I saw William Elliot Whitmore last week do an in-store at Cactus Music and then later that night at Fitzgeralds. This guy is in the full swing of his craft… I haven’t been moved by music like this in a long time. I think it’s because his writing style is so vastly different than those [...]
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144 Hours
For 6 days in January, some of the best music out of Texas (and more) descends on Steamboat Springs, Colorado for The MusicFest. It’s the best 144 hours you will spend with great friends, amazing music and beautiful skiing. I’m so excited about this year I can hardly stand it!
[The Classics] – What happened to me at Sidecar
6 years ago, sometime around October of 2005, there was a show that happened at the Sidecar Pub in Houston. Stoney LaRue and Bleu Edmondson were playing an acoustic songswap, which resulted in some of the most moving stories that I’ve ever heard come out of any show. There was something spiritual in the air [...]
What would you do for a million bucks
Just watched an interview with Vanilla Ice and they were talking about all the lies that came out, about him, early in his carrer. Charles Koppelman (CEO of EMI) was brought in and the following conversation went down: Ice: I’d go in there saying that there’s no way you’re gonna make me do this. I [...]
Is that Old Dog Tray?
Along with most of Texas, I love the movie Tombstone. It’s probably one of the most quotable movies of all time and there’s a scene that reminds me of the uphill battle Texas Music fights weekly with Country Music Fan. You know the scene… Everyone is drunk and Doc is playing a piano in the [...]
What It Takes
It takes buckets of blood and sweat and fucking work to get there. That’s It. To get good… to get competent. And then once you become competent, then maybe you have it in you to become an artist. Maybe you don’t. Before you get to a place that you can make art, you have to [...]
How I’m currently buying/listening to music
It’s a complicated mess. Regular, “you have a new/old album and I want it” type of stuff I use iTunes. I can buy it from my phone or laptop, it gets auto-downloaded to my other devices, no DRM, 1-click buying and they have iTunes Match that puts all my music in the cloud… to be [...]