Email Author Chris Gray

Awards

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 10, 2011

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

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2011 Stories by Chris Gray

• Texas Johnny Brown A Star In Mississippi Too

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Rocks Off would like to congratulate one of the stars of this week's "Old School" cover story, Texas Johnny Brown, who will receive a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail this weekend. The monument ... More >>

• What A Houston Blues "Walk Of Fame" Could Look Like

  published Sep 01, 2011

  It was a real pleasure for Rocks Off and Lonesome Onry and Mean to bring you this week's Houston Press cover story, "Old School," but it was also bittersweet. Not to put too fine a point on it, but no... More >>

• BestFest Adds Toadies, Wild Moccasins, Little Joe Washington

  published Aug 31, 2011

  Rocks Off is proud to welcome twisted North Texas alt-rockers the Toadies and a pair of beloved local artists young and old, the Wild Moccasins and Little Joe Washington, to the lineup of the Houston ... More >>

• Houston Astros, Meet Reggaeton... Not "Reg Action"

  published Aug 31, 2011

  Lately the Houston Astros have been turning to music as an alternative way of getting people through the turnstiles of Minute Maid Park, since winning ballgames is pretty much a wash this year. This ... More >>

• Wild Men of Rock

  published September 1, 2011

  It's a good thing the Continental Club stage is carpeted, because any one of these four "Wild Men of Rock" could produce enough sweat for someone... More >>

• Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow

  published September 1, 2011

  Kid Rock's story is 100 percent "Only in America" — the party-rocking Beastie Boys/Run-DMC copycat who found his inner Seger and Skynyrd... More >>

• More BestFest Adds Tomorrow; Early Bird Ends Thursday

  published Aug 30, 2011

  Rocks Off would just like to plant a little bug in everyone's ear that we hope you're hanging around your computer tomorrow afternoon - or, if need be, your smartphone - because we're going to announc... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Old School

  published September 1, 2011

  Midnight, The Big Easy Social & Pleasure Club, cover charge is five bucks. A blast of heat from the gaggle of horns onstage rushes out of the... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Saturday Night: The Go-Go's At House Of Blues

  published Aug 29, 2011

  The Go-Go's, Girl In a Coma House of Blues August 27, 2011 See more of these five beauties and their big beat in our slideshow. With bands like the Go-Go's, it's not about the hits. The hits sell ti... More >>

• Kinky Friedman Endorses Former Rival Rick Perry

  published Aug 25, 2011

  Kinky Friedman, who told Rocks Off "let's have term limits - exhibit A is Rick Perry" in 2009, and that his dog could run Texas better than Perry had, has now decided that the best way to get his form... More >>

• Queens Post-Rock Duo Takes Lakewood Church To Court

  published Aug 25, 2011

  Queens duo The American Dollar would rather their own dollars not come from Lakewood Church. As our sister blog Hair Balls reported this morning, Richard Cupolo and John Emanuelle have filed suit aga... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  BestFest Adds Hayes Carll, Carolyn Wonderland, Slim Thug & Against Me!

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Who loves you, Houstonr Rocks Off does, silly. We are proud to welcome these four artists to BestFest, September 24 and 25 at the Midtown superblock: Woodlands boy turned alt-country golden child Hay... More >>

• Four More BestFest Acts Revealed Tomorrow

  published Aug 23, 2011

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• Chadd Thomas Memorial/Benefit

  published August 25, 2011

  If Austin police have made any progress toward finding out how popular rockabilly musician Chadd Thomas wound up dead in a South Austin parking... More >>

• DiverseWorks FUNdraiser

  published August 25, 2011

  Although there are many others, DiverseWorks has proven itself one of Houston's leading arts nonprofits with a steady stream of multimedia fare... More >>

• Riverboat Gamblers

  published August 25, 2011

  This year marks a full decade since the Riverboat Gamblers exploded out of Denton, impressing punk fans statewide in a mad flurry of flailing... More >>

• Reports: Scarface Released From Jail

  published Aug 22, 2011

  Ed. Note: Scarface was actually released from the Harris County Jail, where he had been transferred from Montgomery County last month. "The Twitter" is starting to hum with reports like the one above... More >>

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  Soul Train's 10 Most Popular Videos Of All Time

  published Aug 19, 2011

  This week in 1970, a television show debuted that became a ritual for some, an aspiration for others. Long before Saturday Night Live, Midnight Special (which also had its debut this week) or MTV, Sou... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Chamillionaire Comes Aboard BestFest Lineup

  published Aug 17, 2011

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  Top Five Cannibal Country Songs

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Songs about singers and other songs has long been one of Rocks Off's favorite fields of study within the wide-ranging curriculum of popular music. Off the very tippy-top of our heads, ABC's "When Smok... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  35 Bands You Should Never, Ever Search On Google Images

  published Aug 17, 2011

  Here at Rocks Off, we take our blog ideas where we can get them - even from mistakes. Allow us to explain. About a month ago, we went to Rihanna at Toyota Center, and afterward stopped by Jet Lounge ... More >>

• Major BestFest Lineup Announcement Coming Wednesday

  published Aug 16, 2011

  It's getting toward the end of the day and Rocks Off is sure you're about to shut down your computer and head out for the day, so we'd just like to plant a little bug in your brain to come back tomorr... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Crusty Texan Bounces Watch The Throne From Amazon's Top MP3 Album Spot

  published Aug 16, 2011

  Proving once again that old age and treachery beats youth and skill every time, grizzled Texas singer-songwriter emeritus Guy Clark has knocked Jay-Z & Kanye West's Watch the Throne from the top MP3 a... More >>

• Nothing Is Wrong

  published August 18, 2011

  Four L.A. kids in their mid-twenties, Dawes is precocious in sound if not in demeanor. Formed four years ago around the axis of brothers Taylor... More >>

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  10 Odd Things Left At Elvis Presley's Grave

  published Aug 16, 2011

  Today is the 34th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, which means that even as you read this, Graceland workers are hard at work sorting, cataloging and otherwise disposing of the thousands of flowe... More >>