The African American Museum in fair park is sponsoring a Blues Under the Dome series in their auditorium. Showtime is 7 pm. Featured artists are: Lazaar on Jan. 21, D-Connection Feb. 18, Tutu Jones Mar. 17, Bobby Patterson Apr. 21, and R.L. Griffin May 19. Call 214-565-9016 xt 304 for more info. 12/28/99
Memo Gonzalez and his German band, The Bluescasters, will be visiting his home town in February. Here's their current schedule:
Here's a website for the Too Blues blues festival in Dallas this March. Thanks to Patti Coghill. Too Blues Blues Festival 12/20
Sammy Claus (aka Sam Myers) made a guest appearance at the Lakewood Bar and Grill and the Hole in the Wall on 12/15. Pictures CLICK HERE. 12/16
Ernie Johnson reports a soul blues show Christmas night at the Longhorn Ballroom featuring himself, Lady Lotion, Bobby Patterson, Big Charles Young, Charlie Robinson, and special guests. 12/15
Mike Morgan's new trio with Robin Syler and Wes Starr on drums is sounding fine!! They'll be Mike's full time band after Jan. 1. 12/10
Nick Curran has a monster new CD due out in late February called Fixin' Your Head. 12/10
Mitch Palmer will be taking over the Monday night Greenville Bar and Grill jam begining December 20. Guitarist/band will rotate weekly with Mitch as M.C. 12/10
Holland K. Smith has shaved his goatee and moustache. See the new "bare" Holland at a gig near you. 12/10
Big Charles Young is looking for a guitarist and keyboard player to work every Friday and Saturday at the Cowboy Lounge. 12/8
There was a nice article on R.L. Griffin in the Dallas Morning News on 12/5. Online at: R. L. Griffin Interview 12/6
Real Street Blues is back on local TV. It is now on Channel 11 at 2:30 am on Saturday morning. The time often slips by 10-15 minutes so allow some extra time when you set your VCR. They are still in repeats. 11/28
Big Charles Young now performs most Friday and Saturdays at the Cowboy Lounge. 11/19
There is an excellent 12 page article on Bobby Patterson in the current issue of Juke Blues (#45). That's a U.K. magazine but it is sometimes available at Borders. Bobby is playing the Blues Estaffette Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands this weekend. 11/18
The new Fort Worth Christmas blues compilation called Christmas Time in Cowtown is out. Featuring Bobby Counts (Count Blue), Jerry Clark, Holland K. Smith, James Hinkle, Dave Millsap, Raleigh Smith, Patsy Green, Buddy Whittington, Johnny Guadarrama, and Keny Traylor. website at: http://christmastimeincowtown.com/ 11/13
Chuck Nevitt is planning a big show for Christmas night including Denny Freeman, Derek O'Brien, Johnny Moeller, Paul Size and more. 11/10
Smokin' Joe Kubek showed up at Hash Brown's Bone Jam on 11/9 and mentioned he has a new wife. Congratulations Joe! 11/10
Hash Brown reports Willie Willis will be recording a second CD for Fedora Records. 11/6
Patti Coghill reported rumors of a festival in Dallas on March 26
and an investigation on Pollstar found this:
Pat Boyack is now back playing with Mitch Palmer in a new band called The Blasting Caps. They are playing every Thursday at the Lakewood Bar and Grill in November. 11/3
Mike Morgan's father, Robert Morgan, passed away on October 30 after a long battle with cancer. Robert was a big blues fan and long time supporter of the blues shows on KNON. He was also a big help with the Blind Lemon Jefferson headstone project. He not only provided an introduction to Sandra McCown at Hillsboro Monument Works (who provided the stone, engraving, and set-up at cost) but he also came out to help on the day the stone was set photo. My sincerest condolences to Mike, his mom Shirley, and all of Robert's family and friends.
My internet show on Bluestown.com is on hold pending interpretation of new license requirements related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which was passed last year but has just taken effect. We have suspended recording of the live show awaiting decisions from Yahoo! Broadcast and the RIAA. More info at: http://www.riaa.com/weblic/wl_faq.htm
Texas Slim is completing an acoustic album of 1920's and 30's blues for release before Christmas. 10/26
Fort Worth club Horny's is closed. 10/20
The Bone is no longer broadcasting on the internet. 10/20
Patti Coghill reports Sumter Bruton's mom took a serious fall. She broke her right elbow and is in All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth. She will be released 10/21 at noon.
Josh Davis says he and English Dave should complete their next CD in about 2 weeks. 10/20
Congratulations to Hide Masuda, The Samurai Cowboy, on the birth of his son. "At last, the boy was born this morning! Japanese time 10/15/99, 10:00 am. The Blues Boy of 3224 gram! His name will be George ( Jyouji)". 10/15
Lucky Peterson's new CD, just titled Lucky Peterson, has been released on Verve/Gitanes. 10/12
Trey Flewellen reports Jim Suhler will be in the studio this week cutting his new CD for Bullseye/Rounder. 10/12
Mike Morgan and the Crawl featuring Lee McBee are headed for Norway in November. 10/12
Here is the playlist for my internet blues show #24 from J&J blues bar.
Josh Alan now has his own website. http://joshalan.com/ 10/8
From Kathy Prather via Patti Coghill: "Holland K. Smith's girlfriend, Andrea, was killed in an automobile accident on Saturday 10/2/99. The funeral services for Andrea will be held Wednesday, October 6, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. in Arlington. The funeral services will be held at First United Methodist Church in Arlington 313 North Center Street. Take the Collins exit and go south. The church is at the intersection of Division and Center. We know that Holland and Andrea's family appreciates your continued prayers, thoughts and support."
Big Al Dupree's new CD on Fedora Records, Positive Thinking, has been released. The CD features Hash Brown on guitar. Note the photo in the booklet is of Big Al and engineer Bob Sullivan, not Chuck Nevitt. 10/5
The last copies of the KNON Texas Blues Radio CD Vol. 2 are in the stores. The station has no copies left. 9/24
The Blue Mule now has a website at http://www.bluemulecafe.com/ . Blue Mule Website 9/24
Randy McAllister's new CD, Double Rectified Bust Head, has been released by JSP Records. Patti Coghill from Southwest Blues did the photography for the CD cover. 9/9
The Dallas Theater Center will present THE DINAH WASHINGTON MUSICAL, DINAH WAS, at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, September 14 through October 3. 214-522-TIXX for tickets. 9/9
Just for grins, and no other particular reason, I got the scanner going and dumped a few recent Dallas/Fort Worth blues photos up on my site. Some of these are local folks, others are touring road acts. You can see the whole set (may take a minute to load) at: click here! NOTE! You must be at the main xoom.com site for this link to work! I will not upload all these to the mirror sites. Takes too long! Go here: http://members.xoom.com/don_o/pix.htm
Just when they were getting out of repeats and on to new shows, Real Street Blues has disappeared from the Channel 8 line-up. Rats. As usual, no information on their website as to what is going on. 9/5
KDTN Channel 2 is now airing the Texas Music Cafe show from Waco. I caught it at 12:30 am Monday morning. I know this show has recorded a number of blues acts including Joe Jonas. Like Austin City limits this show records all kinds of music with some blues. 8/31
See the picture of Josh Davis with his special hat at J&J Blues Bar on August 12, 1999.
Sax player/vocalist Chris Whynaught, who played with the Crawl for awhile, has a solo CD coming out 9/1 on Bad Daddy Records. The CD is titled Heard Him On the Radio. http://www.baddaddy.com 8/22
Jake Crawford has replaced Hash Brown as the host of the Greenville Bar and Grill Monday jam session. It was the bar owner's decision, not Hash Brown's. 8/20
The Bramhall Brothers, Josh and Zack, are releasing their first CD at Muddy Waters on Greenville Ave on Saturday, 9-4. e-mail at: at db@lanehouse.org.
Lance Lopez is set to release his first CD, First Things First. Lance now has a website at http://lancelopez.8m.com/ 8/18
Lucky Peterson's new CD, titled Lucky Peterson, is due out on Blue Thumb Records on October 5. He has a few preview copies and is selling them at his gigs.
Keyboard player Shawn Ferris has relocated to Austin. He has also joined Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones band.
There's a new website for Josh Davis and English Dave at: http://www.angelfire.com/on2/joshdavis 8/11
There's a new CD available that was recorded live at the 1998
Pinetop Blues Festival in Nacogdoches featuring several Dallas blues
artists. R.L. Griffin, Edwin Holt, Lil' Nikki, Lady Princess, Perry
Jones, Love Company, and Harold Walker are a few of the artists
featured. Also featured are Joe Guitar Hughes from Houston and the
Nacogdoches Interdenominational Choir. Price is just $12 postpaid and
proceeds go to the Footprints Foundation. Mail order info below:
The website for the Bedford Blues Festival has been updated with complete info for this years festival. Bedford Blues Festival website 8/8
Jim Suhler is off on tour with George Thorogood through the end of August. 8/8
Local TV show Real Street Blues has finally gotten out of their repeat-itis. Recent new shows have featured Deborah Coleman, Chant, Scott Keeton and the Deviants, and Keri LePai and the Shifters. 8/8
Drummer Marc Wilson, who has played with Mike Morgan and the Crawl for many years, is now working with the Robin Bank$ Band. Lee McBee will reportedly leave The Crawl after their New Years Eve gig at Wizards. 8/8
Here is the playlist for my internet blues show #15 from J&J blues bar. Here's some pictures of the short interview with Big Bill Morganfield (Muddy Waters' son) and Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin. http://24.4.17.37/pictures/Texas_Blues_Roadhouse/Default.htm 8/5
Scott e-mailed me to say there's a nice Johnnie Taylor article on the Dallas Morning News website at: http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/0804life1taylor.htm 8/4
Early news on the Denton Blues Festival #2 just in. Headliner is Johnnie Taylor opening acts Pops Carter, an Austin quartet called the Headhunters, Brother Jake (Denton R&B/Funk) and others TBA. Cookie McGee and Cricket Taylor are possibles, too. More info when I get it. 8/4
Please support KNON's blues shows during the Aug 1-14 pledge drive. The Texas Blues Radio T-shirt will be blue in color for the rest of the year. Same design (by Aaron Burton) as the first part of this year. 8/1
Ernie Johnson has been released from his recording contract with Malaco/Waldoxy and is talking with several labels. 8/1
Congratulations to Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets featuring Sam Myers for charting #1 on the Living Blues radio poll for May and #4 in June. Also congrats to Hash Brown for charting #16 and #19 in the same months. More worldwide recognition of DFW blues acts! 8/1
Here's a page for 8 year old (!) Alec Lancaster in Plano who is getting into blues drumming. Alec Lancaster website 7/31
Shemekia Copeland and Bobby Blue Bland are confirmed for the Bedford Blues Festival which runs Sept 3-5. Shemekia is on Sept 4 according to Pollstar. The formerly free festival will have a $5 admission charge this year for those arriving after 7 pm. 7/19
Kenny Traylor's new CD is out on Topcat Records and is titled Something's Gotta Change. The CD has 2 covers and 10 originals. They are for sale at Record Town in Fort Worth. 7/19
Terry Montgomery reports the Hash Brown Band website has moved to http://hashbrown.jumptunes.com Hash Brown Band website
Memo Gonzalez has a new website at: http://www.memogonzalez.de/ Memo Gonzalez & the Bluescasters It's mostly in German. 7/16
Daddio's Fort Worth blues website is back in business at: http://www.jr-smith.com Daddio's
