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Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour ronnienarmour@gmail.com
Black Marlin announces summer concert series… The new Black Marlin Bar and Grill at the Palmilla Beach Golf Club (formerly the Newport Beach Golf Club) in Port A has stepped up their live music game and announced a summer concert series with some very noteworthy acts. For ten straight Saturdays, th Ray Wylie Hubbard beginning June 7 , the intimate setting will play the Black in the courtyard of Marlin Bar and Gill the Black Marlin will host such on June 7th. luminaries as Ray Wylie Hubbard, Junior Brown, Hal Ketchum, The Rankin Twins, Jason Eady, Brian Keane and the Tejas Brothers. According to Black Marlin manager, Aaron Green, they plan to only sell a 150 or so tickets for each show as the size of the venue is limited. Green did say that there will be reserved seating for parties of four or more at $20 each, as well as general admission tickets for $15. I attended a couple of Thursday shows out there when Carol Elliott played and the place is very attractive and comfortable. There’s a bar and restaurant inside and an outside bar perched high above the stage which overlooks the beach and golf course. (The restaurant will be closed during these shows.) You can purchase advance tickets on their website: www.blackmarlinbarandgrill.com. I’ll preview Ray Wylie’s show next week.
Tessy Lou and the Shot Gun Gang…
Tiffany Tuesday interviews David Martinez during her variety show at Giggity’s on Tuesday night.
Cody Angel sat in with Mike Milligan and the Altar Boys at Giggity’s last Friday night Another nice surprise last weekend was our Prodigal son, Cody Angel, was in town and showed up at Giggity’s on Friday for the Mike Milligan show. Cody was in the area playing a show with the Damn Quails at South Texas Ice House in Corpus on Saturday. Cody and the Milligan crew have shared some stages in their time, most notably Maggie Mae’s in Austin. Cody is now 21, has gotten his associate’s degree and moved to San Marcos where he has become a highly sought after sideman on electric and pedal steel guitar. Attaboy Cody, you keep making us proud. We miss you around here.
Gary P. Nunn played the Back Porch last Friday Also this weekend, I saw shows at the Back Porch by Gary P. Nunn, Larry Joe Taylor and Cruise Control… all of which were packed to the rafters. I had wanted to catch Kimberly Dunn over at Stingrays but never made it over there. The Gary P. show had the added Larry Joe Taylor attraction of having Tessy Lou and her fiddle player played the sitting in with them. They Back Porch last sounded great.
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guys are great. McKay has written Grammy winning songs with Guy Clark and has an amazing chemistry with Brennen Leigh, who comes from a bluegrass background and can flat pick with the best of them. Also on Saturday, the Derailers (Austin, TX) will play the Back Porch, Charlie Robison will play Brewster Street and Jake Ward and the Coast Riders will play Giggity’s.
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Cody Angel breezes through…
Tessy Lou Williams and the Shot Gun Gang played the Back Porch last Thursday
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Austin and pursue her career in music. During this quest, Tessy Lou has attracted the attention of many notable artists including Gary P. Nunn, who commented that she has a “classic country voice that is so rare these days.” I was very impressed by this young lady and expect big things to come her way. She has a voice that you won’t soon forget.
Gary P. and Larry Joe…
Memorial Day Weekend was a lot of fun. The island was hopping. I took a few beach runs and it was wall to wall, bumper to bumper people. They really didn’t seem to mind the mountains of seaweed everywhere. I saw kids playing in it and climbing to the top of the big mounds like it was just an added attraction. “Look honey, those nice folks in Port A put a bunch of big piles of seaweed for the kids to play in… how thoughtful.” One unexpected treat this weekend was Tessie Lou and the Shot Gun Gang (Austin, TX) who played the Back Porch on Thursday. Tessy Lou (as in Tessy Lou Williams) hails from small town Montana where she honed her craft as a singer and songwriter. She learned to play cello, guitar, saxophone, piano and clarinet by the sixth grade. She comes from a musical family who helped her to move to
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On Thursday, June 5th, Reckless Kelly and Josh Ward will play Brewster. That one ought to pack ‘em in. On Friday the 6th, Mandy Rowden and Billy Abel will return to Shorty’s and our buddy, Davin James will return to the Porch. On Saturday the 7th, a new band, Dreaming in Color (Corpus Christi, TX)) will debut at Giggity’s. This is a five piece band fronted by Debra Scott-Brown who play covers by Sade, Tears for Fears, No Doubt, Hall and Oats, Bob Marley, etc. I like them. Also on the 7th,
I want to mention a new development in the Tiffany Tuesday show at Giggity’s every week… the gregarious Miss Tuesday has decided to turn her weekly gig into a variety show and has invited a series of special guests to join her for some spontaneous fun. She got the ball rolling last week with Ruben Limas (who fronts the band Ruben and the Rolling Jays) with whom she staged a cigarette rolling contest and interview. And this week her guest was singer-songwriter David Martinez (Corpus Christi, TX) and they played a trivia game with a Back to the Future theme where the winner won a “flux capacitor” In coming weeks, Tiffany has invited Jimmy Wilden, Stephen Rushlow, Black Betty and Brian Christopher Meyerdirk. This young lady has quite the imagination so I’m really looking forward to seeing what she comes up with each week. Keep in mind, Tiffany is the mastermind behind the local “Mischief Patrol” who decorated the Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh will play Shorty’s Mayors house last Fourth of July. on Saturday.
DO NOT MISS LIST Coming this weekend… There’s lot’s of great stuff still coming this weekend. Our favorite string band, the Independent Thieves, will play Shorty’s on Friday and our favorite rising star, Melissa Brooke, will play Giggity’s. Melissa has recently left Port A and moved to Ft. Worth where she grew up. I look forward to hearing how it’s going for her up there. Also on Friday, Mike Blakely y los Yahoos will play the Back Porch and the fabulous Stewart Mann and Statesboro Revue will play a show at the South Texas Ice House with the Midnight Choir… that will be a killer show. On Saturday the hits keep right on rolling… my PICK OF THE WEEK goes to the great Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh (Austin, TX) at Shorty’s. Trust me and DO NOT MISS this show. These
the Tejas Brothers are at the Back Porch, Ray Wiley Hubbard is at the Black Marlin and Joe King Carrasco plus the Krayolas will play the Executive Surf Club… that will be a good show.
On the horizon… On the near horizon, watch for shows from Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen (Brewster 6/10), Stoney LaRue and The Washers (Brewster 6/12), Shelley King (Shorty’s 6/13), Thieving Birds (Stingrays 6/13), Uncle Lucius (Back Porch 6/13), the Whiskey Sisters (Back Porch 6/14), Junior Brown (Black Marlin 6/14), Shinyribs (Back Porch 6/20) and Hal Ketchum (Black Marlin 6/21). Be safe out there.
♪♫ And that’s the truth! ♫♪
Live Music Tonight Thursday, May 29 Free Beer Band @ Giggity’s 90 Proof @ Back Porch Brian & Diana @ Doc’s Seafood John Slaughter, Mark McKinney @ Brewster Street Chris Saenz @ Scuttlebutt’s Starlite & the Moonbeams @ Dr. Rockits Golden Meanies @ Executive Surf Club Gary Truax @ Black Marlin Friday, May 30 Independent Thieves @ Shorty’s Melissa Brooke Band @ Giggity’s Mike Blakely @ Back Porch Ray T & the City Crew @ Flats Lounge Trisum @ Katz 21 Deftones @ Concrete Street Brian & Diana @ Doc’s Seafood Five Card Draw @ Brewster Street Stephen Rushlow @ Scuttlebutt’s Midnight River Choir, Statesboro Revue @ South Texas Ice House Aaron Stephens @ Dr. Rockits Flashback @ Executive Surf Club Saturday, May 31 Noel McKay & Brannen Leigh @ Shorty’s Jake Ward & the Coastal Riders @ Giggity’s Derailers @ Back Porch Charlie Robison @ Brewster Street Ice House Timeline @ Katz 21 Stevie Start @ Doc’s Seafood Kevin Hill @ Scuttlebutt’s Austin Gilliam @ South Texas Ice House John Cortez Band @ Dr. Rockits Green Party @ Executive Surf Club Sunday , June 1 Antone & the All Stars @ Giggity’s Steven Allen Wright @ Doc’s Seafood The Young Dubliners @ House of Rock
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