Andy Bradley

Houston’s Golden Horn Is Silenced: Calvin Owens, R.I.P.

SugarHill Studios Moves to Caroline Collective

A SugarHill Supergroup of Sorts

The SugarHill Gang, from left: Fever Tree's Rob Landis, Radio Birdman's Dennis Tek, engineer Andy Bradley, Tyson Steth, Kenny Cordray and Dust Peterson Photos by Chris Gray Watching musicians in the studio is like watching meat processors make sausage: it's tedious and there's lots of blood. But i ... More >>

Piano Man

Houston's Dave Catney releases the classy Reality Road

Puke Sick

Thoughts of Sonic Youth, kid's shows and animal testing with sick body and warped mind

All in the Family

A session at Sugar Hill Studios reveals the hidden sounds of fathers and sons

Static

A session at Sugar Hill Studios reveals the hidden sounds of fathers and sons

Static

A session at Sugar Hill Studios reveals the hidden sounds of fathers and sons

Static

A session at Sugar Hill Studios reveals the hidden sounds of fathers and sons

Grammy Shammy

Sugar Bayou's bad review spotlights a shady Houston trend

Brazil, Unplugged

Gilberto Gil trims down his sound for an all-acoustic show.

House of Hits' First Hit: Harry Choates' Cajun National Anthem "Jole Blon"

​All this week, Lonesome Onry and Mean will be blogging about House of Hits, the new book by Dr. Roger Wood and SugarHill Studios engineer Andy Bradley. A complete and well-annotated history of Gold Star/SugarHill, the oldest continuously operating recording studio in the U.S., the book is a trove ... More >>

SugarHill (Actually Gold Star) In the '50s, The Decade It Became A House Of Hits

[Ed Note: All this week, to celebrate the release of Dr. Roger Wood and Andy Bradley's new book House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios and preview this weekend's related festivities at Sig's Lagoon and the Continental Club, Rocks Off and Lonesome Onry and Mean ar ... More >>

Roy Head, Sir Douglas Quintet Help SugarHill Swing Into The Psychedelic '60s

Ed Note: All this week, to celebrate the release of Dr. Roger Wood and Andy Bradley's new book House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios and preview this weekend's related festivities at Sig's Lagoon and the Continental Club, Rocks Off and Lonesome Onry and Mean are ... More >>

Hitsville, Texas

A new book documents the shady past and solid-gold singles of Houston's SugarHill Studios.

Freddy Fender And Huey Meaux Reel Off A String Of SugarHill Hits In The '70s

Ed Note: All this week, to celebrate the release of Dr. Roger Wood and Andy Bradley's new book House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios and preview this weekend's related festivities at Sig's Lagoon and the Continental Club, Rocks Off and Lonesome Onry and Mean are ... More >>

SugarHill In The '90s: Jazz, Jazz, Jazz... And A Little Group Called Destiny's Child

Ed Note: All this week, to celebrate the release of Dr. Roger Wood and Andy Bradley's new book House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios and preview this weekend's related festivities at Sig's Lagoon and the Continental Club, Rocks Off and Lonesome Onry and Mean are ... More >>

R&B Legend Ivory Joe Hunter To Get State Historical Marker

​Rocks Off's predecessor John Nova Lomax, who normally reports on much more sordid goings-on in East Texas, tipped us off to a story in today's Beaumont Enterprise that reports late Texas R&B legend Ivory Joe Hunter will have an official Texas State Historical Marker erected at his gravesite n ... More >>

Heavy Weather

A band that started by accident, the Dead Weather is now here to stay.

Andy Bradley and Roger Wood: House of Hits

A SugarHill Studios sound engineer and an author reveal a history of sweet sounds

SugarHill Studios Burglarized Over The Weekend

6:08 p.m.: Updated to include list of stolen gear. Chris GraySugarHill Studios in 2008​ Legendary Houston recording complex SugarHill Studios, subject of the recent book House of Hits by local historian Dr. Roger Wood and studio co-owner/engineer Andy Bradley, was burglarized over the weeken ... More >>

A Case of the Vapours

Islands' Nick Thorburn tries to keep track of his bandmates and their aliases.

Roger Wood and Andy Bradley, Wendy Hundere Parnell

Islands' Nick Thorburn tries to keep track of his bandmates and their aliases.

Huey Meaux Not Forgiven Or Forgotten, Says Associate

SugarHill StudiosHuey P. Meaux (left) at SugarHill in the 1970s​The death of legendary - and genuinely kinked-up - record producer Huey P. Meaux is a time of mixed emotions for SugarHill Studios co-owner and chief engineer Andy Bradley. Bradley began working with Meaux in 1984 and eventually b ... More >>

Psych Legends Fever Tree's Final Show Mysteriously Materializes

savagesaints.blogspot.com​"The past is not dead," William Faulkner once said. "It's not even past." Rob Landes, organist for '60s Houston psych-rockers Fever Tree, found this out a couple of years ago when he discovered some old boxes labeled "Fever Tree Live Session." Inside were some reel-t ... More >>