Subject: Buddy Guy

• Tonight: Back Door Slam at Warehouse Live

  September 25, 2008

• Tonight: Michael Hardie and Milton Hopkins at Red Cat Jazz Cafe

  November 10, 2008

• R.I.P. Mitch Mitchell

  The Jimi Hendrix Experience (l-r): Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell and Hendrix Drummer Mitch Mitchell, the last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead Wednesday morning in his Portland, Oregon, hotel room, Billboard reported today. Mitchell, 62, most likely died of natural causes, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner's office said. Mitchell had just finished the "Experience Hendrix" tour with former Band of Gypsies bassist Billy Cox and several others including Buddy Gu

  November 13, 2008

• B.B. King Sure Has a Lot of Friends

  Is there anyone who doesn't love B.B. King? If you're talking about the 83-year-old bluesman's fellow musicians, the answer is a resounding "No!" King has probably sat in with with more players (and vice versa) than anybody else save perhaps Willie Nelson, with whom of course King has teamed up countless times both live (above) and on record. In honor of his two-night stand at House of Blues - both shows are close to selling out - this weekend, Rocks Off combed YouTube to find a few of the kin

  November 21, 2008

• Over the Weekend: Dickens, BMX and 610 Blvd.

  Quick not-so-random tip: If you haven't already had your office holiday party yet, we definitely suggest you don't show up too early. The food probably won't be ready, but the drinks just might. Anyway... Dickens on the Strand For the past 35 years, Dickens on the Strand has been celebrated on Galveston's famous street. It's been almost three months since Hurricane Ike put the Strand under six feet of water and there were just a few businesses open on Saturday, but the celebration went on an

  December 8, 2008

• Aftermath: Buddy Guy at House of Blues

  Photos by Craig Hlavaty As Aftermath was cradling his camera, taking pictures of Buddy Guy on Friday night at the House of Blues, he got a bittersweet twinge in his music-loving soul. Once he and B.B. King shuffle off this mortal coil and join the big blues jam in the sky, there will be nobody left. I don't mean to say that no one else is doing what Guy does. That's for sure. It's just that no one else does it the way Guy does it, and so purely. He learned it all 

  December 8, 2008

• The Lame and the Great

  December 22, 1994

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra Coming to Volcano

  Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra with John Cale (third from left) As usually happens just after New Year's, bands and venues are scrambling to line up Houston gigs during South By Southwest. Under the Volcano (2349 Bissonnet) owner Pete Mitchell has scored an early coup, lining up Chicago powerhouse the Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra for March 19. According to Mitchell, his phone has been ringing off the wall, but so far he's keeping his powder dry, waiting to hear from several acts he hopes to cherr

  January 13, 2009

• Press Picks

  May 25, 1995

• Static

  May 2, 1996

• Rap of Ages Inc.

  July 25, 1996

• No More Same Old, Same Old

  September 26, 1996

• Still King

  February 20, 1997

• Nails in the Coffin

  May 15, 1997

• The Nickel: A Musical History of the Fifth Ward, Part 4

  [Note: Click on the numbers for parts 1, 2 and 3.] Fifth Ward music mogul Don Robey was so taken with Gatemouth Brown's talents that he built his entire Peacock label around him. Robey already owned the Bronze Peacock night club and various other business interests, but it was his meeting of Brown that truly launched them both into Texas and world music immortality. Although their relationship would sour by the end of the '50s, along the way the genre-smashing multi-instrumentalist Brown wo

  February 23, 2009

• Static

  March 26, 1998

• Mind's Ear

  August 13, 1998

• More Blues Than You Can Use

  September 24, 1998

• Rotation

  December 10, 1998

• The Derek Trucks Band: Already Free

  March 5, 2009

• Jonny Lang

  February 26, 2009

• Shine a Light, The Stones and Scorsese

  This film is a treat for movie and music fans alike

  August 7, 2008

• The Houston International Festival Is Upon Us

  April 17, 2008

• Houston Music Festivals

  The last three weeks of this month promise to be hard on your wallet, eardrums and liver

  April 3, 2008

• All in la Familia at Azteca's Bar and Grill

  Fathers, sons and "Mustang Sally"

  March 13, 2008

• Alan Haynes

  Even in Austin, this blues guitarist stands out

  November 22, 2007

• Guitar Shorty’s Birthday Party

  The bluesman spends his b-day on stage

  September 6, 2007

• The Tommy Castro Band

  Painkiller

  January 25, 2007

• Guitar Shorty

  Guitar Shorty performs Saturday, January 13, at the Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club, 5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999.

  January 11, 2007

• Buddy Guy

  Can't Quit the Blues

  November 2, 2006

• Leaving the Wolfe Pack

  It's Johnny Falstaff's time to "Shine"

  October 12, 2006

• Jonny Lang

  Turn Around

  October 5, 2006

• Buddy Guy

  Saturday, December 3, at Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-225-8551.

  December 1, 2005

• Reach for the Stars

  Astra Heights returns from L.A. with a major-label deal in hand

  December 1, 2005

• Party Train

  Janis, the Dead, the Band and others take the happiest trip of their lives

  September 2, 2004

• Relying on Reliant

  IFest makes the jump from downtown to South Main

  April 15, 2004

• The End Is Near

  The day of the Locust is at hand

  February 12, 2004

• Roll Over, Eric Clapton. And Tell Stevie Ray the News.

  The blues is back -- rawer and louder (and punker) than ever

  October 23, 2003

• Endless Boogie

  Former Squirrel Nut Zipper Jimbo Mathus gets back to basics

  August 7, 2003

• Dark Riders

  The good, the bad and the ugly rock-star performance contracts

  May 8, 2003

• Hamilton Loomis

  Hamilton Loomis Live: Highlights (Ham-Bone Music)

  June 6, 2002

• Corey Harris and Henry Butler

  Vü-dü menz (Alligator Records)

  October 12, 2000

• Best Jukebox

  Warren's Inn

  September 21, 2000

• My Kinda Sound

  Chicago plays home to the blues in Houston

  April 29, 1999

• Play that Monkey Beat

  March 23, 1995

• The Preacher Returns

  February 2, 1995

• Flop Like an Eagle

  Brad Tyer checks out of the Hotel California after five songs

  July 14, 1994

• Distant Early Warning: Band of Heathens, Glen Campbell, Mastodon, Thursday, etc.

  ​The Academy Is..., The Secret Handshake, Set Your Goals, Mayday Parade: Thu., Oct. 22. Warehouse Live. All Time Low, Hey Monday, We The Kings, Friday Night Boys: Wed., Oct. 28. House of Blues. Band of Heathens (CD Release Show): Fri., Sept. 11. Warehouse Live. Brand New: Sat., Oct. 31. Verizon Wireless Theater. Buddy Guy: Sun., Oct. 18. House of Blues. Buju Banton: Thu., Oct. 22. House of Blues.

  August 4, 2009

• Whirlwind Weekend: See What You Missed

  It seemed the entire city was out and about this weekend, as the first gorgeous weekend of fall brought beautifully blue skies and perfect temperatures. Check out what you missed this weekend by spending the day on a patio somewhere, sipping a latte (silly you). Photo by Groovehouse​The third annual No Holds Barred Chili Cook-Off at Shady Tavern took place on Saturday afternoon. Click here for a slideshow.

  October 19, 2009

• Aftermath: Buddy Guy, Silly but Still Scorching at House of Blues

  Photos by Eric Sauseda/ Click here for a slideshow​ Of all the still-living bluesmen whose careers were firmly established before the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, etc. came along in the mid and late '60s, the knock on Buddy Guy is that live, he is the most inconsistent. Conventional concert wisdom says an evening with Guy can either set your hair on fire or be a hand-wringing (not to mention wallet-wringing) exercise in watching someone who ought to know better go through t

  October 19, 2009