Don't Mess With Texas

I saw the Kevin Fowler/Rankin Twins ad when it first aired, but I completely forgot about this reboot of the Don't Mess With Texas Campaign featuring Texas musicians such as the latest with Jack Ingram. Rita Ballou from KOKEfm (Austin) and her blog Rawhide and Velvet re-reminded me. Here are all the commercials so far in reverse canoligical order.

Jack Ingram:


Sunny Sauceda:


Kevin Fowler (w/The Rankin Twins):

Bob Schneider:


Grupo Fantasma:


George Strait:


Artist Spotlight: Texas Renegade

Texas Renegade has been tearing up the highways quite a bit over the past year and we haven't seen them around the Wurstplex too much, but FINALLY that comes to at least a temporary end. This great local band made up of Andy Bertelsen and Tyson & Eli Carver has been together for the last 12 years; and they've booked monthly gigs at both Gruene Hall and Billy's Ice. At least 14 new songs have been added to their already impressive catalog as they gear up to release their next full length studio album "Surviving The Flood" on July 8. Below is a live performance of one of their new songs "Walking Away".



Upcoming local schedule:

Billy's Ice:
 • June 6
 • July 12
 • August 9
 • October 18
 • December 13

Gruene Hall:
 • May 22
 • June 26
 • July 31
 • August 28

links:
TXRenegade.com
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RIP Allan Goodman

photo by Mikie Farias
Very sad to report Allan Goodman is no longer with us. He fought a 2 year battle against cancer and in the end I'm pretty sure he gave cancer the finger as he pushed away from his hospital bed. He was surrounded by good friends at the end, and had many more good friends all over this country who loved his kind heart, his sweet wife Ashley, and his music.

My love of music and songwriting reached critical mass in 2010 and I started trying to find time to make it by to see some of the folks that played locally on a regular basis. I heard ads on KNBT with Wes Nickson and Allan talking about their gigs at Billy's Ice together, they were typically a little silly, but I could tell the two had a good friendship. I already knew Wes, and I knew if these two played gigs together Allan must be pretty talented as well. Before I was able to catch a Billy's gig, their run together ended, but I saw Allan play a happy hour gig at Tavern in the Gruene at one point and knew immediately that not only was he a very talented songwriter, but he was also a heck of a nice guy. In February of 2012 Zack, Allan and Matthew launched The Blooms on Roots and Branches of Americana, and they started doing a weekly Tuesday night gig. They played nearly every Tuesday night through the summer, with stops along the way like the 16th Annual KNBT American Music Jam in May, and other locations when they could such as Shiner, Houston, McKinney and others, and in July they made a return to Roots and Branches of Americana, on July 17th, and if I have my information correct (from an interview with Allan in August 2012) Allan did this Roots and Branches appearance one day after his appendix ruptured. Allan had surgery the next day to "clean up the mess" his ruptured appendix left behind. At the time he found out some bad news. I'll give you his words instead of mine.
"On July 16th, my appendix ruptured. On July 18th, I had to surgery to remove the appendix and clean up the mess it had left in my abdominal area. Now, fairy routine ordeal, the kicker is that a cancerous tumor was infused into the appendix. It's a very rare cancer called "adenocarcinoma", roughly 1000 people in the US get it per year."

Now as the case would have it, The Blooms still kept a fairly busy schedule with Allan making it for many of these appearances, but it soon became evident that often Zack and Matt would have to do shows without Allan from time to time. However, Allan still continued to do as many shows with The Blooms as he could all the way through the following summer. They even did a New Years Eve show at Billy's Ice.

So meanwhile, Allan married the love of his life Ashley Dement on November 3, 2012, played some Blooms shows, played bass regularly for Adam Hood, played lead guitar, drums, bass or whatever people needed almost whenever people needed it. It was a tiring schedule, but it was Allan's normal. In November of 2013 things changed. Allan and Ashley packed up their belongings, and moved to a small community outside Nashville. Ashley got a local job and Allan mostly looked for a new normal while trying to take care of his health. He had his ups and downs over the next few months, but he and Ashley enjoyed each other and their dogs, explored Nashville, took in some great shows from time to time, and mostly just lived life and loved each other. I saw Allan when he came to town in late February 2014 and played several gigs, including a couple of Tavern happy hours, one of which I was lucky enough to attend. This was the last time I saw Allan. His health continued to be sketchy, he had his ups and downs, but he always seemed at least on the surface to ALWAYS have a good attitude and he always had a smile and a hug for his friends. Allan passed away at around 2:30am surrounded by family and friends in a hospital bed in Tennessee. Allan may be gone, but he has left behind such a legacy of kindness and friendship that he will never be gone or forgotten.


Here is that Tavern happy hour video from February 28th, 2014. There are many more videos that include Allan at the link below the video. Rest in peace Allan, you WILL be missed!

Previous: Pray for Allan Goodman

PRAY FOR ALLAN GOODMAN!

note: Allan Goodman passed away early in the morning on May 21, 2014, more information can be found at this page. Below however is EVERY video I took that Allan is in. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!


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Allan Goodman was diagnosed with cancer back in the summer of 2012. He has fought a good fight and he is at the apex of that fight AS WE SPEAK... Allan and Ashley could use your prayers RIGHT NOW. Here are some videos of Allan I took over the past couple of years...

#prayforAGoodMan
February 28, 2014 at Tavern in the Gruene with Tony Taylor and Stan Little:


July 28, 2013 at River Road Ice House with Adam Hood for Galleywinter's Greenfest:


February 17, 2013 at Billy's Ice with Dead Rock Stars at "Retro Prom":


November 13, 2012 at Tavern in the Gruene with The Blooms:


September 9, 2012 at Billy's Ice, Psycopathy Red Respawns Benefit:


August 7, 2012 at Tavern in the Gruene with The Blooms:


May 20, 2012 at Gruene Hall with Adam Hood AND The Blooms for KNBT's 16th Annual Americana Music Jam:


March 16, 2012 at Tavern in the Gruene performing "So Far Away" during happy hour:


Live Music Calendar

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Week of 5/12/2014

Monday
• Billy's Ice: TBA
• River Road Ice House: TBA
• Gruene Hall: Jamie Wilson & Courtney Patton
• Tavern in the Gruene: Court Nance Accident
• The PourHaus: Paul Eldridge
• Jack's Roadhouse: open mic w/JJ Garrett Band and Matt Begley
• Riley's Tavern: Songwriter showcase w/John Whipple
• Cheatham Street Warehouse:
--- SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop w/Dustin Welch at 5
--- Grant Ewing & Colin Colby
• Triple Crown: Bob Appel at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: The Georges
• Barriba Cantina: Benny Harp's Birthday Jam

Tuesday
• Billy's Ice: Austin Gilliam
• River Road Ice House: Belly-up acoustic open jam w/Scott Morgan
• Gruene Hall: Jordan Minor, Adam Carroll & The Hems
• 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
• Herbert's Taco Hut: Buddy Boy at 5
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band at 6
• Shade Tree Saloon: Cameran Nelson
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Pardo & Reed + Dry River Religion
• Triple Crown: everydays a hollyday at 6
• Barriba Cantina: Mark Monaco

Wednesday
• Billy's Ice: Aaron Stephens
• River Road Ice House: The Motts
• Gruene Hall: The Georges
• Tavern in the Gruene: Slim Bawb & Tony Taylor
• The Phoenix Saloon: Jesse Stratton
• The PourHaus: Tony Taylor
• Vineyard at Gruene: Zach Walther
• Buffalo Wings & Rings: Steven Roloff and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Dillon Myers
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
• Triple Crown: Troy Stone at 6
• Barriba Cantina: Adam Johnson Band
• Broken Spoke: Mike and the Moonpies

Thursday
• Billy's Ice: Bleu Edmondson w/B.J. Thibodeaux
• River Road Ice House: Jackson Parten + Bret Coats
• Gruene Hall: Patty Griffin w/David Ramirez (sold out)
• Tavern in the Gruene: Beau Daniels Band
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/Junior Nash
• The PourHaus: Megan Ford
• Gruene Harley: 3 Man Front at 5
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Jam night
• Adobe Verde: Tyler Hadlock
• New Braunfels Coffee: Open mic w/Richard Sanders
• Moose's Food Court: Jam night
• Riley's Tavern: Big Red Drum Artist Spotlight
• Jack's Roadhouse: Uncle Daddy
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Erik Moll, Gus Samuelson, Jordan Minor & Charlie Stout
• Triple Crown: Tony Taylor at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Al Stewart duo w/Dave Nachmanoff
• Floore's Country Store: Crooks w/Harvest Thieves
• Barriba Cantina: Will Owen Gage

Friday
• Billy's Ice: Dean Seltzer & The Redneck Mothers
• River Road Ice House: Del Castillo
• Gruene Hall: Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison w/Dawn & Hawkes
• Tavern in the Gruene: Wes Nickson's Birthday Party
• The Phoenix Saloon: Slim Bawb & The Fabulous Stumpgrinders
• The PourHaus: Nick Lawrence Trio
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: The Chris Ruest Band
• Vineyard at Gruene: The Vagabonds
• Adobe Verde: Dry River Religion
• Vino en Verde: KennCentric w/LeAnn
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band at 7
• Sertino's Cafe: Open mic at 7
• Double G's: 3 Man Front
• Riley's Tavern: Mandy Rowden at 5, Joel Hofmann Band at 9
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Devil's Hollow w/Flywood
• Triple Crown: Cheryl Murdock at 6 then Ghosts of Dixie and more
• Sam's Burger Joint: Carolyn Wonderland
• Floore's Country Store: Turnpike Troubadours, Dirty River Boys, Jonny Burke
• Barriba Cantina: Christine Roberts at 5
• Luckenbach: Brandon Rhyder w/Folk Family Revival

Saturday
• NB Farmer's Market: Pete and Sean
• Billy's Ice: Bleu Edmondson Band
• River Road Ice House: blacktopGYPSY
• Gruene Hall: Sol Patch at 1 then Cooder Graw w/Casey Berry
• Tavern in the Gruene: TBA
• The Phoenix Saloon: Hill Country Gentlemen + Ian Lee & The Open Hearts
• The PourHaus: Avalon
• Black Whale Pub: T-Bone and the Bluetones
• 2 Rivers Coffee: Richard Sanders at 6
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: The Lesti Huff Band at 1, Daniel Thomas Phipps at 3
• Vineyard at Gruene: Broseph
• Adobe Verde: Bru Erdman
• Vino en Verde: The Vagabonds w/Yesenia
• Luensmanns Ice House: 3 Man Front
• Riley's Tavern: The Georges at 7, Chuck Meade at 10:30
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Hot Texas Swing Band at 4:45, then Pardo & Reed
• Sam's Burger Joint: Soul Track Mind and Roxy Roca
• Barriba Cantina: Whipples at 5, Granvil Poynter at 9
• Floore's Country Store: Bellfuries
• Luckenbach:
--- John Evans & Emily Bell at 1
--- Mike and the Moonpies at 7

Sunday
• Billy's Ice: Dan Adams
• River Road Ice House: TBA
• Gruene Hall: 18th Annual KNBT Americana Music Jam
1:00pm – The Statesboro Revue
1:40pm – Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros
2:20pm – Seth James Band
3:00pm – Terri Hendrix w/ Lloyd Maines
3:45pm – Micky & The Motorcars
4:30pm – Ray Wylie Hubbard
5:00pm – Shinyribs
5:35pm – Scott Miller (acoustic)
6:15pm – Hal Ketchum (acoustic)
6:50pm – Adam Hood
7:30pm – Radney Foster
8:20pm – Randy Rogers (acoustic)
8:55pm – special surprise guest
9:35pm – Uncle Lucius
10:10pm – Robert Earl Keen (acoustic)
10:40pm – Cody Canada & The Departed

*Lineup and schedule subject to change.
• Tavern in the Gruene: Whiskey Rodeo
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- Sunday Afternoon Live w/Jordan Minor at 2
--- True Audio Outland Presents: TBA
• The PourHaus: The Vagabonds
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten:
--- The Blues Buzzards at 2
--- Kim and Her Bad Habits at 7
• Adobe Verde: Tyler Hadlock
• Vineyard at Gruene:
--- Sarah Pierce at noon
--- TX Renegade at 3
• Vino en Verde:
• Sam's Burger Joint: Peter Furler Band with Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil
• Floore's Country Store: MC & The Mystyx
• Barriba Cantina:
--- Cajun Blues at 3
--- Step Aside Blues Band at 7
• Luckenbach: Brian Keane & Casey Berry

New Music: Luck & Desire by Josh Grider

There are some singer-songwriters that can walk the fine line between good, honest songwriting and having a sound that has a place on big radio, Josh Grider does this really well. You might catch him swapping songs with one of his friends or playing to a sold out crowd. Josh has learned from exploratory time spent in both Texas and Tennessee that he needed to not only write music that came from his heart, but also not be afraid to make commercially viable music. Luck & Desire is Josh's fifth full-length album in ten years, and definitely pulls from the far reaches of his songwriting experiences over the years.

I've listened to this entire record many times over the last few weeks, and if I ever did one of those "Top 20 of 2014" things Josh would definitely end up in that list. From the opening ballad Luck and Desire to White Van which is a song about life on the road all the way through to the silly but enjoyable closer One Night Taco Stand, Luck & Desire is well worth the money, GO BUY IT! And go see Josh live soon!

links:
Josh Grider on Facebook
Josh Grider on Twitter
JoshGrider.com
Luck & Desire on iTunes

SoundCloud: The Boxers - How Low

Here is one of the many great tracks from The Boxers' 2013 self-titled album "The Boxers". This is "How Low", but please go check out the rest of this great piece of work from a New Braunfels-based band, buy it on iTunes, and PLEASE call KNBT and request to hear this local band!


links:
The Boxers on iTunes
KNBT.fm

Week of 5/5/2014

Monday
• Billy's Ice: Charlie Stout
• River Road Ice House: TBA
• Gruene Hall: Jamie Wilson
• Tavern in the Gruene: Court Nance Accident
• The PourHaus: Aaron Stephens
• Vineyard at Gruene: Billy Snipes at 6
• Jack's Roadhouse: open mic w/JJ Garrett Band and Matt Begley
• Riley's Tavern: Songwriter showcase w/John Whipple
• Cheatham Street Warehouse:
--- SoldierSongs and Voices Workshop w/Dustin Welch at 5
--- Manzy Lowry & friends
• Triple Crown: Gerry's Kids at 6
• Treff's Tavern: Jumbofunk
• Sam's Burger Joint: The Ortega Jazz Quartet
• Barriba Cantina: Brian Duarte Trio

Tuesday
• Billy's Ice: Kyle Reed & Steven Roloff
• River Road Ice House: Belly-up acoustic open jam w/Scott Morgan
• Gruene Hall: Sarah Pierce, Eric Hanke, John Inmon, Brian Kalinec
• Tavern in the Gruene:
--- KNBT Roots and Branches of Americana w/Ray Wylie Hubbard (guests Josh Grider and Jamie Wilson)
--- The Blooms
• The PourHaus: Open mic w/Jon Magill
• Watering Hole Saloon: KennCentric
• Herbert's Taco Hut: Buddy Boy at 5
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band at 6
• Lone Star Music: Josh Grider (cd release) #LUCKandDESIRE
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Blue Water Hwy & Dry River Religion
• Triple Crown: Beth Lee at 6
• Zelick's: T-Bone and the Bluetones (open mic)
• 512 on 6th: JJ Garrett Band
• Barriba Cantina: Mark Monaco

Wednesday
• Billy's Ice: Aaron Stephens
• River Road Ice House: The Motts
• Gruene Hall: Bill Chambers & Robyn Ludwick
• The Phoenix Saloon: Unhappy hour w/Jordan Minor and Charlie Stout at 7:30
• The PourHaus: Jeremy Steding
• Vineyard at Gruene: Jacob Clark at 6
• Watering Hole Saloon: Korey & Dana Acoustic
• Buffalo Wings & Rings: Haley Cole and friends
• Riley's Tavern: Tyler Cannon
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Kent Finlay's songwriter circle
• Triple Crown: Jesse Dalton at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: One (Metallica Tribute)
• Barriba Cantina: Adam Johnson Band

Thursday
• Billy's Ice: Cyrus James
• River Road Ice House: Happy hour w/Jackson Parten then Sister C
• Gruene Hall: Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros
• The Phoenix Saloon: Happy hour w/The Leftovers
• The PourHaus: Nick Lawrence
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: Jam night
• Adobe Verde: Jeremy Steding
• New Braunfels Coffee: Open mic w/Richard Sanders
• Jack's Roadhouse: Uncle Daddy
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: The Damn Quails w/Pardo & Reed
• Triple Crown: The Bottom Feeders at 6
• Sam's Burger Joint: Mando Saenz
• Floore's Country Store: Mike & The Moonpies
• Barriba Cantina: Will Owen Gage
• Dave & Busters SA: Court Nance

Friday
• Billy's Ice: Anthony Terry w/The No Refund Band
• River Road Ice House: Dale Watson w/Wes Nickson
• Gruene Hall: The Georges
• Tavern in the Gruene: Shane Rogers Band
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- Happy hour w/Jade Marie Patek
--- James Pardo & The Underestimated + The Canvas People
• The PourHaus: Mothership Connection
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: MC & The Mystyx at 6
• Vineyard at Gruene: Bennett and Hines at 7
• Adobe Verde: Dry River Religion
• Vino en Verde: Megan Ford
• Los Cucos: Alli Mattice Band at 7
• Herbert's Taco Hut: Two Rivers Trio at 7
• Sertino's Cafe: Open mic at 7
• Texas Ski Ranch: Midnight River Choir w/Dry River Religion
• Riley's Tavern: Andrea Marie
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Canvas People + Blue Water Hwy
• Triple Crown: Bill Jerram at 6
• Zelicks: Aaron Stephens
• Floore's Country Store: Granger Smith feat. Earl Dibbles Jr w/Gary Kyle
• Barriba Cantina: Texcali Resonators
• Luckenbach: Lewis & Martin at 4 then Rosie Flores

Saturday
• NB Farmer's Market: Ron Brietzke
• Billy's Ice: Stephen Chadwick Band
• River Road Ice House: Jarrod Birmingham
• Gruene Hall:
--- Danny Brooks at 1
--- M. Ward w/Mount Moriah
• Tavern in the Gruene: Kyle Reed Band
• The PourHaus: Whiskey Rodeo
• Black Whale Pub: Empty-Handed Vagabonds
• Ironhorse Grill: Bennett and Hines at 7
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten: NB Blues Society Anniversary Party
• Vineyard at Gruene: Jerry Kirk at 7
• Adobe Verde: Jonathan Garcia
• Vino en Verde: The Floaters
• Riley's Tavern: Cornell Hurd
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: Doug Moreland Band
• Sam's Burger Joint: Bob Schneider Solo Show
• Barriba Cantina: The Mullberrys
• Floore's Country Store: Wade Bowen w/Paul Thorn
• Luckenbach:
--- Charlie Shafter at 1
--- Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros

Sunday
• Billy's Ice: Mark McKinney 
• River Road Ice House: Guadapalooza starts at noon
• Gruene Hall:
--- Bret Graham at 12:30
--- Susan Gibson at 5
• Tavern in the Gruene: Whiskey Rodeo
• The Phoenix Saloon:
--- Sunday Afternoon Live w/Daniel Thomas Phipps
--- True Audio Outland Presents: TBA
• The PourHaus: The Groove Hounds
• Oma Gruene's Secret Garten:
• Adobe Verde: Jesse Stratton
• Vineyard at Gruene: Jackson Parten at 3
• Cheatham Street Warehouse: The Hill Country Formal (doors open at 7)
• Sam's Burger Joint: Tommy Castro & The Painkillers w/Nick Moss Band
• Barriba Cantina:
--- Jacinto y Ray y Joaquin at 3
--- Step Aside Blues Band at 7
• Luckenbach: Jamie Wilson, Jason Eady, Robyn Ludwick & Adam Hood

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