I first heard Austin Meade sing a year ago during an all-star tribute to Tom Petty shortly after Petty’s untimely death. I was very impressed with his performance and made a mental note to keep an eye on his career. Fast forward to a few months ago when I received a copy of his latest […]
VIVA Jerry Jeff As Texas icon Jerry Jeff Walker recovers from a rough fight with throat cancer, his many friends are planning a musical salute to him on Sunday at Gruene Hall. Titled Viva Jerry Jeff – Pals of Scamp Share Stories and Songs, the show starts at 7pm on Sunday night. Many musicians from […]
SXSW Blues This week, if you happen to be anywhere near Austin, you will notice the city and the traffic are much more crowded that normal, if that’s actually possible. The reason for the crowds? It’s South By Southwest week, that’s why. Known by it’s shortened name of SXSW, it has become one of the […]
Bob Seger Comes to Texas Detroit rocker Bob Seger released his hit single Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man in 1968 and it seemed that his music career was off to a good start. However, things don’t always work out as planned. It would take him another seven years to get a song on the charts and by […]
Texas Independence Day Texas declared independence on March 2, 1836 and this week, we all get to help celebrate this very special day. Many venues around town will have concerts planned around this important day in Texas history. Listing them alphabetically is really the fairest way so we will start with The Lawless at Billy’s […]
Johnny Cash Bash at Phoenix Saloon I always thought I was the world’s biggest Johnny Cash fan until I met Ross Fortune, owner of the Phoenix Saloon. Ross had the unbelievable honor of spending time with Cash shortly before he passed away. He was working on an assignment for a magazine and was able to […]
Valentine’s Day in New Braunfels Today is Valentine’s Day and several venues in town have planned special concerts to help celebrate this day of love. Going alphabetically we can start with the Brauntex Theatre and a rare show with Connie Smith and her husband Marty Stuart. These two lovebirds rarely perform together outside of Nashville […]
Colter Wall at Gruene Hall This week we have two Canadian country artists coming to town to perform for us. First up there’s Colter Wall from Swift Current, Saskatchewan. At 13, he started playing guitar and listening to the wide variety of music in his parent’s collection. Their albums included everything from AC/DC to Waylon […]
Junior Brown & His Famous Guit-Steel Back in 1994 I made my first trip to Nashville to attend the annual Fan Fair Festival. It was held at the old race car track on the outskirts of town. Country artists sat for hours in small booths and signed autographs for fans that travelled from all over […]
Music News – April 4, 2019
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