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Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour ronnienarmour@gmail.com
Time to give thanks… HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! Has this year flown by or what? At this stage of my life, it all seems a blur. The last thing I remember is being 25 and blinking my eyes. The things I was thankful for back then seem to have little relevance to the things I’m thankful for today. Fast cars and hot women have given way to good gas mileage and dear friends. I don’t take anything for granted anymore. I’d say I have it pretty good. I live on an island in the Gulf of Mexico and get paid to listen to live music… not a bad deal. I have many great friends and a few great, great friends (not to mention two wonderful knucklehead dogs who I love dearly), and I wouldn’t trade my life for anyone’s. And, thank YOU for reading my column. Indeed, I have much to be grateful for. In these troubled times, I wish all of you a fabulous day of peace and giving thanks.. Count your blessings and tell the people you love that you love them everyday. And, no I’m not drunk. I always get a little sentimental this time of year.
This Machine Kills Fascists… My little hillbilly gospel band, The Sandy Bottom Boys, played the Sunday service at
The Sandy Bottom Boys with Father James Derkits. Photo by Lee Harris. Trinity by the Sea last weekend and it was a hoot. The group consists of Crawford Brown on lead vocals and upright bass, Steve Goldstein on mando, Andrea Goldstein on fiddle, Preecher Williams on percussion and yours truly on guitar. We ran through ten songs such as River of Jordan, I Saw the Light, Power in the Blood, Turn Your Radio On and I’ll Fly Away. Word is-we may start playing some gospel brunches around if we decide to learn another set. I’ll
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let you know. BTW, Father James Derkits’ sermon was based around a never released (by) Woody Guthrie song, recorded by Wilco (it was also covered by U2), called Christ for President. A couple of verses in the 1941 song seem hugely appropriate right now: Let’s have Christ our President Let us have him for our king Cast your vote for the Carpenter That you call the Nazarene The only way we can ever beat These crooked politician men Is to run the money changers out of the temple Put the Carpenter in Every year we waste enough To feed the ones who starve We build our civilization up And we shoot it down with wars It seems all too fitting that Guthrie marked the face of all his guitars with the bold, “This Machine Kills Fascists.” In Guthrie’s opposition to fascism, he conceptualized the ideology “as a form of economic exploitation similar to slavery...” he straightforwardly denounces the fascists, particularly their leaders, as a group of gangsters who set out to ‘rob the world’.” Some things never change. If you haven’t been to Trinity by the Sea in Port A and met Father James, do yourself a favor and make the effort. His message isn’t political (I don’t want to give the impression that it is), it’s sound spiritual advice and I always leave there feeling better than when I came. Plus there’s always a lot of music.
DO NOT MISS LIST Thanksgiving weekend… Since we will be delivering the Moon a day early due to the holiday, I can let you know what’s going on tonight, Wednesday the 25th. The is the day before Thanksgiving and is typically a jumping night. The Ty Dietz Band will be at Shorty’s and reggae monsta Billy Snipes is at Giggity’s (Billy will be playing the Gaff on Friday) And on Thursday, Thanksgiving
Mark Monaco will play the Back Porch on Friday.
Larry Joe Taylor and Deryl Dodds will play the Third Coast Theater on Friday. band, Cruise Control (Corpus Christi, TX) playing the last gig, and on Sunday they will go out with a bang. Beer’s will be on special all day because they’re trying to delete the inventory, AND…it’s TURKEY BOWL time! Get there early because the place fills up and goes wild to watch otherwise perfectly normal adult men and women hurl 20 pound frozen turkeys at a bunch of bowling pins. My name is on that trophy once, but I plan to make a repeat performance. Last year, Moon Monkey Miles Merwin came in a close second but
Miles Merwin displays the fine art of turkey bowling. got no name on the trophy. He’s my strongest competition. Where was I? Also on Friday, TV star, Jim Dugan, will be at Shorty’s and the man who invented “island time” Larry Joe Taylor (Stevensville, TX) will play a song swap at Third Coast Theater with Deryl Dodds. Larry Joe will be back on Saturday with his full band. Also on Saturday the 28th, Ruben Limas is at Shorty’s and rockabilly master Matt Hole will bring his Hot Rod Gang to Giggity’s. Prepare yourself, there will be much fun to be had in there. Trust me. You don’t want to miss a Matt Hole show. That ought to keep you busy for a while. Be safe out there.
♫ ♪ And, that’s the truth ♪ ♫ Matt Hole and the Hot Rod Gang will play Giggity’s on Saturday.
Selfie will play Shorty’s on Thanksgiving night.
Woody Guthrie- This Machine Kills Facists
proper, after you get your turkey on, Selfie will be rocking Shorty’s. This is where the party is . They’ll be playing inside so you’ll be able to experience local madman, Ray Summy from mere inches away. It could change your life. I know I’ll never be the same. On Friday, Miss Edna and Lyrical Binge will do her sexy honors. Americana-roots artist Mark Monaco (San Antonio, TX) will play the Back Porch. This is the Porch’s last weekend to be open until next Spring, so let’s hope the weather cooperates. On Saturday they have the big party
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Thursday, December 3 continued Robert Earl Keen @ Brewster Street Clarissa Serna @ Rockits Friday, December 4 Melissa Brooke @ Giggity’s Bubba Westly @ Shorty’s Spazmatics @ Brewster Street Flatbroke @ Rockits Brian Winfrey (6:30-9:30) @ Island Italian Toys for Tots @ House of Rock Saturday, December 5 James Little Band @ Giggity’s Ruben Limas @ Shorty’s Another Level @ Brewster Street APEX @ Rockits Brian Winfrey (6:30-9:30) @ Island Italian Gatemouth, Noah & the Beyonders, Johnny 5 @ House of Rock Sunday, December 6 South Texas Grassroots @ Island Italian Antone & the All Stars @ Giggity’s Monday, December 7 Open Jam w/ Selfie @ Giggity’s Through the Roots, Maoli, Tydings @ House of Rock Tuesday, December 8 Paul Taylor Band @ Giggity’s Open Mic @ House of Rock
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