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Three Chords and the Truth By Ronnie Narmour ronnienarmour@gmail.com
It was a wild, wet and windy weekend with widespread weather warnings abound. (How’s that for alliteration?) This storm was a weird one. It seemingly came at us from all directions. Coming from the flatlands of West Texas, I appreciate a good storm. They cancelled the Harvest Moon Regatta but still had the rum party with Jerry Diaz and Hanna’s Reef. Some of the people in Galveston that were supposed to race but couldn’t because of the storm, actually drove to Port A for the party under the pavilion. That’s some dedicated rum drinkers there. And the giant rain that was supposed to happen on Saturday, turned into just a good drenching, but it caused some of the outdoor venues like Shorty’s and the Back Porch to cancel their shows. Consequently, it was a pretty quiet night on the island. Giggity’s was the only venue that powered through with shows every night. Mike Milligan (Austin, TX) drove the whole way from Austin in the rain to play on Friday and Ruben Limas came from Corpus to play on Saturday. It was pretty soggy on Saturday but the PA Art About also persevered. There were full houses at every stop I made. By Monday, the skies cleared and we had the most beautiful day I’ve seen since early spring. The Open Jam at Giggity’s turned out great. The guys from Picklefish (Roy Hollingshead and
Justin Estes) brought a friend with them from Puerto Vallarta, Tommy Proctor, who was a monster on guitar. He fronts a band there called Los Chuyz and wants to come play here in the summer. It turns out that he played with Joe King Carrasco, who also lives in Vallarta, for many years.
Joe King Carrasco will play Giggity’s on Halloween. Photo by Miles Merwin.
Our favorite Okie, Joe Mack will play Shorty’s this Friday. Kevin Higgins and Barbara Malteze of the Cosmic Dust Devils.
Dietz and Tony Saracene will be at Shorty’s, Rich Lockhart will be at Scuttlebutt’s, Clarissa Serna will be at Rockit’s and there’s a big Americana show at Brewster Street with Micky and the Motorcars opening for Stoney LaRue. On Friday, the sweet, sweet voice of Tessy Lou Williams will grace the Back Porch stage and our favorite folky Okie, Joe Mack (Tahlequah, OK) will bring his wild and zany self to Shorty’s. We haven’t seen Joe Mack for a while but in the past he’s showed up with such Okie dignitary as Carter Sampson, Thomas Trapp and Sky Smeed. This time’s he’s coming solo and that means we’ll probably get a dose of
DO NOT MISS LIST
On Halloween night Shorty’s will host the Dust Devil’s 13th annual Coastal Bender this year. The Dust Devils are fronted by two of Texas’ most talented performing songwriters: Kevin Higgins and Barbara Malteze. Kevin and Barbara are a couple (literally) from Central Texas who have a pretty wild fan base called Storm Chasers. In past years this event has been held at the Back Porch and I’ve been witness to some of them. I will attest, these followers come to party. I remember one year when they had the dance floor full even before the music started. And being that this year the Bender falls on Halloween, this could be epic. The folks over at Shorty’s assure me that the porch will be weather proofed and they are ready, rain or shine.
Happy Halloween… Over at the Back Porch they will be having a costume contest for cash prizes. The big horn
band from Corpus, Myndfield will be laying down their fat old school R&B tunes. There will be no cover charge and the contest will be at 10:00. The big DO NOT MISS show this Halloween is without a doubt over at Giggity’s with the King of Tex-Mex, Joe King Carrasco. I could easily write a book here about Joe King, and somebody probably should. I’ve followed him since the 80’s when he used to rock the punk clubs of Austin (called New Wave back then but re-defined by Joe as Nuevo Wavo). Raul’s was the usual haunt. I once saw Joe play in front of thousands of people at Auditorium Shores and did a stage dive into the audience, where they body surfed him above their heads all the way to Riverside Drive and back all the time playing his guitar. It was at Doug Sahm’s insistence in the early 2000’s that I book him at the Laboratory in S.A. I eventually became friends with his family up in Oregon and would take a bullet for any of them. Joe is a not only a talented musician and songwriter but also an actor. His discography is as long as my arm and he’s been interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine and appeared on Saturday Night Live. His hit, Party Party Weekend was picked up by MTV and was on regular rotation back when they actually played music videos. Joe is a wild and encompassing showman and I expect this one at Giggity’s to be a wild one. They will be having a costume contest for big cash prizes and the bands (Selfie is opening) will do the judging. There’s no cover and costumes are expected. Be safe out there! ♫ ♪ And, that’s the truth ♫ ♪
The big horn band, Myndfield, will play the Back Porch on Halloween.
Coming this weekend…
Live Music Tonight
Again, we have weather in our forecasts this weekend. It’s calling for another wet weekend, but I know that won’t stop the party. Tonight, Thursday the 29th, stomp and slide masters Ty
Tessy Lou Williams and the Shot Gun Gang will play the Back Porch this Friday.
Billy Snipes will play the Drop Anchor on Friday and the Gaff on Saturday.
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Lyrical Binge this Friday HALLOWEEN BASH with JOE KING CARRASCO Costume Contest for Cash Prizes Time to get your freak on
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his looping powers. He has a looping machine that he literally builds a song on. It’s layer upon layer in real time. It’s really quite fascinating. I hear local golf cart magnate Bron Doyle might sit in on congas with Joe. Also on Friday, look for the rocking reggae master, Billy Snipes at the Drop Anchor (he’s at the Gaff on Saturday), our favorite Coach Jim Dugan over at the Gaff and sexy cover rockers Lyrical Binge at Giggity’s.
Coastal Bender…
JIm Dugan will play the Gaff on Friday.
Tommy Proctor, Roy Hollingshead, Justin Estes and Chris Jordan jamming at Giggity’s
October 29, 2015
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