There are many bands out there who dream of having as many super fans as White & Spears have. Those super fans packed Hank’s Texas Grill Friday night (7/25/14). Robby White and Ronny Spears paired up about, oh, maybe three years ago, combined their bands, and learned each other’s songs. And took that Honky Tonk […]
First printed in North Texas Best Times, August issue It’s seldom one can know, before even buying a ticket, that a music concert will be not only 100 percent appropriate for children, but also be spiritually uplifting and just plain fun. But when Kevin Deal puts together such an event, that’s a certainty. Every year, […]
The Southern Junction Steakhouse and Dancehall in between Royse City and Rockwall is tailor-made for the dancer in all of us. Thursday nights are special: (1) All-you-can-eat ribs; (2) Free dance lessons; (3) Specially-lower-priced drinks; (4) Incredible house bands, actually every Wednesday through Saturday. And if that weren’t enough, Thursday nights also have brought second […]
Need a great fix for your Sunday afternoons? Gilley’s at Durant’s Choctaw Casino and Paris radio K95.5, along with sponsor Coors Light, offer the solution — live music! And why not? “Music is good medicine,” says Cajun King Jo-El Sonnier. This past Sunday, (7/20/14) saw Erica Perry and Phil Hamilton on the Gilley’s stage, with Payne Music […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer July 12, the Saturday to remember in 2014, culminated with great music on the Southern Junction. Actually, with Texas True setting the pace with its acoustic country and bluegrass music in the afternoon, it was an easy transition to the big, inside stage for the night-time music. Jo-El […]
Catfish caught by any legal means and brought in live before 6 p.m. Saturday (July 12) were weighed in and qualified in the first ever Swampadelic Catfish Tournament, held at Southern Junction Nightclub & Steakhouse between Rockwall and Royse City. There were a total of 44 teams who signed up, many of course who didn’t […]
Press release by Tiffany Aldridge-Elliott “Goin’ nowhere slow” — The song lyrics define The Chase Sanford Band, which has become a popular draw in the Texas/Oklahoma area and beyond, touring on the strength of their debut CD “Honky Tonk Reject” and their powerful live performance. T&A Management is very excited to announce The Chase Sanford […]
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m getting hooked in the Wednesday open mic nights at Hank’s Texas Grill. True, there’s good-to-great open mics all over the area, and there’s even a Facebook page hosted by Mr. Troll and dedicated to letting Dallas area venues and hosts tell everyone about their open mics. Here’s a link. And […]
I wrote this for the newspaper with which I worked for 14 years, in Sherman. Wrote it in September 2004. It could have been written yesterday, as the feelings I wrote then were exactly what I felt on my recent weekend at Kerrville Folk Festival. The color of the day was tie-dye; people stood […]
Lesson learned from Rod Kennedy: The book cover doesn’t tell all the story. In the early 1980s, I witnessed a classical music concert specifically for children. Producer Rod Kennedy, who loved and taught me to love all sorts of music, put together a plethora of music acts to show children that “Serious Music Can Be […]
Like I said earlier, it was a boyfriend who turned me on to the Kerrville Festivals. He was in the New Folk contest in 1975, didn’t win, but fell in love with the festivals. He and I broke up between then and 1976 Festival Time. We were still talking, but when I told him I […]
4. Surprise honor brings more memories
On a recent visit to Quiet Valley Ranch, I got to stay in my old cabin, which is now called and used for the green room. It was like old home week, even with the changes and improvements in the 10×20 foot building. One day, I went in to clean a bit in the new […]
3. Friends of Bill W at Kerrville
That first festival came around after I had seven months of sobriety under my belt. In those seven months between October 1980 and May 1981, I had become very used to getting in-town help from my 12-step friends, nightly and sometimes during the day as well. The prospect of going 5 or 6 days without […]
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