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    May 2, 2012

    Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Jukeboxes

    Along with pickled pig's feet and a steady supply of Slim Jims, a good jukebox is a prime element for any great bar. But, like dinosaurs, jukeboxes are a vanishing breed. Unlike digital jukes, iPods or DJs, jukeboxes require love, care and maintenance, as well as -- among the truly great ones -- som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Bartender Chat: Susan of The Big Easy

    It's Mardi Gras weekend, y'all, and I can't think of a better place to kick off the party than The Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club, a little slice of NOLA in the Bayou City. I stopped in earlier this week to get a jump start on my bon temps since this Thibodaux native will be celebrating Mardi Gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Classic Christmas: Charles Brown & Friends' Merry Christmas Baby

    Over the holidays, we're looking back at some classic Christmas albums taking some track by track and just digging on others. ​Blues musician Charles Brown released and re-released Christmas songs numerous times throughout his career. The Texas City native got a lot of mileage out of Christma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Jon Cleary, New Orleans R&B Piano Master, Makes Rare Visit

    Rick Olivier​The last time Rocks Off saw Jon Cleary, he was hammering his piano like a blacksmith at the Big Easy, totally surrounded by adoring blues fans - so many, in fact, that it was difficult to even get a glimpse of the British-born pianist from the rear of the crowd. Cleary and his ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Last Night: Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt At The Grand

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt The Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston June 27, 2011 Coming soon to an Improv near you: The comedic stylings of Lyle & Hiatt! Almost sounds like one of those old-time yukster duos, doesn't it? It certainly played out like that Monday night in Th ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Son of a Preacher Man

    Paul Thorn's life is straight out of a Southern Gothic fairy tale.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Last Night: Boz Scaggs At Stafford Centre

    Photos by Bob Ruggiero​Boz Scaggs Stafford Centre February 17, 2011 While mellow modern jazz players have hijacked and ruined the word "smooth" as a synonym for blandness, Thursday night Boz Scaggs helped reclaim the adjective as a positive attribute in a powerful show laden with most of his ... More >>

  • Music

    April 29, 2010

    Heavy Weather

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

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Vince Gill Confirms for Conroe's Crighton Theater

    Lise Liddell​ Lonesome Onry and Mean has been holding his breath for a few days, keeping a secret. We've been waiting on one last signature on the contracts before announcing one of the biggest shows ever at Conroe's Sounds of Texas music series. But Wednesday night we got an email from Mark Germi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    R.I.P. Original Austin Cosmic Cowboy Rusty Weir

    ​Texas music legend Rusty Wier has passed away according to a post from North Texas disc jockey Shayne Hollinger on the Galleywinter Texas music chat site. One of the original Austin Cosmic Cowboys with the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Martin Murphy, Wier has been a fixture on the Texas ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Live at Liberty Hall

    The short but storied past of Houston's legendary live music venue.

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Got Live If You Want It

    Our Spring/Summer concert preview, part deux

  • Music

    April 23, 2009

    Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings

    Our Spring/Summer concert preview, part deux

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Lost Tuneage: Jerry Lynn Williams

    Who Dat? www.myspace.com/jerrylynnwilliamsI'd forgotten about Fort Worth rocker and soul man Jerry Lynn Williams until the other day when I was reading Eric Clapton's autobiography. Warner Bros. had returned Clapton's tapes from sessions in Montserrat and, to keep his Warner's deal, Clapton ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Lost Tuneage: Terry Reid

    L-R: Waddy Wachtel, Keith Richards and Terry Reid Who Dat? Though unfortunately best known to rock trivia buffs for what he didn't do than for what he did, Terry Reid was (and is) an extremely well-regarded British blues-rock singer/guitarist. He began warbling as a toddler when his mother would ... More >>

  • Music

    October 30, 2008

    Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll

    L-R: Waddy Wachtel, Keith Richards and Terry Reid Who Dat? Though unfortunately best known to rock trivia buffs for what he didn't do than for what he did, Terry Reid was (and is) an extremely well-regarded British blues-rock singer/guitarist. He began warbling as a toddler when his mother would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Dan Aykroyd on the (Mostly Texan) Blues Brothers Band, Our New House of Blues, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Houston Kinfolk, SNL in Campaign '08 and More

    L-R: Waddy Wachtel, Keith Richards and Terry Reid Who Dat? Though unfortunately best known to rock trivia buffs for what he didn't do than for what he did, Terry Reid was (and is) an extremely well-regarded British blues-rock singer/guitarist. He began warbling as a toddler when his mother would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Tom Waits (nearly) Returns To Fannin Street

    L-R: Waddy Wachtel, Keith Richards and Terry Reid Who Dat? Though unfortunately best known to rock trivia buffs for what he didn't do than for what he did, Terry Reid was (and is) an extremely well-regarded British blues-rock singer/guitarist. He began warbling as a toddler when his mother would ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    No Show: EMC Expos

    A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2007

    Rick Mitchell Pops His ACL Cherry

    A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Playbill

    A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

  • Music

    April 8, 2004

    Higher Ground

    The Blind Boys of Alabama can bring church to the people if not the people to church

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2003

    Blue Christmas

    Joe's Roadhouse pays homage to the melancholy side of the season

  • Music

    July 24, 2003

    Reelin' In the Years

    A look back at Houston Press Music Awards of yore

  • Music

    March 20, 2003

    Game, Set and Match

    Former tennis player Melinda Mones serves up an ace with her self-titled debut

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    Shemekia Copeland

    Talking to Strangers (Alligator Records)

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Wham, Bam, Thank You MAMH

    The proposed Museum of American Music History could be the solution to our "image problem"

  • Music

    August 29, 2002

    Groupie Grooves

    Little Feat can only hope to receive the same "welcome" they got here 31 years ago

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Midnight Pumpkin

    Toni Price glows on her best album yet

  • Music

    May 24, 2001

    A KIKK in the Pants

    The new "Houston's Country Alternative" has got 'em waiting, worried at KPFT

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Behind the Music (City)

    Is she rock? Is she soul? Jonell Mosser keeps 'em guessing

  • Music

    April 27, 2000

    Listen In

    Clandestine -- Dave Nevling and the Blues Kats -- Tommy Dardar and the Sheetrockers

  • Music

    September 23, 1999

    Native Talent

    Indigenous Americans blow blues-rock smoke

  • Music

    September 16, 1999

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    March 11, 1999

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    December 3, 1998

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    June 11, 1998

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    January 1, 1998

    The Other Vaughan

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    June 19, 1997

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    February 20, 1997

    Still King

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    February 13, 1997

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    December 26, 1996

    Sound Check

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    September 12, 1996

    Rotation

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    March 21, 1996

    Porch Music

    New Releases Reviewed

  • Music

    June 1, 1995

    Feats of Courage

    From the death of Lowell George on, Little Feat has learned to grow through loss

  • Music

    February 2, 1995

    The Preacher Returns

    From the death of Lowell George on, Little Feat has learned to grow through loss

  • Music

    October 27, 1994

    Dollars for Discs

    Introducing a shopping guide for sounds

  • Music

    August 18, 1994

    Rotation

    Introducing a shopping guide for sounds

  • Music

    January 13, 1994

    My Oh My

    Can that Guy Forsyth play the blues

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