The Gillette Brothers
Saturday, March 20th
$15.00
Ticket prices reflect an
additional 10% tax and handling fee
$16.50 Total
New CD "Many Long Miles To Ride”
The
Gillette Brothers..."don't just play and sing skimming the surface
of their song.
They cut to its bone and gristle and deliver it with a visceral energy,
and integrity, a joy that are contagious. Hearing them do it makes the
hearer's life better."
- Bryan Woolly of the Dallas Morning News,
from the liner notes to Many Long Miles To Ride.
Winners of the
AMERICAN COWBOY CULTURE AWARDS 2009
Winners
Academy
of Western Artists
Eighth Annual Will Rogers Award
The Gillette Brothers were recipients of the 2003 and 1998
Will Rogers Award for Outstanding Achievement
in the Advancement of Contemporary Cowboy Music-Best Duo/Group
by the Academy of Western Artists.
They have also received
the National Cowboy Symposium’s American Cowboy Culture Chuck
Wagon Award.
David Crockett Dulcimer Society
Saturday, April 3rd
Open Mic / Jam - 7:00pm
David Crockett Dulcimers - $2.00
Friday, March 26th
Marshall Ford Swing Band
CD Release Party
$20.00 + 2.00 tax/handling = $22.00 Total
With firm roots in traditional country music, the Marshall Ford Swing Band found more than inspiration when studying under Texas fiddle legend, Johnny Gimble. Namely, they met Emily Ann Gimble, Johnny’s granddaughter, who quickly became the band’s co-lead singer and pianist, while also pushing them deep into the wonderful world of Western Swing.
Interestingly enough, “Marshall Ford” isn’t a man or the next American motorcar. To these folks, young in years but expansive in their knowledge of a lost art form and from where it came, “Marshall Ford” brings back nostalgia of simpler times, where, at the Marshall Ford Dam (now the Mansfield Dam), men were men, women danced and Western Swing ruled the hills of Texas.
February 2010 will see Emily Ann Gimble, Greg Harkins (guitar, vocals), Jeremy Wheeless (guitar), James Gwyn (drums) and Kristopher Wade (upright bass) release their debut album, It’s About Dam Time, an enchanting mix of old-time swing tunes and country- and jazz-infused originals that evoke the spirit of a distant past and showcase the talent and passion of these young musicians.
Since forming a musical partnership in 1986, when Tom first joined Laurie’s acclaimed band, Grant Street, Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum have recorded 12 albums and performed around the globe. These Grammy-nominated artists (for their 1995 album The Oak and the Laurel) are widely regarded as among the leading lights of modern bluegrass and are highly-prized by their peers as sidemen and producers.
International Bluegrass Music Association executive director Dan Hays calls Laurie “one of the preeminent bluegrass and Americana artists of our time.” Acclaimed musician Sam Bush puts it more simply, calling her “a great singer, terrific fiddle player, fine songwriter, and one very good band leader.” Laurie also performed on both the Grammy-award winning, 1997 IBMA album of the year True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, and the Grammy-nominated Ralph Stanley & Friends’ release Clinch Mountain Country.
New England native Tom Rozum "possesses an earnest tenor voice in the vein of contemporary bluegrass great Tim O'Brien, and peels off rhythmically crisp licks on mandolin and guitar." —Derk Richardson In 1998, he released his debut solo album Jubilee on Dog Boy Records. “Without reservation, one of 1998’s most rewarding acoustic releases.” —Amazon.com
In 2004, Lewis & Rozum released their third duo album, Guest House (their first for HighTone Records), a characteristically versatile and engaging offering of love songs, laments, social commentary, and freewheelin' fun in the spirit of old-time music. Laurie and Tom pay homage to such eminent influences as Woody Guthrie, Hazel Dickens, Grandpa Jones, and the inimitable Bill Monroe, adding their own distinctive touches to traditional favorites as well as performing several of Laurie’s nonpareil compositions.
Laurie and Tom are available for master classes and workshops in fiddle, mandolin, songwriting and vocal arrangements.
Friday, April 2nd
Albert & Gage
$20.00 + 2.00 tax/handling = $22.00 Total
“Over the course of their twelve years time together and six album output, the pair have succeeded in expanding, and honoring, the time worn male/female dynamic with a natural chemistry that makes their songs seem intuitive and their live shows sizzle with energy.”
The Alternate Root
“Christine Albert and Chris Gage - two of the best-singing people on the planet.”
San Antonio Express-News
“[Albert and Gage at Anderson Fair] snaps and pops with musical energy…The recording pulls off [a] wild and eclectic mix while remaining a cohesive and exciting exploration of the roots of popular, mostly American, music.” Sing Out! Magazine
“Chris Gage and Christine Albert are masters of the art of the live show…The energy, humor, really fine duet singing, strong leads, original harmonies, strong sense of partnership, personality, and musicality that come across in this set make it a cut above many live projects…” Dirty Linen
“Always interesting harmonies, inventive musicianship, and thoughtful writing, sparked with a dash of fun, make [Burnin’ Moonlight] worth investigation for acoustic music and singer/songwriter fans.” Dirty Linen
“They can rock, boogie, swing, trot down country roads and stride down sophisticated boulevards and make it all sound as it should: like parts of a unified whole rather than a mishmash of different styles…Albert and Gage have global class, musicality and charm on a CD that plays on the stereo like a house concert in a jewel box.” Houston Press
“Albert and Gage comprise one of the smartest local pairings on record…Gage's guitar and piano work are always solid, often brilliant, providing an effortlessly genre-crossing backdrop for Albert's gorgeous turns with the folk, soul, and blues that get near-equal countrified attention throughout.” Austin Chronicle
“Together, they're electrifying, far more than the sum of their parts.” Third Coast Music
“Christine Albert and Chris Gage demonstrate the art of good album making so effortlessly on Burnin' Moonlight, it's a lesson to remember.” The Austin Chronicle
“Their vocals intertwine like two passionate lovers…and their performances are an upbeat celebration of songs and the art of singing them. Albert's honey-drenched voice is one of the best in Austin…” Houston Press
Complete reviews are available at www.albertandgage.com/reviews.htm
$20.00 + 2.00 tax/handling = $22.00 Total
My name is Terri Hendrix. I've been a proud Texan since birth, and an even prouder (sometimes to a fault) wholly independent artist for as long as I've been in the music business, which has been half my life.
My label, Wilory Records, took root in 1996 after I'd received three rejection letters from labels (which shall remain nameless, though they're all out of business now). Borrowing money from friends, I put Two Dollar Shoes (1996), out on my own. Within six months or so, I'd paid everyone back and even made enough to start a new record. With the help of a small tribe of people, I launched my own online e-commerce store, which has funded every aspect of my business since. It not only provided me tour support out there on the road, but it also helped me qualify for the purchase of my home through bank statements affiliated with my online sales account. But in 2006, after selling more downloads than CDS during my Austin City Limits Festival performance, I knew the "boom years" of bankrolling my career on my e-commerce sales would be ending. But six years on, I'm happy to report that although the download age has certainly taken its toll, here at Wilory, we are navigating these new waters easily. That's because I own the publishing, masters and music for all of my recordings. Being told "no" so many years ago was perhaps the best thing that ever happened in my career.
I'm learning to embrace - or at least live with - many of the inevitable changes to the way the music industry works, even for us in Do-It-Yourself Land. That said, I still like the more personal approach to making music and introducing what I do to new folks. Though my name has its own space staked on most of the current social networking sites, virtual fans will never equate to the faces I can put with names of folks I've played for, in person, over the years. That's real, and it spans three generations of people now.
In 2008, I independently released my ninth record, The Spiritual Kind. It was recorded with pretty much the same approach I've always had in regard to my music, in that it covered a wide range of genres. It's a little more acoustic-driven, with a lot more harmonica (thanks to my Sonny Terry records).
At the end of last year, through my Web site alone, I released a five-song holiday EP, Christmas on Wilory Farm (2008), and Left Over Alls (2008), a sort of "retrospective" of new and unreleased recordings. Wanting to pinch pennies for my record label, I sent promotional copies to media by way of links in which to download these if they wanted them. I sunk the money I saved on postage on not only my label, but also in removing more wallpaper off the walls in my home (this has been ongoing since '03), and putting in a garden.
So here I am, the wallpaper is gone and the walls have since been textured and painted. I'm still living in San Marcos, and making my living writing songs and playing music. I'm now 15 years past the age I was told by a promoter (when I was 25) that you had to have "made it" by in order to "make it" in the music industry. And I'm nine records down the road from the point I was told I'd fail without national distribution. This was, of course, long before digital distribution - which has, ahem, totally leveled the playing field.
I'm not gonna lie: It's a hard gig, and I've seen this industry turned virtually inside out and upside down since I first started my label. But I've also found that the two things that first inspired me to follow this crazy path have stayed the same: namely, all the fans that support music because of their genuine love of the song, and the songwriters out there who continue to put what's in their soul to music. I called my record The Spiritual Kind as a tip of the hat to these folks that have been with me on my journey so far, and to all those I've yet to meet on the road still ahead of me. Where that road will ultimately lead to is anyone's guess. But I gotta say that, thanks to the "spiritual kind," it continues to be one great boogie ride.
Oh, I gotta add that I'm wrapping up a new record. And a book. I know that's vague. In the mean time, here are some great quotes. They have nothing do with my music, but "press releases need updated info," (I think I've covered that - vaguely) and "quotes" (see below). At least, that's what I was told recently by a publicist in California, who cost a little too much for this self- professed tightwad to hire. I mean, if I'm gonna spend that kind of money on anything, it's going to be on the expansion of my garden.
"In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back." - Charles Schultz
"O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie, gimme a break before I die. Grant me wisdom, will and wit, purity, probity, pluck, and grit. Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind, gimme great abs and a steel trap mind. And forgive, Ye Gods, some humble advice, these little blessings would suffice, to beget an early paradise, make the bad people good - and the good people nice. And before our world goes over the brink, teach the believers how to think." - Philip Appleman
Thanks for your time ... your friend in music,
Saturday, April 17th
Robin & Linda Williams And Their Fine Group
$25.00 + 2.50 tax/handling = $27.50 Total
and in duet they can do all-purpose welding."
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion
Robin and Linda Williams are like your next-door neighbors - assuming your neighbors are the salt-of-the-earth and top-flight performers to boot. One minute you picture borrowing a cup of sugar from these two; the next, you're completely stunned by their jaw-dropping talent. Bottom line: You feel right at home at a Robin and Linda concert, and their music stays with you like an old friend.
Favorites of fans and promoters alike, they have crisscrossed the continent (and beyond) for more than three decades, performing the tunes they love & a hearty blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. From The Grand Ole Opry to Austin City Limits, Music City Tonight to Mountain Stage, clubs, festivals and countless other venues, Robin and Linda never cease to wow audiences wherever they go.
Their chops don't stop at singing. They are first-class instrumentalists and superb songwriters, able to, as The Washington Post put it, "sum up a life in a few details with moving completeness." It's why their compositions have been recorded by the likes of Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tom T. Hall, Kathy Mattea, Tim and Mollie O'Brien, George Hamilton IV and The Seldom Scene. Irish singer Mary Black included their haunting "Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger" on her CD Full Tide.
"Vocally and instrumentally, the Williamses combine impeccable musical discipline with a bare simplicity and an utter lack of pretension."
__ Stephen Holden, The New York TimesThe couple met in 1971. Linda - originally from Alabama - was teaching school in South Carolina. Robin, who grew up in North Carolina, had been making the rounds on the national coffeehouse circuit. It wasn't long before they hit it off romantically. And the uncanny blend of their voices was icing on the cake. These days, they make their home in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Their first album came out on a small Minnesota-based record label in 1975, the same year they debuted on A Prairie Home Companion. Their association with the popular public radio program has landed them on major stages from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. As half of The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, they have collaborated on several CDs with the show's host, Garrison Keillor, and were prominently featured in the 2006 film "A Prairie Home Companion," directed by master filmmaker Robert Altman.
Of the many recordings Robin and Linda have offered up over the years, you'd be hard pressed to settle on a favorite. Whether their early productions like Shenandoah Moon and Dixie Highway Sign or later albums such as Sugar for Sugar and Devil of a Dream or the more recent Deeper Waters, The First Christmas Gift and Radio Songs (on Red House Records) each is a worthy addition to any music lover's collection.
"Among contemporary country performers,
Robin and Linda Williams shine like a diamond amid rhinestones.
Their sound is so sincere as to give the listener chills."
__ David W. Johnson, The Boston GlobeR&L (as their pals are apt to call them) are in constant demand, along with Their Fine Group, which formed after they teamed up with former Red Clay Rambler Jim Watson (bass, vocals and mandolin). The fourth chair of the Fine Group is a rotating chair filled by Jimmy Gaudreau (veteran of The Country Gentlemen, J. D. Crowe, The Tony Rice Unit, Chesapeake and Aldridge, and Bennett & Gaudreau) on mandolin and mandola, Tony Williamson (mandolin), Chris Brashear (fiddle), and Tom Corbett (mandolin). Whatever the configuration, the band keeps the joint jumpin'. Robin and Linda Williams: dynamic, hilarious and better than ever.
Kasey is an amazing singer and songwriter. She has a wonderful voice and great singing range. She’s a star.
-Beth Gwinn, photographer of the country music community
====================================================
Kasey has an contagious enthusiasm for her music. Its been a pleasure to witness her growth as a writer, performer, and entertainer.
Her focus on musical direction and her hard work in perfecting her craft, will continue to drive a long and successful career.
-Mike Clute Nashville Producer
====================================================
“Kasey is a fellow East Texan with dreams much bigger than our state!
When I heard her sing I knew that with the right songs and right producer she will make her mark in country music.
Her work ethic might just be what will seal the “record” deal. She’s not afraid to work hard!”
– Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Linda Davis
===================================================
“As soon as that voice starts it fills up the room. Everybody enjoyed it very much. Definitely a WOW moment”
– Wally Knight, Music coordinator Christmas Arts party
===================================================
“Kasey’s vocal talents are unmatchable and compete with any major mainstream country artist.”
– Mike Martin, Music Director KJCS Radio (Nacogdoches/Lufkin)
===================================================
“The great ones make it look easy, and Kasey Lansdale does just that.
Her strong vocals, smooth phrasing and overall presence capture the crowd whenever and wherever she performs”.
– Danny Merrell, Operations Manager Clean Channel Radio ((Nacogdoches/Lufkin)
====================================================
“Kasey Lansdale is magnetic….an interprative, soulful performer. A natural talent.”
–Saturday 16/May/2009 Pietro Corvi Liberta Italy
====================================================
“Kasey Lansdale sings sweet and sincere.”
–Friday 15/May/2009 Pietro Corvi Liberta Italy
