11 Mar 12 Bugs Henderson Dies
Texas music guitarist Bugs Henderson has died. Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Bugs Henderson, Texas music
04 Mar 11 Gator and Mudcat Going into the Music Room
Texas and Louisiana stars Michael Reames and Wayne Folse will perform In the Music Room next Saturday in Waxahachie. Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore
31 Oct 10 Guitarists Find Sanctuary in McKinney
Retail stores open every day; many never catch your eye. However, a store opened this past weekend in McKinney, Texas which sets a new bar for servicing guitarists and musicians. It’s called The Guitar Sanctuary, with Quinten Hope, Caron Hope, Maylee Thomas and George Fuller (Geo) as founders. What’s interesting about this store is that its name has multiple meanings that might not be caught by those who don’t know… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: Andy Timmons, George Foster, Maylee Thomas, Quitnen Hope, The Guitar Sanctuary
22 Aug 10 Gator and Mudcat Prepare To Take On the World
Gator and Mudcat are ready for their assault on the Texas music scene. Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Gator and Mudcat, Mother Earth, Texas music
05 Jan 10 Blues Festival To Benefit Community Radio
Community radio station KNON will bring the Texas music blues to downtown Dallas with its 11th annual Blues Festival. Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Blues, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas music
03 Dec 09 El Paso To Talk Stevie Ray Tonight
Texas music icon Stevie Ray Vaughan will be the topic of tonight’s lecture series at the El Paso Museum of History. Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore
Tags: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas music
26 Aug 09 Mudcat Prepares to Go Global
A taste of Texas music gets a global air play on Internet television Thursday night. Continue reading
Posted by: Sam Moore
28 Jul 09 The Jeff Strahan Band at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar in Houston
Photo by Dale Kennemer
Dawson County is about as West Texas as West Texas gets. For all the monotony in its landscape, this part of the world has produced more than its share of gifted musicians.
Jeff Strahan, for example, is from Dawson County. Lamesa to be precise, roughly halfway between Midland… Continue reading
Posted by: baspinwall
03 Jun 09 Album Review: The Snakecharmers – Been Gone Too Long
The Snakecharmers formed in 2002 as a family affair. Marie Angell, Will Blumentritt and their son Eric Blumentritt brought together diverse musical backgrounds to form an incredible blues sound. The missing element for the band was a lead guitarist that could feel the music and integrate into “the family”. They found that in the person of Larry Meeker, a saxophonist by… Continue reading
Posted by: John South
Tags: Eric Blumentritt, Larry Meeker, Marie Angell, The Snakecharmers, WIll Blumentritt
20 May 09 Album Review: Mike Darnell – The Promised Land
Mike Darnell brings us an offering of the “flues” as he calls it – a combination of Folk and the Blues. Like much of Texas music, it’s really the confluence of the many events, people and music that have impacted Darnell. He moved around the country as a youth and was impacted by folk and rock that he heard.
Darnell… Continue reading
Posted by: John South and Sam Moore
Tags: Big Lizard Boys, Bill Aspinwall, Lloyd Daniel, Mike Darnell, Smythe and Taylor
