adjacent bar brother, is really no slouch when it comes to the hip and boisterous drinking scene. When you step inside to this local Houston bar the décor will definitely make you do a double take, but don't worry, despite the circus atmosphere the only freaks here are the ones you came in with and the only high wire acts are downing canned PBR's while slamming shots. On some nights, Shoeshine Charlie's Big Top Lounge has some local live music treat their patrons to a riff or two." ~Houston.com
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No Phone - No Pool - No Pets
3714 Main St, Houston TX 77002
Three doors down from The Continental Club
Volume XI #4.3 ...... Houston TX ...... September 20, 2007
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"Basically the chill out room to Houston's venerable hard-partying Continental Club, Shoeshine Charlie's Big Top Lounge, while not being as raucous as its adjacent bar brother, is really no slouch when it comes to the hip and boisterous drinking scene. When you step inside to this local Houston bar the décor will definitely make you do a double take, but don't worry, despite the circus atmosphere the only freaks here are the ones you came in with and the only high wire acts are downing canned PBR's while slamming shots. On some nights, Shoeshine Charlie's Big Top Lounge has some local live music treat their patrons to a riff or two." ~Houston.com
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This week's shows at Shoeshine Charlie's BIG TOP Lounge...
The Big Top opens at 5pm for Happy Hour on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday!
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Upcoming shows at Shoeshine Charlie's BIG TOP Lounge...
Saturday 9/22 @ 10 - Allen Oldies Band
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Every Sunday - Big E's Sunday Night Hop! Rockabilly Show! No cover!
Every Tuesday @ 9 - LE HOT CLUB! Doors open @ 8, No cover!
Every Wednesday @ 10 - PETER & JAMES, No cover!
Every Thursday @ 10 - The Umbrella Man, No cover!
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Thanks,
Pete
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