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THE Stevie Ray VaughanTRemembrance Ride & Concert isDallas’ one-of-a-kind combinationmotorcycle parade and remembranceconcert honoring Stevie RayVaughan. All proceeds benefit theStevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Schol-arship Fund, established by MarthaVaughan, Stevie’s mother. The S.R.V.Pre-Party will be held October 1 atRick Fairless’ Strokers Dallas featur-ing Pride & Joy, Sonny Wolf, TaylorNewman. On October 2, the HardRock Cafe in Dallas’ West End opensfor motorcycle staging at 9 am. Mo-torcycle parade departs for SouthSide Ballroom for the RemembranceConcert (12:15’– 1 pm) Performerinclude Alan Haynes w/ Jackie NewHouse, Tommy Shannon Blues Band,Castaneda Project and Los Lonely.The SRV After Party & All Star Jam atGilley’s Jack Daniels Saloon will beheld from 5-10pm. For more infor-mation, visit srvrideandconcert.org

The Texas Musicians Museum isholding it’s first Classic Car Ride &Car Show Concert and Benefit onOctober 1 with all funds raised tobenefit the Stevie Ray VaughanScholarship Fund and the Texas Mu-sicians Museum. The event will fea-ture Leo Hull & the Texas BluesMachine, Marc Benno, theCliffhanger Project and theSilvertones. There will also be a pre-

show party at the museum on Sep-tember 30. The Museum is located at222 E. Irving Blvd. in downtownIrving.

In Texas, western swing has al-ways been a thing, but it’s celebratedwith extra enthusiasm in Greenville,where the third annual Bob WillsFiddle Festival & Contest takes placeOct. 6-9, 2016. Among this year’sattractions are Asleep at the Wheel,Wills’ musical torchbearers, and TheTime Jumpers, a western-swing su-pergroup featuring Vince Gill, KennySears, “Ranger Doug” Green andPaul Franklin. The Wheel headlinesan October 7 Kenneth ThreadgillConcert Series triple bill with DaleWatson and His Lone Stars and theJason Roberts Band joined by LeonRausch, Greenville’s very own livinglink to Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys.The Time Jumpers skip through mu-sical history on October 8, a monthafter the release of Kid Sister, re-corded in honor of late member DawnSears. Both shows take place at thenewly renovated Greenville Munici-pal Auditorium, 2821 WashingtonSt., Greenville. Festival events alsoinclude the popular Bob Wills FiddleContest, free concerts, dances andother family-friendly activities hon-oring the father of western swing andhis legendary Texas Playboys. Tick-ets are available at the venue box

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Because of problems beyondmanagement’s control, Love and Warin Texas, closed down its Grapevinefacility in August. The Plano facilityis still going strong, with its ShinerSundays still at 4 pm every Sundayand music every night except Tues-days there. Meanwhile, the L&Wnew restaurant in Lindale is open,with its official grand opening onOctober 22.

KNON brings in the rockabillylegend Wanda Jackson for the 25thAnniversary Cowhide Cole’sRockabilly Revue. The Revue isAmerica’s longest running rockabillyradio show. Joining Wanda Jacksonwill another rockabilly legend basedout of Dallas Gene Summers. JoiningSummers will be the Panther CityRamblers. Opening will beTwangliner starring the man himselfCowhide Cole. Charlie Don’t Park ofthe Rockabilly Revue show will spintunes between sets.

For Blues fans KNON is proud tobe joining up with Josh Allan in tocelebrate his the release of his newCD 60 Goddamit. Yes Josh is turning60 and this is how he is doing it.With a new CD and a big CD releaseparty benefiting KNON at the Sonsof Hermann Hall on Saturday Octo-ber 8. Miss Marcy opens the show.

KNON brings in the hottest newTejano band in the land for a Mexi-can Independence Day CelebrationSeptember 16 starring Siggno at GasMonkey Live in Dallas. Also appear-ing will be Stampede, ReneMaldanado, and Hugo King.

Tommy Alverson’s Family Gath-ering returns to Hog Mountain inMineral Wells October 6-8. In addi-tion to Alverson, featured artists in-clude Johnny Bush, Steve Helms,Larry Joe Taylor, Matt Hillyer, BobLivingston, The Tejas Brothers,Jamie Richards, Deryl Dodd, WaltWilkins & the Mystiqueros, SusanGibson , Cornell Hurd and many oth-ers. Tickets are on sale now atbookingtommy@gmail.com.

New ReleasesTEXAS GUITARIST, SINGER/songwriter Jesse Dayton releases hisnew album, The Revealer, on Sep-tember 16. The country-blues-punkguitarist from Beaumont, has beenbuilding a cult following around theglobe, playing 180 shows a year,with his guitar shredding, country-infused, Americana sound. TheRevealer puts his considerable talenton full display as he plays guitar,bass, percussion, and keys, as well assinging his own harmonies. He’s as-sisted by childhood buddy EricTucker, Mike Stinson, and EricHughes , and Austin ringers RileyOsbourne and Beth Chrisman. Day-ton will perform at Love and War inTexas Plano on October 2.