Week of 7/29/2013

Monday
• Billy's Ice: Gypsy + Wes Nickson
• River Road Ice House: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Gruene Hall: Jordan Minor and the Bottom Dollar Band
• Tavern in the Gruene: Court Nance Accident
• The PourHaus: Hunter McKithan
• Riley's Tavern: Songwriter showcase w/John Whipple
• Cheatham Street Warehouse:
--- 5:00 - SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop w/Dustin Welch
--- Russell Bisbey, Jason Bednorz, Missoula Slim, Garrett Snowden
• Triple Crown: everydays a hollyday at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Swing nite w/Moot Davis

Tuesday
• Billy's Ice: Lost Immigrants
• River Road Ice House: Jam night!
• Gruene Hall: Two Ton Tuesdays
• Tavern in the Gruene:
--- 7 - KNBT Roots and Branches of Americana w/Ray Wylie Hubbard and guest Crow Black Chicken
--- 9:30 - The Blooms
• The PourHaus: Open mic w/Jon Magill
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band
• Riley's Tavern: Kyle Reed
• Lone Star Music: Los Immigrants at 4
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Will Arrington + Brett Hauser
• Triple Crown: The Christophers at 6

Wednesday
• Billy's Ice: Aaron Stephens
• River Road Ice House: Whiskey Rodeo
• Gruene Hall: The Georges
• Tavern in the Gruene: Crow Black Chicken
• Phoenix Saloon: Wednesday Night Shuffle w/Hillbilly Jug Band
• The PourHaus: TBA
• Buffalo Wings & Rings: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Mike Ethan Messick
• Lone Star Music: Os at 6
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
• Momma's Gold Crown Billiards: Open jam night w/Adam Johnson and Ruben Colón, Jr
• Triple Crown: Ike Eichenburg at 6 then Garrett Snowden and more
• The Veranda Rooftop Patio: Bryan Boyce and friends

Thursday
• Billy's Ice: Zack Walther
• River Road Ice House: Whiskey Rodeo
• Gruene Hall: Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros
• Tavern in the Gruene: Jordan Minor w/Tony Taylor & Slim Bawb
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/The Groove Hounds
• The PourHaus: Austin Gilliam
• New Braunfels Coffee: Open mic w/Richard Sanders 7-9
• Landa Park Dance Slab: Grissom Hill
• Freiheit: Open mic w/Fallon Franklin of The Boxers
• Vino en Verde: Megan Ford
• Dirty's Bar N Que: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Tiffany Alana Dodgen
• Lone Star Music: Hill Country Gentlemen at 7
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Tessy Lou & Shotgun Stars
• Triple Crown: Tony Taylor at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: K Phillips and the Concho Pearls, Little Brave, Luke Leverett, Laura Marie and more!

Friday
• Billy's Ice: The Washers
• River Road Ice House: Brandon Jenkins w/Grant Ewing
• Gruene Hall: Junior Brown
• Tavern in the Gruene: 3 Man Front
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Lucas Taylor then John Evans Band
• The PourHaus: The Groove Hounds at 5 then The Old 300
• Vino en Verde: Mistral Winds
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Catherine Denise Band
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice
• Clear Springs: Missoula Slim
• Rick's Bar: Driftwood Revival
• Riley's Tavern: Amanda Jo Cevallos
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Texas Renegade
• Triple Crown: Mark Jungers at 6
• Hooligans: Kimberly Dunn w/Haley Cole
• Sam's Burger Joint: Dead Eye + Papa Mali

Saturday
• NB Farmer's Market: The Groove Hounds at 9:30AM
• Billy's Ice: File 13
• River Road Ice House: Kris Gordon w/Whiskey Rodeo
• Gruene Hall:
--- 1 - Ghosts Along the Brazos
--- Eleven Hundred Springs and Tejas Brothers
• Tavern in the Gruene: Buster Jiggs
• The Phoenix Saloon: Vallejo + The Groove Hounds
• The PourHaus: Folk Family Revival
• Vino en Verde: Aaron Stephens
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten:
--- 2 Chris and Judy
--- 6 Pepper's Blues
• Clear Springs: Dennis Jay
• Whitewater Amphitheater: Pat Green w/Jason Boland & Rob Baird
• Lazy L&L: Clint Taft & The Buck Wild Band
• Riley's Tavern: Buster Ellisor and Banana Hammocks
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Earl Poole Ball (cd release)
• Triple Crown: Black Water Revival, King Pelican and more
• Sam's Burger Joint: Omar and the Howlers w/Smokehouse Guitar Army

Sunday
• Billy's Ice: Kyle Reed Band
• River Road Ice House: Manzy Lowry
• Gruene Hall:
--- 12:30 - Tish Hinojosa
--- 5 - Ted Russell Kamp
• Tavern in the Gruene: Jason Eady
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- Hillbilly Jug Band at 2
--- True Audio Outland presents: JW Brothers Band
• The PourHaus: Jade Patek
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Slim Bawb at 2
• The Vineyard: Al Barlow & Paul McLaughlin at 4
• Lone Star Float House: Tony Taylor and friends
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Randy Rogers w/surprise guest
• Sam's Burger Joint: The Reliques, Laura Marie, Seleste Paige & Lainey Wright (Indie women on the rise)

Ray Wylie Hubbard: Sideman Hints

I love anything that Ray Wylie Hubbard writes, that includes his 140s of wisdom, advice or humor. When he goes into a theme, I feel the need to blog it. I hope he doesn't mind, it's what I do!

Sideman Hints:

  • @raywylie: sideman hint #1: on stage if you don't have a microphone..don't mouth the words to the song the singer's singing. kinna show offie & creepy
  • @raywylie: sideman hint #2: don't play while the singer's singing. they don't like that. the reason mickey rafael has had his job for decades.
  • @raywylie: sideman hint#3: no matter how many times you've heard the patter between songs when the singer says the punchline..you laugh your ass off.
  • @raywylie: sideman hint#4: if there's another guitar player in the band, don't ever walk over & turn his volume down during a song. there will be blood
  • @raywylie: forget sideman hint #4..if the other guitar player is too loud, feel free to go turn his amp down. In fact I insist..he'll thank you.


New Music: Guy Clark's "My Favorite Picture of You"

Few words are needed. Guy Clark released a new album today. It's a no brainer to go buy it!

BUY IT HERE

THAT IS ALL

Week of 7/22/2013

Monday
• Billy's Ice: Wes Nickson Band
• River Road Ice House: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Gruene Hall: Thomas Michael Riley
• Tavern in the Gruene: Court Nance Accident
• The PourHaus: TBA
• Riley's Tavern: Songwriter showcase w/John Whipple
• Cheatham Street Warehouse:
--- 5:00 - SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop w/Dustin Welch
--- Bo Brumble, Tony Taylor, Jordan York & Haley Cole
• Triple Crown: Emily Herring at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Ruby Dee & The Snake Handlers

Tuesday
• Billy's Ice: Austin Gilliam
• River Road Ice House: Jam night!
• Gruene Hall: Two Ton Tuesday w/Holy Moly
• Tavern in the Gruene:
--- 7 - KNBT Roots and Branches of Americana w/Ray Wylie Hubbard
--- 9:30 - The Blooms
• The PourHaus: Open mic w/Jon Magill
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band
• Riley's Tavern: Chris Edwards
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Blue Water Highway + Dry River Religion
• Triple Crown: Beth Lee at 6

Wednesday
• Billy's Ice: Grant Ewing
• River Road Ice House: Ryan Ready
• Gruene Hall: Roger Creager acoustic w/Max Stalling & Rick Trevino w/Michaelis opening
• Tavern in the Gruene: Tony Taylor Band
• The Phoenix Saloon: Wednesday Night Shuffle w/singer-songwriter duo Brosef (Jorge Gallegos and Dave Perez)
• The PourHaus: Nick Lawrence
• Buffalo Wings & Rings: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Jeremy Steding
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
• Momma's Gold Crown Billiards: Open jam night w/Adam Johnson and Ruben Colón, Jr
• Triple Crown: David Harris at 6
• The Veranda Rooftop Patio: Bryan Boyce and friends

Thursday
• Billy's Ice: The Bigsbys
• River Road Ice House: Whiskey Rodeo
• Gruene Hall: Roger Creager acoustic w/George Ducas & Allen Shamblin w/The Rankin Twins opening
• Tavern in the Gruene: Jackson Parten Band
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Adam Johnson
• The PourHaus: Myles Smith
• Moose's Food Court: Open jam
• Landa Park Dance Slab: The Knowhow
• Freiheit: Open mic w/Fallon Franklin of The Boxers
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Jam night
• Vino en Verde: Yesenia
• Dirty's Bar N Que: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Ricky Stein
• Lone Star Music: Hill Country Gentlemen at 7
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Adam Carroll w/Chris Carroll
• Triple Crown: Erickson at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Chris Duarte Group w/Randy Pavlock and Twenty Four Seven

Friday
Billy's Ice: Court Nance [?]
• River Road Ice House: Shane Smith & The Saints w/Ben Morris and the Great American Boxcar Chorus
• Gruene Hall: Roger Creager's Birthday Bash w/Matt Caldwell
• Tavern in the Gruene: Monty Guitar Tyler
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Lucas Taylor then The Hillbilly Jug Band
• The PourHaus: Jordan York
• Moose's Food Court: The Old 300
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Howard Yeargan Jr
• Kork Wine Bar: The Groove Hounds
• Vino en Verde: KennCentric w/LeAnn
• Adobe Verde: April Hall Band
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice
• Clear Springs: Rajolei Pickens
• Gruene Cricket: Mistral Winds
• Riley's Tavern: Lost John Casner
• Dirty's Bar N Que: Gerald Burns
• Chisholm Trail Ballroom: Behind the Songs with Jason Allen and his guest Rick Trevino
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Foscoe Jones & The Distractions w/Aaron Allan
• Triple Crown: Pepper's Blues at 6
• Hooligans: Adam Hood
• Sam's Burger Joint: An Evening w/Eric Johnson

Saturday
• Billy's Ice: Luke Huggins Band
• River Road Ice House: Galleywinter's GREENFEST 13!
• Gruene Hall:
--- 1 - Flat Top Jones
--- Roger Creager's Birthday Bash w/Josh Grider
• Tavern in the Gruene: Stewart Mann & The Statesboro Revue
• The Phoenix Saloon: The Georges
• The PourHaus: Bonnie Lang Band CD release party
• Moose's Food Court: Richard Thurman
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten:
--- 2 - Charlie and the Cool Cats
--- 7 - Texas Terraplanes
• Whitewater Amphitheater:
• Kork Wine Bar: April Hall
• Vino en Verde: Two Rivers Trio
• Clear Springs: Rajolei Pickens
• Boho Bites: The Groove Hounds
• Lodge at Turkey Cove (Canyon Lake): T-Bone and the Bluetones
• Central Texas Speedway: Randy Rogers Band w/Texas Renegade
• Riley's Tavern: Mike Ethan Messick Band
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Monte Montgomery
• Sam's Burger Joint: Eric Tessmer Band w/Adam Johnson & The Pay Me's

Sunday
• Billy's Ice: Jackson Parten
• River Road Ice House: Hunter McKithan/Paul Rogers
• Gruene Hall:
--- 12:30 - Slim Bawb
--- 5 - The Whiskey Sisters
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- 2 - Sunday Phunday w/Lucas Taylor
--- True Audio Outland Presents: Rock Bottom String Band
• Lone Star Float House: GREENFEST13 Day 2!
• The PourHaus: The Groovehounds (2:30) then Larry Martin Sweeney
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: T-Bone and the Bluetones
• Sam's Burger Joint: SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop at 1

Week of 7/15/2013

Monday
• Billy's Ice: Jeff Jacobs Band
• River Road Ice House: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Gruene Hall: Marshall Hood
• Tavern in the Gruene: Court Nance Accident
• The PourHaus: Hunter McKithan & Paul Rogers
• Riley's Tavern: Songwriter showcase w/John Whipple
• Cheatham Street Warehouse:
--- 5:00 - SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop w/Dustin Welch
--- Grant Ewing/Colin Colby
• Triple Crown: Tony Taylor at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: AC & The Bad Billys

Tuesday
• Billy's Ice: Emily Herring Band
• River Road Ice House: Jam night!
• Gruene Hall: Two Ton Tuesday
• Tavern in the Gruene: The Blooms
• The PourHaus: Open mic w/Jon Magill
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band
• Watering Hole Saloon: Buddy Boy
• Riley's Tavern: Steven Roloff
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Will Arrington & Brett Hauser
• Triple Crown: Daniel Thomas Phipps (DTP) at 6

Wednesday
• Billy's Ice: Aaron Stephens
• River Road Ice House: TBA
• Gruene Hall: Jeff Strahan
• Tavern in the Gruene: Texas KGB
• The Phoenix Saloon: Wednesday Night Shuffle w/Chris King & The Liberators and special guest (TBA)
• The PourHaus: Brent Woods
• Buffalo Wings & Rings: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Michael Fletcher
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
• Momma's Gold Crown Billiards: Open jam night w/Adam Johnson and Ruben Colón, Jr
• The Veranda Rooftop Patio: Bryan Boyce and friends
• Triple Crown: Ripe Honey at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Luke Huggins Band + Kyle Reed Band

Thursday
• Billy's Ice: Austin Gilliam
• River Road Ice House: Whiskey Rodeo
• Gruene Hall: Jason Allen
• Tavern in the Gruene: Jordan Minor & The Bottom Dollar Band
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Adam Johnson
• The PourHaus: Ryan Ramirez
• Landa Park Dance Slab: The Groove Hounds
• Freiheit: Open mic w/Fallon Franklin of The Boxers
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Geezerfest land rush party w/Slim Bawb
• Vino en Verde: Ryan Waguespack
• Dirty's Bar N Que: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: The Bad Intentions
• Lone Star Music: Hill Country Gentlemen at 7
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: En Route
• Triple Crown: Eric Hisaw at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Warren Hood & The Good w/Poor J Brown

Friday
• Billy's Ice: Sam Riggs and The Night People
• River Road Ice House: Court Nance
• Gruene Hall: Jesse Dayton & Amber Digby
• Tavern in the Gruene: July (Kurt Grein)
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Brosef, then The Beaumonts + The Hill Country Gentlemen
• The PourHaus: Nick Lawrence Band
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: GEEZERFEST!
• Vino en Verde: Mistral Winds
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice
• Moose's Food Court: TBA
• Sertinos Cafe: Pathways
• Gruene Cricket: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Riley's Tavern: Billy Dee Band
• Happy Cow: Kim Meeks and Her Bad Habits
• Lone Star Music: Mando Saenz at 6
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Mando Saenz & HalleyAnna
• Triple Crown: Joel Hofmann Band at 6
• Hooligans: Kyle Bennett
• Sam's Burger Joint: Jimmy Spacek w/Bob Charles

Saturday
• Billy's Ice: Hillbilly Jug Band
• River Road Ice House: Clay James Band
• Gruene Hall:
--- 1 - Clay McClinton
--- 9 - Dale Watson
• Tavern in the Gruene: Kyle Reed Band
• The Phoenix Saloon: Dan Gonzalez Band + Lucas Taylor & Old Soul
• The PourHaus: Tony Taylor then Tom Gillam
• Whitewater Amphitheater: Wade Bowen w/Kyle Park
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: GEEZERFEST!
• Vino en Verde: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Moose's Food Court: TBA
• Gruene Cricket: Beau Daniels Band
• Riley's Tavern: Jason Arnold & The Stepsiders
• Lone Star Music: Ben Hall at 3
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Ben Hall + The Hems + Pake Rossi
• Jack's Roadhouse: JJ Garrett Band w/Parker Lee
• Sam's Burger Joint: Rob Baird w/Blackbird Sing

Sunday
• Billy's Ice: 9th ANNUAL LOCKS OF LOVE BENEFIT
• River Road Ice House: Roadside Libby
• Gruene Hall:
--- 12:30 - Ruby Jane Smith
--- 5 - Chubby Knuckle Choir
• Tavern in the Gruene:
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- Open jam hosted by Javi Garcia at 2
--- True Audio Outland Presents: Chris Edwards
• The PourHaus: The Riptones then Larry Martin Sweeney
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: The Blues Buzzards at 2
• Sam's Burger Joint: The No Refund Band

Uncle Lucius enjoys success and gives back


UNCLE LUCIUS’ “KEEP THE WOLVES AWAY” STAYS IN THE TOP 10 ON CMT PURE COUNTDOWN AND THE
“TEXAS MUSIC CHART”
THEIR “FEED YOUR SOUL SUMMER TOUR” IS UNDERWAY TO SRO CROWDS WHILE EXPERIENCING HUGE SALES GROWTH WITH AND YOU ARE ME
  Local food banks receive strong donations from Uncle Lucius’ tour

NASHVILLE, TN (July 12, 2013) – Uncle Lucius, one of today’s most talked about live acts plays to SRO crowds as they launched the anticipated Feed Your Soul tour in their home state of Texas.  The current single “Keep the Wolves Away,” that the Dallas Observer recently hailed as the “#2 best country song by a Texas artist in 2013”  is positioned inside the Top 10 on the radio chart, coupled with the CMT Pure fan-favorite accompanying video and the philanthropic local food bank affiliation is garnering record-setting single and album sales for the band.

“To be sitting here inside the Top 10 on various charts is something we had always hoped to obtain,” says Uncle Lucius’ Kevin Galloway. “We want our energy and message to spread organically and maintain a natural pattern of discovery.  It feels like this is beginning to take root with this album.  We actually released this project 10 months ago and to see it gain this type of momentum is a testament to our fans that are, indeed, spreading the word.” 

Since the release of the current single and video, the eOne Records release has seen a +120% increase in sales, while the single sales are enjoying a +1,575% increase.  This trend is attributed to the increased exposure over numerous platforms and mostly from growth in diversity of live shows.   “It is becoming the perfect storm,” says eOne Records chief Van Fletcher. “To experience this type of growth in a market usually concerned with a project’s initial drop is a testament discovery and a tenacious team.”

The tour is also offering a VIP experience that will include packages between $25 (without the show ticket included) and $35 (with ticket included).  Fans will receive the following with a Feed Your Soul VIP Experience purchase:
·  Early Entry into the venue (at participating venues)
·  Meet and Greet and hang with the band
·  Exclusive, Limited Edition Feed Your Soul T-Shirt
·  Uncle Lucius Koozie
(note: a portion of merchandise sales will be donated to the local area food bank network.)
   
Uncle Lucius continues to tour in support of "And You Are Me," and has dates across the U.S. Uncle Lucius is: Kevin Galloway on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Hal Vorpahl on bass, Mike Carpenter on lead guitar and vocals, Josh Greco on drums and percussion and Jon Grossman on lead vocals and keys.

The Texas Food Bank Network (TFBN) is a nonprofit organization representing the interest of the 21 Feeding America food banks in the State of Texas. Established in 1986, TFBN provides a unified voice among Texas food banks in support of the common mission to end hunger throughout the State. The members of TFBN provide food and a range of services to hunger relief agencies in all 254 counties.

Tour dates: please check website for further dates
July 12                        Bryan, Texas
July 13                        Midland, Texas
July 18                        Amarillo, Texas
July 19                        Stillwater, OK
July 20                        Oklahoma City, OK 
July 26                        Austin, Texas
July 27                        New Braunfels, TX
August 30                   Milwaukee, WI
   


For more information of all kinds, please visit Uncle Lucius' website

ABOUT UNCLE LUCIUS
The Austin-based indie rock band takes rock and roll from its deeps roots, pushes it onward by putting their own honest interpretation of new rock sounds with elements of R&B added.  The band includes Kevin Galloway on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Hal Vorpahl on bass, Mike Carpenter on lead guitar and vocals, Josh Greco on drums and percussion and Jon Grossman on lead vocals and keys.  The band as released several projects including their debut release on eOne Records And You Are Me. 2013 is a banner year for the group.  They are becoming a national touring act, having record number sales on their singles and latest release, as well as become spokespersons for the Texas Foodbank Network.  Their music has been featured on such TV shows as “Friday Night Lights” and “Castle.”  Uncle Lucius is managed by Vision Entertainment and is booked by New Frontier Touring.

ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT ONE
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is an international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company’s comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Spain, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, family programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 35,000 film and television titles, 2,700 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks

Jules Wortman, Wortman Works, (615) 260-9985, jwortman@wortmanworks.com


Go read a story I wrote after interviewing them back in March before Ray Wylie Hubbard's Grit N Groove Fest April, 2013.
--read here

Ray's response to some guys' response to...

Okay, so unless I decide to post more, this is the last post I'll make about the Ray Wylie Hubbard "Hey you kids get off my lawn" series. I saw Ray's humor in his original posts on Twitter which I started to catalog here. I stumbled onto a "response" to Ray's posts in a publicly posted note on Facebook, so I put in my 2 cents and posted the original, unedited text of the note in another blog post which has now been edited slightly to mask out the guy's name because even though he made a bad choice he doesn't deserve to continue to get lambasted, blasted or copied and pasted (heh) any more. I'm sure Mr. H is a good guy that just happened to criticize one of our favorite people and he *might* even wish he hadn't done it. That's just me making an assumption, and I usually try to let umption look however he is going to look on his own. Anyway, Ray was kind enough to give me some props in post #9 of 9 so far, and I hope he'll continue them, but if he doesn't he'll hopefully continue to write great songs, sing them, let others sing them, tour around the world singing them, do his Roots and Branches of Americana radio show on 92.1fm KNBT for MANY years to come while the rest of us stand by and watch in awe. Below is Ray's latest response to the whole situation, as well as some thoughts about recent and upcoming shows. I'll try to format this one better so it is clear it's somebody else's words and not mine, I hope nobody ever even for a moment thought those responses to Ray were mine! :)

/# BEGIN QUOTED TEXT FROM RAY IN THE WEE HOURS OF 7/11/2013 #/
whew. got to try to tweet the second thing that comes into my mind..i appreciate all the responses to my 'hey kids get off my lawn'. i got to realize that not everyone sees humor in what i say and there are those who don't have have a sense of humor at all or maybe just don't get mine. i'm sure the road manager who wrote the response to the music of new braunfels article is a professional hard working dude who takes care of whatever band it is that employs him. i haven't figured out who that is..the truth is i haven't tried. i got other things to do than try to figure who he works for and it doesn't matter to me anyway and ain't gonna change nothing.
what matters is i got a road manager by the name of kayla who raises bulls for the bad company rodeo livestock company and takes care of me and kyle and lucas like a mama lion protecting her cubs, plans our tours like patton wearing lipstick and has a great sense of humor..worth repeating.. great sense of humor.. first thing judy taught her when she went to work for us was to smile when you're getting the money..we ain't been stiffed yet.
maybe ma hub should tweet her 10 rules of prosperity in getting a 66 year old dead thumb finger picking blues singing half ass poet who never has made the country charts or even the tx music charts a career that some have said they envy.
its still a struggle and as i've mentioned before there are years in the past that on my income tax return i have been just above hobby status.. i am probably repeating myself as i don't read these thing once i post them and i don't recall if i posted these things or just thought them.
san angelo was an off night. couldn't seem to connect. i told kyle that it was like playing for a photograph of an audience. just kidding...i mean i said it..but was just sorta kidding.
i am kinna sorry the marines down front who were just great heard me ask kayla how long we still had to play and when she said 50 minutes left i said 'go get paid now..i may quit at any time.' 5 minutes later she rubbed her thumb and fore finger together. patted her right boot and mouthed ' i got it.'
i didn't quit and played the full hour and a half. first time in a long time i didn't do an encore.
i did enjoy meeting those marines and taking a picture with them.
'to err is human, to forgive is divine..neither of which is marine corp policy." thank you guys for all you have done for this country. hope you dig the song 'red badge of courage'
kayla will give our military guys and gals a cd or a koozie ever so often cause she knows judy's pop was a marine.
okay roscoe tx and midland...here we come..gonna bring lucas and his vox ac 30..listen to choctaw bingo between now and then cause i'm gonna ask you to sing the verse about ruth ann and lynn and them cut off britches . it will be a time, i promise..well, then again.. you should know i am thinking about starting a movement called 'promise breakers.'
rwh
Thanks Ray!

Just for grins, here is a blog I posted after interviewing Ray back in March before his Grit N Groove Fest in April. -Read it here

GREENFEST13

When it comes to annual music festivals, our friends at Galleywinter have set the bar really high; even for themselves. Greenfest spans multiple days at multiple venues with a large and diverse line up. Having started in Waco back in 2001, and centered largely around a gap in Pat Green's touring schedule at the time, Greenfest has grown into a substantial annual gathering of people who make Texas Music and people who love Texas Music. Greenfest has moved around over the years, and even appeared at River Road Ice House before, but focusing on this year the main event will be held at River Road Ice House on Saturday, July 27 starting at 5pm, and will continue on Sunday at Lone Star Float House also starting at 5pm. The actual set times are as of yet unavailable, and may remain a mystery until the day of, but here are the players in the Greenfest deck!

Saturday July 27 @ River Road Ice House ($12/$15)
• Javi Garcia
• Quaker City Night Hawks
• Josh Weathers
• K Phillips
• Adam Hood
• Uncle Lucius

Sunday July 28 @ Lone Star Float House (FREE)
• Chris King
• William Clark Green
• Allan Goodman
• Drew Kennedy
• Josh Grider
• John Dempsey
• Jordan Minor
• Nate Rodriguez

Get ready to throw down Galleywinter Style, and come to River Road Ice House AND Lone Star Float House for GREENFEST13!

Some guy's response to "Hey you kids get off my lawn"

Sometimes people amaze me. Ray Wylie Hubbard has paid his dues 10 fold and has tons of valuable knowledge that people would pay good money for, but he's a good guy and chooses to dump the goods on us through free social media.

Below is the original text and the response below each one from the tour manager from a Texas band that I have found myself enjoying in the past...

NOTE: THE TEXT BELOW IS NOT MINE, it was copied from somebody's public Facebook note
/# begin quoted text #/

In Response to Ray Wylie Hubbard

By P###### H####


I just read this post that a couple of my friends reposted:


I'd like to respond.

#1: hey young bands, don't use in/ear monitors at a club. it looks stupid. quit it. you ain't bon jovi.
This doesn't make any sense to me at all.  Especially when you incorporate it with Ray's #7.  Are looks important only when the musician is wearing IEMs?  Or only when they buy a guitar?  Does it make sense to have in ear monitors because you want consistent, isolated, quality sound for every gig no matter it being in a club, a studio, or a stadium?  As many of you know, there aren't many qualified sound engineers running monitors and many clubs these days.  PLUS:  IEMs can SAVE your hearing.



#2. ok especially txreddirt bands..if you gonna steal a riff and write a song, don't make it as obvious as 'stranglehold.' jeez.

I'm not sure to whom RWH is referring, but I strongly believe that from each song that is written, another evolves.  Over and over.  It's ok to be influenced by great music, songs, and performers.  Take what's theirs and morph it into what you believe is another brilliant idea.  Musicians, to me, are some of the smartest people I know.  So artistic.  So creative.  Sensitive, emotional, hard, driven....I could go on.  Musical evolution isn't something that is new or something that will ever go away.  



#3. don't say your influence is townes and then write metaphor deficient mid tempo trite singalongs..leave that to me.

Why not?  Who are you, RWH, to tell a musician what they can and cannot write?  Who made you the musical composition ambassador to the world?  Are you policing musical creativity?  Why are there all of a sudden music writing restrictions?  WHO ARE YOU TO SAY THIS??



#4. don't do walk/on music at a club gig. its hokey. cut the sound off for 3 minutes before you go on so the crowd can't compare you to other bands (that are better than you)

This is just dumb.  Who's to say that the audience compares the performers to the previously played artist?  What kind of gig, if not "club gig" is appropriate for this to take place?  And where is the dos and don'ts musician's manual I can refer?  A show, in my opinion, is an event.  Something that a concert goer will get satisfaction from upon arrival and all the way until they leave.  Popular music is just that, popular.  I truly think it's ok for someone to listen to great music before a show.  Even if they're better that the upcoming act.  Or are we just going to decide this for our audiences also?  



#5. right now maybe having tasty guitar chops isn't as important as being on the tx music chart but someday it might be all you have and will come in handy.

But this means bands should stop their song from reaching high placement on a chart?  Can't an artist want/achieve both?  



#6. even at some gigs if you think of me as an old whore still turning tricks..you need to know i ain't faking it.

Age has nothing to do with anything.  You have stereotyped and labeled a group of musicians in almost everyone of your points.  If you have beef with an artist, let em know.  JUST KIDDING.  Artists DO NOT NEED ANYONE'S APPROVAL to create, display, or perform their art, Mr. Ambassador.  



#7. when in a music store and you want to try out a guitar, plug it into an amp..don't ask if they got a mirror.

I'm a 2 birds with 1 stone kind of guy.  I suggest finding an amp in front of a mirror.  And you do know that not everyone plays guitar, right?  



Ray Wylie Hubbard's "Get off my lawn" series

Ray Wylie Hubbard (@raywylie) started posting these on Twitter, and I felt compelled to log them here. Ray is one of my favorite people in the business, and anything he does, did or ever will do is great. The sooner you learn that, the sooner you can improve your life by adding a daily dose of Hubbard to it! :)

hey you kids get off my lawn:
#1: hey young txreddirt bands. don't use in/ear monitors at a club.it looks stupid. quit it. you ain't bon jovi
#2: ok txreddirt bands..if you gonna steal a riff and write a song don't make it as obvious as 'stranglehold'. jeez
#3: don't say your influence is townes & then write metaphor deficient medium tempo trite singalongs. leave that to me
#4: don't do walk/on music at club gig. its hokey. cut the sound for 3 mins b4 u go on so crowd won't compare you to other bands
#5: maybe having tasty guitar chops isn't as important as being on tx music chart but someday it might be all you have & will come in handy.
#6: even at some gigs if you think of me as an old whore still turning tricks..you need to know i ain't faking it.
#7: when in a music store and you want to try out a guitar, plug it into an amp..don't ask if they got a mirror
#8: by the way, if i was a young band and wanted to have a bus and laminates i would probably not take my advice.
#9: you should find a road manager who is highly efficient yet has a sense of humor and doesn't piss off journalists.
note: I am honored Ray considers me a journalist! (:


HOPEFULLY more to come!

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Week of 7/8/2014

Monday
• Billy's Ice: Justif
• River Road Ice House: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Gruene Hall: Jordan Minor and The Bottom Dollar Band
• Tavern in the Gruene: Court Nance Accident
• The PourHaus: Hunter McKithan
• Riley's Tavern: Songwriter showcase w/John Whipple
• Cheatham Street Warehouse:
--- 5:00 - SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop w/Dustin Welch
--- TBA
• Lone Star Music: County Road 5
• Triple Crown: Scott Wood & The Kyle Project at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: The Rollfast Ramblers (swing nite)

Tuesday
• Billy's Ice: Emily Herring on RFT then Austin Gilliam
• River Road Ice House: Jam night!
• Gruene Hall: TWO TON Tuesday!
• Tavern in the Gruene:
--- 7 - KNBT Roots and Branches of Americana w/Ray Wylie Hubbard
--- 9:30 - The Blooms
• The PourHaus: Open mic w/Jon Magill
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band
• Shade Tree Saloon: Adam Johnson, Ladd Denison and Bear Grammar
• Riley's Tavern: Mark Sebby & friends
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Blue Water Highway + Dry River Religion
• Triple Crown: For Elise at 6

Wednesday
• Billy's Ice: Aaron Stephens
• River Road Ice House: TBA
• Gruene Hall: The Georges
• Tavern in the Gruene: Keith Hickle
• The Phoenix Saloon: Wednesday Night Shuffle w/Hillbilly Jug Band
• The PourHaus: Geoffrey Hill (from RRB) and Scott Wiggins
• Watering Hole Saloon: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Buffalo Wings & Rings: Steven Roloff and friends
• Central Texas Speedway: KOKEFM free music series w/Roger Creager
• Riley's Tavern: Big Red Drum Spotlight
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
• Momma's Gold Crown Billiards: Open jam night w/Adam Johnson and Ruben Colón, Jr
• Triple Crown: Trio Del Rio at 6
• The Veranda Rooftop Patio: Bryan Boyce and friends

Thursday
• Billy's Ice: Dix Hat Band
• River Road Ice House: Whiskey Rodeo
• Gruene Hall: Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros
• Tavern in the Gruene: Armadillo Road
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Adam Johnson
• The PourHaus: July
• Landa Park Dance Slab: Texanna (Tejano)
• Freiheit: Open mic w/Fallon Franklin of The Boxers
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Jam night w/Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Vino en Verde: Mistral Winds
• Koozies: Court Nance
• Dirty's Bar N Que: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: The Untouchables
• Lone Star Music: Hill Country Gentlemen at 7
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Emily Herring Band + Cheryl Murdock
• Triple Crown: Molly J. Hayes at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Michael O'Conner + Jeff Plankenhorn
• Jack's Bar SA: Kyle Reed

Friday
• Billy's Ice: Interstate
• River Road Ice House: Darren Kozelsky Band
• Gruene Hall: Cory Morrow w/Crooks
• Tavern in the Gruene: JumboFunk
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/The Groove Hounds then James Pardo & The Underestimated
• The PourHaus: Aaron Stephens + Brent Woods
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: MC & The Mystyx
• Vino en Verde: Isis the Voice
• Bubba's Big Deck: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice
• Riley's Tavern: Clay McClinton
• Jack's Roadhouse: Manzy Lowry
• Lone Star Music: Hot Texas Swing Band
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Sons of Fathers
• Triple Crown: The Whiptails at 6 then Black Water Revival, Garrett T. Capps and more
• Sam's Burger Joint: Cursed Diamond (Black Crowes Tribute)
• Hooligans: Eric Neznik

Saturday
• Billy's Ice: Callahan Divide
• River Road Ice House: Hip-Hop Rewind w/Young MC, Tone Loc, Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
• Gruene Hall:
--- 1 - The Lost and Nameless Orchestra
--- Radney Foster w/Jon Christoper Davis & Tom Faulkner
• Tavern in the Gruene: Chris King & The Liberators
• The Phoenix Saloon: Drew Kennedy & Golden Wing of Victory + Mike Kelly
• The PourHaus: Empty-Handed Vagabonds at 5 then Whiskey Rodeo
• Scores: The Blues Buzzards
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten:
--- 1 - JumboFunk
--- 6 - Kim Meeks & Her Bad Habits
• Vino en Verde: Two Rivers Trio
• Whitewater Amphitheater: Reckless Kelly w/Fred Andrews & Honeybrowne
• Riley's Tavern: Jeremy Steding
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: The Fossils
• Triple Crown: Ghosts of Dixie + AC & The Bad Billys + Lethal Smut
• Sam's Burger Joint: Swan Song (Led Zeppelin tribute)
• Hooligans: 3 Man Front

Sunday
• Billy's Ice: Mark McKinney w/Thom Shepherd
• River Road Ice House: Emily Herring
• Gruene Hall:
--- 10:30 - Gospel Brunch
--- 12:30 - Bret Graham
--- 5 - Wood and Wire
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- Sunday Phunday w/Al Barlow at 2
--- True Audio Outland Presents: Hunter McKithan & The Offenders
• Lone Star Float House: SoldierSongs and Voices event w/Dustin Welch, K Phillips, Owen Temple, Jonny Burke + Bo Brumble
• The PourHaus: The Groove Hounds + Larry Martin Sweeney
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Backwater BLVD at 2
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: TBA
• Sam's Burger Joint:
--- 2 - SoldierSongs and Voices workshop
--- 3:30 - Blues for Brian Benefit
• Hooligans: Kyle Reed

Dave Fenley on America's Got Talent

It makes me so incredibly proud of Dave to hear these mainstream judges fawn all over him. Dave has talent, and they can see it and I'm so glad they passed him through to the next level with such rave reviews! Watch Dave, he started in Texas and he's moving beyond!



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