San Antonio's Music Blog - Est 2005
January 30, 2009
January 27, 2009
Ian Moore - Advance tickets available Feb. 1. Full band @ Sam's Burger Joint, March 13
Ian Moore and His Lossy Coils with Special Guest TBA
Doors@8PM
All Ages
$15 Pre-Sale
$20 Door
VIP Table Reservation $50 (Admission Not Included)
More info : http://samsburgerjoint.frontgatetickets.com
January 26, 2009
January 24, 2009
Thursday @ Tycoon Flats, The Lesti Huff Band CD Release
Credit: Jim Beal
From the “It's about time” department comes the debut CD from The Lesti Huff Band. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Huff, a fixture on the acoustic/Americana/etc. scene, and her band got the “Where Was the Love?” disc out just under the '08 wire but will celebrate its release at 7 p.m. Thursday at Tycoon Flats.
Huff and her crew — Jim Bard (lead guitar, pedal steel, harmony vocals), Ray Symczyk (accordion, mandolin, keys, bass), Gil Polanco (drums, percussion) and Kelly Hoppers (bass) — have put together an organic, soulful 11-song collection. Produced by Huff and Symczyk, “Where Was the Love?” was recorded and mixed just right to showcase Huff's lived-in voice, as well as her songs and songs by Bard and a couple of covers.
By performing in venues from restaurants to biker bars, Huff has developed the ability to get songs across with confidence. She's also an accomplished wordsmith who eschews cheap tricks in favor of getting to the point and making things rhyme while she's getting there. Songs such as the title track, “Dead Man's Bluff” and “The Liar” ring true. Bard, a longtime Huff collaborator, also knows his way around penning tunes. Give a listen to “Neon Lights” for proof. There should be more than a little love generated by and for “Where Was the Love?”
http://www.myspace.com/thelestihuffband
From the “It's about time” department comes the debut CD from The Lesti Huff Band. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Huff, a fixture on the acoustic/Americana/etc. scene, and her band got the “Where Was the Love?” disc out just under the '08 wire but will celebrate its release at 7 p.m. Thursday at Tycoon Flats.
Huff and her crew — Jim Bard (lead guitar, pedal steel, harmony vocals), Ray Symczyk (accordion, mandolin, keys, bass), Gil Polanco (drums, percussion) and Kelly Hoppers (bass) — have put together an organic, soulful 11-song collection. Produced by Huff and Symczyk, “Where Was the Love?” was recorded and mixed just right to showcase Huff's lived-in voice, as well as her songs and songs by Bard and a couple of covers.
By performing in venues from restaurants to biker bars, Huff has developed the ability to get songs across with confidence. She's also an accomplished wordsmith who eschews cheap tricks in favor of getting to the point and making things rhyme while she's getting there. Songs such as the title track, “Dead Man's Bluff” and “The Liar” ring true. Bard, a longtime Huff collaborator, also knows his way around penning tunes. Give a listen to “Neon Lights” for proof. There should be more than a little love generated by and for “Where Was the Love?”
http://www.myspace.com/thelestihuffband
January 23, 2009
Concert for the Cure @ Sunset Station, Jan. 28
http://www.concertforthecuresa.org/index.html
ELI YOUNG BAND
PAUL EASON
SCOTT WIGGINS BAND
Credit: John Goodspeed
While there are a lot of cool events this weekend, the spotlight is on a good one for a good cause in the middle of the week.
It is the Concert for the Cure, featuring the Eli Young Band Wednesday evening at the Lone Star Pavilion at Sunset Station.
What makes this event so special is that it is being produced by a group of Trinity University students, and most of them are in the Gamma Chi Delta sorority and the Kappa Kappa Delta fraternity.
The debut event raised $7,000 for the American Cancer Society in 2005 with Roger Creager playing at a dance marathon in Trinity's Webster Gymnasium. The next concerts grew, and they got too big for the Trinity campus.
“The event is becoming so successful, we opened it to the public this year and moved it to Sunset Station to maximize our donations,” event chair Mackenzie Kelly said. “So far, we've raised $33,000.”
About 60 students from six sororities and fraternities work on the fundraiser, said Kelly, a 21-year-old junior from Kansas City, Mo., who is majoring in neuroscience.
“The reason the American Cancer Society was chosen was because we had two members who had cancer, and we continued it as the beneficiary because cancer is something everyone can relate to,” Kelly said.
There will be food booths, and radio stations will give away prizes. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Trinity alumnus Aaron Einhaus will kick off the music with an acoustic set at 6 p.m., with Texas-style country rock on tap from Paul Eason and the Scott Wiggins Band.
Hitting the stage at 10:30, the Eli Young Band hopes to continue on the roll it ended with in 2008. Fueled by a melodic blend of pop rock and country with lyrics that sound hopeful even when dark, they sold out 16 shows in six weeks late last year after seeing ticket sales double and triple in venues across the country.
Last year the band, founded by Mike Eli and James Young and based in Denton, hooked up with Universal Records South after “When It Rains” promised to become one of the longest-running independent country singles in chart history.
The debut major-label album “Jet Black and Jealous” launched at No. 5 on Billboard's country chart. Their current single, “Always the Love Songs,” sits atop the Texas Music chart this week.
Tickets cost $18 at Ticketmaster or $20 at the door.
John Goodspeed's column appears on Fridays in Weekender. Check out his blog on country and Texas Music at http://www.MySa.com/blogs, Goodspeed's Country; and outdoors, Hunting and Fishing.
4 Fifteen at Speedway #2 Fri Jan 23
We are back and ready to RAWK!! Tonight we will be playing at Speedway Bar #2 on Marbach and Hunt Lane.
This will be our first show in a couple of months and we can't wait!!
There have been some changes since the last time you saw us. Scottie is back singing with us again. It's almost like he never left. Cameron got busy with his original band, Crimson Envy so he left us to pursue that. They have been playing all over Texas and KICKING ASS! They're a great band and you should go see them if you haven't already done so. I am proud to have jammed with him as long as I did! And we also have a new drummer, Joey Carr. Joey has played in SEVERAL bands around town over the years and is a welcome addition to this thing we have going on! Come on out and show us some love.
Be safe everyone.
Whatever you do tonight!
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January 22, 2009
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