JULY 2018 BUDDY 5

THE DALLAS INTERNATIONALTGuitar Festival will present Ben-efit Buddy Magazine from noon until10 pm, August 12 at the legendaryLonghorn Ballroom. The anniver-sary event and benefit will celebratenot only the 45-year history of Buddy,the Original Texas Music Magazinebut also 40 years since Buddy founderStoney Burns first selected RockyAthas, Jimmie Vaughan, Billy Gib-bons, Eric Johnson, John Nitzingerand Bugs Henderson as the first BuddyTexas Tornados in 1978. There will asilent auction and a photographyexhibit. The photo exhibit and salewill offer a look at covers and eventcoverage from Ron McKeown, ChuckFlores, James Bland, Jesus Carillo,Michael Insuaste, and others. Formore information on contributing tothe silent auction, please emailinfo@guitarshow.com call (972) 240-2206.

The event will feature a host ofBuddy Texas Tornado performersincluding Buddy Whittington, LuckyPeterson with Tamra Trimell, JasonElmore, Jr Clark with GuthrieKennard, Hash Brown, Quinten Hope,Jr boy Jones with Kerrie Lepai,Jimmy Wallace with Jerry Branch,The Stratoblasters, Cookie McGee,Danny Sanches, Rocky Athas, JimSuhler, Jackie Don Loe, Hash Brown,and Quinten Hope. Salvation FromSundown, Maylee Thomas, AllyVenable, Butch Bonner and Rockin’Robert T and other special guests areexpected

To donate auction items or forquestions regarding thea u c t i o n , p l e a s e e m a i lbenefit@guitarshow.com Attention:Laurie Hawkins or call / text LaurieHawkins 469.446.3739 or Dallas In-ternational Guitar Festival972.240.2206. Auction items can bedelivered to Jimmy Wallace Guitarsthrough August 10. Jimmy WallaceGuitars, 350 S Oaks Trail # 132,Garland TX 75043, Mon-Fri 1-6 PM.

EventsKNON’S 9TH ANNUAL HAR-monica Blowout will e held July 29 atPoor David’s Pub featuring PaulOscher (former with Muddy Watersharmonica player, the HarringtonClark Project featuring PaulHarrington and Junior Clark,Stompin’ Bill Jonston and the DallasBlues All Stars with Hash Brown.

Nate’s Seafood is celebrating theBlazing Summer Music Festival July29 through August 30. Six bands insix weeks, kicking off with the 13Year Anniversary of the “Sunday BluesHappening” and then followingevery Thursday in August withlive music by Ryan Berg, Tin &Tonic, East Dallas Loe-Bros, CT DavisBand, and Joe D’Angelo & The Hor-nets.

Van Alstyne’s Music in the Parkwill happen at 6:30 PM on July 17,with singer/songwriter Tony Rameyat the mic. Most recently, it was JonWolfe who co-wrote and recordedRamey’s songs, one of which, “AnyNight In Texas,” is high on the chartsnow. This is held each month at theRail Car Stage/Park in downtownVan Alstyne and a Chamber of Com-merce activity and is free.

Sherman’s Hot Summer Nightstakes place each Thursday at Kidd-Key Park. Its final shows are: July 12Koe Wetzel Band; July 19 TheSpazmatics; and July 26 Asia. Theseshows are free.

In Denison, the Music on Mainconcerts continue on Friday nightsat Forrest Moore Park near down-town. July 6 will have the Black DirtyPlayboys on stage; July 13 featuresthe Sisters Morales and JasonElmore band; July 20 brings TwoTons of Steel to Denison, and finally,on July 27, it concludes withShenandoah and Chris Colston play-

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New ReleasesWorld-class harmonica player SteveKrase expands his blues music intonew territory on his fourth CD, JustWaitin’, coming June 15 on ConnorRay Music. Produced by RockRomano (who also played bass andsang backing vocals), JustWaitin’ features Steve Krase (vocalsand harmonica), backed by a solidcast of additional notables,including David Carter (guitars andbacking vocals); Tamara Williams(drums, percussion and backing vo-cals); James Gilmer (percussion);Brian Jack (accordion); Mike Vee(rubboard); and Kenan Ozdemir (leadguitar).

Austin-based singer/songwriter Bob Schneider releasedhis seventh studio album, Blood &Bones. Blood & Bones includes severalsongs that lean more on the romanceside as Schneider recently became ahusband and a father.

Americana folk-rock band NoDry County (better known as NDC)released their new album, PanhandleMusic.

Sam Lewis announced the re-lease of his third album, Loversity.Recorded at Southern Ground Stu-dios with engineer and co-producerBrandon Bell, the album spans fromupbeat songs like the title track“Loversity” to the darker “One in theSame,” an electric guitar heavy bal-lad with a driving force reminiscentof the Black Keys’ Brothers.

Austin-based folk-pop band TheBelle Sounds release a newalbum The Sea Within out on July 20.The Belle Sounds, led byfrontwoman Noelle Hampton andelectric guitarist Andre Moran, havemade a name for themselves in theAustin music scene with theirlush soundscapes and beautiful har-monies.

Texas singer/songwriter Radney

Foster has released a Spanish versionof his classic lullaby, “Godspeed,” as“Godspeed (Dulces Suenos).” Thesong and video have quickly gar-nered attention for compassionateand soulful lyrics.

Heralded Austin-based blues/roots musician and songwriterJohnny Nicholas celebrates the de-luxe vinyl LP reissue of his long out-of-print 1977 album, Too Many BadHabits – including a special bonusalbum of previously unreleased per-formances.

Wild! Wild! Wild! is a new albumfrom Grammy-nominated artistRobbie Fulks and Austinite LindaGail Lewis (younger sister of rock-and-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis). Itwas recorded in Chicago with AlexHall (JD McPherson, Cactus Blos-soms, Pokey LaFarge) and featuresmusical contributions from ReddVolkaert (Merle Haggard), Danny B.Harvey, Scott Ligon and CaseyMcDonough (NRBQ, The Flat Five),Kelly Hogan (Mavis Staples, NekoCase), Joan Collaso, YvonneGage, and others.

The former lead singer of UglyAmericans and 54-time Austin Mu-sic Award-winner has released fouralbums in the past five years. Inaddition to his music, Schneider en-joys creating art and has written twobooks.

Tornado and Benny Turner areplanning a Jam at Redrock Bar andGrill for former Freddie King drum-mer and manager Gary Carnes Jamat Redrock Bar and Grill North Dal-las for former to manager and drum-mer Gary Carnes of Freddie King. Afew pics attached. Link to my Trib-ute endorsed by Tesla facebookTexas-Modern DAY Cowboys Trib-ute to Electric TESLA & 5 man acous-tical jam. Original band RoaringTruth.

Original project Roaring Truthwill perform a July 12 showcase atThe RAIL Club in Fort WorthGhostlight Concerts with Dokken.

MUSIC MOURNS DUE TOMthe passing of Vincent PaulAbbott. He was laid to rest be-tween his mother Carolyn and hisbrother Darrell in Moore Memo-rial Gardens in Arlington, TX“Vinnie Paul,” as he was known tofriends and fans, was born inAbilene, March 11, 1964.

His father, Jerry, wrote andproduced country music, so mu-sic was in the Abbott brothers’blood with “Diamond” (later“Dimebag”) Darrell on guitar andVinnie Paul choosing to playdrums. The family moved toPantego, TX and the boys foundedPantera in 1981, releasing MetalMagic (1983), Projects in the Jungle(1984) and I Am the Night (1985)with bassist Rex Brown and vo-calist Terry Glaze.

Glaze was replaced by PhilipAnselmo in 1986 and the bandreleased Power Metal in 1988, butit was 1990’s Cowboys from Hellthat brought Pantera to nationaland then international attentionand with a heavier sound followedby 1992’s Vulgar Display of Power,and Far Beyond Driven, which de-buted at #1 on Billboard charts in1994.

Vinnie Paul and Dime divestedtheir interests by opening the in-famous home-away-from-homefor every touring band, BYOB af-ter hours strip joint The Club-house in Dallas. His endorsements

included Tama and Pearl drums,Remo heads and hardware, ddrum,Sabian cymbals and Vic Firthdrumsticks.

Despite tensions amongst theband members, 1996 brought fansThe Great Southern Trendkill and2000 ’s Reinventing the Steel.Anselmo left Pantera, and theBrothers Abbott went on to formDamageplan with Bob Zilla onbass and Pat Lachman on vocals,releasing New Found Power in2004. The brutal murder of Darrellonstage at an Ohio club on theensuing tour shocked the musiccommunity but Vinnie Paul wasback behind the kit after a fewyears with supergoup Hellyeahon his own label Big Vin Records,as well as becoming a producer ofa roster featuring collaborationswith David Allen Coe, Cowboysfrom Hell, Seventh Void, Fountain-head, Hillbilly Orchestra, come-dian The Chinaman and theDimevision DVDs.

One of his passions was cook-ing. He had spent the last fewyears of his life living in Las Vegas,where he passed away in his sleepof a massive heart attack on June22, 2018.

His cemented musical legacywill live on but more so his legacyof kindness and generosity withfriends and fans alike.

He will be missed.-COLLEEN MORGAN

Vincent Paul Abbottin memoriam