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Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Smythe & Taylor
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Jon Michaels
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Willie B
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HSA Meeting
NSAI Open Mic |
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Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Glynace &
The Fowler Brothers
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Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
Mark Zeus & Kristen Jensen |
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Texas Songwriter Showcase
Brian Kalinec
Jeff Chambers
Willie B - Host
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Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Mike Darnell
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Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
The Fowler Brothers |
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Ben Morris & the Great American Boxcar Chorus |
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NSAI Meeting
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Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Matt Harlan
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Butch Morgan, Karen Mal
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June 1, 2008 - Sunday
NSAI Open Mic @ 6:00
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Host: TC Smythe
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June 4, 2008 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
We are bringing back our ever popular Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be two soups to sample each week, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. Join us for soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
Featured this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
 Jeff Tompkins
 Jim Fowler
 Dawn Thornton
TC Smythe
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June 5, 2008 - Thursday
Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
Welcome to our new acoustic music night - Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
- happening every Thursday. Come share a night of music - bring your friends - enjoy a fun start to your weekend with a tasty brew and a favorite JPHH performance.
Tonight's musical
performer is yet to be announced. Details soon.
Join us!
Showtime
@ 8:00 - 10:00 pm
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June 7, 2008 - Saturday
Jon
Michaels
NASHVILLE'S HIDDEN GEM
Writers In The Round with Willie B & Otis Futhermucker
The prodigal songwriter, Jon Michaels makes his return to the JP Hops House stage after a "way too long" hiatus. On his last visit he celebrated the release of his second album, I Am Who I Am. Tonight Jon returns with songs from his newest album, I Hear A Clock, which was released earlier this year.
In
a time when most people just talk about their
feelings, Jon Michaels is a breath of fresh
air, a rare singer/songwriter who willingly
opens his heart and bares his soul. In his
strong, smooth baritone, Jon croons with masterful
vocal inflections of truth and beauty, tales
of forgiveness, love lost and love found,
taking his listeners on an emotional journey
in the way that is uniquely Jon Michaels.
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"Jon
- I love your music! It's Chicken Soup for
my soul. Keep up the good work spreading love,
light, joy and fun."
~ Jack Canfield (Co-Author
Chicken Soup For The Soul)
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“In a land full of `same ol’, same ol,’ it’s so good to know Jon stays the course for being a little bit different. I love his songs.” ~ Jeffrey Steele, the writer of over 45 Top 5 Country singles, is one of Jon’s biggest fans. |
Also to his credit, Jon appears as the musical influence on two television cooking programs, "Christina Cooks” (PBS) and “Christina Cooks Live at Whole Foods Market” (Comcast Network) which stars the feisty Philadelphia TV show hostess named Christina Pirello.
Jon is scheduled to perform on the main stage at the Kerrville Folk Festival this year on Friday, June 6.
Joining Jon onstage this evening will be two of JPHH's regular performers, Willie B and Otis Futhermucker. The 'writers in the round' format always proves to be a favortie with the artists as well as the auduence.
Willie B describes himself as a bluesy guitar
player, but he is so much more. He is a gifted
and diverse guitar player who writes and performs
in many musical genres. Willie writes and sings
songs around the people in his life. He has been
a past recipient of HFBSA's "Song
of the Year" and "Songwriter of the
Year". Willie has recorded four albums to
date and is currently working on his fifth solo
project.
Fans of the singer/songwriter genre can catch
Willie in action each month
as he hosts the Texas
Songwriters' Showcase at JP Hops House,
the
longest running
showcase in Houston.
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Otis, born in England in the age of dinosaurs, began singing and playing guitar and harmonica at age 14, and through the early 1960s he opened for some of the big names on the British Blues circuit. "Buzz with the Fuzz" with King Cobra and the Rattlesnakes, his first single released in 1964, was the only record ever banned by Radio Caroline, the first of the British offshore pirate radio stations.
His playing and singing styles have been respectively described as "primitive" and "Nina Simone on helium after a ground-glass sandwich". His repertoire centers on old jazz of the 1920s and '30s and the blues classics after the Robert Johnson period. Otis has two CDs thus far to his credit.
Showtime
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June 8,
2008 - Sunday
HSA Meeting @ 1:30 pm
Showcase @ 4:00
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NSAI Open Mic @ 6:00
pm
Host: TC Smythe
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June 11, 2008 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
We are bringing back our ever popular Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be two soups to sample each week, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. Join us for soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
Featured this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
Virginia Pruet
Judy Mood
Glynace Eastham
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June 12, 2008 - Thursday
Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
Welcome to our new acoustic music night - Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
- happening every Thursday. Come share a night of music - bring your friends - enjoy a fun start to your weekend with a tasty brew and a favorite JPHH performance.
Tonight's musical
performers will be
Mark
Zeus and Kristen Jensen. He is the omnipresent great god of folk/rock,
a veteran songwriter, live performer and
recording artist whose music features an eclectic
mix of folk, country, rock and blues often intertwined
with various ethnic and indigenous rhythms.
She is a virtuoso of the violin/fiddle, a superb vocalist, adding pleasing harmonies to Mark's vocals.
Join us!
Showtime
@ 8:00 - 10:00 pm
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June 13, 2008 - Friday
Texas Songwriter Showcase
Some of the best singer songwriters from around the state of Texas grace the JPHH stage on the second Friday of each month. The featured artists for this evening's showcase are Brian Kalinec and Jeff Chambers.
Brian Kalinec: A talented singer, songwriter and guitarist, Brian performs original music and cover tunes. His lead guitar licks will leave you spellbound. Brian was selected as an 'Artist of Note' by SingOut Magazine in the winter 2007 issue. He won first place in the 1st Annual Texas Songwriter’s Serenade songwriting contest at Fiddler’s Frolics in Hallettsville, TX. His music has also been featured on ABC's World News Now. Brian released his debut CD, Last Man Standing, in early 2007.
Jeff Chambers: An old Houston barroom hackjammer from way back, Jeff played guitar for The Gentrys in high school, often splitting shows with Roy Head and the Traits, he moonlighted on off nights as bassist with Bill Gibbons and the Coachmen, and in the 70's worked as guitarist and singer with Bert Young and the Country Express, as well as J.C. and the Moonshine Band, at country & western dances, trail rides, beer joints and rodeo gigs.
Jeff does not consider himself a songwriter, having penned only about 30 songs in as many years. Half of these embody reflections on war, are somewhat objectionable and are not considered material for public consumption. The other half contain no references to war, are somewhat objectionable and are not considered material for public consumption. YEAH!
Willie
B: Willie describes himself as a bluesy guitar
player, but he is so much more. He is a gifted
and diverse guitar player who writes and performs
in many musical genres. Willie writes and sings
songs around the people in his life. He has been
a past recipient of HFBSA's "Song
of the Year" and "Songwriter of the
Year". Willie has recorded four albums to
date and is currently working on his fifth solo
project.
The Texas
Songwriters' Showcase
is
the
longest running
showcase in Houston. These songwriters will take
to the stage to entertain you with colossal musical
talent
and
wide-ranging
experience ... you
will not be disappointed.
Host Willie
B
Showtime
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June 14, 2008 - Saturday
Shake Russell Band
Congratulation to Shake, Doug and Mike on these latest honors - Texas Music Awards 2008 Entertainer of the Year went to Skake and the Texas Music Awards 2008 Vocal Group of the Year was awarded to Shake Russell Band!
From Bar Harbor, Maine to Santa Fe, New Mexico; from Los Angeles, California to Nashville, Tennessee, one can mention among Texas songwriters, the name “Shake Russell” and be virtually assured of interest, pleasure and joyful recognition. If you’re a true Texan, then Shake Russell’s music has touched your life in some way. If you’re not, it happened without your knowing it. Seventeen million copies of this Texan’s songs have been bought while being recorded by the likes of Clint Black, Ricky Skaggs, Waylon Jennings, and others.
We are always thrilled when Shake chooses to play our humble establishment. This evening's performance will also feature Doug Floyd on mandolin and Mike Roberts will contribute bass. Please join us for what is always a great "shakin" show.
Showtime
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June 15, 2008 - Sunday
NSAI Open Mic @ 6:00
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Host: TC Smythe
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June 18, 2008 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
We are bringing back our ever popular Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen. Hot or cold, spicy or mild, creamy or clear, meaty or veggie - soup is the perfect comfort food. There will be two soups to sample each week, plus accompaniments - like bread or crackers. If you want to participate as 'Celebrity Soup Chef of the Week' and share your favorite recipe, contact Pam. Join us for soup to warm your belly and music to warm your soul.
Featured this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
Pam Herndon
Judy Mood
Leann Darnell
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June 19, 2008 - Thursday
Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
Welcome to our new acoustic music night - Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
- happening every Thursday. Come share a night of music - bring your friends - enjoy a fun start to your weekend with a tasty brew and a favorite JPHH performance.
The
Fowler Brothers, noted for their well-matched
harmonies and superb guitar work, are no strangers
to the Houston music scene. Currently the trio
is putting the finishing touches to their new
CD which you can expect to hit the streets very
soon.
Join us!
Showtime
@ 8:00 - 10:00 pm
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June 20, 2007 - Friday
Ben
Morris and The Great American Box Car Chorus
“I have always tried to live my life with
a whole lot of heart and plenty of soul.”
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his music inner thoughts and raw emotions are
shared with the exactness and bare bones honesty
of a personal journal, with a passionate nod to
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performance began early on for Ben, and found
it’s musical debut in a duo out of Texas
A&M University called Jeff and Ben (JAB).
Their first written song, “We Don’t
Wear No Underwear On Our Foreheads”, was
an instant hit on the living room scene and sofa
circuit. In a short time,
this budding Texas performer has already been
privileged to share the stage with Hayes Carll,
Mark David Manders, Eli Young Band, Pauline Reese,
Phil Pritchett, Deryl Dodd, and many other fine
Texas artists.
“If
ya’ll don’t love this band … something
is wrong with your genetics.”
~ Mark David Manders
With a new sound and a new record, Ben Morris
is stepping forward. The Other Side of Broken exposes melancholy realities while inspiring hope
for the future and a confidence that the human
spirit is rebounding and unsinkable.
“To me, life is so much richer when you live
from the inside out.”
On
this very special night the band Ben will be joined
by his band The Boxcar Chorus. (I love that name.)
Band members are Coby Tate flying across the frets
as lead guitarist, Jon Dittfurth playing bass
guitar and singing background vocals and Bucky
Bachmeyer hitting the sticks as the drummer.
With all this young, fresh talent and energy,
this night will be a lot of fun!! I am looking
forward to this show, hope you can join us!
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
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June 21, 2008 - Friday
Sweet
Mama Cotton
Tonight
we again welcome to our stage ~ musician
~ singer ~ songwriter ~ comedienne ~ Marcy Rae,
alias Sweet Mama Cotton. Some of Marcy’s
material is parody; she combines her blues
talent with comedy in her performances.
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musical interests are diverse, but all these
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forms of music. Her blues repertoire includes
standards such as “Stormy Monday”
and “Down Home Blues”, as well as
classics from the jazz/blues era of Bessie Smith
and Sippie Wallace. She also rocks out on Chuck
Berry style tunes and some funky dance tunes
like “Shaky Ground”. Her diverse background
has expanded her repertoire to include classic
standards, folk, rock, and country music as
well as blues. Mixed in with the wide variety
of cover material is a healthy dose of her original
music.
Since
her professional debut as a musician, she has
played on bills with Ray Campi and the Rebels,
Jackson Browne, The Blasters, Blood Sweat and
Tears, and Rose Maddox. Marcy also spent some
time as keyboard player for The Drifters on
a tour through the South.
While
living in Houston, Marcy has shared the stage
with many of the Blues Legends of Texas, including
Pete Mayes, Texas Johnny Brown, Trudy Lynn,
Lavelle White, Jimmy “T-99” Nelson,
Oscar Perry, Clarence Holliman, Carol Fran,
Earl Gilliam, Grady Gaines, Trudy Lynn, Carolyn
Blanchard, and Mark May. She has also been invited
to perform with Bob Margolin and Pinetop Perkins
on several occasions, and at the all-star jam
band at the W.C. Handy Awards.
Marcy
Rae, aka Sweet Mama Cotton, presents a confident
statement of affirming blues. As her “motto”
states, Marcy plays “new Texas blues with
respect for tradition”.
Showtime
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June 22, 2008 - Sunday
NSAI Meeting @ 4:00
pm
NSAI Open Mic @ 6:00
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Host: Willie B
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June 26, 2008 - Thursday
Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
Welcome to our new acoustic music night - Thirsty Thursday LIVE!
- happening every Thursday. Come share a night of music - bring your friends - enjoy a fun start to your weekend with a tasty brew and a favorite JPHH performance.
Tonight's musical
performer is yet to be announced. Details soon.
Join us!
Showtime
@ 8:00 - 10:00 pm
NO
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June 27, 2008 - Friday
Butch
Morgan, Karen Mal & Ken Gaines
Never
let it be said that Claude "Butch" Morgan isn't passionate about life. His songs are often
spiritual in nature, but they're full of fun and
carry simple but powerful messages.
Butch
Morgan has an ability to take life's simplicity
and put a striking message inside in the form
of a song, a great example being his "God
Drives A Pick-up Truck". Morgan's "Blubberball"
attests to all that can go wrong when you don't
take care of yourself, and is a song performed
entirely with one chord. As Butch says, "It
starts off in G, then goes to G for the solos,
then we wrap it up in G."
Based in Austin, TX, Karen Mal has created a name for herself as a captivating singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Ranging from charming to seductive, impressionistic to philosophical, her songs have brought her nationwide acclaim. She's won top awards from the Wildflower Arts and Music Festival in Texas, the Tucson Folk Festival and the Portland Songwriters Association and has also been a three time New Folk Finalist at Kerrville, emerging artist at Falcon Ridge and a finalist at the Sisters Folk Festival.
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Houston area singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ken Gaines has the goal of writing great songs in just about every genre and style. You won't be able to put a finger on what he does from sweet lyrical ballads, to double entendre blues, to swingin' jazz, and redneck rock. Onstage Ken is both into the songs and the moment. "Live performance for me is the culmination of all my thinking and practice. It's like a religious experience. I want you to laugh and cry on the same night and I hope you go home feeling like you've fallen in love all over again with someone or something you hold very dear".
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Do NOT miss this show ... Butch's wonderful character and humorous rapport onstage will have you laughing for sure. With Karen you don't just get hot licks; you get melody, counterpoint, and a sense of rhythm that eases the whole sound deeper into the groove.
Ken brings vocal range, supple guitar work and lyrics which are both powerful and poetic, and highlight his skills as a story teller and observer of life.
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