"Revealing the facts, and naming the names"
Rockin' South Austin since 1957
1315 S. Congress Ave, Austin TX 78704
Volume XI, Issue 5.3 .. Austin TX .. October 18, 2007
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Hello everyone! Last weekend was a lot of fun because of its diversity & superior talent. Charlie Louvin is so awesome, and he sure charmed everyone in the place. Eleven Hundred Springs did a great opening set and Texas Sapphires kept up the energy in their closing set, which was also their CD release party. One highlight of the show was Brennen Leigh joining Charlie Louvin on stage and impressing him so much with her mandolin playing & harmony vocals that he asked her to perform with him at the Big State Festival the next day. Congratulations, Brennen!
Saturday night started with a bang when solo-blues-shouter-turned-JBs-style-soul- man Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears took the stage & totally blew everyone's minds. T. Tex Edwards was up next for his re-release party of the critically acclaimed 1989 Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill. with past & present members of the Out On Parole band in abundance. American Graveyard closed out the night with another one of their absolutely killer sets! It really doesn't get much better than hosting 3 bands a night for 2 nights, from different ends of the spectrum and having it all work so perfectly. We are truly blessed.
I've received a bunch of photos this week and will post them next week. Thanks to all the folks that send me their show pics. We sure appreciate it!
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Please Note: While I try to be very accurate with lineups, times & cover charges for our shows,last-minute changes and errors can, and sometimes do, occur. Call the Club at 512-441-2444 for the most current information.
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.
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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 on 10/29 (not 10/22 as previously advertised), and Django's Moustache will fill in
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 (i.e. David Grissom, Warren Hood, "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb, Rich Brotherton, Marvin Dykhuis) we have a $5 cover charge for this Happy Hour. What a hip way to spend a Tuesday evening! *Except 10/30 when Toni Price returns for Hippie Halloween, accompanied by Rich Brotherton ($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. Elana is here for the entire month of October!
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 10/18, and Kevin Sekhani celebrates his birthday with a performance on 10/25, 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 10/20 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 when Greg Garing fills in on 10/22. Dale returns on 10/29!
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 11/6 & 11/20, and 12/11 & 12/18: Alejandro Escovedo @ 10, Barfield, The Tyrant @ 12!!
Wednesday nights @ 10:30, 12:00. $7 - Songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Jon Dee Graham and his band The Fighting Cocks bring Americana/rock/alt country to the 10pm spot on Wednesdays. Jon Dee is gone for a couple of months, but we've got some terrific fill-ins for him! He returns to his residency on December 5. James McMurtry & The Heartless Bastards are also here every Wednesday that 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 raucous rockers. *Except 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 18 @ 10:00. $7 - Zapata! plays "roots music done in their own-style: with unapologetic, edgy rock styling. Zapata's guitar, said by J. Mozersky to be 'a voice on its own,' leads into the song with sharp, hard cuts, before A.Daniels's incomparable, fleshy drums. The songs are simple and natural, but the jaggedness of Zapata’s guitar contributes a roughness that, when mixed with A.Daniels lunatic rhythms you can feel in your gut, results in a vivid Blues experience…the low down Texas way." ~Zapata!. Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights say "Our live performance is simple. We bring electric energy and honest material and lay it out for the audience to experience. Loud as hell though. We believe in what we are doing and hope that it doesn't go unnoticed." O:A is "exploding conventional rock and R&B structures with Jason Mozerskys authoritative guitar playing, Aaron Herbsters thunderous bass lines, Kyle Schneiders vivacious drumming and Chris Canns prevailing, sonorous vocals. Their intense live performances captivate their audiences, leaving them feeling energetic, stimulated and fulfilled. O:A brings dynamic, undeniably powerful music to a world that has forgotten its roots." ~O:A
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 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. 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." One of Austin's most acclaimed B-3 bands, McLemore Avenue backs up the Dogg.
Thursday October 25 @ 10:00, 11:15, 12:30. $7 - The Doc Marshalls have influences ranging from traditionalists such as Buck Owens and Johnny Cash to innovators like Gram Parsons and Dwight Yoakam. This New York City-based (New York City?? ~Pace Picante) five-piece delivers an honest, unflinching honky tonk sound. Not content to remain within the confines of a typical roots band, they also boast a raucous set of Cajun breakdowns and Zydeco shuffles. The Tiny Adventurers "play heavy meadow music: a remorseless, aromatic blend of underwater malt shop rock, village green organ jams and seventies soundtrack reveries." Tiny Adventurers feature members of Austin's Li'l Cap'n Travis -Matt Kinsey (guitar, vocals), Jeff Johnston (Farfisa, saxophone) and Gary Newcomb (bass, omnichord) and the Mittens' Carrie Contey on the battle skins. Since splitting from the Weary Boys, Mario Matteoli has been spreading his country/folk tunes all over Texas. With his current band he's sounding even more rockin' than ever, and it works beautifully. Michael Corcoran, Austin American-Statesman, has said "Matteoli flaps his weary wings all over 'Hard Luck Hittin' giving flight to his introspection with a tuneful delivery and the pure instincts of a true artist.".
Friday October 26 @ 10:00, 12:00. $10 - The Mother Truckers tell original tales with their powerful blend of pristine vocals mixed with the razors edge of rockin' country. The core of the group is the singing/songwriting team of Josh Zee and Teal Collins.. "Principal songwriters and co-lead vocalists Josh Zee and Teal Collins exude effortless chemistry. So often, when a band has two distinct songwriters, their fans fall into camps that favor one or the other, not with The Mother Truckers . Not only is the whole band on the same page, they finish each other's sentences." ~Dante Domonick, Austin Music Magazine. Attention Solid Chrome Dancers! Jesse Dayton is in the building! Not since Doug Sahm has an artist so naturally encompassed the diversity of Texas' musical heritage as Jesse Dayton. "More hooks than your grandad's tackle box." ~The Chicago Tribune. Holdin' Our Own And Other Country Gold Duets, the new duets record with Jesse Dayton and Brennen Leigh is coming soon! You can preview it in the video trailer below.
Saturday October 27, @ 9:30, 11:00, 12:15. Diamond Smugglers' Halloween Show $10 - The Ron Titter Band opens up this All Hallow's Eve Party! If you love honest, fun, catchy, and care-free music about all things amusing, aggravating, and meaningful, then you need to slip out of your skivvies, and into a warm set of The Ron Titter Band. Drawing a set from both radio hits and deeper cuts, Magnifico! has spent countless hours learning the intricate progressions and notoriously complex backing vocals to do the music justice. "We all love Queen," says member David Wyatt, "but we use the 'tribute' moniker reluctantly." Whereas cover bands generally play music by multiple artists, most tribute bands focus on just one band and even go so far as dressing as specific members and taking on their speaking affectations. "No." replies singer Zach Hall, "I'm not speaking with a British accent and I'm not growing a mustache." But he may well wear tights. Considering Magnifico! is playing the music of one of the flashiest groups of all time - they intend to be appropriately bawdy. The hosts of this Halloween bash, The Diamond Smugglers' Brother Love emerged from the heavens with the golden throat of an angel and the cocky swagger of the devil. He picked a band of rag tag musicians, who were only too happy to bathe in his glory, playing for peanuts and his sloppy seconds. Not everyone could be comfortable in the presence of such undeniable star power such as Brother Love but these plucky lads and ladies have the talent and chutzpah to back up the greatest entertainer of our generation. Since then, they have pleasured audiences across the nation with their rock hard sound and throbbing stage presence. We are all God's children bubbola, but he loves the Smugglers best.
Coming.... Sunday 10/28, $6: Heybale w/Redd & Earl @ 10.... Monday 10/29, $5: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Django's Moustache @ 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.... Monday 11/5, $5: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Paris 49 @ 6:30.... Tuesday 11/6, $7: Barfield, Alejandro Escovedo @ 10; Happy Hour, $5: Planet Casper @ 6:30.... Wednesday 11/7, $7: James McMurtry, Dustin Welch & The House Band @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: TBA @ 6:30... Thursday 11/8, $7: Texas Sapphires, *Deke Dickerson* @ 10, Happy Hour, $5: TBA @ 6:30.... Friday 11/9, $25: *Toni Price* release party! Teisco del Rey @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: The Blues Specialists @ 6:30.... Saturday 11/10, $25: *Toni Price* release party! The LeRoi Brothers @ 10; Matinee, no cover: Redd Volkaert @ 3pm.... Sunday 11/11, $6: Heybale w/Redd & Earl @ 10
Music History 101
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.
1960 - Jennifer Holliday was born in Riverside, Texas. Singer; actress: Dreamgirls, Touched by an Angel, Ally McBeal
1963 - Buck Owens started a 16-week run at top of the U.S. Country chart with Love’s Gonna Live Here. It eventually became the biggest of all the Buck Owens hits.1965 - Chart Toppers
Yesterday - The Beatles
Treat Her Right - Roy Head
A Lover’s Concerto - The Toys
Behind the Tear - Sonny James
1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced after six years and one child (Lisa Marie).
1985 - Take on Me, by a-ha, reached number one on the pop music charts. MTV was playing a-ha’s nifty Take on Me video regularly, too.
1890 - Ferdinand ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer, piano player, bandleader: Black Bottom Stomp, Dead Man Blues, Original Jelly Roll Blues, Georgia Swing, Mr. Jelly Lord; died July 10, 1941
1913 - Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones was born in Niagra, Kentucky. Country Music Hall of Famer: Hee Haw, Grand Ole Opry; singer: The All-American Boy, T for Texas, Old Rattler, Mountain Dew; died Feb 19, 1998
1937 - Wanda Jackson was born in Maud, Oklahoma. Singer: Right or Wrong, Let’s Have a Party, In the Middle of a Heartache; songwriter: [Let’s Stop] Kickin’ Our Hearts Around
1939 - All the Things You Are was recorded by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for the Victor label. Jack Leonard was the featured vocalist.
1950 - Tom Petty was born in Gainsville, Florida. Singer: group: The Traveling Wilburys; Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Don’t Come Around Here No More, Don’t Do Me Like That, Refugee, Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around [w/Stevie Nicks]; in film: Made in Heaven
1955 - “Day-O. Day-ay-ay-ay-o!” One of the most popular of the Harry Belafonte hits was recorded for RCA Victor. Day-O didn’t make it to the pop charts for over a year (January 1957), however, after its name had been changed to The Banana Boat Song (Day-O).1962 - With Halloween just around the corner, we remember that Bobby “Boris” Picket and the Crypt Kickers reached the top of the charts this day (for two weeks) with The Monster Mash. And someone, somewhere, has resurrected it every Halloween since.
1965 - The Beatles received a gold record for the single, Yesterday. This song marked the first time a cello was used in a pop hit.
1971 - Snoop Doggy Dogg (Cordozar Broadus) was born in Long Beach, California. Rapper: LPs: Doggystyle, The Doggfather, No Limit Top Dogg
1979 - Herb Alpert’s "Rise", from the album, Rise, rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100.1983 - Country music star Merle Travis died. Travis co-wrote the million-seller, Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette with Tex Williams, who recorded it. He wrote an eight-song Folk Songs of our Hills, which included Nine Pound Hammer, Dark as a Dungeon and Sixteen Tons. Although Travis maintained that Sixteen Tons, which earned a gold record for Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955. Travis won acclaim for his portrayal of a young G.I. in the 1954 film From Here to Eternity. His Walkin’ the Strings is a highly-regarded album of acoustic guitar solos. Travis was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977, but his drug addiction and alcoholism made him unreliable and wrecked his private life. Said Tennessee Ernie Ford, “Merle Travis was one of the most talented men I ever met. He could write songs that would knock your hat off, but he was a chronic alcoholic and when those binges would come, there was nothing we could do about it.”
1984 - Chart Toppers
I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
Hard Habit to Break - Chicago
I Don’t Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) - Conway Twitty
1917 - Dizzy (John Birks) Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. Grammy Award-winning musician: trumpet: Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie [1975], Live at the Royal Festival Hall [1991]; creator [w/Charlie Parker] of be-bop; trademark: puffed cheeks & bent trumpet; autobiography: To Be or Not to Bop; died Jan 6, 1993
1940 - Manfred Mann (Michael Lubowitz) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Singer, musician: group: Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers: Do Wah Diddy Diddy, The Mighty Quinn; Earth Band: Blinded by the Light; solo: High Time, I’ve Been a Bad, Bad Boy
1941 - Steve Cropper was born in Dora, Missouri. Musician: guitar: group: Blues Brothers; Booker T and The MG’s: Green Onions, Hang ’Em High, Time is Tight
1942 - Elvin Bishop was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Musician: guitar, singer: group: Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Drunk Again; Elvin Bishop Group; solo: Fooled Around and Fell in Love
1957 - The Elvis Presley movie, Jailhouse Rock, opened in U.S. theatres. The flick also starred Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughn Taylor, Jennifer Holden, Dean Jones and Anne Neyland and is considered by many to be Elvis’ best film.1958 - Orchestral strings were used for the first time in a rock and roll tune. Buddy Holly recorded It Doesn’t Matter Anymore, written by Paul Anka. Sadly, it would be Holly’s last studio session. The song wasn’t released until after his death in February of 1959.
1963 - The Lord’s Prayer album by Mormon Tabernacle Choir was certified Gold (sales of over $1,000,000) by the RIAA.
1967 - Chart Toppers
To Sir with Love - Lulu
How Can I Be Sure - The Young Rascals
Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors
I Don’t Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette
1972 - Chuck Berry’s My Ding-a-Ling hit #1 in the U.S. It was number one for two weeks.
1972 - Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly movie soundtrack album started a four-week run at number one. The title song cracked the top-ten singles list in January 1973. Other tracks on the album: Little Child Runnin’ Wild, Pusherman, Freddie’s Dead, Junkie Chase, Give Me Your Love, Eddie You Should Know Better, No Thing on Me and Think.
1976 - Chart Toppers
Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
You and Me - Tammy Wynette
1995 - Mariah Carey’s Daydream was the number one album in the U.S. The album featured the smash hits Fantasy and One Sweet Day (both debuted on the singles chart at #1).
1997 - Elton John’s tribute to Princess Diana, Candle in the Wind 1997, was declared by The Guinness Book of Records to be the biggest-selling single record of all time. In 37 days, the single reached 31.8 million copies sold, eclipsing the previous record held by Bing Crosby’s White Christmas. The Crosby song sold an estimated 30 million copies worldwide - in 55 years.
1811 - Franz Liszt was born in Doborjan, Hungary. Composer: The Hungarian Rhapsodies, Les Preludes, Orpheus, Tasso, Faust, Hungarian Fantasy, Sonata in B Minor; died July 31, 1886
1943 - Bobby Fuller was born in Baytown, Texas. Singer, musician: guitar: group: Bobby Fuller Four: I Fought the Law
1966 - The Supremes rocketed to the top of the pop-album charts with Supremes A’ Go-Go. They were the first all-female vocal group to hit the top of the LP chart.1969 - Top-40 crooner Tommy Edwards died of an aneurysm. He was 47 years old. Edwards was a songwriter, singer and pianist with a velvety smooth vocal delivery in the Nat King Cole/Ivory Joe Hunter style. His first songwriting success came with Louis Jordan’s hit That Chick’s Too Young to Fry. His singing success began with All Over Again and The Morning Side of the Mountain. It’s All in the Game was his biggest hit and the song for which he is best remembered. It also was the only #1 hit co-written by a former U.S. Vice President (Charles Dawes, who served under Calvin Coolidge). Other Tommy Edwards hits included Please Love Me Forever, Please Mr. Sun and Don't Fence Me In.
1971 - Folk singer Joan Baez received a gold record for her hit, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. It turned out to be her biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the charts (October 2, 1971).
1983 - Celebrating its 100th anniversary, New York’s Metropolitan Opera featured a daylong concert with some of the world’s greatest opera stars. On stage at the Met were Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.
1986 - Chart Toppers
When I Think of You - Janet Jackson
Typical Male - Tina Turner
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
Just Another Love - Tanya Tucker
1988 - Phil Collins’ remake of the Mindbenders’ Groovy Kind of Love was the number one U.S. single. It was parked at the peak of the pops for two weeks.
1992 - Boyz II Men set the record (pun intended) for longest-running #1 song (13 weeks). End of the Road, from the Boomerang soundtrack, broke Elvis Presley’s record, held by "Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog" (11 weeks).
1995 - Chart Toppers
Fantasy - Mariah Carey
Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio featuring L.V.
Runaway - Janet Jackson
She’s Every Woman - Garth Brooks
1940 - (Eleanor) Ellie Greenwich (Ellie Gay, Ellie Gee) was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Songwriter [w/Jeff Barry]: Be My Baby, Chapel of Love, Da Do Ron Ron, Then He Kissed Me, River Deep, Mountain High; singer: group: Raindrops: What a Guy, The Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget; solo: LP: Let It Be Written, Let It Be Sung; on Broadway: Leader of the Pack
1956 - Dwight Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky. Songwriter, singer: I’ll be Gone, Bury Me, Miner’s Prayer, South of Cincinnati; LP: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., A Town South of Bakersfield
1959 - ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic was born in Lynnwood, California. Singer, comedian: parodies: Eat It, My Bologna, Another One Rides the Bus, I Love Rocky Road, King of Suede, I Lost on Jeopardy, Polkas on 45, The Brady Bunch, Like a Surgeon
1961 - Dion’s Runaround Sue was the #1 U.S. single. It remained at the top for two weeks until being knocked off by Jimmy Dean’s Big Bad John.
1970 - ‘Lady Soul’, Aretha Franklin, won a gold record for Don’t Play that Song.
1978 - CBS Records hiked prices of many vinyl albums by one dollar to $8.98. Other labels soon joined in.
1995 - Former Selena fan club president Yolanda Saldivar was convicted of murdering the Tejano (Mexican-American popular music) star in a Texas motel room on March 31, 1995. The jury deliberated about two hours before handing down their verdict.
2004 - Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill died at 87 years of age in New York City.
1911 - Sonny Terry (Saunders Terrell) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. Singer, harmonica player: LPs: Sonny’s Story, Sonny is King, At the Second Fret, At Sugar Hill, Back to New Orleans, Midnight Special, California Blues; Spirituals to Swing concerts at Carnegie Hall; died Mar 12, 1986
1930 - J.P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson, The Big Bopper was born in Sabine Pass, Texas. Singer: Chantilly Lace, Big Bopper’s Wedding; songwriter: Running Bear; killed in plane crash Feb 3, 1959 (The Day The Music Died)
1936 - Bill Wyman was born in London, England. Musician: group: The Rolling Stones: [I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction, Get Off of My Cloud, Paint It, Black, Ruby Tuesday, Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Angie; solo: LP: Stone Alone; songwriter: Downtown Suzie, In Another Land; London restaurant owner: Sticky Fingers
1937 - Santo Farina was born in New York City, New York. Musician, steel guitar: group: Santo & Johnny: Sleepwalk, Tear Drop
1939 - Let’s Dance was recorded on Columbia Records. It became the theme song for the band that recorded it, the Benny Goodman Band.1960 - Brenda Lee hit #1 for the second time in the year with I Want to Be Wanted. 1960 was a very good year for the young (age 15) songstress. In addition to her first #1 smash, I’m Sorry (July 18), Lee had two other songs on the charts: (#4, April 18) and Sweet Nothin’sThat’s All You Gotta Do (#6, July 4).
1977 - Gary Busey began filming The Buddy Holly Story. The star was a ringer for the rock idol.
1989 - At the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the inductees included Hank Ballard, Bobby Darin, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, The Kinks, The Platters, Simon and Garfunkel and The Who.
1996 - Motown Records founder Berry Gordy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gordy helped launch the careers Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson and many others.
1998 - Monica’s single, The First Night, regained the top spot from Barenaked Ladies’ One Week. Monica’s hit racked up four non-consecutive weeks at #1.
1825 - Johann Strauss was born in Vienna, Austria. ‘The Waltz King’: composer: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Wine, Women and Song; operettas: Die Fledermaus, A Night in Venice, The Gypsy Baron; died June 3, 1899
1912 - Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley) was born in Centerville, Tennessee. Country Music Hall of Fame comedienne: “Howdee!”: On Stage America, Hee Haw, Grand Ole Opry; singer: Giddyup Go-Answer; CMA Hall of Famer; died Mar 4, 1996
1962 - Chart Toppers
Monster Mash - Bobby “Boris” Picket
Do You Love Me - The Contours
He’s a Rebel - The Crystals
Mama Sang a Song - Bill Anderson
1964 - “And now, rrrrright here on this stage....” The Rolling Stones were introduced to American audiences on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-TV.
1969 - Canada’s The Guess Who got a gold record for the single, Laughing.
1971 - Midori (Goto) was born in Osaka, Japan. Musician: violin; created Midori and Friends foundation [musicians travel to NY public schools to give concerts and classes]
1974 - The single, Skin Tight, by The Ohio Players, went gold on this day.
1975 - Elton John’s Los Angeles concert was sold out at Dodger Stadium. 110,000 people saw the two shows, on October 25 and 26, 1975, the first in that stadium since The Beatles played there in 1965. John’s weekend stand in L.A. was the finale to his concert tour of the western U.S.
1980 - Barbra Streisand’s Woman in Love, from the number one album, Guilty, was the number one song in the U.S. Both the album and the single were #1 for three weeks.
1984 - John Cougar Mellencamp reached the two-million-dollar sales mark withUh-Huh. Also, country group Alabama went to the three-million-dollar mark with two albums this day: Feels So Right and Mountain Music.
1986 - New Jersey-based rock band Bon Jovi rose to number one in the U.S. with their Slippery When Wet album. It was the number one album for eight - count ’em - eight weeks. Track listing: Let It Rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin’ on a Prayer, Social Disease, Wanted Dead or Alive, Raise Your Hands, Without Love, I’d Die for You, Never Say Goodbye, Wild in the Streets.
1991 - Rock-and-roll impresario Bill Graham was killed in a helicopter crash in Sonoma County, Calif. Also killed were his girlfriend, Melissa Gold, and pilot, Steve Kahn.
1992 - Country Music Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, TV host Roger Miller died in Los Angeles at 56 years of age. During his oustanding career, Miller collected eleven Grammys, a platinum single, six gold singles, and five gold albums. Miller’s most memorable songs (written and/or performed by him) were: King of the Road, Chug-a-Lug, Little Green Apples, Dang Me, England Swings, Engine Engine Number Nine, In the Summer Time, Do-Wacka-Do, Kansas City Star, You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd.
1998 - For the first time, all of the top five songs of the week were new entries: 1) Cher, Believe; 2) George Michael, Outside; 3) U2, Sweetest Thing; 4) Culture Club, I Just Wanna Be Loved; 5) Alanis Morissette, Thank U.
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, Rae-Rae, 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 10/25.
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 - 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
Wednesday 10/24 @ 9 - Eric Tucker's Wicked Wednesdays w/St. Joe's Choir, Chad Strader, HP Custom Drum-off, and Whiskey Boat.
Thursday 10/25 @ 10 - B-Side Players with special guests Salvador Santana Band and Cipes and The People
Friday 10/26 - Opie Hendrix & The Texas Tallboys, LL Cooper, and Angie Stevens @ 10
Saturday 10/27 - Fastball @ 11:30 plus Dune TX @ 10. Doors open @ 8pm
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...
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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