It was old-home-week at One Eyed Jack Saturday night (9.8.12) with Merrol Ray & The Regulators taking the stage. Merrol, just in case you haven’t heard him, is among the primo guitar players in the universe, just to be conservative about it. Add Jacob Shipman on the second electric guitar, Jeremy Lee Key on bass, […]
I’m going to reserve writing a full review on Jeff Hopson for the future, but for now, let me say that this man is making some waves in the Metroplex and Texoma. He jumped in at the last minute, when asked, and played at One Eyed Jack Saloon Thursday night (March 22) Jeff is unashamedly […]
John David Kent & The Dumb Angels (I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again — they aren’t dumb at all, just angels!) have a song that’s climbing the Texas chart. It’s not new to those of us in the North Texas area, it having received a lot of airplay last year, but now […]
Story and pix by Mary Jane Farmer, SceneInTown.com Thursday night (Feb 10, 2011) at the One Eyed Jack club in Whitewright was just about like most other nights there — friendly, fun, with great music presented by two artists, and one sit-in. Ed Burleson played about three hours of acoustic music, with The Will Callers’ Ryan […]
The One-Eyed Jack family, that is. There’s too many photos, but I couldn’t decide which ones to leave out, so, here goes. Photos: I walk into the One Eyed Jack, Whitewright’s number one and maybe only honky tonk, and walk into a roomful of hugs, smiles, good friends, friends I haven’t met yet, and good […]
Info On and Ways to Comment on Future US 75 Changes
Press Release from Texas Department of Transportation, Nov. 10, 2023 PARIS – The Texas Department of Transportation is proposing to widen US 75 in Grayson County from FM 1417 south to the Grayson-Collin County line. Property owners along this portion of US 75, along with local government and public officials, have an opportunity to comment […]
QuikTrip Coming to Van Alstyne
Story and photo by Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town. On the southeast corner of Van Alstyne Parkway and U.S. Highway 75, QuikTrip is building a new convenience store and fueling area. QuikTrip builds and operates attractive convenience stores with gas stations and is known for its customer service and […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene in Town. The Van Alstyne News does not name suspects unless or until they are indicted. Van Alstyne Police arrested a local woman early Sunday morning on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police Lt. Steven Hayslip reported that it was about […]
“Pack Up” Makes the Possibilities Possible.
Texas Nexus / Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer 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. […]
This is a feature I wrote in 2007 and, crazily, found it on my My Space somehow. It also was printed on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame’s Website of the same name. Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that year. I am excited to be able to include it now here […]
Van Alstyne is Autumn Town, too!
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, Blog style, not reporting style. More photos on link at bottom, and more will be added on future Sunday drives, so please feel free to check back throughout October and November. Sundays are made for driving around, slowly, and looking at things one misses when moving so fast. […]
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