"Revealing the facts, and naming the names"
Rockin' South Austin since 1957
1315 S. Congress Ave, Austin TX 78704
Volume XI, Issue 5.2 .. Austin TX .. October 11, 2007
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Hello everyone! We had an amazing birthday bash with Wanda Jackson last Friday and a star-studded show with Doyle Bramhall on Saturday! Ms Jackson turns 70 with this birthday, but you'd never know it to see & hear her on stage. She's always got a sparkle in her eye and a smile on her face. Or is that due to her long & happy marriage to Wendell Goodman? On Saturday night, Doyle had the A-team of Nick Curran, Casper Rawls and C.C. Adcock playing with him. That's it. Drums and 3 guitars. No bass. A soundman's nightmare, I suspect. There was a bass players convention going on around the stage. There were probably 6 bassists in the house, gathered near the stage - Ronnie James, Scott Nelson, Chris Maresh, and more. And there were drummers galore to check out Doyle's style, including J.J. Johnson who was playing in the Gallery with Flanigin that night. Big fun!
Wanda Jackson & Justin Trevino
Shaun Young presents Wanda's cake
Wanda's picture cake
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Photos by Rebecca Elder
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Keep readin' & rockin'....
Dianne
SoundBites - Austin
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! *Paris 49 will be off for part of October, and Django's Moustache will fill in for them on 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! *Except 10/16 when The LeRoi Brothers play and 10/30 when Toni Price returns for Hippie Halloween ($10)!
Wednesday HH @ 6:30. No cover - Elana James takes over the Happy Hour spot as often as she's available! "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.
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 10/11 & 10/18, 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 ErbieBowser & 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.
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. *Except 10/13 when James Hand fills in and and 10/20 Erik Hokkanen takes Redd's spot. Redd returns on 10/27!
Sunday 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 Erik Hokkanen, according to who's available! It's all Heybale, all night, and still a bargain at $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. *Except while Dale is gone 10/15: Scott Nolan Band w/Gurf Morlix @ 10, Blue Mother Tupelo @ 12, and 10/22: Greg Garing
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! *Heads Up!! Coming in November & December: Alejandro Escovedo @ 10, Barfield, The Tyrant @ 12!!
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 10/17: Dustin Welch & The House Band @ 10, James McMurtry @ 12; 10/24: Bukka Allen release party @ 10, James McMurtry @ 12; 10/31: Halloween with Dustin Welch @ 10, James McMurtry @ 12
Best of the Rest
Thursday October 11 @ 10:00. $6 - Austin’s triple threat Seth Walker, who sings, writes songs and plays knee-knockin’ blues guitar, has signed with Hyena Records in New York. The self-titled Hyena debut hits stores Oct. 23. Walker regularly plays guitar in Marcia Ball’s band. Walker’s music combines the driving delivery and infectious guitar style of B.B. King and T-Bone Walker with a gift for songwriting that stamps his music with a sound all his own. Walker himself describes his music as “a different point of blue.” Moreover, the gifted singer, songwriter and blues guitarist has been on a roll over the past several months. He’s toured with blues luminaries Charlie Musselwhite and Marcia Ball, shared a Christmas tour with Americana faves Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, seen his music added to the blues channel on satellite radio and signed with the prestigious Piedmont Talent agency (which also represents James Cotton, Johnny Winter and Sue Foley). It’s hard to sing the blues with a track record like that! The Austin-based Walker released his fifth, self-titled album a year ago, and the ensuing months have been marked by one opportunity after another. He'll be playing all night long tonight!
Friday October 12 @ 9:00, 10:30, 12:30. $15 - Eleven Hundred Springs could quite possibly be the next big thing to come out of Dallas' highly acclaimed Alt-Country scene. Watch these long haired, tattooed, hippie freaks take country music to a whole new generation and give the finger to the pop Country Nashville establishment, one country jam at a time. Legendary country singer/songwriter Charlie Louvin began singing professionally with his brother Ira as a teenager on local radio programs in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The boys sang traditional and gospel music in the harmony style they had learned while performing in their church's choir. Primarily known as gospel artists, the Louvins were convinced by a sponsor that "you can't sell tobacco with gospel music," and added secular music to their repertoire. They began making appearances on the famed Grand Ole Opry during the 1950s, becoming official members in 1955. The Louvin Brothers released numerous singles, such as "Little Reasons", with over 20 recordings reaching the country music charts. Their rich harmonies served as an influence to later artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, and The Byrds. He has recently released a disc mainly of Louvins songs with one new song, a moving tribute to his late brother Ira. The self-titled disc was recorded in the Summer of 2006 in Nashville. It features guest performances by Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, Will Oldham, Tom T. Hall, George Jones, Bobby Bare Sr., Tift Merritt, Marty Stuart, David Kilgour, and members of Bright Eyes, Lambchop, Superchunk, Blanche, and Clem Snide, among others. It's such an honor for us host his stop in Austin on the way to the Big State Festival. Pearl-snap buttons and skull and crossbones belt buckles, Nudie inspired embroidered Western wear and full sleeve tattoos. The Texas Sapphires are not your average country band. They blend their punk and country roots to play what they know best - a concoction of vintage hillbilly, honky tonk, and rock and roll, with perfectly matched guy/gal vocals and energy-infused live shows. The Austin-based Country/Americana/Bluegrass band combines an old-time, classic mountain vibe with lyrics that give their tunes a modern edge.
Saturday October 13, @ 10:00, 11:15, 12:30. $10 - Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears have a CD out on Weary Records, produced by the Weary Boys' Brian Salvi. I am especially crazy about "Bitch I Love You" despite (or because of?) its politically incorrect, mysogenistic lyrics. The CD boasts equal parts expressive, urgent, primitive soul and blues - provided by Lewis - while his Honey Bears provide a tight and sophisticated background. What a terrific combination! T. Tex Edwards has evolved from being a Punk Rocker with his band The Nervebreakers in the late '70s to a rabid Rockabilly rebel with The Loafin’ Hyenas in the late '80s. This is a party for the New Rose Records re-release of his first solo LP, Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill (which I adore! ~dls). Tex had decided to try his hand at psycho-country, covering the songs of previous masters of the genre together with the brilliant Out On Parole as his backing band. He joyfully sunk his teeth into 13 tales of murder and love gone bad. It is a record that brings together a selection of Country music's bleakest moments. T. Tex Edwards & Out on Parole was really a one-shot studio project helmed by Mike Buck of the LeRoi Brothers. Essentially, Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill — the title is taken from an old Johnny Paycheck song — is a novelty album but it is one that's done exceptionally well. All of the songs, from Leon Payne's 'Psycho' to Porter Wagoner's 'The Rubber Room,' are major lynchpins in the cult of 'psycho country' songs, and the performances are thoroughly entertaining. American Graveyard says "If Hank Williams Sr. smoked crack cocaine, had a baby with Pink Floyd, who then had its genes spliced with the Sex Pistols and was raised in the deep dirty south listening to country and bluegrass all its life - that child would fit right in to the American Graveyard lineup." They've been polishing their blend of country, bluegrass, and down-home rock-n-roll, while throwing in elements of punk, psychodelia, blues, and jazz. It's a sonic buffet with a little taste of everything.
Friday October 19 @ 10:00, 12:00. $12 - Larry Lange & his Lonely Knights may be called Swamp Pop, some call it Gulf Coast Soul. Larry Lange calls it "A Particular Slice of Americana - The San Antonio, Texas - Lafayette, Louisiana Axis. Extremely danceable late 50s early 60s regional hits shared between the musicians along US Highway 90, east and west." "This is simply the best new band in Austin - well, it's hard to say 'new' since these guys have been around for many years - but, they are the Best!" ~Clifford Antone. Swamp Dogg is touring with a new CD, Resurrection. This is "Total Destruction To Your Mind" to the 1000th power. You've got to hear it to believe it! If you aren't familiar with the Dogg, here are a few of his credentials: Vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Band (circa 61,62); First Black in-house staff producer for Atlantic Records (1969) where he produced Patti Labelle, The Commodores, The Drifters, Precisions, Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams; First to produce the Commodores and first to convince Lionel Ritchie to sing; Third Black Country Songwriter of The Year, "She's All I Got" (1971); First Platinum record recipient ("She's A Heartbreaker" Gene Pitney, 1968) for writing, producing and vocal arrangements; Three-time Grammy nominee ("She's All I Got" by Johnny Paycheck in 1971, "She Didn't Know She Kept On Talking"by Dee Dee Warwick in 1971, and "To The Other Woman, I'm The Other Woman"by Doris Duke in 1970); Wrote, produced and recorded the first black blues opera with Z.Z. Hill entitled Blues At The Opera -Communications In Regard To Circumstances (1972) . To quote Jerry Wexler, "the best record I ever heard in my life."
Saturday October 20, @ 9:30, 11:00, 12:15. $10 - Katy Mae is like Whiskeytown meets REM with a dash of Social Distortion rock-a-billy, mixed with some Clash and Wilco. Which makes it quite original when you think about it, and you will. Katy Mae, living up to their claim "New American Traditionalists." The Black is steeped in roots like Bob Dylan, in country like Merle Haggard, in West Coast twang like The Flying Burrito Brothers, and in pop sensibilities comparable to the Beatles inviting Pink Floyd over for tea. The Black have recently released their anticipated debut full-length, Tanglewood. Brothers & Sisters released an eponymous CD in 2007 that brought about this description of them as an “Austin-based eight-peice who sound like Big Star jamming with Neil young (New Life) and The Jayhawks (Without You), The Mamas and the Papas, Byrds, even Ray Davies in a swamp. Country rock ballads and pop perfection, with imperfections in the home-made, one take sound to make it all the more engaging” ~MOJO Magazine June 2007
Coming.... Sunday 10/21, $6: Heybale w/Earl @ 10.... Monday 10/22, $5: Greg Garing @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Paris 49 @ 6:30.... Tuesday 10/23, $5: Chicken Strut @ 10; Happy Hour, $5: Planet Casper w/Warren Hood & TBA @ 6:30.... Wednesday 10/24, $7: James McMurtry, Bukka Allen release party @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Elana James @ 6:30... Thursday 10/25, $7: Mario Matteoli, Tiny Adventurers, The Doc Marshalls @ 10, Happy Hour, $5: The Mother Truckers @ 6:30.... Friday 10/26, $10: Jesse Dayton, The Mother Truckers @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: The Blues Specialists @ 6:30.... Saturday 10/27, $10: The Diamond Smugglers Halloween Spectacular, Magnifico, Ron Titter Band @ 9:45; Matinee, no cover: Redd Volkaert @ 3pm.... Sunday 10/28, $6: Heybale w/Redd & Earl @ 10.... Monday 10/29, $5: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Paris 49 @ 6:30.... Tuesday 10/30, $5: Chicken Strut, Barfield @ 10; Happy Hour, $10: *Toni Price*'s Hippie Halloween @ 6:30.... Wednesday 10/31, $7: James McMurtry, Dustin Welch & The House Band @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Elana James @ 6:30... Thursday 11/1, $7: Flametrick Subs, The Stingers, Nana & The Afternoon @ 9:30, Happy Hour, $5: The Mother Truckers @ 6:30.... Friday 11/2, $10: Fat Caddy Records Presents: Brian Keane, Austin Collins, Macon Greyson, Black Water Gospel, and Band of Heathens @ 9:00; Happy Hour, no cover: The Blues Specialists @ 6:30.... Saturday 11/3, $15: Red Elvises, TBA @ 10; Matinee, no cover: Redd Volkaert @ 3pm.... Sunday 11/4, $6: Heybale w/Redd & Earl @ 10
Music History 101
1932 - Dottie West (Dorothy Marie Marsh) was born in Nashville, Tennessee - Grammy Award-winning singer: Here Comes My Baby, Country Sunshine, Is this Me?, Would You Hold It Against Me, Paper Mansions; [w/Don Gibson]: Rings of Gold, There’s a Story Goin’ Round; [w/Kenny Rogers]: All I Ever Need is You, Every Time Two Fools Collide, What are We Doin’ in Love; died Sep 4, 1991 [of injuries suffered in Aug 30, 1991 auto crash]
1939 - One of the classics was recorded this day. Body and Soul, by jazz great Coleman Hawkins, was waxed on Bluebird Records. It’s still around on CD compilations.
1940 - Glenn Miller recorded "Make Believe Ballroom Time" for Bluebird Records at the Victor studios in New York City. It would become the theme song for Make Believe Ballroom on WNEW, New York, with host Martin Block. Block created the aura of doing a ‘live’ radio program, complete with performers (on records) like Harry James or Frank Sinatra, from the ‘Crystal Studios’ at WNEW. His daily program was known to everyone who grew up in the NYC/NJ/Philadelphia area in the 1940s and 1950s. Miller had been so taken with the show’s concept that he actually paid for the "Make Believe Ballroom Time" recording session himself and hired the Modernaires to join in.
1946 - Daryl Hall (Hohl) was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania - singer: group: Hall & Oates: She’s Gone, Sara Smile, Rich Girl, Kiss on My List, Private Eyes, You Make My Dreams, I Can’t Go for That, Did It in a Minute, Maneater
1971 - MC Lyte (Lana Michele Moorer) was born in Brooklyn, New York - rapper: Lyte as a Rock, Cha Cha Cha, Ruffneck, I Ain’t Having It, Cold Rock a Party, Cappucino, I Cram to Understand [Sam]
1984 - Chart Toppers
Let’s Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Hard Habit to Break - Chicago
Everyday - The Oak Ridge Boys
1935 - Samuel Moore was born in Miami, Florida. Singer: group: Sam & Dave: Hold On! I’m a Comin’, Soul Man, I Thank You, Soul Sister Brown Sugar
1935 - Luciano Pavarotti was born in Modena, Italy. Emmy Award-winning opera star: Pavarotti in Philadelphia: La Boheme [1982-1983]; actor: Yes, Giorgio; died Sep 6, 2007
1944 - Who could forget the picture of a huge crowd of swooning bobbysoxers stopping traffic in New York’s Times Square as Frank Sinatra made his triumphant return to the famed Paramount Theatre (he had played there for eight weeks starting on December 30, 1942). In what was called the ‘Columbus Day Riot’, 25,000 teenagers, mostly young women, blocked the streets, screaming and swooning for Frankie. Sinatra later explained, “It was the war years, and there was a great loneliness. And I was the boy in every corner drug store ... who’d gone off, drafted to the war. That was all.”1968 - Cheap Thrills, the album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, started an eight-week run as number one in the U.S. It was the first and only album (for a major label) Janis Joplin made with Big Brother and the Holding Company. The album’s tracks: Combination of the Two, I Need a Man to Love, Summertime, Piece of My Heart, Turtle Blues, Oh, Sweet Mary, Ball and Chain.
1969 - Martie Maguire was born in York Pennsylvania (A Yankee???). Musician: fiddle, mandolin; singer: group: The Dixie Chicks: Landslide, Goodbye Earl, Long Time Gone, There’s Your Trouble, I Can Love You Better, Give It Up or Let Me Go
1971 - Some folks weren’t pleased when Jesus Christ Superstar premiered on Broadway because of the controversial content of the musical. Before the show opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, some 2.5 million copies of the album were sold to the curious. The Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Weber collaboration would become a big hit. Jesus Christ Superstar would run on Broadway for 720 shows, and spawn several hit songs, including I Don’t Know How to Love Him (Helen Reddy) and the title song, Jesus Christ Superstar (Murray Head).
1971 - 1950s pop singer Gene Vincent died of a bleeding ulcer. He was 36 years old. Vincent’s biggest claim to fame was the multi-million-selling "Be-Bop-A-Lula".
1981 - Barbara Mandrell walked away with the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year honor for the second year in a row.1985 - Chart Toppers
Oh Sheila - Ready For The World
Take on Me - a-ha
Saving All My Love for You - Whitney Houston
Meet Me in Montana - Marie Osmond with Dan Seals
1997 - Singer/songwriter John Denver, piloting an experimental, amateur-built Long-EZ airplane, crashed into Monterey Bay, California. Witnesses said the plane, made of fiberglass with a single engine and two seats, was flying about at about 500 feet “when it just sort of dropped unexpectedly into the ocean. When it hit the water it broke into numerous parts.” Denver, age 53 and the only occupant of the plane, was killed.
2002 - Bandleader Ray Conniff, “one of the few commercially successful musical geniuses of our time,” died in Escondido, CA. He was 85 years old. Recordings by Ray Conniff’s Orchestra and Chorus and the Ray Conniff Singers were heard on just about every easy-listening radio station in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s.
1939 - Harry James and his band recorded On a Little Street in Singapore for Columbia Records. A kid singer named Frank Sinatra was the featured vocalist on what was his seventh recording.
1941 - Paul Simon was born in Newark Heights, New Jersey. Songwriter, singer, musician: guitar: duo: Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Mrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair, The Sounds of Silence, Cecilia; solo: Mother and Child Reunion, Me and Julio, Kodachrome, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Slip Slidin’ Away; LP: Graceland; Wonderful World [w/Art Garfunkel, James Taylor]; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; in film: Annie Hall
1947 - Sammy Hagar was born in Monterey, California. Singer, musician: guitar: Keep on Rockin’, Bad Motor Scooter, Your Love is Driving Me Crazy, Two Sides of Love, I Can’t Drive 55; group: Van Halen1957 - Two superstars introduced a new car on ABC-TV. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra joined forces in an hourlong special that turned out to be a big ratings hit. Too bad the Edsel, the car that Ford Motor Company was introducing, didn’t fare as well.
1959 - Marie (Olive) Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah. Singer: Paper Roses, Who’s Sorry Now, This is the Way That I Feel; TV host: Donny and Marie, Ripley’s Believe It or Not; doll maker and seller
1960 - Chart Toppers
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) - The Everly Brothers
Alabam - Cowboy Copas
1971 - ‘Little’ Donny Osmond received a shiny gold record for his rendition of the Steve Lawrence hit, Go Away Little Girl. He went on to garner million-seller success with Hey GirlPuppy Love too. Donny was quite popular with the bubblegum set, as well he should have been. Donny was only 13 years old. and
1973 - The Rolling Stones’ Goat’s Head Soup was number one album in the U.S. With the exception of Angie, the album’s tracks were only semi-memorable: Dancing With Mr. D, 100 Years Ago, Coming Down Again, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Silver Train, Hide Your Love, Winter, Can You Hear the Music, Star Star.
1979 - Speaking of the teenage set, Michael Jackson went to “#1 ... 1 ... 1” for the second time with Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough. His first number one (Oct. 14, 1972 - age 14) was a ratty little number about Ben.
1980 - Ashanti was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. Singer: Rain on Me, Foolish, Baby, When a Man Does Wrong, Movies, Breakup 2 Makeup, Rock Wit U [Awww Baby], I Found Lovin’, Feels So Good, Sweet Baby
1940 - Cliff Richard (Harry Webb) was born in Lucknow, India. Singer: Move It, Devil Woman, Dreaming, High Class Baby, Livin’ Doll, Travelin’ Light, Please Don’t Tease, I Love You, The Young Ones, The Next Time, Bachelor Boy, Summer Holiday, The Minute You’re Gone, Congratulations, Power to all Our Friends; in films: The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, Wonderful Life
1971 - It was John and Yoko Day on The Dick Cavett Show on ABC. The couple promoted Lennon’s new LP (Imagine) and film (Imagine) and Yoko’s book, two films and a fine arts show.1974 - Natalie Maines was born in Lubbock, Texas. Singer: group: Dixie Chicks: LPs: Wide Open Spaces, Fly
1977 - Crooner Bing Crosby suffered a fatal heart attack while playing golf at a course near Madrid, Spain. Crosby, 73, had just completed a tour of England that had included a sold-out engagement at the London Palladium.1978 - Usher Raymond IV was born in Dallas, Texas. Singer: You Make Me Wanna, Nice & Slow; actor: Moesha
1990 - Composer, conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at the age of 72. Bernstein’s successes as a composer ranged from the Broadway stage (most notably, West Side Story) to concert halls all over the world, where his orchestral and choral works continue to thrive.1996 - Singer/entertainer Madonna gave birth to her daughter, Lourdes Maria, in Los Angeles, California. The father is Carlos Leon, her former fitness-trainer.
2006 - Singer/songwriter Freddy Fender died in San Benito, Texas at 69 years of age. His biggest hits included Wasted Days and Wasted Nights and Before the Next Teardrop Falls.
1935 - Barry McGuire was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Singer, songwriter: group: The New Christy Minstrels: Green, Green; solo: Eve of Destruction
1946 - Richard Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Musician, composer, singer: Grammy Award-winning group: Carpenters: [They Long to Be] Close to You [1970], Best New Artist [1970], LP: The Carpenters [1971]; We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, Goodbye to Love, Yesterday Once More, Sing, Top of the World, Only Yesterday; TV host: Make Your Own Kind of Music
1953 - Tito (Toriano) Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. Singer: group: The Jackson Five: I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save, I’ll Be There; brother of Michael, Janet, Jermaine, LaToy
1955 - The Grand Ole Opry finally made it to TV on this day. The ABC network carried just one hour of "Opry" (it continued through the night), live from Nashville. This arrangement only lasted for one year; although the Grand Ole Opry was used as a staging arena for other successful shows like Classic Country Featuring Stars of the Grand Ole Opry and Hayride. Then, Grand Ole Opry came to TV to stay. In 1985, the Nashville Network (TNN) positioned the show on Saturday nights. In 2001, Opry was carried on Country Music Televison (CMT). In 2003, Grand Ole Opry (Opry Live) moved to GAC (Great American Country).1964 - An American treasure died. Cole Porter, renowned lyricist and composer, died at age 73. I’ve Got You Under My Skin and hundreds of other classics crossed all musical style and format boundaries throughout his long and rich career.
1970 - Chart Toppers
Cracklin’ Rosie - Neil Diamond
I’ll Be There - The Jackson 5
Candida - Dawn
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
1971 - Rick Nelson was booed off the stage when he didn’t stick to all oldies at the seventh Annual Rock ’n’ Roll Revival show at Madison Square Garden, New York. He tried to slip in some of his new material and the crowd did not approve. The negative reaction to his performance inspired Nelson to write his last top-40 hit, Garden Party, which hit the top-ten about a year after the Madison Square Garden debacle. Garden Party, ironically, was Nelson’s biggest hit in years, “...If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lotta luck; But if memories were all I sang, I rather drive a truck.”
1988 - Red Red Wine, by UB40, was the first reggae hit to make it to number one in the U.S. From the album Labour of Love, Red Red Wine was #1 for only one week, but turned out to be UB40’s signature song.
1994 - REM’s Monster was a monster of an album -- #1 in the U.S. The album, featuring What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?, Crush with Eyeliner, King of Comedy, I Don’t Sleep, I Dream, Star 69, Strange Currencies, Tongue, Bang and Blame, I Took Your Name, Let Me In, Circus Envy and You, was number one for two weeks.
1923 - Bert Kaempfert was born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany. Musician: Wonderland by Night, Red Roses for a Blue Lady, Three O’Clock in the Morning; died June 21, 1980
1947 - Bob Weir (Hall) was born in San Francisco, California. Musician: guitar, singer: group: The Grateful Dead: Touch of Grey, Truckin’; solo: LP: Ace, Heaven Help the Fool
1962 - Flea (Michael Balzary) was born in Melbourne, Australia. Musician: bass guitar: group: The Red Hot Chili Peppers: LPs: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freaky Styley, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Mother’s Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, One Hot Minute
1971 - Chart Toppers
Maggie May/Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart
Superstar - Carpenters
Yo-Yo - The Osmonds
How Can I Unlove You - Lynn Anderso
1972 - John C. Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival called it a career ... and the group disbanded. Fogerty would continue in a solo career with big hits including, CenterfieldThe Old Man Down the Road. and
1976 - Memphis, TN disc jockey Rick Dees and his ‘Cast of Idiots’ made it all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with the immortal Disco Duck (Part 1). Dees is still around, but not as a recording artist. He’s a DJ in Los Angeles and is hosting several varieties of the Weekly Top 40 show, syndicated around the world.
1976 - Stevie Wonder’s album, Songs in the Key of Life wound up at number one in the U.S. It turned out to be no fluke. With greats, such as Sir Duke, Isn’t She Lovely and I Wish, the double-album stayed at #1 for 14 weeks. Other tracks: Love’s in Need of Love Today, Have a Talk with God, Village Ghetto Land, Contusion, Knocks Me Off My Feet, Pastime Paradise, Summer Soft, Ordinary Pain, Saturn, Ebony Eyes, Joy Inside My Tears, Black Man, Ngiculela - Es Una Historia/I Am Singing, If It’s Magic, As, Another Star, All Day Sucker, Easy Goin’ Evening (My Mama’s Call).
1977 - John Mayer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Musician: guitar; songwriter, singer: Bigger Than My Body, Your Body Is a Wonderland, Love Song for No One, Back To You, No Such Thing, Comfortable, New Deep, Only Heart
1986 - Chuck Berry celebrated his 60th birthday with a concert in his home town of St. Louis, Missouri (at the Fox Theatre). The show was organized by Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) and the concert was used in a documentary titled, Hail! Hail! Rock ’N’ Roll, an overview of Berry’s career.
1992 - Sinead O’Connor was booed off the stage at a show honoring Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden (famous for booing folks off the stage), New York. The crowd was acting in disapproval of O’Connor’s tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live October 3, 1992.
1940 - Jimmy Seals was born in Sidney, Texas. Singer, musician: guitar, saxophone, fiddle: group: Seals and Crofts: Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl, Hummingbird, We May Never Pass this Way Again, Get Closer, You’re the Love, I’ll Play for You
1942 - Gary Puckett was born in Hibbing, Minnesota. Singer: group: The Union Gap: Young Girl, Woman, Woman, This Girl is a Woman Now, Over You, Lady Willpower
1962 - Though the ‘Fab Four’ would appear on both radio and television, on what they would call ‘Auntie Beeb’ (the BBC), The Beatles made their first appearance this day on Great Britain’s Granada TV Network. The show from Manchester, England was "People and Places".
1967 - “Gimme a head with hair. Long, beautiful hair...” The rock musical HAIR opened at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater for a limited run. After much trial and error, involving several openings and closings, HAIR eventually opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theater on April 29, 1968. It closed on July 1, 1972 after 1,742 performances.
1972 - Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. Rapper: LP: Slim Shady; film songwriter: Strangeland, Scary Movie, Down to Earth
1981 - Chart Toppers
Arthur’s Theme (Best that You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
1991 - Country, gospel, pop singer Tennessee Ernie Ford died of liver disease. He was 72 years old. The Capitol Records recording star’s early hits included Mule Train and The Shot Gun Boogie. It was Sixteen Tons (1955) however, that proved to be Ford’s career record. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990.
1998 - The single, One Week, by Barenaked Ladies, was number one -- for one week.
1926 - Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer [inducted 1986]; Lifetime Achievement Grammy [1985]; Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven, School Day, Rock & Roll Music, Sweet Little Sixteen, Johnny B. Goode, My Ding-A-Ling; in films: Rock, Rock, Rock, London Rock and Roll Show, American Hot Wax, Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music, Christmas in Washington
1935 - Victor record #25236 was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and orchestra. It would become one of the most familiar big band themes of all time, I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.1937 - Cynthia Weil was born in New York City, New York. Songwriter: half (w/Barry Mann) of husband-wife songwriting team: Blame It on the Bossa Nova, I Just Can’t Help Believing, On Broadway, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Hungry, Kicks, Here You Come Again, He’s So Shy, Somewhere Out There
1947 - Laura Nyro was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York. Singer: Up on the Roof; songwriter: Wedding Bell Blues, Blowin’ Away, And When I Die, Stoney End, Stoned Soul Picnic, Sweet Blindness, Eli’s Coming, Time and Love, Save the Country; died Apr 8, 1997
1961 - Wynton Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Grammy Award-winning musician: jazz/classical trumpet [1984, 1985]: Think of One [1983]; played on: Father & Sons; in orchestra for Sweeney Todd; composer: TV theme song for Shannon’s Deal
1982 - Chart Toppers
Jack & Diane - John Cougar
Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
1983 - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton received some gold to add to their collections -- for their smash, Islands in the Stream.
1986 - Huey Lewis and The News had the number one album in the U.S. Fore was perched at the pinacle of popdom for one week. Fore featured these tracks: Jacob’s Ladder, Stuck with You, Whole Lotta Lovin’, Doing It All for My Baby, Hip to Be Square, I Know What I Like, I Never Walk Alone, Forest for the Trees, Naturally and Simple as That.
October Birthdays
Melanie Louise, JonnaRose Turnbull, Gabi Tuschak, Susie Drinkwine (1), Snoopy, Leon Rausch, Kelly Willis, Bruce Salmon, Charles Attal (2), *Albert Collins, *Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lindsey Buckingham, Lewis Cowdry, Chris Gaffney, Tammy Sajak (3), Barbara K. (4), *B.W. Stevenson, Steve Miller, Helen Jean Hamlin, Farrell Kubena, Amanda Brown (5), Dino Lee, Jeanne Arquel, Leslie Travis (6), Dale Watson, James "Levi" Barnes (7), *John Lennon, Gene Kurtz, Ponty Bone, Dub Maines (9), *Ivory Joe Hunter, Diunna Greenleaf, Darin Murphy, J'nette Ward (10), *Pete Drake, Frank Pugliese, Jon Langford, Allen Hill, Lisa Mathison,*Dale Watkins, Kate Tomich (11), Bob Schneider, Eve Monsees, Mike Musgrove (12), Todd Wolfson, Kevin Klauber (13), Natalie Maines, Chris Thomas [King], Johnny Goudie, Mark Younger-Smith (14), Rod Moag, Sid King, Artly Snuff, Dave Mintz (15), Thierry LaCoz, Greg Marengi, Wig (16), Karen Poston, Kristi Holdgrafer (17), Chuck Berry, Lisa Timick (18), Wanda Jackson, Bobby Horton, Kristen Williamson (20), Maryann Price, Cheney Moore (21), *Bobby Fuller (22), Cheryl G. Smith, Cat Kirkwood (23), Jason Lindsay (24), *J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, *Walter Hyatt, Kevin Sekhani, Tina Boone, AmeyLu Muirhead Weas (25), Valerie Shields, Lisa Antonini (26), Gretchen Harries Graham (28), Brad Newton (29), Bobby Morris, Tracy Gossard (30), Kinky Friedman, Sumter Bruton, Calvin Russell, Dan Rather, Sue Zola [The Glitter Art Diva] (31)
October Memorials (date of death)
Janis Joplin (10/4/70), Gene Vincent (10/12/71), Freddie Fender (10/14/06), Rosa Parks (10/24/05)
Notable Obituaries - October 2007
None at this time.
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A Fusion of Art, Funky Jazz and Cocktails
1313A S. Congress Avenue, Austin TX 78704
Two doors up from The Continental Club
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Art
Art 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.
October... Tracy Anne Hart of Heights Gallery in Houston returns for the month of October. Tracy was born in Elgin, Illinois and moved to Houston, Texas in 1969. She is a second generation photographer. She has been co-owner of The Heights Gallery (in Houston) since 1984, and regularly exhibits there.
Hart is perhaps best known for her black and white concert portraits of Stevie Ray Vaughan taken between 1983 and 1990 and widely published and shown worldwide. She has donated many of the prints to charity auctions, where her work is sought after by fundraisers and collectors alike.
She has been photographing the natural and cultural landscape for over 20 years. She continues to explore subjects as diverse as the geometric symmetry and beauty of her native state's architecture and elevated train lines, and her adopted state's incredible music and Hill Country cypress trees. Hart has an affinity for objects of intensity and iconic strength and grace, whether organic or forged by human hands. Her work embodies the correlation between spirituality and science, flesh, wood, steel and stone, emulsion and emotion. Little wonder, then that her favorite photographic quote comes from Edward Weston: "that the camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether polished steel or palpitation flesh."
Charlie Sexton, Tracy Anne Hart
Music
Mondays in October & November @ 10. No cover - 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 October & November @ 10. No cover - 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 October & November @ 10. No cover - 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 October & November @ 10. No cover - 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 will fill in on 10/18. Chris Vestre Group will fill in on 10/11 & on 10/25.
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in October & November @ 10. No cover - 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.
Coming.... Saturday, November 3 @ 8:00pm - The Texas Book Festival in partnership with American Short Fiction will present Lit Smackdown: Fiction vs. Nonfiction. Which is better: fiction or nonfiction? We jest, but the question isn't that funny to publishers - it's getting harder and harder to sell new fiction while books based in reality draw more and more attention from readers and reviewers. American Short Fiction, the Festival, and the Continental Club are hosting a faceoff between some of the country's most exciting young talent - writers we've divided into two camps, fiction and nonfiction, even though most of them have dabbled in both forms. On the nonfiction team, we've got George Saunders, Emily Rapp, Vendela Vida, and Andrew Helfer; playing for the fiction team are Maxine Swann, Wesley Stace, Eric Martin, and Amanda Eyre Ward. Emcee for the night is humorist Owen Egerton, the author of the story collection How Best to Avoid Dying and the novel Marshall Hollenzer Is Driving. He is also the co-creator of "The Sinus Show." The event is open and free to the public but seating is limited. The authors' books will be for sale.
Bringing the Continental tradition to Downtown Houston
3700 Main St, Houston TX 77002
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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!
Hey, y'all, the Continental Confidential can now be found on our MySpace Blog, as well as on the website!
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
This week's shows at The Continental Club, Houston...
Thursday 10/11 @ 10 - Amplified Heat
Friday 10/12 @ 10 - Disco Expressions
Saturday 10/6 - Chadd Thomas & The Crazy Kings @ 12, PLUS CHARLIE LOUVIN (of The Louvin Brothers) @ 10pm! Doors open at 8pm.
Wednesday 10/107 @ 9 - Eric Tucker's Wicked Wednesdays w/Alterego, Bruce James, Steven Calvert Band, and Whiskey Boat.
Thursday 10/11 @ 10 - Bruce James
Friday 10/12 @ 10 - Vallejo @ 11:30, and The Everyday People @ 10
Saturday 10/6 - Swamp Dogg w/McLemore Avenue @ 11, plus Larry Lange & his Lonely Knights @ 9:30
Weekly Residencies at The Continental Club, Houston...
Every Monday @ 8:00 - 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!
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.
No Phone - No Pool - No Pets
3714 Main St, Houston TX 77002
Three doors down from The Continental Club
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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!
Upcoming shows at Shoeshine Charlie's BIG TOP Lounge...
Friday 10/5 @ 10 - Paul Beebe
Weekly Residencies at Shoeshine Charlie's BIG TOP Lounge...
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!
Email me if you need more details on the shows, or give us a call. (713) 529-9899. If you are interested in holding a party at the Continental Club or The Big Top, drop us a line for details, we hold all kinds of cool events here. Keep Rockin’ Houston.
Thanks,
Pete
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