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DO NOT MISS LISTTarpon Music Bash (May 20-22)

The second annual Tarpon Music Bash with Al Bar-low (Wimberley, TX) and his many, many musician friends from all over Texas, will be going on all week-end at the Tarpon Ice House in Port A. Confirmed artists include Scott & Smiley, Tim Dubois, Phillip Stevens, Ashley Monical, Ken Watts, Paul McLaughlin, For-rest Wayne Allen, Daniel Thomas Phipps, Alex Whit-more, Larry Martin Sweeney, the Cofield Brothers, Pake Rossi, Ty Dietz and Johnson Grass. There will be plenty of food and lots of great music from the Texas Hill Country and beyond. Admission is $5.

Songwriters Showcase (May 23)The 28th annual Songwriters Showcase of Port Aransas

will be held in the main pavilion at Robert’s Point Park on Monday, May 23. The list of local songwriters to per-form are Dave Miller, Marc Wiles, Norman Ray Leev-er, Amanda Inman, Cody Angel, J.D. Moore, Woody Ray Lawson, Stuart Michael Burns, Jared Clark, Ken Barnett, Kit Gutherz, Mike Williams, Rich Lockhart, Alma Squillante, Emily Dale, Randy Rivers, Guy LaRoux, Freddie McClain and Preecher Williams. The performance is sponsored each year by the Island Art Center and is a family event. Those attending are en-couraged to bring an ice chest and picnic basket. It starts at 7 PM and there is a $5 admission charge.

Kerrville Folk Festival (May 26- June 12)The 40th annual Kerrville Folk Fest has a great line-

up this year to celebrate their 40th year. Such artists as Suzy Bogguss, Asleep at the Wheel, Butch Hancock,

Judy Collins, Marcia Ball, Trout Fishing in America, Guy Forsyth, Austin Lounge Lizards, Jonathan Byrd, Sara Hickman, Jimmy Lafave, Susan Werner, Cheryl Wheeler, Peter Yarrow, Patrice Pike, Ray Wylie Hub-bard, David Wilcox, Eliza Gilkyson, Terri Hendrix, Steve James, Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen, Chris-tine Lavin, Bob Livingston, Mary Gautier, Kevin Welch, The Steel Wheels, Ken Gaines, Rob Roy Par-nell, Vance Gilbert, Slaid Cleaves, The Flyin’ A’s, The Lost Pines, Brother Sun, Michael Smith and Limpopo (and many, many more) will be performing during the historic three week festival. You can get all the info you need at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com.

Rockport Festival of Wine and Food (May 28-29)The 15th Annual Rockport Festival of Wine and Food is

presented at the Texas Maritime Museum on Memorial Day Weekend at 1202 Navigation Circle in Rockport. There will be wine, beer and food demonstrations as well

By Ronnie Narmour

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Three Chords and the Truth

Happy Memorial Day and wel-come to festival season. I have some shows to tell you about and several outdoor festivals to recommend. The weather couldn’t be nicer in our part of the world and it’s time to get outdoors and hear some great music. The line-ups at these festivals are remarkable and well worth the ef-fort. Also, check out the abundance of live music shows in the LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT box at the bottom of the page. As we go into season here on the Gulf Coast, the talent gets better and better. So get out there and support live music. There’s plenty of it. But, right now time’s a wasting…let’s roll!

Hi Defs

The Hi Defs (Austin, TX) played the Back Porch on Friday, May 13th. This band is the great funk band, Min-go Fishtrap, without the horn section. It is led by Rog-er Blevins, Jr. on vocals and guitar. His father, Roger Blevins, Sr., plays bass. Then they have funky drums,

funky congas and funky keys and are one funky outfit. Blevins (that would be the younger Blevins) tells me this configuration (without the horns) gives them the liberty to do some cool old R&B and soul covers, plus funky jazz tunes they wouldn’t ordinarily do. They were flat nailing everything from James Brown to Donny Hath-away to The Meters. Big Rog plays a very funky bass with tons of funky fills as does Roger, Jr. on his great, funky guitar; and with a tight percussion section and strong funky vocals I gotta say, this band sizzles (and they’re funky). On July 15th they’ll be back with the horns as Mingo Fishtrap. I’ll tell you where their funky name comes from then.

Dave Miller

Dave “Bottlehead” Miller played Hooks-B-B-Q on Saturday, May 15th. He had J.D. “Mr. Mo” Moore on acoustic guitar and Ken Barnett on Djembe drum. I heard earlier in the evening Cody Angel had jumped up, but I got there late and only caught the last set. This lit-tle late night scene at Hooks is starting to take on some tread. They have some cool local talent playing there on the weekends (Rich Lockhart, Jack Gant, Norman Leever, Luis V, etc) and frequently somebody on stage is tearing it up. On this night, Bottlehead was it. Mo sound-ed pretty good behind him and Kenny Barnett was in the pocket…but it was Bottlehead’s show and he was on. I like what’s gelling over at Hooks… it’s sounding good in there.

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as a raffle. The musical line-up for Saturday is: Lighter Ray (4-6 pm) and Westbound (7-9 pm) and for Sunday: Cody Angel (4-7 pm) and the great Joe Ely (8-11 pm). Joe Ely (Austin, TX) is the big news here. This is the last regional show that Ely will play before leaving on an 18 city tour in June that will take him up and down the East Coast in support of his new CD, Satisfied At Last. Ely, a Lubbock native, has released 30 records since 1978. The pride of Port Aransas High School, Cody Angel, will open the show.

Rockport Music Festival (June 9-11)I’ll go into great detail about the artists performing at

this festival in the next issue as it’s still several weeks out, but, I’ve still got to mention this stellar line-up so you can make plans now: Delbert McClinton, Malford Milligan, Willis Alan Ramsey, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P. Nunn, Casey Donahew and Cory Morrow. It will be held at the Ful-ton Harbor Park and admission is $30 a day. Go to www.rockportmusic.com for information.

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Ray Wylie Hubbard will play the Rockport Music Festival on June 10th.

Roger Blevins of the Hi Defs played the Back Porch on May 13th..

Friday, May 20thTarpon Music Bash w/ Al Barlow & Friends @ Tarpon Ice House

Mike Blakely y los Yahoos @ Back Porch

Richard Lockhart Band @ Hooks B-B-Q

Acoustic Breeze @ Coffee Waves

Switchblade Jesus/ Bertha @ House of Rock

Guns 4 Roses @ Brewster Street

Cruise Control @ Executive Surf Club

One Shot One Kill/ The Day Before Tomorrow @ Zero’sSaturday, May 21stTarpon Music Bash w/ Al Barlow & Friends @ Tarpon Ice House

W.C. Clark @ Back Porch

Richard Lockhart @ Hooks B-B-Q

The Daytes, HOBO, Given a Chance @ House of Rock

C- Roots @ Coffee Waves

Metal Shop @ Brewster Street

Roughedge/ Echo’s of Silence/ The Steel Soldiers/ Signal First @ Zero’s

The Rankin Twins @ Executive Surf Club

John Cortez Band @ Tavern on the Bay-Harrison’s Landing Sunday, May 22ndTarpon Music Bash w/ Al Barlow & Friends @ Tarpon Ice House

Emily @ Hooks B-B-Q (noon)Tuesday, May 24thOpen Mic w/ Rev. Fred @ House of Rock

Reno & the Groove Getters @ Dr. Rockits

Clarissa Serna @ Revolution Bar and Grill

Wednesday, May 25thGoodnight Avenue @ Dr. Rockit’sThursday, May 26thSix Market Blvd. @ Back Porch

Ryan Roberts @ Tarpon Ice House

Ballabajoomba Poetry Slam @ House of Rock

Statesboro Revue @ Executive Surf Club

Spin FX @ Hooks B-B-Q

John Cortez @ Dr. Rockit’s

The Chop Tops/ Radio Threat/ The Cowbelleros @ Theo’s BilliardsFriday, May 27thCarol Elliott @ Tarpon Ice House (5:30- 7:30)

Chris Albright Band @ Tarpon Ice House

Gary P. Nunn @ Back Porch

Cody Angel Band @ Hooks B-B-Q

David Martinez @ Coffee Waves

Upon a Burning Body/ Silence the Messenger/ Texas Hate Machine @ House of Rock

Five Card Draw @ Brewster Street

Flashback @ Executive Surf Club

Collin Roche @ Doc’s Seafood Bar and Grill

The Scott Taylor Band @ Backwoods Saloon

Savor @ The Martini Bar Saturday, May 28th

Larry Joe Taylor @ Back Porch

Taylor Hodak Band @ Tarpon Ice House

Two Rivers Trio @ Hooks B-B-Q

Spark in the Dark @ Coffee Waves

Del Castillo/ Libra @ Brewster Street

Scarecrow People @ Executive Surf Club

Kevin Fowler/ Aaron Watson/ Bart Crow/ Scott Wiggins @ Concrete Street

Lighter Ray/ Westbound/ Scott Taylor @ Rockport Festival of Wine & Music

Rick Cates @ Scuttlebutts Seafood Bar and Grill

Ruben Limas @ Island ItalianSunday, May 29th

Cruise Control @ Back Porch

Acoustic Open Jam @ Tarpon Ice House

Two Rivers Trio @ Hooks B-B-Q (noon)

Norm & Amanda @ Hooks B-B-Q (7pm)

Joe Ely Band/ Cody Angel & Mike Milligan @ Rockport

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Killing in Apathy/ Ready the Messenger/ Killing in Apathy @

House of Rock

Destroyer (KISS Tribute Band) @ Brewster Street

Tuesday, May 31stOpen Mic w/ Rev. Fred @ House

of Rock

Reno & the Groove Getters @ Dr. Rockits

Clarissa Serna @ Revolution Bar and Grill

Wednesday, June 1stTy Dietz @ Dr. Rockits Blues Bar

OutspokenKills @ Revolution Bar and Grill Thursday, June 2nd

Cody Angel @ Back Porch

Robert Earl Keen@ Brewster Street

Adam Carroll/ Owen Temple @ House of Rock

Spin Fx @ Scuttlebutts-Seafood Bar and Grill

Friday, June 3rdCarol Elliott @ Tarpon Ice House

(5:30- 7:30)

Darryl Lee Rush @ Back Porch

Rich Lockhart Band @ Hooks B-B-Q

Acoustic Breeze @ Coffee Waves

Electric Touch @ House of Rock

South Texas Walk of Fame Music & Art Fest @ Executive

Surf Club

Art Walk w/ Electric Touch @ House of Rock