One of Houstons best bands. RIP
The Texas Musician Jesse Smith
Famous Unknown Tomball Musician
Showing posts with label Band. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Band. Show all posts
Denny Mathis of Two Tons of Steel.
Denny, performs with Two Tons of Steel. He is in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.
Forgotten Artist: Jimmy Heap - Release Me
James Arthur Heap was born on March 3, 1922, in Taylor, TX and died on
December 4, 1977. Western swing bandleader Jimmy Heap led the Melody
Masters for over three decades. He worked on KTAE in Taylor, Texas from
1948 1958 and on the Big D Jamboree, KRLD, Dallas, Texas. He formed the
Melody Masters just after his service in World War II, with sidemen
Arlie Carter, Louie Rincon, Bill Glendining, and Horace Barnett.
A
continuing spot on local radio gave the Melody Masters a bit of renown
around central Texas, and Imperial Records signed the band in 1949. Some
time before the initial recordings, Heap who played lead guitar, hired
Houston "Perk" Williams to provide vocals along with his fiddling
duties. Though Williams had never sung before, his good performance on
their debut release, "Today, Tonight, and Tomorrow," guaranteed him the
spot ever after another song, "Haunted Hungry Heart," was covered by
Slim Whitman. However, it was "The Wild Side of Life" that provided
Jimmy Heap & the Melody Masters with their big break. Hank Thompson
& the Brazos Valley Boys took it to number one in March 1952, and
the single spent 15 weeks there.
But even before Thompson had
borrowed the biggest hit of his career, the country star had advised
Capitol Records to sign Heap. Over five years the Melody Masters
recorded 32 sides for Capitol, including their big hit "Release Me,"
which reached the No. 5 position on Billboard in 1954. The song was
written by Edie Miller, Dub Williams and Robert Yount in 1946. Ray Price
charted the song that same year and it peaked at No. 6 on Billboard.
Englebert Humperdinck took the song to No 4 on the pop charts in 1967.
"Release
Me" was Heaps only Billboard single on the country charts and Heap left
Capitol Records in the mid-'50s to form Fame Records. The Melody
Masters recorded for Fame throughout the 1950s and '60s and even
integrated rock & roll inspirations. Heap disbanded the group in
July 1977 and drowned in a boating accident before the year was over.
RJB, Country Music Historian
Nashville, TN USA.
Needed Traditional Coutry Band (Houston)
Needed Traditional Coutry Band (Houston): We need a good ole' traditional country band with country standards and a fiddle, to celebrate the The Republic of Texas and honor all the descendents of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Send website for viewing your band, contact number and your rates. Also, expected to attend are descendents of Sam Houston and Juan Seguin
Haywire, Hot Texas Band from the 80's
Haywire, Hot Texas Band from the 80's
Originally uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr
A hot band I got to book. The cd will soon be available.
Fwd: This Friday
Hi fans, We'll be appearing at Main Street Crossing, 111 W.Main in historic downtown Tomball, Texas this coming Friday starting at 8:00p.m. This is a cool little place with nice folks, good food and drink, great seating and they'll even make room for dancing. Please join us and bring your friends. Open the attached flyer for more info or call MSC @ 281-290-0431 for a table. Hope to see you there. The River Road Boys Vivian Howser Secretary H: 281-290-7255 C: 281-989-0341 C: 281-989-0308 22011 Rosewood Trail Tomball, Texas 77377-3505 website www.RiverRoadBoys.com email: riverroadboys@sbcglobal.net The River Road Boys Are Sailing Again Western Caribbean Cruise February 26-March 4, 2012 Royal Caribbean "Mariner of the Seas" Check our website for more information |
Nice Van For Band
Nice Van For Band
Originally uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr
Nice Van For Band
2001 13,000 miles 11900
Uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr on 20 Jun 10, 11.00PM CST.
This is a steal at this price.
Main Street Crossing Brings Major Artist To Tomball
Great place to see major artist. Very clean restrooms, good sound and lights.
Miss Leslie’s Honky Tonk Happy Hour: blog High-Tech Redneck
via The 9513 by Miss Leslie
I'm a honky tonk gal. I was raised on the sounds of Bill Monroe and Ray Price. But I'm a nerd. I graduated in the top 10% of my class. I read books for fun. I worked in the Information Technology Industry for 10 years. And I think it's important that musicians today realize that we're living in a different world from even 10 years ago–it's time for all of us to embrace the tech geek within us.
In 2000, SoundScan reported that 785.1 million albums were sold. In 2007, that number dropped to 279 million. I know that this isn't a revelation to you–selling CDs is NOT the future of the music business.
Then what is? Technology. Song downloads have gone from 143 million in 2004 to 844 million in 2007. And that's just the ones that were paid for.
Forget the record labels and the old guard. What's the business model for an artist today? Historically, what has made a musician successful? In any era, it has been connecting the fan with the music. The media changes from era to era. Whether it's fees paid for performances, sheet music, vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs, digital song file downloads, the principle is the same. Somehow the music of the artist has to connect with the fan.
Acts like Radiohead, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay have been revolutionizing the music industry with their business model experiments. They've offered free music downloads, "name your own price" for music, "optional" pay for music, free DVDs of the performance to concertgoers and free downloads of live music performances.
You can call these experiments gimmicks, but I notice that the common thread is not about making money, but that the acts are focused on connecting with the fans.
What I find curious is that the same thing is not happening in Country music. I don't see acts revolutionizing anything. Or are they? I decided to peruse some music websites to see how a random sample of us country folks are measuring up.
(more…)
Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to The 9513 using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
This week with the RiverRoadBoy's
Hi fans, This Friday, October 9, we'll be at the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival on the "Pub Stage" in downtown Conroe, Texas starting at 6:00p.m. We will be backing up one of our favorite female vocalists, Mary Allen-Keating. We're very proud of Mary..she has just won the Academy of Western Artists Best Western Swing Song of the Year for 2009 for her recording of "Let's Make Music in the Country." We were the studio band for her album which features this tune. Way to go, Mary! Come out and listen to Mary sing her versions of many great Patsy Cline songs. Then Saturday, Oct. 10, will be our final dance for 2009 at the K-C Hall on Whitney Drive in Houston. We'll be celebrating October birthdays/anniversaries and maybe even have some Halloween treats. Bring some friends and help us close out this year's dances at the K-C hall. It's going to be really fun! Finally, if you haven't gotten your tickets for our BIG Christmas dance in Navasota on December 5, then NOW is the time to do so. Call Clyde Brewer, 281-356-7174. Tickets are just $20.00 per person which includes the wonderful food the "River Road Girls" serve up. Come out and help us get the Christmas Season "in full (western) swing!" The River Road Boys Check out our website www.RiverRoadBoys.com and please be sure to sign our guestbook! Leader, Clyde Brewer, Ph: (281) 356-7174 Band Secretary: Vivian Howser, Ph: (281) 290-7255 Mailing address: 22011 Rosewood Trail Tomball, Texas 77377-3505 |
River Road Boys in Tomball @ Main Street Crossing
This will be a great chance to see a famous Western Swing Band. Several are my friends.
Just a friendly reminder....please don't forget, this Friday, September 25, we will be appearing for our very first time at Main Street Crossing 111 W.Main Tomball, Texas. We are very excited about this one and really would like to see you there. We start playing at 8:00p.m. This very nice place doubles as a restaurant as well as a concert venue. The restaurant has an outstanding menu with a great variety of food choices at reasonable prices. Get there early, have a great meal, then sit back and enjoy the music. You can find out more about Main Street Crossing by viewing their great website, www.mainstreetcrossing.com or by calling 281-290-0431. We'll see you there! The River Road Boys Check out our website www.RiverRoadBoys.com and please be sure to sign our guestbook! Leader, Clyde Brewer, Ph: (281) 356-7174 Band Secretary: Vivian Howser, Ph: (281) 290-7255 Mailing address: 22011 Rosewood Trail Tomball, Texas 77377-3505 |
The River Road Boys Upcoming events for September
Hi fans, Just a note to update you on some upcoming events for September: Tuesday, September 15, we will be at the Pasadena Civic Center on Fairmont Parkway and Red Bluff Rd. for Pct.8 Constable Bill Bailey's Gumbo Gala and Dance. It will get started at 5:30p.m. Saturday, Septenber 19, we will be at the SPJST Lodge 88, Chandelier Ballroom, 1435 Beall St. in the Houston Heights. This is a great place with a BIG dance floor. We start playing at 8:30p.m. Come on out and have some dancin' fun! Friday, September 25, we will be appearing for our very first time at Main Street Crossing, 111 W.Main in downtown Tomball, Texas. We are very excited about this event and really would like to see you there. We start playing at 8:00p.m. This very nice place doubles as a restaurant as well as a concert venue. The restaurant has an outstanding menu with a great variety of food choices at reasonable prices. Get there early, have a great meal, then sit back and enjoy the music. You can find out more about Main Street Crossing by viewing their great website, www.mainstreetcrossing.com or by calling 281-290-0431. Don't forget, we now have Navasota Christmas Ball tickets on sale. Call Clyde at 281-356-7174 to reserve your table! The River Road Boys Check out our website www.RiverRoadBoys.com and please be sure to sign our guestbook! Leader, Clyde Brewer, Ph: (281) 356-7174 Band Secretary: Vivian Howser, Ph: (281) 290-7255 Mailing address: 22011 Rosewood Trail Tomball, Texas 77377-3505 |
Fitzgeralds Night Club - pay to play (Ripsville)
Being a Houston Musician, I wondered if anyone could see that The Battle of the Bands contest is a cheap way to get free Live Music.
Asking each band that they need to bring in 25 people 'PER BAND!' before they get any of the door is crazy.
Even then, your pay is only 50-50 split of the people that "you" draw if you draw at least 25 people. That means YOUR BAND must draw at least 25 people before you see a dime, not to mention that you dont' even get 1 fuckin' free shitty budget beer? You get a whopping $1 off on beer only and no food discounts for touring bands - and adding fuel to the fire is that we tip out the bar tenders and REMIND people to tip them out while we are on stage. If you are an out of town band traveling far, we suggest that you bypass Fitzgerald's and maybe Houston altogether unless you can get into a cool small band friendly dive bar that has gigs that will flow you beer and pay you from the door regardless of how many people show up. Fitzgerald's actually asks patrons who you are coming to see and they 'log it' - but how would you ever know if they are telling you the truth or not when it comes to pay-out at the end of the night? There's no way of knowing unless someone that represents your band stands by the door and counts them as they do. If you are a local band and can draw decent that's great but smaller touring bands that come from West and East Coast are the ones that suffer (The area's that drive the music industry). They need us out of towners because the fact of the matter is that few cities can only book so many local bands continuously to fill all of their slots.
What it really comes down to is that when you are in a van touring is any gas money is gas money. A couple of beers and a few bucks for gas after driving hundreds to thousands of miles isn't asking for much.
Most clubs give each band member at least 2 drink tickets each and most are even a bit lax on that if you put on a good show, and most 'smaller' clubs will pay the bands 75 to 100% of the door, or % of the bar. What you get from Fitzgerald's is the middle finger.
Fitzgerald's has 2 stages, the 'main stage' which is up stairs and the 'lounge' downstairs. They slam as many as 8 or more bands on a bill. They draw more people that way but chances are slim to none (unless you are a larger touring act or local band that can draw maybe plays the club once every 2 months) that any less than that fewer people will show up and they bank that your band won't get paid even if 200 or even if a 1,000 people show up (You better have someone stand at the door and count!) . At $10-15 bucks a head with patrons and band members spending a ton of money of drinks and food the club ends up makes a killing on us all, and all (or most) of the bands will get jack shit. So do yourself a favor and stay clear of this fucked up miser greed thinking club.
This will be posted over and over again on numerous websites. Hopefully this will encourage small and larger touring bands to stay clear of clubs like this. We are all cut from the same cloth so we all need to support one another otherwise it'll just be business as usual. Solidarity!
via craigslist | musicians in houston on 7/27/09
Attention touring bands - Stay away from this club unless you feel like you are ok by getting ripped off. This "Pay to play 'club is even worse than the clubs in Los Angeles back in the day which most have even lightened up now. Asking each band that they need to bring in 25 people 'PER BAND!' before they get any of the door is crazy.
Even then, your pay is only 50-50 split of the people that "you" draw if you draw at least 25 people. That means YOUR BAND must draw at least 25 people before you see a dime, not to mention that you dont' even get 1 fuckin' free shitty budget beer? You get a whopping $1 off on beer only and no food discounts for touring bands - and adding fuel to the fire is that we tip out the bar tenders and REMIND people to tip them out while we are on stage. If you are an out of town band traveling far, we suggest that you bypass Fitzgerald's and maybe Houston altogether unless you can get into a cool small band friendly dive bar that has gigs that will flow you beer and pay you from the door regardless of how many people show up. Fitzgerald's actually asks patrons who you are coming to see and they 'log it' - but how would you ever know if they are telling you the truth or not when it comes to pay-out at the end of the night? There's no way of knowing unless someone that represents your band stands by the door and counts them as they do. If you are a local band and can draw decent that's great but smaller touring bands that come from West and East Coast are the ones that suffer (The area's that drive the music industry). They need us out of towners because the fact of the matter is that few cities can only book so many local bands continuously to fill all of their slots.
What it really comes down to is that when you are in a van touring is any gas money is gas money. A couple of beers and a few bucks for gas after driving hundreds to thousands of miles isn't asking for much.
Most clubs give each band member at least 2 drink tickets each and most are even a bit lax on that if you put on a good show, and most 'smaller' clubs will pay the bands 75 to 100% of the door, or % of the bar. What you get from Fitzgerald's is the middle finger.
Fitzgerald's has 2 stages, the 'main stage' which is up stairs and the 'lounge' downstairs. They slam as many as 8 or more bands on a bill. They draw more people that way but chances are slim to none (unless you are a larger touring act or local band that can draw maybe plays the club once every 2 months) that any less than that fewer people will show up and they bank that your band won't get paid even if 200 or even if a 1,000 people show up (You better have someone stand at the door and count!) . At $10-15 bucks a head with patrons and band members spending a ton of money of drinks and food the club ends up makes a killing on us all, and all (or most) of the bands will get jack shit. So do yourself a favor and stay clear of this fucked up miser greed thinking club.
This will be posted over and over again on numerous websites. Hopefully this will encourage small and larger touring bands to stay clear of clubs like this. We are all cut from the same cloth so we all need to support one another otherwise it'll just be business as usual. Solidarity!
Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to craigslist | musicians in houston using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
Jam Session Hosted by Traffic Jam
Date:
Subject:
thanks
Body:
We play in Houston. I have a jam session every Sunday at the Spot Club in the Heights. (1732 W 18th st). I appreciate the help getting the word out. You can check out our gigs at www.flashtrafficjam.comThanks a lot Jesse, Let's keep in touch
Flash
Lead Guitarist Looking To Start Classic Country Band (N. Houston)
|
RiverRoad Boys K-C Hall and upcoming events
Hi fans,
Well, it's time we got back to dancing after Hurricane Ike finished
his dreadful business! We trust that everyone survived this terrible
storm without too much inconvenience or storm damage.
This Saturday night, October 11, we will be back at our regularly
scheduled dance at the K-C Hall #2917, 607 E. Whitney Drive. We'll be
celebrating September and October birthdays and anniversaries since we
missed September's due to Ike. Don't forget, we start at 7:30p.m. and
play 'til around 11:30p.m. So come on out and have a little dancing
fun with us.
Also, mark your calenders for Sunday, October 19. We'll be playing for
a FREE Fall Festival show at The Texas Opry in Magnolia, Texas. We
start at 2:00p.m. and play for an hour. There will be barbeque to eat
and fun things for the kids to do. Go to www.TexasOpry.com for
directions if you've never been there. (Be sure to allow time for
Renaissance Festival traffic on FM 1774.)
On another note, we had sent out an email last week stating that the
Shrine Temple dance was re-scheduled (DUE TO IKE) for November 2.
Unfortunately, there was some unforeseen damage to the building roof
so they have re-scheduled it again for Saturday, November 22. This
will allow time for repairs to be made. The Shrine Temple is located
at 10510 Harwin, just east of the Sam Houston Tollway. So please make
plans to come to this event also. Call 713-664-3437 for information.
Don't forget, our BIG River Road Boys Christmas Ball, scheduled for
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at the Navasota VFW Hall. Tickets are NOW
ON SALE if you don't have yours yet! Western attire is encouraged.
BYOB, beer and set-ups on sale at the bar. Plenty of lighted parking
and RV hook-ups are available. Call Clyde at the number below for your
tickets and reservations.
We'll be at the Humble Civic Center on Tuesday, December 2, at
1:00p.m.-4:00p.m. for a Senior's Dance sponsored by Harris County
Precinct 4. Call 281-893-3726 for information.
We'll be at the SPJST Chandelier Ballroom on Beall St. on December 13.
We haven't played there in several years so we are pleased to be
playing there again. Please circle that date on your calenders also.
We'll be celebrating New Year's Eve, December 31, at the K-C Hall on
Whitney. Tickets will be $15.00 per person at the door. Call Clyde for
reservations for this one. Let's get next year kicked off on the right
foot!
Thanks for your continued support.
The River Road Boys
Check out our website www.RiverRoadBoys.com
and please be sure to sign our guestbook!
Leader, Clyde Brewer, Ph: (281) 356-7174
Band Secretary: Vivian Howser, Ph: (281) 290-7255
Mailing address:
22011 Rosewood Trail
Tomball, Texas 77377-3505
--
Jesse C. Smith Jr.
Lowest Electricity in Texas Ambit Energy
http://www.bestpricedelectricity.com
Register your name, Start Your Blog
http://TEXASdomainsales.com
Read My Blogs!
http://TEXASmusician.blogspot.com
http://theTOMBALLblogger.com
http:// www.jessecsmithjr.com
http:// www.lonestarcowboys.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/TomballPI
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
