Fine Line: August, 2006

Just a few recommendations for tonight’s earful-o-music…

Club Dada
Macon-freakin’-Greyson (THE BEST!) / Romp Almighty / Alamo Jet
8 PM

AllGood Cafe
Zounds Sounds Neil Youngsters
7 PM

Double-Wide
Birdmonster / Division Day / Tame, Tame…& Quiet
$5.00 – 9 PM – Highly Recommended

Lee Harvey’s
DeeJay CeePee

Barley House
Charlie Rapier

Suede Bar
Bigloo
$5.00 – 9 PM

Love & War in Texas
Ed Burleson

Hailey’s
Axis w/Glen Squibb & the Reverend Overdrive

Rubber Gloves
The Party with DJ Nature
Free if youse 21+ – $3.00 under 21 – Doors at 10 PM

Wreck Room
Lee & Carl’s Excellent All-Star Jam
Sweet Creamy Goodness

Oh…my…Gawd…

I just found a *gag* Big & Rich CD (single) in my newly-purchased Prilosec box…how utterly apropo…I think I threw-up a little in my mouth…

Perusing venue websites while working on the Fine Line concert calendar, I noticed some mighty tasty upcoming touring shows and thought I’d hip you to them in case you wanna g…g..go…you can pick up tickets to most of these shows at Good Records or CD World…

TONIGHT: Birdmonster (San Francisco) / Division Day (Los Angeles) / Tame Tame…& Quiet at the Double-Wide

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Wednesday, September 13 – Sufjan Stevens at the Lakewood Theater – Presale tickets here.

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Sunday, September 17th – Marah (Philidelphia) / The Drams at Sons of Hermann. Travis you better be there with me for Marah!

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Monday, August 28 – The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players (New York) / Corn Mo (Brooklyn, NY) at the Gypsy Tea Room

Friday, September 1 – Mae (Virginia Beach, VA) / New Amsterdams (Lawrence, Kansas) / Vedera (Kansas City) at Gypsy Tea Room

Thursday, September 14 – deadboy & the Elephantmen (Louisianna) at Gypsy Tea Room

Friday, September 15 – TV on the Radio (Brooklyn, NY) at Gypsy Tea Room

Saturday, September 16 – Cat Power (NYC) at Gypsy Tea Room

Go Here for more upcoming touring shows at Gypsy Tea Room including: Kaki King / Jet / Citizen Cope / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Frank Black / Mute Math / The Decemberists and more.

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Thursday, August 31 – Rob Giles (California) at Bend Studio

Friday, September 8th & Saturday, Sept. 9th – Bob Schnedier (Austin) / Strings Attached (Austin) – at Bend Studio – Getcher tickets

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Wednesday, September 6 – Drums and Tuba (New Orleans) / Fishboy / Man Factory / Comrade at The Cavern

Thursday, September 21 – Rogue Wave (Oakland, CA) / Jason Collett (Toronto) at The Cavern

More upcoming touring shows at The Cavern include: Single Frame / Husky Rescue / Judah Johnson / Maritime / The Stock Market Crash / Say Hi to Your Mom and more.

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Friday, September 15 – Ben Kweller (New York) at The Granada Theater

Saturday, October 15 – Fred Eaglesmith (Canada) at The Granada

Click here for more.

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More to come….

Photo by Lindsay Graham

Local musician Marc Solomon created a loverly little place called Zounds Sounds, which teaches and showcases our young, budding future rockstars. Sarah Hepola penned a piece for the Dallas Observer…

The kids who take music lessons from Marc Solomon don’t have recitals. They have concerts. Recitals require stiff suits and taffeta dresses, church manners and minor anxiety attacks. But these kids wear whatever they want–torn T-shirt, faded jeans, a tie if they’re feelin’ it. Backstage, in between their performances, the kids chat about the show, the vibe, give each other pats on the back. It’s not exactly a paying gig. But for a group of pre-pubes who arrived in the back seat of their parents’ minivans, it ain’t bad.

Thirty-seven-year-old guitar teacher Solomon calls these regular concerts for parents and other camera-toting parties “The Rock Show.” They’re relaxed and casual: wine for the adults, Rice Krispies treats for the kids. The evening’s set list alternates between finger-picked classics and all-out rockers guaranteed to please, anything from the Beatles to Green Day, from Elvis Presley to U2. Back when I was a kid taking piano lessons, our dreaded yearly performances were as nerve-wracking and solemn as a first communion. Not here: This is the kind of place where a 9-year-old once sang the most amazingly tongue-in-cheek version of the Fountains of Wayne MILF anthem, “Stacy’s Mom,” to a great deal of (adult) hooting and hollering. At 10 p.m. or so, when the show has wrapped, the kids are usually spent, lying across fold-out chairs. But it’s not unusual to see a mom on her feet for the finale, throwing devil horns in the air…

Read it all.

I’m gonna load up my young boy-child and haul his adorableness over to AllGood Cafe tonight for the Zounds Sounds rock show, as the Neil Youngsters will perform Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush album….all the while whispering in my young guitar-playing offspring’s ear “see honey, there is life after Post Hardcore Screamo…”

Meet us there and we can wine and dine and dance together. 7:00 PM.

Way back in early 2004, Sally Clark (Strict Management) sent me a copy of Austin-based What Made Milwaukee Famous’ debut, self-released album, Trying to Never Catch Up. At the time I was doing live radio webcasts on both my old blog server (TexasGigs.com) as well as on TexasRadio1.com…entitled…of course…The Fine Line Show. Trying to Never Catch Up went into immediate heavy rotation both on the Internet radio shows, as well as in my personal CD player.

Bandmembers Michael Kincaid and Drew Patrizi not only wrote all the lyrics for this 11-song CD, they also produced it along with co-producer Lars Goransson. A few songs were actually recorded and engineered by our local hero Matthew Barnhart at the Echo Lab in Denton.

I did have the great honor of webcasting WMMF at the (I believe the first) Spune Wall of Sound Festival at Hailey’s in Denton back in 2004. Unfortunately, I was doing live broad/webcasts at the time, so I don’t have a recording of the show. However, I still remember how amazing the band was and how blown-away the crowd was by the band’s sound.

What Made Milwaukee Famous create pop that’s rockin’ enough to shake the rafters at your favorite venue, but would also be a perfect backdrop to a drive down the coast. It’s energetic, forceful, and impassioned.

What Made Milwaukee Famous knows how to build buzz in their local Austin, TX music scene. They’ve done their time at the South by Southwest music festival, been featured on Andy Langer’s Next Big Thing on 101X, and played famed Austin City Limits TV Show (PBS), with Franz Ferdinand no less, as one of few unsigned bands in the show’s 32 year history to ever take the stage.

Already having been celebrated by spots on Billboard and Rolling Stone bands-to-watch lists, as well as appearances on WXPN’s World Café in Philadelphia and Steve Lamacq’s Music Show on the BBC, opening slots with the Arcade Fire and Black Keys, and Snow Patrol, plus their ACL Festival appearance, their debut CD, trying to never catch up, lands the band at the top of their game and ready to take on the world.

Fast-forward to the summer of 2006 (that’s like now), and you’ll find the band signed to Barsuk Records (Aqueduct, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, They Might Be Giants, John Vanderslice, Mates of State, Starlight Mints…etc…) and this week, re-released Trying to Never Catch Up with a handful of songs from the original self-released album, along with some brilliant new tuneage. Click here to purchase a copy.

This week is CD Releaseapalooza for What Made Milwaukee Famous – check it:
Friday, August 25: Waterloo Records in Austin – 5:00 PM – In-Store Performance – Free Beer!
Friday, August 26: The Beauty Bar in Austin – Listening To Party – Free Vodka

You’ll also find the boys on stage at this year’s ACL Fest in Austin on September 16th.

Here’s a track for this fabulous new album:

“Sweet Lady”.mp3

You can also find some tracks on the band’s MySpace page.

Tu…Tu…TueNight…

Club Dada
Callithump Productions Presents and Mix Tapes & Baby Fights Presents:
The Freek Out; Polio=Feet; Beth Featherstone; Bryce Richardson; Cooperation Corp; Hardin Sweaty and the Ready to Go. 1/2 Price Pints! $5 for 21+ & $7 for under 21
Fine Line might be in attendance with mics and cameras, so be sure to stop by and say howdy-do

The Cavern
Upstairs – Wanz Dover’s Lost Generation Downstairs – The Ramonalisas / Fall of Snow / Lovie
$5.00 – Doors at 8 PM

Suede Bar
Mo Robson
$5.00 – 9 PM

Dan’s Silverleaf
The (Mystery Show) Porch
8 PM

Secret Headquarters
Secret Screenings

White Elephant Saloon
Brad Hines (more Texas Country goodness)
7:00 PM

As always, be sure and check with these other durn fine bloggers:
Gorilla vs Bear
We Shot JR
Dreamy Bobby Ewing
Wee Demon

Hosted By: Callithump, LLC & Frank Hejl
When: Tuesday Aug 22, 2006
at 9:00 PM
Where: Club Dada
2720 Elm St
Dallas, TX 75226
US
Description:
The Freek Out; Polio=Feet; Beth Featherstone; Bryce Richardson; Cooperation Corp; Hardin Sweaty and the Ready to Go. 1/2 Price Pints! $5 for 21+ & $7 for under 21.

Click Here To View Event

…then maybe I can record something for Wee Demon’s Sad Bastard Podcast…

“Many of the teachers and performers involved are friends of yours. This is a series of free day and evening parties happening this week (starting tomorrow). You’ll get to make stuff, including comic strips, buttons and more. You’ll get to learn how to play the saw or ukelele, see the Theater Fire and Video shoot the Tah Dahs. See below…”

The YarisWorks Roadshow extravaganza has been curated by leading members of local arts/music communities in partnership with Venus Zine. It consists of a series of FUN craft workshops for you to participate in on your lunch break. Learn something, make something and take your craft (and the knowledge you gained) home with you!

It also consists of two nights of interactive nighttime parties (called “collaborations”). One of the nights will feature a special gallery exhibit on “creativity in the everyday” made up of photos submitted to the website.

A festive, outdoor celebration on the weekend brings the Roadshow to a close. So, roll up your sleeves and get in there! Click on individual activities for more details.

DIY Food Class
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, August 23, 2006
@ Farmers Market
Harwood and Marilla Streets
Dallas, TX

Your food mission, if you choose to accept it, is to correctly combine dry ingredients with what those in the know like to call “the dipping agent.” Should you accept this mission, you will learn to make a delicious, portable lunchtime snack with an explosion of flavor. This message will self-destruct in 5…4…3…2…1…!!!!!

Instructors: Kristi Coleman

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Wallet Making
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, August 23, 2006
@ Make
2632 Thomas Ave.
Thomas Ave. at Boll St.
Dallas, TX 75204

Learn how to make unique bi-folded wallets. Use your imagination, creativity, and the supplies we will provide to make a wallet that fits your personality!

Instructors: Monica Martinez

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Creative Curtaining & Glass Etching
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, August 24, 2006
@ Make
2632 Thomas Ave.
Thomas Ave. at Boll St.
Dallas, TX 75204

Join our No-Sew curtain class where you will have the opportunity to learn three different techniques to make amazing curtains! Create glamorous sequined curtains, interesting themed curtains, and easy meadow curtains. Use our techniques and your own creativity to create beautiful curtains that will turn your rooms into your own miniature paradise.

Also, participants will learn to beautifully hand etch a set of glasses using a simple process.

Instructors:
Monica Martinez
Julie McCullough Kim

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Multiple Camera Video Shoot & Button Making
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, August 24, 2006
@ Good Records
1808 Lower Greenville
Dallas, TX 75226
(214) 752-4663

Are you ready for a once in a lifetime experience? Do you want to be a part of music history? Well you can be! Local filmmaker and producer Kris Youmans instructs and directs a video shoot and you will have the chance to participate. Inside Dallas’ most beloved indie record store, a select group of participants will have the opportunity to film The Tah-Dahs playing a gig!!!

Kris will then edit the footage to create a lasting memory of the event. But the fun doesn’t stop there! Learn how to use colored paper to create your own buttons on a button making machine. Bring a friend and have a great time!

Instructors: Kris Youmans

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Button Making
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, August 25, 2006
@ Gachet Coffee Lounge
1804 Lower Greenville
Dallas, TX 75226

Cool guy Josh McKibben shows participants how to make their own buttons using magazine, markers, and paper that will be provided. Gachet also provides free iced coffee.

Roadshow, Clinic

Instructors: Josh McKibben

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Comic Making
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, August 25, 2006
@ Avenue Arts Venue
825 Exposition Ave.
Dallas, TX 75226
(214) 827-0351

Attend a Live Comic Event with David Hopkins and Brock Rizy. Paper covered walls, drawing started by local artists. Let’s all take turns, and let’s have everyone color and play. Plus enjoy great tunes spun by DJ Stephen R and food by Meridian Room!

Instructors:
Brock Rizy, David Hopkins, Kristian Donaldson

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How to Make Boutique Style Soaps
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, August 25, 2006
@ Make
2632 Thomas Ave.
Thomas Ave. at Boll St.
Dallas, TX 75204

Attendees will be able to make their own glycerin soaps with dried flowers, herbs, and popular scents. After setting in the molds for just a few moments, the soaps will be ready for participants to take them home.

Instructors: Julie McCullough Kim

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Learn a New Instrument
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, August 25, 2006
@ Zounds Sounds
1203 N Haskell
Dallas, TX 75206

Ever wonder how people play the saw, the washboard or coconut shells? Or even the guitar or drums. Well, we’ve got them all and teachers, too. And stick around to enjoy live entertainment by Theater Fire.

Instructors:
Mike Saunders, James Talambas, Curtis Heath, Marc Solomon

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Block Party
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, August 26, 2006
@ Tietze Park
2700 Skillman Ave
Skillman Ave. at Vanderbilt
Dallas, TX

Join us for DJ’s, button making, soap making and food by Kalachanjii’s vegan BBQ.

Instructors:
Kristi Coleman, Josh McKibben and Julie McCullough Kim

Check out the CD Sampler too.

Photo by Allison V. Smith

Coke, (the sip, not the snort) awarded Creede Williams Singer-Songwriter of the Month.

I figure right about now Creede is cruising across the Brooklyn Bridge in his new Jeep sippin’ a Coca-Cola…life is indeed mighty-fine in Creedeville…

She may be Wee but she’s quite the Demon.

Got a sad, bastardy, pissed off song for the Wee Demon Sad Bastard Podcast 2?

This month’s theme is “Songs for the One Who Dun’ya Wrong”

So, you know, weeping, gnashing of teeth, throwing beer bottles across the room.

Send in your submission to wee.demon@gmail.com.

I’m going to write a song about the life-wasting 5 minutes I spent watching that tool Kevin Federline on the 2006 Teen Choice Awards…what can I say, I love trainwrecks…talk about a “Dun’ya wrong” song…sheesh…

Red Monroe is Eric Steele, Neal Wadley, Matt Moffitt, Jeff Gilroy, Andrew Snow, who make up one amazing freakin’ band. I feel like I’ve known this band forever, but it’s only been a couple of years. Nice guys. Great music. Plus, I simply adore their manager Chance Wimberly.

So it was quite a treat being able to, not only enjoy, but also to record their performance at Good Records this past Saturday.

Red Monroe’s sound is nearly impossible to categorize. Incorporating elements of folk, rock, punk, jazz, and techno, the band emphasizes the function of its art rather than its form. With the progressive mentality of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and The Velvet Underground, Red Monroe fuses its individual band members’ diverse influences into polarizing, yet captivating music. An experiment in eclecticism, the band attempts to express the sentiment and creativity of each individual songwriter. This is a band with something to say, lyrically and musically, and with the courage and commitment to say it. To see Red Monroe live is to grasp the depth of the experiment. Considering all songs are written live in “the room”, it should come as no surprise that a Red Monroe show is big, bursting with creative energy.

Courtesy of ACIDplanet

Too bad my picture taking skills are less than bad…but hey, I was juggling an audio recorder, a camera and a packed Good Records.

Red Monroe’s self-titled album drops today. Getcherself a copy at Good Records during your lunch hour.

You can catch Red Monroe along with Voot Cha Index and Pleasant Grove at the Wreck Room this Saturday, August 26th – and this is a line-up that’s worth every damn cent and every damn murdered brain cell.

Red Monroe live at Good Records – 8/19/06

Sharpen up them #2′s cuz it’s time to vote for your favorite…um…most everything in the Dallas Observer Best Of issue. There’s a helluva lotta music stuff to vote for so get crackin’!

Can I getta Voot Voot! That’s 2…2…2…Voot Voots!

“The Accordian Song” and So-Long to Jan Michael Guerra

Our boy Creede Williams will perform on August 24th in Central Park (among other dates) for this wicked-awesome little tour:

Uncharted: The Jeep® Compass Music Tour to Feature Emerging Music Artists Playing Free Concerts Across the U.S.

* G. Love & Special Sauce Kick Off Multi-City Tour with Free Concert in New York’s Central Park on Thursday, August 24
* Central Park concert includes eight emerging artists who will then tour the country performing 320 free concerts with the all-new 2007 Jeep Compass

Auburn Hills, Mich. – The Jeep® brand announced today that eight emerging artists will tour the country performing 320 free concerts in an Uncharted: The Jeep Compass Music Tour launching the all-new 2007 Jeep Compass.

The tour kicks off Thurs., Aug. 24 with a free concert in New York City’s Central Park featuring headliner G. Love & Special Sauce and the eight emerging artists.

“The Jeep Compass music tour kick-off concert and subsequent grassroots concerts are a great opportunity to expose a wide audience to some new, really talented artists,” said G. Love. “We are excited to be part of the New York event and look forward to making some great music.”

Following the Central Park kick-off event, Uncharted: The Jeep Compass Music Tour hits the road, with the emerging artists touring eight regions of the country and performing at stops – some planned and some spontaneous – in their designated region. The performance stops will be at traditional concert venues and public locations that are popular with music-oriented audiences. During each performance, the artists will incorporate the all-new Jeep Compass with its flip-down rear lift gate speakers.

“The artists in Uncharted: The Jeep Compass Music Tour were selected for their ‘true-to-themselves’ sound. Similar to the Jeep brand, they are authentic and original,” said Jay Kuhnie, Director – Jeep Communications. “Through this concert series, we want to reach a new audience who are not traditional Jeep buyers, but a much younger group that makes music a part of its lifestyle. G. Love is an excellent choice to kick off the concert series with his unique sound and popularity with the people we want to reach.”

Fans can track the tour and listen to the artists on the Jeep Compass Uncharted MySpace page (www.myspace.com/jeep). The MySpace page will include a tour schedule of performance dates and locations, downloadable videos and pictures from performances, and an interactive chat with other fans.

The 2007 Jeep Compass expands the Jeep brand into a new territory with an all-new modern-styled compact Jeep that delivers fun and utility, while Uncharted: The Jeep Compass Music Tour is an opportunity for emerging artists to expose their music to a wider audience.

“The Jeep brand has a history of supporting emerging artists at owner events such as Camp Jeep®, so the music tour is a natural extension for us,” said Kuhnie. “It is mutually beneficial. It gives the emerging artists a chance to increase their audience base and gives us the opportunity to showcase the unique features of our newest Jeep vehicle in less traditional settings.”

Uncharted: The Jeep Compass Music Tour

The Thurs., Aug. 24 kick-off concert, featuring headliner G. Love & Special Sauce and eight emerging artists, begins at 6:30 p.m. at Rumsey Playfield in New York’s Central Park. G. Love, whose style is described as blues infused hip-hop, will perform a 75-minute set during the Central Park concert that will include new tracks from his just-released CD “Lemonade” and other favorites. The emerging artists, listed below, will each perform a short set prior to G. Love. Additionally, other artists will perform using the Jeep Compass with its unique flip-down rear lift gate speakers as their stage.

Following are the eight emerging artists and their tour cities for the Uncharted: The Jeep Compass Music Tour, which begins on Aug. 26 at locations across the country. For a more detailed concert schedule, visit www.myspace.com/jeep. All performances are free of charge.

Photographs and biographies of the artists are available on request.

About the Jeep Brand
The Jeep brand’s 65-year history of legendary capability has made it synonymous with freedom, adventure, mastery and authenticity. In 2006, the Jeep brand continues to deliver on its promise to provide rugged, versatile, innovative four-wheel drive vehicles with the recently introduced Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Wrangler 4-door Unlimited, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot.

This expansion of the Jeep brand grows its showroom from three to seven sport utility vehicles following last year’s introduction of the Jeep Commander. The other two Jeep vehicles are the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Liberty.

2007 Jeep Compass
The all-new 2007 Jeep Compass combines the packaging and functionality of a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) with the performance, handling, fuel economy and price of a compact car or small pickup. With a starting U.S. MSRP of $15,985 (including destination charges), Compass is the Jeep brand’s first front-wheel-drive-based product with a fully independent suspension for comfortable on-road ride and handling and fun-to-drive characteristics. Jeep Compass will be available in both front- and four-wheel drive, and will deliver best-in-class 4×4 fuel economy for the compact SUV segment.

Go here for dates, times and some nice ear-candy.

….more Creede Creed Creede coming….

Save the Scene Meeting 4 Agenda:

Meeting 4 Agenda Monday August 21st, 2006 July Alley

1. NEWS and Updates :
~Dallas Observer Best Of Voting
~Non profit status for fund raising
~Taste of Deep Ellum and volunteer sign up
~Aug. Deep Ellum Newsletter new format
~Deep Ellum Parking Signs and Maps
~Club Calendar Forums

2. STS Field Trip: Walking the blocks and taking notes of street lights that are out, vacant properties with window display area and the addresses, empty wall space.

3. Official Organization Name : Originate at least 4 potential names for our official organizations name, then ballot vote on them.

4. Event Planning : Discussion on planning first two fundraisers. Brainstorming and development of event plan and potential dates.

5. Goal Development: Develop target dates and target fund raising amounts.

6. Organization Feedback: Idea proposals from the president and group feedback.

Adair’s – Grant Wiscour & The Infidels

Amsterdam Bar – Badass Jazz Night

Fallout Lounge – A potentially very Happy place to be tonight….nudge, nudge, wink, wink…Tim & Rhett of Happy Bullets do all kinds of whack stuff, and get their talented friends to join in the fun.

Gypsy Tea Room
Simon Dawes / The Films / The Valentines / The Terms
$8.00 – Doors at 8 PM

Standard & Pours
Andy Zipf / Camille Cortinas
Free – 8-10 PM

The Cavern
DJ CeePee Up-Top
10 PM

Balcony Club
Colin Boyd Happy Hour
6-8 PM

Lakewood Bar & Grill
Colin Boyd / Lauren Adelle

Dan’s Silverleaf
The incomparable Paul Slavens

White Elephant Saloon
Jordan Mycoskie / Kurt South

Wreck Room
FWAC Acoustic Monday

I just adore these kids. This is the second time I've recorded Voot Cha Index, once at the old Good Records location, then this past Saturday at the relatively newish location on Lower Greenville.

The new larger stage definitely suits this energetic young band much better.

This is unedited, and I arrived just at the end of one song…video forthcoming…

What a crappy sh*t-filled weekend. I only accomplished one show (which I’m uploading now), was once again reminded that ex-husbands can be total assholes, as well as the reminder that motherly responsibilities can sometimes change even the best laid (and paid-for) plans.

I just returned from Glen Rose, for today, almost 6 years to the day, we closed the books on Buck’s on the Brazos. Very bittersweet, very bittersweet indeed. After spending about 3 of those years making the 90+ mile drive, sleeping in the old stone house with the field mice and giant black hairy spiders, putting together and breaking down luxury tents, scrubbing poop off toilet seats that our lovely campers left for me…well, suffice to say I ain’t gonna miss none of that. However, I will miss the music festivals, along with the divine little tree-covered area that sat just above the Brazos River…and if it were not for Buck’s on the Brazos, I’d have never really known or come to love the live/local music scene.

Just a few bands and artists who performed on Buck soil: Billy Joe Shaver, Rusty Wier, Tommy Alverson, Opie Hendrix, The Lonelies, Thrift Store Cowboys, Jay Johnson, Davin James, John Nitzinger, Steven Fromholz, Terry Rasor, John Evans, The Dust Devils, Joyful Sinners, Larry Joe Taylor, Macon Greyson, Johnny Mack, Scott Copeland, T-Roy Miller, James Hinkle, Fritz Schultz, Alex Whitmore, Bonnie Whitmore, Maren Morris, Johnny Mack, Ed Burleson, Kurt South, Jordan Mycoskie, Ronny Spears, Brian Burns, Randy Hopper, F.Co, Eli Young Band, Eric Hisaw, Trainwreck, Wade Hatton, Zen Bubba, Ryan Turner, Ronny Duwe, Mike Blakely and more more more.

It was a good run…now on to bigger and better…or something like that…

Cindy and Amanda and The Fine Line wish J.D. Whittenburg a damn fine Day o’ His Birth.

Just got done recording at Good Records…good stuff. I’m sitting out front of the Granada in the car on my laptop…heh…heh…

Tonight (these are totally off the top of my head):
Alejandro Escovedo and Milton Mapes at The Granada
Odis, Flying Machine, Hendrick, Tomahawk Molly at Sons of Hermann
Andrea’s Wedding Reception at Lee Harvey’s
Fishing for Comets at AllGood
Speedtrucker at Adair’s
Punk Reunion at the Double-Wide
Kristy Kruger at Standard and Pours
Becky Middleton / Mark Pickerel / Salim Nourallah at Bend Studio
The Mumbles at Barley House
Tico Da Costa / Robert Gomez / Chris Flemmons at Hailey’s
Telegraph Canyon / Pherigo / Sweetgrass at the Wreck Room

Uh-oh, Mike Schwedler just caught me stealing WiFi….gotta go…

Here’s our sub-par concert calendar. I’m still working on it so don’t quote me on any of the information thus far. Now I gotta go buy a place-setting for Andrea and Matt.

I’m so dirty and sweaty and tired…I’ll be quite a treat tonight around other clean, dry, awake folks…

‘Nuther good show I left off cuz of all the brain cells I lost in the aforementioned 80′s.

Cool Beans
Will E. Lee and the divine Sean Kirkpatrick on the rooftop at 10 PM.