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David Grissom

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    April 20, 2012

    Texas Guitar Great David Grissom Digs Way Down Deep

    David Grissom has a résumé that most guitarists can only dream of. From his early days with Hank III in Killbilly, Grissom went on to playing, along with Jimmy Pettit and Davis McLarty, for Joe Ely from 1985 to 1991. A hell-for-leather band that could hang with the Clash or just about anyone else, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Saturday Night: James McMurtry, Jason Isbell at Firehouse Saloon

    Photos by Jason WolterJason Isbell (left) with Amanda Shires on violin.​Wow, Rocks Off is a huge fan of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, but Saturday night this hard-charging band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama got a lesson in Texas big beat. Isbell himself was sitting in the backstage area while J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    iFest's Second Weekend Brings It All Back Home

    Jason WolterTexas Connection: Joe Ely, Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt (not pictured)​See lots more iFest pictures from Saturday and Sunday (and some food) in our slideshows. Yes, it was hot at iFest this weekend. Houston hot. Sunday afternoon, partway through Lucinda Williams' surprisi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Friday Night: Joe Ely Band At Rockefeller Hall

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Joe Ely Band Rockefeller Hall February 11, 2011 Saturday night, almost exactly 24 hours after the Joe Ely Band's triumphant return to Rockefeller's Rockefeller Hall, Aftermath and a friend were chatting on Facebook about Houston's current bumper crop of up-and-coming in ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2011

    Joe Ely Band, Mike Stinson

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Joe Ely Band Rockefeller Hall February 11, 2011 Saturday night, almost exactly 24 hours after the Joe Ely Band's triumphant return to Rockefeller's Rockefeller Hall, Aftermath and a friend were chatting on Facebook about Houston's current bumper crop of up-and-coming in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Joe Ely's Top Five Live Shots, By iFest's Rick Mitchell

    Jason WolterJoe Ely (left) and David Grissom at iFest 2010​Next Friday, Feb. 11, the Joe Ely Band returns to Rockefeller Hall for the first time in more than a decade, since the legendary Washington Avenue showcase club stopped presenting live music to focus on the less risky business of priva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    iFest Aftermath: Joe Ely Band Almost Pulls A Michael Jackson

    Photos by Jason WolterMarcia Ball (left) and Joe Ely get their "Fingernails" dirty.​ Terry Allen once told Aftermath that Joe Ely was his favorite performer. Allen related that Ely would come over to his house in Lubbock and sit on his couch and try out new songs. According to Allen, it didn't mat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    The Gulf Coast At iFest: Joe Ely's Rattlesnake Rock, Soulful Latinology, Voodoo Brass And Creole Zydeco

    Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. We're doubling up ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Monte Montgomery

    Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. We're doubling up ... More >>

  • Music

    January 21, 2010

    Age of Endarkenment

    Ray Wylie Hubbard's new album gets low-down with hookers, tornadoes and religion.

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    Monte Montgomery

    Ray Wylie Hubbard's new album gets low-down with hookers, tornadoes and religion.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2007

    Last Night: Storyville at Warehouse Live

    Ray Wylie Hubbard's new album gets low-down with hookers, tornadoes and religion.

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    Roots Redux

    Dan Colehour's Midwestern musings get their day in the Texas sun

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    David Holt

    Perpetual Motion (Blue Corn)

  • Music

    September 18, 2003

    Coal Miner's Brother

    Chris Knight extracts songs from the same ravaged west Kentucky earth he once rehabilitated

  • Music

    July 10, 2003

    Lucky Boy's Confusion

    Ignoring hometown neglect, Mando Saenz signs a Nashville publishing deal and ponders his next move

  • Music

    July 12, 2001

    Toni Price

    Midnight Pumpkin (Antone's)

  • Music

    July 27, 2000

    He Likes Beer

    Pat Green

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Yee-Haw

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    July 9, 1998

    This Year's Model

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    June 11, 1998

    Rotation

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    January 11, 1996

    Hot Torch

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    December 28, 1995

    Guit-in' Down

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    July 13, 1995

    Critic's Choice, The Road to Storyville

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    November 3, 1994

    The Soul of Storyville

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

  • Music

    April 28, 1994

    Rotation

    He's married to a Dixie Chick and signed to a major label... Charlie Robison is charmed

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