"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 #5.1 ...... Austin TX ...... October 4, 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! Grady will be playing a 9pm warm-up show on Wednesday 10/10. Unfortunately, due to a non-life threatening medical condition, Billy Maddox had to leave the band, and they are now trying to work in that perfect drummer to replace him. A mighty tall order, if you ask me. Billy was born to be their drummer. Oh well. Gordie Johnson recently stated in an interview with Guitarist UK, “We’re trying to find the common ground between punk, metal and gospel. I like to think we sound like Motorhead just got the job of backing up John Lee Hooker.” As reviewed in L.A. magazine Access: “GRADY has enough low end buzz and slide guitar to shake down the walls of the Alamo.” Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys lead singer/ Alternative Tentacles owner) has enthused “You guys are the missing link between Junior Brown and Black Flag.”
I promised my friends that I'd get off my soapbox, but please check out John Mellencamp's video "Jena." Be sure to share this video with all of your friends. Pass it on! There has been a thread set up on John's message board to discuss the video, click HERE to check it out. Audio of the song has been put on John's MySpace page in his music player. Head over there to listen to it today. Put it on your MySpace page too!
The song and video are inspired by today's headlines about the Jena Six. Jena, Louisiana - Six black teenagers are accused of beating a white student.
The incident followed white students hanging nooses from a tree on school grounds. Initially five of the "Jena Six" teens were charged with attempted 2nd degree murder, to be tried as adults by an all-white jury.
Keep readin' & rockin'.... Dianne
Help keep the Live Music Capital of the World healthy!
The mission of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is to provide access to affordable health care for Austin's low income, uninsured musicians, focusing on prevention and wellness.
Austin is the "Live Music Capital of the World," yet many professional working musicians are self-employed and rarely have access to health insurance. Without insurance, they can't afford preventive health care, including primary medical care, basic dental services and mental health counseling.
HAAM Services Include:
- Mental Health counseling provided by SIMS Foundation.
- Primary Health Care provided by Seton Healthcare Network.
- Dental Care services provided by St. David's Community Health Foundation Leadership.
The music industry is an important contributor to Austin's economy:
- Nearly $1 billion in economic activity, more than $25 million in local tax revenue each year.
- It provides 11,200 jobs.
- Austin has more than 8,000 musicians.
- Millions of dollars added to the city's economy and tens of thousands of visitors from around the world brought annually by Austin City Limits Music Festival and South By Southwest Music & Media Conference.
- Source: Texas Perspectives, City of Austin, 2004
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 ($10) when Toni Price returns for a HippieWeen Party!
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 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.
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 Eric 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.
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 10/10 when Grady plays @ 9, Dustin Welch & The House Band @ 10:30, James McMurtry @ 12; 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 & Friends all night long! @ 10
Friday October 5 @ 10:00, 12:00. $10 - There are great singers and there are great entertainers: Wanda Jackson is both, and her shows are energy packed. On one tour in France she was billed as "Hurrican Wanda" and she did not disappoint them. "Fujiyama Mama" was the #1 song in Japan for six months. Wanda has been nominated for the Grammy Award twice as the best performing female singer, inducted into the Oklahoma Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the International Hall of Fame, the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the Oklahoma Native Daughter Award. Wanda has been on the final ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (although she has yet to be chosen for induction!), and has been honored with the country’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts with a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship. "Jackson was the first to bring a woman's intuition into the boys' club of early rock N roll." ~RollingStone.com. A New York City Production firm, KPI, and an independent film producer from L A, Joanne Fish, have followed Wanda and her husband Wendell Goodman from Hollywood to Helsinki.They have filmed her concerts, recording sessions, traveling, and interviewing a great number of people, fans, and Stars for a Feature Length, HD Documentary. The Smithsonian sponsored The Nice Lady With A Nasty Voice and it is to be aired on the Smithsonian channel in the future.
Saturday October 6, @ 10:00, 11:30. $15 - Teisco del Rey plays guitar "instrumentals that are part Surf, part greasy R&B, part 1960s punk, part B-movie hot rod anthems "- and all trashy fun. This Austin guitarist and instrumental music visionary takes his name from a particularly cheesy brand of budget electric guitar. He surrounds himself with some of the best Roots music players in town and proceeds to tear his way through a primer of two-fisted instrumentals." ~Rhapsody.com Doyle Bramhall celebrates the release of Is It News w/special guests Casper Rawls, Nick Curran, and C.C. Adcock. Texas music has never had a better friend than Doyle Bramhall. From his early days in Dallas bands to writing classics like "Wall of Denial" and "House Is Rockin'" with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bramhall's legendary vocals and songs expand the reach of modern blues. Is It News is the album he's been waiting to make his whole life. With the best Texas guitarslingers, a dozen new originals and a voice for the ages, Doyle Bramhall brings it all home on Is It News. Produced by C.C. Adcock and Doyle Bramhall.
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 music 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 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 & 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. 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.
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Coming.... Sunday 10/14, $6: Heybale w/Earl @ 10.... Monday 10/15, $5: *Blue Mother Tupelo*, *Scott Nolan* w/Gurf Morlix @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Django's Moustache @ 6:30.... Tuesday 10/16, $5: Chicken Strut, Barfield @ 10; Happy Hour, $5: Planet Casper featuring The LeRoi Brothers @ 6:30.... Wednesday 10/17, $7: James McMurtry, Dustin Welch @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: Elana James @ 6:30... Thursday 10/18, $7: O:A, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Zapata! @ 10, Happy Hour, no cover: Mario Matteoli @ 6:30.... Friday 10/19, $12: *Swamp Dogg*, Larry Lange & his Lonely Knights @ 10; Happy Hour, no cover: The Blues Specialists @ 6:30.... Saturday 10/20, $10: Brothers & Sisters, The Black, Katy Mae @ 9:30; Matinee, no cover: Erik Hokkanen @ 3pm.... 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
Music History 101
1929 - Leroy Van Dyke was born in rural Pettis County, Missouri: "Walk on By," "Auctioneer," "If a Woman Answers"; film: What am I Bid? "Walk On By," recorded in 1961 by Mercury's Leroy Van Dyke, was named the biggest all-time country hit by Billboard magazine in its 100th anniversary issue (November 1, 1994). Based on sales, radio airplay and amount of time on the country charts, Van Dyke's "Walk On By" was designated the #1 recording for the period of October 20, 1958, through June 25, 1994.
1943 - "Is You is or is You Ain’t My Baby?" was the musical question by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five on this day on Decca Records1962 - "Love Me Do" the Beatles' first single was released with "P.S. I Love you" on the B-side
1966 - It was, indeed, a "Sunny" day for singer Bobby Hebb, who received a shiny gold record award for his song.
1970 - Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27. Joplin, known for her passionate, bluesy, vocal style, was the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company. She became a superstar with hits like, "Down on Me," "Pearl" (her nickname) and "Piece of My Heart"; but "Me and Bobby McGee" was her only certified top 40 hit. The Bette Midler movie, The Rose, was based on Joplin’s life.
1978 - Tammy Wynette, popular country music singer, was abducted, roughed up and held in her car for two hours by a kidnapper. The man, wearing a ski mask, held a gun on Wynette and forced her to drive 90 miles from Nashville, Tennessee. She was later released and the kidnapper escaped.
1980 - "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1995 - Chart Toppers
Fantasy - Mariah CareyGangsta’s Paradise - Coolio featuring L.V.Runaway - Janet JacksonI Like It, I Love It - Tim McGraw1997 - "4 Seasons of Loneliness," by Boyz II Men, was the #1 single in the U.S. The song, from their Evolution album, was number one for one week.
1943 - Steve Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin- singer, songwriter: group: The Steve Miller Band: The Joker, Rock’n Me, Fly Like an Eagle, Jet Airliner, Abracadabra, Take the Money and Run
1949 - B.W. Stevenson was born in Dallas, TX - singer: Shambala; songwriter: My Maria
1951 - Bob Geldof was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland - singer, songwriter: group: Boomtown Rats: Looking After No. 1, She’s So Modern, Rat Trap, I Don’t Like Mondays, This is the World Calling, Love like a Rocket; organized fund-raising group: Band Aid
1958 - This was the day that saw the record charts dominated by a folk song for the first time. It was 1958 and The Kingston Trio scored with Tom Dooley. The story, told in song, is of an embittered Civil War veteran, Tom Dula. It seems that he had been forced to make a confession just before having to face the gallows, saying that he had killed his girlfriend out of jealousy. Some said he was innocent. The story became a folk song in the 1860s, and The Kingston Trio, a group of clean-cut, shorthaired, button-down shirted, young men, rode the folk revival to fame and fortune with their rendition of Tom Dooley.1962 - The Beatles’ first hit (in the U.K.), Love Me Do, was released in the United Kingdom.
1965 - Adding to his many credits, accolades and honors, Henry Mancini received a gold record for the soundtrack LP from the movie, The Pink Panther.
1974 - The Beach Boys’ Endless Summer was the #1 album in the U.S. The lovely Olivia Newton-John had the number-one single. I Honestly Love You was #1 for two weeks. The album that single was taken from, If You Love Me, Let Me Know, hit number one the following week after the one-week run by the Beach Boys. Tracks on Endless Summer: Surfin’ Safari, Surfer Girl, Catch a Wave, The Warmth of the Sun, Surfin’ USA, Be True to Your School, Little Deuce Coupe, In My Room, Shut Down, Fun, Fun, Fun, I Get Around, Girls on the Beach, Wendy, Let Him Run Wild, Don’t Worry Baby, California Girls, Girl Don’t Tell Me, Help Me, Rhonda, You’re So Good to Me, All Summer Long and Good Vibrations. The double-album not only hit number one, it spent almost three years on the charts, and went gold.1992 - The Temptations’ Eddie Kendricks died. His wavering falsetto vocals were a major part of the group’s sound throughout their first decade on Motown Records. He was singled out as lead vocalist on their first major hit, The Way You Do the Things You Do and the 1966 Get Ready.
2000 - The Beatles Anthology, a $60, 367-page book with 1,200 photos included, went on sale this day.
1927 - “Mammy, how I love you, how I love you, my dear old mammy!” It was Al Jolson in blackface, singing in the first full-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer, as it opened in New York City this day in 1927. In reality, The Jazz Singer was not a true talkie. There were only 291 spoken words in the landmark film; however, it was the first to integrate sound and this small amount of dialogue into a story through the Vitaphone disk process; and the first to entertain a large audience. The talking part was mostly singing, and it was Al Jolson who made the flick a success, proving to the critics that an all-talking film could work. (Because he didn’t think the pioneer of talkies would be all the rage, George Jessel actually turned down the starring role; as did Eddie Cantor.) A silent version of the film was released to movie theaters who had not yet popped for the $20,000 or so that it cost to rewire their venue.
The audience was thrilled with Jolson’s sound performance as a cantor’s son, Jake Rabinowitz, rejecting the world he came from to become a singer of popular music, changing his name to Jack Robin in the process. Although not jazz as we know it, the songs Al Jolson sang became part of American music culture: Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye), Blue Skies, Waiting for the Robert E. Lee and, of course, My Mammy.
For those truly with a need to know, Neil Diamond did not audition for Jolson’s part when finding out that Jessel had turned it down. Diamond performed in a remake of The Jazz Singer in 1980.
As Jolson said, “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” Maybe, through the wonders of modern technology, we could hear Jolson and Diamond together, in concert. That would be the Mammy of all jazz singin’.
1946 - Millie Small (Smith) was born in Clarendon, Jamaica - singer: My Boy Lollipop; known as ‘The Blue Beat Girl’ in her native Jamaica.
1961: Chart Toppers:Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby VeeHit the Road Jack - Ray CharlesRunaround Sue - DionWalk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1964 - Matthew Sweet was born in Lincoln, Nebraska - musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: Girlfriend.
1978 - Mick Jagger apologizes for what some say are racist lyrics in the Rolling Stones' "Some Girls" album, 1978
1979 - Chart ToppersSad Eyes - Robert JohnDon’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough - Michael JacksonSail On - CommodoresLast Cheater’s Waltz - T.G. Sheppard
1927 - Al Martino (Cini) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - singer: Here in My Heart, I Love You Because, I Love You More and More Each Day, Spanish Eyes, Mary in the Morning; actor: The Godfather, The Godfather, Part 3
1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp was born in Seymour, Indiana - singer: Jack and Diane, Cherry Bomb, Get a Leg Up, Hurts So Good; LPs: American Fool, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow; songwriter: Colored Lights
1959 - World-famous tenor Mario Lanza died. He was 38 years old. Lanza went from listening to Enrico Caruso 78s in his parents’ South Philadelphia row house to playing Caruso in the 1951 feature film, "The Great Caruso". In the late 1940s and 1950s, Lanza became one of America’s most popular operatic tenors. Numerous annual Lanza music festivals are still held, most prominently at the Mario Lanza Museum in Phildelphia.1967 - Toni Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland - Grammy Award-winning singer: Another Sad Love Song [1993], Breathe Again [1994], Un-Break My Heart, You're Makin’ Me High [1996]
1969 - Put on your headband, love beads, surfer’s cross and give the peace sign. It was on this day that The Youngbloods hit, Get Together, passed the million-selling mark to achieve gold record status. And just try to get into those bell bottom hiphuggers...
1975 - The U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s order to deport Beatle John Lennon. The INS had officially denied John the right to live in America because of his 1968 marijuana conviction in London, but the Court of Appeals determined that under U.S. law Lennon’s guilty plea to possession of one ounce of cannabis resin couldn’t be used as grounds to prevent him from obtaining permanent residency, and therefore he had been prosecuted unjustly. The court called “Lennon’s four-year battle to remain in our country ... a testimony to his faith in this American dream.”
1976 - Taylor Hicks was born in Birmingham, Alabama - singer: talent-show winner [2006]: American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
1995 - Alanis Morrissette’s Jagged Little Pill album made it to number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The album, in its fifteenth week on the chart, featured these tracks: All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, Perfect, Hand in My Pocket, Right Through You, Forgiven, You Learn, Head Over Feet, Mary Jane, Ironic, Not the Doctor, Wake Up. Jagged Little Pill was #1 for two weeks.1948 - Johnny Ramone (Cummings) was born in Long Island, New York - musician: guitar: group: The Ramones: Beat on the Brat, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, Do You Remember Rock ’n’ Roll Radio?, We Want the Airwaves, The KKK Took My Baby, Howling at the Moon; died Sep 15, 2004.
1963 - Chart Toppers:
Blue Velvet - Bobby VintonBe My Baby - The RonettesCry Baby - Garnet Mimms & The EnchantersAbilene - George Hamilton IV1965 - C.J. Ramone (Christopher Ward) was born on Long Island, New York - musician: bass: group: The Ramones: I Don’t Want to Grow Up, Main Man, Strength To Endure, The Crusher
1974 - Then Came You, by Dionne Warwicke and The Spinners, went solid gold this day. While the editors are poring over the proper spelling of her name, might we add that due to some superstitious feeling having to do with astrology, the former Ms. Warwick changed her name for good luck to Warwicke. It apparently worked. That is, until she went solo again upon meeting Barry Manilow in the early 1980s. Tunes like, I’ll Never Love This Way Again, Deja Vu and hits with Johnny Mathis, Luther Vandross and some friends made it OK to be just Dionne Warwick again.1984 - Anne Murray won the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award this day for A Little Good News. Murray was the first woman to win this award.
1940 - John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool, England - composer; musician; one fourth of the famed rock group, The Beatles; husband of Yoko Ono; father of Julian and Sean. It’s hard to imagine what the world would be like without his influence on music.
There is hardly a soul anywhere in the world who isn’t familiar with the songs he wrote as half of the team of Lennon and McCartney. When The Beatles were no longer touring, John Lennon collaborated with Yoko Ono in avant-garde works. He then began to express his political views through his music, and in some cases, his actions. Live Peace in Toronto was his first gesture for world peace. And, he returned the coveted Order of the British Empire award (the MBE) to protest British involvement in the Nigerian Civil War. He continued his quest for peace in Give Peace a Chance and with his bed-in for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton following his marriage to Yoko Ono.
His music traced his lifestyles, his views, his childhood, his pain, and jubilation: Cold Turkey, Instant Karma, Mother, Working Class Hero, Jealous Guy, Crippled Inside and How Do You Sleep. Imagine, from the LP of the same title, became his best known work. It also made a statement, paying homage to nonmaterialism. Then there was the LP, Sometime in New York City, filled with anti-establishment verses. Mind Games and Walls and Bridges followed. Whatever Gets You Through the Night was cause for celebration. It was his first solo #1 hit in the U.S. Lennon then recorded an LP with Yoko, each alternating songs on Double Fantasy. He celebrated his son Sean with Beautiful Boy, his wife with Woman and his new life with both in Just like Starting Over.
He had barely begun to start over when, on December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building.
It’s hard to Imagine ...
1944 - Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh) was born in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, Jamaica - singer, musician: homemade instruments: reggae with Bob Marley
1948 - (Clyde) Jackson Browne was born on a U.S. Army base in Heidelberg, West Germany - songwriter, singer: Doctor My Eyes, Running on Empty, Somebody’s Baby, The Pretender, Lawyers in Love
1967 - “And now...heeeeeeeeerrrree’s the Doctor!” Coming out of the NBC Tonight Show Orchestra to become musical director of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Doc Severinsen replaced Skitch Henderson on this night. Doc became famous for an eccentric wardrobe, quick wit, great trumpet solos and fabulous charts. Tommy Newsome became Doc’s backup arranger for many of the tunes the band played. Later, Doc and the band would move to solo albums, group CDs and incredibly successful concert tours. Doc went on to play with various symphony orchestras and even became the owner of a custom trumpet company in the San Francisco Bay Area.
1973 - Priscilla Presley, was divorced from Elvis -- in Santa Monica, CA. ‘Cilla’ got $1.5 million in cash, $4,200 per month in alimony, half interest in a $750,000 home plus about 5% interest in two of Elvis’ publishing companies.1973 - Speaking of riches, Paul Simon got a gold record this day for his hit, Loves Me like a Rock. The record was Simon’s first million-selling single as a solo artist.
1975 - John Lennon turned 35. To celebrate, Yoko Ono presented John with a newborn son, Sean Ono Lennon.
1979 - Styx released what would become a megahit. Babe hit number one on December 8, 1979.
1985 - A 2½-acre garden memorial was dedicated to John Lennon by his widow, Yoko Ono, this day. The memorial in New York City’s Central Park is named Strawberry Fields.
1993 - Nirvana’s In Utero was the #1 LP in U.S. The rest of the top five albums for the week: #2-In Pieces, Garth Brooks; #3-Music Box, Mariah Carey; #4-Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf; #5-River of Dreams, Billy Joel.
1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter was born in Kirbyville, Texas - singer, musician: piano: Since I Met You Baby, I Almost Lost My Mind, I Need You So; songwriter: Ain’t That Loving You Baby, My Wish Come True, Blues at Sunrise; died Nov 8, 1974
1917 - Thelonious (Sphere) Monk was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina - composer, jazz musician: piano: Round Midnight, Misterioso, Straight No Chaser, Blue Monk, Epistrophy; died Feb 17, 1982
1946 - John Prine was born in Maywood, Illinois - singer, songwriter: Sam Stone; LPs: Common Sense, Aimless Love
1954 - David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington, Indiana - singer: group: Van Halen: Jump, Eat ’Em and Smile; solo: California Girls, Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody, Yankee Rose, Just Like Paradise
1958 - Tanya Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas - singer: Delta Dawn, Lizzie and the Rainman, San Antonio Stroll, Here’s Some Love, Texas (When I Die), Pecos Promenade; in film: Jeremiah Johnson
1970 - Neil Diamond reached the #1 spot on the pop music charts for the first time with Cracklin’ Rosie. In 1972, Diamond would reach a similar pinnacle with Song Sung Blue.
1979 - It was a big day for Fleetwood Mac. They received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was also ‘Fleetwood Mac Day’ in Los Angeles, by proclamation of Mayor Tom Bradley. And the group’s new album, Tusk, was unveiled at a record-company party that night. The double-record set took thirteen months to finish and cost over a million dollars.
1983 - Chart Toppers
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie TylerMaking Love Out of Nothing at All - Air SupplyKing of Pain - The PoliceDon’t You Know How Much I Love You - Ronnie Milsap1987 - Whitesnake’s Here I Go Again was the #1 single in the U.S. The hit, from the album, Whitesnake, was number one for one week.
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 ToppersLet’s Go Crazy - Prince & The RevolutionI Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie WonderHard Habit to Break - ChicagoEveryday - The Oak Ridge Boys
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 (11), Bob Schneider, Eve Monsees, Mike Musgrove (12), Todd Wolfson, Kevin Klauber (13), Natalie Maines, Chris Thomas [King], Johnny Goudie (14), Rod Moag, Sid King, Artly Snuff, Dave Mintz (15), Thierry LaCoz, Greg Marengi (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), Rosa Parks (10/24/05)
Birthday Legend: * = deceased; italic = Continental Club staff (past & present)
Gary Primich, b. 4/20/1958 - d. 9/23/2007
World class harmonica player Gary Primich died Sunday, September 23, 2007 in Austin, Texas. He was 49. He first picked up a harmonica as a child after hearing Mr. Zip play the theme song introducing the use of zip codes in the U.S. Raised in northwestern Indiana, near the Windy City, Primich cut his teeth on the sounds of Chicago style blues. As soon as he was old enough to sneak into the clubs, he was invited to sit in with blues bands performing at the legendary night spots and juke joints that dot the Chicago landscape. Primich continued to hone his craft performing at Chicago’s historic Maxwell Street open air market where many of America’s greatest blues artists got their start. By the early 80’s he had left the Midwest and headed for Austin, Texas where he became an integral part of the local music scene.
His no nonsense approach to music and non-stop touring won him legions of fans across North America and Europe. Never content to just stand still, Primich was continually taking his music someplace different. He expanded the perceived limitations of his instrument and constantly forged into new and very cool terrain. Throughout his career he released nine albums, wrote dozens of great songs, and lent his talents to recordings by many other artists. He was also a generous and talented mentor. Over the years he taught many aspiring harmonica players in workshops across the country. Gary shared a love of animals with his wife Tina.
He is survived by his father, Jack, and three siblings, Darsha, Tracy and John Brent along with their spouses and children. He is also survived by Tina and their nine beloved animals, Britches, Ruby, Skeeter, Trucker, Ringo, Lefty, Katy, Hattie, and Carly. He will be dearly missed. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to The Oak Hill House, The SIMS Foundation or The Animal Trustees of Austin. A memorial service will be held on October 28, 2007. Further details will be announced as available.
In lieu of flowers, donations to any of Gary's favorite organizations would be greatly appreciated:The Oak Hill House
The SIMS Foundation Please click the "Make a Donation" button which will take you to the SIMS Foundation PayPal donation link. Or, you may send a check or money order to: The SIMS Foundation, PO Box 2152, Austin, TX 78768-2152.
Animal Trustees of Austin
Thank you again for keeping the family in your thoughts and hearts.
A Fusion of Art, Jazz and Cocktails
1313A S. Congress Avenue, Austin TX 78704
Two doors up from The Continental Club
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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
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.
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.
Mondays in October @ 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 October @ 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 October @ 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 October @ 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 will fill in on 10/4 & 10/18. Chris Vestre Group will fill in on 10/11 & on 10/25 if Paris 49 isn't back yet.
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays in October @ 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.
Literati
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 and a full bar is available.
Bringing the Continental tradition to Downtown Houston
3700 Main St, Houston TX 77002
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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!
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 10/4 @ 10 - Graham Wilkinson & The Underground Township
Friday 10/5 - Mando Saenz @ 11:30pm, and Katie Stuckey @ 10!
Saturday 10/6 - WANDA JACKSON Birthday Bash! Wanda Jackson @ 11, and The Octanes @ 9:30! Doors open at 8pm
Upcoming shows at The Continental Club, Houston...
Wednesday 10/10 @ 9 - Eric Tucker's Wicked Wednesdays w/Spoiled Royals, Whiskey Boat, Johnny Falstaff, and The Dolly Rockers!
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.
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.
No Phone - No Pool - No Pets
3714 Main St, Houston TX 77002
Three doors down from The Continental Club
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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!
Upcoming shows at Shoeshine Charlie's BIG TOP Lounge...
Friday 10/5 @ 10 - Paul Beebe
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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!
Thanks,
Pete
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