April 26, 2012 Island Moon A 11

By Ronnie Narmour

ronnienarmour@gmail.com

Three Chords and the Truth

Live Music

Thursday, May 3rd

The Shakedown @ Executive Surf Club Duke E. Brown @ Doctor Rockits On Blast Stand Up Comedy Show @ House of Rock Mike Williams @ Thai Sushi Cafe

Friday, May 4th

Cruise Control @ Back Porch Three Way Street @ Tarpon Ice House Mercury Decends/ ECHO/ Memory of a Melody @ House of Rock Spazmatics @ Brewster Street Ice House Hilda Lamas @ Executive Surf Club The Groove @ Doctor Rockits Taylor Tumlinson @ Scuttlebutt’s Mike Williams @ Thai Sushi Café Trysum @ The Sea Wall Aaron Neubauer @ Coffee Waves

Saturday, May 5th

Billy Snipes @ Tarpon Ice House Jon Wolfe @ Back Porch Texas State Line Live @ Brewster Street Ice House Bushbullit @ Executive Surf Club Hilda Lamas @ The Sea Wall Mike Williams @ Thai Sushi Cafe Another Level @ Doctor Rockits Social Distortion After Party w/ Reely Rotnz/ Not in the Face @ House of Rock Ken Barnett @ Coffee Waves Asleep at the Wheel @ Rialto TheaterSocial Distotion/ Toadies @ Concrete Street

Sunday, May 6th

The Weak Day Boys @ Doctor Rockits Mike Guerra and John Lopez @ The Sea Wall

Monday, May 7th

Open Jam w/ Antone Perez @ Doctor Rockits Susan Gibson @ Burning Bush Coffee House Acoustic Night w/ Justin Estes @ House of Rock

Tuesday, May 8th

Antone & the All Stars @ Doctor Rockits Open Mic w/ Rev. Matt Martinex @ House of

Rock

Wednesday, May 9th

Justin Estes Band @ Doctor Rockits John Cortez Band @ House of Rock

Mana @ American Bank Center

Thursday, May 10th

Turnpike Troubadours/ Corb Lund @ Brewster Street Ice House

Sinizen/ Tin Can Phone/ Make Shift Innocence @

Executive Surf Club Duke E. Brown @

Doctor Rockits Photography and Art by Jon Steele @ House of

Rock Rich Lockhart @

Scuttlebutt’s

Friday, May 11th

Ruben V @ Back Porch Alma & Luis @ Sunset Sounds- Roberts Point

Park Rat Ranch @ Brewster

Street Ice House The Groove @ Executive

Surf Club The Cuveralls @ The Sea

Wall David & Barbara Brown

@ Coffee Waves Friends and Lovers Art

Show @ House of Rock

Saturday, May 12th

Dust Devils @ Back Porch

2nd Saturday Sing-Along Piano Show @ Brewster

Street Ice House Carlton Pride and Zion @

Executive Surf Club Destiny @ Scuttlebutt’s Hy Eddleman @ Coffee

Waves

Hilda Lamas @ The Sea Wall

Sunday, May 13th

Bob Floyd Band @ Doctor Rockits

Ballabajoomba Poetry Slam @ House of Rock

Mike Guerra and John Lopez @ The Sea Wall

REO Speedwagon/ Styx/ Ted Nugent @ Concrete

Street Monday, May 14th

Open Jam w/ Antone Perez @ Doctor Rockits

Acoustic Night w/ Justin Estes @ House of Rock

There’s a lot to talk about. Music is busting out everywhere. Times a wasting…let’s roll!

Impromptu music at the Ice House… every day!

As the season heats up around here, so does the live music scene. The impromptu gatherings of local musicians around the Tarpon Ice House continue to blow my mind. Billed as Denny and the Jets last week, locals Jack Gant, Denny Larkin and Robbie Owens showed up out of nowhere and put on one heck of a show. I can see these boys catching tread. And, when it looks like nobody else is booked at the Ice House, Mr. Mo usually steps up to the plate at the last minute. He did so last week with the amazing drummer, Chris Vanderkohn and guitarist, Dan McLeod, in tow and got a huge crowd going. You never know who’s going to show up and play at the last minute. This Tuesday was a hoot. This really sweet girl, Tiffany, who lives across the street on the roof of Castaways, came over late in the day and said she had these guys from the Hill Country who wanted to play with her and would it be all right…yeah, sure. They called themselves the Lost Boys. Tiffany showed up, The Lost Boys didn’t but it didn’t matter. Tiffany put on one hell of a show by herself. I’m seeing a singer-songwriter open mic in the making here. And the Open Jam over there every Sunday has really started to explode. It’s always a lot of fun and gets bigger and bigger every week. There’s no egos and anyone and everyone is invited to participate. They have a PA set up with a bunch of amps and instruments ready to use. It’s kind of exciting to see who’s name makes it to the chalk board out front late in the afternoon. Really, you should check it out. It’s really spontaneous.

Back Porch news…The surprise performance of the week goes to

Charlie Monague who played the Back Porch last Saturday. I wasn’t familiar with him but this guy has got some chops. He’s got a strong band and a really dynamic vocal delivery. His songs were hard driving and high energy…he really had a strong stage presence. I liked him. In the coming weeks, the Porch will host shows in May by Cruise Control, Jon Wolfe, Ruben V, The Dust Devils, Davin James, W.C. Clark, Gary P. Nunn and the always amazing Larry Joe Taylor.

The great Joe Ely played the House of Rock last Sunday…

Well, I finally made it off the island last Sunday and went into town to see the great Joe Ely at the House of Rock. He’s sounding as fabulous as ever. To my surprise, there were only about 50 people in attendance but Joe played like it was to 5000. He had a new guy with him…a lead guitarist from Chicago named Robby Gjersoe. I’ve seen some of the best guitarist ever accompany Ely through the years (Rick Hulett, Jessie Taylor, David Grissom, etc) and thought this gentleman certainly held his own. His passages were clean and warm and never cluttered up the mix. I thought he was a nice addition to Ely’s show. Joe played his songbook and even opened up the set list for requests. It was a wonderful, intimate show with the old master from Lubbock. I went back stage after the performance and talked to Joe for a while. He was asking me if there were any good gigs in Port A…hmmm. I can think of a few.

DO NOT MISS LIST

Discover Downtown Music and Film Festival

The Discover Downtown Music and Film Festival will be held at the site of the old auditorium on Shoreline Drive in Corpus on May 18th and 19th. On Friday night they will be showing the movie, The Legend of Billie Jean and on Saturday, the music starts at 1:00 p.m. and features (in order of appearance) Scarecrow People, Slaid Cleaves, The Most, HOBO, Cold Irons, Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns and Todd Snider. Go to www.discoverdowntownmusicfest.com for more information.

Tarpon Music BashThe Third Annual Tarpon Music Bash will be

held on May 18 and 19. This is a fun one hosted by the happiest singer-songwriter on the planet,

Al Barlow (New Braunsfel, TX). Al always brings a herd of his Hill Country musician friends with him and it’s an absolutely delightful event. Look for such artists as Mandy Rowden, Scott and Smiley, Rusty Cofield, Dallas Burrow and Music from the Karma Farm. I talked to Al on the phone and he tells me he’ll have the whole list of acts for me shortly. Stay posted, this bash is a blast.

29th Annual Songwriters ShowcaseThe 29th Annual Songwriters Showcase in

Port A will be on May 21st at Roberts Point Park in the grassy Chili Field area. Musicians include Preecher Williams, Triggerfish, Mark Wilks, Guy Le Roux, Melissa Brooke, Perry Wing, Hamp Brockman & Janet Drew, Tyler McCumber, L. Leon Sands, Carol Elliott, Dave “Bottlehead” Miller and Havana Daydream. Bring you lawn chairs and coolers. Admission is $7. This event has showcased Port A’s amazing musical talent for almost three decades. It was originally held at the Tarpon Inn and is a fund raiser for the Art Center for the Islands.

Rockport Festival of Food and WineThe Rockport Festival of Food and Wine will

be over the Memorial Day weekend, on Ma y 26th and 27th at the Texas Maritime Museum

in Rockport. The musical line-up includes Another Level, Aqua Vox and the most incredible Carolyn Wonderland on the 26th. The line-up on the 27th is Carol Elliott, Bo Porter and Larry Joe Taylor. For details go to www.texasfestivalofwines.com.

Rockport Music Festival

The Rockport Music Festival will be held at Fulton Harbour Park on June 7- 9. This is the second year for this festival and features the strongest line-up I’ve seen in the Coastal Bend. On Thursday, the VIP private party will have Delbert McClinton (Ft. Worth, TX) and Toni Price (Austin,TX). Wow! On Friday the 8th the festival goes country with none other than Rodney Crowell (Nashville, TN) and Hayes Carll (Houston, TX). And the big news is that on Saturday, the show features the great Los Lobos (East Los Angeles, CA), Marcia Ball (Austin, TX), The Blues Broads (Tracy Nelson, Angela Strehli, Annie Sampson and Dorothy Morrison), The RMF All Stars (Derrick O’Brien, Chris Layton and David Grissom and Greezy Wheels (Austin, TX). It would take my entire column to tell you about these artists, and I plan to do just that in the coming weeks. Suffice it to say, I’m totally impressed. Go to www.rockportmusic.com for ticket info (hint: the VIP tickets are really worth the extra money.)

And that’s the truth!

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The Back PorchCruise Control 5/4Jon Wolfe 5/5Dust Devils 5/12Ruben V 5/11W.C. Clark 5/19

Larry Joe Taylor 5/26Wacky Wednesday $2 Most Anything

Charlie Montague played the Back Porch

on April 28th.

Tiffany and the Lost Boys played the Tarpon Ice House on Tuesday.

Al Barlow will host the Tarpon Music Bash on May 18 and 19.

The Blues Broads Annie Sampson, Tracy Nelson, Angela Strehli, Dorothy Morrison will play the Rockport Music Festival on

June 9th.

Joe Ely and Robby Gjersoe played the House of Rock on April 29th.

Carolyn Wonderland will play the Rockport Festival of Wine and Food over

Memorial Day Weekend.