Category: Earlier Posts

Hank’s open mic competition, semi-finals, 12/19/12

Hank’s open mic competition, semi-finals, 12/19/12

| December 24, 2012

  Photos and story by Mary Jane Farmer, who apologizes to Tanner Usury because his photos did not turn out well — at all. So, in the final round, it will be Tanner who gets the camera pointed at him the most intently! In the middle of the Christmas and New Year’s season,16  musicians continued […]

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Hank’s Open Mic Competition, Round 1 Week 2, 12.12.12

Hank’s Open Mic Competition, Round 1 Week 2, 12.12.12

| December 15, 2012

Story and pix by Mary Jane Farmer. Click on the link for many photos of all the week’s musicians. And with apologies to contender Aaron King for not getting good pictures of him. The preliminaries are over in the Hank’s Texas Grill 3rd Open Mic Competition, being held every Wednesday in December. There are now […]

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Rusty Wier contest, Rd 1, Wk 2, 12/9/12

Rusty Wier contest, Rd 1, Wk 2, 12/9/12

| December 13, 2012

Story and pix by Mary Jane Farmer. I wouldn’t even try to judge the Rusty Wier songwriters contest There’s so much talent gracing the Love & War in Texas patio stage, it would have to be a tie between them, all 37 of them who are hoping to move into Round 2 in this third annual […]

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Hank’s Open Mic Competition, Round 1, 12.5.12

Hank’s Open Mic Competition, Round 1, 12.5.12

| December 9, 2012

Some love open mics, others can do without them, but there’s no doubt that open mics are a valuable part of the indy, grassroots music scene, busy, ubiquitous, and hustling no matter which direction you travel. The musician/songwriter views open mics as a way  to network with other musicians, maybe finding someone they can co-write […]

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Shiner Rising Star, KHYI, 2012, KHYI — finals

Shiner Rising Star, KHYI, 2012, KHYI — finals

| November 5, 2012

Story and pix by Mary Jane Farmer. Many more photos available at the end of this feature story. The true colors of the four Shiner Rising Star finalist band members — gentlemen all — came out Thursday night when everyone learned it was The Bigsbys who took home the top honor. Every musician gathered on […]

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