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Hard Times
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The Renfrees
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Bill Ward
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Texas Songwriter
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Willie B -
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Ben Morris & The Great American BoxcarChorus
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HSA Meeting
Sunday Night
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Hard Times
Soup & Music Kitchen
Cap'n Rick
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George Ensle
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Greg Whitfield
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Jim &
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Hard Times
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Petesimple
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Lee Alexander
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NSAI Sunday Songswap
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Sunday Night
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Hard Times
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Hank Woji
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September
1, 2010 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
Join us for soup and song
every Wednesday at our 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 soups to sample, 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. We're all about
soup to warm your belly and music to warm your
soul.
Featured
this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
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September 3, 2010 - Friday
Billy Bourbon Trio
Billy Bourbon is a singin’, songwritin’, country bluesman, son-of-a-@#$%. His songs are laced with women, whiskey and weed. Songs about birthdays and death; first loves and shooting your lover dead; suicide and raising kids; Billy covers it all. This is rockin’ Texas outlaw country at its best.
If you like Jerry Jeff Walker, Commander Cody, Guy Clark, John Prine, Jason Boland, Cross Canadian Ragweed, you'll dig Billy Bourbon.
Billy knows countless songs, and crafts his shows to suit the audience at hand, whether it’s rowdy college kids or their equally rowdy elders. As a lead guitarist he has shared the stage with Chris Duarte, Son Seals, Mason Ruffner, Jimmy Thackery, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Rockin’ Jake, Tinsley Ellis, Papa Chubby, Dave Hole, Bernard Ellison, and countless others, while hosting a weekly Jam Night in a club he later came to own. As Billy puts it, “I jam, therefore I am”.
The current Billy Bourbon Band features veteran Texas musician Tom Rodgers on Bass, and Greg Babineaux on the Drums. Together they have a show that is funny, entertaining, and sells drinks!!!
It smells like country, tastes like rock-n-roll, and has creamy blues in the middle. Come and getcha some!!!!
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
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September 5, 2010 - Sunday
Sunday Night Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: TC Smythe
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September
6, 2010 - Monday
Open
Spin (Click
to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
Mondays are now host to
"Open Spin" ... and the "OS"
is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time
slots (each time slot is one side of an album)
and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring
in your favorite album to spin a side and share
... we are looking forward to many, many trips
down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
Our spinning doctor is Mike
Tristan.
Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00
am
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September
10, 2010 - 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 yet to be announced. Please check back soon
for details
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 @ 9:00 pm
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September 11, 2010 - Saturday
Ben
Morris & The Great American Box Car Chorus
“I have always tried to live my life with
a whole lot of heart and plenty of soul.”
Hailing from the uncomfortably humid boundaries
of East Texas, by way of four widely spaced dots
on the Texas map, Ben Morris & The Great American
Boxcar Chorus is a driving force that is pushing
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Based in College Station, the four members that
make up this gifted group are about as different
as they are similar, yet they share one common
trait that endears them to many: their heart,
which is not set on just playing music, but on
changing lives along the way.
The Boxcar Chorus
(I love that name) is lead by singer, songwriter,
guitarist Ben Morris, who
found his musical debut in a duo out of Texas
A&M University called Jeff and Ben (JAB).
Other members of the band are Coby Tate
flying across the frets as lead guitarist, Jon
Dittfurth pulls double duty as bassist and harmony
vocalist and Bucky Bachmeyer provides the rhythmic
backbone of the band as the drummer.
The band was presented with the award for 'Live Band of the Year' a tthe 2009 Texas Music Awards.
“If ya’ll don’t love this band
… something is wrong with your genetics.”
~ Mark David Manders
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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September
12, 2010 - Sunday
HSA Meeting
@ 1:30 pm
Showcase to follow
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Sunday Night Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: TC Smythe
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September
13, 2010 - Monday
Open
Spin (Click
to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
Mondays are now host to
"Open Spin" ... and the "OS"
is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time
slots (each time slot is one side of an album)
and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring
in your favorite album to spin a side and share
... we are looking forward to many, many trips
down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
Our spinning doctor is Mike
Tristan.
Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00
am
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September 17, 2010 - Friday
George
Ensle & Greg
Whitfield
George Ensle, (pronounced
Enslee), began songwriting and performing as
a teenager in the late sixties in his hometown,
Houston at such venerable clubs as the Sand
Mountain Coffeehouse and the original Old Quarter,
sharing stages with legendary folk greats, Townes
Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker.
While touring the club, college coffeehouse
and festival circuit, he was awarded a prestigious
Federal Government Grant to be an Artist-In-Schools,
teaching songwriting and the creative process
to elementary schoolchildren. George has wonsongwriting
awards from The American Song Festival, the
Kerrville Folk Festival, the Music Umbrella,
and the Austin Songwriters Group, and has released
five albums in the U.S. and Europe. In 2008
he was nominated for Singer/Songwriter of the
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George has a unique fingerpicking
style originating from his classical guitar training
and honed over the years to flow seamlessly with
his lyrics. He has been called a "songpainter,"
capturing "lifescapes", with storysong
portraits of "real people making it in the
real world."
Greg Whitfield is an veteran
studio musician from Austin, TX as well as a sought-after
live performer. He has shared the stage as a guitarist
with Gary P. Nunn, Steve Fromholtz, Kevin Fowler,
Pauline Reese, and Ray Price, and has recorded
extensively in both Dallas and Austin. Whitfield
is also a two-time winner of the Austin Songwriting
competition.
Showtime
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September 18, 2010 - Saturday
Jim & Leslie Krafka's Anniversary Party
Musical entertainment tonight will be provided by
Saylor White, Mark Beets, Ron Welch and Connie Mims.
Check back soon for the rest of the details.
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September 19, 2010 - Sunday
Sunday Night Open Mic @ 6:00 pm
Host: TC Smythe
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September
20, 2010 - Monday
Open
Spin (Click
to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
Mondays are now host to
"Open Spin" ... and the "OS"
is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time
slots (each time slot is one side of an album)
and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring
in your favorite album to spin a side and share
... we are looking forward to many, many trips
down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
Our spinning doctor is Mike
Tristan.
Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00
am
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September
23, 2010 - Thursday
Eric Hisaw
Eric always knew that he wanted to be a musician, but found earning a living at his chosen avocation a matter easier said than done. Over the dozen or so years since arriving in Texas Hisaw has slowly assembled the pieces of the livelihood mosaic, and now finds himself an in-demand producer, session musician and sideman in addition to the 150 + solo and Eric Hisaw Band shows hell play this year. In addition to being a top-flight singer/songwriter he slings a mean Telecaster.
In even a brief conversation one is struck by the extraordinary passion and knowledge Hisaw has for/of music of all genres, be it country, blues, Cajun, folk, conjunto or rock. You get the idea that he's always on the hunt to further incorporate the nuance of these styles into his own work, having successfully done so without sounding kitschy.
Austin has provided him with the idyllic location to absorb this wide variety of influences, as well as offering him the opportunity to meet, befriend and play with artists he has long admired.
Showtime @ 9:00 pm
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September 24, 2010 - Friday
White Beets
Mark Beets and Saylor White, two of the Houston area's most esteemed singer
songwriters, have joined forces to become the
White Beets. To their honor thus far, the duo
was a winner at the Songwriters Serenade in 2009;
individually Beets and White have each released
award winning CDs, plus both have penned songs
recorded by other artists.
East Texas born writer of
songs, poetry and short stories, Saylor White has written over two thousand songs in his better
than thirty years of word crafting, including
"Dress of Lace" recorded and performed
by Nanci Griffith and Lyle Lovett. Saylor is an
amazing and prolific songwriter with a musical
sense that comes as natural to him as breathing.
He is co-owner of A
Songwriters Studio in Houston, Texas.
Mark Beets has a sound which has been called "Organic
Americana". It's fresh, different from most
of the stuff out there today. In 2003 Long
Ago & Many Days, Mark's debut
collection of songs, was produced by White Cat
Productions and Beets was a finalist in the Wildflower
Festival songwriting competition. Mark's song
"The Road's Not Long Enough" was selected as the
lead single on The Houston Association of Acoustic
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Showtime
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September 25, 2010 - Saturday
Petesimple & Lee Alexander
Details on Petesimple coming soon.
Drawing from an influential palette of Harry Nilsson, Patty Griffin, Elvis Costello, and Steve Earle, Lee Alexander’s catchy melodies and razor sharp lyrics have placed him as a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the Bugle Boy Songwriting Competition, The Songwriters Serenade Competition, The Independent Music Awards, a regional finalist in the Mountain Stage Newsong Folk Festival, and a semifinalist in the UK Songwriting Contest. The multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist Alexander has also been a featured artist in Performing Songwriter Magazine, the 2007 Mardi Gras Festival, the 2006 Summer NAMM Showcase, the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Houston Press Music Awards, the 2006 Houston Fair Compilation, and the 2006 Houston International Music Conference and Festival. |
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Lee has just released his second CD Mayhaw Vaudeville. This quasi-conceptual album follows up his critically acclaimed debut recording in 2006 of Out of Place. Like previous works, the new album contains the same lyrical depth and poignant wit, saturated with storytelling and a distinctively rustic Texas flavor, while skillfully skirted with contemporary folk pieces as well.
Showtime
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September
27, 2010 - Monday
Open
Spin (Click
to check out Open Spin on the Blog-o-sphere)
Mondays are now host to
"Open Spin" ... and the "OS"
is all about old vinyl albums. There are 12 time
slots (each time slot is one side of an album)
and the music runs from 8:00 until midnight. Bring
in your favorite album to spin a side and share
... we are looking forward to many, many trips
down memory lane. The turn table will be provided.
Our spinning doctor is Mike
Tristan.
Spintime @ 8:00 pm - 12:00
am
NO COVER |
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September
29, 2010 - Wednesday
Wednesday's Hard Times Soup & Music Kitchen
Join us for soup and song
every Wednesday at our 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 soups to sample, 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. We're all about
soup to warm your belly and music to warm your
soul.
Featured
this week:
Celebrity Soup Chefs
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