"SWING LOW AND CARRY ME HOME" By Mechanical Boy from Michael Fodera on Vimeo.
It's about time for Rocks Off to head off to the bunkhouse for some much-needed R&R, but first here's a few final tidbits that have recently come to our attention.
Mechanical Boy just released its first video, "Swing Low and Carry Me Home" (above) and heads off on tour after its June 5 show at Fitzgerald's with Windsor Drive, Lake Charles' Magnolia Sons, the Testyclactics (ew), Better Luck and Spain Coloured Orange
Rocks Off knows it's hard to have fun without spending money. Trust us, like Bill Clinton, we feel your pain. But we've been combing the club listings and put together a list of shows and other music-related happenings that won't set you back too any more than $10. You can thank us later, because you'll probably see us at least a few of these ourselves.
Friday
Austin twanger Shawn Nelson and his band the Ramblers stop by Cactus Music for a 5:30 p.m. in-store. Free.
Happy Juneteenth, y'all! Tromb
Other than getting to live through umpteen 100-plus degree days each summer and a massive hurricane every now and again, one of the supreme privileges of being a Houstonian is easy access to blues giants like Earl Gilliam and I.J. Gosey. Between them, these two guys know more licks than most musicians will ever play, and they do it as though they were working in a convenient store or an assembly line rather than jumping up and down and hollering "Hey, over here, look at me!"
Chris GrayNo performer, but here's presenter Hailey Frances of Channel 39. She's pretty.Best Latin Contemporary: Los Skarnales. That trophy case has got to be getting pretty crowded at this point.Best Radio Station: KPFT. Another snippy acceptance speech. "We don't have a university backing us up. We don't have a church backing us up, unless it's the church of the blues."Best Keyboards: Ryan Scroggins. "If Earl Gilliam was here tonight, I'd give this to him. Sorry I didn't play keyboards toni
