Three bands kicked off the 2012 KHYI/Shiner Beer/Shiner Records‘ yearly contest, Shiner Rising Star. The contest has 24 finalist bands competing for a recording contract with Shiner Records, and for a few more prizes including a spot on the Texas Music Revolution main stage in March 2013. Each week, three bands compete against one another […]
Let me talk a bit here. I’ve been radio station KHYI (95.3 The Range)’s photographer for several years now, and it is such an honor. One of the perks is getting to hear so many new bands as they compete each year in Shiner Rising Star, the contest sponsored by KHYI, Shiner Records, and Shiner […]
The second-ever Po Boys Picnic has come and gone, and in its wake are about 400 people’s memories of an evening of great fun and music. The event was held at a small place south of Savoy, with a setting that included a not-too-steep hill down to a small lake, all well-mown and made ready […]
It’s time for the second Po Boys Picnic, can’t say “second annual” because the first one was in November. Maybe it will turn into a twice-yearly event, much like the Beanstock Festivals of yore. Saturday night is the night, and a ranch area about 1 mile south of Savoy is the place. The bands playing […]
Links to photographs of all acts are below. Photos were taken by the Scene In Town team of Mary Jane Farmer, Mark Bickham, and Dave Hensley. The photos are individually credited. Texas Music Revolution 16, March 10, 2012, brought out the best in Texas music and the best in Texas music fans, together under the […]
Fred Spears Has Made a Life of the Music Business
First published in the Texoma Farm and Home Magazine, April 2024 issue. Published by the Whitesboro News. Photos by Mary Jane Farmer unless otherwise noted. By Mary Jane Farmer When you sit in a Freddie Lee Spears’ audience, you quickly realize he’s as genuinely classic as the songs he sings. Freddie Lee, or ‘Fred’ as […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Note: An indictment is a formal charge, and not proof of guilt. Indictment A local woman Van Alstyne Police arrested February 15 went before the Grayson County Grand Jury Wednesday and that group indicted her on multiple counts of Sexual Assault of a […]
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town It blew into town like the winds that accompanied it, the Third Annual Van Alstyne Wine Festival. What didn’t blow in were the heavy rains and thunderstorms that preceded Saturday and which were predicted, although with less chance than the days before, to […]
“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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