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  Tommy Tutone's "Nu-Wave Americana" and Ongoing Love Affair with Jenny

  August 19 at 4 a.m.

  It’s a pretty sure bet that the Houston Fire Department would frown upon lighting fire to a bunch of wood on the stages of the Cactus Records and the Mucky Duck just to create atmosphere for a musical performance. But that’s what singer/guitarist Tommy Tutone wants to do – at...

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  Mac Sabbath's Fast Food Philosophy

  July 30 at 4:04 a.m.

  This is Texas, where we take our beef seriously. After all, we are residents of the state where Oprah Winfrey was sued by an Amarillo cattleman for disparaging the food on her talk show. Remember, this actually went to trial in 1998. Winfrey and her guest were ultimately found not...

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  Pablo Cruise Set Sail with a New and Bigger Engine

  July 24 at 4 a.m.

  One of the more interesting aspects of pop culture is when a musician or band whose songs have not graced the charts in years (sometimes decades), suddenly has an unexpected resurgence. It could be from a song well-placed on a movie, TV, or video game soundtrack. Or a remake. Or...

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  The Steel Woods Start Spreading the News - Old and New

  July 8 at 4 a.m.

  In terms of health, influence, and popular usage, in 2019 it’s pretty safe (but sad) to say that printed newspapers have had their best days in the rearview mirror. But Tennessee-based Southern rockers The Steel Woods are conjuring up at least the spirit of ink-smeared broadsheets to deliver their contemporary...

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  The Sax of Boney James Wafts Across the Studio, the Stage, and...the Seas

  July 4 at 4 a.m.

  Since 1992, saxophonist Boney James has been on the road as a headliner a lot. A lot. And even before that, he spent seven years as a sideman to jazz and R&B artists like Morris Day, the Isley Brothers, Teena Marie, and Randy Crawford. In fact, it was that last...

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  Michael McDonald on the Road: It Keeps Him Runnin' This Summer

  June 24 at 4 a.m.

  On “Hail Mary” – the opening track of Wide Open - Michael McDonald plaintively asks this question of the woman who he is desperately trying to win back: “Does the sound of my voice still carry?” And on 70+ minutes of the 2017 record of all-original material (his first in...