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ENTERTAINMENT STEVE HARRIS of Iron Maiden Brings His Solo Project “British Lion” To Scout Bar

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QUEENSRYCHE BRING THEIR “VERDICT” TOUR TO HOUSTON’S HOUSE OF BLUES In support of their forthcoming album The Verdict, which was released in March of 2019, Queensryche will be performing in Houston at The House Of Blues on Thursday, January 23rd.

The Verdict will be the band’s third album since splitting with original lead singer Geoff Tate in 2012. After losing a protracted legal battle over the Queensryche name, Tate now tours under the name Operation: Mindcrime. Queensryche’s last album was 2015’s Condition Hüman.

It seems the four years between albums hasn’t dampened the metal spirit of the band, according to guitarist Michael “Whip” Wilton.

“The Verdict is the most metal and the most progressive record we have made in a long time,” said Wilton in a statement. “I couldn’t possibly be more excited for everyone to hear this.”

“I’m extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish on this record,” said singer Todd La Torre of the third album he’s been a part of since joining in 2012. “The relentless dedication and hard work of everyone involved has been very rewarding. I am excited and looking for-

ward to it no longer just belonging to us, but belonging to the world. We hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it!”

“The Verdict” was produced, mixed, and mastered by Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Rob Zombie, Iced Earth, Hatebreed) at Uberbeatz in Lynwood, Washington; PlanetZ in Wilbraham, Massachusetts; and Watershed Studio in Seattle, Washington.

For the past two years, original Queensryche drummer Scott Rockenfield has been taking time off from the group’s touring activities to spend time with his young son, who was born in early 2017.

Filling in for him has been former Kamelot drummer Casey Grillo.

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Asked by Ultimate Guitar if it’s true that La Torre laid down the drum tracks on Queensryche’s upcoming album, “The Verdict”, guitarist Michael Wilton said: “Yeah, it is. Basically, the songs were in a state of disarray and that includes drums. When we found out that Scott wasn’t going to be able

to record the drums for this album, it was a natural succession to Todd. Todd has been writing almost all of the drum parts — he wrote most of them for the last two albums and Scott just played what he did and gave his spin on it [live]. So, this wasn’t anything new for Todd. It was a just a matter of, during pre-production, hooking up a MIDI drum kit and finished up the drums during that time and it worked out great. We were off in a time crunch schedule and there was no need to seek out a studio drummer or something like that when we have someone who’s able to do it. He’s been playing drums his whole life and cutting his chops on Queensryche, so it was a natural succession for Todd, and he pulled it off great.”

Wilton also talked about the heavier musical direction of “The Verdict” compared to that of 2015’s “Condition Hüman”.

He said: “I think it seemingly oozed out of us and I think it had a lot to do with the band touring so much.

We’ve been touring on the ‘Condition Hüman’ album for, like, three years. Seeing how the fans react to the music and how we felt about it on stage had a lot to do with how we attacked this new album. It really put a spin on the writing process as well. Because people aren’t going to buy the record — they’re going to stream it or listen to it on the radio, [we focused on the

fact that] we are going to be playing it live all the time. So we wanted to write music that sounds really good live. Being on the road — that’s what steered us in that direction. When you’re on the road, you have time to play with ideas, so everybody had lots of riffs and everything. So we got a producer who could organize it all. The songs were in a state of non-completion compared to when we went in to record ‘Condition Hüman’. So we had all these bits and pieces and pre-production became an extension of the writing process where we were filling in those blanks. Then we had to learn to play it as one piece, and then we had to record it.

It was a process that was more like what we used to do back in the ’80s.”

La Torre, who has played drums since the age of 13, recently told Shred Shack that he was the obvious choice to lay down the drum tracks on “The Verdict”.

“Our original drummer, Scott, he had a baby back in 2017, and he took paternity leave, and he’s still kind of been on that leave of absence,” Todd said. “So we just continued to keep writing and doing things as a full band, like we’ve always done. He just wasn’t available for this one. I think it all came together pretty seamlessly, actually, and we’re looking forward to the release of this record.”

Asked by a fan on Facebook if Rockenfield’s lack of involvement with “The Verdict” means that Grillo will handle the drumming duties for Queensryche in the studio going forward, the band responded: “We’re just taking it one day at a time and trying not to look too far ahead. Things are always changing and we can’t predict what the future will bring. Right now we’re just concentrating on getting this album in the hands of our Rÿchers and touring.”

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Steve Harris’ British Lion Plays The Scout Bar Iron Maiden founding member and bassist Steve Harris will return with his side-project British Lion for a new album, The Burning, in the new year. Along with the LP news, the band has shared the lead single, “Lightning”, and announced a US tour which will reach The Scout Bar this month on January 22nd.

Back in 2012, Steve Harris released his first solo album, British Lion. He’s now adopted that moniker for his follow-up project, The Burning. British Lion should endear themselves nicely to Iron Maiden fans: “Lightning” is a narrativedriven heavy metal song with distinguished guitar leads and classic tones in the NWOBHM vein.

“We’ve been working on The Burning for the past couple of years and everyone is really pleased with the results,” vocalist Richard Taylor remarked in a press release. “We started playing some of the songs live on recent tours and got a fantastic reaction from our fans, so we are really excited to be sharing this album with the world. We’re also looking forward to heading out on the road again and seeing everyone at the shows.”

British Lion is comprised of Harris on bass and keys, Taylor on vocals, guitarists David Hawkins and Grahame Leslie, and drummer Simon Dawson. Harris produced the record with engineer Tony Newton at Barnyard Studios. The band will head out for an 18-day US trek in support of the album in January, playing mid-sized venues that should be a nice change of pace for Harris after the massive stadium and arena run for Iron Maiden’s “Legacy of the Beast Tour”.

The Burning features 11 new songs and will be released worldwide on January 17 2020 in Digipak CD, double gatefold Vinyl and Digital Download formats.

The Burning is a follow-up to BRITISH LION’s 2012’s eponymous debut album, Steve’s first ever musical venture outside of Iron Maiden which was pronounced both “brilliant” and “a big hearted ferocious triumph” by the music press. The band have since been tirelessly honing their live show performances with club tours every year and festival dates whenever time allows, building and establishing a firm and dedicated fan-base, reaching 24 countries across the globe so far, and now with their first ever Stateside tour.

Steve says, “It’s great for us to finally come to America to play some shows around the release of the new album there through Explorer1 Music. The E1 team have been extremely proactive and we’re delighted to be working with them on both the record and the tour.”

The founder of the long-running heavy metal outfit Iron Maiden, bassist/songwriter Steve Harris was born in London on March 12, 1957. A highly touted soccer player in his youth, he gave up his sporting career to pursue his musical aspirations, forming Iron Maiden in 1976.

Though the group’s 1979 debut EP The Soundhouse Tapes reflected their punk inspirations, their self-titled 1980 full-length fully embraced metal, earning a Top Five hit at home.

Harris composed much of Maiden’s material, drawing upon mythology and the occult to write hard rock epics like “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Children of the Damned,” and “The Number of the Beast.” The 1981 addition of vocalist Bruce Dickinson further solidified the band’s position at the forefront of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and throughout the 1980s, Iron Maiden enjoyed a huge following at home and abroad despite almost no mainstream media attention. Although Dickinson’s 1991 departure proved a severe blow to the band’s popularity, they soldiered on with new vocalist Blaze Bayley until Dickinson returned to the lineup in 1999, in time to celebrate Iron Maiden’s 20th anniversary.

Although kept busy by Iron Maiden, who continued to make records and tour with Dickinson back at the helm in the years that followed, Harris was able to gradually record his first solo album. Arriving in 2012, British Lion was the result of Steve Harris working with musicians from a band of the same name that he had managed and written with during the 1990s.

With vocals provided by Richard Taylor, alongside guitarists Graham Leslie and David Hawkins, the record was heavily influenced by 70s rock artists such as the Who and UFO.

Following the initial announcement of the album’s release in July 2012, Classic Rock revealed that the project originated with a band, named British Lion, which Harris had been mentoring in the early 1990s. Harris confirmed this during an interview with Classic Rock the following month, explaining that he became involved after “Graham Leslie [guitar] came to me with a cassette of songs... and I thought they were really good, so I said I’d try to help his band do something. I ended up managing them and producing them and writing with them.” After the original band split up, he “kept in touch with Richie [Taylor, vocals] and Graham, and then Richie was working with another guitarist called David Hawkins, who’s a really talented guy, and so we started writing songs together.” After several years of work, due to Harris being occupied

Steve Harris’ British Lion with Iron Maiden, the album ultimately consists of “six songs written with Richie and David, there’s one with just me and Richie, and the others are me, Richie, Graham and a couple of other

guys that were around at the time.” In an interview published by Kerrang! in September, Harris said that he considers British Lion “more of a side-project” than a solo record.

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Sleeping With Sirens Perform At White Oak Music Hall Already in the middle of a European tour and after plenty of teasing on social media, metalcore band Sleeping with Sirens isn’t stopping anytime soon—they’ve announced even more tour dates for early 2020. The band will be joined by Set It Off, Belmont and Point North.

You can catch them this month at White Oak Music Hall on Thursday, January 23rd.

Sleeping with Sirens’ sixth full-length album, How It Feels to Be Lost, was released in September 2019, with a sound reminiscent of the band’s heavier music early in their career.

“It felt like we finally found what we were looking for with this record,” frontman Kellin Quinn said in a press release for How It Feels to Be Lost. “The lyrics, the emotion, the musicianship, and the production are all there. It’s the best we could do. It’s going to be exciting to get on stage and perform these songs. We finally found ourselves.”

Days before the album’s release, Sleeping with Sirens parted ways with drummer Gabe Barham.

“We all love him, and we’ve created amazing music together, but in the last year or so we’ve been growing in different places musically,” Sleeping with Sirens said in a statement at the time. “There are absolutely no hard feelings and we wish Gabe success in all of his future endeavors.”

How It Feels To Be Lost, Sleeping With Sirens’ sixth studio album, dropped this past September. The record features tracks like “Leave It All Behind,” “Break Me Down,” and “Agree To Disagree,” as well as the track aptly titled “Medicine (Devil in My Head).” This LP sees the band return to their post-hardcore roots, a stark difference from 2017’s Gossip. The band is bestknown for cult-classic hits like 2011’s “If You Can’t Hang” and “Do It Now Remember It Later” from Let’s Cheers To This and “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn” from 2010’s With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear.

Sleeping With Sirens released their sixth studio album, ‘How It Feels To Be Lost’ back in September via Sumerian Records. recorded at MDDN Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Zakk Cervini (Yungblud & Good Charlotte) and Matt Good (Asking Alexandria), the album has heralded as a major return to the band’s earlier, heavier form and has been met with huge acclaim from both fans and critics alike!

‘How It Feels To Be Lost’ has clocked up a staggering 16 million Spotify streams to date.

The 4 singles released from the record so far, ‘Leave It All Behind’, ‘Break Me Down’, ‘Agree To Disagree’ and title track ‘How It Feels To Be Lost’ have garnered 5.4 million YouTube video views and 12.8 million streams on Spotify alone.

They have been featured on flagship streaming playlists including Spotify’s ‘Rock This’ and ‘New Core’, Amazon Music’s ‘Rock Scene’ as well as being included on Apple Music’s ‘Breaking Hard Rock’, Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ & ‘Kickass Metal’ and Deezer’s ‘Heavy New Rock’.

Since emerging in 2010, Sleeping With Sirens have tested the boundaries of rock by walking a tightrope between pop, punk, metal, hardcore, electronic, acoustic, and even a little R&B. This high-wire balancing act attracted a faithful fan base known as “Strays,” generated global album sales in excess of 1.5 million, ignited over half-a-billion streams, and achieved a trio of gold-selling singles: “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn,” “If You Can’t Hang,” and “Scene Two-Roger Rabbit.” They launched two albums—Feel and Madness—into the Top 15 of the Billboard Top 200. They have graced magazine covers around the globe having been featured on the cover of Alternative Press a whopping eight times.

Falling on the more melodic side of the post-hardcore world, Florida’s Sleeping with Sirens create a whirlwind of emotion with their yearning and aggressive blend of metal and emo influences. Formed in 2009, Sleeping with Sirens — featuring vocalist Kellin Quinn, guitarists Jack Fowler and Jesse Lawson, bassist Justin Hills, and drummer Gabe Barham — quickly caught the attention of metalcore label Rise Records, which signed them and released their debut record, With Ears to See, And Eyes to Hear,

in 2010. The album launched the band onto the Billboard Heatseekers chart, debuting at number seven and selling over 25,000 copies. Their sophomore effort, Let’s Cheers to This, arrived in May of the following year. At the beginning of 2013, the bandmembers announced they had entered the studio to record their third album, and Feel was released just six months later. The album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Madness, the band’s fourth studio long-player and first outing for Epitaph Records, arrived in early 2015. Live and Unplugged followed the next year, an acoustic set that also included covers of Sublime’s “Santeria” and Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris.” The band’s fifth set, Gossip, arrived in 2017 on Warner Bros. Produced by David Bendeth, the album featured a

stark, popfriendly shift heard on tracks such as the lead single “Legends.” Over the next two years, the band played major tours of North America and Europe in support of the album, and in early 2019 announced a new record deal with Sumerian Records. Their first effort for the label, How It Feels to Be Lost, arrived later that year. Their sixth album, How It Feels marked a

return to their heavier post-hardcore sound and featured the singles “Leave It All Behind” and “Break Me Down,” as well as a collaboration with Benji Madden. Upon release, the set debuted within the Top 100 on the Billboard 200.

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Contack Mel at 832-567-6349 The Gift Remains The Same This night we attended the 8th Annual The Gift Remains The Same toy drive held each year at The Concert Pub North. The show is sponsored by the Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, Whole Lotta Led, and it always features a ton of great local musicians who join in on their favorite Led Zeppelin songs. It’s great to see a night dedicated to Led Zeppelin. It’s an even better thing to see the entrance of the Concert Pub North packed with gifts for needy children who otherwise would not have such a good Christmas. The show this night was fantastic. We saw lots of old friends and a lot of Houston’s best Rock musicians get up and give us their take on Zeppelin. A special “Thanks” goes out to The Concert Pub’s JD and staff as well as Whole Lotta Led and all the fine musicians that came out for a good show with a good cause.

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lievable. This month they’re back with a vengeance. No one there wants to do an inventory check, so they’re blowing out the merchandise at unheard of discounts. Every few days they’re discounting the merchandise more and more!

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Be sure to check out TME this month and help the guys avoid the inventory check. They want to blow out everything in the store.

SoundCheck Another returning advertiser this month is SoundCheck Rehearsal Studios. These guys have locations all over town and probably have one near you. They offer hourly rehearsal rooms, so you don’t have to get bogged down by large monthly payments. You can get a room there for as low as $20 and hour. They even have an offer for FREE Time. No one in town offers a deal like that, so turn over to page 6 and check out their great offer. It’s going to be hard to pass this one up… especially for you bands on a strict budget. Remember, for your next rehearsal, try SoundCheck Rehearsals.

Famous Stages Famous Stages is your ONE STOP SHOP for all your RENTAL NEEDS! They are the home of the $5 RENTALS! They rent out PA and lighting gear for bands for the best prices in town! Mackie Thump 15A you can rent for ONLY $5.00 a day. TRI 9 LED Stage Wash rental only $5.00 for 3 days. ADJ Dotz-T PAR you can rent 3 days for $40.00. ADJ Focus Spot 3Q 3-

Concert Pub Christmas Party As usual, The Concert Pub’s Christmas Party was one of the best shows for them this year. Lots of fun, food, and music for everybody that showed up. Admittance to the show was an unwrapped toy and the entrance of The Concert Pub North was packed with presents for this show as well.

Performing this night was The Dirty Reckless and they were doing a fine job. Somewhere along the way we saw other friends of theirs and our get up and jam with the band also. In the shot here you can see Concert Pub owner JD joining in on guitar and there’s The ONS’ Scott Mains on vocals. Yeah, the whole evening was a blast.

Another thanks goes out to JD and The Concert Pub staff for throwing the best Christmas Party around. Also thanks for the effort of gathering up more toys for the kids that need them. Isn’t Christmas truly a wonderful time of year. Thanks again for everybody that came out to enjoy the show as well. It wouldn’t be a success without you.

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Scout Bar Clear Lake’s Scout Bar is the area’s premier rock club and lounge. You may see local as well as nationally-known touring acts, all in a cozy lounge-like atmosphere that has a professionally lighted stage and sound system. Take a gander at some of the signed guitars and posters throughout the venue. Let’s get to some of the live music you can see this month, shall we? This month it’s the month of tribute bands, with shows such as Rusted Cage- a tribute to Soundgarden w/ Some Temple Pilots, a Stone Temple Pilots tribute and Alice in Chains tribute Alyson Chains Fri. Jan. 10th. 80’s cover band Spazmatics are back Fri. Jan. 17th. Then Marilyn Manson tribute The Dope Show and Nine Inch Nails tribute Mr. Self Destruct are Sat. Jan. 18th. Texas Flood, a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan and the blues is Sat. Jan. 25th! Scout is at 18307 Egret Bay Blvd.

A safe and happy holidays from the folks over at Scout Bar!

Bonez Draught House & Sports Grill Bonez Draught House & Sports Grill, formerly Pub Level, is the upstairs bar above Scout Bar. They have over 50 draft beers, tasty food, a huge video wall, and several TV’s located around the bar for sports. Come in for beer and burger specials during the Rockets games as well. The Dirty Reckless Band is there Sat. Jan. 11th. Check their Facebook at Bonez Draught House & Sports Grill for the latest drink and food specials and other events. Bonez is the best sports bar in Clear Lake!

Ashford Pub Ashford Pub at 13308 Westheimer has cold drinks, and sometimes-live music! Also, $2.25 domestic bottled beers on Mondays, Big Ass Beer & Trivia Night Tuesdays, Steak & Poker Night Wednesdays, then Wild West Texas Beer Fest PLUS karaoke on Fridays, and Poker Night Sundays. Saturday nights have Draft and Kamikazi Specials. They are open from 11am till 7pm. Go to www.ashfordpub.com to find out more about Ashford Pub!

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MUSIC NEWS Iron Rations Perform at The Jailhouse Saloon Tonight we got our first taste of the Iron Rations band at The Jailhouse Saloon... at least three/ fourths of the band. One of their members couldn’t make it to this gig. At any rate, it really was an incredible show. They really sounded fantastic and were very impressive.

They had a good song selection and their originals were really well thought out tunes.... great vocals and melodies. Iron Rations was established and comprised by a family of professional musicians, They have developed a highenergy performance level that is a dynamically scored music style. The individual members of this talented band of upcoming stars have toured extensively throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma to forge together under Iron Rations. These incredible crossover musicians are of high demand among many genres of music lovers. We were so impressed that we added them to our roster of great band videos, so if you tune into our YouTube Channel at houstonmusicnewstv1, you can enjoy a couple of videos from tonight’s show. We hope you do. I think you’ll be just as impressed as we were.

Heights Guitar Tech Heights Guitar Tech offers quality work at affordable prices for all your stringed instruments. That includes guitars, basses, and banjos, fiddles upright basses, mandolins, autoharps and more. They also offer fast turnaround service. Heights Guitar Tech is located in the Heights at 742 W. 20th Street (between Shepherd and Durham) Heights Guitar Tech has been open for 5 years now and their goal is and always has been to provide a place to take your stringed instruments for quality repairs at reasonable prices that you don’t have to wait a

month to get completed! They are open Tuesday through Friday 11am until 7pm and Saturdays from 10am until 5pm. Ask about their gift certificates for the hard to please musician in your life. You can give them a call at 713-4261888 or visit them on the web at www.heightsguitartech.com. Heights Guitar Tech- Five Star String Repairs in the Houston Heights!

Smart Financial Centre Smart Financial Centre opened up a few years ago in Sugar Land. The band Seventeen on their Ode to You tour is Wed. Jan. 15th. Then it’s Ladies’ Night Out with comediennes Nene Leakes, Adele Givens, Loni Love, Sherri Shepherd, Kym Whitley, and B Simone, on Sat. Feb. 8th! For more upcoming events, please go to www.ticketmaster.com.

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The Clarion Music Performance Center The Clarion Music Performance Center at Brazosport College has had some great artists performing there. Patti Austin with the Brazosport Jazz Orchestra is there on January 18th. You can purchase tickets on-line, in person, by phone at 979-230-3156 or fax. The box office is located in the lobby of the Clarion and is open Monday through Thursday 8am until 5pm. Fridays 8am until 12 noon. You can check out additional dates by going to their web page at www.brazosport.edu.

Kat’s Guitars Kat’s Guitars (All Pawn 2) is the perfect place to go to find a great instrument at great prices. You can find them in Willis at 811 W. Montgomery. They offer a full-line music store and have a large selection of guitars, guns, and tools. They carry an assortment of music brands like ESP, Jackson, PRS, Takamine, Schecter and Washburn! For additional products check ‘em out on the web at www.allpawnwillis.com. You can also check out their Allpawn2inc Ebay store.

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Loaded Barrels Loaded Barrels is barrels of fun! This friendly full-service bar and grill has daily events like poker Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays.

Also Steak Night on Mondays. Wednesdays have an open mic at 7pm with Brian Sacco and Darwin Macon, and there’s karaoke on Thursdays at 9pm with Kasi Land. This month, they have a four-week contest starting Jan. 10th. $5 entry and house matches the pot on the final

It’s Open Mic Night at Loaded Barrels Every Wednesday Night, Brian Sacco and Darwin Macon host an Open Mic Night at Loaded Barrels up on FM 1960. We’ve been there a couple of times, and every time we go we’re able to check out some really good talent. They also have a great turnout of musicians for this cool evening of entertainment. Brian and Darwin are pretty good hosts, and able to get up there and jam with the musicians should they need a hand as well. There they are above backing up the lovely Tanya (top right) as she performs a couple of songs. In the upper left picture you can see Jacob Ryan Marshall as he performs a few of his favorite songs. If you’re a musician, amateur or professional, and you would like to perform, drop on by. They will be happy to have you. night of competition Jan. 31st. Fridays have a pool tournament at 8pm, and also Friday and Saturday nights this month have DJ Omar. Loaded Barrels can be found at 9558 FM 1960 West in Houston. Come on out!

Friday from 10am to 6pm and day of show. For more events you can visit their website at www.arenahouston.com or give them a call at 713-772-5900.

ing, call Frankie at 832-748-2544, or check them out online on Facebook or at ww.bferockclub.com. Come by BFE at 11528 Jones Rd. in Houston and bang your head!!

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19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar

Northwest Houston’s premier live rock music venue is BFE Rock Club! It makes sense with all they have to offer! Pool, darts, smoking, plus a large outdoor patio, and lots of rock and metal shows! Sat. Jan. 4th has Doyles birthday bash- he’s turning the big 50! The party will feature live musical performances from Torrid Complex, Madsons and Primrose Hollow. Then it’s the Afton Live Showcase Thurs. Jan. 9th with Coppa Boyz, Caligula, Cyzle Blessed, Exquisite Taste, King Train, and more! Then, tribute bands Double Vision, a tribute to Foreigner, and Riptide, a Motley Crue tribute on Sat. Jan. 18th.

Then, School of Rock Sat. Jan. 26th. For book-

19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar is one of Houston’s best-known metal clubs for 26 years and counting! If this is your scene, then you’re gonna want to hear about some of the shows they have coming this month: XXcessive Pleasure Fri. Jan. 3rd, then Motorbud, State of Mind, and White Trash Superstar Fri. Jan. 17th. Check out an Evening Off the Beaten Left Hand Path with Serpientes de Fuego, Spectral Manifest, Chemicaust, Versperian Sorrow, and Serpentian Sat. Jan. 25th. Thursdays this month have live music by Blended Blue with Randy Akin. 19th Hole also have karaoke on Tuesdays by Overtime Productions, from 9pm-midnight, Wednesdays free bingo from 9pm-midnight, then live music Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays!

There’s also a $7.99 steak special on Fridays from 11am-5pm. 19th Hole is in the Woodlands at 202 Sawdust Rd. Check them out on Facebook for all the latest. Bang your head!!

There are several events to check out at The Arena Theatre, Houston’s only theatre-inthe-round. Upcoming events include Gladys Knight on January 9th and Jagged Edge and Raheem Devaughn Fri. Jan. 17th. Catch Dwight Yoakam playing on Thursday, January 23rd.

Chaka Khan will also appear at the Arena on February 1st and Tracy Lawrence plays on February 15th with Sister Hazel. William Shatner, from Star Trek II, will also be making an appearance on February 16th. The Arena is located at 7326 Southwest Freeway between Bellaire and Fondren. The box office is open Monday through

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Thursday, January 2 - Big E & Lowdown Friday, January 3 - Xxcessive Pleasure Saturday, January 4 - TBA Thursday, January 9 - Blended Blue with Randy Akin Friday, January 10 - TBA Saturday, January 11 - The Shcwa Thursday, January 16 - Blended Blue with Randy Akin Friday, January 17 - Motorbud, State Of Mind, White Trash Superstar Saturday, January 18 - 2 Cold Thursday, January 23 - Blended Blue with Randy Akin Friday, January 24 - The John Barraza Project Saturday, January 25 - An Evening Off The Beaten Left Hand Path with Serpientes De Fuego, Spectral Manifest, Chemicaust, Vesperian Sorrow, Serpentian Thursday, January 30 - Blended Blue with Randy Akin Friday, January 31 - TBA The 19th Hole Grill & Bar is celebrating our 26th Year Anniversary of being a live music venue

Katie’s Bar Katie’s Bar in Bacliff has the best live music in the Bay Area, with no cover! The bar is closed on Mondays, but you can see bands 5 days a week Wednesday thru Sunday. Some of those bands are Jay Hooks Thurs. Jan. 9th, then Mike Zito’s New Year’s Blues Fest Friday Jan. 10th and 11th, in which there is a $10.00 cover for this event. Doug Strahan is there Fri. Jan. 17th, Bert Wills Wed. Jan. 22nd, and Brad Stivers Fri. Jan. 31st. The Katie’s Blues Jam has been going on for years, and it’s Sunday @ 4pm8pm. As always, all musicians are welcome to join and play. Live Mojo, Paul Ramirez, Ricky Jackson, and Mark May, are the hosts this month, in that order. Katie’s is the little old place at 315 Grand Ave. that was once the old Bacliff post office. Hope to see you out at Katie’s this month!

Smokin Jay’s The ultimate vape, CBD oil and smoke shop in Houston is Smokin Jay’s! You can fine them on-line at www.smokekingjays.com. They are at 8900 Westheimer in Houston. They carry the biggest selection of smoking accessories in Houston- including all types of pipes, bubblers, E-cig and vapes, just to name a few. They carry the best CBD products, gummies, hemp oil, texture and CBD E-juice. Smokin’ Jay’s wants to provide the highest quality products and services to you the customer with a knowledgeable and professional staff. They also offer on-line order and well as a huge store to shop in. They are open Monday through Saturday 10am till 10pm and Sunday 2pm until 8pm. See ya at Smokin’ Jays!

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Leon’s Lounge Leon’s Lounge is the oldest nightclub in all of Houston! We’d like to welcome them to the magazine. When we say oldest, we mean it was opened in 1947 by Leon Yarborough, who passed away in 1990.

Located at 1006 McGowen St. in Houston, Leon’s Lounge is open daily from 4pm-2am, and their happy hour is from 4pm-7pm daily.

This month it’s the “Mayor of McGowen” (Leon’s nickname) Appreciation Week Jan. 1st-5th with drink specials, live music and more! Celebrate Leon’s birthday w/ Mitch Jacobs Sun. Jan. 5th, and see Rockin’ Johnny Burgin, (direct from Chicago) with Chris Ruest Fri. Jan. 10th. The next night, Sat. the 11th, it’s Herschel Berry back onstage! You may remember Herschel and his band The Natives playing around Htown in the 1980’s. Speaking of the 80’s, see the fun 80’s cover band The Monicas, with Joel’s Garage on Sat. Jan. 18th. Then “Chinese Bluesman” Rick Lee & The Night Owls Sat. Jan. 25th. Closing out the month is hard rockers Treynwrek w/ band TBA Fri. Jan. 31st. Thursday nights this month is the Songwriter Showcase at Leon’s Lounge w/ E. Phillip Vallejo. Sign up at 7:30pm and no cover! Go to www.leonslounge.com or check out the lounge on Facebook!

House of Blues House of Blues in Houston showcases acts from all over the world. Check out the

famous restaurant and the Foundation Room bar when you’re there as well. This month, Michael Jackson tribute band Who’s Bad is there Fri. Jan. 3rd, then Machine Head is there Wed. Jan. 22nd, and Queensryche Thurs. Jan. 23rd! Learn more at www.houseofblues.com.

White Oak Music Hall White Oak Music Hall is Houston’s newest live venue for live music. Located at is at 2915 N Main St. in the Montrose area, they have both an indoor and outdoor performance space. The indoor space has an upstairs area that can hold over 200 people and the larger hall downstairs holds up to 1,000. The outdoor amphitheater with lawn seating can support over 3,000 guests!

You can see bands like Jason Boland & The Stragglers and Leftover Salmon Wed. Jan. 15th, and then if you’re into heavy metal, you may want to check out Winter Meltown Fri. Jan. 17th with tribute acts Road to Ruina tribute to the Ramones, To Tame a Landa tribute to Iron Maiden, and No Remorsea Metallica tribute. The Supersuckers are in town Sat. Jan. 25th. Tickets for these shows at White Oak Music Hall and more are at www.whiteoakmusichall.com.

Revention Music Center Revention Music Center is the live music venue in Bayou Place in Houston.

They provide entertainment across all

Up On A Quasar Perform at the Last Concert Cafe We’re at the Last Concert Cafe to see Houston’s answer to The Grateful Dead, Up On A Quasar. Up On A Quasar is a project from local Houston musicians who’s goal is to put a unique and fresh take on one of the most influential American rock bands, among them the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead was a classic American experience - a musical movement synonymous with deeply personal but emotionally mature lyrics, the freedom to spontaneously explore new and jet setting sound combinations, and the counterculture of the 1960s to the present day. The band carries the honor of being the ultimate musicians’ musicians.

In Houston, a group of young, musically seasoned ultra-fans feel that the Dead still has a tremendous message to offer today’s society, sonically as well as philosophically. Up On A Quasar - brings the groove to an ensemble of harmonically inclined multi-instrumentalists, recreating an authentic Dead experience that channels the poignancy of modern times and the experience of professional musical talents. If you haven’t experienced Up On A Quasar, then the two videos that we’ve posted on our YouTube channel, houstonmusicnewstv1, will open you to a whole dimension of music. Check ‘em out right now.

genres. Their upcoming schedule includes a comedy show with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell: Bumping Mics Sat. Jan. 18th. Armin Van Buren is there Thurs. Jan. 30th. The Fab Four, your ultimate Beatles tribute is Fri. Jan. 31st.

Check out www.reventionmusiccenter.com for more details.

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This Month at The Last Concert Cafe Friday, January 3 - Texas Reggae Fest with Proof Of Life, Roots From The Clay, The Philosophers, So/Below Thursday, January 9 - Morgan Heritage with Roots From The Clay (Reggae) Friday, January 10 - Matt Gilmour Band with Josh Pearson, & Howard and The Nosebleeds Saturday, January 11 - Koodookoo with Cadillac Jackson (FREE FUNK) Saturday, January 17 - Marco Benevento with Mike Dillon Band Thursday, January 23 - Perpetual Groove with Funk You Friday, January 24 - Tanner Fenoglio and Jarrod Morris (Country) Friday, January 31 - Universal Sigh (Jam/Rock) Thursday, February 6 - North Mississippi Allstars Up and Rolling Tour Friday, February 7 - The Damn Torpedoes - A Tribute to Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers January 2020

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Channel 63 Performs at Rudyard’s You can always catch something different at Rudyard’s British Pub. Tonight was our first encounter with the “Ambient Noise” of a gentleman who calls himself Channel 63.

Channel 63 is from New York, so this is obviously some new type of music (?) that they’re having there at the moment. To describe it would be to tell you to tune in your radio somewhere between stations, where all you hear is the hiss and whine of nothing there. Well there you got it. That’s what it sounded to us. It’s not for everybody, but he did have an audience there that was really getting into it. What the hell do I know.... this might actually be the future of music. At least I got to hear something different.

Heights Guitar Tech Heights Guitar Tech offers quality work at affordable prices for all your stringed instruments. That includes guitars, basses, and banjos, fiddles upright basses, mandolins, autoharps and more. They also offer fast turnaround service. Heights Guitar Tech is located in the Heights at 742 W. 20th Street (between Shepherd and Durham) Heights Guitar Tech has been open for 5 years now and their goal is and always has been to provide a place to take your stringed instruments for quality repairs at reasonable prices that you don’t have to wait a month to get completed! They are open Tuesday through Friday 11am until 7pm and Saturdays from 10am until 5pm. Ask about their gift certificates for the hard to please musician in your life. You can give them a call at 713-426-1888 or visit them on the web at

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Jones Hall Jones Hall is the performing arts venue that has the Houston Symphony as well as other theater and speaking events.

The Houston Symphony with Jader Bignamini & Augustin Hadelich- Paganini, Rossini & Respighi Thurs. Jan 9th thru Sat. Jan. 11th, then the Symphony with John Storgards & Vadim Gluzman- Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich Fri. Jan. 17th thru Sun. Jan. 19th. Then it’s Stomp Thurs. Jan. 23rd thru Sat. Jan. 25th. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

The Continental Club The Continental Club is the renowned vintage rock club at 3700 Main St. in Houston, and just like the original Austin location, they have lots of live music from some of the best artists around. It’s the annual Disco New Year w/ Disco Expressions Fri. Jan. 3rd. Then it’s the BowiElvis Fest Sat. Jan. 11th- in honor of David Bowie and Elvis Presley’s birthdays on Jan. 8th. Then, it’s Tony Scalzo and Miles Zuniga of Fastball Thurs. Jan. 14th! Beetle Happy Hour (Beatles tribute) is Thursdays at 7pm, and once a month is the Von Hindenburg (Led Zeppelin tribute) happy hour. To learn more about the venue and what’s happening there, go to www.continentalclub.com.

Toyota Center Toyota Center in Houston is not only the home of your Houston Rockets, but also host to many other concerts and events.

Besides Rockets games, there is WWWWhen Worlds Collide on Sat. Jan. 25th, and Celine Dion Sat. Feb. 1st. Tickets available at www.toyotacenter.com.

Rockefellers Rockefellers is Houston’s rock club that came about in the 80’s, and recently came back into existence after being closed for many years. They have free parking, a full bar, and of course live music. David Bowie tribute ‘Lectric Eye and Duran Duran tribute Radio Duran are here Sat. Jan. 11th, and Doors tribute Stoned Immaculate with Jimi Hendrix tribute on Fri. Jan. 17th. Hiphop event Vock Fest 5 is there Sat. Jan. 25th, featuring Vockah Redu, Supa Cent, Vincent Powell, Omney the CEO. DJ Lil; Man, Morena Roas, We Were Born, and Julian Lark. To book your band here, or to inquire about a private event, call 713-862-4070, or visit rockefellershouston.com. They are located at 3620 Washington Ave. If you haven’t been to Rockefeller’s, then come see what the talk is about! continued on next page

Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Frank’s Pizza & Frank’s Backyard Frank’s Pizza is located in the Downtown area. They are open from 11am until 10pm Sunday through Wednesday. They offer late hours Thursday nights till 1am and Friday and Saturday nights until 3am, for those of you looking for a great pizza snack.

Stop in at 417 Travis St. in Houston and grab a bite. Frank’s has also expanded and now have a Frank’s Backyard, which offers additional seating, and occasional live music!

The Big Easy Houston’s social & pleasure club is The Big Easy! This renowned bar at 5731 Kirby Dr. has the best in blues, zydeco, and rock! Sundays have a zydeco party 8pmmidnight. Then, it’s Jonn Del Toro Richardson and Eric Demmer on Mondays, and James Wilhite on Tuesdays. The Big & Easy Blues Jam is on Wednesdays, with all musicians welcome. No cover. Then The Mighty Orq is on Thursdays. None of these shows have a cover. For only a $5 cover you can see bands on the weekends like Evelyn Rubio Sat. Jan. 4th, Steve Gilbert Fri. Jan. 17th, and closing out the month is Texas Johnny Boy Fri. Jan. 31st. The once-amonth features are the National Zydeco Foundation Jam on Sun. Jan. 28th and Houston Blues Society Jam on Thurs. Jan. 30th.

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Remember When Perform at Rockefellers It was definitely a trip down memory lane when we dropped by Rockefellers to check out Lupe Olivarez band, Remember When. It was a night of Classic Rock, bringing back all those old memories from long ago.

The room was packed and the crowd there just went crazy for Lupe and all the Classic Rock he was performing. Lupe will be back at Rockefellers soon with his band Stoned Immaculate, a Doors Tribute on Friday, January 17th. You really need to put this show on your list of things to do this month.

Chapultepec Lupita Mexican Restaurant For a late night meal, you can stop in at Chapultepec Lupita Mexican Restaurant.

They are open 24 hours a day. That’s right.

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Chapultepec is located at 813 Richmond.

You can also try their award winning margaritas. If you are tired of missing happy hours at other locations, no worries, their happy hour is from 11am until 9pm 7 days a week! They have over 100 different types of tequila and are adding more and more...so come on out!

Last Concert Cafe Last Concert Cafe is a special place in Houston for people who love arts, music, and good food! It’s located in a historic building at 1403 Nance St. and many of you may know they are a cafe that serves TexMex and vegetarian food made from scratch, and have an outdoor music stage for performances in a courtyard filled with sand.

Whether you’ve been or not, we’re here to let you know what’s happening there. There is live music 7 nights a week with dinner bands that have no cover until 9:30pm. Sundays have a brunch and an acoustic jam 11am-3pm, and then Tuesday night there’s a musician’s jam hosted by Howard & the

Nosebleeds, followed by an open mic after their set. Wednesday nights have the Potroast band, the Midnight Drum Circle, and Hellinabucket. Live music is Thursday thru Saturday. Catch a reggae show with Morgan Heritage w/ Roots From the Clay Thurs. Jan. 9th, Marco Benevento w/ Mike Dillon Band Sat. Jan. 17th, and some country music with Tanner Fenoglio and Jarrod Morris Fri. Jan. 24th. Then, make sure to be there to see touring band North Mississippi Allstars on their Up and Rolling tour Thurs.

Feb. 6th! Check the calendar in this month’s issue to see what else is happening at Last Concert Cafe this month!

The Secret Group If you’re looking for something different to do, why not check out The Secret Group! Not only do they have live music; they also showcase comedy, as well as karaoke and trivia nights. The Pass the Mic: Open Mic Night is on Tuesdays, and Karaoke Wednesdays from 10pm-1am. Saturdays have the Dial Up: 90’s & Y2K dance party. The Secret Group is at 2101 Polk St. on the East Side of downtown Houston. Tell your friends about this best-kept secret in Houston!

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Your Guide To Great Food and Entertainment Inside The 610 Loop Warehouse Live Warehouse Live is the 3-roomed venue in the warehouse district near George R. Brown Convention Center. They have the Ballroom for large concerts, the Studio for more intimate performances, and the Green Room for special events. This month, 80’s rockers Enuff Z’ Nuff are there with special guests The Blackheart Saints and Tame Fury on Fri. Jan. 10th in the Ballroom. Then check out Ozz, a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, with Judas X, a tribute to Judas Priest, and All Hallows Eve, a tribute to Type O Negative on Sat. Jan. 11th in the Ballroom. Then it’s Us & Them- The Pink Floyd Experience and Tooloji- a tribute to Tool Sat. Jan. 18th in the Ballroom. More 80’s rock with Y&T and Kendall Mason Wed. Jan. 29th, also in the Ballroom. For more info and upcoming concert dates at Warehouse Live, go to www.warehouselive.com.

Rudyard’s British Pub Rudyard’s in Montrose is a popular bar in the area that has a lot of original local music. They also have a downstairs area that offers darts, pool, TV’s, plus a full bar and flame grill. Sundays are FREE hot jazz Sundays at 6pm downstairs, and then A Couple of Stand Up Guys comedy open mic on Mondays. Tuesday is industry and karaoke night, Wednesday is Houston Reddit board game meet up, and Thursday is the Dart Tournament. Then Bison, Lagmind,

Breathwish, and Trashkat Sat. Jan. 4th, then BKB God Save the Queens featuring War on Sunday, Sykotic Tendencies, and The Element Fri. Jan. 10th. Rough Sleepers, Gerritt Wittmer, Future Blondes, and Studded Left are on Sat. Jan. 18th, and then Hot Sun, Saint Era, and Hugh Morrison & Beth Patterson Fri. Jan. 25th. Rudyard’s is at 2010 Waugh St. For booking info, call 713-5210521 between 1pm-3pm on Wednesdays.

Lots of stuff going on at Rudz!

The Heights Theater The Heights Theater is a restored early-1900’s movie theater with an old marquee, and inside is available for private events, as well as now booking live bands!

This month, see Josh Rouse and Chuck Prophet Fri. Jan. 17th, then Sean McConnell Sun. Jan. 19th. Robert Ellis: Texas Piano Man is there Fri. Jan. 24th. Go to www.theheightstheater.com to sign up for their newsletter or to see who else is coming.

Fuller’s Guitar It’s that time of the year to check out Fuller’s Guitar for your next guitar purchase. They are located at 116 N. Loop 610 at Yale in Houston. They are open Monday through Friday 10am till 6pm and on Saturdays from 10am till 5 and closed on Sundays. Fuller’s Guitar carry a large assort-

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Steve Krase Performs at The Big Easy This was a great month for shows. We got to see another one of our favorite performers, Steve Krase, as he presented his “Annual Holiday Ball” at The Big Easy. When it comes to the Blues, Steve just oozes it. It comes out every pore of his body when he performs. He is the consummate professional. He dresses for the occasion. Tonight Steve was having a blast.

You could tell by his stage performance, occasionally making his forays into the audience to perform up close and personal with the folks there. It was definitely a lot of fun. You need to check him out sometime if you haven’t seen him perform. If you have seen him, then you already know what we’re talking about. We have two videos from Steve Krase’s Holiday Ball to share with you right now on our YouTube Channel at houstonmusicnewstv1. Just tune in right now and start watching. Make sure you have enough room around you when you do, because you’ll probably wind up dancing along with the music. Thanks Steve for a great evening!

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Y & T Perform at Warehouse Live Legendary rockers, Y&T will return to Houston for a special concert at Warehouse Live this month on January 29th.

Opening for Y&T will be The Kendall Mason Band.

Before Mötley Crüe, before RATT, even before there was a Metallica, Y&T was slogging away in sweaty rock clubs around America. When the band formed in the early 1970s, little did they know they would set the standard for hard rock bands that trailed.

Many of the biggest acts of the ’80s became popular opening for headliners Y&T—and cut their teeth on the band, as evidenced by the Y&T mentions in tell-all books by acts such as Metallica and Mötley Crüe.

A legendary live band that arguably never managed to translate its electric onstage intensity into its studio albums, Y&T stood within reach of the Grail of rock & roll stardom many times in their long career — but through a series of mistakes, bad timing, and sheer bad luck, the ultimate prize always seemed to elude them in the end.

Taking their name from a Beatles song, the group was originally formed as Yesterday & Today in San Francisco, around 1973, by vocalist and lead guitarist Dave Meniketti, bassist Phil Kennemore, and drummer Leonard Haze. After stealing rhythm guitarist Joey Alves from a rival band, the group began to gig constantly around the Bay Area, opening for such heavyweights as Journey and the Doobie Brothers, while building a strong local following. They were eventually signed to a contract by London Records, which released their eponymous debut in 1976 and its follow-up, Struck Down, two years later, but dropped the foursome when neither album delivered any hits. Luckily, the band persevered through a few lean years and was duly rewarded with a new longterm deal from A&M Records in 1981, signaling this fresh start by shortening its name to Y&T. Earthshaker, their first album for the label, came out later that year and was a resounding success, earning Y&T a number of high-profile opening slots with AC/DC and Kiss, and culminating in a memorable performance at the next year’s prestigious Pink Pop Festival in Holland. By then, an optimistic Y&T were already recording their next album, Black Tiger, in England with producer Max Norman, who, despite his growing résumé (the Tubes, Ozzy Osbourne, etc.), civilized raging on-stage anthems like “Open Fire,” “Barroom Boogie,” and “Forever” under a meticulous but somewhat lifeless studio sheen. The LP didn’t quite match the acclaim and excitement of its predecessor and, although 1983’s succeeding Mean Streak added a livelier sound (courtesy of new producer Chris Tsangarides), and notched a monster international hit with “Midnight in Tokyo,” Y&T had yet to make a major impact on the American market, where hard rock and metal were enjoying unprecedented platinum sales from the likes of Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, and Mötley Crüe.

Y&T’s next effort, 1984’s In Rock We Trust, was another disappointment by comparison and yielded no hits, but the band’s well-received appearance at the 1984 Monsters of Rock Festival at least inspired A&M (whose inexperience for promoting hard rock and metal was becoming increasingly evident) to transpose Y&T’s blistering greatest-hits show into the following year’s revelatory Open Fire set. And among the live recordings was snuck in a studio track as irresistible and catchy as it was premeditated, called “Summertime Girls,” which

finally scored a major radio and MTV hit with its unprecedented layers of keyboards and Meniketti’s deliberate karaoke on Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth. Such were the ’80s, though, and after being hastily reprised on the band’s next studio set, Down for the Count, in late 1985, the song climbed as high as number 55 on the Billboard charts, and landed Y&T more tours opening for the Crüe and Aerosmith, yet ultimately signaled their departure from A&M (the obligatory greatest-hits set, Best of ’81 to ’85, emerged in 1990).

Of course, Y&T were no strangers to second chances, and when hotshot record executive John Kalodner — best known for orchestrating Aerosmith’s incredible career resurrection — approached them with a tantalizing offer to record for on-the-rise Geffen Records, the planets seemed to be aligning at last. Unfortunately, the same calculated image and musical overhaul (add hair spray, subtract aggression, equals glam metal heaven) that had worked so well for Aerosmith mysteriously misfired for Y&T on 1987’s once again average-selling Contagious (whose title track’s video even seemed to have been filmed on the same set as the ‘Smith’s “Rag Doll”). And the ejection of longtime drummer Leonard Haze to make way for the infinitely cuter (and, to be fair, extremely competent) Jimmy DeGrasso rubbed many longtime fans the wrong way — regardless of Haze’s reported ongoing struggles with substance abuse.

This was also rumored to be the cause behind Joey Alves’ replacement by Stef Burns prior to 1990’s Ten, whose songs sounded more like classic Y&T but failed to strike a nerve with fickle hard rock consumers, still preoccupied with image instead of substance. Tired of fighting a losing battle, Y&T

would officially disband a short time later (their passing eventually mourned via the release of their farewell gig as 1991’s Yesterday & Today Live), increasing the void of quality hard rock bands amid all of the bubblegum glam casting a pall over the birth of the ’90s, yet also sparing them from the ruinous fate awaiting all of those opportunist bands when grunge finally emerged.

Years passed, though; grunge came and went, and 1995 unexpectedly saw the final Y&T lineup reconvene for a new studio album entitled Musically Incorrect and, two years later, the aptly named Endangered Species, after which Dave Meniketti spent

some time exercising his blues kicks on 1998’s On the Blue Side. He later formed a new touring band under his own name and released the Meniketti album in 2002, but with interest in Y&T finally in resurgence, the timing seemed once again ripe for a reunion. This began to take shape by way of some long-needed reissues of their classic catalog (boasting worldwide sales exceeding four million by now) and a pair of Unearthed rarities collections, after which Meniketti and old sparring partner Phil Kennemore resumed touring across America as Y&T, with the help of guitarist John Nymann and drummer Mike Vanderhule.

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MUSIC NEWS Wednesday, January 15 Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s) Open Mic w/Brian Sacco & Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels) Seventeen- “Ode to You” tour 2020 (Smart Financial Centre) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) Luba’s Big Top Ramble (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) The Red Clay Strays (Continental Club) Open Jam hosted by Russell Warner and Associates (Jailhouse Saloon) Thursday, January 16 The Mighty Orq (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) E. Philip Vallejo’s Singer/Songwriter Showcase (Leon’s Lounge) Mike Morgan & The Crawl (Katie’s) Blended Blue w/Randy Akin (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) 96 Bitter Beings w/The Native Howl, & Locust Groove (upstairs); Yvonne Orji“Lagos to Laurel” Comedy tour 2020 (White Oak Music Hall) The Tomfooligans w/The Creeps, & Pasttime (Broadcast on The Edge Radio) (Acadia Bar & Grill) Karaoke Contest w/Kasi Land (4 week contest) (9pm) (Loaded Barrels) “Acoustic Thursday Nights” w/Blake Jackson (Bonez Draught House) Beetle- Happy Hour (Continental Club) Jayceeoh (Stereo Live) Premium Blend (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans)

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Friday, January 17 Steve Gilbert (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Painted Horse w/TBA (Leon’s Lounge) Doug Strahan (Katie’s) Motorbud w/State of Mind, & White Trash Superstar (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) The Spazmatics (Scout Bar) The Ocean Blue w/Motorcade (upstairs); “Winter Meltdown Tribute” w/Road to Ruin (The Ramones), To Tame a Land (Iron

Saturday, January 18 Mike Morgan (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) The Monicas w/Joel’s Garage (Leon’s Lounge) Paul Ramirez Band (Katie’s) 2 Cold (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) The Dope Show (Marilyn Manson tribute) w/ Mr Self Destruct (Nine Inch Nails tribute) (Scout Bar) “MyOhMy”- Drag Show extravaganza:

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Sunday, January 19 Raa-Raa (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Mitch Jacobs (Leon’s Lounge) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Ricky Jackson (Katie’s) Third Coast Grappling presents: 3CG: Kids 1 (Scout Bar) Zealand the North w/Three White Doves, & Alone on the Moon (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Dirty Honey w/The Amazons (studio) (Warehouse Live) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (4pm-8pm) (Cruiser’s) Paranoid Void (Acadia Bar & Grill) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) Kathleen Madigan- “8 O’Clock Happy Hour”

Tuesday, January 21 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Tow’rs w/B.R. Lively (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Iann Dior w/Landon Cube, & Poorstacy (studio) (Warehouse Live) Industry/Karaoke Night (Rudyard’s) Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) Karaoke; Open Mic; Open Jam (Vollie Ray’s Circus)

Monday, January 20 Jonn ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Surf Curse (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) A Couple of Stand- Up Guys- Open Mic (Rudyard’s) Jam w/Gavin Sasser (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Jacquees- “King of R&B” tour 2020 (music hall) (House of Blues) Open Mic Night/Live Music (Bonez Draught House & Sports Bar)

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Pasttime. Broadcast on The Edge Radio Friday, January 17 - Temptress, Ethereal, Saviorskin Saturday, January 18 - Hindsight, Of The Fallen, Endure The Affliction, Calderas Sunday, January 19 - Paranoid Void Wednesday, January 22 - Open Mic Thursday, January 23 - Reverend Jack, Bayou Vimana, Creepwater Revelation. Broadcast on The Edge Radio Friday, January 24 - Worhol, Hanna Barakat, Chasing After Alice, Epic Death Saturday, January 25 - Echo Temple, Masqued, Engineered Society Project Sunday, January 26 - Misery Loves Company, Lonelyouth, Hoodie Party, Turn It Again, Fear The Light Wednesday, January 29 - Open Mic Thursday, January 30 - BROJOB, Hunt The Dinosaur, Alpha Virus, State Of Filth, Eric Teaches Gun Safety Friday, January 31 - Mari Jayn, The Show Tribute to Pink Floyd, Children of the Mind

MUSIC NEWS The Brook & The Bluff w/Stephen Day (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Open Mic (Acadia Bar & Grill) Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s) Open Mic w/Brian Sacco & Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) Itzy Premier showcase tour- “Itzy? Itzy!” in USA tour (Revention Music Center) Machine Head (music hall) (House of Blues) Luba’s Big Top Ramble (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Open Jam hosted by Russell Warner and Associates (Jailhouse Saloon) Thursday, January 23 The Mighty Orq (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) E. Philip Vallejo’s Singer/Songwriter Showcase (Leon’s Lounge) Ricky Jackson (Katie’s) Blended Blue w/Randy Akin (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Mattiel (upstairs); Sleeping with Sirens (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Church of Cash (Johnny Cash tribute) (studio); Lettuce (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Reverend Jack w/Bayou Vinama, Creepwater Revelation (Broadcast on The Edge Radio) (Acadia Bar & Grill) A New Classic Cabaret (Rudyard’s) Karaoke Contest w/Kasi Land (4 week contest) (9pm) (Loaded Barrels) Perpetual Groove w/Funk You (Last Concert Cafe) Dwight Yoakam (Arena Theatre) Premium Blend (Vollie Ray’s Circus) ThouxanbanFauni w/TeeJayx6 (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) “Acoustic Thursday Nights” w/Blake Jackson (Bonez Draught House) Riot (Stereo Live) Beetle- Happy Hour (Continental Club) Stomp (Jones Hall) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Friday, January 24 Tweed Smith (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Allison Fisher & Her Swell Band (Leon’s Lounge) Alan Haynes (Katie’s) th The John Barraza Project (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Scary Kids Scaring Kids (Scout Bar) Miniature Tigers- “Vampires in the Daylight” tour 2020 w/Katzu Oso (upstairs); Mandolin Orange w/Kate Rhudy (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Will Reagan w/Andrea Marie, & The Arcadian Wild (studio); Roddy Ricch (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Worhol w/Hannah Barakat, Chasing after Alice, & Epic Death (Acadia Bar & Grill) Texas TNT (Uncle Albert’s Pub) Karaoke (Ashford Pub) DJ Omar (Loaded Barrels) Tanner Fenoglio and Jarrod Morris (Last Concert Cafe) Hold- K.B. (BFE Rock Club) “Decades Collide” 80’s vs 90’s w/DJ Biz Markie (music hall); J.I. Prince (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Live Music/DJ (Bonez Draught House & Sports Bar) The Monicas- Happy Hour; The Iguanas (Continental Club) Silence (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) Bingo Players- “Chop” tour 2020 (Stereo Live) Stomp (Jones Hall) Midnight in the Box”- live comedy (The Secret Group) Robert Ellis w/Jamie McDell (Heights Theater) Jill Donahue & The Edge (Jailhouse Saloon) DJ (Shenanigans) Saturday, January 25 Alan Haynes (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Rick Lee & The Night Owls (Leon’s Lounge) Mark May Band (Katie’s) An evening with Off the Beaten Left Hand Path w/Serpientes De Fuego, Spectral Manifest, Chemicaust, Vesperian Sorrow, & Serpentian (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Texas Flood (Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Blues tribute) (Scout Bar) Supersuckers w/TBA (upstairs); Phora- “Love

Yourself” tour 2020 (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Heart Stoppers (Cruiser’s) Echo Temple w/Masqued, & Engineered Society Project (Acadia Bar & Grill) Hot Sun w/Saint Era, Hugh Morrison & Beth Patterson (Rudyard’s) DJ Omar (Loaded Barrels) “Houston Vockfest 2020” featuring Vockah Redu w/Supa Cent, Vincent Powell, Omney the CEO, DJ Lil Man, Morena Roas, We Were Born, & Julian Lark (Rockefellers) Hold- Ralph (BFE Rock Club) Drag Diva Brunch- “The Magic Queendom” (Voodoo Stage/restaurant); Trey Anastasio (music hall); Saved by the 90’s (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Stomp (2pm & 8pm) (Jones Hall) Live Music/DJ (Bonez Draught House & Sports Bar) Roadside Glorious w/Electric Van (Continental Club) Wildermiss (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club)

New Clear Weapon (Jailhouse Saloon) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Sunday, January 26 National Zydeco Foundation Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Mitch Jacobs (Leon’s Lounge) Katie’s Blues Jam hosted by Mark May (Katie’s) The Paranoyds w/Surfbort (upstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (4pm-8pm) (Cruiser’s) Misery Loves Company w/Lonelyouth, Hoodie Party, Turn it Again, & Fear the Light (Acadia Bar & Grill) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) School of Rock (BFE Rock Club) Wale- “Everything is Fine” tour 2020 (music hall) (House of Blues) Open Mic (The Secret Group)

Jeremy Olander (Stereo Live) Open Jam w/ ‘Lectric Ed and Friends (Jailhouse Saloon) Monday, January 27 Jonn ‘Del Toro’ Richardson and Eric Demmer (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) “Band of Brothers” road show 2020 featuring American Authors w/Magic Giant, & Public (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) A Couple of Stand- Up Guys- Open Mic (Rudyard’s) Chad Ware (Katie’s) Jam w/Gavin Sasser (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Open Mic Night/Live Music (Bonez Draught House & Sports Bar) Tuesday, January 28 James Wilhite (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) Karaoke by Overtime Productions hosted by Mary (19th Hole Grill & Sports Bar) BewhY (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall)

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MUSIC NEWS Tuesday, January 28 Earthgang w/Mick Jenkins (studio) (Warehouse Live) Industry/Karaoke Night (Rudyard’s) Hugo Jamz Trio (Katie’s) Musicians Jam hosted by Howard & The Nosebleeds/Open Mic to follow (Last Concert Cafe) Karaoke; Open Mic; Open Jam (Vollie Ray’s Circus) Wednesday, January 29 Big & Easy Blues Jam (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) The Three Tremors (Scout Bar) AJJ w/Tacocat, & Emperor X (downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Y & T w/Kendall Mason Band (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Open Mic (Acadia Bar & Grill) Houston Reddit Board Game meet-up (Rudyard’s) Open Mic w/Brian Sacco & Darwin Macon (Loaded Barrels)

Luba’s Big Top Ramble (Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top @ Continental Club) PotRoast Band w/The Midnight Drum Circle, & Hellina Bucket (Last Concert Cafe) “Doughboys” podcast w/Nick Wiger & Mike Mitchell (music hall) (House of Blues) Open Jam hosted by Russell Warner and Associates (Jailhouse Saloon) Thursday, January 30 Houston Blues Society Jam hosted by Evelyn Rubio (The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club) E. Philip Vallejo’s Singer/Songwriter Showcase (Leon’s Lounge) th Blended Blues w/Randy Akin (19 Hole Grill & Sports Bar) Freedom of Speech (Scout Bar) Mortis- “North American” tour 2020 w/Tomb, & Sleeping Ancient (upstairs); “The Joe Kay Experience”- a 4 hour set (White Oak Music Hall) Brojob w/Hunt the Dinosaur, Alpha Virus, State of Filth, & Eric Teaches Gun Safety (Acadia Bar & Grill)

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(downstairs) (White Oak Music Hall) Adam & Eve fashion show (ballroom) (Warehouse Live) Mark May (Cruiser’s) Triple Threat Birthday Bash w/The 13th Victim, Sniper 66, Revels, Noogy, On the Cinder, & Archaic 3 (Rudyard’s) DJ Omar (Loaded Barrels) “Houston Brighter Orange Gala” (Rockefellers) Chaka Khan (Arena Theatre) Saint Motel- “The Motion Picture Show” tour 2020 (music hall); Tayla Parx (Bronze Peacock room) (House of Blues) Celine Dion- “Courage” world tour 2020 (Toyota Center) Mindcrime (Queensryche tribute) w/Big City Nights (Scorpions tribute) (The Concert Pub/ North) Live Music/DJ (Bonez Draught House & Sports Bar) Fkyjack (record release) (Continental Club) Houston Symphony- “Beethoven 7” (Jones Hall) Free Juke Box (Shenanigans) Sunday, February 2 Sunday Blues Jam hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers (4pm-8pm) (Cruiser’s) Free Hot Jazz Sundays (downstairs) (Rudyard’s) Katie’s Jam (Katie’s) Sunday Brunch & Acoustic Jam (11am-3pm) (Last Concert Cafe) Houston Symphony- “Beethoven 7” (Jones Hall) Open Mic (The Secret Group) Open Jam w/Lectric Ed and Friends (Jailhouse Saloon)

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The Texas Tenors are the most successful music group and third highest selling artist in the history of America’s Got Talent! Since appearing on the show in 2009, JC, Marcus and John have released 4 studio albums, 2 PBS Specials, 4 DVDs, multiple singles and a children’s book that have earned them impressive recognition including 3 Emmy Awards, The Gelett Burgess Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature and the distinction of being Billboard Magazine’s 2017 #10 Classical Crossover Artist in the World. Their most recent albums “Rise” and “A Collection of Broadway and American Classics” both debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Chart.

These classically-trained, versatile tenors have performed more than 1300 concerts around the world including headline shows in Las Vegas, China and a 24-city tour on the United Kingdom. With three different live concerts “Rise: Live on Tour”, rousingly patriotic “Let Freedom Sing” and holiday favorite “Deep in the Heart of Christmas”, their concerts appeal to all ages and have been wildly successful from performing arts centers, casinos and symphony halls to outdoor festivals and corporate events.

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Infinite Record Convention Infinite Record Convention is your “One Stop Record Stop”! On Sunday, January 26th be sure and go to the Hilton Southwest at 6780 Southwest Freeway near 59 at Hillcroft to see an amazing selection on new and used records, CD’s and DVD’s. You can also check out the many posters, memorabilia items and collectibles. You will find all types of music styles from Jazz, Blues, Dance, Metal and Alternative.

Admission is only $4.00.

Opens at 10am. Buy, sell or trade!

Michael Kennedy Performs at The Acadia Bar One of favorite performers is Michael Kennedy. Whether performing solo or with a band, Michael is a joy to catch performing. We’ve always had a good time at his performances. This night when we caught up with him and his full band, The Vendetta aka Michael Kennedy and The Vendetta, he was performing at The Acadia Bar & Grill. His show was definitely a lot of fun as usually. I’m sure that once you’ve seen the two videos we have posted on our YouTube Channel, houstonmusicnewstv1, you’ll agree with us. This guy is definitely a great entertainer. We urge you to watch both videos and catch Michael when he is out performing around Houston.

Jailhouse Saloon Jailhouse Saloon is the bar that actually used to be an old jail in Spring, and was repurposed into a bar!

There’s an open jam there every Sunday with ‘Lectric Ed and Friends.

Now also there’s an open jam Wednesdays with Russell Warner & Associates. Karaoke Madness w/ Johnny King is TBA! The live music on the weekends has bands like Joe Clover Band Fri. Jan. 10th, Mark May Band Sat. Jan. 18th, New Clear Weapon Sat. Jan. 25th, and Papatone Fri. Jan. 31st. Jailhouse is at 310 Preston St. in Spring. The commissary is open Monday through Sunday if you are hungry! Always a good time to get locked up at Jailhouse Saloon!

Annika Chambers Performs at Katie’s Bar in Bacliff We got a chance to catch one of Annika Chambers last Houston appearances for a while. Since Annika Chamber got married she’s been planning to move to Canada where her husband is from. She is now Annika Chambers-DesLauriers. She happens to be married to Canadian musician, Paul DesLauriers, whom you can see playing guitar in the picture above. Those of you who have seen Annika, will surely miss her. Those lucky Canadians. Now they’re going to have a real honest to goodness, Blue singer. We’re looking forward to see her return to Houston from time to time to perform as she still has family in the area. Have a great time Annika, we’ll miss you.

Acadia Bar & Grill Acadia Bar & Grill hosts the most hard rock and metal bands in Houston! They have happy hour every day from noon to 7pm, and shot specials and live music Sundays. Mondays have pool and poker, and poker and Londale Perform at The BFE Rock Club stand-up comedy Tues- Tonight when we dropped by The BFE Rock Club, we were treated to an days. Wednesdays have unscheduled, but definitely welcomed act, Londale. Here’s a great band with open mic. Bands on good vocals, great harmonies, and really good songs to add them to. They claim Thursdays are broadcast they are a cross between Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, REM, and Glen on The Edge Radio. The Frey with a dash of Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and The Lemonheads... entertainment schedule and we think that’s probably a real adequate description. The band has one includes some of these album under their belts now, called “Achilles.” The album is quite captivating shows: Michael and contains a number of different genre’s of music combined together to give it Kennedy, Karim K, Lu- a special feel. If you haven’t heard it yet, check out their website for possible cid Illusions, and 3 Ex- links to some of their songs. Better than that, just buy it from them. I’m sure its to Hattiesburg on you’ll be happy with it. We were. It was a good show this night and we’re Thurs. Jan. 9th, then certainly happy we stumbled in to see them this night. Sometimes the best things Temptress, Ethereal, and are unplanned.

Saviorskin Fri. Jan. 17th. Then Echo Temple, www.acadiabarandgrill.com or to Facebook to Masqued, and Engineered Society Project Sat. see what else they have going on!

Jan. 25th, and Misery Loves Company, Lonelyouth, Hoodie Party, Turn it Turn it Again, and Fear the Light Sun. Jan. 26th. Acadia Bar & Grill is at 3939 Cypress Creek Pkway. Enjoy continued on next page the bar and its new patio. Go to

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Stereo Live!

Houston’s best place to go to for dance, electronic, and hip-hop music is Stereo Live!

They have a large room for the main entertainment, and they also have a big outdoor terrace and signature loft upstairs, for smaller, intimate gatherings. Entertainment here this month includes Doctor P and Cookie Monsta Sat. Jan. 11th, then Jayceeoh Thurs. Jan. 16th and Bingo Players: Chop Tour Fri. Jan. 24th. If you want to book your next event here, call 832-2519600. Stereo Live is at 6400 Richmond Ave. in Houston. Come party with the folks here!

Wide Open Throttle Performs at The BFE Club This night we’re attending Wide Open Throttle’s Christmas Benefit for Toys For Tots. They’ve been doing this for year’s now at BFE and it’s one of the highlights of the year for me. I go every year. It’s a fantastic show and for a really great cause. Anything that benefit’s kids is something I want to be in on. I’ve really enjoyed every Christmas show they’ve done there. Wide Open Throttle is filled with a bunch of really great guys with big hearts. For those of you that already go to this, you need no explanation, but for the uninitiated, every year Wide Open Throttle dresses up like Santa and His Helpers and puts on this beautiful extravaganza. Every song the band performs is a popular rock song by a major artist that they rewrite the lyrics to with Christmas themed lyrics. It’s fantastic. You might be listening to a Black Sabbath song, but then you realize it’s all about Santa delivering gifts... or something along that line. Unbelievable. What a great idea! We’ve got three videos from the show to share with you right now. Just tune into our YouTube channel at houstonmusicnewstv1 and start watching right now. It’s going to be a lot of fun.

Texas TNT Texas TNT is Houston’s high-energy rock n roll band! They have a handful of gigs around town this month.

First up is at Hugh & Jeff’s Car Wash in League City Sat. Jan. 4th from 8pm-midnight, and then it’s up to Conroe for a show at The Backwoods Saloon Sat. Jan. 11th from 8pm midnight. Aspens in Kemah is where they are next on Sat. Jan. 18th from 9pm-1am. Then Uncle Alberts Pub Fri. Jan. 24th from 9pm-1am.

Then, an upcoming gig at Litehouse Icehouse in Spring is Sat. Feb. 8th from 8:30pm-12:30am!

Check out Texas TNT at www.texastnt.com or on Facebook. Thanks from Texas TNT!

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Thursday Night Jam Night at The 19th Hole It’s Thursday Night and we’ve dropped by The 19th Hole to check out the Jam. Each week the Jam is hosted by a different band. Hosting the Jam tonight was the American Psychos. Tonight’s Jam had some promsing musicians on stage and they all really sounded good together even though they’re not in the sam band. I’m sure it was the first time they played together, but they handled it like pros. On bass was Ian Parker, Groovy was on drums, Greg was on guitars, and Matthew from the American Psychos was on vocals. Yeah folks, it sounded real good.

If you’re looking for a place to Jam on Thursday Nights, drop by The 19th Hole and give it a try.

The Spazmatics Perform at The Scout Bar

Step right up and We dropped by The Scout Bar to get ourselfs a dose of The Spazmatics have a good time at Vollie zany antics and tribute to the 80s. Here’s another fantastic group to Ray’s Circus! They have check out sometime. They perform all the hits from the 80s and do a stuff going on each week fine job at it. Don’t get misled by the way they look... they do it for their like the Monday jam with amusement and stage show. Yeah guys, these guys actually have a stage Gavin Sasser. Then Tues- show to go with it. Tonight’s show was packed. We could barely get day and Wednesday through the crowed to get our pictures. You really need to check these karaoke and open mic/ guys out sometime. open jam. The house band Premium Blend plays on Thursdays. Sunday is a free digital live recording. Call 832-230-1841 the band Old Bros. Other entertainment in the for details! Vollie Ray’s is at 937 FM 1959 Rd. month include, happy hour every day from noon Come by and tell ‘em we sent ya! to 7pm and there are daily bar specials as well.

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Mister Kicks Performs at Cruiser’s Ice House

We dropped by Cruiser’s Ice House in Santa Fe this night to see our old friends, Mister Kicks.

These guys always put on a good show and have a great song selection...

Well, it works for us. Their combination of Blues, Americana and Classic Rock really hits the spot.

They even have a few cool originals of their own. Tonight’s show featured songs from The Allman Brothers Band, The Doors, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and even Gary Clark Jr. The show was definitely a lot of fun. We even got up and danced to a couple of songs. I’m looking forward to seeing them again. If you’re ever in the Santa Fe area and you’re looking for some good music, give Cruiser’s Ice House a try. They have bands there every Saturday Night. parts. You can visit their web page at www.fullersguitar.com for more information.

Hope to see you at Fuller’s Guitar!

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High Times Cruiser’s Ice House Cruiser’s Ice House is the best little ice house in Texas! They have live bands every Saturday and never charge a cover. Some of those bands include this month, Paul Ramirez Sat. Jan. 11th, Starr Jernigan Sat. Jan. 18th, and Heart Stoppers Sat. Jan. 25th, and Mark May Sat. Feb. 1st. In addition, they have free pool on Mondays, and the Sunday Blues jam since 1998 from 4pm-8pm! It’s now hosted by Craig Schneider & The Heart Stoppers. Also check out Country Queens karaoke night the first and third Friday of every month from 9pm-1am. Cruiser’s is at 9002 FM 2004 in Santa Fe. Cruise into Cruiser’s today!

Shenanigan’s Shenanigan’s in Texas City has been around over 30 years. They’re open everyday, and have pool, darts, and big screen TV’s. Ladies’ Night is Wednesday, and karaoke Thursday nights from 9pm-1am! There’s a DJ on Friday nights for dancing, and come back Saturday nights to see bands TBA. Keep checking at www.shenanigansworld.com. Shenanigan’s is located at 820 34th St. North in Texas City. If you are close by, come on down!

Fuller’s Guitar It’s that time of the year to check out Fuller’s Guitar for your next guitar purchase.

They are located at 116 N. Loop 610 at Yale in Houston. They are open Monday through Friday 10am till 6pm and on Saturdays from 10am till 5 and closed on Sundays. Fuller’s Guitar carry a large assortment of musical equipment from electric guitars like Fender, Gibson and Rickenbacker to acoustic guitars like Taylor, Martin and Waterloo! Fuller’s also carries amps, pro audio equipment, and effects, pedals and

The original High Times is located at 6881 Gessner at Bellaire in Houston. It not only offers smoking products but is also a novelty and gift store. Houston’s premiere smoke shop has items that include smoking accessories, body jewelry, body toxin removers, and more. They are open Monday through Thursday 10am till 10pm, Friday and Saturdays from 10am till 11pm and Sundays 12 noon till 9pm! You can also find them on Facebook at High Times Houston. Check ‘em out!

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion is the large outdoor venue in the Woodlands that has all kinds of events there including concerts of all genres. Unfortunately, as of now there is nothing going on until May, although that could change. Keep up with the latest bookings by going to www.woodlandscenter.org.

All Breed American Lure Course Racing Be sure and bring your pups out for a fun time at the All Breed American Lure Course Racing in League City, Texas. After a night of partying in town, take your fur baby out for a day in the park. PAWS IN THE PARK is a fun, new dog sport that is fun for all breeds and all sizes. Their next event will be Saturday, January 18th and Sunday, January 19th from 9am till noon each day. It will take place at Walter Hall Park in League City. We offer a fully fenced course where you can SEE JUST HOW FAST YOUR PUPS CAN RUN. We have a timer that can give us the speeds. You can check out their Facebook page at American Lure Course Racing or visit the website for additional information www.americanlurecourseracing.com.

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Kevin also takes artists to Texas Children’s Hospital to perform for the kids. The next one is December 29th with Dalton D’Rich

Anova Skyway This month I would like to entitle the band Anova Skyway!

Anova Skyway is a five-piece progressive rock band from Houston, Texas. It is composed of Michael Marksberry, Mike Palacios, Cory Miles, Andrew Alvarez, and Garret West.

The band formed in 2011, after the split of Marksberry and Palacios’ former band Bloodvoid, and have since undergone several lineup changes. With its most current lineup, the group hopes to bring intelligent and meaningful music back into the heart of the Houston music

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Dwight Yoakam Performs at The Arena Theatre Dwight Yoakam is currently touring across 2 countries and has 15 upcoming concerts. He will be performing in Houston this month at The Arena Theatre on Thursday, January 23rd.

Dwight Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and heis a 21-time nominated, multiple GRAMMY Award winner. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums,with five of those albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chartand another 14 landing in the Top 10.

Nearly40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted on Billboard, with 14 peaking in the Top 10.

TheLSD Tour,featuring Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Dwight, unites three of music’s most celebrated and iconic voices on one epic cross-country package for the very first time. Kicking off June 12, 2018 at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston, MA and rolling through iconic amphitheaters and theaters in major markets across the country, the LSD Tour concludeson August 18, 2018 at Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn in Indianapolis, IN. Support willcomefrom Los Angeles rock outlier King Leg. Yoakam’s self-curated SiriusXM channel,titled Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat ‘Where Country Went Mod’, will launch in late April. Thechannel celebrates the Bakersfield sound and those whom it has inspired,including Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eagles, The Blasters, Lucinda Williams,and more. Itencompassesall that is California country and country rock, in all of its various and varietal hybrid forms, from Ricky Nelson to Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. The channelincludesartists from the movement in LA in the early to middle ‘80s

that Yoakam broke out ofand featuresbands as diverse as X, Lone Justice and Los Lobos. This movement was encapsulatedon the series of albums titledA Town South of Bakersfieldand has led variations over time to the current continuing country scene in LA, all of which Yoakam has dubbed as a segment for his channel entitled “That Town South of Bakersfield:From Cow Punks to Now Punks”.In 2016,Yoakam releasedhis bluegrass albumSwimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars...on Sugar Hill Records. Featuring a band of bluegrass luminaries, this album boasts a collection of reinterpreted favorites from his catalogue, as well as acover of Prince’s “Purple Rain”.Produced by nine-time GRAMMY winner Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton), Jon Randall (songwriter of “Whiskey Lullaby”), and Yoakam himself,and mixed by Chris LordAlge,this album reflects the love for bluegrass music that Yoakam developed at an early age in Kentucky and that has inspiredhim for many years thereafter.In addition to his musical career, Yoakam is a formidable film and television actorwho has appeared in over 40 feature films,includingSling Bladeand Panic Room. In 2016, he recurredin David E. Kelley’s Amazon seriesGoliath. Recently, he appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s filmLogan Luckywith Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. Yoakam iscapable of seamlessly melting into his rolesand impressively standing toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top thespians over the course of his storied and successful acting career,including Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker, and Matthew McConaughey.

With his stripped-down approach to traditional honky tonk and Bakersfield country,

Dwight Yoakam helped return country music to its roots in the late ’80s. Like his idols Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams, Yoakam never played by Nashville’s rules; consequently, he never dominated the charts like his contemporary Randy Travis. Then again, Travis never played around with the sound and style of country music like Yoakam.

On each of his records, he twists around the form enough to make it seem like he doesn’t respect all of country’s traditions. Appropriately, his core audience was composed mainly of roots rock and rock & roll fans, not the mainstream country audience. Nevertheless, he was frequently able to chart in the country Top Ten, and he remained one of the most respected and adventurous recording country artists well into the ’90s.

In 2001, Yoakam debuted as a writer and director, also issuing the soundtrack South of Heaven, West of Hell to accompany it. Two years later, he debuted on a new label (Audium) with Population Me, while Reprise issued the compilation In Others’ Words to compete with it. In 2004 he released Dwight’s Used Records, a 14-track anthology of duets that appeared on other artists’ albums,

unreleased covers, and cuts Yoakam contributed to various tribute compilations. An album of all new material, the self-produced Blame the Vain, followed in 2005 along with the live album Live from Austin, TX. An album of Buck Owens covers, Dwight Sings Buck, appeared in 2007. Released in 2012, 3 Pears — Yoakam’s first album since returning to Warner Bros. Records after a trio of releases for New West Records, and his first album of original material since 2005’s Blame the Vain — featured a pair of Beck productions, “A Heart Like Mine” and “Missing Heart,” recorded at Beck’s home studio in California. 3 Pears debuted at 18 on the Billboard Top 200, his highest chart position ever. Three years later, Yoakam returned with Second Hand Heart. In 2016, Yoakam took a step back even deeper into country music traditions with Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars..., his first bluegrass album, featuring high lonesome reworkings of some of his bestknown tunes.

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By Hollywood Steve Rangel Glenn Bryant “A Little Of This And That” I’m not sure that singer/ songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Glenn Bryant could have have chosen a more appropriate title for his new 14 song offering. “A Little Bit Of This And That” perfectly describes this collection of original songs that is truly all over the map. Attempting to cover this amount of ground musically is quite ambitious, to say the least. So let’s discuss... After taking a listen, the first word that comes to mind is “raw”. While the production is studio quality, Bryant wisely chooses to forgo typical studio gloss and polish. As a result, “A Little Of This And That” retains something of a live performance sound and vibe, which well suits both this material and Bryant’s approach to it. But as I alluded to earlier, it is the diversity of the material that makes this release so unique. Bryant does not limit himself to one style...or even two or three.

While primarily a blues guitarist (his finest moments here are when he’s functioning in

that role), he plays multiple instruments, as well as handling vocal duties on music that runs the gamut between blues, rock, alternative, funk, R & B, and experimental electronic. There’s even a Latin rock bit (“Motivo”) on which Bryant does a rather convincing impersonation of Carlos Santana. It’s the rare artist who is bold enough to disregard limitations and preconceived labels and to explore so many avenues musically. Hats off to Glenn Bryant for doing just that. The inherent risk in this approach, unfortunately, is that an album can suffer from a lack of direction and iden-

tity when the material is this diverse. Also, as these tracks were recorded at different times and studios and utilized an array of musicians, there’s no sense of continuity in production or performance.

Despite these factors, “A Little Of This And That” is an intriguing piece of work for anyone with a taste for something different.

Darrel Appelt “Long Time Good Time” Call me old school (or just old), but I don’t have a particular appreciation for modern country music. Mainly because there’s not much about it that sounds like country. Seems like so much contemporary country music is loud guitars and driving drums, with just a bit of steel guitar laid in. Or acoustic pseudopop songs from a flavor-of-themonth Top 40 diva. All of which makes a release like “Long Time Good Time” so exhilarating and refreshing. Singer/songwriter Darrel Appelt has put together a solid country offering that...wait for it...actually sounds like country! Like all gifted country singers, Appelt has a pleasing, storyteller quality to his voice.

The great Gordon Lightfoot comes to mind.

This 12 song collection is perfectly balanced, with snappy toe-tappers (“Back Road”, “Take A Little Time”, “Just Another Texas Song”), radio ready gems (“Blue Eyed Girl”, “Good Lord Willing”, “Long Time Good Time”), and country attitude (“She’s Gone”, “The Way She Looks At Me”, “Honky Tonks & Whiskey”). There’s even a great blues groove on “My Baby Likes My Texas” and a smart sentimental piece called “Carry On The Family Name”. All the musical performances here are first rate. Appelt has as-

sembled a quality band, consisting of talented players who have a clear understanding of his music and vision. “Long Time Good Time” features excellent production work by Ron Treat and Kevin Lively at Castle Row Studios in OKC. All of which combines to create a thoroughly impressive end result. Who knows, maybe there’s still hope for contemporary county music...

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