Dallas/Fort Worth Blues
News 2010
Last Update 7/23/2010
Help help!! I need some
pledge drive helpers on my KNON radio show on Friday August 6 and
13th. It's easy and fun and I provide lovely parting gifts for
all of my helpers. If you'd like to help out., please e-mail me
at donotemp AT lycos DOT com. Thanks!!
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 societyis
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
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 residentKirby Kelleyhas
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.
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=74172110/9/08
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.
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
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
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) 940.497.3241/10/06
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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
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
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=justadallasguy7/27
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
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
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
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
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 Williamsreports 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 Ruesthas 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'sson, 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
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
