Sons of Fathers: "Roots and Vine" Music Video

Sons of Fathers is releasing their second full length album Burning Days on April 2nd. Here is a brand new music video for the title cut "Roots and Vine"!



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Week of 3/25/2013

Billy's Ice
Monday: Wes Nickson
Tuesday: Matt Skinner w/Austin Gilliam
Wednesday: Kyle Reed
Thursday: Fire in the Kitchen
Friday: Matt Begley & Bitter Whiskey
Saturday: Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus
Sunday: Kyle Reed Band

River Road Ice House
Monday: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
Tuesday: Open jam at the bar
Wednesday: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
Thursday: Big Red Drum Showcase: Opie Hendrix
Friday: Fastball
Saturday: Midnight River Choir
Sunday: Jeremy Steding

Gruene Hall
Monday: Mark Jungers, Michael O'Conner and Adam Carroll
Tuesday: Tom Gillam w/Dustin Welch and Colin Brooks
Wednesday: The Georges
Thursday: Zane Williams
Friday: Aaron Watkins w/The Rankin Twins
Saturday:
- 1: Flat Top Jones
- 9: Junior Brown w/The Bellfuries
Sunday:
- 12:30: Slim Bawb
- 5: Susan Gibson

Tavern in the Gruene
Monday: Court Nance and friends
Tuesday: Roots and Branches of Americana from 7-9 then The Blooms
Wednesday:
Thursday: Dry River Religion
Friday: Monty 'Guitar' Tyler
Saturday: 60 Cycle Hum
Sunday: TBA

The Phoenix Saloon
Thursday: Happy hour with James Pardo
Friday: Happy hour with Lucas Taylor
Saturday: The Georges
Sunday: Al Barlow and friends at 2 then True Audio Outland Presents: TBA

The PourHaus
Tuesday: Open mic w/Jon Magill
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: Austin Gilliam
Friday: Daniel Thomas Phipps + TBA
Saturday: Forest Wayne Allen & Birdie Schneider + TBA
Sunday: TBA

Black Whale Pub
Saturday: T-Bone and the Bluetones

Oma Gruene's Secret Garten
Thursday: Jam night!
Friday: Gerry's Kids
Saturday:
- 2: The Headhunters
- 7: Charlie and the Cool Cats
Sunday: Smoke House Blues

Vino En Verde
Friday: The Vagabonds
Saturday: Daniel Thomas Phipps

Buffalo Wings & Rings
Wednesday: Steven Roloff

Los Cucos
Tuesday: Alli Mattice Band
Friday: Alli Mattice Band

Dirty's Bar N Que
Thursday: Steven Roloff and friends
Friday: Dry River Religion open for Jackson Taylor Band & The Sinners, Bikini Contest & Crawfish Boil
Saturday: Buster Jiggs

Riley's Tavern
Monday: Songwriter showcase with John Whipple
Tuesday: TBA
Wednesday: Mike Ethan Messick
Thursday: Ripe Honey
Friday: Buggaboo
Saturday: Austin Mayse

Happy Cow
Saturday: Two Rivers Trio

Cheatham Street Warehouse
Monday: SoldierSongs and Voices at 5 then En Route
Tuesday: Dry River Religion w/TBA
Wednesday: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
Thursday: Jonny Burke w/Lonesome Heroes
Friday: Folk Family Revival w/TBA
Saturday: Amanda Cevallos
Sunday: TBA

Texas Music Theater
Thursday: Blue October
Saturday: Henry and The Invisibles

Momma's Gold Crown Billiards
Wednesday: Open jam night w/Adam Johnson and Ruben Colón, Jr

Triple Crown
Monday: Ali Holder at 6 then Chief & the Doomsday Device
Tuesday: Jo Beth Henderson at 6 then Area You Crazy? + The Canvas People + Bonsai Nation
Wednesday: Nate Guthrie at 6 then July + Andy Evans
Thursday: Tony Taylor at 6 then Hair Farmers + Kabomba! + The Wild Oats
Friday: Callous Taoboys at 6 then Chasca + Ghosts of Dixie + Autumn Improv
Saturday: Mugzy Flowz + Midnight Buffalo + AtomLily
Sunday:

Mercer Street Dance Hall
Saturday: Bo Porter

Hooligan's Bar and Grill
Friday: Two Tons of Steel
Saturday: KISS It (tribute band)

Sam's Burger Joint
Monday: The Copa Kings
Thursday: Charlie Sexton, Will Sexton & Bill Carter w/Matt McCormack & Drew Davis
Friday: Ruben V & Jimmy Spacek (SA Blues Society)
Saturday: Sexto Sol w/Sauce Gonzales & The Westside Horns, Ernie Garibay and Cats Don't Sleep
Sunday:

SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop
Monday: Cheatham Street 5-7pm
Sunday:
• Saxon Pub 1-3pm
• Sam's Burger Joint 1-3pm (every other Sunday)

Artist Spotlight: The Trishas

The Trishas will perform at Ray Wylie Hubbard's Grit 'n Groove Festival on April 6, 2013 at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX. Click here for more details.


During the January 2009 Dickson Productions "The Music Fest" at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 4 singers came together to sing as part of a living tribute to songwriter Kevin Welch. They sang "Satan's Paradise" and "Too Old to Die Young" that were both penned by Welch. Those of us not present at this event can only imagine the reaction the crowd must have had to this group of ladies harmonizing together like they had been singing as a group their entire lives.

Jamie Wilson grew up in Sealy, TX with no substantial musical background or training. She decided she needed to learn guitar after seeing Natalie Maines play guitar during a Dixie Chicks show around late 1999 or early 2000. After a few months of practicing heavily she began to dabble in songwriting and joined a band The Sidehill Gougers. Within a year of LOTS of practice and playing gigs The Gougers released their first album. They continued touring, writing and released an EP and another full length album before splitting in 2009 shortly after the infamous performance by the 4 girls at The Music Fest. During the time since The Trishas was formed Wilson released her own solo album "Dirty Blonde Hair" in 2010 and shortly after that her and her husband Roy had the first baby for the band.

Kelley Mickwee came from Memphis, TN. She took dance and vocal lessons at an early age and joined a band Drasco in her early 20s. She was interested in learning the banjo, but after taking some advice to learn the mandolin from Lloyd Maines she gladly headed down that road. She played as a duo with Jed Zimmerman as Jed and Kelley for a few years. They recorded and released 2 full length albums of mostly original songs by Zimmerman. Kelley and her husband Tim now live in Austin along with their beloved dog Josey.

Savannah Welch is the daughter of Kevin and one of two children that have found themselves enjoying careers in music having been raised in a musical family. Savannah however didn't take exactly the same road as her brother Dustin. She moved to Austin from her childhood home in Nashville at the age of 18 to attend film school at the University of Texas. After her first year she abandoned film school and began acting in both Austin and Los Angeles. She has had numerous roles in short and feature length films even throughout the time since the Trishas formed in 2009. However, after jumping up on stage and singing with brother Dustin during gigs at his Momo's Monday night residency and even performing some of her own songs she wrote, she began to focus more on music as well. Savannah and her husband Roy live in the Austin area and added the latest baby to The Trishas in 2012.

Liz Foster was born in Seagoville, TX and moved quite a bit as a child. She was raised in a musical family, although none of them pursued a career in music. At the age of 15 Liz was a touring musician on the Texas Opry Circuit and later toured for a few years as a member of a motown revue while beginning to write songs. Liz later teamed up with Lincoln Durham as the duo Liz and Lincoln. They toured and sang together as a husband and wife team for part of 2008 and 2009 and even planned on performing together at The Music Fest in 2009 together.

Through varied circumstances and meshing plans for the girls to sing at the Kevin Welch tribute; the girls got together at the Wimberley home of Kevin Welch in late 2008 to practice. Judy Hubbard was present to witness history in the making, and offered on the spot to manage this new band. The girls practiced the 2 songs they performed at The Music Fest as well as Welch's "That's What I Like About You" that had been recorded by Trisha Yearwood. The song ended up getting cut for the tribute, but the girls had jokingly called each other "Trisha" numerous times during rehearsal and in a pinch for a band name they ended up choosing The Trishas as an easy out.

Very soon after performing at The Music Fest, the girls were recruited to work the merchandise table at the inaugural "Grit 'n' Groove" Festival in April of 2009 in Luckenbach. Although not on the official bill for the show, they joined Ray Wylie Hubbard on stage and sang "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" with him, then performed "Satan's Paradise" as well. Since then they have been the only act to be a part of every Grit 'n' Groove Fest.

The girls have co-written and collaborated with numerous Austin area musicians such as Jason Eady. I've personally seen Jamie do Gruene Hall front-room song swaps with Jason, and Kelly and Jamie joined Cody Braun as additonal members of Jason's Band at the 2012 KNBT Americana Music Jam. Courtney Patton holds the high honor of being the only songwriter other than Trishas members to have a song included on the 2012 album "High Wide and Handsome". Jamie has provided background vocals on at least 2 of Chris King's songs "Parade" from his 2010 EP Bexar County, and "Man Enough" on his January 2013 full length album 1983. Mike Ethan Messick had vocal support from Jamie on "Fools of Us All" and The Trishas and Mark Jungers on "Must Be Time" both from his 2011 album The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday. The girls also released a short documusical called "Live Girls" on their YouTube channel in December 2011; and the soundtrack was a recording of The Trishas doing Ethan's "Must Be Time". I made a personal request to the band to perform this song at the 4th Grit 'n' Groove Fest. Join us on April 6th at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels and see if it makes the set list!

This is the "Live Girls" video with Mike Ethan Messick's "Must Be Time" sung by The Trishas.


Links:
The Trishas website
The Trishas Facebook page
The Trishas Twitter feed

Week of 3/18/2013

Billy's Ice
Monday: David D. Stewart
Tuesday: Brandon Matthew Band
Wednesday: Band of Bandits
Thursday: Austin English and The Resurrection
Friday: Jeff Strahan
Saturday: The Old 300 w/Midnight River Choir
Sunday: Leland Williams

River Road Ice House
Monday: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
Tuesday: Open jam at the bar
Wednesday: True Audio Outland
Thursday: Trevor Cole Band
Friday: Johnny Lee w/Thieving Birds
Saturday: Matt Cline
Sunday: Red Dirt Ramblers w/StoneFace Cowboys

Gruene Hall
Monday: Jordan Minor and the Bottom Dollar Band
Tuesday: Tish Hinojosa, Marvin Dykhuis and a special guest
Wednesday: The Georges
Thursday: Chubby Knuckle Choir cd release
Friday: Bonnie Bishop
Saturday: Ted Russell Kamp at 1 then Bo Phillips opens for Honeybrowne
Sunday: South Austin Moonlighters at noon then Jerry Jeff Walker's Texas Bash 2013

Tavern in the Gruene
Monday: Court Nance and friends
Tuesday: Roots and Branches of Americana with guests Waylon Payne and If Birds Could Fly from 7-9 then The Blooms
Thursday: Texas KGB
Friday: Happy hour with Tony and Claire then The Possum Posse
Saturday: Mike and the Moonpies w/Chris King
Sunday: TBA

The Phoenix Saloon
Thursday: Happy hour with Steven Vee and Kori Free
Friday: Happy Hour with Broseph then James Pardo & The Underestimated
Saturday: Mario Flores & The Soda Creek Band
Sunday: Al Barlow and friends at 2 then True Audio Outland Presents: TBA

The PourHaus
Monday: Bryan Boyce and Paul Rogers
Tuesday: Open mic w/Jon Magill
Wednesday: Chris King and Mike Ethan Messick
Thursday: Joe Woods
Friday: Tony Taylor
Saturday: Empty-Handed Vagabonds then Bryan Boyce Band
Sunday: 3-The Groove Hounds / 6-Larry Martin Sweeney

Blue Bonnet Palace
Thursday: Cameran Nelson "Happy to Beer"

Oma Gruene's Secret Garten
Thursday: Jam night at 6
Friday: Vagabonds Del Sol at 6
Saturday: Chris Ruest Band at 2 / Kim Meeks & Her Bad Habits at 6:30
Sunday: T-Bone and the Bluetones

Vino En Verde
Thursday: T&J Country
Friday: Ken Raba
Saturday: Two Rivers Trio

Buffalo Wings & Rings
Wednesday: Steven Roloff

Los Cucos
Tuesday: Alli Mattice Band
Friday: Alli Mattice Band

Dirty's Bar N Que
Thursday: Steven Roloff and friends
Friday: Farmboys
Saturday: Uppercut Joe

Riley's Tavern
Monday: Songwriter Showscase with John Whipple
Tuesday: Steven Roloff
Wednesday: Jeremy Steding
Thursday: Shannon Lee Nelson
Friday: Glen Collins Band
Saturday: Amanda Jo Cevallos

Lone Star Music (in-store)
Tuesday: Kyle Park at 6:30
Wednesday: Aaron Stephens at 6
Thursday: Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis at 6
Saturday: The Beaumonts at 2

Cheatham Street Warehouse
Monday: Grant Ewing
Tuesday: Brett Hauser and Will Arrington
Wednesday: Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle
Thursday: Brian Keane + Cory Morrow
Friday: Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward
Saturday: Adam Johnson & The Paymes
Sunday: TBA

Texas Music Theater
Friday: Will Hoge w/Stewart Mann & The Statesboro Revue
Saturday: Rich O'Toole cd release with Rosehill and Tyler & The Tribe

Momma's Gold Crown Billiards
Wednesday: Open jam night w/Adam Johnson and Ruben Colón, Jr

SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop
Monday: Cheatham Street 5-7pm
Sunday:
• Saxon Pub 1-3pm
• Sam's Burger Joint 1-3pm (every other Sunday)

Sam's Burger Joint
Monday: Hot Texas Swing Band
Tuesday: TBA
Thursday: Heartless Bastards with Jonny Fritz
Friday: Cory Morrow w/Brian Keane
Saturday: Hadden Sayers
Sunday: Jimmie Vaghan & the Tilt-A-Whirl Band feat Lou Ann Barton

Artist Spotlight: Ray Wylie Hubbard

Ray Wylie Hubbard is the mastermind behind Grit 'n Groove Festival. This one-of-a-kind festival will be held on April 6, 2013 at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX. Click here for more details.



KNBT Texas Style Music Fest - Gruene Hall - October 2011
Ray was born in Oklahoma and lived there until his family moved to Texas when he was 8 years old. He spent the rest of his boyhood years in the Oak Cliff community on the south side of Dallas. After high school graduation in 1965, he began traveling to Red River New Mexico spending his summers honing his singing and songwriting skills. He attended North Texas State University (now UNT) as an English major, and it was during this time that he allegedly spent time at Mother Blues in Dallas, met a stripper and bought a Les Paul gold top from "Jack Jones" for $500 which he apparently raised by selling his father's car on Ross Avenue; allegedly. He also met other fellow songwriters such as B.W. Stevenson, Bob Livingston and Jerry Jeff Walker during the late 60's and early 70's. In 1973 Walker cut Ray's "Up Against The Wall, Red Neck" on his live Viva Terlingua album after pressuring him to complete the song which he did on the spot during a phone call. It was this particular live album recording when Ray was first referred to as Ray "Wylie" Hubbard by Bob Livingston.

A short while later Ray formed a band and cut an album "Ray Wylie Hubbard & The Cowboy Twinkies" which could have been a huge victory and big deal for the young musician, but after becoming the victim of over production by Nashville folk; it's not something he looks back on now with a great deal of pride. Before the close of the 70's after The Cowboy Twinkies disbanded; he began touring with the Lost Gonzo Band and recorded "Off The Wall" on Willie Nelson's Lonestar label. This finally released Ray's hit song "Redneck Mother" as well as a live cut with the Lost Gonzos in full effect, but he didn't enjoy quite the success with it as Walker had at the time. Even so, to this day Redneck Mother has become one of the top requested tunes at live shows and has shared the endearing title of "albatross" with his later hit "Snake Farm". Hubbard's time with the Lost Gonzo Band helped secure their reputation as a band that both Hubbard and Walker stole from each other.

The early 1980s brought two live albums that feel a bit transitional, yet still give you a good feel for where Ray had been and where he was going. "Something About The Night" came out in 1980 and "Caught in the Act" in 1984. Neither scored Ray big praise or awards, but after these 2 albums Ray went into a period of touring, growing his fanbase and finally recovering from a multi-decade alcohol and substance abuse problem. Now I've seen his recovery attributed to some encouraging words from Stevie Ray Vaughn, but I suspect a big part of his continued sobriety was due to his marriage to "Mother Blues door girl" Judy in February of 1989.

Ray's first real record deal came in 1991 with the album "Lost Train of Thought" on which several of Rays big standards and some other great songs originally surfaced including a duet "These Eyes" with Willie Nelson and "Wanna Rock and Roll" that would begin to make regular appearances on Cross Canadian Ragweed set lists in the 90s and appeared on the "Back to Tulsa: Live and Loud At Cain's Balroom" album. Over the next few years Ray released album after album of music that exemplified the masterful songwriter, storyteller and artist he had become. Ray Wylie Hubbard had finally come into his own and earned a well deserved reputation as one of Texas' top songwriters.

In the late 90's Ray and family put down roots in Wimberley, TX and after establishing some local relationships in particular one with station owner/operator Mattson Rainer of 92.1 KNBT FM (New Braunfels Communications) in New Braunfels; they started a weekly radio program called "Roots and Branches of Americana with Ray Wylie Hubbard". Ray interviews songwriters or sometimes full bands and they perform their material live as well as promote new albums and/or touring schedules.

Back to Ray's musical resume, he has continued to release gem after gem including his all-time favorite (just kidding) "Snake Farm" which contains a song by the same title that has become highly requested although it was a bit of a novelty, and I've heard (as I mentioned earlier) it referred to as an albatross that just keeps hanging on for dear life. I happen to like "Snake Farm" and rather enjoy hearing about Ramona's keen sense of humor and the tattoos down her arm. Ray has told a story of a couple that called him from a tattoo parlor wanting to know if the mouse or the python was wearing the sailor hat because they were trying to immortalize the moment of musical history in ink.

Aside from a Vietnam Vets Fundraiser about 20 years ago, the 2009 Grit 'n Groove Fest in Luckenbach was the first music festival that Ray's name has been associated with as headliner and conceptus generalus. It was finally time to pull together a group of musicians that Ray enjoyed listening to. Not only did he have present the likes of Carrie Rodriguez, Hayes Carll, Band of Heathens and several others; he also had the "not yet 100% established" The Trishas there selling merchandise and helping with the festival. This was only 3 months after the girls made their first appearance together as a group at The Music Fest in Steamboat Springs, CO in January of 2009 during a living tribute to Savannah Welch's father, songwriter Kevin Welch. Ray has continued this amazing "one-of-a-kind" festival each year since then with exception of 2012 which he took off to promote the release of his latest amazing album "The Grifter's Hymnal". Grit 'n Groove moved to Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX in 2011 and thankfully for us locals in this area he decided to continue in New Braunfels this year.

See the full line up for 2013 Grit 'n Groove Festival as well as interviews with other artists on the bill, and we hope to see you there on April 6!

Links:
Ray's website
Grit 'n Groove website
Ray's Facebook page
Ray's twitter

Matt Caldwell at Gruene Hall 3/15/2013

Matt Caldwell opened for Roger Creager on 3/15/2013 at Gruene Hall then opened for Lincoln Durham on 3/16/2013 at River Road Ice House. Here is a little of his show at Gruene Hall:



Links:
Matt's website
Matt's Facebook page
Matt's Twitter

Jeremy Steding: New Single Lyin'

Jeremy Steding is an Austin-based singer-songwriter who puts a unique sound on top of a classic country feel. He has released 3 full length albums to date, 2 in 2009 and 1 in 2011. 7 singles have shown up on the Texas charts in the past, and this new single has definitely achieved his best sound to date!

Purchase this great new single on iTunes now!

Reckless Kelly and Round Rock Express

One of our favorite bands Reckless Kelly recently recorded a new official song and shot a video for the Round Rock Express. This video will be played at home games this season and proceeds from the song will go to Reckless Kelly Charitable Youth Foundation.

Buy the song on iTunes, CD Baby or Amazon.

Feed The Soul Benefit at Threadgill's in Austin

Threadgill's World Headquarters
ProductionFor presents FEED THE SOUL* Concert Event 11am until midnight ending with Shooter Jennings CD release party at 10:30

Performing live:
  • Bird & The Early Worms
  • Midnight River Choir
  • The Dirty River Boys
  • Shinyribs
  • Uncle Lucius
  • Cody Canada & The Departed
  • Jason Eady
  • Micky & The Motorcars
  • Shooter Jennings CD release

* all proceeds benefit the food bank

Week of 3/11/2013

Billy's Ice
Monday: Wine Keziah
Tuesday: Tony Taylor
Wednesday: 3 Man Front
Thursday: Bubba Westly & The Interstate Heartbreak
Friday: Nick Verzosa & The Noble Union
Saturday: The Blooms
Sunday: St. Puppies Day Humane Society Benefit with music starting at 4 and American Aquarium closing it out that night!

River Road Ice House
Monday: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
Tuesday: Open bar jam
Wednesday: July (Kurt Grein)
Thursday: Marty & The Must-Haves
Friday: Chris Allbright Band
Saturday: Lincoln Durham
Sunday: Tom Gillam Band

Gruene Hall
Monday: 1-Bo Porter & Redd Volkaert / 6-Bret Graham
Tuesday: 1-Noel McKay & Brennen Leigh then Two Ton Tuesday Spring Break Edition
Wednesday: 12-Slim Bawb then honeyhoney opens for Ryan Bingham
Thursday: 1-Aaron Einhouse Trio / 6-Shane Smith & The Saints
Friday: 12-Tommy Elskes & Stephen Doster then Roger Creager's Texas Fiesta
Saturday: 1-Hot Club of Cowtown then Roger Creager's Texas Fiesta
Sunday: 12:30-Ruby Jane / 5-Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun

Tavern in the Gruene
Monday: Court Nance and friends
Tuesday: Roots and Branches of Americana from 7-9 then The Blooms
Thursday: Court Nance Accident
Friday: Happy hour with Tony and Claire then The Southern Breed
Saturday: Poor J Brown
Sunday: Stewart Mann & The Statesboro Revue

The Phoenix Saloon
Thursday: Happy hour with Broseph (Jorge Gallegos & Dave Perez
Friday: Happy hour with Lucas Taylor, then Lucas Taylor & Old Soul
Saturday: Luke Huggins Band + Kyle Reed
Sunday: Al Barlow and friends at 2 then True Audio Outland w/Andrew Mill

The PourHaus
Tuesday: Open mic w/Jon Magill
Wednesday: Nick Lawrence
Thursday: July (Kurt Grein)
Friday: Drew Kennedy
Saturday: The Captain Legendary Band
Sunday: St. Patrick's Day w/Poor J Brown & TBD

New Braunfels Farm to Market
Saturday 9:30am to noon: Tony Taylor

Oma Gruene's Secret Garten
Thursday: Jam nacht!
Friday: JumboFunk!
Saturday: 1-The Texas Saints / 6-ShakeDown
Sunday: 1-The Blues Buzzards

The Kork Wine Bar
Saturday: Two Rivers Trio

Vineyard at Gruene
Friday: Tony Taylor

Black & Tan Pub
Friday: Two Rivers Trio

Gruene Cricket Pub
Friday: Billy Morgan & The Barn Burners

Buffalo Wings & Rings
Wednesday: B.J. Thibodeaux

Los Cucos
Tuesday: Alli Mattice Band
Friday: Alli Mattice Band

McAdoo's
Sunday: St. Patrick's party with The Old 300 starting at 5

Dirty's Bar N Que
Thursday: Steven Roloff and friends

Riley's Tavern
Monday: Songwriter Showcase with John Whipple
Tuesday: Mark Sebby & Friends
Wednesday: Big Red Drum Artist Spotlight
Thursday: Bruce Smith
Friday: Sarah Gayle
Saturday: Joel Hofmann

Lone Star Music (in-store)
Tuesday: Pake Rossi
Thursday: John Corbett

Cheatham Street Warehouse
Monday: TBA
Tuesday: Elaine Garcia & TX Outriders
Wednesday: Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle
Thursday: My Darling Clementine + Michael Weston King then Cultural Exchange
Friday: T-Bone & The Bluetones
Saturday: Tex Smith then Pake Rossi (cd release)
Sunday: TBA

Texas Music Theater
Friday: Diamond Rio w/Six Market BLVD

The Veranda Rooftop Patio
Tuesday: Bryan Boyce, Paul Rogers and a guest

Hooligan's Bar and Grill
Friday: Bryan Boyce and James Delgado open for Midnight River Choir

Sam's Burger Joint
Monday: TX Pianoman
Tuesday: TBA
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: Robert Randolph & The Family Band w/Patrick Sweany
Friday: The Mavericks w/Seth Walker
Saturday: Sam's Luck 'O' Irish Music Fest
Sunday: Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band + The Stone Foxes

Threadgill's World Headquarters
Tuesday: ProductionFor presents FEED THE SOUL* Concert Event 11am until midnight ending with Shooter Jennings CD release party at 10:30

Performing live:
  • Bird & The Early Worms
  • Midnight River Choir
  • The Dirty River Boys
  • Shinyribs
  • Uncle Lucius
  • Cody Canada & The Departed
  • Jason Eady
  • Micky & The Motorcars
  • Shooter Jennings CD release

* all proceeds benefit the food bank

Artist Spotlight: Uncle Lucius

Uncle Lucius will perform at Ray Wylie Hubbard's Grit 'n Groove Festival on April 6, 2013 at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX. Click here for more details.



I first ran across Uncle Lucius in a live setting last May at the 16th Annual KNBT Americana Music Jam. I met the band in person, but never heard anybody say the name of the band. I finally put the pieces together and realized they were Uncle Lucius. After a quick search and a couple of plays of YouTube videos I realized I recognized their music but had never seen them live. When it finally came time for Uncle Lucius to take the main stage at Gruene Hall it became very obvious why they were on the bill for the Americana Music Jam.

Kevin Galloway came to Austin in 2002 and started paying his dues playing acoustic gigs at open mic nights around town. After several years he and bassist and singer Hal Vorpahl met and started playing together, and they eventually added Mike Carpenter on lead guitar and Jason Armstrong on drums. This 4 piece recorded the band's first album "Something They Ain't" in 2006 and did heavy rotation at local venues as well as beginning to tour as much as they could. As the band began to prepare to record a second album they lost drummer Armstrong who moved on to pursue other interests. They picked up Josh Greco prior to recording "Pick Your Head Up" and he was a perfect fit.

The band continued on with this configuration and cut a live album at the Saxon Pub in 2009. Jon Grossman joined in 2010/2011 and rounded out the band's sound with more vocal support, keys and accordion. They went out on the road and broke in Grossman while preparing for a long-awaited 3rd studio album. In August of 2012 "And You Are Me" was released and the band has been touring aggressively ever since. They have opened and co-billed with some impressive acts such as Shooter Jennings, The Departed and even Ray Wylie Hubbard himself! And of course who can forget the Dirty Uncle Wheeler tour with The Dirty River Boys and The Wheeler Brothers. They really enjoyed the Dirty Uncle Wheeler tour and hopefully there will be more dates soon, maybe we'll get a gander at that combo at Grit 'n Groove!

After a few local dates including SXSW then a stop at the Randy Rogers leg of the Rio Frio Fest in Concan, TX; the boys will begin a tour through Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico then back into Texas in time for Ray Wylie Hubbard's Grit 'n Groove Festival. Although they haven't toured abroad so far, they are currently looking at options that can get them in the air for a little international exposure.

This is my jumble video from the 2012 KNBT American Music Jam at Gruene Hall! Uncle Lucius appears at about 4:14.


links:
Uncle Lucius website
Uncle Lucius on Facebook
Uncle Lucius on Twitter

Week of 3/4/2013

Billy's Ice
Monday: Wes Nickson
Tuesday: Kyle Reed
Wednesday: Chris King
Thursday: The Possum Posse
Friday: Wes Nickson
Saturday: LC Rocks
Sunday: Mark McKinney

River Road Ice House
Monday: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
Tuesday: Open bar jam
Wednesday: True Audio Outland
Thursday: July
Friday: Matt Begley & Bitter Whiskey
Saturday: David Grace
Sunday: Andy Evans & The Brotherhood

Gruene Hall
Monday: Bret Graham
Tuesday: Tom Gillam & Shelley King
Wednesday: Jordan Minor Band
Thursday: Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros
Friday: Bart Crow
Saturday: Statesboro Revue at 1 then Jeff Straham opens for The Texas Tornados
Sunday: Gospel Brunch (sold out) + Bret Graham + The Whiskey Sisters

Tavern in the Gruene
Monday: Tony Taylor and friends
Tuesday: Roots and Branches of Americana from 7-9 with guest Chris King, Buster Jiggs and Folk Family Revival then The Blooms at 9:30
Thursday: Scott Wiggins
Friday: Happy hour with Tony & Claire then Tanner Louis & The Aviators
Saturday: Buster Jiggs

The Phoenix Saloon
Thursday: Happy hour with Lucas Taylor
Friday: Happy hour with Daniel Thomas Phipps then Indivine
Saturday: Scott H. Biram + The Beaumonts
Sunday: Al Barlow and friends at 2 then True Audio Outland Presents: Jason Marbach

The PourHaus
Tuesday: Open mic w/Jon Magill
Wednesday: Band of Bandits (acoustic)
Thursday: Steven Vee & Kori Free
Friday: Paul Eldridge + JC Alvarez & Bobby Garza
Saturday: The Guadalupe Pirates
Sunday: Larry Martin Sweeney (6-9)

The Brauntex Theater
Thursday: Jason Eady tribute to Merle Haggard!

Oma Gruene's Secret Garten
Monday: Slim Bawb at 2
Thursday: Jam night with Scott Boddacker
Friday: MC & The Mystyx
Saturday: Lesti Huff at 1 and Pepper's Blues at 6
Sunday: The Blues Bucks at 2

Vino En Verde
Thursday: Ryan Waguespack
Friday: Jon Magill
Saturday: Isis The Voice

The Grapevine
Saturday: Bo Porter at 3

Buffalo Wings & Rings
Wednesday: Steven Roloff

Los Cucos
Tuesday: Alli Mattice Band
Friday: Alli Mattice Band

Dirty's Bar N Que
Thursday: Steven Roloff and friends
Friday: Randy Sosa and friends
Saturday: Blues Burners

Riley's Tavern
Monday: Songwriter's Showcase with John Whipple
Tuesday: Manzy Lowry
Wednesday: Tyler Cannon
Thursday: TBA
Friday: Hot Texas Swing Band
Saturday: Roy Heinrich & The Pickups
Sunday:

Antone's
Thursday: Billy Joe Shaver and Ray Wylie Hubbard with lots o' guests!

Lone Star Music (in-store)
Tuesday: American Aquarium
Wednesday: Gurf Morlix
Thursday: Shellee Coley

Cheatham Street Warehouse
Monday: Jeff Strahan hosts Monday night blues jam!
Tuesday: Pawn Shop Gold + American Aquarium
Wednesday: Kent Finlay's Songwriter Circle
Thursday: Brett Hauser and Will Arrington
Friday: Adam Johnson & The Paymes
Saturday: The Fossils

Texas Music Theater
Saturday: Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett Tribute

Triple Crown
Monday: Gerry's Kids at 6 then Chief & The Doomsday Device
Tuesday: Ben Schane at 6 then Dan Holmes Group + The Sniffs
Wednesday: Aaron Stephens at 6 then Somewhere in Between Sunrise & Ammunition and more!
Thursday: Ike Eichenberg at 6 then Buzz n Bangs + Lion & The Giraffe and more!
Friday: The Bottom Feeders at 6 then CollinGee + DDot Elles and more!
Saturday: Eats by Eats Fest with Unsurpassed Profit Promise + Nosaprise Fambly and more!

Tejas Rodeo
Saturday: Jeremy Steding

Sam's Burger Joint
Monday: The Marshall Ford Swing Band
Wednesday: Big E's Blues Blast
Thursday: Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils with Baskery
Friday: Mingo Fishtrap with Josh Weathers
Saturday: Wheeler Brothers CD release with Wild Child
Sunday: SoldierSongs & Voices Workshop

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