Subject: Louis Jordan

• Is Johnny Guitar Watson’s “Telephone Bill” the First Houston Rap?

  April 10, 2008

• 1999 Houston Press Music Award Winners

  July 29, 1999

• Another One Done Gone: RIP Pete Mayes

  L-R: Jerry Lightfoot, Texas Johnny Brown, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, "Spare Time" Murray (obscured) and Pete Mayes James Nagel/www.jerrylightfoot.com Veteran Houston bluesman Pete Mayes, a guitarist and singer whose uptown jump-swing style a la Louis Jordan belied his rural Texas roots, has passed away at his Northside home, his friend, chauffeur and caretaker Art Dietz told Rocks Off this morning. The exact time and cause of death are unknown; "I'm not sure if he died during the night or if his wif

  December 17, 2008

• The Chill is Gone

  December 9, 1993

• Press Picks

  June 16, 1994

• Swing Crazy

  December 12, 1996

• The Once and Future Dolemite

  March 6, 1997

• Old Friends

  August 6, 1998

• Consummate Gentleman

  September 17, 1998

• Santa Baby

  What a few musicians want under their trees this year

  December 25, 2008

• Mount Coy

  South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

  July 26, 2001

• Carnal Knowledge

  Former Los Skarnales frontman Felipe Galvan resurrects the Pachuca boogie

  September 6, 2007

• Big Boss Man

  Jimmy T99 Nelson predated and outlived Elvis P. and has won the affections of Elvis C.

  August 11, 2005

• Music Awards Survey

  A rundown of every act on this year's bill

  July 22, 2004

• Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters / Calvin Owens

  Jump Start (Gulf Coast Records) / The House Is Burnin' (Sawdust Alley)

  January 9, 2003

• Subterranean Astrodome Blues

  Bob Dylan drops the mask and comes to town with his happiest album in years

  February 14, 2002

• Music Awards 2001

  A preview of this year's show

  July 12, 2001

• Fire Breather with a Sax

  Carlos Garnett decides to chill down here after almost 40 years in New York City

  November 9, 2000

• Jumping Genres

  June 17, 1999

• Jazz la King

  Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

  March 25, 1999

• As Seen on TV

  March 18, 1999

• Cutout Bin: Kijana's Scented-Hairspray Soul

  Kijana The Soul of Kijana Unfolds In Music (Mahdi Records, 1976)​One of the coolest DIY album covers in COB's collection is courtesy of a suave California crooner named Kijana. We've had this record for some time, and have always wondered who this guy was. "Kijana" is a Swahili word meaning "youth"... we thought perhaps it might mean "giant white bow tie," but were mistaken. A faded autograph graces the front cover of the record: "To Thomas, your brother for ever, Kijana Mahdi." So that wou

  August 6, 2009