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North Padre Island Moon April 28, 2010 PA 6 If you don’t think things are heating up lately, just check out the “Area Music Listings” at the bottom of the page. In my humble opinion, there are six “must see” shows in the next two weeks when the Island Moon cycles again on the 12th. These are all world class shows here...pay attention my friends, you won’t want to miss this! Also I’ve reviewed a few oth- er shows that I saw recently and think you might find interesting. Lot’s to tell you about...let’s roll! The Trishas, David Allen Coe, Greezy Wheels, Butch Hancock, Supersuckers, Stomp On Saturday, May 1, Austin sweetie-pies, The Tri- shas (Austin, TX) will play the Third Coast Music Studios in Port A. These girls are precious and their music is the latest hot thang in hip city. Trust me, The Trishas are on their way to the top. David Allen Coe (Austin, TX) is bringing his own bad self to Brewster Street on Thursday, May 6. Coe is one of the origina- tors of “Texas Outlaw Country Music” and has the distinction of recording the song that Guinness World Records deemed the song most sang out loud by peo- ple in bars (You Don’t Have to Call Me Darlin’). If you’ve never seen David Allen Coe, then you haven’t done your required reading. Now check this out, Armadillo World Headquarters alumni and house band in the day, Greezy Wheels (Austin, TX) will be playing a rare performance at the Tarpon Ice House in Port A on Friday, May 7. This takes me back. I have a very distinct memory of going to a Halloween Pumpkin Stomp at the Dillo and Greezy Wheels was play- ing. We stomped on hundreds of pump- kins as Greezy belted out The Slippy Slidy. It was wild. I wouldn’t miss this show for love or money. You shouldn’t either. Now, it just gets better and better...Butch Han- cock (Austin, TX) is playing the House of Rock on May 8. Butch is an old Lubbut- tocksite and one third of the Flatlanders with Joe Ely and Jimmy Dale Gilmore. Butch’s song are about the shoes he walked dusty old cotton fields, standing in big hotels, lamenting over women who won’t speak Spanish to him and waltz- ing in West Texas. When I was growing up, it was just understood that Butch Hancock wrote the songs...Joe or Jimmy Dale could sing them pretty good, but it was Butch who wrote them. He is truly a poet. Next, how about a one of a kind punk country band from Arizona? The Supersuckers (Tucson, AZ) are an in your face, hard driving rock unit fronted by a wild man named Eddie Spaghetti. I saw them at SXSW some years ago and was absolutely floored. Hat’s off to the folks at Brewster Street...every schedule they put out is better than the last one. Keep it up! And the sixth “don’t miss show” is actually not a band... it’s a troupe. Stomp (San Francisco, CA) is playing the Salina Auditorium on Tuesday, May 11. Stomp is a band of renegade percussionist that turn ordi- nary items such as buckets, brooms, chairs (it’s end- less) into percussion instruments and then into an or- chestra of precision dancers who’s performance art is only concerned with a beat. To call Stomp a bunch of drummers is like calling The London Philharmonic a groovy little string band. The visual and rhythmic bombardment of the senses is completely captivat- ing. After you experience a Stomp show, you will be gushing to everyone you see about your Stomp expe- rience. It is truly a unique event. The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band (Renick, West Virginia by way of Maui) played The Gaff in Port A on April 17. The band’s name is an onomatopoeia, which in this case, suggests the sound of cheesy porn background music from the 70’s. Say “brown chicken brown cow” with minimal intonation and you get the picture. These three young men (Xan- der, Justin and Orion) are from the mountains of South West Virginia and are an authentic Appalachian string band playing guitar, mandolin, fid- dle and banjo (although dulcimer was usually present and banjo wasn’t in the purist sense). The band uses only By Ronnie Narmour [email protected] Three Chords and the Truth one mic for the instruments and one mic for the vo- cals and play facing each other as is the tradition of this old time music. None of the instruments were plugged into amplifiers. Appalachian string music originated from the English, Irish and Scottish immi- grant settlers in the late 18th century and combined with religious hymns and European African, as well as African-American imprints, was a key influence in the early development of American bluegrass. The Carter Family and Doc Watson are probably the best known recorded artists of this ilk. Music of the folk... BCBC doesn’t cover any artists of this genre; they play all original material with such songs as Hair Trigger, Sea Horse Shoe, Bees Making Honey and Put You in the Ground. Their musicianship is superb as each band member takes his ride in exact tempo and phrasing with each other...which was always at breakneck speed and with clean, precise fin- gering. It was a complete joy to observe these three accomplished musicians wrap themselves around each song like a revers- ible jacket. You get the feeling that they proba- bly complete each other’s sentences. I took a look at their tour schedule and they have dates all over the map in the next six months. I’m glad to know that there are still young musicians out there who choose to carry on the American tradition of this time honored music of the folk. The Gaff was the perfect venue for this show with its comfortable outdoor setting, complete with a campfire. Davin James Davin James (Kingwood, TX) played the Back Porch in Port A on April 17. I had seen James sev- eral times last season at the Porch but I don’t think I paid close enough attention to him. I got into a con- versation with my friend, Light House Rick, at the bar about Davin James and he convinced me to take a closer look at this man’s talent. Rick is seldom wrong when it comes to spotting real talent, plus he’s a walking encyclopedia for background information. So I saddled in close to the stage and paid attention this time. James is the son of a riverboat singer and a campfire picker and his songs are honest and real with enough hooks in them to keep you paying at- tention. He’s been on the Larry Joe Taylor, Rusty Wier, Tommy Alverson, Gary P. Nunn circuit for many years and has a tow sack full of songs. He did have reasonable success with a one of his tunes, Mag- nolia and has seven CD’s out to date. Mississippi blues is in the blood... My first impression was that this guy is an excellent guitarist. He was accompanied only by his faithful bass player, Cletus, and no other sidemen. Yet, these two guys had a rich, full sound coming off the stage, with James carrying the guitar duties of at least one and a half guitarists. He’s all over the neck with sever- al layers of strong rhythms and timely accents... clean and fast. I may be twisting off here, and I don’t know if it’s because he’s got Mississippi in his upbringing, if it’s their deep voices or their similar big man physi- cal appearance (with matching goatees), but I see Da- vin James as the outlaw country version of Mississip- pi blues man, Omar Dykes (Omar and the Howl- ers). Both are powerful in their vocal and guitar de- livery and both command a strong stage presence. I saw James play a couple of screaming blues numbers that night that at the Porch that could hold their own on any Antones’ stage. Davin James may be selling country but I’m pretty sure he’s a blues man at heart. Man, he plays a strong guitar. You feel it on every song. He’ll be back at the Porch on May 14th. Run of the Mill/ Conjugal Visit Shorty’s Place celebrated their 64th birthday last weekend in Port A and people came from far and wide to pay homage to this island sanctuary for day drinkers. I occasionally (OK...maybe regularly) step into Shorty’s on the weekends to watch the lo- cal array of island musicians tear it up. It’s usual- ly the J.W. George show aka Conjugal Visit (Port Aransas, TX) playing every weekend and, until re- cently, featured Russell Edge, Kit Guthers and Craig Ware throughout the winter months, but J.W. decided to change up his lineup. He can do that, his grandmother (Miss Rose) owns the joint. The most recent Conjugal Vis- it incantation is still J.W. George on vocals, harmonica and shocking banter and Craig Ware on drums but now 18 year old wunderkind, Chris- tian Payne has taken on guitar duty (he also plays with Run of the Mill) and Dave Ward is now on bass (he’s also the mandolin player for the South Texas Grassroots Band). But usually on any given Conju- gal Visit gig you can count on local guys like Dave “Botllehead” Mill- er and Jared “Wolf Jaw” Clark to show up and sit in. And the party’s always blazing at Shorty’s...please note: I don’t use “blazing” lightly. It’s a very colorful place. These are all very colorful people. At Shorty’s, it’s just the ba- sics (beer, pool, music, no bait)...but that’s worked just fine for 64 years. I’m assuming that everyone that’s reading this is hip to Shorty’s Place in Port A, right? No gimmicks...down on the flats...a kazillion ball caps on the ceiling. Needless to say, the joint was packed for two days and a glorious birthday it was. Happy 64th Birthday to Shorty’s Place J.W. had brought in a band from Rockport, Run of the Mill (Rockport, TX), to play Saturday afternoon. These guys are high school kids that play their par- ent’s music. They cover oldies like ZZ Top, Sky- nyrd, Van Morrison, Steve Miller, Bob Seeger and Marshall Tucker, etc with the same zeal that all us old guys had when the music came out the first time. They also do the Roger Creager, Hank Jr., Way- The Gaff Beer ● Pizza ● Belt Sander Races (361) 749-5970 Area Music Listings Saturday, May 1st Timmy Curran, Will Crum & The Flamin’ Hell- cats @ House of Rock Don Chani @ Executive Surf Club The Trishas @ Third Coast Music Studios Willey Stafford @ The Gaff Randy McAllister @ The Back Porch Jayar @ Flip Flops Seven Board @ Tar- pon Ice House Monday, May 3rd Papa Roach, Helly- eah, 12 Stones & Sea- sons After @ Con- crete Street Tuesday, May 4th Open Mic w/ Rever- end Fred @ House of Rock Wednesday, May 5th Cage The Elephant, Morning Teleportation & Autovaughn @ Brewster Street Icehouse Thursday, May 6th David Allen Coe & Pear Ratz @ Brewster Street Icehouse Hobo @ Executive Surf Club Friday, May 7th Greezy Wheels @ Tarpon Ice House The Business, Hollow Points, The Booked & Av- enue Rockers @ House of Rock The Spazmatics @ Brewster Street Icehouse Another Level @ Executive Surf Club Cruise Control @ The Back Porch Rockaholics @ Flip Flops Saturday, May 8th Butch Hancock, Rev- erend Fred & Ty Di- etz @ House of Rock Lyrical Binge @ Ex- ecutive Surf Club Dave “Bottlehead” Miller @ The Gaff Equal People @ Flip Flops Sunday, May 9th Supersucker @ Brewster Street Icehouse Monday, May 10th Cannibal Corpse, Skeletonwitch & Lecherous Nocturne @ House of Rock Tuesday, May 11th Open Mic w/ Reverend Fred @ House of Rock Stomp @ Salina Auditorium 321 N Alister TARPON ICE HOUSE Port Aransas Cold Beer & Hot Music lon Jennings, Johnny Cash, etc twang thang. Although Con- jugal Visit and the rest of the lo- cal clan can dig much deeper into their veteran bag of tricks, it’s pretty much the same musical di- rection that both of these bands take. Southern rock and country and all things in between (which come under the general heading of “good music”). I can only vi- sualize Run of the Mill in 20 years, keeping the same flame burning that Conjugal Visit lights every weekend at Shorty’s... though, I’m not sure what these boy’s parents might think of that vision. (If you work real hard, son, and learn every Skynyrd and ZZ Top song ever recorded, drink beer 24/7 and only play at one bar...then someday, you could be the next J.W. George). Actually, J.W. is a natural host and it wouldn’t be the same without him. You never know what’s coming out of his mouth next... he’s irrever- ent and quick witted as they come...actually, a twisted soul comes to mind. When J.W. is calling the shots, it’s guaranteed, you will have a good time and prob- ably laugh you gimmi cap off, too. But don’t leave your girlfriend alone with him. Those kids are pretty darn good... Nevertheless, Shorty’s birthday was a good gig for Run of the Mill to get some good exposure in front of a bunch of people who are twice their age but have the same taste in music. Actually, they were pretty darn good in a “young band playing old covers that will impress people who could be their grandparents” sort of way. I will say that these boys are savvy be- yond their years and have the makings of excellent musicians if they keep hanging out in the woodshed. They definitely have a youthful energy, not to men- tion some really choice band gear. My only advice to them would be to tap into their influences and work to develop an original sound...covers will only take you so far. Mean while back at Shorty’s b-day... the real show came later that night when Conjugal Visit plugged in and J.W. blasted off. All of my favorite players with great nicknames were there: Russell “The Love Muscle” Edge, Dave “Bottlehead” Miller and Jar- ed “Wolf Jaw” Clark. J.W. was wound tight as a two dollar watch and was trailing vapor. To say the least, the house was rocking in true Port A style. Yes sir, it was a glorious birthday. HAPPY 64th SHORTY’S!!! And that’s the truth! B AC K P ORC H Thursday Summer Music Series Begins May 13 Dates to Remember: Fri. 5/22 W.C. CLARK Sat. 5/28 GARY P. NUN The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band @ The Gaff. Davin James, played the Back Porch in Port A. Jerod Wolf Jaw Clark & J.W. George @ Shorty’s Place. Run of the Mill @ Shorty’s Place. The Trishas will play the Third Coast Music Studios in Port A May 1. Tarpon Music Bash May 21,22,23 Greezy Wheels Seven Board May 7th May 1st
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North Padre Island Moon April 28, 2010PA 6
If you don’t think things are heating up lately, just check out the “Area Music Listings” at the bottom of the page. In my humble opinion, there are six “must see” shows in the next two weeks when the Island Moon cycles again on the 12th. These are all world class shows here...pay attention my friends, you won’t want to miss this! Also I’ve reviewed a few oth-er shows that I saw recently and think you might find interesting. Lot’s to tell you about...let’s roll!
The Trishas, David Allen Coe, Greezy Wheels, Butch Hancock, Supersuckers, Stomp
On Saturday, May 1, Austin sweetie-pies, The Tri-shas (Austin, TX) will play the Third Coast Music Studios in Port A. These girls are precious and their music is the latest hot thang in hip city. Trust me, The
Trishas are on their way to the top. David Allen Coe (Austin, TX) is bringing his own bad self to Brewster Street on Thursday, May 6. Coe is one of the origina-tors of “Texas Outlaw Country Music” and has the distinction of recording the song that Guinness World Records deemed the song most sang out loud by peo-ple in bars (You Don’t Have to Call Me Darlin’). If you’ve never seen David Allen Coe, then you haven’t done your required reading. Now check this out, Armadillo World Headquarters alumni and house band in the day, Greezy Wheels (Austin, TX) will be playing a rare performance at the Tarpon Ice House in Port A on Friday, May 7. This takes me back. I have a very distinct memory of going to a Halloween Pumpkin Stomp at the Dillo and Greezy Wheels was play-ing. We stomped on hundreds of pump-kins as Greezy belted out The Slippy Slidy. It was wild. I wouldn’t miss this show for love or money. You shouldn’t either. Now, it just gets better and better...Butch Han-cock (Austin, TX) is playing the House of Rock on May 8. Butch is an old Lubbut-tocksite and one third of the Flatlanders with Joe Ely and Jimmy Dale Gilmore. Butch’s song are about the shoes he walked dusty old cotton fields, standing in big hotels, lamenting over women who won’t speak Spanish to him and waltz-ing in West Texas. When I was growing up, it was just understood that Butch Hancock wrote the songs...Joe or Jimmy Dale could sing them pretty good, but it was Butch who wrote them. He is truly a poet. Next, how about a one of a kind punk country band from Arizona? The Supersuckers (Tucson, AZ) are an in your face, hard driving rock unit fronted by a wild man named Eddie Spaghetti. I saw them at SXSW some years ago and was absolutely floored. Hat’s off to the folks at Brewster Street...every schedule they put out is better than the last one. Keep it up! And the sixth “don’t miss show” is actually not a band...it’s a troupe. Stomp (San Francisco, CA) is playing the Salina Auditorium on Tuesday, May 11. Stomp is a band of renegade percussionist that turn ordi-nary items such as buckets, brooms, chairs (it’s end-less) into percussion instruments and then into an or-chestra of precision dancers who’s performance art is only concerned with a beat. To call Stomp a bunch of drummers is like calling The London Philharmonic a groovy little string band. The visual and rhythmic bombardment of the senses is completely captivat-ing. After you experience a Stomp show, you will be gushing to everyone you see about your Stomp expe-rience. It is truly a unique event.
The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band
The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band (Renick, West Virginia by way of Maui) played The Gaff in Port A on April 17. The band’s name is an onomatopoeia, which in this case, suggests the sound of cheesy porn background music from the 70’s. Say “brown chicken brown cow” with minimal intonation and you get the picture. These three young men (Xan-der, Justin and Orion) are from the mountains of South West Virginia and are an authentic Appalachian string band playing guitar, mandolin, fid-dle and banjo (although dulcimer was usually present and banjo wasn’t in the purist sense). The band uses only
By Ronnie Narmour
Three Chords and the Truth
one mic for the instruments and one mic for the vo-cals and play facing each other as is the tradition of this old time music. None of the instruments were plugged into amplifiers. Appalachian string music originated from the English, Irish and Scottish immi-grant settlers in the late 18th century and combined with religious hymns and European African, as well as African-American imprints, was a key influence in the early development of American bluegrass. The Carter Family and Doc Watson are probably the best known recorded artists of this ilk.
Music of the folk...
BCBC doesn’t cover any artists of this genre; they play all original material with such songs as Hair Trigger, Sea Horse Shoe, Bees Making Honey and Put
You in the Ground. Their musicianship is superb as each band member takes his ride in exact tempo and phrasing with each other...which was always at breakneck speed and with clean, precise fin-gering. It was a complete joy to observe these three accomplished musicians wrap themselves around each song like a revers-ible jacket. You get the feeling that they proba-bly complete each other’s sentences. I took a look at their tour schedule and they have dates all over the map in the next six months. I’m glad to know that there are still young musicians out there who choose to carry on the
American tradition of this time honored music of the
folk. The Gaff was the perfect venue for this show with its comfortable outdoor setting, complete with a campfire.
Davin James
Davin James (Kingwood, TX) played the Back Porch in Port A on April 17. I had seen James sev-eral times last season at the Porch but I don’t think I
paid close enough attention to him. I got into a con-versation with my friend, Light House Rick, at the bar about Davin James and he convinced me to take a closer look at this man’s talent. Rick is seldom wrong when it comes to spotting real talent, plus he’s a walking encyclopedia for background information. So I saddled in close to the stage and paid attention this time. James is the son of a riverboat singer and a campfire picker and his songs are honest and real with enough hooks in them to keep you paying at-tention. He’s been on the Larry Joe Taylor, Rusty Wier, Tommy Alverson, Gary P. Nunn circuit for many years and has a tow sack full of songs. He did have reasonable success with a one of his tunes, Mag-nolia and has seven CD’s out to date.
Mississippi blues is in the blood...
My first impression was that this guy is an excellent guitarist. He was accompanied only by his faithful bass player, Cletus, and no other sidemen. Yet, these two guys had a rich, full sound coming off the stage, with James carrying the guitar duties of at least one and a half guitarists. He’s all over the neck with sever-al layers of strong rhythms and timely accents... clean and fast. I may be twisting off here, and I don’t know if it’s because he’s got Mississippi in his upbringing, if it’s their deep voices or their similar big man physi-cal appearance (with matching goatees), but I see Da-vin James as the outlaw country version of Mississip-
pi blues man, Omar Dykes (Omar and the Howl-ers). Both are powerful in their vocal and guitar de-livery and both command a strong stage presence. I saw James play a couple of screaming blues numbers that night that at the Porch that could hold their own on any Antones’ stage. Davin James may be selling country but I’m pretty sure he’s a blues man at heart. Man, he plays a strong guitar. You feel it on every song. He’ll be back at the Porch on May 14th.
Run of the Mill/ Conjugal Visit
Shorty’s Place celebrated their 64th birthday last weekend in Port A and people came from far and wide to pay homage to this island sanctuary for day drinkers. I occasionally (OK...maybe regularly) step into Shorty’s on the weekends to watch the lo-cal array of island musicians tear it up. It’s usual-ly the J.W. George show aka Conjugal Visit (Port Aransas, TX) playing every weekend and, until re-cently, featured Russell Edge, Kit Guthers and Craig Ware throughout the winter months, but J.W. decided to change up his lineup. He can do that, his grandmother (Miss Rose) owns the joint. The most recent Conjugal Vis-it incantation is still J.W. George on vocals, harmonica and shocking banter and Craig Ware on drums but now 18 year old wunderkind, Chris-tian Payne has taken on guitar duty (he also plays with Run of the Mill) and Dave Ward is now on bass (he’s also the mandolin player for the South Texas Grassroots Band). But usually on any given Conju-gal Visit gig you can count on local guys like Dave “Botllehead” Mill-er and Jared “Wolf Jaw” Clark to show up and sit in. And the party’s always blazing at Shorty’s...please note: I don’t use “blazing” lightly. It’s a very colorful place. These are all very colorful people. At Shorty’s, it’s just the ba-sics (beer, pool, music, no bait)...but that’s worked just fine for 64 years. I’m assuming that everyone that’s reading this is hip to Shorty’s Place in Port A, right? No gimmicks...down on the flats...a kazillion ball caps on the ceiling. Needless to say, the joint was packed for two days and a glorious birthday it was.
Happy 64th Birthday to Shorty’s Place
J.W. had brought in a band from Rockport, Run of the Mill (Rockport, TX), to play Saturday afternoon. These guys are high school kids that play their par-ent’s music. They cover oldies like ZZ Top, Sky-nyrd, Van Morrison, Steve Miller, Bob Seeger and Marshall Tucker, etc with the same zeal that all us old guys had when the music came out the first time. They also do the Roger Creager, Hank Jr., Way-
The GaffBeer ● Pizza ● Belt Sander Races (361) 749-5970
Area Music ListingsSaturday, May 1st
Timmy Curran, Will Crum & The Flamin’ Hell-cats @ House of Rock Don Chani @ Executive Surf Club The Trishas @ Third Coast Music Studios Willey Stafford @ The Gaff Randy McAllister @ The Back Porch Jayar @ Flip Flops Seven Board @ Tar-pon Ice House
Monday, May 3rd Papa Roach, Helly-eah, 12 Stones & Sea-sons After @ Con-crete Street
Tuesday, May 4th Open Mic w/ Rever-end Fred @ House of Rock
Wednesday, May 5th Cage The Elephant, Morning Teleportation & Autovaughn @ Brewster Street Icehouse
Thursday, May 6th David Allen Coe & Pear Ratz @ Brewster Street Icehouse Hobo @ Executive Surf Club
Friday, May 7th Greezy Wheels @ Tarpon Ice House The Business, Hollow Points, The Booked & Av-enue Rockers @ House of Rock The Spazmatics @ Brewster Street Icehouse Another Level @ Executive Surf Club Cruise Control @ The Back Porch Rockaholics @ Flip Flops
Saturday, May 8th Butch Hancock, Rev-erend Fred & Ty Di-etz @ House of Rock Lyrical Binge @ Ex-ecutive Surf Club Dave “Bottlehead” Miller @ The Gaff Equal People @ Flip Flops
Sunday, May 9th
Supersucker @ Brewster Street Icehouse
Monday, May 10th Cannibal Corpse, Skeletonwitch & Lecherous Nocturne @ House of Rock
Tuesday, May 11th
Open Mic w/ Reverend Fred @ House of Rock Stomp @ Salina Auditorium
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er Tarpon Ice House Port AransasCold Beer & Hot Music
lon Jennings, Johnny Cash, etc twang thang. Although Con-jugal Visit and the rest of the lo-cal clan can dig much deeper into their veteran bag of tricks, it’s pretty much the same musical di-rection that both of these bands take. Southern rock and country and all things in between (which come under the general heading of “good music”). I can only vi-sualize Run of the Mill in 20 years, keeping the same flame burning that Conjugal Visit lights every weekend at Shorty’s...though, I’m not sure what these boy’s parents might think of that
vision. (If you work real hard, son, and learn every Skynyrd and ZZ
Top song ever recorded, drink beer 24/7 and only play at one bar...then someday, you could be the next J.W. George). Actually, J.W. is a natural host and it wouldn’t be the same without him. You never know what’s coming out of his mouth next... he’s irrever-ent and quick witted as they come...actually, a twisted soul comes to mind. When J.W. is calling the shots, it’s guaranteed, you will have a good time and prob-ably laugh you gimmi cap off, too. But don’t leave your girlfriend alone with him.
Those kids are pretty darn good...
Nevertheless, Shorty’s birthday was a good gig for Run of the Mill to get some good exposure in front of a bunch of people who are twice their age but have the same taste in music. Actually, they were pretty darn good in a “young band playing old covers that will impress people who could be their grandparents”
sort of way. I will say that these boys are savvy be-yond their years and have the makings of excellent musicians if they keep hanging out in the woodshed. They definitely have a youthful energy, not to men-tion some really choice band gear. My only advice to them would be to tap into their influences and work to develop an original sound...covers will only take you so far.
Mean while back at Shorty’s b-day... the real show came later that night when Conjugal Visit plugged in and J.W. blasted off. All of my favorite players with great nicknames were there: Russell “The Love Muscle” Edge, Dave “Bottlehead” Miller and Jar-ed “Wolf Jaw” Clark. J.W. was wound tight as a two dollar watch and was trailing vapor. To say the least, the house was rocking in true Port A style. Yes sir, it was a glorious birthday. HAPPY 64th SHORTY’S!!!
And that’s the truth!
BACK PORCHThursday Summer Music Series Begins May 13
Dates to Remember: Fri. 5/22 W.C. CLARK
Sat. 5/28 GARY P. NUN
First Annual Tarpon Music Bash
May 21, 22, 23
The Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band @ The Gaff.
Davin James, played the Back Porch in Port A.
Jerod Wolf Jaw Clark & J.W. George @ Shorty’s Place.
Run of the Mill @ Shorty’s Place.
The Trishas will play the Third Coast Music Studios in Port A May 1.
Tarpon Music BashMay 21,22,23 Greezy WheelsSeven Board
May 7thMay 1st
