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JOE WALSH HOSTS VETSAID 2019 IN HOUSTON, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 AT THE TOYOTA CENTER

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and multi-GRAMMY Award winning musician Joe Walsh and VetsAid, his national 501(c)3 nonprofit veterans organization, today announce the lineup and on-sale date for their 3rd annual music festival. VetsAid 2019 will feature sets from ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit and Joe Walsh and will take place at 5:30pm on Sunday, November 10, 2019, on the eve of Veterans Day, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Tickets will be available through the Toyota Center Box Office, at www.toyotacenter.com or by calling 1-866-4HOUTIX and will be priced at $199.50, $149.50, $119.50, $99.50, $79.50, $49.50 and $25.

The inaugural VetsAid took place on September 20, 2017 with a concert at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia featuring performances

by Walsh, Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban and Gary Clark Jr. VetsAid 2018 was a blockbuster event featuring Don Henley, James Taylor, Chris Stapleton, Haim and Joe, who was joined by special guest Ringo Starr. They performed to a sell out crowd of nearly 18,000. It was also in Tacoma

where Walsh and VetsAid hosted its first Veterans Jobs Fair where dozens of local vets found meaningful full-time employment with established regional employers in the Pacific Northwest.

As every year, all net proceeds from the concert will go directly to the veterans’ services charities selected through a vetting process coordinated in tandem with the National Association of Veterans Serving Organizations (NAVSO). In its first two years, VetsAid has disbursed nearly $1.2M in grants to veterans’ services organizations on the national level and the regional level with a focus on the festival’s host city. This year, VetsAid plans to disburse grants to Houston-area organizations; small grant applications have been open since May 2019 via the VetsAid website (www.vetsaid.org).

Veterans and their wellbeing have always been important to Walsh, a Gold Star son himself. His father was a flight instructor for the first

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US operational jet powered aircraft, the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, and died while stationed and on active duty on Okinawa when Walsh was 20 months old.

Walsh has been involved with veterans’ related causes for years, supporting various charities, visiting the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and offering free guitar lessons to the wounded veterans there. He has campaigned for his good friend, (now) United States Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq War veteran and double amputee.

Walsh aims to use this platform to raise funds and awareness for the still urgent and significant needs of our returning soldiers and their families. Through the establishment of VetsAid and this annual benefit concert, he aims to give back to those who have given so much in sacrifice for this country.

“It’s about time we brought VetsAid down to Texas and who better to share the stage with than my old buddies and Houston’s own ZZ Top! With Brad, Sheryl, Jason and more special guests to be announced joining us too this will be yet another historic night of incredible music for our vets.” Joe Walsh continues, “This is a night where all are welcome to celebrate the things that unite us as Americans: good friends, open hearts and great music!”

VetsAid, the third annual concert to support veterans and their families hosted by Joe Walsh, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and multi GRAMMY Award recipient, has selected the nonprofit partners that will benefit from this year’s November 10th concert at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The grants are broken out into large and small grant recipients and all net proceeds from the concert determine the final grant amounts. Founded by Walsh in 2017, the 501C3 VetsAid has disbursed over $1.2M to veteran-serving nonprofits.

The large grant recipients selected are: Combined Arms, Headstrong Project, United States Veterans Initiative (U.S. Vets), Next Op Veterans, Vets4Warriors, Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, Swords to Plowshares and Sentinels of Freedom.

The small grant recipients selected are: Grace After Fire, Train A Dog Save A Warrior (TADSAW), Texas Veterans Outdoors, Smiles for Veterans, Hero’s Bridge, Every Third Saturday, Vets on Track Foundation, Easter Seals Houston and Heartstrides.

Providing support to organizations that care for the nation’s veterans and military families is deeply personal to Walsh, a Gold Star survivor whose father died while on active duty on Okinawa, Japan when Walsh was 20 months old.

“It’s with great excitement that we announce our grant recipients for VetsAid 2019,”

explains Joe Walsh. “VetsAid is a festival that we bring to points across this great country of ours and this year we are honored to spread the love and funds to the veterans community in and around the Houston metro area. Come celebrate with us this November 10th at the Toyota Center!”

With assistance from the National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations (NAVSO), Walsh and the Board of VetsAid reviewed numerous organizations before selecting these 17 veteran focused nonprofits.

“Mr. Walsh is a great philanthropist and advocate for the military and veteran community,” says Kelly Finn Störmer, Chief Operating Officer of the National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations (NAVSO), the organization assisting the selection process.

“We are honored to partner with VetsAid to recommend high impact programs creating positive change for veterans and military families.”

Houston has the 2nd largest veteran population in the nation with over 250,000 veterans. Mr. Walsh will serve as the keynote speaker and Grand Marshal of the “Houston Salutes American Heroes Veterans Day Celebration” honoring the brave men, women and families who have fought and sacrificed for the nation’s liberty and freedom. VetsAid, the third annual concert to support veterans and their families hosted by Joe Walsh, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and multi GRAMMY Award recipient, has selected the nonprofit partners that will benefit from this year’s November 10th concert at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The grants are broken out into large and small grant recipients and all net proceeds from the concert determine the final grant amounts. Founded by Walsh in 2017, the 501C3 VetsAid has disbursed over $1.2M to veteran-serving nonprofits.

The large grant recipients selected are: Combined Arms, Headstrong Project, United States Veterans Initiative (U.S. Vets), Next Op Veterans, Vets4Warriors, Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, Swords to Plowshares and Sentinels of Freedom.

The small grant recipients selected are: Grace After Fire, Train A Dog Save A Warrior (TADSAW), Texas Veterans Outdoors, Smiles for Veterans, Hero’s Bridge, Every Third Saturday, Vets on Track Foundation, Easter Seals Houston and Heartstrides.

Providing support to organizations that care for the nation’s veterans and military families is deeply personal to Walsh, a Gold Star survivor whose father died while on active duty on Okinawa, Japan when Walsh was 20 months old.

“It’s with great excitement that we announce our grant recipients for VetsAid 2019,” explains Joe Walsh. “VetsAid is a festival that we bring to points across this great country of ours and this year we are honored to spread the love and funds to the veterans community in and around the Houston metro area. Come celebrate with us this November 10th at the Toyota Center!”

With assistance from the National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations (NAVSO), Walsh and the Board of VetsAid reviewed numerous organizations before selecting these 17 veteran focused nonprofits.

“Mr. Walsh is a great philanthropist and advocate for the military and veteran community,” says Kelly Finn Störmer, Chief Operating Officer of the National Association of VeteranServing Organizations (NAVSO), the organization assisting the selection process. “We are honored to partner with VetsAid to recommend high impact programs creating positive change for veterans and military families.”

Houston has the 2nd largest veteran population in the nation with over 250,000 veterans.

Mr. Walsh will serve as the keynote speaker and Grand Marshal of the “Houston Salutes American Heroes Veterans Day Celebration” honoring the brave men, women and families who have fought and sacrificed for the nation’s liberty and freedom.

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Koe Wetzel Performs At White Oak Music Hall Koe Wetzel will be appearing this month at White Oak Music Hall on Saturday, November 30th.

Born and raised in East Texas, Koe Wetzel is rapidly gaining momentum in the Texas scene.

The band brings a strong mixture of southern rock energy and East Texas charm.

Koe began performing at an early age. Overnight, he had what seemed like an immediate fan base in his home state. He has since brought together this band and hit the road touring heavily.

The band is made up of Koe Wetzel (Vocals/ Acoustic Guitar), Andres Rocha (Drums), Mason Morris (Harmony Vocals/Bass), Jerrod Flusche (Rhythm/ Lead Guitar), and Michael Odis Parrish (Lead Guitar.)

As the band continued to play shows, Koe began writing in between performances. Bringing personal experience and inspiration from others to life with a melody was second nature to the young artist, “Being able to connect with an audience, or a fan, because they feel like they can relate to your lyrics is one of the coolest experiences in the world.

There’s no greater feeling than hearing that your lyrics or your song mean something to someone.”

Koe Wetzel’s album, “Noise Complaint” was released in 2016 and the band has hit the studio to work on their sophomore album.

Born and raised in East Texas, Koe Wetzel is rapidly gaining momentum in the Texas scene.

The band brings a strong mixture of southern rock energy and East Texas charm.

Koe began performing at an early age. Overnight, he had what seemed like an immediate fan base in his home state. He has since brought together this band and hit the road touring heavily.

The band is made up of Koe Wetzel (Vocals/ Acoustic Guitar), Andres Rocha (Drums), Mason Morris (Harmony Vocals/Bass), Jerrod Flusche (Rhythm/ Lead Guitar), and Michael Odis Parrish (Lead Guitar.)

As the band continued to play shows, Koe began writing in between performances. Bringing personal experience and inspiration from others to life with a melody was second nature to the young artist, “Being able to connect with an audience, or a fan, because they feel like they can relate to your lyrics is one of the coolest experiences in the world.

There’s no greater feeling than hearing that your lyrics or your song mean something to someone.”

Koe Wetzel’s album, “Noise Complaint” was released in 2016 and the band has hit the studio to work on their sophomore album.

Born and raised in East Texas, Koe Wetzel is rapidly gaining momentum in the Texas scene.

The band brings a strong mixture of southern rock energy and East Texas charm.

Koe began performing at an early age. Overnight, he had what seemed like an immediate fan base in his home state. He has since brought together this band and hit the road touring heavily.

The band is made up of Koe Wetzel (Vocals/ Acoustic Guitar), Andres Rocha (Drums), Mason Morris (Harmony Vocals/Bass), Jerrod Flusche (Rhythm/ Lead Guitar), and Michael Odis Parrish (Lead Guitar.)

As the band continued to play shows, Koe began writing in between performances. Bringing personal experience and inspiration from others to life with a melody was second nature to the young artist, “Being able to connect with an audience, or a fan, because they feel like they can relate to your lyrics is one of the coolest experiences in the world.

There’s no greater feeling than hearing that your lyrics or your song mean something to someone.”

Koe Wetzel’s album, “Noise Complaint” was released in 2016 and the band has hit the studio to work on their sophomore album.

Resting comfortably between the swagger of bro-country and the punch of rootsy rock & roll, Koe Wetzel is a singer and songwriter from Texas who rose quickly from obscurity to become one of the most popular acts on the Lone Star State’s country scene. Wetzel was born in the East Texas town of Pittsburg on July 14, 1992. He picked up his interest in music from his mother, who was a singer and brought young Koe on the road with her; he sang on-stage with her for the first time when he was just six. Wetzel took up the guitar at the age of 12, but while he had a love for music, it took a back seat to sports while he was growing up.

In high school, Wetzel played both football and baseball, and he went on to play football for Tarleton State University. As Wetzel’s interest in football began to wane, however, his love of music grew, and in 2012 he left school to focus on songwriting and performing. He put together a band, Koe Wetzel & the Konvicts, and they released an EP, Love and Lies, in June 2012. Wetzel and his group hit the road hard, playing extensively in Texas and around the Southwest, and their passionate live shows, rowdy but relatable lyrics, and strong cha-

risma helped them win a loyal following, especially among college students and twenty-somethings.

The buzz on Wetzel grew after the release of his first full-length album, Out on Parole, in January 2015, but he became a genuine star in Texas with the release of Noise Complaint, which arrived in March 2017. “February 28, 2016,” “Something to Talk About,” and “Tell It All Town” won regional airplay and became favorites on streaming services — so much so that when one major streaming outfit pulled Wetzel’s music due to a licensing oversight on the artist’s part, fans flooded social media with demands that his music be reinstated. The mistake ultimately did more to help Wetzel’s popularity than hurt it, and he continued to sell out clubs and book festival appearances across the Southwest.

In May 2019, Wetzel released his sophomore fulllength album, Harold Saul High.

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MUSIC NEWS The Black Keys are currently on their thirty-eight date North American “Let’s Rock” tour. In the Associated Press interview with Dan and Patrick they reveal what fans can expect from their forthcoming tour — “‘Every single record we’ve ever made since the very beginning, I’ve always doubled up my guitars or tripled them up,’ said Auerbach. ‘And this is the first time I’ve ever really heard that onstage.’’

The “Let’s Rock” tour will stop in Houston on November 22 at Toyota Center and feature special guests Modest Mouse. Shannon & The Clams will open select shows on the tour.

The band also shared live versions of songs, taped at a recent rehearsal in front of a small audience made up of members of the band’s fan club, including “Go” via Rolling Stone, “I Got Mine,” and “Lonely Boy”. For the performance they were joined by their touring band, Andrew Gabbard and Delicate Steve on guitar, and Zachary Gabbard on bass.

The Black Keys’ ninth studio album, “Let’s Rock,” was released on June 28 of this year via Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch Records and debuted at number 1 on the US Top Current Album Chart. Internationally, “Let’s Rock” is the band’s third consecutive top 10 album in the UK, debuting at No. 3, as well as top 10 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland, among others.

Formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001, The Black Keys have released nine studio albums: their debut The Big Come Up (2002), followed by Thickfreakness (2003) and Rubber Factory (2004), along with their releases on Nonesuch Records, Magic Potion (2006), Attack & Release (2008), Brothers (2010), El Camino (2011), Turn Blue (2014) and, most recently, “Let’s Rock” (2019). The band has won six Grammy Awards and headlined festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Governors Ball.

Ten years after they pulled up their stakes and moved south to Nashville, leaving their gritty post-industrial hometown of Akron, Ohio, the birth place of rubber companies, waffle cones, oatmeal, and LeBron James; Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach are back, at least metaphorically.

On their ninth album “Let’s Rock” the city of Akron is a silent partner, a third member on a recording that returns the duo to the straightforward, primitivism of their early canon, back to those days when Carney worshipped the Stooges, and Auerbach was enamored with Link Wray and the original James Gang guitarist Glenn Schwartz.

“What version of me do you see on this record?” singer, guitarist Dan Auerbach asks rhetorically from Easy Eye Sound Studio. “You see the Dan Auerbach who saw Link Wray when he was eighteen, and who went and saw Glenn Schwartz every week at Hooples [in Akron].

Glenn Schwartz was our own religious version of Link Wray. That was how I got turned on to crazy ass, weird ass rock and roll when I was a kid. That made such an impact on me. And it still does…” he trails off.

So much so, that before Schwartz’s death in November 2018, Auerbach along with Joe Walsh, recorded with Schwartz.

“Joe and I spent a few days in the studio playing Glenn’s songs, all his All Saved Freak Band songs from 1970 and 1971. Before that I didn’t realize how much I’ve been informed by Glenn when we made the earlier Black Keys records. It’s this weird Midwestern rock and roll thing and how this rock and roll is got in my blood. But I can say doing that session with Glenn and Joe primed me for doing a Black Keys record.

I made that religious record with Glenn and Joe and I literally went to church, and made the Black Keys record right after.” Explains Auerbach. “It was the perfect thing to get me into this record.”

Inspired by the fiery eccentric guitar of his hero, urged along by Patrick Carney’s impatient intuitive stutter drumming, the duo have turned out what is perhaps their best work, minimalist and no frills in its execution, they’ve created the kind of insistent sounds that makes you want to drive over the speed limit on the Innerbelt as you roll out of town in your Road Dominator in search of big adventure. Or maybe just a little relief from suburban boredom.

After the nuanced, pensive psychedelic

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The Black Keys Perform at Toyota Center November 12 melancholy of 2014’s Turn Blue, perhaps the biggest factor in the sound of “Let’s Rock” was that Auerbach and Carney fell back in love with the electric guitar co-producing an unpretentious blues worshipping assault record that reminds you that rock is supposed to be unpredictable, dangerous, and in your face.

“I love big and dumb songs,” admits Carney. “They’re my favorite. I think on this record Dan and I came to a similar place in terms of what we wanted. I was sitting in my studio for the last year just playing electric guitar, and for the first time in a while, Dan was playing a lot of electric guitar. The record is like a homage to electric guitar. It’s all it is. Then, there’s these cool solos and there’s barely any drum fills. We took a simple approach and trimmed all the fat like we used to.”

The title itself came about serendipitously, and Auerbach shares, “we were in the studio, and we saw the news that the first person in Tennessee to die by electric chair in eleven years is about to be executed. They asked him if he had any last words before they pulled the switch, and he said, ‘Let’s Rock.’ I saw it as a sign, so we decided to call the album that, with an electric chair on the cover.”

But despite all of the Black Keys’ success over the 20 years they’ve been together–each of their albums surpassing the next: 2010’s Brothers debuted at No. 3, then 2011’s El Camino went straight to No. 2, and 2016’s Turn Blue debuted at No. 1–they earned 10 Grammy nominations, four Grammys and four multi-platinum records, they haven’t changed that sharply honed Midwestern edge. And why would they want to?

“Now we’re basically like a prison shank turned into a ginsu blade,” laughs Auerbach.

You can hear it from the first unhinged yowl that opens up “Lo/Hi,” a fretful portent about the claustrophobic dangers of modern isolation, sets a formidable pace. The disembodied, swampy chorus on “Tell Me Lies”; the eccentric “Walk Across Water,” which rivals the lyricism of Prince’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover” or Hendrix’s “The Wind Cries Mary”; the raw prickly threat of “Under the Gun,” recalling great underground rock bands like Question Mark & the Mysterians, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the 13th Floor Elevators, and, especially, Cleveland, Ohio’s James Gang—they all make you realize this isn’t music for the faint of heart. It’s a call to action, a cau-

tionary tale, a breakdown that leads to breakthrough, and mostly a record that was itching to be made.

No matter that it took five years to get it done. No wonder, either—a relentless touring and recording schedule had sapped their energy.

“After Turn Blue I was totally burned out, one hundred percent,” admits Auerbach. “I had lived in Nashville for seven years and I hadn’t spent any time there. I had a studio and I would make sporadic records here and there, and I just knew that I needed to take some time. I stopped cold turkey, told everybody I’d cleared the schedule completely. I needed some time to create.

Playing arenas felt like some kind of a distant dream. But having said that, I think before every great Keys record, we take time off.”

Carney concurs, “It was three years basically from the time we played our last show to the time we started this record. The break was, at times, very frustrating for me, but at the same time ultimately it was the right thing to do, right to walk away from that at that time and just live life, basically. “I really liked laying back,” Auerbach says, although the term is hardly appropriate to a period in which he formed the Easy Eye Sound record label in 2017, named after his studio, which has become home to a wide range of artists including Yola, Shannon & The Clams, Dee White, Shannon Shaw, Sonny Smith, Robert Finley, and The Gibson Brothers; it also has released the posthumous album by Leo Bud Welch as well as previously unreleased material

by Link Wray. During this time Auerbach also produced a records for The Pretenders as well as Cage The Elephant’s Tell Me I’m Pretty, which won a Grammy for Best Rock Album, and collaborated with the likes of The Memphis Boys, and A$AP Rocky. His time was thoroughly occupied.

As was Carney’s, producing records for Calvin Johnson, Michelle Branch, Damns of the West, Tobias Jesso Jr., Jessy Wilson, Tennis, repeat repeat, Wild Belle, Sad Planets, Turbo Fruits, and more. He also created the theme music for the Netflix show BoJack Horseman with his late uncle, Ralph Carney.

“Dan and I ended up making a lot of music with a lot of other people. It wasn’t like we were never going to play together, [but] it was like we were at the stage of ‘what’s the point of making another record and then doing the same

tour over and over again,’” says Carney.

Instead they developed a new appreciation for each other’s gifts.

“That period really cleared my mind, and it made it so much more enjoyable when I got back together with Pat, because we’d had all that time off,” confesses Auerbach. “We’d been onstage doing this over and over and over and over again. But when Pat played with me in Nashville last year at the Easy Eye Revue with Robert Finley, I was like, ‘Oh, shit, what a cool-ass drummer Pat is.’ When we got back together it felt very fresh, and that would have been impossible if we hadn’t taken that time off. I feel like the record is a testament to that feeling.”

And without much folderol or ceremony, they started fresh.

“It was so easy, like riding a bike, really,” says Auerbach. “We didn’t listen to anything before; our batteries were just charged.”

“The way we did it was almost like the same way I quit smoking cigarettes a few months earlier. We just set a date and showed up,” explains Carney.

The band stuck to a more “adult” schedule than they had kept for their earlier albums, for instance, when sessions for Brothers went long into the night. They tracked drums and guitar for a week and a half, broke for a month while Dan worked on lyrics, and then worked again for a week in October, a week in November, and a final three days in January. They planned to begin every day at 9am and they’d break at 5pm.

“We’d meet there, have coffee, bullshit, make fun of each other. We laughed a shitload making this record. We hadn’t really spent much time together—we’d gone out to lunch a couple times, to dinner a couple times. I was a little bit apprehensive about how it was going to be, just because we hadn’t worked together at all in years.

But instantly we’re in there joking around.”

No matter what they do individually, in the studio both Auerbach and Carney produce.

“We’ve always been equals in the producing part,” explains Auerbach. “From the very first record we made in Pat’s basement until now.”

“We went in with no material,” Carney says. “We wrote a song a day, basically, and then it got to the point where there were fifteen songs, some finished, some pretty basic. Then we took a break so Dan could start working on lyrics. We went back in for two or three more weeks over the next three months and ended up writing like twenty-five songs.”

“Yup, Pat’s right. We wrote ‘em all on the spot,” says Auerbach. “I didn’t bring anything in, and I didn’t want to overthink it. I wanted it to feel spontaneous. I wanted to be able to record something not dissimilar to ‘Louie Louie’ and be perfectly happy with it. I was looking for the Troggs.”

“Funny, I was looking for [the Stooges] ‘Down on the Street,’” laughs Carney.

“Mostly, I would just start playing and singing, and the words that would come out of my mouth were the words that were meant to be there, and I would build upon that,” says Auerbach. “But every single song started with a live take.”

“I’d probably written 300 songs before we got down to work on this one with all these different songwriters in town, people like John Prine, Pat McLaughlin, Roger Cook, all these amazing people. I’ve gone all over the place with songs, and I have no fear going anywhere. But for the first time, I have no fear of being vulnerable.”

“But really, the whole record was just meant to be.

And even it was, this is the twosome who could resurrect it. “Without Dan’s drive and ambition I would probably be playing the Grogg Shop [in Akron]. He pushes me and tells me not to overthink, and it works,” confesses Carney.

“And you have to admit it really works. That’s the magic in this band. We’re like complimentary colors.”

“Pat and I are the Black Keys when we’re together, and we’re not the Black Keys any other time at all,” Auerbach agrees. “But when we’re together we are the Black Keys, that’s where that real magic is.”

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Vixen Perform at Warehouse Live November 22 One of Rock’s most formidable all-female bands, Vixen, will be performing this month at Warehouse Live on Friday, November 22nd. Opening act for Vixen will be the all-female metal band, The Iron Maidens, a Tribute To Iron Maiden. Also on the bill is Rozy, so this will be a power-packed evening of all-female rock bands.

Vixen was founded in St Paul, MN by guitarist Jan Kuehnemund. Driven by rock star dreams, like so many before her, Kuehnemund packed up her group and headed for Hollywood. Kuehnemund soon re-tooled the lineup to include vocalist Janet Gardner, drummer, Roxy Petrucci, and bassist Share Pedersen (Ross).

Vixen quickly built their reputation playing the infamous Sunset Strip and signed a major label deal with EMI. Vixen’s first hit single, “Edge of a Broken Heart” penned by Richard Marx and Fee Waybill (The Tubes) blasted onto the Billboard charts fueled by heavy video rotation on MTV. Their selftitled freshmen LP garnered two more knee droppers with “Cryin’” and “Love made Me” both charting on the Billboard hot 100 top 40. It was the group’s live performances opening for the Scorpions, Ozzy and Bon Jovi that established Vixen as a premiere rock act to be taken seriously.

Vixen found commercial success in the late ’80s and early ’90s via singles like “Edge of a Broken Heart,” “Cryin’,” and “How Much Love,” all of which enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV. The group’s popularity waned in the wake of the grunge and alternative rock boom, resulting in frequent hiatuses and line-up changes, but Vixen continued to make new music and perform well into the next century, despite enduring numerous hardships, most notably the 2013 death of founder and guitarist Jan Kuehnemund. The remaining classic line-up members (Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci, and Share Pedersen) elected to carry on in Kuehnemund’s honor, and continued to tour, culminating in the release of the concert LP Live Fire in 2018.

Vixen paid more than their share of dues on the L.A./Hollywood club scene before signing with EMI in 1987. Vixen’s selftitled debut album came out in 1988, and the LP sold millions thanks in part to the single “Edge of a Broken Heart,” which was penned

by Richard Marx and the Tubes’ Fee Waybill. Two other singles, “Cryin’” and “Love Made Me,” charted as well, and the band soon found themselves sharing stages with Bon Jovi, Scorpions, and Ozzy Osbourne.

Released in 1990, Vixen’s second album, Rev It Up, had its share of catchy, infectious material, including the hit “How Much Love.”

“Rev it Up”, Vixen’s second LP produced the monster rocker “How Much Love”, scorching ballad, “Love is a Killer”’ and the upbeat “Not a Minute Too Soon” cementing their reputation not only as formidable performers, but as hit songwriters. The group Vixenized their fans on worldwide tours with heavyweights Deep Purple and KISS, which fueled the international frenzy.

In 1997, Vixen reconvened around Gardner, Petrucci, and guitarist Gina Stile and issued the group’s third studio long player, Tangerine, via CMC International.

The comeback proved short-lived, but in 2002 Kuehnemund put together another iteration of the group, recruiting Lynn Louise

Lowrey (bass), Kat Kraft (drums), and Jenna Sanz-Agero (vocals), and released Extended Versions, a recording of their set at 2005’s Sweden Rock Festival, and a new studio album, 2006’s Live & Learn, the latter of which was nominated for Best Album: Hard Rock/Metal for the 2007 Independent Music Awards. In 2012 Kuehnemund reached out to Gardner, Petrucci, and Pedersen in hopes of reuniting the band, but days before going public with the news, she was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away October 10, 2013. The following year saw Gardner, Petrucci, Pedersen, and Gina Stile perform a string of shows both at home and abroad, and in 2018 Vixen released Live Fire, which was recorded at Chicago’s Arcada Theater during the group’s 2017 tour.

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A Sure Thing Perform at Corky’s in Cypress Besides selling great BBQ, Corky’s in Cypress, TX also dishes up some great music on their outdoor patio. This night when we dropped by we were entertained by the band A Sure Thing. They sure did a great job and the food we ate there was fantastic too. Next time you’re looking for some fine BBQ and music, try Corky’s in Cypress.

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Sacco and Darwin Macon. This is your chance to show off in front of your friends or even just rehearse your act. At any rate it will be a great opportunity for you to perform in front of a local audience. If singing is your forte, then you can drop into Loaded Barrels on Thursday night for Karaoke night with Kasi Land. If you’re a good singer, you just may want to get up and show people what you have. If you’re just beginning, or just wanting to have a little fun, this will be a great night for you. Loaded Barrels always has something going on, so drop by there whenever you’re in the area.

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Come check out the Waterloo by Collings Guitars sales event at Fuller’s Vintage Guitar on Sat. Nov. 16th from noon-2pm. There will be special pricing on Waterloo models, a presentation of Delta/Ragtime Blues tips and techniques, free swag and more! The World Famous Fuller’s Guitar is at 116 North Loop in Houston. Call 713-880-2188 and at www.fullersguitar.com.

Loaded Barrels Saloon, located at 9558 FM 1960 West has some great events planned for you for this month. On Sunday, November 10th they will be having a big Chili Cook-Off. If cooking chili or even eating it is your specialty, you may want to stop by the club to eat some, or give them a call in advance if you’d like to enter.

Wednesday nights at Loaded Barrels features an Open Mic Night with local musicians Brian

Famous Stages is your ONE STOP SHOP for ALL YOUR RENTAL NEEDS. They are HOME of the $5 rentals!! These guys rent out PA and lighting gear for bands for the best prices in town! That’s right, the BEST RENTAL PRICES IN TOWN. Mackie Thrump 15A rent it for JUST $5.00 a day. TRI 9 LED Stage Wash Rental in only $5.00 for 3 days.

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Styx Tribute, Renegades, Perform at The Concert Pub North It was a night of STYX music when we dropped by The Concert Pub North this weekend. On stage was the STYX Tribute band, Renegades. These guys were definitely doing the STYX songs justice and at times, you’d swear they sounded exactly like them. They had this gig nailed. They sounded great!

Renegades was bringing the hits from albums like The Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, Paridise Theatre, Killroy Was Here and Equinox, performing hits like “Come Sail Away,” “Babe,” “Mr Robato,” “Crystal Ball,” and “Snowblind” to name a few. The band was originally founded in 2014 In RockSprings, Wyoming, but now they are based in Houston. Renegades is Mark Martinz - Keyboards and Dennis DeYoung vocals, Jim Stroud - guitar and Tommy Shaw Vocals, Barry Gosneil - Guitar and James Young Vocals, Joel Clouser - bass Guitar, and Timbo Yanez on Drums. If you like STYX, then we urge you to check these guys out. They really put on an impressive show at The Concert Pub North this night. Here they are performing “Babe” and “The Grand Illusion.” You can start watching this video right now on our YouTube site, houstonmusicnewstv1

MUSIC NEWS Space Cowboy Perform at The Jailhouse Saloon Tonight we’re at The Jailhouse Saloon to see Space Cowboy. This is a new act for us to check out and let me tell you, these guys were very good.

These guys performed a wide variety of music that spanned from the 60s to now. It was a very diverse set.

One moment it was Eric Clapton’s “Cocaine” and then another it was Cage The Elephant’s “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked,” then another it was Roger Miller’s “King Of The Road.” It was unbelievable. Other standout tunes included Billy Idol’s “White Wedding,” and the Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.” Wow, what a great night of entertainment. If you get a chance, be sure to check these guys out, and don’t forget to check out The Jailhouse Saloon every weekend for great live music. They’ve been brining in some fine acts. You can watch a little of Space Cowboy’s set right now on HMNTV - Houston Music News Television at houstonmusicnewstv1 on youtube.

Smile Empty Soul Fri. Nov. 22nd. Then see Hed P.E. with special guests Blacklist Regulars, and Darkness of Tomorrow Fri. Nov. 29th. Sons of Treas will be there on Nov. 30th. Route 101 a Depeche Mode Tribute band will be playing on Sat. Dec. 7th. Be sure and check out the New Patio, Scout Bar is located at 18307 Egret Bay Nelson & Family Nov. 18th. And then Ameri- Blvd. in Houston and you can get tickets for can Idol’s own Fantasia w/ Robin Thicke, Tank these shows through EventBrite at and The Bonfyre Nov. 27th. For more info, go www.scoutbar.com. Rock out at Scout Bar this month! to www.smartfinancialcentre.net.

Scout Bar Scout Bar is a popular rock club and lounge in the Clear Lake area! They book acts from all over the world at their top-notch venue!

Just check out their list of past shows on their website and you can see what we’re talking about! In The Aftermath, CoozaBlack and Sin City and Astoryia are there Fri. Nov. 8th. The Pazmatics will play on the 15th and on the 16th Rings of Saturn will hit the Stage. Come see

Bonez Draught House Bonez Draught House, formerly Pub Level Grill & Lounge, is upstairs from Scout Bar. They have over 50 beers on tap, a tasty food menu, a huge video wall, and several TV’s located around the bar for sports, including Rockets games! Keep up with their entertainment schedule Facebook/bonesdraughthouse!

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MUSIC NEWS Magna Perform at The Acadia Bar & Grill

Messengers Perform at The BFE Rock Bar

We saw a new band for us this past month at The BFE Rock Club. They’re called Messengers.

This is definitely a hard rock/ thrash band, but they were pretty good. We couldn’t find any information about them anywhere, so we don’t have any background on them for you this month.

We’ll let you know as soon as we find out more. In the meantime, we do have a couple of videos of their performance at The BFE Rock Club for you to check out, so you can see if this band is for you. You can start watching them now on houstonmusicnewstv1 on youtube.

Specials. Sunday is Poker Night. The Blaggards are back to play on Fri. Nov. 29th. To learn more about Ashford Pub, check them out at www.ashfordpub.com!

Heights Guitar Tech Puff N Stuff Puff N Stuff in South Houston has a great selection of T-shirts, darts, jewelry, candles, smoking accessories, and much, much more!

They even do screen-printing on T-shirts, koozies, etc.! Come see them at Spencer Hwy. at Perez in beautiful South Houston. Puff N Stuff can be reached at 713-943-0170. Tell ‘em we sent ya!

Heights Guitar Tech has been open for 5 years now! Their goal is and always has been to provide a place to take your stringed instruments for quality repairs at affordable prices, and have a fast turnaround! Ask about their gift certificates for that hard-to-please musician on your list.

Heights Guitar Tech is located in The Heights at 742 W. 20th St. (between Shepherd & Durham).

They are open Tues.-Fri.- 11am-7pm and Sat. 10am-5pm. Heights Guitar Tech- Five Star String Repairs in the Houston Heights!

Ashford Pub Ashford Pub, at 13308 Westheimer has cold drinks with great specials, and occasionally live music. They also have $2.25 domestic beers on Mondays, Big Azz Beer & Trivia Night on Tuesdays, Steak & Poker Night on Wednesdays, Open Mic Night Thursdays, and then Wild West Texas Beer Fest PLUS karaoke is on Fridays, Saturday nights have Draft and Kamikazi

BFE Rock Club is Northwest Houston’s premier live music venue for hard rock and heavy metal! You can enjoy live music, pool, darts and the large patio, although smoking is permitted inside. This month, check out the Halloween after party Sat. Nov. 2nd. Bands Anova Skyway, In the Aftermath, Astoryia, Michael Kennedy, Al-

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pha Virus, Long Live the Lights, and more! Also, be a part of the sexy & scary costume contest!

Then, a night of classic 80’s and 90’s rock and metal with Queensryche tribute Mindcrime and Big City Nights, a Scorpions tribute on Fri. Nov. 8th. Victim is on Sat. Nov. 23rd. The Metal Meltdown on Sat. Nov. 30th has Chaotic Justice with special guests Blood Stone! For booking, call Frankie Aluotto at 832-748-2544, and check out the club online at www.bferockclub.com and on Facebook. BFE Rock Club rocks Houston!

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This night at The Acadia Bar & Grill Acadia, Magna is having their EP release party, so we dropped by to hear some of the new songs. Let me tell you, this band really did a great job on their new project. Their music is in the vein of Progressive Metal and Rock and the band is based out of Houston, Texas. The new album is simply self-titled Magna and we think you’ll really like them if you’re into Progressive Metal and Rock. We certainly did. They really put on a fine energetic show and the new songs were really good Magna is Mario Quintanilla - Vocals, Jerry Mireles - Guitar, Mario Yang - Guitar, Jean Trejos - Bass, and Samuel Casarez Jr. - Drums. We’ve got a couple of videos from this show for you to watch right now on houstonmusicnewstv1 so you can get a good idea about how this young band sounds. We think you’ll like them. You can start watching this video right now on our YouTube site, houstonmusicnewstv1.

Guy Schwartz & Marlo Blue present South By Due East TV & Radio. Guy Schwartz’ Music Machine is a showcase of Houston’s original music on episodes of HippiesTV, and South

By Due East Television. Check the schedule at HMS-TV/Comcast Xfinity channel 17and AT&T U-verse at channel 99. Some of the many many bands you can see are: Trudy Lynn, Josefus,

Everyday - $3.50 Wells @ 11 - 5pm Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday $7.75 Pitchers @ 9-11pm Monday - $3 Jager from 8:00 to 11:00pm 1/2 Price Long Island Teas Or Long Beach @ All Day Tuesday - $2.75 Wells @ 11-5pm, $3.75 Cuervo All Day & Night, $3 Wells @ 8-10pm Wednesday - $3.25 Wells @ 11-5pm, $4 Wells & Fartfuckers,Washington Apples @ 9-11pm Thursday - $3.25 Wells @ 11-5pm, $1 Dom. Mugs @ 8-10pm, 50¢ Wings @ 7-11 (Dine In Only) Friday - $3.25 Wells @ 11-5pm, $3.75 Rumpleminze and All McCormick Vodkas @ 7-11pm, $3 Cuervos All Night Saturday - $3.25 Wells @ 11-5pm, $3.75 Fireballs All Day & Night $2 Kamikazee’s & $3 Goldschlager @ 7-10pm Sunday - $3.25 Bloody Mary’s & Wells @ 11-5pm, $3.25 Sweet Tea Vodka @ 7-11pm

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Friday, November 1 - Lisafer’s Screech of Death Saturday, November 2 - Carranza Thursday, November 7 - Big E & Lowdown Friday, November 8 - Iron Rations Saturday, November 9 - Secret Of Boris, Post Profit, 2 Cold Thursday, November 14 - Ganesha Friday, November 15 - To Be Announced Saturday, November 16 - The Smashed Idols, Gray Falls Thursday, November 21 - Thanksgiving - Blended Blue Friday, November 22 - LSP Saturday, November 23 - Heartstring (Heart / Fleetwood Mac Tribute) Thursday, November 28 - Sall-Coll Friday, November 29 - Black Ottumn, Khepera Saturday, November 30 - 5Fifteen Benefit Show The 19th Hole Grill & Bar is celebrating our 26th Year Anniversary of being a live music venue

Vince Converse. Rich DelGrosso, John Egan, Shake Russell, Tommie Lee Bradley & The Shuffle Brothers, Michael Kennedy, Hellina Bucket, Jypsy Rose, Craig Kinsey, and Freddy Pate, Steve Krase, and of course Guy Schwartz.

Check it out!

Katie’s Bar Katie’s Bar is considered by many to be the Bay Area’s finest live entertainment venue.

With live music 5 days a week, and NEVER a cover, their schedule this month includes Brad Stivers Sat. Nov. 9th, Hugo Jamz Trio Wed. Nov. 13th, Scott McGill Sat. Nov. 23rd, and Jonn “Del Toro” Richardson Fri. Nov. 30th. Also Katie’s has a Blues jam on Sundays from 4pm-8pm and is hosted by a different musician each week.

Some of them this month are Paul Ramirez, Ricky Jackson, and Mark May. The bar is closed Mondays, but open the rest of the week to rock out! They are at 315 Grand Ave. in Bacliff in the old post office. See ya soon at Katie’s!

Vollie Ray’s Circus A grand old time can always be had at Vollie Ray’s Circus! Happy hour specials are from noon to 7pm everyday, including a great craft beer selection. They specialize in karaoke throughout the week, plus Karaoke w/ Old Brothers Acoustic Sundays, Karaoke and an open mic for singers/songwriters on Tuesdays, and Karaoke w/ Premium Blend on Thursdays.

When they’re not doing that, they have bands on the weekends, like Black Kryptonite w/ 3 Eye Raven Fri. Nov. 15th, and burlesue act Big Bang Cabaret presents Welcome to Volliewood!

Come by 937 FM 1959 to have the time of your life at Vollie Ray’s!

Sound Exchange There are a couple of free shows going on at Sound Exchange this month! Sound Exchange is Houston’s long-running record store in the Second Ward. Houston death metal band Spectral Manifest will play a free show there on Sat. Nov 9th at 7:30pm. There will be an opening set by another local death/thrash band Dead Stuff. Spectral Manifest’s debut album was released 5 years ago this month by Ossuary Industries. When it came out, the band, along with then-labelmates Desecrate the Faith and Sever the Silence (current bass player Feltersnatch’s former band) leveled the old Sound Exchange location with a triple threat sonic assault. Now it’s all going back to where it began. Spectral Manifest will be playing songs off their debut album as well as from their recent “The Nether” EP. There will be free beer too!! Also- Replicants of Bladerunner presented

by An Exchange of Noiz is Thurs. Nov. 14th from 7:30pm-10:30pm. Again, this is another all-ages free show with free beer provided by 8th Wonder Brewery! Sound Exchange is at 101 N. Milby St. in Houston. Go to www.soundexchangehouston.com to find out more!

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Smile Empty Soul Returns To The Scout Bar November 22 Smile Empty Soul is back on tour again and they will be bringing their “ The Oblivion Of Souls” Tour to The Scout Bar this month on Friday, November 22nd. The band is on tour in support of their newest album release, “Oblivion”. In addition to presenting songs from “Oblivion”, the band will also be performing your favorite Smile Empty Soul songs as well. Smile Empty Soul has become known for their constant touring and never-wavering, honest sound and lyrics.

Santa Clarita post-grunge band Smile Empty Soul have been kicking it since ’98 and now have seven studio albums (plus three EPs and a compilation album) under their belt. They’ve remained firmly in the underground, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an impressive legacy and a loyal fanbase. Only singer and guitarist Sean Danielsen remains from the original lineup, but last year’s Oblivion proves that there’s still gas in the tank.

Oblivion is the seventh full-length album by Smile Empty Soul. It is the first and only album with new bassist Mark Young and drummer Victor Ribas. The singles from the album include “Sides” and “Stars”, On the album’s release, it was ranked #5 on iTunes for Rock Albums.

Since the release, Mark Young has left the band. “’Sides’ feels like a grungy throwback to me and that’s really a style of music I

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find myself missing tremendously these days,” says vocalist/guitarist Sean Danielsen. “There was a pure and honest quality to the grunge scene that I’d love to see make a comeback.”

Smile Empty Soul is a heavy alternative trio formed while its three members were still in Santa Clarita, California high schools in 1998. Led by singer/guitarist Sean Danielson, the band also included drummer Derek Gledhill and bassist Ryan Martin.

After honing their sound with numerous hometown gigs, Smile Empty Soul began venturing to the Sunset Strip, and eventually passed a demo to Todd Parker of the Los Angeles indie label ThroBack Records.

That exposure led to a deal with Jason Flom’s Lava imprint, which was expanding in the wake of early signee Kid Rock’s

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white-hot success. The trio hooked up with producer John Lewis Parker, who was at the helm for their self-titled debut, issued by Lava in May 2003. With its screeching guitars and Danielson’s rage-filled vocals, the album was indebted to the alternative sounds of the early ’90s. As the band recorded their follow-up in 2005, Gledhill parted ways with the band and Dominic Weir temporarily filled his position before he was subsequently replaced by Jake Kilmer. They also recruited guitarist Mike Booth (Cold). Anxiety was scheduled for release in 2005, but a split with Lava kept the album from seeing the light of day. Their de facto sophomore LP, the freshly recorded Vultures, was re-

leased in 2006. After promotional touring for the album, Booth amicably parted ways with the band. In 2009, Anxiety was finally released through their own MRAfia Records label (along with a bonus DVD version, More Anxiety). The band also released their fourth full-length, Consciousness. In 2012, Smile Empty Soul released a fifth album, the sharply polished 3’s, on eOne Records.

It was quickly followed by Chemicals (Two Disciples/Pavement). In early 2016, they released the Shapeshifter EP, which was split between re-recordings of hits from their debut, as well as three new songs.

Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Frank’s Backyard and Frank’s Pizza If you are familiar with downtown Houston and you like pizza, then you may have heard of Frank’s Pizza. We’ve been telling you about it for years! Located in the heart of downtown Houston’s Historic District at Travis Street, it’s in “Downtown Houston and downright good!” Well now Frank’s has gotten even better, because right next door, at 413 Travis Street they now have...Frank’s Backyard! Frank’s Backyard is an inside and outside beer garden, with picnic tables and fire pits. They have a huge selection of craft beers with over 30 on tap, premium whiskeys, and of course-pizza from Frank’s. They are also dog friendly, so bring your pup. There are plenty of flat-screen TV’s inside and out.

Come discover this hidden gem tucked into middle of downtown Houston’s historic district. Oh, and tell your friends, too!

Toyota Center Toyota Center has a few concert dates they’d like to throw at you in addition to the Rockets games: The ever-popular breakout star Post Malone is there Tues. Nov. 5th, and then don’t miss Joe Walsh & Friends presenting VetSaid, the concert for our veterans! Artists include ZZ Top, Sheryl Crow, The Doobie Brothers, and Brad Paisley Sun. Nov. 10th!

Rockers, The Black Keys with Modest Mouse Tues. Nov. 12th. Tickets available thru their website at www.toyotacenter.com.

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Revention Music Center is the place for you to see great shows in Houston’s performing arts district. Some of them this month are dark pop songstress Melanie Martinez Tues.

Nov. 5th, then DJ deadmau5 Thurs. Nov. 14th and Fri. Nov. Nov. 15th. Then it’s Incubus 20 Year Anniversary of Make Yourself tour Sun. Nov. 24th. Tickets are available now at Live Nation.

Come check out the Waterloo by Collings Guitars sales event at Fuller’s Vintage Guitar on Sat. Nov. 16th from noon-2pm.

There will be special pricing on Waterloo models, a presentation of Delta/Ragtime Blues tips and techniques, free swag and more! The World Famous Fuller’s Guitar is at 116 North Loop in Houston. Call 713-880-2188 and at www.fullersguitar.com.

The Continental Club is the renowned club that has two locations. The original one in Austin and the one in Houston that we’re talking about here. Both have a reputation for some of the best Texas artists on stage. This month, see Xanadudes, and Now We are Herea Cars tribute Sat. Nov. 2nd. Speedbuggy, Luba

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Ezra Charles Performs at The Big Easy Ezra Charles brought his piano and hot band to The Big Easy tonight for one rockin’ show. Ezra has been performing around Houston all his life and has moved from one genre to the next with great ease, but this is the Ezra Charles we’ve come to love. He is very reminiscent of the famous Jerry Lee Lewis, but Ezra is definitely in a class all his own. His show tonight was superb. From the Blues to even a little Honky Tonky, Ezra captured the hearts of the crowd there as he always does. Ezra actually started out the early age of 14 when he joined a band called Johnny and The Jammers, which was formed by Johnny and Edgar Winter. Since then he has been going strong. He is also the inventor of the famous Helpinstill Piano Pickup, which has been a staple of the music industry for many years now. His first customer was actually Elton John. Ezra Charles has twice represented the Houston Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. After winning local competitions, his band competed in the Band division in 2011, reaching the Semi-finals level. And in 2015, he and his son Jake (on drums) participated in the Solo/Duo category as the Houston representative. Jake is still a member of his band. Ezra is also famous for flashy piano antics, and all-girl horn sections, his solid songwriting has carried the band through ever-evolving styles, from Rockabilly to Swing to Gulf-Coast-flavored horn-band Blues. If you haven’t seen Ezra yet, make sure to put this one on your bucket list. You’ll be glad you did! You can start watching this video right now on our YouTube site, houstonmusicnewstv1.

Dvorak and The Blaggards will play on Sat. Nov. 16th. Radio Duran, a Duran Duran tribute with Route 101, a tribute to Depeche Mode is Sat. Nov. 23rd. Wednesdays have Luba’s Big Top Ramble, and Thursdays it’s Beetle

happy hour. Another Beatles happy hour tribute is Band on the Run playing on Fridays.

The Continental Club is at 3700 Main St. in downtown Houston. To keep up with all the

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Jones Hall Jones Hall has tickets for their upcoming events including all their symphony dates. Movie star and singer Bernadette Peters is here Sat. Nov. 2nd, and then Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back in Concert Nov. 8th, 9th, and 10th, resuming with the regular Classical series for the rest of November. Jones Hall is at 615 Louisiana St. in Houston.

Get tickets for these shows at www.ticketmaster.com.

House of Blues House of Blues in Houston is the venue at 1204 Caroline St. that has the best touring and local acts performing in their theater, as well as more intimate performances in the Foundation Room and sometimes in their restaurant downstairs. Check out the Houston Jazz Orchestra Mon. Nov. 4th and Open Mic Nights in the restaurant. Then, in the Foundation Room a happy hour event is every Wednesday through Saturday from 5pm-7pm with select $4 beers and select cocktails and wine for $6. In the main venue, 90’s girl rock duo SleaterKinney is there Thurs.

Nov. 7th. Then Falling in Reverse Tues. Nov. 12th, and Mike Ryan Wed. Nov. 27th. Go to www.houseofblues.com for more on Houston’s House of Blues!

Josh Garrett Performs at The Big Easy When we saw that Josh Garrett was going to be in town over at The Big Easy, we headed over there for some great “Blues” action. Josh is a really good guitarist and really plays some tasty tunes. Josh Garrett has been entertaining audience all over the country for the last five years with his own style of Louisiana Blues. Garrett’s style is a mixture of LA Blues, New Orleans Funk, Zydeco, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. “I’m drawn to all things Louisiana, it’s my culture and I try to embrace it,” says Garrett. He received an old acoustic guitar from his father when he was eleven years old. “[The guitar] was an old ’76 Alvarez. It was his guitar and he gave it to me. I was glad to get it and I haven’t put it down since.” say Garrett. And we’re certainly glad he didn’t. This guy is hot.

Josh Garrett has become known for his soulful vocals, emotion infused guitar styling, and that South Louisiana flavor that only comes from those with Louisiana in there blood. His show this night at The Big Easy was a helluva lot of fun. We certainly had a lot of fun, as well as the packed house of fans he brought in. I didn’t think the audience was going to let him leave the stage. They just wanted more and more, and he obliged them. Great show. If you get a chance to see him, please do.

In the meantime you will just have to be satisfied with the video we have posted on Houstonmusicnewstv1 on YouTube.

Natural Wonder Perform at The Last Concert Cafe

It was a night of Stevie Wonder music this night at The Last Concert Cafe as Natural Wonder, a tribute to Stevie Wonder took over the outdoor stage. Natural Wonder is a spectacular touring concert show designed to take the glorious music and live experience of legendary musician Stevie Wonder. The show was led by #1 Billboard Artist/Producer Gabriel Bello and was one of the most fantastic shows I’ve heard at The Last Concert Cafe. The band was wonderful as they performed almost all of Stevie Wonders fabulous hits. If you were a Stevie Wonder fan, Rockefeller’s you really should have been there for this experience. It was truly Rockefeller’s is the fantastic.

live music hall at 3620 Washington Ave. that was popular a couple of decades ago. Well, after becoming a few other establishments, they are now back as a live music venue. November has a few upcoming shows, and they are: Eric Tessmer with Mikayla Braun Fri. Nov. 15th, Dorian (from Spain) Sat. Nov. 16th and the FREE Black Friday Stoner rock & doom showcase with Greenbeard, The Dirty Seeds, High Desert Queen, Fiddle Witch & the Demons of Doom on Fri. Nov. 29th. A tribute to Tom Petty, The Last Dance, is there Sat. Nov. 30th. On December 6 you can see Dancing Days, A tribute to Led Zeppelin. Book your events here and find out more info by going to www.rockefellershouston.com.

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to provide a place to take your stringed instruments for quality repairs at affordable prices, and have a fast turnaround! Ask about their gift certificates for that hard-to-please musician on your list. Heights Guitar Tech is located in The Heights at 742 W. 20th St. (between Shepherd & Durham). They are open Tues.-Fri.- 11am-7pm and Sat. 10am-5pm.

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Warehouse Live Warehouse Live is the three-roomed venue in Houston’s warehouse district for great live shows. The rooms include, The ballroom (the largest of the rooms), the studio (for more intimate performances), and the Greenroom (for special events). Check out a metal/rock show with GWAR, Sacred Reich, Toxic Holocaust, and Against the Grain Sat. Nov. 2nd

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Taylor Guitars Brings Their Road Show to Fuller’s Vintage Guitars This day, Fuller’s Vintage Guitars played host to the 2019 Taylor Guitars Road Show. It was quite an informative show as Taylor professionals, Marc Seal and Ryan Merrill demonstrated the new Taylor Guitars and answered questions about the manufacturing and specs of the new models. It was great to hear them play all the new models, including the V-Class Grand Concert, Grand Pacifit and Builder’s Edition guitars. They were fielding a lot of questions about Taylor guitars, and I guarantee, when they left there were quite a lot of people saving up their money to buy the new editions. Stay tuned to Fuller’s Vintage Guitars. They definitely have the best guitar demonstrations you’ve ever seen in Houston. Call Fuller’s for any of your guitar questions. They have the answers.

Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Flesh Narc Perform at Rudyard’s Denton’s Flesh Narc journeyed to Houston this night at Rudyard’s to perform selections from their new album r e l e a s e , Understanding Reality.

Flesh Narc classifies themselves at and eratic experimental noise rock band. The band’s set was fairly interesting, and severly noise-laden. Flesh Narc is configured of two drummers, two guitarists, and a bassist. Formed in 2013 and releasing their first albumin 2015, Flesh Narc has been at the forefront of experimental noise rock in Denton.

Flesh Narc already has 8 albums and several other releases to their credit. They are currently on a US tour.

in the ballroom. Counterparts will play on Nov. 7th. It’s tribute night Fri. Nov. 8th with Korn tribute Freaks on a Leash, and Deftunes, a tribute to Deftones. Immortal Technique with AJ McQueen will hit the stage on the 16th. The female-fronted Vixen and The Iron Maidens are in the Ballroom at Warehouse Live Fri. Nov. 22nd, presented by Blackhorse Limo.

Chelsea Grin will be there on the 26th. Go to www.warehouselive.com for more info.

Rudyard’s British Pub Rudyard’s British Pub is one of the longest-running clubs in the Montrose area. They have a lot of live, original music for a small cover fee, and there’s never a cover for the games downstairs with darts, pool, a bigscreen TV, and full bar with 18 taps. Here’s what’s going on there: Sundays have FREE hot jazz Sundays @ 6pm downstairs and Mondays, A Couple of Stand Up Guys Open Mic. Tuesday is Industry Night w/ Karaoke and Wednesday is Houston Reddit board game meet up Thursday is the Thursday night dart tournament. Some of the shows happening are: Funeral Horse, The Dead Coats and Quinn The Brain on Nov. 2 followed by The Zolters, The Wiggins, Ezra Black and Solfwear on the 3rd.

Wolf Eyes, Michael Lacour, Narcons, and Ak’chamel Sat. Nov. 9th. Punk Rock Live Band on Tuesday the 12th and on the 14th you can see Rudz Whiskey Dinner at 7pm. Then an all-ages show with Big Bite, Narrow Head, Sprawwl, DAZE, On Being an Angel Fri. Nov. 22nd. Then, Normaria, The Daphne Three, Sleeper Street, and Without a Face Fri. Nov. 29th. Rudyard’s is at 2010 Waugh St. Call 713521-0521 for more info.

The Big Easy The Big Easy is Houston’s house of mixology. Sunday through Thursday they have shows for no cover. Sundays is a zydeco party on the patio, then Jonn Del Toro Richarson and Eric Demmer every Monday no cover, then James Wilhite every Tuesday, the Big & Easy Blues jam Wednesdays and The Mighty Orq on Thursdays! Here are some of the other bands that will be there. Step Rideau is there Fri. Nov. 8th, then Tony Vega Sat. 16th, and Eric Demmer’s birthday blowout Fri. Nov. 22nd. The National Zydeco Foundation Jam is Sun. Nov. 24th and the Houston Blues Society Blues Jam is Wed. Nov. 27th. The Big Easy is closed on Thanksgiving, but reopens Friday! Come out to The Big Easy at 5731 Kirby Dr. in Houston and let the good times roll!!

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop The Secret Group The Secret Group is the secret hideaway in the East downtown area of Houston where you can grab a drink, catch a live comedy or performance art show, or do karaoke with friends. Karaoke is every Wednesday at 10pm, and the second Friday of every month is the Nothing Matters Emo Punk dance party. Saturdays it’s the Dial Up, 90’s and Y2K dance party!

Dans Votre Monde Perform at Rudyard’s This month come out to Here we are at Rudyard’s British Pub checking out the Techno-Rock the Goddamn Comedy sounds of Dans Votre Monde. This was an interesting show for us. The Jam Thurs. Nov. 7th-Sat. band consisted simply of a vocalist, guitarist, and DJ. The songs were Nov. 9th with comedians fairly interesting, and the presentation was definitely unique. The band Josh Wolf and Dulce is classified as H-Town darkwave featuring members of Viveinne Styg.

Sloan, and many, may You never know what to expect sometimes at Rudyard’s, but you know more! Check out more it’s bound to be unique and good. That’s what we found tonight. and other events on their Facebook page. The reggae show with Bumpin’ Uglies with Little Secret Group is at 2101 Polk St. in Houston. Stranger, and Saltwater Slide Fri. Nov. 8th.

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Then Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, with Thumpasaurus Sat. Nov. 23rd. Boy, those are some great names, huh! Find out more about White Oak Music Hall White Oak Music Hall is an awesome The Last Concert Cafe by going to choice of venue to see live events. They are www.lastconcert.com, and see what they’re all located on 5 acres of land at 2915 N. Main St. about! they have shows downstairs, upstairs, and in their outdoor pavilion The Raven Tower. ConMusic News Online certs are booked through promoters Pegstar, Not only can you pick up a copy of and they get acts that span all genres. Let’s Music News at your favorite hangout, you can see who all’s coming there this month, shall also have it delivered directly to your home or we? Kurt Vile & The Violators and Dinosaur, business absolutely free. That’s right, we said Jr. are there Sat. Nov. 9th downstairs. Chelsea FREE! All you have to do is e-mail Wolfe will play on the 10th followed by Two musicnew@airmail.net and in the subject, put, Door Cinema Club will play on Thurs. Nov. “Sign me up now”! Then you can have the 14th. Tiffany Young will hit the stage on the latest issue of Music News Magazine sent di15th. Then Sun. Nov. 17th has Pennywise with rectly to your inbox. Be the first to know about Bronx with Authority. Then on the 30th Koe late, breaking news and receive periodic Wetzel will play. For all things White Oak, go Eblasts about special events, concert updates, to www.whiteoakmusichall.com. as well as info on other cool things going on in the great city of Houston! Check out Music News online at http:// The Last Concert Cafe The Last Concert Cafe is the unique www.houstonmusicnews.net. venue in the historic building at 1403 Nance St. They serve homemade food in their little cafe and also has live music outside in their sand-filled courtyard. That live music is 7 nights a week, with no- cover dinner bands until 9:30pm! Sundays have a brunch and acoustic jam 11am to 3pm and then Tuesday nights a musicians’ jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds have PotRoast Band, the midnight drum circle, and Hellina Bucket. Other music is Elephant Wrecking Ball, CAPVAC, and Yak Attack on Sat. Nov. 2nd. Then, a

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As I Lay Dying Perform at the House Of Blues As I Lay Dying have just announced a month-long U.S. tour with support from After the Burial and Emmure. The run of dates will begin Nov. 15 in Las Vegas and finish up Dec. 14 in San Diego, Calif. They will be bringing their “Shaped

By Fire” Tour to Houston’s House Of Blues on November 19th.

The band is touring in support of their new album, “Shaped By Fire.” Shaped by Fire is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. It was released on September 20, 2019 through Nuclear Blast. The album was produced by the band themselves and is the followup to the group’s sixth album, Awakened (2012).

It is also the first album in seven years after the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2014 when Tim Lambesis was incarcerated and sentenced to six years in prison for soliciting the murder of his estranged wife.

After Lambesis was released from prison on probation in December 2016, he began reaching out to the other members of the band looking to apologize in person starting with Mancino and Gilbert. After that he attempted to reconnect with Sgrosso and Hipa and eventually all four of them forgave him.

On April 12, 2019, the band released a music video for “Redefined”, including a guest appearance by August Burns Red frontman Jake Luhrs. On April 14, the band announced the “Shaped by Fire” tour of Europe with support from Chelsea Grin, Unearth and Fit for a King running from September 2019 and concluding in October.

On July 15, the band announced the North American dates of the “Shaped by Fire” Tour with direct support from After the Burial and Emmure to begin on November 15 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and conclude on December 14 with a hometown show at the Soma San Diego. Details of the album, Shaped by Fire, were leaked through Nuclear Blast’s European website with a projected release date. On August 9, the band officially announced their album, Shaped by Fire, would be released through Nuclear Blast Records, along with releasing the album’s title track. On September 13, the band released “Blinded” as the album’s fourth single along with an accompanying music video. The album sold 9,175 copies in its first week of release.

Since returning last summer with “My Own Grave,” As I Lay Dying have been heavily embraced by the metal community. Their reunion was somewhat controversial due to vocalist Tim Lambesis’ murder-for-hire conviction after attempting to have his estranged wife murdered, but after serving three-and-a-half years of a six-year sentence, Lambesis was released and has since been focused on redeeming himself.

San Diego’s As I Lay Dying are a charting, Grammy-nominated metalcore band whose sound employs elements of melodic death, grindcore, and hooky classic metal. They are influenced by a plethora of legacy acts ranging from Megadeth and Iron Maiden to Fear Factory and Cannibal Corpse, to name a few. Since initially emerging as a Christian guitar/drums/vocals trio (whose lyrics never reflected their beliefs) with their highly regarded, self-recorded full-length Beneath the Encasing of Ashes in 2001, they signed to Metal Blade and became a quintet whose brutal attack and meaty riffs drew legions of fans across the globe, making them a festival headliner. Their 2007 longplayer, An Ocean Between Us, debuted at number eight on the Top 200. In addition to their music, As I Lay Dying gained undesired notoriety for a more infamous reason. In 2014 the band split after founder and lead singer Tim Lambesis was charged with felony solicitation of murder after hiring an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife. Convicted after changing a not guilty plea to guilty, he was sentenced to six years in prison and served two. Remarkably, As I Lay Dying’s members, who had previously sworn never to work with the singer again, reunited with him in 2018 and released Shaped by Fire for Nuclear Blast the following year.

The group formed as a trio in 2001 with vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, and guitarist Evan White, and shortly thereafter released Beneath the Encasing of Ashes. A split CD with the American Tragedy followed the next year. In 2003 the band signed with Metal Blade and released Frail Words Collapse. After the album’s release, White left the band and the remaining core of the group, Lambesis and Mancino, drafted two guitarists to replace him, Phil Sgrosso and Nick Hipa, and also landed a bass player in Clint Norris. The new lineup recorded Shadows Are Security, released in 2005. As I Lay Dying

next issued A Long March: The First Recordings in May 2006, which included their 2001 out-ofprint debut, along with two versions of their songs from the 2002 American Tragedy split. The band then spent that summer on the Sounds of the Underground metal-hardcore tour alongside acts like In Flames, GWAR, Trivium, and Cannibal Corpse.

Soon after, Clint Norris left to pursue life as a family man and Josh Gilbert replaced him on bass. With the addition of Gilbert’s vocal harmonies, the band’s sound became more melodic, and in August 2007, the group released its fourth album, An Ocean Between Us. In 2009, the band released a three-DVD collection called This Is Who We Are. The set included a documentary, a live gig, and assorted videos and tidbits. Arriving as it did after a two-year hiatus, it was welcomed enthusiastically by the band’s near fanatical fan base.

In 2010, As I Lay Dying returned to record store shelves proper when the band issued the 11-cut Powerless Rise on Metal Blade. The next year, to commemorate their tenth anniversary as a band, As I Lay Dying released the compilation Decas, which featured the band covering songs by influential acts like Slayer and Judas Priest, as well as some new material and remixes. In 2012, the band hit the studio with punk icon and producer Bill Stevenson to record its sixth album, Awakened, which arrived on Metal Blade later that year.

On May 7, 2013, Lambesis was arrested in California after hiring an undercover detective to murder his estranged wife, the mother of his children. Though he initially pled not guilty, he later changed his plea to guilty. Before he pled guilty, though, Mancino, Sgrosso, Hipa, Gilbert, and vocalist Shane Blay formed another musical project under the name Wovenwar and played an entirely different style of music. Amazingly, Lambesis also found time to release Triple Brutal by his own side project Austrian Death Machine while awaiting trial. After altering his plea agreement, Lambesis was sentenced to six years in May of 2014. After years of reaching out to his former bandmates to make amends (that eventually resulted in some strained personal relationships that split Wovenwar), Lambesis eventually won them over and the lineup of himself, Hipa, Sgrosso, Gilbert, and Mancino reunited under the As I Lay Dying banner. The singer’s bandmates posted a long state-

ment concerning their reasons for reuniting in the metal press and on social media. As I Lay Dying played their first reunion show in June in San Diego. They booked European and American tours (most dates sold out immediately), though some venues on both sides of the pond either declined to book them outright or dropped them afterwards

due to protests from other bands and patrons. After signing a deal with Nuclear Blast, the band issued the single “Redefined” (featuring Jake Luhrs of August Burns Red) in April of 2019, and their first full length in seven years, with the self-produced Shaped by Fire in September.

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MUSIC NEWS Friday, November 1 Odell Gray (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Dane Cook- “Tell it Like it Is” tour 2019 (Revention Music Center) Sabrina Claudio- “Truth is” tour 2019 w/Gallant (music hall); Jack Harlow (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Helmet- “30th Anniversary” Tour: 30 Years X 30 Cities X 30 Song Set- no opener (Scout Bar) Ray LaMontagne- “Just Passing through” tour (Jones Hall) El Tri w/Mago de Oz, Inspector, & Genitallica (Arena Theatre) Ximena Sarinana w/TBA (downstairs); Deva Mahal w/TBA (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Picture Book- Happy Hour; Roxy Roca (Continental Club) El Lago- “Pyramid” (release show) (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Drowning Pool w/Downfall 2012, & Dead Set Red (ballroom); Poppy w/Unitytx (studio) (Warehouse Live) Nero (Stereo Live) RF Shannon w/Sergio Trevino, & Birthday Club (Rudyard’s) Karaoke (Ashford Pub) Doug Strahan (Katie’s) Texas TNT (6th Street Garage Bar & Kitchen/ Texas City) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) The Coon Dogs w/The Steve Satchel Band, Witness to the Fallen, & State of Mind (Acadia Bar & Grill) The California Honeydrops w/Ley Line (Last Concert Cafe) th Lisafer’s Screech of Death (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Karaoke Night w/Country Queens (Cruiser’s) DJ (Shenanigans) Saturday, November 2 Vince Converse (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Lukas Graham w/Ocean Park Standoff, & Lauren Duski (music hall); Jade Bird w/Flyte (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Michale Graves- “American Monster” tour (American Psycho & Famous Monsters tribute) (Scout Bar) The Chainsmokers w/5 Seconds of Summer, & Lennon Stella- “World War Joy” tour (Toyota Center)

Bernadette Peters (Jones Hall) Young Thug and Machine Gun Kelly w/Polo G, & Strick (NRG Arena) Johnny Rivers w/The Octanes, & DJ Big E (Arena Theatre) Majic 102.1FM presents: “A Funky Good Time” tour featuring Morris Day and The Time w/Cameo, Dazz Band, Zapp, SOS Band, Rose Royce, & Lakeside (Smart Financial Centre) Khraungbin (lawn); Frank Turner &The Sleeping Souls w/Kayleigh Goldsworthy- “No Man’s Land” (White Oak Music Hall) Frankie Appreciation and Halloween Afterparty w/ Anova Skyway, In the Aftermath, Astoryia, Long live the Lights, Michael Kennedy and The Vendetta, East of Eado, Kerosene Shores, Apothica, Cripple the Empire, Alpha Virus, & Aedra (BFE Rock Club) Xanadudes w/We are Here, & Cars tribute (Continental Club) Fiddle Witch &The Demons of Doom w/High Desert Queen, & The Thief and the Architect (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Gwar w/Sacred Reich, Toxic Holocaust, & Against the Grain (ballroom); Earshot w/6th Sin, & Karim K (studio) (Warehouse Live) “All in” tour w/Fatum, Judah, Jaytech, Sunny Lax, & Kems (Stereo Live) Funeral Horse w/The Dead Coats, & Quinn the Brain (Rudyard’s) Mighty Orq (Katie’s) Texas TNT (Aspens) Rusted Cage (Sound Garden/Rage Against the Machine tribute) w/People of the Sun (Audio Slave tribute) (Concert Pub/North) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Tommy Stewart Dyerwulf Gravehuffern w/ Doomstress Band, & The Dirty Seeds (Acadia Bar & Grill) Elephant Wrecking Ball w/CAPVAC, & Yak Attack (Last Concert Cafe)

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Saturday, November 9 Trudy Lynn (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Spectral Madness w/Dead Stuff (free show/free beer) (Sound Exchange) Christian Nodal- “Ahora” tour (Revention Music Center) Drag Diva Brunch- “Golden Girls” (10:30 am) (music hall); The Noize presents: Issues- “The Beautiful Oblivion” tour 2019 (5:30pm) (music hall); Kiki Maroon’s Burley Q Lounge (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Texas Flood (Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Blues tribute) w/Badhouse (Scout Bar) Houston Symphony presents: Star Wars: “The Empire Strikes Back” in concert (Jones Hall) Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival- “We’re All in This Together” tour (NRG Park) “Legends of Hip Hop” featuring Scarface w/8 Ball and MJG, Bun B, Too Short, E-40, Mystikal, & DJ Quick (NRG Arena) Michael Blackson & Jay Pharoah (Arena Theatre) The KVB w/Numb.er (upstairs); Kurt Vile &The Violators and Dinosaur, Jr. (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Resist Control w/Chaotic Justice, Black Fire Syndicate, Zombie Face, & Terra (BFE Rock Club) Robyn Hitchcock (Continental Club) Shana Falana w/Cool Moon, & Drug Money Sunset (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) The Gray Havens w/Wilder Adkins (greenroom); Polo & Pan- “Caravelle” world tour (ballroom); Old School Party (studio) (Warehouse Live) Kristian Nairn- “Rave of Thrones” (Stereo Live) Wolf Eyes w/Michael Lacour, Narcons, & Ak’chamel (Rudyard’s) Brad Stivers (Katie’s) Texas TNT (The Hawg Stop Bar & Grill) Guns N Texas w/Shotgun Sally (Concert Pub/ North) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Benefit for Blu Davis (1pm-7pm); Cremator w/ Bag of Tricks, & Shyfoxx (9pm) (Acadia Bar & Grill) Oz Noy w/Dave Weckl, Hadrien Ferhaud, & The Iceman Special (Last Concert Cafe) th Secret of Boris w/2 Cold, & Post Profit (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Black Velvet (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Sunday, November 10 Platinum Players (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Chili Cookoff (Loaded Barrels) Gregory Alan Isakov w/Luke Sital-Singh (music hall); Mac Ayres- “Juicebox” tour 2019 (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Joe Walsh & Friends presents: “Vetsaid” – The Concert for Our Veterans w/ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Jason Bell, & The 400 Unit (Toyota Center) Houston Symphony presents: Star Wars: “The Empire Strikes Back” in concert (Jones Hall) Anuel AA- “Emmanuel” world tour 2019 (Smart Financial Centre) Devil Master w/Creeping Death ad Ninth Circle (upstairs); Chelsea Wolfe- “American Darkness” tour 2019 w/Loanna Gika (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Sonny Fodera w/Dom Dolla (Stereo Live) “Sunday 2K Classic” w/Drink of Ages Pub & Rudyard’s (12pm); Grown-up Storytime Reader’s Workshop (1pm & 3pm); Hollywood Horses w/ Twin Lovers, & Shame on me (9pm) (Rudyard’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Live Mojo (Katie’s) Karaoke by Old Brothers (acoustic) (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Blake Brake w/Aaron White, & Wayne Breez (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Open Jam w/Letric Ed & Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, November 11 John ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Sara Bareilles- “Amidst the Chaos” tour (Smart Financial Centre) A Couple of Stand-up Guys- Comedy Open Mic (Rudyard’s) Karaoke by Old Brothers (acoustic) (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Tuesday, November 12 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) The Noise presents: Falling in Reverse- “Set it Off” tour 2019 w/Tom McDonalds, & Crown the Empire (music hall); Anthony Ramos (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) The Black Keys w/Modest Mouse (Toyota Center)

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MUSIC NEWS Tuesday, November 12 Matt and Kim present: Grand- “10 year celebration w/Brach Goons (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) The Moth- “Gratitude” (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Industry & Karaoke Night w/Punk Rock Band Karaoke (Rudyard’s) Karaoke/Open Mic for Singer/Songwriters (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Texas Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Wednesday, November 13 Big & Easy Blues Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Open Mic Night with Bria Sacco and Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels) Kevin Gates (Revention Music Center) Sirius XM presents: “The Octane Accelerator” tour featuring Ice Nine Kills w/Fit For a King, Light the Torch, Make Them Suffer, & Awake at Last (music hall); Reignwolf w/Starbenders (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) The Supervillains w/TBA (Scout Bar) With Confidence- “The Love and Loathing” tour w/Seaway, Between You and Me, & Doll Skin (upstairs); Alejandro Aranda is “Scarypoolparty” w/Sucre (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Luba’s Big Top Ramble (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s) Hugo Jamz Trio (Katie’s) Karaoke/Open Mic for Singer/Songwriters (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Open Mic (Acadia Bar & Grill) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) Open Jam hosted by Russell Warner and Associates (Jailhouse Saloon) Thursday, November 14 The Mighty Orq (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Karaoke with Kasi Land (Loaded Barrels) Replicants of Bladerunner presented by An Exchange of Noiz (free show/free beer provided by 8th Wonder Brewery) (Sound Exchange) Deadmau5- “Cube V3” 2019 tour (Revention Music Center)

Ones to Watch presents: Cautious Clay- “Context” tour (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Soul Way w/Reason For it All, & Ivory Cast (Scout Bar) Puma Blue (upstairs); Two Door Cinema Club w/ Peach Pit (lawn) (White Oak Music Hall) Beetle- Happy Hour (Continental Club) Motion Potion (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Kottonmouth Kings w/Downfall 2012, & Faceplant (studio) (Warehouse Live) Space Laces & Must Die- “Apocalypse” online tour (Stereo Live) Open Mic Night (Ashford Pub) Jay Hooks (Katie’s) Karaoke/Premium Blend & Friends (Vollie Ray’s Circus) “Analog Future” tour w/Four Stroke Baron, Stella Circuits, MaderaHx, & Lucid Illusion (broadcast

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Bar & Grill) Jon Stickley Trio w/Folk Family Review (Last Concert Cafe) th TBA (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Karaoke Night w/Country Queens (Cruiser’s) DJ (Shenanigans) Saturday, November 16 Tony Vega (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Waterloo by Collings Guitars- sales event (12pm2pm) (World Famous Fuller’s Guitar) Simple Plan and State Champs w/We the Kings (Revention Music Center) Thievery Corporation (music hall); Jon McLaughlin (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Rings of Saturn w/Enterprise Earth, Angelmaker, & Brand of Sacrifice (Scout Bar) Joe Rogan (Toyota Center) Houston Symphony presents: “Ax Plays Beethoven” (Jones Hall) Intocable (Arena Theatre) King Buffalo w/Warlung and Think No Think (upstairs); Omar Appolo w/Dijon and Silver Sphere (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) “Hold” featuring B.T.R. w/Scrollkeeper (BFE Rock Club) Dorian (Spain) (Rockefellers) Speedbuggy w/Luba Dvorak, & Blaggards (Continental Club) Jimmy Pizzitola (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Immortal Technique w/AJ McQueen (studio) (Warehouse Live) Cookie Monsta (Stereo Live) Koffin Kats (Rudyard’s) James Wilhite (Katie’s) Texas TNT (Lifehouse Icehouse) L’ectric Eye (David Bowie tribute) (Concert Pub/ North) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) The Return of SOA w/Razor Doves, Colournoise, & John Wayne is Dead (Acadia Bar & Grill) Fruition w/Handmade Moments (Last Concert Cafe) th The Smashed Idols w/Gray Falls (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Starr Jernigan (Cruiser’s) The Skinz (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Sunday, November 17 Raa-Raa (recording live (The Big Easy Social &

Pleasure Club) Illenium (Revention Music Center) World Famous Gospel Brunch (1:30pm) (music hall) (House of Blues) Houston Symphony presents: “Ax Plays Beethoven” (Jones Hall) “Houston Archives Bazaar” (10am) (downstairs); The Building (upstairs); Pennywise w/The Bronx, & Authority Zero (downstairs); Ryan Bingham w/ Jamestown Revival (lawn) (White Oak Music Hall) “The Sweet Spot Houston”- Red Light Special Edition (studio); The Boost Effect (greenroom) (Warehouse Live) Jay Lumen (Stereo Live) “Sunday 2K Classic” w/Drink of Ages Pub & Rudyard’s (12pm); Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Ricky Jackson (Katie’s) Watch Texans vs. Ravens (Concert Pub/North) Karaoke by Old Brothers (acoustic) (Vollie Ray’s Circus) “Emo Night” w/Ryan Dunson, Rookie of the Year, Mark Rose Spitalfield, & David Collin Ballantyne (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Open Jam w/Lectric Ed & Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, November 18 John ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) OTW presents: Matt Maeson- “The Day You Departed” tour w/Moby Rich (music hall) (House of Blues) Willie Nelson & Family (Smart Financial Centre) Jaden Smith w/Willow Smith (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) A Couple of Stand-up Guys- Comedy Open Mic (Rudyard’s) Karaoke by Old Brothers (acoustic) (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Tuesday, November 19 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) As I Lay Dying- “Shaped by Fire” tour w/Emmure, & After the Burial (music hall) (House of Blues) Deadspace (release show) w/Tee Vee, STOO, Hank

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Sunday, November 17 - Emo Night with Ryan Dunson - Rookie of the Year, Mark Rose Spitalfield, David Collin Ballantyne Wednesday, November 20 - Open Mic Thursday, November 21 - Under Subsidence, Familiar With Failure, Hate Waker, Addisyn Madd. Broadcast on The Edge Radio Friday, November 22 - All Hallows Eve (A Tribute to Type O Negative), Judith Priest (Female Fronted Tribute to Judas Priest) Saturday, November 23 - The Return Of Dangerous Toys with some new surprises, along with Crank Case, Wall of Soul, 99 Crimes, Kendall Mason Band (Tickets Now On Sale at the bar & online!)

Sunday, November 24 - La Palma Band, Thread Atlas, Band of Shepherds Wednesday, November 27 - Open Mic Friday, November 29 - Everrest, Backdrop Violet, Alpha Virus, East Of Eado, War Within Dreams Saturday, November 30 - FREE SHOW WITH TICKET - Dead Set Red‘s Chubbs Malone and Stan West’s Birthday Show! featuring To Whom it May, Dead Set Red, Anova Skyway, Post Profit Sunday, December 1 - Lagmind, Cactus Flowers, Chromatophore, Antonio Eye

MUSIC NEWS Honey, & The Body Speaks (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Wade Cota w/The Jacks (studio) (Warehouse Live) Grown-up Storytime; Industry & Karaoke Night (Rudyard’s) Karaoke/Open Mic for Singer/Songwriters (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Texas Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary th (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Wednesday, November 20 Big & Easy Blues Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Open Mic Night with Bria Sacco and Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels) Alessia Cara- “The Pains of Growing” tour w/ Ryland James (Revention Music Center) Lulu Santos (music hall) (House of Blues) “Full Throttle” radio & broadcast featuring The Band Hennessy w/Rayah Grace, Chris Hardy, & more (Scout Bar) “The Greatest Generation” podcast (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Luba’s Big Top Ramble (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s) Freddie Pate (Katie’s) Karaoke/Open Mic for Singer/Songwriters (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Open Mic (Acadia Bar & Grill) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) Open Jam hosted by Russell Warner and Associates (Jailhouse Saloon) Thursday, November 21 The Mighty Orq (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Karaoke with Kasi Land (Loaded Barrels) Teo Gonzales (Arena Theatre) Kelsey Waldon w/Jamie Lin Wilson (upstairs); Turnover w/Men I Trust, & Renata Zeiguer (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Beetle- Happy Hour (Continental Club) Jimmy Pizzitola (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Morbid Angel w/Watain (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Black Gummy (Stereo Live) Open Mic Night (Ashford Pub) Eric Demmer (Katie’s) Karaoke/Premium Blend & Friends (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Under Subsidence w/Familiar with Failure, Hate Waker, & Addisyn Madd (broadcast on The Edge Radio) (Acadia Bar & Grill) th Thanksgiving- Blended Blue (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Friday, November 22 Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) La Arrolladora Banda Limon (Revention Music Center) Grits & Biscuits (music hall); Zhavia (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Smile Empty Soul w/TBA (Scout Bar) Houston Symphony presents: “Trifonov Plays Tchaikovsky” (Jones Hall) Atif Alsam (private event) (Arena Theatre) Harley Poe w/The Homeless Gospel Choir (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) The Monicas- Happy Hour; Two Tons of Steel w/ Love and Chaos, & Jes Schneider (Continental Club) Vixen w/The Iron Maidens, & Roxy (ballroom); Big City Nights (studio) (Warehouse Live) Zeds Dead (Stereo Live) Big Bite w/Narrow Head, Sprawwl, Daze, & On Being an Angel (Rudyard’s) Karaoke (Ashford Pub) Paul Ramirez (Katie’s) The Spicolis (Concert Pub/North) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) All Hallows Eve (Type O Negative tribute) w/ Judith Priest (Judas Priest tribute) (Acadia Bar & Grill) HeartByrne (Talking Heads tribute) (Last Concert Cafe) th LSP (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) The Hydro-Phonics (Jailhouse Saloon) DJ (Shenanigans) Saturday, November 23 Mark May (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Drag Diva Brunch (10:30 am) (Bronze Peacock room); Doughboys Podcast (music hall) (House of Blues) Point Blank- “Birthday Bash” w/South Park Coalition, Wreckless Klan, K-Rino, Big Pokey, 20-2 Life, PSK 13, Klondike Kat, Ronnie Spence, Justin Case, Mr Cap, & SPC2G (Scout Bar)

Houston Symphony presents: “Trifonov Plays Tchaikovsky” (Jones Hall) Alan Saldana (Arena Theatre) Sleeping Beauty Dreams (Smart Financial Centre) Los Walters w/Zoonido (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Victim (BFE Rock Club) Radio Duran (Duran Duran tribute) w/Route 101 (Depeche Mode tribute) (Continental Club) Tex Smith (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Weezhur (Weezer tribute) w/Second Hand Smoke (Sublime tribute) (ballroom); NYGE Zephyr (release party); Emo Nite Houston (studio) (Warehouse Live) Trampa (Stereo Live) “Winter Weekender” 2019 w/Los Skarnales, The Abductors, Concrete Elite, Hooligan 45, Liberty and Justice, Storm of Ages, Killer Hearts, Gone Rogue, Molt, & Blunt (Rudyard’s) Scott McGill (Katie’s) Faux Collins (Phil Collins tribute) w/Blood Red Sky (U2 tribute) (Concert Pub/North) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) The Return of Dangerous Toys w/Crank Case, Wall

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MUSIC NEWS Tuesday, November 26 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Conan Gray- “The Comfort Crowd” tour (Revention Music Center) Icon for Hire w/Amy Guess (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) To the End (My Chemical Romance tribute) w/ Riot (Paramore tribute) (Scout Bar) Chelsea Grin (studio) (Warehouse Live) Philosophically Drinking; Industry & Karaoke Night w/Punk Rock Live Karaoke (Rudyard’s) Karaoke/Open Mic for Singer/Songwriters (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Texas Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary th (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Wednesday, November 27 Houston Blues Society Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Open Mic Night with Bria Sacco and Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels) Mike Ryan (music hall) (House of Blues)

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Friday, November 29 Sonny Boy Terry (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Snails- “world of Slime” tour w/Rusko, Al Ross, & Jayceeoh (Revention Music Center) K Michelle- “O.S.D.” tour (music hall) (House of Blues) HED PE w/Blacklist Regulars, & Darkness of Tomorrow (Scout Bar) Houston Symphony presents: A Musical Feast“All-Strauss Thanksgiving (Jones Hall) Comedy Hub Houston presents: Comedy Hub’s Best (upstairs); Kody West w/Giovannie, & The Hired Guns (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) “Black Friday Stoner & Rock and Doom Showcase” w/Greenbeard, The Dirty Seeds, High Desert Queen, & Fiddle Witch and the Demons of Doom (Rockefellers) Steve Krase Band (Continental Club) Molotov Compromise w/Days N Daze, K.T.C.M., Rats in the Attic, DDA, & Fuska (greenroom); Freddie Gibbs- “Album of the Year” tour 2019 (Warehouse Live) Paul Van Dyk- “Mission Guiding Light” tour (Stereo Live) “Sunday 2K Classic” w/Drink of Ages Pub & Rudyard’s (12pm); Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Blaggards; Karaoke (Ashford Pub) Alan Haynes (Katie’s) Texas TNT (Wild Hawgs Saloon) TBA (Concert Pub/North) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Everrest w/Backdrop Violet, Alpha Virus, & East of Eado, & War Within Dreams (Acadia Bar & Grill) th Black Ottumn w/Khepera (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Gypsy Moon (Jailhouse Saloon) DJ (Shenanigans) Saturday, November 30 Alan Haynes (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Chris D’Elia- “Follow the Leader” tour (Revention Music Center) Gryffin- “Gravity II” tour w/Bunt, & The Knocks (music hall); Domo Wilson (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Sons of Texas w/September Mourning (Scout Bar) Houston Symphony presents: A Musical Feast“All-Strauss Thanksgiving (Jones Hall) Musiq Soulchild & Marsha Ambrosius (Arena

Theatre) “R&B Super Jam” featuring Anthony Hamilton w/ Monica, Stokely of Mint Condition, & Brownstone (Smart Financial Centre) Koe Wetzel w/Reed Southall, & Chris Colston (lawn) (White Oak Music Hall) “Hold” featuring Chaotic Justice w/Osteotome, Bloodstone, & Dropgate (BFE Rock Club) The Last Dance (Tom Petty tribute) (Rockefellers) Sunset Heights (studio); Ram Herrera and David Olivarez (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) “Sunday 2K Classic” w/Drink of Ages Pub & Normaria w/The Daphne Three, Sleeper Street, & Without a Face (Rudyard’s) John “Del Toro” Richardson (Katie’s) Texas TNT (Texas Thunder Saloon) Karaoke (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Dead Set Red’s Chubbs Malone and Stan West’s birthday show featuring To Whom it May w/Dead Set Red, Anova Skyway, & Post Profit (Acadia Bar & Grill) Skyrocket (Last Concert Cafe) 5Fifteen- benefit show (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Cymblem (Cruiser’s) Shot Gun Sally (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Sunday, December 1 PJ Morton- “Paul” tour w/Pell, & Asiahn (music hall); Young M.A. (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Bad Bunny (Toyota Center) Houston Symphony presents: A Musical Feast“All-Strauss Thanksgiving (Jones Hall) Thank You Scientist w/Bent Knee, & Tea Club (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Surain & Friends (Stereo Live) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (6pm) (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Paul Ramirez (Katie’s) Watch Texans vs. Patriots (Concert Pub/North) Karaoke by Old Brothers (acoustic) (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Lagmind w/Cactus Flowers, Chromatophore, & Antonio Eye (Acadia Bar & Grill) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Open Jam w/Letric Ed & Friends (Jailhouse Saloon)

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Pop superstar Colbie Caillat has a new country band and the music is everything we imagined it would be.

Comprised of Caillat, fiancé Justin Kawika Young, songwriter Jason Reevesand his wife Nelly Joy, Gone West has music that instantly puts you in the best mood no matter what’s happening around you. Blending sounds from the beach to the Midwest, the band’s debut EP has something for everyone and is an absolute must-listen. “We love to use acoustic instruments and steel guitar which originally came from Hawaii where Justin is from,” Reeves tells Celeb Secrets Country. “But really we just want to sing songs that are authentic and make people feel less alone. If we could make people less alone in any way when they are listening to our music, that is our ultimate goal.” The four have collaborated musically for fourteen years, but it was while on a personal break from one of the most musical pop breakthroughs of the last several years, Caillat and her fiancée Young decided to head to Nashville where Caillat’s frequent co-writer Reeves was living with his wife Nelly Joy. Suddenly a creative incubator for four friends turned into Gone West, a fresh harmony, breezy melody group whose myriad influences landed somewhere between Laurel Canyon, Texas roadhouses, Appalachia’s harmony and the plains of the Midwest. In a short time, they were invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and signed to Triple Tigers.

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Acadia Bar & Grill Acadia Bar & Grill never disappoints when it comes to hard and heavy music. And they are packed with live music this month! Kings of the Ceramic Times and Queen tribute will play on the 8th. A few examples are the benefit for Blu Davis from 1pm7pm and then Cremator with Bag of Tricks, and Shyfoxx Sat. Nov. 9th.

Three33 will hit the stage on the 15th and on the 16th The Return of Soa will play. All Hallows Eve (a tribute to Type O Negative) is there with Judith Priest (an all-female fronted Judas Priest tribute) on Fri. Nov. 22nd.

Then it’s the return of Dangerous Toys Sat. Nov. 23rd, with some new surprises, along with Crank Case, Wall of Soul, 99 Crimes, and Kendall Mason Band.

Austin, Texas rock band Dangerous Toys broke out in 1987. They are known for their sleazerock sound and humorous lyrics. They debuted their self-titled album in 1989. They would release 3 more: Hellacious Acres in 1991 Pissed in 1994, and The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys in 1995.

They are definitely worth checking out! A FREE show (with ticket) of Dead Set Red’s Chubbs Malone and Stan West’s birthday show featuring To Whom it May, Dead Set Red, Anova Skyway, and Post Profit Sat. Nov. 30th. In addition, there’s pool and poker nights Mondays, Poker and Stand-up comedy on Tuesdays, and open mic Wednesdays. Happy hour is everyday from 12pm-7pm. Find out the latest at Acadia Bar by going to www.acadiabarandgrill.com!

November Antidote Perform at Vollie Ray’s Circus Tonight we headed out to Vollie Ray’s Circus to check out Antidote.

Vollie was pretty excited about these guys when he booked them, so we thought we’d better see them for ourselves. We were pleasantly surprised, these guys were really good and put on a good show as well.

Besides performing some really great cover songs, they also had some fine original tunes as well. We managed to video one of each for you to watch here on Houstonmusicnewstv1. The first one is an original tune titled “War” and the second one is a cover song from Avenged Sevenfold titled, “Hail To The King”. We hope you like them, we did. Now, sit back now and start watching. You can start watching this video right now on our YouTube site, houstonmusicnewstv1

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Kingdom Collapse Perform at The 19th Hole San Antonio’s Kingdom Collapse performs this night at The 19th Hole.

We told you about them last month in our online issue, but we’re going to recap a little here for those of you that missed that story. Kingdom Collapse’s sound is melodic, heavy riff-based modern metal with a catchy rock twist, combining the heavy elements of metal with the dynamics and emotion of rock. On “Payback,” Kingdom Collapse stays true to their elements of heavy-hitting guitar riffs and catchy melodies. Says singer Jonathan Norris, “Payback is a true anthem for the underdog.

The person that has always turned the other cheek. The person that has always kept their mouth shut.” Kingdom Collapse is currently working on new material with Ted Bruner (Three Days Grace, Katy Perry, Hinder), which is scheduled for release in the new year. Kingdom Collapse amassed over one million YouTube views and over 200,000 Spotify streams with their 2018 single, “Suffer.” We’ve got three videos from this show to share with you right now on houstonmusicnewstv1 on youtube, so you can start watching them anytime. We hope you like them. The band did a helluva job at The 19th Hole and put on a spectacular performance. You can start watching this video right now on our YouTube site, houstonmusicnewstv1.

Blowup Music Blowup Music presents: “You Matter”, a charity event benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on Fri. Nov. 8th featuring Haunted, Matthew Dunn, Xilla, Notic, Janowski, Timmo, and Shoozner at Lux Tavern.

This event will run all night, from 7pm-4am.

Lux Tavern is at 13660 Westheimer Rd. in Houston. 100% of the profits from this show will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Come out and support a great cause.

Cruiser’s Sunday Afternoon Jam

Today we’re at Cruiser’s Ice House in Santa Fe for their regular Sunday Afternoon Jam. If you like to jam with other musicians, then this is a great place for you to stop by on Sundays. The Jam is hosted by guitarist Craig Schneider and he does a great job at getting the musicians up on stage and comfortable. Joining Craig on the opening set is Mike Armstrong (drums) and David Mcname (bass). Special guest keyboardist this day was Fred Linton from the band Funksion. The jam started off great with songs like “Born Under A Bad Sign,” “Standing On Shakey Ground,” “Feels Like Rain,” and an unbelievable version of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer’s “From The Beginning.” Yeah folks, if you’re in the Galveston County area, this is one of the Jam’s you should be checking continued on next page out.

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Texas TNT is Houston’s high-energy rock n roll party band! See them at these bars all across town this month: A show at Aspens in Kemah Sat. Nov. 2nd from 9pm1am, then at The Abbey Pub Bar & Grill in Houston Fri. Nov. 8th from 9pm-1am, and then The Hawg Stop Bar & Grill Sat. Nov. 9th from 2pm6pm. The next weekend, they are at The Pub 529 in Houston Fri. Nov. 15th from 9pm-1am, and at Litehouse Icehouse Sat. Nov. 16th from 8:30pm12:30am and then at Pecan Harvest Festival at 402 Morton St. in Richmond Sun. Nov. 24th from 1:30pm-2:30pm. Finally, they are at Wild Hawg’s Saloon Fri. Nov. 29th from 9pm-1am and at Texas Thunder Saloon in Waller Sat. Nov. 30th from 9pm-1am. Check out the band at www.texastnt.com or on Facebook. Party with Texas TNT!

Kidd Six Perform at The Concert Pub North We dropped by The Concert Pub North this evening to see Kidd Six. Kidd Six has been making quite a name for themselves lately. In fact, the band is getting ready to release their debut EP. It will be interesting to hear their new material. If it’s anything like the great cover music that they do, it ought to be a great project. This night they were rockin’ the Concert Pub North to the max, performing songs from The Toadies (“Possum Kingdom”), Metallica (“Enter Sandman”), Motley Crue (“Too Young to Fall In Love”), and Led Zeppelin (“Whole Lotta Love”).

As you can tell, these guys have a wide repertoire of music that spans the 70s. 80s, 90s and even into the 2000s. Their wide range of entertainment really makes their sets entertaining. Here they are performing Motley Crue’s “Too Young To Fall In Love.” You can see this video at houstonmusicnewstv1 on youtube. Watch it now!

19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar 19th Hole Grill & The Skinz Perform at The Jailhouse Saloon Sports Bar is Houston’s premier heavy metal club! Tonight The Jailhouse Saloon was serving up a heavy dose of Rock and They are celebrating 26 Roll on the outside stage with The Skinz. Now if you like Rock and Roll, years of being in business. you’re going to like The Skinz. These guys have been rockin’ the Houston Not only do they have area for well over 20 years now and put on one of the best and most great drink specials dur- energetic shows you’ve ever seen. Tonight, as usual, they were at the ing the week, they have top of their game and tearing up the stage with songs from Led Zeppelin live bands every week- (“Dancin’ Days” and “Bring It On Home”), The Doors (“Love Me end! Big E & Lowdown Two Times”) and The Allman Brothers (“One Way Out”), just to name Thurs. Nov. 7th, Secret of a few. Yeah, Bobby was at the top of his game and his vocals sound just Boris, 2 Cold, and Post as good as when they started the band. Mercy was just tearing it up on Profit Sat. Nov. 9th. The guitar, and the rhythm section of Carlos and Greg were just as tight as Smashed Idols are there ever. This is definitely one great band I’d recommend to any club. Yeah, with Gray Falls Sa. Nov. were sure glad as hell we dropped by The Jailhouse Saloon this night.

16th. Then Heartstring, a Here they are playing The Doors’ “Love Me Two Times” and Van Halen’s Heart/Fleetwood Mac “Little Dreamer.” The Skins are Carlos Cervantez- Drums, Bobby Lewistribute on Sat. Nov. 23rd. Lead Vocals, Greg Norton-Bass Guitar, and Mercy Valdez- Lead Guitar.

In addition to these bands, You can start watching this video right now on our YouTube site, there’s also karoake w/ houstonmusicnewstv1.

Mary on Tuesdays, free bingo 9pm-midnight on Audio Slave Tribute. Friday, November 8 DiaWednesdays and Friday steak lunch special from mond Jack Saturday and on November 9 Guns 11am to 5pm. Black Ottumn with Khepera will N’ Texas (Guns N’ Roses Tribute) with Shotplay on the 29th. The 19th Hole is in the Wood- gun Sally. Friday, November 15 is The Dirty lands at 202 Sawdust Rd. So if you’re a metal Reckless. On Saturday, November 16 L’ectric head, then come out and bang your head tonight! Eye (David Bowie Tribute). Friday, November 22 The Spicolis (Totally 80s Party Band) play.

Jailhouse Saloon Saturday, November 23 Faux Collins (Phil Do some time at Jailhouse Saloon! Start Collins Tribute) with Blood Red Sky (U2 Tribout by joining the Sunday open jam with Letric ute) and then on Friday, November 29 Rock Ed and friends, and then come to the NEW open Band Saturday, November 30 Rock Band Frijam Wednesdays hosted by Russell Warner and day. December 6 will be The Dirty Reckless.

Associates. Fridays is poker night with Kathy. Half-price lunches are still Wednesdays from Some other fun nights to be had are: Samy Jo 11am-2pm. You can watch the Texans on the Trio Band Fri. Nov. 8th followed by Back Vel- Sunday ticket too!! For more upcoming events vet on the 9th. The Skinz play on Sat. Nov. 16th. at The Concert Pub-North, go to Hybro-phonics will play on the 22nd and The www.theconcertpub.com!

White Trash WannaBees Sat. Nov. 23rd. Gypsy Moon will hit the stage on Nov. 29th and on the Stereo Live 30th Shot Gun Sally will play. Jailhouse Saloon Stereo Live is Houston’s home for elecis at 310 Preston St. in Spring. Get ready for a tronic and dance club music. They are located jailbreak at Jailhouse! on the Richmond strip at 6400 Richmond Ave. This month, they have Breathe Carolina Fri. The Concert Pub- North Nov. 8th, Cookie Monsta Sat. Nov. 16th, and The Concert Pub- North wants to share Paul van Dyk Fri. Nov. 29th amongst many oththeir monthly schedule with you. Your home of ers. Call them at 832-251-9600 for booking info. the tribute bands has TRIBUTE NIGHT. November 2 is Rusted Cage (Soundgarden) People continued on next page Of The Sun (Rage Against The Machine) and

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MUSIC NEWS Bert Wills Performs at Katie’s Bar

Cruiser’s Ice House Cruiser’s Ice House is at 9002 FM 2004 in Santa Fe. Their weekly schedule of entertainment includes the Sunday Blues jam since 1998 hosted by Ben Herrington from 4pm-8pm, then free pool Mondays. There’s never a cover for the live bands Saturday! They include Starr Jernigan Sat. Nov. 16th, Heart Stoppers Sat. Nov. 23rd, and Cymblem Sat. Nov. 30th. Now at Cruiser’s is a new feature: Country Queens karaoke night the first and third Friday of every month from 8pm-close. Cruiser’s is the best little icehouse in Texas!

Shenanigan’s Shenanigan’s in Texas City has been around for over 3 decades and counting! They are open everyday, and have pool, darts, and

big-screen TV’s. Ladies’ Night is Wednesday, and karaoke is had Thursday nights from 9pm1am! There’s a DJ on Friday nights for dancing, and come back in Saturday nights to see bands TBA! Check www.shenanigansworld.com to find out if they are having live music.

Shenanigan’s is at 820 34th St. North in Texas City. If you happen to be nearby and you like country music, come on by!

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Icons at badassery

By Jay Lambs Remy

This month Icons At Badassery would like to honor “The Dope Show,” a tribute to Marilyn Manson. Original members from local Houston include ERASE THE VIRUS’s Alex Slay(drums), Mangy James(bass), Jeff Smith(guitar), and Eddie Epoc (keyboards).

They started The Dope Show as a way to not only celebrate the music of Marilyn Manson, but to give fans of Marilyn Manson easier access to an exhilarating and incredible live show of the likes they haven’t seen. They added former Zombie Face frontman singer Kevin Leazot to finish the lineup. The band has done some very big things and continues to do so. They have been playing to large crowds at places such as the House Of Blues Houston & Dallas, and White Oak Music Hall, as well as playing multiple venues in and around Texas. They are continually looking to expand their performance base. Their performances will leave you in awe and wanting more! Keep your eyes peeled for The Dope Show. You won’t want to miss it! The Dope Show Rocked out Scout Bar on Oct 31st, Houston, TX. One of their upcoming shows is Cine El Ray theatre on Jan 11th in McAllen TX. Their website is http://m.me/THEDOPESHOWTX. It is with great honor to entitle The Dope Show Icons At Badassery! Thank you for your hard work.

This month Icons At Badassery would also like to honor the local music scene’s own “Khris Harding! Born and raised in Houston, Tx, Khris has been in the music industry for over16 years. He began with Thomas Wilson and The Scout Bar. Khris started as a bouncer, then moved up the ladder to stage manger and public relations and is still rocking it there. He was also stage manager for the Houston Zombie Walk a few years back, and handled booking and running the stage for the 501 charity group. Khris started working with Jason DuPuis and Chris Calderas

Local Gulf Coast Legend Bert Wills dropped by Katie’s this night to put on a really spectacular show.

Bert has been active musically in the Gulf Coast since the late 60s.

His band, Bert Wills and the Cryin’ Shames was one of the most popular acts around for many years.

Texas guitar legend Bert Wills got his start playing waterfront bars from Galveston to Kemah. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Bert Wills has referred to himself in song as a rambler on a lonesome highway, an outsider looking in, a prisoner and many other things of rich metaphorical value. His show this night at Katie’s was a lot of fun as Bert brought his one-man show to the club there. Bert performed many of his old standards as well as a few covers and the audience there loved it. So did we. The show was great! We’ve got a video from this show to share with you right now, so if you tune into Houstonmusicnewstv1 on YouTube, you can start watching it now.

dio station, where Khris is on his show two to three times a week at different venues around town. Now, Dave and Khris have a residency at The Wildcatter Saloon, with Outlaw Dave working with John J Janatsch and Second Chance Productions, which Khris has been a part of for almost 2 years. Khris is sponsored

by Junker Designs, Kemah Shot Bar, The Outlaw Dave Show, Embassy Skateboards.

Khris is also hosting an event at this year’s Lone Star Rally and four days at the Galveston Shop Bar. Khris has worked with many bands over the years. He managed Erase The Virus, The Hunger, and is the current stage manager for The Dope Show. Khris has toured with bands such as Saliva, Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Hed PE, Mower, and more! He is also an artist who does body painting body and suspension as well as working on custom

cars. He is an all around jack of all trades!

Khris is a father of two and future grandfather, currently living in Houston, Texas. Hi is still working at booking and promoting the area!

It is with great honor to entitled Khris Harding one of the Icons At Badassery! Thank for all your hard work!

from Punkstarindustries.com about 7 years ago, booking bands for their local show, to even promoting their clothing line. They did an interview with local Live Houston for an event, and quickly caught the urge to have there own local show. The Punkstar Full Throttle was born. Khris was there at the time it had started and was doing body suspension with a group called AGRO. After a short time Khris was brought on by Jason and Kristen of the show Punkstar Full Throttle to do an interview on body suspension for the community. Shortly after that time he was running a group called Agro Sideshow, and doing live performances around the area as well as in a few shows out of town along with bands. Khris was added as a full-time radio host for Punkstar Full Throttle. Moving the show to Scout Bar, Khris had full control of stage, lights, and sound. Thomas gave Punkstar every Wednesday to showcase local talent. Khris has been there now for over 6 years doing the show. His endeavors had got him to M/C local shows at BFE, Acadia, Scout Bar, Fitzgerald’s, Numbers, Spire, and most venues in Houston area. This past year he started working with his mentor, Outlaw Dave from 9:50 AM - KPRC, Houston’s oldest ra-

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Kansas Perform at Smart Financial Centre Kansas will mark the 40th anniversary of their hit 1977 Point of Know Return album with a run of tour dates featuring complete performances of the track listing in addition to hits and fan favorites. Kansas will be making an appearance in the Houston area at Smart Financial Centre on Thursday, December 7th.

The group’s Point of Know Return anniversary dates follow an anniversary tour in honor of that album’s predecessor, 1976’s Leftoverture; together, this period in Kansas’ live history honors one of the more commercially and critically successful eras in the band’s long career. As guitarist Rich Williams pointed out in a press release, it’s all one long opportunity to celebrate with fans.

“After the success of the album Leftoverture, it was hard to imagine when we released Point of Know Return that this album would be even bigger, but it was,” said Williams.

“From the album artwork to the song ‘Dust in the Wind,’ the album Point of Know Return is really ingrained in rock ‘n’ roll history and even in popular culture. The past two years we have done around 80 select shows performing the album Leftoverture in its entirety. We have been blown away by the positive fan response. Our hope is that fans will enjoy this Point of Know Return Tour just as much, and hopefully even more!”

For singer Ronnie Platt, who entered the lineup in 2014 after the departure of original vocalist Steve Walsh, the tour offers a chance to perform some of his personal favorites — as well as lead the band through some pretty deep cuts.

“I often joke that I cannot be in charge of putting together a set list, because there are too many songs that I really want to perform. These shows, though, will be about as close as it gets,” added Platt. “Of course, there will be hits like ‘Carry On Wayward Son,’ but to know we will be performing songs that Kansas has not per-

formed live for twenty or thirty years, or even ever, that is just really exciting. It is going to be a lot of fun.”

With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, Kansas has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic of classic rock bands. This “garage band” from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered

by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Composing a catalogue that includes fifteen studio albums and five live albums, Kansas has produced eight gold albums, three sextuplePlatinum albums (Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Best of Kansas), one platinum live album (Two for the Show), and two one millionselling gold singles, Carry On Wayward Son and Dust in the Wind. Kansas appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Carry On Wayward Son continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and Dust In the Wind has been played on the radio more than three million times!

Fusing the complexity of British prog rock with an American heartland sound representative of their name, Kansas were among the most popular bands of the late ’70s, with many of their hits becoming staples of AOR radio playlists.

Formed in Topeka in 1970, the founding members of the group — guitarist Kerry Livgren, bassist Dave Hope, and drummer Phil Ehart — first played together while in high school; with the 1971 addition of classically trained violinist Robbie Steinhardt, they changed their name to White Clover, reverting back to the Kansas moniker for good upon the 1972 arrivals of vocalist/ keyboardist Steve Walsh and guitarist Richard Williams. The group spent the early part of the decade touring relentlessly and struggling for

recognition; initially, their mix of boogie and prog rock baffled club patrons, but in due time they established a strong enough following to win a record deal with the Kirshner label.

Kansas’ self-titled debut LP appeared in 1974; while only mildly successful, the group toured behind it tirelessly, and their fan base grew to the point that their third effort, 1975’s Masque, sold a quarter of a million copies. In 1976, Leftoverture truly catapulted Kansas to stardom.

On the strength of the smash hit “Carry on Wayward Son,” the album reached the Top Five and sold over three million copies. Released in 1977, Point of Know Return was even more successful, spawning the monster hit “Dust in the Wind.”

While the 1978 live LP Two for the Show struggled to break the Top 40, its studio followup, Monolith, the band’s first self-produced effort, reached the Top Ten. That same year, Walsh issued a solo record, Schemer-Dreamer.

In the wake of 1980’s Audio-Visions, Kansas began to splinter; both Hope and Livgren became born-again Christians, the latter issuing

the solo venture Seeds of Change, and their newfound spirituality caused divisions within the band’s ranks. Walsh soon quit to form a new band, Streets; the remaining members forged on without him, tapping vocalist John Elefante as his replacement. The first Kansas LP without Walsh, 1982’s Vinyl Confessions, launched the hit “Play the Game Tonight,” but after only one more album, 1983’s Drastic Measures, they disbanded.

In 1986, however, Kansas re-formed around Ehart, Williams, and Walsh; adding the famed guitarist Steve Morse as well as bassist Billy Greer, the refurbished band debuted with the album Power, scoring a Top 20 hit with “All I Wanted.” When the follow-up, 1988’s In the Spirit of Things, failed to hit, seven years passed before the release of their next effort, Freaks of Nature. The London Symphony-assisted Always Never the Same followed in 1998, and in 2000 Kansas issued Somewhere to Elsewhere, their continued on next page

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Don Felder Performs at Dosey Doe December 5th & 6th Former Eagles guitarist, Don Felder will be performing for two night, December 5th and 6th at Dosey Doe in The Woodlands. Don is currently touring in support of his new album “American Rock ‘n’ Roll”.

It’s been seven years since Felder released any new material and Felder’s “American Rock ‘N’ Roll” is worth the wait. With nimble fingers and an enviable collection of rock’s most esteemed musicians, it’s a veritable who’s who in rock and roll and showcases all of Felder’s best tricks. Musicians like Richie Sambora, Peter Frampton, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Slash, Mick Fleetwood and Sammy Hagar all guest on the record and bring own talents, own intensity, own history to the record to the project.

In a recent interview with EU magazine, Felder said, “It took me two and a half years in the studio to make this record. I’m on the road somewhere between two and a half and three weeks a month, so it’s hard to make a record when you’re out on the road doing live shows and there are so many different guests. Trying to get someone like Slash to play on the record when he’s out on tour with Guns ‘N Roses, you’ve got to kind of base that song around his schedule.

Mick Fleetwood plays drums on it and Chad Smith plays drums on it too and to coordinate all these schedules was really hard and it took longer than the production process. If I had just used a bunch of local session guys, I could probably get it done in four or five months. But that wasn’t the point of having all of these people that I know and that I love the way they play and being able to select the most appropriate players for a specific song. Slash was the perfect guy to play on “American Rock ‘N’ Roll.” Frampton was the most perfect guy to play on the song “The Way Things Have to Be”.”

Don Felder is renowned as a former lead guitarist of The Eagles, one of the most popular and influential rock groups of our time. The band?s record-setting compilation Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) sold over 29 million copies in the U.S. alone and was awarded by the RIAA the top-selling album of the 20th Century. Currently Don and the Eagles have sold more than 83.5 million albums. A member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1998, Felder served as a member of The Eagles for 27 years, putting his mark on numerous Eagles milestones. Felder originated the music and co-wrote The Eagles? biggest hit – the iconic, Grammy-studded smash “Hotel California” – along with fan favorites like “Victim of Love” and “Those Shoes”. He became immediately celebrated for his lyrical, signature guitar work on legendary songs like “Hotel California,” “One of These Nights,” “New Kid In Town,” and numerous more. “Hotel California” was recently voted the Number 1 best 12 string guitar song in the world by Guitar World magazine.

In addition to his work with The Eagles, Felder has performed and recorded with music legends from many genres, including The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Elton John, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Vince Gill, Diana Ross, and Barbra Streisand.

Don left the band in 2001 and has since forged an impressive career as a top-tier solo artist with a trio of fully realized full-length albums, 1983’s sonically soaring Airborne, and 2012’s multifaceted song-cycle treatise, Road to Forever and his newest release, Amerian Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Felder added “best-selling author” to his impressive C.V. when his spellbinding 2008 memoir, Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974 – 2001), became an instant New York Times bestseller.

Having already established himself on both coasts as a seasoned session player and touring guitarist, Don Felder made his debut as a member of the Eagles in 1974, bringing his influence and fluid rock chops to some of band’s best-known material. Joining Glenn Frey and later Joe Walsh, Felder was part of one of rock & roll’s great guitar batteries whose signature harmonic sound — particularly on the Felderpenned “Hotel California” — helped usher in the Eagles’ most commercially successful era.

Following their breakup in 1980, he resumed his role as a sessionman, racking up a number of high-profile credits while also composing for film and releasing a solo album. Felder rejoined the Eagles during their reunions of the mid- and late ’90s before becoming embroiled in a tumultuous legal battle with bandmembers Frey and Don Henley following his 2001 firing from the group. He later toured with his own Don Felder Band and released two more solo outings, the latter of which, 2019’s American Rock & Roll, featured an impressive array of well-known guests from the rock community.

Born on September 21, 1947 in Gainesville, Florida, Felder discovered rock & roll via an Elvis Presley TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which led to Felder picking up the guitar at the age of 11. Throughout his teenage years, Felder played in various groups (including the Continentals, which at separate times, also featured Stephen Stills and future Eagles bandmate Bernie Leadon). After the band split up, Felder relocated up to New York, where he appeared on an obscure self-titled debut by a group called Flow, in 1970. Although the group split up soon after, Felder kept his chops up by playing with others, and in the process, mastered several different musical styles. Tired of the New York scene, Felder relocated once more, to Boston, where he worked steadily in a recording studio for two years — picking up pointers on how to make records via engineer work.

When old friend Leadon came through town with his new band, country-rockers the Eagles, Felder joined the group for an on-stage jam session, and took Leadon’s advice regarding relocating to California, where a vast amount of session work beckoned. Felder made the trip in 1972, and spent the next year recording and touring with folk singer/songwriter David Blue.

Afterwards, Felder was invited to serve as a touring guitarist for Graham Nash, but when he was asked to join the Eagles, he accepted (even though he suspected the band wouldn’t last for much longer, due to inter-band hostility).

Felder contributed guitar to such hit Eagles albums as 1974’s On the Border and One of These Nights, but the band was still searching for the missing piece to their puzzle. The missing link turned out to be guitarist Joe Walsh, who replaced Leadon and contributed to the Eagles’ massive hit, 1976’s Hotel California, which became one of the best-selling albums of all time. After an oft-delayed follow-up was issued in 1979, The Long Run, and its ensuing supporting tour wrapped up (documented on 1980’s Eagles Live), the Eagles announced they were splitting up in 1982. Felder subsequently contributed solo tracks to the motion picture

soundtracks for Heavy Metal and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and even issued a starstudded solo full-length in 1983, Airborne (which included contributions from Kenny Loggins, Dave Mason, and Timothy B. Schmit, among others).

In the wake of the Eagles’ split and his solo release, Felder kept himself busy by guesting on other artists’ albums, including the Bee Gees’ Living Eyes, Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna and Wild Heart, Diana Ross’ Eaten Alive, Bob Seger’s Distance, Joe Walsh’s There Goes the Neighborhood and You Bought It, You Name It, plus Robin Zander’s self-titled release. But for the better part of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Felder shied away from the music biz, while rumors of an impending full-on Eagles reunion tour began to circulate. The rumors eventually proved to be fact in the spring of 1994, when the group reunited for an MTV concert taping (released the same year as Hell Freezes Over), featuring old tunes alongside a pair of new compositions. The group’s ensuing tour proved to be a blockbuster success, but a rumored all-new studio album by the reunited group failed to materialize. Along with all former and current mem-

bers of the Eagles, Felder performed at their 1998 induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and remained a member until 2001 when he left the band.

Since leaving the Eagles, Don Felder has been touring with his own group, the Don Felder Band, and in 2012, nearly three decades after his solo debut, he released a follow-up album, Road to Forever. Over the next few years he and his group toured alongside other veteran rock acts like Foreigner, Styx, and REO Speedwagon while he wrote material for his next album. Released in 2019, American Rock & Roll was an inclusive and celebratory set that included a lengthy guest list of rock notables from Slash and Sammy Hagar to Bob Weir, Mick Fleetwood, and Alex Lifeson.

Kansas Perform at Smart Financial Centre continued from page 26 14th studio album, which saw the return of founder singer/songwriter Kerry Livgren. The next decade found Kansas continuing to tour heavily and release compilations and live albums, culminating in their 2014 induction into the Kansas Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which coincided with the group’s 40th anniversary. Miracles Out of Nowhere, a DVD/ CD career retrospective, followed in early 2015.

After signing with Century Media’s InsideOut label, Kansas released The Prelude Implicit in 2016. Their 15th studio effort overall, the progheavy LP also marked the band’s first new album in 16 years. The following year saw the release of Leftoverture Live & Beyond, a collection of concert performances culled from their 40th anniversary tour.

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