more recent blues news
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2018
There's a nice 3 page interview with Cookie McGee in the December 2018 issue of Living Blues Magazine. 12/3
Dylan Bishop has released his new CD, "Distilled". 10/24
The Smokin Blues and BBQ Festival, scheduled for October 19 and 20th, has been cancelled due to the heavy rains in the area. 10/17
Andrew "Junior Boy" Jones is featured in a 2 page article in the October 2018 issue of Living Blues magazine. 10/9
JMac's annual Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute show will broadcast Monday, October 1st from 6 pm to 8 pm on KNON.
Hash Brown's Wednesday jam session at Mac's is now every other Wednesday instead of weekly. 9/27
Are you ready for Freddie?? Time for my annual Freddie King birthday
tribute show, Friday, August 31, from 6 pm to 8 pm on KNON 89.3
FM. 2 hours of nothing but the Texas Cannonball, Freddie King.
Buddy Magazine
will celebrate 45 years of publishing with a special benefit show on
Sunday, August 12th from noon to 10 pm, at the Longhorn Ballroom in
Dallas. A silent auction of items from Buddy's past and their
many talented photographers will help raise money to cover the recent
increase of newsprint due to new tariff rules. Performer listing and times
There will be a celebration of life gathering for Will "Smokey" Logg on Sunday, July 29 from 3 pm to 6 pm at Louie Louie's Piano Bar, 2605 Elm Street in Dallas.
Hash Brown has been in the studio and has 12 tracks down so far. 6/28
Reo Casey has been working on a new CD of original material. He hopes to finish by the end of August. 6/28
Paul Filipowicz has reported Dallas bluesman Will "Smokey" Logg passed away on June 18th. Here's an interview I did with Smokey back in 1994. http://bluesdfw.com/sub1/smokey.htm
Will was one of the artists who played the very first KNON blues benefit show back in 1985. 6/18
The Big Beat Dallas complex at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, including the Highway 61 South blues club, has closed. http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/restaurants/article212114019.html 5/29
The Trinity River Blues Society
is now taking applications for their 2018 North Texas Blues Challenge.
Categories include band, solo/duo, and youth. Contact
Gordon Robertson at 817-368-1604 or
grobertson106@gmail.com. First round judging will take
place on July 8. 5/9
Cafe Momentum will have a special charity event featuring Jim Suhler and Santos Puertas on Sunday, May 27 at 6 pm. Reservations are required.
The Texas Musicians Museum in Irving has closed and is looking for a new home. 5/1
Wes Race has had the Dylan Bishop Band in the studio cutting an album of cover tunes. Shot time! 4/29
Highway 61 South will
celebrate their grand opening on Thursday, March 29 at 9 pm.
Their website is now live with a schedule through April. It
will be nice to have a 7 nights a week blues club in DFW again! https://highway61south.com/
Hash Brown has a new jam at Mac's Southside on Lamar. Wednesdays at 8 pm.
Ann Armstrong's CD release party for her new CD, Party in the Underworld, will take place at Poor David's Pub on Friday, February 23rd.
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2017
E.J. Mathews is working on a new CD which he plans to release in March. 12/8
Holland K. Smith is working on a new CD and hopes to have it out by February. 12/2
Shawn Pittman is back making music and has a Kickstarter campaign to fund his new CD with Jay Moeller.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505208480/straight-blues-from-crooked-fools?ref=card
Cookie McGee was a big hit at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland. 11/20
The Denton Record Chronicle reports the Pops Carter monument in Quakertown Park was vandalized this week. Thanks to Scott for the heads up. 9/14
http://www.dentonrc.com/news/denton/2017/09/13/pops-carter-monument-quakertown-park-vandalized
The Hash Brown jam at the Track Bar and Grill is canceled, at least throught football season. 9/7
Fred's Texas Cafe North on Western Center in Fort Worth has canceled all live music, for now. The Currie Street and TCU locations still have live music, including some blues, now and then. 9/4
Are you ready for Freddie?? Time for my annual Freddie King birthday tribute show, this Friday, September 1, from 6 pm to 8 pm on KNON 89.3 FM.
Scott reports that former J&J Blues Bar bartender Dave Jeffery has passed away. Dave was in charge of booking the venue for many years and brought in
many
wonderful national acts. He also had a microphone behind the bar
and would sometimes blow harp while working, earning him the
nickname "The Harptender."
Paul Harrington has been in the studio working on a new recording. 7/30
There will be a benefit and celebration of life for Kent Viceroy of The Superkings on Sunday, July 23 at Poor David's Pub at 3 pm.
Bedford has announced their headliners for the annual Bedford Blues and BBQ Festival. I'm really excited to see Ronnie Earl in town.
I don't think he's played here for more than 20 years. 5/30
There's a nice article on Dylan Bishop in the current issue of Buddy Magazine. http://buddymagazine.com/pdf/2017/201705-dylan-bishop.pdf
Congrats to Dylan Bishop for charting #16 on the Living Blues radio poll for April. That's quite an accomplishment for a self-released first CD. 5/6
https://livingblues.com/living-blues-radio-chart-april-2017/
E.J. Mathews has scheduled the CD release party for his new CD, King of the Barnyard, at Bucky Moonshines on Friday, April 28th.
Rev. K.M. Williams had emergency surgery on Saturday. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. 4/11
Paul Jenkins, former bass player with Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King for many years, passed away yesterday. He appeared on 4 of Joe and Bnois' CDs.
My sympathies to Roy and the rest of the Jenkins family. 4/11
There's a nice article on Dylan Bishop in the current Dallas Observer. Thanks to Scott for the heads up. 3/9
http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/teenage-bluesman-dylan-bishop-on-what-it-s-like-to-have-jimmie-vaughan-as-a-fan-9245984
Jerome Weeks reports the KERA Art and Seek piece on Rev. K.M. Williams
just won award from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters as Best
Feature Story. That means a local story about a blues man beat
out
all the other features submitted by news radio stations across Texas. Congratulations!! 3/3
Congrats to E.J. Mathews who has a 2 page feature article "Breaking Out" in issue #247 of Living Blues Magazine. That's a big deal in the blues world. 2/2
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones has issued "It's Me Again" featuring new takes on some of his original songs. Kerrie LePai has re-issued her "Organic" CD with one new track under the title "Organic Blues." 1/30
Jim Suhler will be doing some reunion gigs with his original Monkeybeat band members, Carlton Powell and Paul Hollis. 1/19
The Texas Music Office reports that the U.S. Department of State is seeking bands for their annual American Music Abroad program. Info below:
Free online application - http://amvoices.org/ama/apply/application/
Criteria - http://amvoices.org/ama/apply/criteria/
FAQ - http://amvoices.org/ama/apply/faqs/
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2016
JMac reports that former KNON blues host Marc Tuton has died. Marc hosted a pre-war and acoustic blues show called Marc's Hot Licks, originally on Monday nights, then later on
Monday mornings between 1985 and 1994. He had been battling cancer since 2009.
KERA's Art and Seek has a nice piece on Rev. K.M. Williams.
Yours truly even throws in 2 cents worth. Great to see K.M.
getting some more exposure here in DFW. 12/1
http://artandseek.org/spotlight/reverend-km-williams/ K.M. also has a new video produced by his new record label. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3culi8nU3ng
Aaron Burton has released his new CD, Southern Swagger. 10/14
Are you ready for Freddie? Time for my annual Freddie King birthday tribute show, this Friday, September 2, from 6 pm to 8 pm on KNON 89.3 FM.
Josh Alan has released his new CD titled "60 Godammit." 8/1
Austin blues man Lightning Red passed away last week at the age of 67. He played a lot in DFW through the years. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/LightningRedMemorandum/?fref=ts 7/14
Dylan
Bishop will be at Fort Horton Studio on Monday and Tuesday cutting his
new CD, Jimmie Vaughan may sit in on a few tracks. 7/6
Tutu Jones reports that Dallas Blues singer Big Charles Young passed away on June 1st.
The Dallas City Council has approved the Stevie and Jimmie Vaughan art installation for Kessler Park. Congrats to Kirby Warnock for getting it done. Way to go Kirby!! 5/25
Dylan Bishop is set to go in Fort Horton Studio to record his first full CD in June. 4/28
There's a nice interview with Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones in the March issue of Blues Blast Magazine. http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-10-13-march-31-2016/
Jim Yanaway, founder of Amazing Records,
has passed away at the age of 64. Thanks to Jim, artists like The
Juke Jumpers, Omar and the Howlers, Denny Freeman, and Gary
Primich were able to make their first recordings. obituary 3/16
Rev. K.M Williams has signed with Cleopatra Records and has a new CD in the works. 3/8
The Smokin Blues and BBQ Festival that was cancelled back in October has rescheduled for April 22nd and 23rd. 2/17
I have added a few photos from the 17th annual KNON Blues Festival to the DFW Blues scrapbook page. http://bluesdfw.blogspot.com/ 2/1
The Bedford Blues and BBQ Fest is looking for input on who to book for their 2016 show. Tell them what you think here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/blues2016
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2015
KNON 89.3's Big Daddy Hal is no longer able to do his Thursday 6 pm to 8 pm radio show and will be replaced by Blue Lisa. A replacement for Lisa's Thursday morning R&B show is TBA.12/17
Congrats to Anson Funderburgh for his Blues Music Awards nomination in the Instrumentalist Guitar category. 12/15
Facebook is reporting Mark Pollock passed away on November 13.
Mambo's in Fort Worth has closed. They are searching for a new location. 11/11
The Smokin Blues and BBQ Fest scheduled for October 23 and 24 has been cancelled due to the bad weather. Check their Facebook for updates. https://www.facebook.com/SmokinBluesBBQFest
The Blues Against Breast Cancer event on October 24th has morphed into a tribute show for Smokin Joe Kubek
with proceeds going to Joe's wife, Phyllis, who is battling cancer.
Show starts at 6 pm at Poor David's Pub with many special guests.
Link is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1073039252736523/
Smokin Joe Kubek Family and Friends Visitation
from 3-5 on Sunday, October 18, at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home.
606 West Airport Freeway
Irving, Tx 75062 972-579-1313
At the Request of Phyllis Perkins Kubek- the funeral service will be private and for family only
Smokin Joe Kubek passed away suddenly on October 10 while on tour in North Carolina.
Here's a new video from the Zac Harmon Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K_VLbxA1dM 9/12/15
Are you ready for Freddie? Once again I will dedicate an entire radio show to the music and memory of FREDDIE KING. This year's Freddie King tribute will be Friday, September 4th from 6 pm to 8 pm on KNON 89.3 FM.
Texas Slim has joined the Zac Harmon Band. He will still be doing his own thing when he is not on the road with Zac. 8/29
Zac Harmon will be on KDFW's Good Day program tomorrow, Saturday 8/29 between 8 and 9 am. 8/28
Here's the video courtesy of Fox4: http://www.fox4news.com/good-day/13500830-story
KNON announced today our new home will be at 11311 Central Expressway at Northaven. 8/20
Congratulations to BOBBY PATTERSON who won the 2015 Living Blues Award as Most Outstanding Blues Singer. 8/7
Zac Harmon will release his new CD, Right Man Right Now, on August 29. It is his first for his new label, Blind Pig Records. 8/3
Here's the wake and funeral info for Joe Jonas (Joseph Jones).
Wake
When: Friday, July 31, 2015, 7pm- 8pm
Location: Sandra Clark Funeral Home Chapel, 6029 South R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75232
Service
When: Saturday, August 1, 2015, 11am
Location: Sandra Clark Funeral Home Chapel, 6029 South R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75232
Patti Coghill reports Joe Jonas passed away this afternoon. Rest in peace Joe. 7/21
I have just added a new section called the DFW Blues Scrapbook.
It links a blog I have created to house my photos and other
ephemera from the Dallas/Fort Worth blues scene. It is still a
work in progress and will continue to expand on an irregular basis. 7/20
Look for another HUGE benefit for Mark Pollock in September.
Miss Marcy has released her new CD, Deep Ellum, on CSP Records. She has a CD release party scheduled for August 15 at Poor David's Pub.
Former Freddie King and Cold Blue Steel guitarist Mark Pollock
is battling cancer. There will be a benefit for Mark at Poor
David's Pub on Sunday, July 12 from 3-10 pm. So many musicians want to play at the show that they had to add an additional 3 hours.
Encore Park will celebrate Juneteenth with a free lunchtime concert featuring Rev. K.M. Williams and Joel Foy. Here's the link for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1618016685109048/
Kirby Warnock's
project to have an art installation in Lee Park honoring Stevie and
Jimmie Vaughan finally has city council approval. Now he has to
raise $68,000 to help pay for purchase and upkeep. Here's the
link to contribute: http://vaughanbrosart.com/donate
Dallas Blues Society Records founder Chuck Nevitt
passed away unexpectedly on April 26. He was just 59. Chuck
loved the blues and was instrumental in resurrecting the career of
Zuzu Bollin. His label released CDs by Henry Qualls, Big Al Dupree, Denny Freeman and Johnny Moeller.
Chuck also promoted many live shows in Dallas back in the 90's
and for many years sponsored a "show and dance line" listing many live
blues events arounnd DFW. There will be a memorial gathering from
2 pm to 8 pm at Poor David's Pub on Sunday, June 7.
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King's new CD, Fat Man's Shine Parlor, charted #1 in the February Living Blues Radio poll. 3/9
The Fort Worth Star Telegram continues their blues series with an article on Hurst's Buddy Whittington. 2/27
http://www.dfw.com/static/portraits-in-blue/buddy-whittington/
There is a nice article on Fort Worth blues man Larry Lampkin on the Star Telegram's dfw.com site. 2/19
http://www.dfw.com/static/portraits-in-blue/larry-lampkin/
James Hinkle reports Fort Worth blues man Arvel Stricklin has passed away. 2/9
Zac Harmon has signed with Blind Pig Records. Look for his new CD in the fall. 1/28
Local blues fan Dr. Trey Flewellen
passed away on January 19 at the age of 71. Trey and his Doctor
Blues group helped produce the "Let the Dogs Run" CD with Mike Morgan and Jim Suhler for Blacktop Records.
He also helped many other DFW blues artists produce CDs and demo
tapes over the years. Visitation will be January 28th at 7 pm.
Details here: http://www.daltonandson.com/obituaries/Eugene-Flewellen/#!/ServicesEvents
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King will release their new CD, Fat Man's Shine Parlor, on February 3. They have a CD release party at the Granada Theater on February 6.
Omar Dykes needs some help to record and press his next two CDs. He has a go fund me account here:
https://www.gofundme.com/j3xo3g
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2014
HASH BROWN writes:
Our dear beloved brother Michael 'Cadillac' Johnson has
to have an operation to remove a tumor on his parathyroid gland in his
neck. He does have insurance and the prognosis is good for the surgery.
The only problem is he needs to come up with the deductible for the
insurance to be able to make this happen. This is hard
to do on a fixed income! It is time for the friends of Cadillac Johnson
to step up and help him, he who helps so many. The benefit will be
Sunday, December 28th at Fred's TCU location from 4pm-9pm. Acts
scheduled to appear are Buddy Whittington, the Super Kings, Mike Morgan, Dave Milsap, Band of Brothers, Blind Dog Cooley, Steve Hill, Dylan Bishop and Reo Casey, and many special guests. There will also be a silent auction, we are still taking auction items. If
you cannot make the benefit and would still like to make a donation,
you can do so by making a payment thru PAYPAL and send to
revcadillacjohnson@hotmail.com or send check or money order donations
to Michael Johnson P.O. 470183 Fort Worth, TX 76147-0183 Please feel
free to share this poster and info on your page, the more that know
about it, the better chance we can get Cadillac the help he needs!
Thanks everyone!
KNON's Texas Blues Radio
is looking for ideas for their 2015 blues T-shirt. The design
must be 1 color and not depict any real person living or dead.
Send your design ideas to donoblues@knon.org.
Aaron Burton will have a CD release party for his new CD on 11/28 at Poor David's.
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King will release their new CD on February 3rd.
Work continues at Encore Park adjacent to the historic Vitaphone building at 508 Park Avenue. A dedication weekend for the new 508 Amphitheater and sculpture wall will take place the weekend of October 24-26. Among the many events is a free live performance by Larry Lampkin on Friday, October 24 at 4:30 pm. More info here: http://encoreparkdallas.org/ 10/14
KNON was just named Best Radio Station for Music by the Dallas Observer for the third time in the last 4 years. 9/25
http://www.dallasobserver.com/bestof/2014/award/best-music-radio-station-3977155/
Last night I had Tom Keener and Michael Maher from the Allen Public Library on my KNON Texas Blues Radio program. They are currently working on the first ever documentary on Texas blues legend FREDDIE KING
and they need your input. They're looking for original photos,
posters, and stories from North Texas folks who knew, played with, or
attended live concerts by Freddie King. They're especially
looking for folks who were at the 1969 Texas International Pop Festival
in Lewisville. The family of Freddie King and the Freddie King
estate are participating in the project. If you can't help, maybe
you know someone who can? For info contact: Tom Keener at:
214-509-4911 or tkeener@cityof allen.org 9/12
Happy Birthday to Freddie King today, September 3rd. He would have been 80 today. 9/3
The new Trinity River Blues Society
is up and running . They are still awaiting tax exempt status but
check their website for upcoming events and news. http://trinityriverblues.com/ 8/30
Are you ready for Freddie?? My annual Freddie King
birthday tribute show will take place Friday, August 29 on KNON 89.3 FM
at 6 pm. Two hours of nothing but the Texas Cannonball, Freddie King! As always tune in for some rare tracks and maybe some special guests.
Texas Slim is headed back to Europe in October.
Mike Morgan has just returned from a tour in Spain with Holland K. Smith and Shawn Pittman.
Former Mike Morgan and the Crawl harp player and vocalist Lee McBee
passed away yesterday in Lawrence, Kansas at the age of 63.
Condolences to his family and many, many friends and fans.
The service for Lee McBee will take place at 2:00pm with a visitation to follow.
Saturday June 28, 2014
2:00pm
Rumsey Yost Funeral Home http://rumsey-yost.com/
601 Indiana
Lawrence, Kansas
Christian Dozzler has released a new duo cd with guitarist Michal van Merwyk.
Hash Brown's Tuesday blues jam at the RBC club in Deep Ellum is no more. 6/3
There is a nice article on Miss Marcy in this week's Dallas Observer. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2014/04/miss_marcy_is_a_blues-shouting.php 5/1
J&J Blues Bar will shut their doors again after May 10th.
Congrats to Gregg A. Smith who has a big article in the current issue of Living Blues Magazine (#230).
Jim Suhler's new CD Panther Burn charted #14 in the March Living Blues Radio poll.
Larry Lampkin has released a single from his upcoming new CD, The Blues is Real. 4/4
Aaron Burton is headed over to France for his first European show. 3/29
Look for a new Hash Brown blues jam back in Deep Ellum beginning April 15. Venue is the RBC Club, which will be at the site of the old Blue Cat location at 2617 Commerce Street.
Jim Suhler has released his new CD, Panther Burn. 2/18/14
Texas Slim has released his new CD, That's Who I Am. 1/24/14
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2013
Linda Riggi has released her new CD Born with the Blues. 12/20
The title track to the Ruff Kutt Blues Band's CD, That's When the Blues Begins, has been nominated for a 2013 Blues Music Award. Anson Funderburgh has been nominated in 2 categories, Best Guitarst and Traditional Male Blues Artist. 12/15
Thanks
to everyone who came out for my big 30th anniversary celebration at
Poor David's Pub. We raised over $1000 for KNON. Thanks to
all the musicians who graced the stage and to Poor David's for their
usual fine hospitality. Also thanks to Chef Ivan at the Alligator
Cafe for the excellent BBQ dinner. Thanks also to the KNON board
of directors for the nice little presentation piece below.
I will be celebrating 30 years on KNON with a party/KNON benefit at Poor David's Pub on Sunday, October 20th at 4 pm. There will be 3 great BLUES bands. From Fort Worth, Larry Lampkin. From Austin, Greg Izor and the Box Kickers. From Dallas, Jason Elmore and Hoodoo Witch.
Jason has promised an ALL blues set! All 3 bands will do a
full 90 minute show and there might WILL be some VERY special guests. On
top of that we will have free BBQ WHILE IT LASTS. And since it is
my party there will also be CAKE, while it lasts. Blues, BBQ, and
cake? How can you miss that?? We will also have a huge
raffle benefitting KNON including many special items from my personal
collection. One winner will leave with a ton of cool stuff,
including a complete Texas Blues Radio CD collection, Volumes 1-5 still
sealed (vols. 1-4 are long out of print and command $30-$40 each on
eBay), a giant Freddie King poster, a box full of great blues CDs, a
classic KNON 90.9 FM t-shirt, an event poster, and a LOT more!
Tickets will be on sale NOW KNON.org. Thanks to Ron at Buddy Magazine for the coverage here: http://buddymagazine.com/pdf/2013/201310-don-o.pdf Thanks to Alan Ayo and the Dallas Observer for the coverage here: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/10/don_o_knon_interview.php?page=all
There's a nice story on R.L. Griffin's Blues Palace #2 in this weeks Dallas Observer. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/09/rls_blues_palace_dallas.php 9/5
Fort Worth club Mambo's will be closed September 2-10 for some cleaning and upgrades.
Are you ready for Freddie? My annual Freddie King birthday tribute show is THIS Friday, August 30th, from 6 pm to 8 pm on KNON 89.3 FM.
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King's new CD, Road Dog's Life, is due out September 17th. 8/4
J&J BLUES BAR in Fort Worth will re-open on July 27. Welcome back!! We missed you. http://www.jjbluesbar.com/index.html 7/18
KNON
will feature Live and Local music week July 14-20, with many live
performers in the studio and all local CDs in between. Artists
scheduled include Christian Dozzler, Mike Morgan, Joel Foy, Hash Brown,
Jason Elmore, Aaron Burton, and more. My show on Friday, July 19 will feature Mike Morgan, Christian Dozzler performing LIVE and Wanda King is bringing by her new CD. Celebrate DFW music all week with KNON!
From James Goode:
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Friends and fellow blues lovers,
One of the hallmarks of the blues is its sense...
of community. We are a caring and giving group of folks from all over
the world, united by our mutual love of the music and our compassion.
And we like to give back - each in our own way
It's a fact that
the life of a blues musician is hard and financially challenging. This
becomes even more glaringly obvious when misfortune strikes.
One
of our own is suffering and needs our help. Legendary West Coast blues
singer Finis Tasby suffered a severe stroke in December, leaving him
with what we hope will be only temporary paralysis. He is still very
much with us mentally and besides paralysis on his left side he is doing
well. Finis does have Medicare but, as he is unable to perform he has
no income. His last recording was with the Ruff Kutt Blues Band on
their charting CD "That's Where The Blues Begins".
Blues Debut
is offering a limited number of these CDs from Finis' last recording
sessions, signed by fellow Ruff Kutt members Zac Harmon, James Goode,
and Anson Funderburgh. A healthy $15 from each CD sold will go to the
Finis Tasby Medical Fund. They are priced at $23. To order, please
visit http://bluesdebut.com/finis-tasby-ruff-kutt/
This is a stellar CD in its own right, and now you have the opportunity
to get a signed copy of a CD you'll absolutely love while helping out a
stricken Hall of Fame Bluesman.
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Texas Slim is set to head off for a 3 week European tour. Have a fun trip, Slim!
KNON's online history museum is now online here: http://knonhistory.blogspot.com/
Aaron Burton has released his new CD, The Return of Peetie Whitestraw. 6/30
The Fine Arts Division of
the Dallas Public Library is pleased to host 508 Park: The Past Meets
the Future, an exhibit and event celebrating the “resurrection”
of the 1930 Art Deco building at 508 Park Avenue in Downtown Dallas. 4th floor of the J.
Erik Jonsson Central Library (1515 Young Street). The exhibit will be
open June through December. For more information, please call the
Fine Arts Division: 214-670-1643.
FREE blues download from Alligator Records. Yup, 17 FREE MP3 song downloads, available until May 11. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/AlligatorRecords/app_212095832143742
Here's a TV news story from WFAA channel 8 about the 508 Park Avenue project. Thanks to Pat Bywaters for the link. http://www.wfaa.com/entertainment/New-life-for-abandoned-Dallas-building-with-rich-musical-history-199078151.html 3/27/13
James Goode's Ruff Kutt Blues Band has joined Vizztone Records to promote and distribute their new CD. 3/21
The Ruff Kutt Blues Band will release their new CD, That's When the Blues Begins, on March 18 on CDBaby. The CD features Anson Funderburgh, Zac Harmon, and Finis Tasby in a program of all original songs by James Goode.
Lucky Peterson's new CD, Live at the 55 Arts Club in Berlin, has been released by Blackbird Records. 2/8
Trainreck (K.M. Williams, Washboard Jackson, and Jeff Stone) has released their new CD, Live at the Old Town School of Music. K.M. is currently touring in Israel! 1/11
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2012
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones has released his new CD, "I Know What It's Like". Kerrie Lepai guests on 3 tracks. 12/7
Holland K. Smith has signed with Ellersoul Records and looks to release a new all original CD early next spring. Anson Funderburgh will produce. 12/1
The benefit for Jerry Clark in Fort Worth raised almost $1200.
Hash Brown reports there will be a benefit for Jerry Clark at Mambos on Thursday, November 15 at 8 pm. Burglars recently stole some of his much loved guitars and other items. 11/8
KNON has released a special limited edition vinyl LP edition of their Texas Blues Radio Volume 5 CD. Limited to only 135 copies and available exclusively at Forever Young Records in Grand Prairie. 10/25
Former Dallas resident Nick Curran has
passed away in Austin at the age of 35. Nick formerly played with
Ronnie Dawson, Kim Lenz, Hash Brown, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and had
many of his own bands including The Nitelifes and The Lo Lifes.
10/6
KNON has just been named Best Music Radio Station for 2012 by The Dallas Observer. http://www.dallasobserver.com/bestof/2012/award/best-radio-station-music-2821663/
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King's new acoustic CD will be out on September 18 on Delta Groove Records. Title is Close to the Bone. 7/31
The Dallas Observer has an interview with yours truly in their online edition. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/07/knons_don_o_knows_local_blues.php 7/31
KNON will be selling MP3 downloads of Texas Blues Radio Volume 5 this week only for just $9.99. The special deal ends Friday, August 3rd. Link is here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/texasbluesradiovolume5
Hash Brown's Wednesday jam at Grovers is suspended for now. Rumors are it may re-appear in September. Stay tuned! 7/30
KNON has released Texas Blues Radio Volume 5. More info here: http://knon.org/pages/texas-blues-radio-volume-5 7/16
Jackie Don Loe will be filling in tonight for K.M. Williams at Red Hot and Blue BBQ. Get well soon K.M.! 6/22
Hash Brown has a new jam Wednesday night at Grover's Bar and Grill in far North Dallas at 9 pm. 6/4
Got the sad news that Pearl
is closing (again) after June 15th. They are looking for a new
location now. Stay tuned for further developments! 6/4
KNON has a listener survery poll up. Stop by and voice your opinion! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M5HTXBT
There
will be a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Robert Johnson's 1937
Dallas recording sessions on Tuesday June 19th at the First
Presbyterian Church in Dallas. The main theatrical event
will take place at 7 pm. Details are here: http://www.508park.org/eventsat508.asp
Also, I will be playing every song Johnson recorded in
Dallas on my radio show on KNON on Friday, June 15th. 5/30
The Dallas Observer and other outlets are reporting that KKDA has fired local celebrity DJs Ernie Johnson, R.L. Griffin, Bobby Patterson, and Louie "Da Wolf" White. They will be replaced by automated programming. Another sad day for Dallas radio. 5/24
Sorry
for the downtime last week. A photo I posted elsewhere proved very
popular and drew 150% of my monthly bandwidth in just 12 hours, which
got my site locked. Lesson learned! 5/4
Here's an update on the work ongoing at 508 Park Avenue in Dallas, the building where Robert Johnson
recorded in 1937. There are beginning demolition of the adjacent
building this Sunday to provide a space for an outdoor concert
amphitheater. Details are here:
http://thestewpotdallas.blogspot.com/2012/04/demo-day.htm 4/19
Congrats to K.M. Williams who will be playing on the main stage at the Chicago Blues Festival at the Petrillo Bandshell on Friday, June 8th and on the Front Porch stage on Saturday, June 9th. 3/24
Fort Worth singer and guitarist Mace Maben has passed after a long battle with cancer. My condolences to Suzy Q and Mace's family and friends. 3/22
http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5441:rip-mace-maben&catid=92:online-exclusives&Itemid=516
The Dallas Observer is reporting Texas guitar legend Bugs Henderson
passed away last night. Bugs was never really a "blues man", he
always said "I play AMERICAN music", but the blues was always close to
his heart and soul and there was a little bit of blues in every song he
played. He was good friends with Freddie King and their late night
poker games were legendary. I remember several times back in the
mid 70's going to the old Mother Blues on Rawlins where Freddie would
be playing in the front room and Bugs would be playing in the backroom.
They staggered their breaks and each would sit in with the other.
My condolences to his family and friends. 3/9
Popular blues supporters the Alligator Cafe
has moved over to Casa Linda Plaza at Garland Road at Buckner.
With their new expanded location they will now offer full blues
bands from 10 pm to1 am on weekends. 3/2
Texas Slim reports that Dallas music writer Tim Schuller
has died. Tim was a big supporter of the Dallas blues scene and
wrote articles on many blues artists in the area. He was a
contributer to Living Blues Magazine, Blues Access, The Met, Southwest Blues, Buddy Magazine, and was music
editor of the Dallas Observer back in the 80's. 2/29
Hash Brown will hold a song writing workshop for the Dallas Songwriters Association on Saturday, March 3rd at 2pm. Cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Details here: http://dallassongwritersworkshops.blogspot.com/
There will be another benefit for Bugs Henderson on Sunday, March 4th at the Palladium Ballroom. Details here: http://benefitbugs.com/palladium.htm 2/11
The old J&J Blues Bar location in Fort Worth has re-opened as NOS Bar. They do not plan to be a blues bar but there are a few blues bands on their schedule. http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/nosbar
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2011
Forwarded
from Scott from Suzy Q Maben:
Please say some prayers for Mace Maben. He broke
his jaw in 3 places and will have surgery tomorrow. They are
putting in 2 titanium plates, maybe 3. He fell and hit the corner
or the microwave and the the floor. He is in a lot of pain. 12/26
The DFW Blues Society is
searching for two new board members by the end of 2011. If they
do not find some new volunteers, the society may be dissolved.
Contact them at info@dfwbluessociety.org
12/19
Freddie King will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in Cleveland in April 2012. It's about time! Now when
are we going to have a statue of Freddie in Dallas??
http://rockhall.com/inductees/freddie-king/
The Dallas Observer reports Bugs
Henderson has been diagnosed with cancer and his December 9th
show at Bass Hall is now a benefit event for him. 11/19
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/11/influential_blues_guitarist_bu.php
James Goode reports that Doyle
Bramhall sr has passed
away. My deepest sympathies to his family and many
friends. 11/13
The City of Grand
Prairie has
opened a new
theater venue and will be featuring occasional blues shows. The
first is Anson Funderburgh and
Friends with Catherine Denise on November 5th. Website is
here: http://www.uptowntheatergp.com/home.htm
10/15
Here's a review of a visit I
made to Dublin City FM in
Ireland where Blues Train host Charlie
Hussey was kind enough to invite me to bring along a stack of
DFW blues artists to play.
http://knon.org/stories/texas-blues-radio-visits-dublin-city-fm-ireland 10/12
Lynn sent me a note about a cool Jimmie Vaughan gig upcoming:
"Jimmie
Vaughan returns to his hometown for his first live appearance in Oak
Cliff in 45 years. This will be a special show that will include a
conversation onstage with Jimmie and some of his old classmates and
band members. He will talk about his younger brother, Stevie Ray
Vaughan and their time in Oak Cliff, followed by a concert with his
Tilt-A-Whirl Band. VIP seats include upfront seating and a
meet-and-greet with Jimmie after the show. A one-of-a-kind evening with
Oak Cliff’s favorite son."
Here's the link: http://thetexastheatre.com/movies-events/homecoming-concert-with-jimmy-vaughan-and-the-tilt-a-whirl-band
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King's
van was burglarized on September 24th in Crosby, Texas and the band
lost a lot of uninsured equipment. There will be a benefit
for the band at Pearl in Dallas
on Friday, September 30th.
KNON has been named Best Radio
Station for 2011 by the Dallas
Observer. 9/23
The long lost death certificate and gravesite for Paramount recording
artist Blind Blake has been
found. In the blues world this ranks right up there with the
first publishing of the photos of Robert Johnson. The story is here.
9/23
Scott reports that Lee McBee
fell and broke his foot so
Mitch Kashmar will join Anson Funderburgh and Mike Morgan at Pearl on Sept 17. 9/15
My annual all Freddie King
radio show is scheduled for Friday, September 2nd at 6 pm on KNON, 89.3
FM (online at KNON.org). Freddie's daughter Wanda King and keyboard player Lewis Stephens are scheduled to join
me to talk about Freddie.
Pearl will be re-opening in September. Yay! http://pearlatcommerce.com/
There's a nice article on R.L.
Griffin's Blues Palace #2 in this week's Dallas Observer.
There's also a photo set online. 8/12
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-08-11/music/scenes-from-r-l-s-blues-palace-2/
http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/the-scene-at-r-l-s-blues-palace-2-33984499/
The DFW Blues Society has re-vamped their website. http://dfwbluessociety.org/
8/8
Rumor has it that Pearl will
re-open in September, in the same location.
I just re-linked my old DFW blues news archives going back to
1998. When you page down to the link at the bottom of this (and
previous pages) the link actually works now! Note that many of
the old links and photos from the old days no longer work, but the DFW
blues history is still there. If you find any
other broken links in the main part of this site (or in recent news),
please, please let me know and I will do my best to fix it. 8/1
KNON was just named Best Radio Station for 2011 by D Magazine. See the award here. 7/22
The Bedford Blues Festival will be
in a NEW location this year. It will now be held on city property
located at 2000 Forest Ridge Drive in Bedford. 7/18
James Goode says the Mill Block
Blues CD has reached #16 on the June Living Blues radio poll and #5 in
blues sales on CDbaby. Sales have generated over $4000 for the
Blues Foundation's Hart fund.
Legendary Dallas DJ Cuzzin Lenny Henderson
passed away last night. Cuz was a great supporter of the blues
for many years and was often the M.C. for important road acts like B.B.
King and Bobby Bland when they visited Dallas. 7/1/11
Jas Stephens has released a
various artist compilation of bands who used to play at the notorious
Cellar club in Fort Worth. While it is mostly 70's rock, there is
some rocking blues from folks like Buddy Whittington and Bugs
Henderson. http://www.thecellarreunionscd.com/index
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cellar50thanniversaryr
Texas Slim's new CD Cookin'
With Gas has been released on the Feelin Good label out of Italy.
6/15
Both Aaron Burton and Joey Love are in the studio this
week making new recordings. 6/2
Legendary Fort Worth guitarist Cornell
Dupree passed away on May
8th.
Shawn Pittman's new CD on Delta Groove Records is slated for
release on May 17. 4/21
Texas Slim reports he will have
two new CDs out later this year. Both were cut on his last trip
to Italy. One is a live CD with an Italian band and the other is
a studio session. He also reports he will play guitar on an upcoming E.C. Scott CD for Alligator Records and a new CD for Wanda King. 4/15
Congrats to Christian Dozzler
and Robin Bank$ for winning
part of the big Blues Revue
Magazine "Sponsor the Band" contest. They will be part of
a $4000 ad in the next issue of the national magazine. 4/15
After many years and much mystery, the death certificate of Blind Lemon Jefferson
has been found. It has been published in the Frog Blues and Jazz
Annual #1. Interestingly, he was listed as GEORGE Jefferson,
probably
because the information on the deceased was provided by his
landlady
in Chicago, Emma Jackson. His occupation is listed as BLIND and
birthplace as Dallas, Texas (also incorrect). Place of Death is
listed
as "in the street 3700 block of Rhodes Avenue". Cause of death
"probably Chronic Myocarditis".
Saturday, April 9, Craig Hopkins
will participate in a jazz and blues program in the auditorium at the
public library, 300 N. Allen Dr., Allen, TX 75013 beginning at 3:00p.m.
Following his presentation about Stevie Ray Vaughan, there will be
performances by Jason Elmore and
Hoodoo Witch, Falcon Music Quartet and local blues/soul musician
Tutu Jones.
Look for a new CD release in April featuring Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones, Anson Funderburgh and many
others. Details here: http://www.ruffkuttblues.com/purchase/buy-our-cd
3/7
Here's the new 2011 Texas Blues Radio
t-shirt design for KNON by
Christi Hansel. new t-shirt 1/31
Zander's House in Plano has
discontinued their live blues on Thursday nights. 1/8
The city of Lewisville is
opening a new 296 seat theater on January 14th with Anson and Friends and Smokin Joe Kubek and
Bnois King. Details here.
1/7
Dallas blues mainstay Pearl
has announced they are closing after January 8th. 1/3
New club Take 482 has
closed. 1/2
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2010
Pearl owner Rick Yost
is in the hospital with a
nasty stomach virus. Please keep him and Tracy in your thoughts
and prayers. 12/18
Congrats to former DFW resident Shawn
Pittman who has signed with Delta
Groove Records. 12/18
Congratulations to Lucky Peterson,
Smokin Joe Kubek, and Bnois King on their nominations in
the annual Blues Music Awards
presented by the Blues Foundation
in Memphis. Lucky was nominated for the Best Acoustic Album of
2010 for his CD You Can Always Turn Around. Joe and Bnois were
nominated in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category for their CD
Have Blues Will Travel. 12/15
Condolences to Lucky Peterson
and his family on the death of his father, bluesman James Peterson, on December
12th.
Congrats to K.M. Williams for
charting in the Living Blues Radio poll. His new CD on Dialtone
Records, When I Rise, charted #24 in the September report and #21 in
the October report. Lucky
Peterson's latest CD, You can Always Turn Around, Charted #17 in
October. 12/9
There's a nice article with video and photos on Texas blues and gospel
in the Dallas Morning News today.
Article is here: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/1128glsunlede.27f6c3e.html
Photos and video are here: http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/photography/2010/blues/
11/28
Drummer Degge James is in the
hospital recovering from an infected spider bite. While
there, he ran into Cookie McGee
who was also being treated for a recent accident. Here's wishing
them both a speedy recovery. 10/30
New club Take 482 now has a website up. http://www.take482.com/
10/18
There is now a website up with full info on the Joe Jonas benefit
concert: http://www.joejonasbenefit.com/
10/8
I got a chance to visit Blind Lemon
Jefferson's gravesite down in Wortham today. First time I
have been down in 10 years or so. His grave is indeed being kept clean,
though I don't know about the new arbor thingy. Photos
here: http://bluesdfw.com/sub1/bljvisit2010.html
9/25
Homer Henderson has just
returned from a tour of Finland! Here's some video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGDbeZgZeRs
9/24
Jim Suhler says he is headed to
New Jersey (New Jersey! Get a rope!) in October to cut a new CD with
Vince Converse and Buddy Whittington.
9/24
Shannon reports a new blues club has opened in Dallas. Take 482 is located at 1818 Storey
Lane, suite 900, in Dallas, near the corner of Storey Lane and Clifford
street. 9/18
Hash Brown's Monday jam at
Mambo's is no more. 9/5
Are you ready for
FREDDIE? My annual Freddie King
birthday special will be Friday, September 3rd on my radio show
on KNON. Two hours of nothing but Freddie King from 6 pm to 8 pm
on KNON 89.3 FM.
Some of you long time KNON
listeners may remember Marc's Hot
Licks
which used to be on KNON on Monday mornings back in the 80's and
90's.
Marc used to play a great mix of pre-war acoustic blues and boogie
woogie piano and his show was much loved by many KNON listeners.
I
recently re-connected with Marc, after many years, and I invited him to
come back and do a special edition of Marc's Hot Licks on my radio show
some Friday night. Well, the date has been set and Marc will be
back
in the KNON studio on Friday, August 27th between 6 pm and 8 pm doing a
special edition of Marc's Hot Licks. Please pass it on!
A benefit for recent stroke victim Joe Jonas is planned for
Saturday, November 6 at the Lakewood Theater. Details TBA.
8/20/10
Congrats to Smokin Joe Kubek and
Bnois King whose
latest CD, "Have Blues will Travel", charted number 1 on the Living
Blues Radio Chart for June 2010. 8/7
Scott
reports Joe Jonas has now
moved to Duncanville Health Care and Rehab. 8/6
T. Wayne reports local blues
master Joe Jonas suffered a
stroke Monday night and is in Methodist Hospital in Duncanville.
Keep him in your thoughts and prayers. 8/2
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King
are just back from a big blues festival in Lithuania! There's
some photos of Joe and Bnois at this website about 3/4 of the way down.
http://www.aigarsphoto.lv/index.php?view=4&eventId=87
7/11
A new blues society is
starting up in DFW called the DFW
Blues Society. Join up today! I did!
Information on their website here: http://www.dfwbluessociety.org/index.html
7/7
Will Logg reports local bass
player Randy Joe Fullerton passed
away on June 26th. Randy previously played with artists such as
Luther Allison and Howlin Wolf before moving to Dallas where he worked
with Smokey Logg for many
years.
6/27
Joanna Iz reports the
Southwest Blues hiatus will continue through July. Publishing will
resume in August, pending the outcome of the SW Blues benefit concert
on July 11th.
Cheryl Arena reports Catfish Blues will no longer feature live
music.
WADE AID Benefit for Wade
Mundinger. Wade owned the original Muddy Waters, Gulf Coast
Restaurant, and managed Deep Ellum Blues. He moved to Florida a
few years ago. He recently suffered a stroke while visiting in
Dallas and needs help with living expenses while going through therapy.
WHEN-- Thursday June 3, 2010 6 pm
WHERE--Vickery Park, 2810 N. Henderson
Ave. ph.214-827-1432
BENEFITING-- Wade Mundinger, Stroke Surviver
(Former
owner of Muddy Waters,Gulf Coast Restaurant and
Deep Ellum Blues)
Funds will help with living expenses while going thru therapy for
the next few months. Wade will make a full recovery and is doing
very
well.
Musicians interested in playing in the line up should contact
William Aiuto
or call direct 214-549-8955.
Joanna Iz reports there will
not be a June issue of Southwest
Blues Magazine. 5/27
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King have released their new CD, Have
Blues Will Travel, on Alligator Records. 5/25
K.M. Williams has signed with Dialtone
Records in Austin. 5/20
Joe Jonas has
released his new CD, Hard Times are Here Again, on his own Whale
Records label. 5/15
Andrea Dawson has released her first CD, Left with the Uptown
Blues. 5/8
Ginger, who used to
host Texas Blues Radio on Tuesday night, will be back visiting the week
of March 1. She will be sitting in on Blue Lisa's KNON show on
Thursday, March 5 from 9 am to noon.
K.M. Williams and Washboard
Jackson will be performing
at SXSW in Austin as part of the Dialtone
Records showcase on March 18. Congrats
guys!!
The Tu-Tones self released CD has been picked up and re-issued
by Topcat Records. 2/12
K.M. Williams and Washboard Jackson will be performing
at the Chicago Blues Festival in June. Congrats
guys!! 2/5
Jason Elmore says his new CD
will be out in April. 1/31
Johnnie Red and the Roosters
have released their new CD, Brewing Up a Batch of Blues. 1/29
Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King have been recording their new
CD for Alligator Records. Bnois says the CD will be out around
May. 1/14
Jason Elmore reports that he got both of his guitars
back. After distributing descriptive flyers to dozens of local
pawn shops, one of them recognized his guitar and called the police
when the thief came to pawn it. The other was recovered at the
crook's apartment. 1/6
The Fort Worth Weekly reports J&J
Blues Bar in Fort Worth will be closing after January 30th.
Jason Elmore also reports some stolen guitars:
Last friday, I lost 2 guitars outside of Sons
Of Hermann Hall in Dallas, TX near the corner of Elm and Exposition.
One was a newer model snow white Fender Stratocaster with a rosewood
fretboard, pearl pickguard, and humbucking bridge pickup.
The
other is a beat-up, sunburst colored Fender Squire with a maple neck,
it has a Sun Records sticker covering up a quarter-sized scratch in the
finish on the body, near the bridge. Most of the hardware is rusted
pretty badly as well.
Neither guitar is worth very much to anyone
but me. I make this meager living with those tools and I recorded my
first album with them, so they have senitmental value to me.
If
you hear or see anything, or if you have any suggestions as to where I
should start calling or looking, please send me a signal of some kind.
Please re-post. Thank you!
Jason Elmore 903-647-4951
Dallas/Fort
Worth Blues
News 2009
Hash Brown reports his van was burglarized on 12/30.
Below is a list of the missing items:
1 FENDER 1965 BLACKFACE DELUXE REISSUE(SN AC082182)
1 DESIGNED TO FIT COVER FOR REISSUE DELUXE
1 FENDER NOS TWEED LIMITED BLUES JUNIOR(SN D16831)
1 DESIGNED TO FIT COVER FOR BLUES JUNIOR
1 FENDER HOTROD DEVILLE AMP(SN B265801)
1 TUKI COVER FOR HOTROD DEVILLE
1 MACKIE 808M PA HEAD
1 MARS ROLLING PA CASE FOR MACKIE 808M
1 CARVIN MINI PA AMP AG100 D(SN OD14535)
1 SKB 1200 12 SPACE MICROPHONE CASE
3 SHURE SM 58 MICROPHONES W/CABLES
PA CABLES
1 1982 TOKAI STRATOCASTER
1 LEATHER DOUBLE GUITAR GIGBAG(BROWN)
VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS.
REWARD OFFERED
THANKS,
BRIAN 214-673-0309
KNON's Texas Blues Radio is having their annual blues t-shirt
design competition which will end January 1, 2010. Specs and
details on their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/texasbluesradio
The line-up for the 11th annual KNON
Blues Festival has been announced. Dates are January 30
and 31st. Details at KNON.org.
Congrats to Jim
Suhler and Monkey Beat who are nominated for Rock Blues album of
the year at the 2010 Blues Music Awards for their CD Tijuana
Bible. 12/6
Sonnyboy Mark reports the Hash
Brown Tuesday jam at Ernie's has been cancelled. 12/2
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones has released his new CD, Gettin' Real, on
Electro Fi Records. 11/20
Former DFW resident Kirby Kelley has
been named "top undiscovered blues guitarist" in a competition
sponsored by Guitar Center. http://gc.guitarcenter.com/kingoftheblues/
Thanks to Scott for the heads up. 11/14
Christian Dozzler and Robin
Bank$ have released their new
CD, Livin' Life. Robin will be in town for CD release
parties beginning November 20th.
Aaron Burton is finishing up
his latest CD. 11/11
Blues piano (and accordion and harmonica) ace Christian
Dozzler will be a special guest on my KNON blues show THIS
Friday,
November 13th,for a special ALL PIANO BLUES show! That's 6
to 8 pm this Friday on KNON 89.3 FM in DFW or at KNON.org
online. Tune in for some great PIANO blues!
Tutu Jones has released his new
CD, Inside Out, on his own Soul Tone Records label. It's a
mixed bag of original soul and blues tunes with 4 solid blues
tracks. It will eventually be available via CD Baby but he is
also selling copies via his myspace page and his e-mail at
tutujones@hotmail.com. 11/6
Willie Thomas Jr., also known as "Big
Bo Thomas" was a well known musician in Dallas from 1947-1972
passed on October 1, 2009. He owned several night clubs in the
Thomas-Hall St. area. He started his own record label: "Gay-Shel
records, the shortened and hyphenated names of his daughter and son
Gayle and Sheldon. He produced many recordings with his band "The
Arrows". Funeral: Friday, October 9, 2009, 11:00 AM, The
Potter’s House, 6777 W. Kiest Blvd. Dallas. 10/4
K.M. Williams has released his
18th new CD, The Poor Boy Recordings.
JMac's 20th annual SRV birthday tribute will be
broadcast on Monday, October 5th from 6-8 pm on KNON 89.3 FM.
Former DFW area resident Shawn Pittman
is in the studio this week recording his new CD. 10/1
A new blues and R&B
club, Tuckers Blues, has
opened at the old Blue Cat Blues location (2617 Commerce Street) in
Deep Ellum. 9/27
Long time Dallas blues club the Hole
in the Wall will drop its liquor license and no longer feature
live blues after October 28. 9/27
Mambo's restautant in Fort Worth is
now booking live blues.
Former DFW resident Nick Curran
has signed with Delta Groove Records
and will release a new CD with his new blues band, Nick Curran and the Lo Lifes, in
early 2010.
Texas Slim has a CD release
party scheduled for September 12th at the Hole in the Wall.
Rumor has it that 2 new blues clubs will be opening in Dallas
soon. One at the old former (smaller) Blue Cat location and
another at the old Greenville building that used to house Muddy
Waters. 8/27
Ginger will be leaving KNON's Texas
Blues Radio after 10 years as
a host. Her Tuesday night time slot will be taken over by "Sonnyboy" Mark. Ginger's last
show will be Tuesday, September 8th. She will be out at the KNON
blues benefit on Sunday, August 30th at Pearl for a big send-off.
8/25
Patti Coghill reports there will be
a memorial for Ronnie Bramhall on August 25,
2009 6-8pm at Spring Creek BBQ in Irving at Beltline & 183.
Texas Slim has released his new CD,
"Driving Blues", on Dallas based Topcat
Records. 8/7
Joel Foy has been in the studio
recording and will have a new CD out later this Fall. 8/6
Look for a new CD from Christian
Dozzler and Robin Bank$
this fall..
"Gentleman" John Street reports Andrew
"Jr. Boy" Jones new CD will
be out this fall on Electro-Fi Records. 7/18
There is a really nice dedication to
Sam Myers on the new Rod Piazza CD, "Soul Monster".
Rod tells a great Sam story and dedicates a tune called "Tell Me About
it Sam". 6/11
Pops Carter will be celebrating
his 90th birthday with a show at The Boiler Room in Denton on June
6th.
Jack McGee reports that the Bobby Rush
show scheduled for April 12 at R.L.'s Blues Palace has been
cancelled. Appearing in place of Bobby Rush will be Leroy Ward and Vernon Garrett. 4/10
Paul Harrington now has a
myspace page that even lists his gigs! www.myspace.com/paulharringtonband
Texas Slim has a new CD due out
soon in Europe and in the U.S. about a month after. 3/28
Bob Kirkpatrick now has a
myspace page maintained by his son. http://www.myspace.com/bobkirklouisiana
3/21
Thanks to everyone who came out for the live broadcast at KNON on
Friday, March
20th featuring Cricket Taylor,
Kirkland James, and Josh Alan. It was a big success and
we will probably do another one, soon. 3/21
Cookie McGee cut a new live CD
for Topcat Records at Pearl in Dallas on February 28. Lucky Peterson and James Butler were
in the band.
Looks like the Bedford Blues Festial
is back! Info here: http://www.ci.bedford.tx.us/Departments/tourism/blues.htm
Congrats to Ernie Johnson who
has a big feature article in the current edition of Living Blues Magazine.
2/25
Robin Bank$ reports she will be
back visiting in June doing several local shows and possibly recording
a new CD. 2/16
The new 2009 KNON Texas Blues
Radio t-shirt design by Fred Holmes can be seen here
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones has been
in the studio working on his new CD. Yay! 2/3
KERA radio has been doing some features on Alan Govenar's new Texas Blues book and they have some
nice clips and info online here: http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2009/01/14/texas-blues-part-1-a-new-oral-history/
1/14
Unfair Park reports a request
for a demolition permit has been filed for by the owners of 508 Park
Avenue, the building where Robert
Johnson recorded in Dallas in June 1937.
details here: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/01/blues_for_508_park_ave_owners.php
1/12
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues News 2008
Congrats to Smokin Joe Kubek and
Bnois King for their 2009 Blues
Music Awards nomination in the category Rock Blues Album of the
Year. Also, congrats to Dallas based Topcat Records for their nomination
in the Historical Blues Album of the Year category for their recent
Hollywood Fats release. Winners will be announced in May in
Memphis. 12/16
Alan Govenar has
released his
most recent book, Texas Blues, the Rise of a Contemporary Sound, on
Texas A&M University Press.
Craig Hopkins, local author of
several books on Stevie Ray Vaughan, has just been awarded the 2009 Keeping the Blues Alive Award
for literature by the Blues Foundation in Memphis.
Here's a link to his site with the announcement: http://www.stevieray.com/book3KBA.htm
Congratulations Craig!! 11/10
Chris Ruest plans to record his
new CD in December.
Bob Kirkpatrick is back playing
again and sounds great!!! 10/25
Shawn Pittman has been in the
studio in Austin and has several Dallas area gigs over the next few
months.
Joe Jonas had a nice interview
on channel 5 about the confusion between him and the "other" Joe Jonas
from the Jonas Brothers Band. Video is here:
http://video.nbc5i.com/player/?id=741721 10/9/08
Tin Spirits in Grapevine
(formerly the main Street Blues Room) has closed. 10/6
Aaron Burton has
released his new CD, "How Can I Be Blue?". 9/15
Hash Brown reports his Wednesday jam at Fish on Fire has
ended. Seems the place has been sold and they've dropped all live
music. 9/15
Ginger and Big Daddy Hal have swapped nights on
KNON's Texas Blues Radio.
Ginger is now on Tuesday and Hal is now on Thursday.
I will be celebrating 25 years
on KNON on Friday September 5th with my annual Freddie King birthday tribute
show. 2 hours of nothing but Freddie King! Thanks for 25
fun years!
KNON will be
celebrating 25
years of broadcasting in DFW on Wednesday, July 30th at 3:15 am.
To celebrate,
the Texas Blues Radio format
(heard 6 pm to 8 pm monday through Friday) will be playing ONLY LOCAL DFW
BLUES ARTISTS all week, July 28-August 1. In
addition, many local artists will also be performing LIVE on the radio
between 6 pm and 8 pm that same week. Live performances
scheduled to appear:
Monday
July 28: Joe Jonas
Tuesday July 29: Hash
Brown
Wednesday
July 30: Mike Morgan, Joel Foy
Thursday
July 31: Blue Lisa w/ Rob Donovan, JMac w/ Gregg Smith
Friday
August 1: K.M. Williams, Christian Dozzler
James Hinkle has released his
new CD, Some Day. 6/15
Todd Parsnow reports Lucky Peterson has a new recording
deal with Universal music and has been recording in New York.
Lucky is headed out on a European tour next week. 6/15
The Irving Arts Center is
featuring an
exhibition of blues and jazz paintings by Ernie Benton & Daggi Wallace
through September 21st. It's free. Info HERE.
Christian Dozzler has released
his new CD, The Blues and a Half. 5/31
Tutu Jones reports his new CD
has gone to mastering and he is shopping for a new label.
5/3
Todd Parsnow reports Lucky
Peterson will be playing
Sunday's at Gezellig on
Greenville in Dallas. Showtime is 9:30.
Here's
some video of Smokin' Joe Kubek and
Bnois King doing 2 acoustic tunes on my radio show on February
29. Shot with a little sony digicam. Hands
on It
Don't
Lose My Number
Hash Brown's Sunday jam at Pearl has been cancelled. 3/3
Aaron
Burton's long running gigs at Sonny Bryan's BBQ have been
cancelled due to complaints by ASCAP. 2/26
Hash Brown will have a new
Wednesday jam at Fish on Fire
beginning in March. 2/26
Christian
Dozzler has completed his new CD, Blues and a Half, but will
delay release til May due to his upcoming European tour.
Christian has a new myspace page with some of the songs online. http://www.myspace.com/christiandozzler
2/21
Hash Brown's Monday jam at
Mardi Gras has been cancelled. 2/21
Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King
will be LIVE on KNON on my radio show on Friday, February
29th. 2/14
Congrats to the Blue Shoe Project
who won the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Recording.
Last
of the Mississippi
Delta Blues Men was recorded live at the Majestic Theater in Dallas in
2004 and featured Honeyboy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, Henry Townsend,
and Robert Lockwood.
Here's the new Texas
Blues Radio t-shirt design for 2008 submitted by David L. Baxter of
Burleson.
2/3
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the 9th annual KNON Blues
Festival and all the talented musicians who performed. It
was a
big success! 1/28
CD release parties have been scheduled for Smokin Joe Kubek and Bnois King's
new CD and Mike Morgan and the Crawl's
new CD in March.
According to Randy McAllister's
website, he is out of the hospital and recovering well.
More bad news in 2008. Randy
McAllister was in a serious
auto accident on January 7. Here's the news from his myspace
page:
"Monday,
January 7th while
returning to Texas from Louisiana, singer/songwriter Randy McAllister's
car was struck by an on-coming 18-wheeler. Randy McAllister was taken
by CareFlite to LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. His condition is
critical but stable. Updates will be posted shortly."
2008 has started
out sadly for the local blues scene. Dallas blues supporter and
promoter Armand Hussein and B3
player Lou Lazor both passed
away early this week. 1/3
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues News 2007
Christian Dozzler will be in
the studio in January recording his new CD, "Blues and a Half". A
bevy of local guitarists will do guest appearances on the CD for
CD.
12/30
Wanda King has released her new
CD, Songs in the Key of Blues. 12/21
Congratulations to the Blue Shoe
Project. Their first ever CD, Last of the Mississippi
Delta Blues Men, recorded live at the Majestic Theater in Dallas in
2004, has
been
nominated for a Grammy Award.
The James Hinkle Band will
represent the North Texas Blues
Society at this year's IBC competition in Memphis. Trainreck will also represent the
Society in the duo category. There will be a benefit to raise
travel funds for the bands on Sunday, January 6 at Arts 5th Avenue in
Fort Worth. Early show, 5 pm!!
December 21st is your
last chance to catch the Anson and
Friends show at the House of Blues Restaurant in Dallas.
See 'em while you still can. 12/3
Ray
Reed's new CD, Where the Trinity Runs Free, has been
released on Dialtone Records. 11/24
Smokin
Joe Kubek and Bnois King have completed their new CD for
Alligator Records. Release date is scheduled for March
2008. 11/17
Aaron Burton now has his own website, http://www.aaronburton.net/.
11/17
Hash Brown will have a new
Monday jam at Mardi Gras beginning November 26.
Joe
Jonas is headed over to tour in France and Belgium in late
November.
Christian Dozzler will be
touring in Germany in November.
Lil Jay has a new instrumental single titled "Short
Stackin". He also has a new myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/liljaydallas
10/19
I just heard the news from Hash Brown
that Austin blues man Gary Primich
died yesterday. Gary played often in DFW over the last 20 years
and was a great harp player and a hell of a nice guy. He had a
lot of fans and friends here in DFW and he will certainly be
missed. 9/24/07
Wanda King has completed her
new CD and is just waiting on artwork, printing, and pressing. 9/2
K.M.
Williams and Washboard
Jackson got a front
page feature at Youtube last week and have received over 165,000
hits in just 5 days. To put that in perspective, that's the
equivalent of appearing in a sold out Texas Stadium, 2 1/2
times!! Way to go KM and Washboard!! 8/13
Bluebird
owner Sam Harris's
11 year old son, Sam Jr.,
passed away today after a
long battle with a brain tumor. Please keep big Sam and his family in
your thoughts and prayers. 7/13
Fort Worth's Drue Webber has a
new website and myspace and a new CD coming next month. He has
song samples up on myspace and I really like the one "25 Years
Today". Check it out!! http://bluedruewebber.com/
http://www.myspace.com/druewebber
6/28
K.M. Williams' video
on youtube received over 19,000 hits in just 12 days while featured on
the youtube Music page. 6/26
K.M. Williams' video from my
DFW Blues Scene Sampler Project is the featured Editor's pick on the
Youtube Music page today! In the first 24 hours he has had over
6000 hits and sold at least one cd!! Thanks to Michele K-Tel, the
new music
editor at youtube!! 6/16
The former Main Street Blues Room
in Grapevine is under new ownership and has changed their name to Tin Spirits. They have a new
website and myspace page. http://www.tinspirits.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tinspirits
6/14
My youtube channel was featured
on the youtube music page last
week. Thanks to Michele K-Tel, the new youtube music
editor. My hits increased from around 500/week to over
2000. 6/9
According to Christian Dozzler,
Watermelon Slim
won't be available to open for Buddy
Guy at the House of Blues
on May 24, so Anson and Friends
will open for Buddy on the big stage, then move their show back to the
restaurant for their regular gig. 5/23
Just added, NEW
video from Joe Jonas
. http://www.youtube.com/bluesdfw
5/20
The new House of Blues in
Dallas is living up to its name with some very fine local talent in the
restaurant through the week. The schedule does not seem to be on their
website anywhere, which is puzzling. That's ok, I have most of
them on my website. Anson
Funderburgh is fronting an all star band, Anson and Friends, in the restaurant
several nights a week. Michael
Jay Dohoney on drums and vocals, Gentleman John Street on organ, Bill Campbell on bass, Christian Dozzler on keyboards,
harmonica and vocals, and Joe Jonas
on harmonica and vocals. 5/17
K.M. Williams has released
another new CD, titled "The Lost Tapes of Jukes and
Spirituals". 5/11
Bobby Patterson put on a great show last night at the Sons of
Hermann Hall. 4/21
I've started adding myspace pages to the links in the artists
listings and elsewhere. Many artists are moving their websites to
myspace due to cost (free) and ease of update. If I miss yours,
let me know. Official sites only, no fan sites (that means
maintained by the artist or a band member). KNON's Texas Blues Radio is on
myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/texasbluesradio
and I have a personal page here: http://www.myspace.com/bluesdfw
4/19
Thanks to everyone who came out to the
KNON Blues Benefit at Poor Davids Pub on March 31 featuring Lucky Peterson, James Hinkle and Christian
Dozzler. Vernon Garrett
and Gregg Smith sat in as
special guests. 4/1
Hash Brown's Thursday jam at the Flying Pig Roadhouse has been
cancelled. 3/31
A benefit will be held for David
"Bottlehead" Miller at the Sons of Hermann Hall, Sunday, April
1, from 5 pm-1 am.
The Mem Shannon
performance scheduled for the Main Street Blues Cafe in Garland on
March 9 has been cancelled. Mem's bass player has a severe
illness in the family so he can not travel. Mem's music is a bit
too complicated for a pick-up bass player to sit in so the show will be
rescheduled. 3/7
James Hinkle has released his new CD, "Blues Now Jazz Later" on
the
Blue Lights record label. 2/20
Leo Hull reports bassist Kelley
Hickey was killed in an auto accident on February 10th.
Hash Brown's Sunday blues
jam has moved to Pearl in
Dallas, 8 pm-midnight.
The play Blind Lemon Blues
will run Feb 1-4 at the Hall of State in Fair Park.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the big 8th annual KNON Blues Festival!! 1/29
Here
is the new Texas Blues Radio
T-Shirt design for 2007. 1/21
UT Dallas will hold a jazz and blues festival January 26 and
27 at the UTD campus in Richardson. Noted blues researcher Paul Oliver will speak and a
performance of Alan Govenar's play, Blind
Lemon Blues is scheduled. Thanks to Pegasus
News website for the heads up.
Hash Brown will start a new Thursday night jam on February
8. Jam time is 8pm to midnight. The new venue is the
FLYING PIG, located at 531 South Denton Drive, in Lake Dallas( near
Lake Lewisville) 940.497.324
1/10/06
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues News 2006
KM Williams has released his new CD, "Here Comes the Preacher
Man". 12/29
Randy McAllister has released a new compilation CD titled
"Flying High while Staying Low Down". 12/28
Joe Jonas has released a new CD of solo recordings he made between
1972 and 1976. The title is "From the Garrett to the Barnyard"
and the CD is on his own Whale Records imprint. 12/22
Mike Morgan reports he has been in the studio working on his
new cd and has already laid down 16 new songs and one instrumental
cover. He says Randy McAllister
will do vocals on 5 songs, he will do 4 himself, and his old partner Lee McBee will do vocals on 3 or 4
more. The plans are to release the CD sometime late Spring of
next year. 12/16
Here's the national run commercial for Famous Dave's BBQ
featuring our own Texas Slim and the
Love Machine http://www.chainleader.com/archives/2006/05/video/FamDav300k.wmv
Plus an article on the commercial http://www.chainleader.com/archives/2006/05/famous-daves.asp
12/5
KNON's Texas Blues Radio is accepting design submissions for
their 2007 blues t-shirt design. Rules and instructions
here: http://texasbluesradio.com/2007TShirtDesigns/index.htm
Deadline
for submissions by e-mail or snail mail is January 5.
Here's a page showing all of the previous KNON Blues t-shirt designs http://texasbluesradio.com/images/tShirtArchive/index.htm
11/20/06
You can order the new book by Sam
Myers and Jeff Horton
HERE: http://www.upress.state.ms.us/catalog/fall2006/sam_myers.html
11/14
Just added, NEW
video of Josh Alan at
the Winedale Tavern on November 6. http://www.youtube.com/bluesdfw
11/7
I have just added NEW video of Chris Ruest to the http://www.youtube.com/bluesdfw
recorded November 4 at Pearl
in Dallas.
11/6
Here's a few photos
from the Southwest Blues Heritage
Festival on
Saturday, October 14. It was a wonderful show. Too bad it
was so poorly attended. I really have to wonder about the future
of the blues in DFW when a charity event featuring 11 excellent bands
for $15 draws only a few dozen people. 10/16
Hash Brown reports his new Sunday jam at Rockhouse Live will be put on hold
through October. Hash has to leave town due to an illness in his
family and the jam will restart in November. Joel Foy will be filling in at his
Wednesday jam at the Mardi Gras Cafe.10/8
Here's the early promo website for the Dallas House of Blues opening Spring of
2007. http://hob.com/venues/clubvenues/dallas/
9/29
Just added to the http://www.youtube.com/bluesdfw,
new video from Cheryl
Arena with Aaron Burton
recorded September 13. 9/25
Hash Brown's Wednesday jam at the Hole in the Wall is ending
tonight after 12 years. It's sad to see it go, but
Hash already has a NEW Wednesday jam lined up starting NEXT week!
The new Wednesday jam will be 9-1 at the Mardi Gras Cafe in Dallas.
Hash also has a new Sunday jam beginning in
October. 9/13
Just added, new video from Hash
Brown and The Browntones and an instrumental featuring Elliot Sowell. 9/11
The Denton Blues
Society has changed into the North
Texas Blues Society. They are
seeking candidates for an IBC representative and an IBC best
self-released CD competition. Visit http://northtexasblues.com
for details. 9/8
My annual radio
tribute to Freddie King will
be broadcast on Friday September 1st from 6pm to 8pm CST on KNON 89.3FM
in Dallas/Fort Worth. This
show also marks my 23rd anniversary of playing the blues on KNON.
8/25
Memo Gonzalez reports he has a
new LIVE cd out titled "Memo Gonzalez and the BluesCasters Live in the
U.K." They are now on Crosscut Records at
www.crosscut.de. 8/27
Jim Wells has a couple of new blues videos up on youtube. Henry
Qualls and
Joe
Jonas
recorded at Henry's house in Elmo in 2002. Sam Myers, Hash Brown, and Drew Allain
are sitting in, as well. 8/25
Pat Boyack has announced that
after 6 1/2 years in her band, he will no longer be playing with Marcia Ball. 8/15
Terry Taylor reports Jim Suhler
will be appearing with George Thorogood on the Live with Regis and
Kelly TV show on Tuesday, August 15. 8/12
Anson Funderburgh and Smokin' Joe Kubek showed up and
jammed with Doyle Bramhall at
the Granada Theater last night. 8/12
Wanda King has announced Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King
have replaced Leon Russell as the headliner of the 2nd annual Freddie King Blues Festival on
September 2. 8/12
Hash Brown's Tuesday jam at
the 4050 Chophouse has evaporated, after only a few jams. 8/9
James Hinkle reports he hopes
to release his new CD in October. 8/6
Mike Morgan reports he will be
in the studio in September cutting his new CD. 8/5
Doyle Bramhall reports he is
working on a new CD of all original tunes for release next
spring. 8/5
Southwest Blues reports Deep Ellum Blues will be closing
when their lease runs out. Jim
Suhler says the last show will be October 13. 8/4
There's a new club opening August 1 in Downtown Dallas called Pearl which will book occasional
blues. They already have Kirby
Kelly, Ann Armstrong and Steve
Hughes, and Holland K. Smith
on their schedule. http://www.pearlatcommerce.com/index.html
Jim Wells has just posted some jam session videos of Sam Myers up on youtube for you to
enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=justadallasguy
7/27
Just added: New Video from Smokey
Logg and Paul Harrington.
7/23
Hash Brown reports that Sam
Myers passed away July 17 at the age of 70. Sam was
one of the anchors of the Dallas blues scene and he will be deeply
missed. Local services here in Dallas
will include visitation Thursday evening, July 20th, from 6pm until
9pm, at the Sandra Clark Funeral Home (6029 south R. L. Thornton
Freeway ph- 214-371-2600). Dallas funeral service will be on
Friday, July 21st at 11am, also at the Sandra Clark Funeral Home.
Hash reports that the burial will take place in
Mississippi on Saturday July 22. 7/19
Joel Foy now has a Myspace page with his calender at http://www.myspace.com/iceboyblues
Hash Brown has a new Tuesday jam, 9 pm to 1 am, at the 4050 Chop House in Addison. He
also has a new solo acoustic blues Jam Mondays, 8-10 pm, at the Mardi Gras Cafe in Dallas. 7/6
Hash Brown's Tuesday jam at The
Bone, a 13 1/2 year Dallas blues institution, has ended.
This seems to be the end of live blues at the club, which at one time
boasted live blues 5 nights a week. Look for a new HB jam to pop
up somewhere else, soon. More proof, if you don't support the local
blues scene IT WILL GO AWAY!!! 6/26
Local piano player Dennis
Cavalier has had some tough medical problems and has incurred
almost $40,000 in medical expenses. If you can help, please send
a check made out to Dennis to this address: Dennis Cavalier, C/O
Mike Kennedy, 1301 Mohawk Drive, Arlington, Texas 76012, or make a
donation in Dennis' name to the Southwest Blues
Heritage Foundation, PO Box 710548, Dallas, TX 75371-0548. 6/25
K.M. Williams has released his latest CD, The Resurrection
of Blind Willie and Old Time Spirituals. 6/9
Just added, new video from the James
Hinkle Band. 6/6
Hash Brown's Sunday jam at the
Cottage Lounge will end after June 11 due to lack of support. 6/6
It's a sad day for the blues as I just heard Clifford Antone has passed
away. Without him, Austin would never have been the cradle and
magnet
for so much blues talent. His blues club, record store, and
record
label have entertained me for many years, even though I live 200 miles
north. I can't count the road trips I have made to Austin,
specifically to see folks who were playin his club. God bless you
Clifford and THANK YOU for all you did for the blues. 5/23
Just
added, new video from Holland K.
Smith with James Hinkle. 5/21
Sam Myers flew back
into town today. He will be in an assisted living facility for
awhile while he recovers from his recent surgery. 5/19
Craig Hopkins will be
exhibiting portions of his vast Stevie
Ray Vaughan collection through October of this year. For
info and directions, check this link:
http://www.stevieray.com/museum.htm
Just added, new video of Andrew "Jr.
Boy" Jones. 5/13
Just added, new videos of Mike Morgan
and the Crawl and Jim Suhler
with Cheryl Arena. Both are new tunes which will be on
Mike and Jim's new CDs! Also, a new video of The Hash Brown Band. 5/11
There is a new restaurant in Addison featuring blues, The 4050 Chop
House. 5/8
Just added, a new video of Cheryl
Arena with Jim Suhler in a rare duo setting. 5/1
Just added, a new video of James
Hinkle and Holland K. Smith in a rare duo setting. James
is doing a new instrumental tune to be included on his next CD titled
"Minor Mule". He is headed to the studio this week to start
recording his new project. 4/30
More new video. I've just added links to video of Joey Love and Texas Slim and the Love Machine.
This video is posted at Google Video as an experiment. I think
the quality is inferior to straight Quicktime downloads, but it may be
more accessible to folks with slower connections. Plus it is
searchable in the Google database, which is not a bad thing. Take
a look and let me know what you think. 4/8
Sam Myers is scheduled for
surgery on his throat cancer on Saturday, April 8. Keep him in
your thoughts and prayers. 4/7/06
I have added most of my video streams to youtube.com where they are
searchable and viewable with their own viewer. If you have a
slower connection give those a try. Just search on Texas Blues or
Dallas Blues, or go to my username, Bluesdfw. The quality is not
as good as the free Quicktime viewer, but it's another place to help
promote the bands and the scene. 4/5
New Video. I've just added a new videos from the
Paul Byrd Band recorded last
week at
Deep Ellum Blues in
Dallas and Hash Brown solo at
the Alligator Cafe in
Dallas. 4/5
Bnois King reports the new Smokin
Joe Kubek and Bnois King CD will be out May 9 on Blind Pig
Records. That show was recorded live at J&J Blues
Bar in Fort Worth on New Years Eve. There will also be a
DVD of
the show. They will have a CD/DVD release party at J&J on
June 17th. 3/26
Streaming blues video!! I have the first streaming
blues video up for my DFW Blues Scene
Sampler Project. Christian
Dozzler, K.M. Williams,
Aaron Burton, and James Hinkle
are the first
guinea pigs! Look for many more in the
near future. http://www.youtube.com/bluesdfw
Hash Brown reports that the new
owners of The Bone have decided to charge a $5 cover charge for his
Tuesday night jam after 10 pm, effective immediately. 3/6
The Dallas Morning News reports the long awaited House Of Blues location in Dallas
has been set for the old White Swan Building between the west end and
the new Victory development. Expected opening will be late this
year or early 2007. 3/4/06 http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/music/stories/DN-HOB_0304gl.ART.State.Edition2.22d30170.html
Congrats to Joe Jonas on the
wonderful feature interview in the latest issue of Living Blues Magazine. 2/26
Christian Dozzler will be
playing some gigs with Mike Morgan
and the Crawl. 2/12
Hash Brown reports the Greenville Bar and Grill has closed,
again. 2/12
Here is the new KNON Texas
Blues Radio t-shirt design for 2006. 2/1
Sonny Collie will be leaving
the Hash Brown Band after this
week to pursue a solo project. Drew
Allain will be joining the band as regular bass player in
April. 1/23
Andrew "Jr Boy" Jones has a new
website at http://andrewjrboyjones.com
Andrew's new CD should be out in late February and he will have a few
advance copies at the KNON Blues Festival on January 29. 1/21
Andrea Dawson and Miss Marcy
have new websites. http://andreadbluesband.com/
http://www.missmarcy.com/
508 Park Avenue, long thought to be the location of Robert Johnson's Dallas recordings,
has finally been CONFIRMED
as the recording site. California blues collector Tom Jacobson recently donated a
letter from session producer Don Law
to the Library of Congress that confirms that Dallas building as the
location. 1/10
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Dallas/Fort Worth Blues News 2005
Texas Slim and the Love Machine, will represent the Denton
Blues Society at the International Blues Competition in Memphis in
2006.
Holland K. Smith reports that Fort Worth guitar player Robin Sylar
died today. 12/11
K. M. Williams' song "Last Train Blues" has been licensed to
be part of a Major Motion Picture Soundtrack entitled
"FATWA" http://capcityent.net/fatwa/ .
The movie is Scheduled for release sometime in the Spring of 2006
12/11
K.M. Williams is getting ready to
head back over to Italy for 5 days of performances. He has also
received a DVD and CD recorded at his last appearance in Italy and is
selling copies at his shows. 12/2
Hash Brown has organized a
benefit for Terry Montgomery
on Monday, December 5 at Django in Addison. Terry was recently
hospitalized and has many medical expenses to pay. The show will
be hosted by the Hash Brown Band with many special guests. 11/28
Here's a PHOTO
of Christian Dozzler and Henry Gray at Tarrant County College
Northeast campus on November 10. Henry was brought to town by the
Blue Shoe Project. 11/10
KNON's
Texas Blues Radio
CD Volume 4 is NOW
available!!! 11/5
The play Blind Lemon Blues
will run November 8, 9, 10, and 12 at the Hall of State Theater in Fair
Park. For info and tickets 214-823-8955. 11/5
Here
are some PHOTOS
of the October 19
Katrina benefit at Deep Ellum Blues in Dallas. 10/20
KNON will release its DFW blues
compilation, Texas Blues Radio Volume
4, on November 4. The CD features 15 tracks of original
blues tunes by local artists. 10/14
Aaron Burton has self-released his
first CD titled "aka Peetie Whitestraw". 10/4
Here are some PHOTOS
of the 2005 Southwest Blues Heritage
Festival
at J&J Blues Bar in Fort Worth. 9/25
Paul Osborne at Audio Dallas,
along with several
other area studios, is starting a recording project to benefit N.O.
musicians. The studios have donated studio time and they have a
pressing plant who has agreed to donate at least the first pressing of
the CD, probably more. Proceeds to go to the Tipitina fund.
They're looking for displaced N.O. musicians to participate. If
you see any at a jam or elsewhere, ask them to contact Paul at
972-276-3896. They will put out a press release later, but they'd
like to start getting the word out to N.O. musicians right now.
Thanks! 9/14
BB King will be 80 on September 16
and I will be doing an ALL BB KING show on KNON that evening.
KNON will also be collecting non-perishible food, clothing, and other
supplies for locally housed Louisiana and Mississippi evacuees, all
day. Info at knon.org.
Fort Worth's historic Bluebird
club has reopened and has live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
I will be doing my annual ALL Freddie
King radio show this Friday,
September 2, from 6-8pm on KNON 89.3 FM. Available live on the
internet via the link at KNON.org. 8/30
Jim Wells is now out of the hospital.
D.C. and the Capitols have a new
website at http://dcandthecapitols.com/
8/25
Joanna
Iz reports Big Jim Wells is in
the hospital recovering from a stroke. She says he's at the Plano
Baylor Regional Hospital, at Preston and George Bush Tollway, room
516. 8/25
Here's
the Dallas
Morning News story on the Sam Myers
benefit:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/entertainment/stories/082105dnartmyers.217d8926.html
8/21
K.M.
Williams has released his
new CD, Truth Music. 8/8
Little Milton passed away August 4 and will not be appearing at
the Sam Myers benefit. Please
keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. 7/31
Joe Jonas has released his new CD,
Me Myself and I, on his own Whale Records Label. He also has a
new domain name website at http://joejonas.com.
He has scheduled a CD release party at Deep Ellum Blues on August
6. 7/16
The Big benefit for
Sam Myers is OFFICIAL and is
August 26 at 7:30 pm at the Granada Theater. Proceeds benefits
Sam Myers and his hefty doctor bills from his cancer proceedures.
If you can't make the show, donations will be accepted at:
SOUTHWEST BLUES HERITAGE FOUNDATION(a 501(c)3 organization) P.O. BOX
710548, DALLAS,TX 75371-0548 Please mark on the memo area
of the check or money order "SAM MYERS FUND" 7/8
James Hinkle reports popular
Fort Worth bass player Stoney Bass
passed away last night. 7/5
Anson and Renee Funderburgh (with special
guests) will hold a small benefit for Sam
Myers at the Cottage Lounge on Saturday, June 11. A larger
show is planned for mid August, date, venue, and artists TBA. 6/8
Wanda King has set the date and venue for the first
annual Freddie King Blues Festival to benefit the Freddie King
Foundation. The show will take place on Freddie's birthday,
Saturday, September 3, and will be at the Granada Theater in
Dallas. Talent TBA, but it will be a BIG show! 6/8
K.M Williams reports he had a fine time in Italy and
has been invited back for another blues and gospel show in Milan in
December. 6/8
Eugene Hideaway Bridges has released a new CD, Coming Home, on
Armadillo Records, with lots of DFW talent along including Guthrie
Kennard, Bobby Baranowski, Ruf Ruffner, and Rocky Athas. 6/1
Tutu Jones has released his
long promised live CD on Doc Blues Records. 6/1
Kenny Traylor will have a new Thursday jam at the Cottage Lounge
starting May 19. 5/10
Anson Funderburgh is working on
a benefit to help pay for Sam Myers'
recent surgery and treatment. Details soon as I have them.
4/29
Hash Brown reports the North Dallas Club (NDC) has closed, so
their Monday jam there has ended. 4/25
Kenny Traylor will no longer be
hosting the Thursday jam at the Hole in the Wall. No word on
their replacement. 4/24
K.M. Williams and Washboard Jackson
have released their third Trainreck
cd, Live @ the Scene. 4/23
Ann Armstrong
has released her
new CD, Lucky Charm. 4/13
Chris Ruest has released his first CD, Too
Many Problems, on
Browntone Records. His first CD release party is scheduled for
April 21 at The Bone. Nick
Curran guests on 3 tracks. Stompin Bill Johnston also plays
some nice harp. It's a gooder.
4/13
There
will NOT be a Mike Morgan show
on Monday 4/4 at Django. It is cancelled due to the NCAA
playoffs. Whatever that is. Mike will return with special
guest KIM WILSON on
4/11. 4/2
K.M. Williams has his first label
release, a compilation from some of his self released CDs titled The
Best of the Texas Country Blues Preacher. Now available on the
DWM Music label. 4/1
Lucky Peterson will be one of the
headliners at this year's Chicago Blues Festival. He will be
playing at the Crossroads stage and the Petrillo Bandshell on Sunday,
June 12. 3/23
Chris Zalez has released his new CD,
Texas Cantina, on Pacific Blues Records. 3/15
Dempsey Crenshaw, formerly with
Shame Shame, has released his first CD, All Night Long, under the name
D.C. and the Capitols. 3/14
Christian Dozzler reports that Johnnie
Red Latham's son, Jake
Latham, passed away
suddenly Wednesday morning. Jake was a very talented young man
and it is such a shame to lose him at such a young age. My
deepest sympathies go out to Johnnie and his family. Here's a
photo of young Jake
playing at the Black Dog
Tavern in Fort Worth. 3/9
Texas Slim is playing every
Wednesday this month at Deep Ellum Blues and Slim reports the band will
be working in 3-4 new songs every night. 3/9
Christian Dozzler will be my
special guest on my KNON radio show on Friday, March 18.
He'll be presenting 2 hours of nothing but piano blues.
3/7/05
KM Williams and Washboard Jackson are headed to Italy in June
for their first overseas tour. 3/4
Denny Freeman has joined Bob
Dylan's band and will be off on tour the next two months.
Congrats to Denny! 2/21
The Hash Brown Band has a new Monday
night jam at the North Dallas Club, 17449 Preston Road
(north of Campbell), in
Richardson. Jam runs 8 pm to midnight. 2/17
Look
for a new blues club in Grapevine, The
Main Street Blues Room, to open
soon. http://mainstreetbluesroom.com/
2/16
Happy
birthday to Ray Sharpe, who
turned 67 onstage Tuesday night at James
Hinkle's 13th annual Krewe of Kowtown Mardi Gras party. Here's a photo!
2/9
We
have set up a new web page for KNON's Texas Blues Radio. texasbluesradio.com
2/8
Perry
Jones reports cards, letters, and donations can be mailed to Jerry
Jines at P.O. Box 2033, Hot Springs Arkansas, 71914. 1/31
Guitarist
Jerry Jines, who worked for
several years with R.L. Griffin's revue, was badly injured in a car
wreck in Arkansas recently. A big benefit is planned for Sunday,
February 27 at Blues Palace #2. I talked to Perry Jones today,
who
is keeping in touch with the family. He said Jerry is still in
intensive care and has developed pneumonia. He is also under very
heavy medication. They are currently working to cure the
pneumonia before moving him out of intensive care. 1/28
Bobby Counts will be hosting a new
Sunday jam at 8 pm on Sundays at Stumpy's beginning in February. JB Wynn will take over their
Thursday night jam at 8 pm beginning in February. 1/27
Randy McAllister has a new CD out called "Temporary Fixes"
1/27
James Hinkle has a new CD out called "Straight Ahead
Blues?" 1/27
Here
is the 2005 KNON Texas
Blues Radio t-shirt
design. 1/11
Chris Ruest is headed to
Austin to cut his first CD at Fort Horton Studios on January 10 and
11. Hash Brown is producing for Browntone Records. 1/7
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