October 13, 2016
Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour ronnienarmour@gmail.com
Old Town Fest, Father James, John Cobb… It was another great weekend on our little sandbar. October is a really special month around here. For starters it was the annual Old Town Fest in Port A and though it was a little on the small side, the parade on Saturday morning was fun. I sure missed our dear departed old timer, Marcy Mathews, this year. I thought about her when Rick and Cameron Pratt drove by. Rick would always drive Margie in the parade. I did attend a couple of private events last week. Father James Derkits gave a sermon at the Little Chapel on the Dunes with artist John Cobb, who Father James painted the artwork Derkits and artist in the interior, in John Cobb at the attendance. Carol Chapel on the Elliott provided Dunes. Photo by some music, of which Ronnie Narmour. she accompanied herself on autoharp. There were only ten of us there and it was a special blessing. Cobb also has an exhibit going on at the Felder Gallery of the artwork that inspired the work at the Little Chapel. They also installed a chapel inside Felder Gallery with Cobb’s historic spiritual paintings, of which I am proud to possess a print of his fabulous Baptism by Water. The exhibit will go until the end of October. I highly recommend it. I guarantee you will find it a highly moving experience. Roselly’s, Lavens… Without a doubt, the show to catch last weekend was the Roselly’s (Bristol, England) and the Lavens (San Antonio, TX) at Giggity’s Simon and Rebecca Roselly played a double on Saturday. bill with the Laven’s at Where do I Giggity’s on Saturday start? The Lavens are truly an exception to the rule. They are a family band that features daughter Rachael on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, son The remarkable family Niko on band from San Antonio, electric guitar The Lavens, played and vocals, Giggity’s on Saturday
mom Jana on most excellent vocals and dad Andreas on bass. To put it simply, they make beautiful music. It’s all original material and it actually took me to tears. The Roselly’s came out this time as a duo. The last two times the played Port A was with a full band including steel guitar. They bill themselves as “British Americana”, which is an accurate account in my book. Simon Roselly plays guitar and fiddle and his bride Rachael is a songbird from heaven. After trading sets for a couple of hours, they all joined forces on stage and put on a show that I won’t soon forget. I am going to do my best to get these beautiful people back more often. Listen to me when I tell you to come a running when they play next time. You won’t be sorry. Scattered shots… Shorty’s had a last minute cancellation last Friday which sent me scrambling. I ended up booking a man whom I hadn’t heard of. I took a chance and it paid off. A gentleman by the name of Johnny Kiser (Corpus Christi, TX) took the gig and I’m glad he did. He played only accompanied by a single guitarist and Johnny Kiser played had a tow Shorty’s on Friday sack full of original songs in the country/American vein. Nothing wrong at all with this fellow. You’ll be seeing more of him if I have my way. And on Saturday over at Shorty’s, a good dozen of so local artists brought their wares down and put on an art fair and it was a huge success. With all the other activities going on in town (Old Town Stevie Start played the Shorty’s Art Fair last Fest, etc) I was a little surprised at Saturday how swimmingly it went. Credit the efforts of Karen (KK) Knapp for putting that show together. Also, Stevie Start did an excellent job of keeping the music going during Billy Snipes and the Rasta the art fair. Cowboys featuring Cody Strong on drums and Art Later, Billy Galvan on bass played Snipes and Shorty’s on Saturday night the Rasta Cowboys turned the heat up. I am progressively impressed with Billy’s musicianship. He
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move to the Community Theater for their next series, Winter Sounds. On Saturday, Shorty’s will host their 33rd annual Pig Party. Historically, this was a celebration of the late proprietor’s birthday, Miss Rose. Bikers from all over the world would descend in mass to Port A and bring Miss The Chanklas played Giggity’s last Friday ain’t just a strummer. I want to also mention the Chanklas show on Friday. That is definitely an act to also catch. It’s steeped in reggae and island beat and is super cool. The guitarist (Tommy Procter) and drummer (Roy Hollingshead) played with the storied Joe King Carrasco for many years. The Chanklas are playing Shorty’s on New Year’s Eve and Joe King is playing Giggity’s. That should be lava hot. Radney Foster will play Third Coast on Friday.
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Americana heavyweight, Radney Foster (Nashville by way of Del Rio, TX) will play the Third Coast Theater on Friday. Foster has roots in this area. His brother is a MD on N. Padre. We saw him last spring at a show on the big Cinnamon Shore lawn which was outstanding. He has ten recording out since 1992 and has worked with the likes of Randy Rogers, Jack Ingram and Keith Urban. He has had 13 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country Charts. Also on Friday, Port A’s newest country star, James Little, will play Treasure Island and over at the Back Porch, troprocker Jerry Diaz and Hannah’s Reef will play the Back Porch. Plus on Friday, Billy Snipes will play the final installment of Sunset Sounds in Roberts Point park. That’s a city sponsored event and will soon
Rose a pig of some sort. I understand that she actually hated pigs. They’ll music all day and night with Ty Dietz, Selfie and James Little. Also on Saturday, GRAMMY nominee Randy McAllister will return to the Back Porch plus the Port A Art About will be roaming the streets. You can get a schedule of participating artisans at the Port A Chamber of Commerce web site. And finally, the postponed Songwriter Showcase will be held this Monday in the courtyard of the Tarpon Inn. Fifteen local songwriters will perform starting at 6 PM. That ought to keep you busy for a while. Be safe out there. ♫♪ And, that’s the truth ♫ ♪
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