races, jalapeno eating contests, a video tribute from no-table Texans and a photo op with a real Texas Longhorn (bovine not student). Also, a huge village of vendors will be setup inside the ballpark for all those Texas products you can’t live without.

Portions of the proceeds will go to benefit the Texas Surf Museum located near downtown Corpus Christi. Found-er Brad Lomax had this to say, ““Surfing didn’t origi-nate in Texas but just as we have with food, fashion and music, Texans adopted it, embraced it and put our un-mistakably Lone Star stamp all over it. The Tex-as Surf Museum proudly chroni-cles this unlikely chapter in the di-verse history of our state.”  Rep-resenting the surfing are-na at Ziegfest 2010 will be Tim Curran. Curran is a re-tired profession-al surfer on the World Champi-onship Tour and pioneered the sport’s “Aerial Revolution” of the late 1990’s. He’s famous for completing a full-rotation, u p s i d e - d o w n flip at Rocky Point, Hawaii, in 2005. Curran has two albums to his credit. He’s toured worldwide with artists like the Foo Fighters, Incubus, Switchfoot and Angels & Air-waves. Curran also has a new surf film, “The Union Ex-press.” His music is acoustic/alternative in the vein of Jack Johnson and Ben Harper.

Ziegfest tickets are on sale at whataburgerfield.com and the ballpark box office. Phone purchasers may call 361-561-4665. All tickets are General Admission and $25 in advance, $30 the day-of. The event will go from 3 PM to midnight.

Carolyn Wonderland

I’ve been waiting a long time for Carolyn Wonderland (Austin by way of Houston, TX) to grace us with her presence, here on the Coastal Bend. She will be playing a fundraiser for the Texas Homeless Network at the Ex-ecutive Surf Club on Wednesday, October 6th. Carolyn is such a powerful force on this earth, that I’m not just putting this show on my DO NOT MISS LIST, I’m pret-

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ty much demanding that you go...otherwise you’ll never complete your required reading. If you have ever seen the 36 year old Miss Wonderland, then you know what I mean. The talent that exudes from this young lady is mind blowing. She not only sings with the prowess of Janis meets Etta, but also whistles, plays many scorch-ing guitars, lap steel, mandolin, accordion and piano. I’ve also heard her yodel and do bird calls.

I’ve known Carolyn since she was a pink haired teenag-er in the streets of Houston, playing a paisley Strat with

her band, The Imperial Mon-keys (with Little Screamin’ Ken-ny) at such clubs as Dan Elec-tros, Billy Blues and Fitzgerald’s. Even at an ear-ly age, she won the hearts of ev-eryone that ever heard her and was the winner of many read-er’s choice and critic’s awards in the Hous-ton Press. She moved to Austin about ten years ago and has since caught the nod of the music gods there (Susan An-tone, Ray Ben-son, Margaret Moser, and yes, even Bob Dylan who compared the composition

on her CD, Bloodless Revolution to a “mystery mov-ie theme”). She’s teamed up with all the right people in Austin (Guy Forsyth, Shelley King, Cindy Cashdol-lar, Sarah Brown, Ruthie Foster, etc) and has toured with Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter.

She’s one of a kind...Margaret Moser of the Austin Chronicle says this of

Carolyn Wonderland, “When she blisters the guitar and cocks her head fetchingly to sing her songs like I’m In-nocent, she stands in the good company of Sue Foley, Debbie Davies and Bonnie Rait. But when she whis-tles, as she does with disarming ease on another compo-sition, I’m the Man, or picks up the trumpet...she’s one of a kind.”

Yup...you really need to see this show.

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And finally, it’s October. Didn’t think it would ever get here. There’s still plenty of great music out there for me to tell you about. Let’s roll...

Shoemaker Brothers

The Shoemaker Brothers (Los Angeles, CA) played the Tarpon Ice House on September 17th. This is a prime

example of how efficient the coconut telegraph works at its best. Ice House owner, Paul Fain, only booked this act 31 hours before the show. I had never seen the Shoe-maker Brothers before but had heard many Port A locals talk about how great they were when they blew through the island nearly two years ago. So, for almost two years I’ve been hearing about these guys and I’m thinking Larry Joe Taylor may have met his match for island popularity, if they ever show up again. So on Thursday, when Paul tells me that they’re playing the next night, I’m wondering how he’s going to get the word out in time. Plus, the weather channel has seven straight days of those clouds with lighting bolts on them forecasted. In my skepticism, I watched them write the Shoemaker’s name on the chalk board out front and post one notice on Facebook. That’s about all it took. Word got out like wild fire and despite the torrential down pours and short notice, the place packed out with local adoring fans. And for good reason...these guys are the butter.

The boys are back in town...The Shoemaker Brothers are four exceptionally talent-

ed siblings that probably complete each other’s sentenc-es. Samuel, Gabriel, Nathanael and Daniel grew up in the Pacific Northwest with parents that insisted that they all take music lessons at an early age. These boys are all equally proficient on guitar, violin, drums, bass, cel-lo and viola and trade instruments around on stage like reversible jackets. And, the music that ensues is noth-ing less than spectacular. They all have perfect pitch and harmonize with voices that only angels can claim. All of their material is original and their songs show a maturity far beyond their young ages. It took me all of one song to see why the legions of Shoemaker fans in Port Aransas have embraced “The Boys” with complete acceptance. It was a joy to see so many locals flock to hear this band and reassured my faith that the musical taste in Port A is alive and well and better than most.

Catch a rising star...I can’t see the Shoemakers doing what they do without

jumping to the bigs pretty quickly. They play the major-ity of their shows around the Los Angeles area and it’s only a matter of time until we start seeing their names nationally. These boys have the sound and the look and each one of them is talented enough to be stars in their own right. They have a special affection for Port A as their manager, Ted O’Neill, lives here. Also, they have a certain loyalty to the Ice House for giving them their first exposure when they wandered on the island as unknowns. They obviously loved playing that venue. We can only hope that it won’t be so long until their next appearance here. Let their manager know that we’d love to see them back (ted@shoerock.com).

Mike Milligan & the Altar Boyz

Mike Milligan & the Altar Boyz (Aus-tin, TX) played the Back Porch on Septem-ber 17th. This band plays the blues...peri-od. Milligan is a singer, harmonica play-er and entertainer par excellent who once

Live Music TonightWednesday, Sept. 29thBlack Label Society @ Concrete StreetHobo @ House of RockOpen Mic @ Executive Surf ClubBenefit for Flood Victims @ Brewster Street

Thursday, Sept. 30th Stuart Burns & Friends @ Tarpon Ice House Battle of the Bands @ House of Rock Tin Can Phone/ Rafiki Project @ Executive Surf Club Cory Morrow/ Granger Smith @ Brewster Street

Friday, Oct. 1stRandy McAllister Band @ Back PorchThe Other Ones @ Tarpon Ice HouseBushbullit @ Executive Surf ClubSpazmatics @ Brewster Street Richard Lockhart @ Hooks Bar-B-QFabian Rivera/ Eden Burning/ ECHO @ House of Rock

Saturday, Oct. 2ndLarry Joe Taylor @ Back PorchDave “Bottlehead” Miller @ Tarpon Ice House Ziegfest @ Whataburger FieldPaul Renna @ Executive Surf ClubHavana Daydream @ Hooks Bar-B-QMike Hearne/ Shake Russell Band @ Third Coast MusicFive Card Draw @ Brewster Street

Sunday, Oct. 3rdAcoustic Jam @ Tarpon Ice House

Tuesday, Oct. 5thShakira @ American Bank Center

Open Mic @ House of Rock

Wednesday, Oct. 6thCarolyn Wonderland @ Executive Surf Club

Thursday, Oct 7thFish Out of Water @ Executive Surf Club

Battle of the Bands @ House of Rock Stoney LaRue/ Pear Ratz @ Brewster Street

Friday, Oct. 8thMike Milligan & the Altar Boys

TBA @ Tarpon Ice HouseRebelution/ Tribal Seeds @ House of Rock

Shirley Fischer & Mixed Nuts @ Sunset Sounds, Robert’s Point Park

Jim Dugan @ Hooks Bar-B-QBack in the Day @ Executive Surf Club

Scarecrow People @ Brewster Street Jason Aldean

@ American Bank Center

Saturday, Oct. 9thRuben V @ Back Porch

Scott Wood & Smiley @ Tarpon Ice House

Carlton Pride & Mighty Zion @ Padre Burger Co.Dave “Bottlehead” Miller

@ Hooks Bar-B-QDertybird

@ Executive Surf Club Blood on the Dance

Floor/ Let’s Get It/ Breathe Electric @ House of Rock

Sing-Along Piano Bar @ Brewster Street

Sunday, Oct. 10thAcoustic Jam @ Tarpon Ice House

Tuesday, Oct. 12thOpen Mic @ House of Rock

fronted the popular Texas roots band with a Louisiana attitude, Delta Roux. Milligan is often compared to the late Junior Medlow with his passionate stage presence.

The left handed bass player, Leland Parks, also comes with pedigree hav-ing played with The Cobras, Miss Lavelle White, Alan Haynes and Preacher Keen. Parks is also the president of the Austin Blues Soci-ety and partners with the Doc Blue re-cord label (TuTu Jones, Pat Boyack, Sonny Boy Terry, Long John Hunt-er, John McVey, Walter T. Higgs, etc). I was pleasantly surprised by the strong musicianship of the Altar Boy guitarist, Scott Unzicker, who showed flair when needed but also

laid back when needed, showing his understanding that “less is more” with his soulful passages. Milligan and the Altar Boys treated us to a solid show of original tunes and powerful blues. This is a very good blues band with

thousands of miles of roadwork to their credit. Check them out at docbluesrecords.com.

A Cobras reunion...

Another pleasant surprise was when the founding mem-ber of the Cobras, Rodney Craig, showed up in the Back Porch crowd and sat in for a couple of songs. The Cobras were the house band at Antone’s in Austin when I used to work there in the 70’s. And, when the Cobra line-up was Junior Medlow (vocals), Leland Parks (bass), Rod-ney Craig (drums and vocals), Derek O’Brien (guitar) and Smokin’ Joe Sublett (sax), they used to play the old Merie’s Malibu where Neptune’s is now (circa 1979-80). By the way, Derek O’Brien, the highly acclaimed record producer for Antone’s Records and smoking blues gui-tarist in his own right, got his job with the Cobras when Stevie Ray Vaughan left the band to start Triple Threat Revue with W.C. Clark and Lou Ann Barton. Junior Medlow took over the vocal duties in the Cobras when singer, Paul Ray, developed throat problems about the same time. So, it was like old home week seeing Leland and Rodney on stage again here in Port A.

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Carlton Pride & Mighty Zion

Carlton Pride & Mighty Zion (San Marcos, TX) played the Executive Surf Club on September 18th and the Salty Dog on September 19th. I attended both shows. Carlton is the son of country music legend, Charlie Pride and the only reggae act to ever play the Grand Old Opry. He started out as a recording engineer and sound tech for his father. Pride formed Mighty Zion in the mid 90’s when he left Dallas and set up shop in San Marcos and the band headlined Bob Marley festivals nationwide from 1996- 2003. His CD, Ruff Stuff (2000), was re-corded in Jamaica with Bunny Wailer, Culture, Burn-ing Spear, Culture and Alpha Blondy. It also features a duet with his father on the reggae version of Kiss an Angel Good Morning and is very cool. Pride has shared stages with The Wailers, Black Uhuru, Yellowman and String Cheese Incident.

Rain or shine, the show must go on...It was a soggy, soggy weekend on the Coastal Bend on

the 18th and 19th and weather was a factor at both of these shows. Pride’s show in Port A on the Sunday was a benefit for Capt. John Stark and was originally booked at the Tar-pon Ice House but got moved to the Salty Dog at the last minute because of the rain. At the show in Cor-pus on the Saturday night, they couldn’t use the venue’s stage and had to play on the floor, on the side of the Surf Club where they were protect-ed from rain. Atten-dance at both shows clearly suffered be-

cause of the weather...but the shows still went on. I had never seen Carlton play before and a little rain wasn’t going to stop me (although the drive to Corpus got a little hairy at times when it was raining sideways and J.D. Moore was driving us in zero visibility). But, it was worth the peril.

Pride’s show is straight ahead, real deal reggae with lit-tle or no gimmicks. His band consists of Zeke Bene-nate (bass), Johnny Radelat (drums) and Bryon Felt-ner (keys). They didn’t bring their two horn players with them for these two gigs but the tight four piece band more than made up for it. I especially enjoyed his reg-gae version of the Hendrix classic, And the Wind Cried Mary. Despite the low number of people at the shows, their music kept the dance floor busy all night. Carlton Pride has a barrel full of talent and his band is a lot of fun to hang with. They will be playing the Padre Burger Company on October 9th.

DO NOT MISS LISTZiegfest 2010

Ziegfest 2010 will roll into Wataburger Field on Sat-urday, October 2nd. The stellar line-up this year will in-

clude The Charlie Daniels Band, Bob Schneider, The Toadies, Jack Ingram, Rev. Horton Heat, Jason Bo-

land, The Britt Lloyd Band, HOBO and Tim Cur-ran. In addition to the musical acts, there will be Texas themed activities such as a mechanical bull, armadillo

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Bob Scneider to play Ziegfest 2010 on Oct. 2nd.

Mike Milligan and the Alter Boyz played the Back Porch on Spet. 17th.

Carlton Pride & Mighty Zion played the Salty Dog on Sept. 19th.

The Shoemaker Brothers played the Tarpon Ice House on Sept. 17th.

Oct. 2Dave “Bottlehead” Miller

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Charlie Daniels will headline Ziegfest 2010 on Oct. 2nd.