PS Up Front: Watch for Alice Cooper photos to be posted very soon. They aren’t officially ‘behind’ or ‘late’ yet! So far behind, so many great concerts, and here’s a few photos to remember them by. Peruse, to get the entire feel of the Grand Theater stage and all it offers in respect for all […]
For Turnpike Troubadours photos, click here: For Bonham Brothers photos, click here: The Turnpike Troubadours were the last to play in the old Event Center at Choctaw Casino in Durant, and returned to their old stompin’ grounds April 1, 2017, to play in front of a packed, sold-out Grand Theater house. The band, Evan Felker […]
Short story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer For many photos, click here What fun it is to work with people who know how to have fun. That was the case with Pedro Fernandez, Mexico’s premiere singer, movie star, and TV personality, all rolled into one. Mexico’s super idol Pedro Fernandez played Choctaw Casino’s Grand Theater […]
For photos of Shane Owens and John Anderson at their shared gig, The Texan Theater, click here — Taken after this original article was written Link to the Line-Dance instructions for “Alcohol of Fame“ Both Shane Owens and John Anderson both caused a standing ovation when they introduced Randy Travis, who was in the crowd […]
For all photos, click here Love & War in Texas (Plano location at the NE corner of U.S. 75 and Plano Parkway), annually hosts the Singer/songwriter contest named after the late and oh-so-great Rusty Wier, a Texas Hill Country-based musician who entertained countless folks for decades. Round Two of this year’s Rusty Wier singer/songwriter contest continued […]
Mary Jane Farmer, Texas Nexus, August 2017 It’s a 3-column list I have worked up — “PACK UP” it’s called. It’s what I have to reference and cling to when getting ready to go to all the music festivals in my life. And there’s a bunch! Me and Hippie Van head out. She has clean […]
9 Stevie Ray Vaughan at Celebrate Austin Music
Because you asked… The Celebrate Austin Music Festival at Zilker Park, circa April 15, 1984, was filled with Austin-based touring acts with generous sprinklings of up-and-comers. A lot of that information is in Rod Kennedy’s book, Music of the Heart, written many years before his 4-14-14 death. It had been a long three-day event, and […]
This was first in Buddy Magazine, August 2016 issue. People ask me a lot — why am I in the music business? OK, I’ll share the secret – it was a guy who got me into all this. While teaching school in El Paso, I met another teacher, a musician, out there and that chance meeting and […]
(I’m sorry, but we got absolutely NO photos of these people.) Ake Pecha — I was told this means “Start fresh, my friend.” It was probably around 1982 when Kerrville Festival Producer Rod Kennedy took a trip to the southeast, where he met a group of travelers from the Scandinavian countries. This was the “International School […]
Three things to think about before quitting.
This took a lot of prayer and thanksgiving for me to write and publish. This was one changing quote in my life… From the movie “Mozart,” this statement by composer Salleri: “Why?… implant the desire (for music)… like a lust in my body? And then deny me the talent?” Early on, I could not figure out myself […]
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