August 23, 2012 Island Moon A 11

By Ronnie Narmour

ronnienarmour@gmail.com

Three Chords and the Truth

Our season is winding down…Well, our season is winding down and Labor

Day is just around the corner. I can’t say I’m ready to see all the tourists leave, but I will say it sure will be nice to get our little island back for a while. This has been an especially busy summer in Port A. I understand that tourists are our necessary evil and sustain us, but by the time Labor Day rolls around, there’s not an islander around who’s not ready for a little peace and quiet. The bad news is that the live music schedules will soon start to look, shall we say,

less spectacular. The Back Porch only has two more Thursday shows (Cody Angel and Aaron Einhouse) before its Friday and Saturday only. The only thing big on the horizon that I can see around here is the John Prine/ Alejandro Escovedo show on September 23rd and Ziegfest in early October (Pat Green, Black Joe Louis, Shooter Jennings, Bob Schneider, Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore). The Third Coast Theater in Port A did announced four upcoming shows from now until October (Damn Quails, Tejas Brothers, Bob Livingston and Max Stalling)… those should all be good shows. It may be time to start taking a few more road trips. I tried and failed to get to Austin last weekend for what I knew was going to be a great show. Joe Ely was playing Antone’s with his old 80’s band that included the great Bobby Keys (Rolling Stones, Plastic Ono Band) on sax and David Grissom (John Mellencamp, Storyville) on guitar. Word was that it was spectacular. Regardless, we’ve had a good season of live music this year on the Coastal Bend and I appreciate the efforts of everyone who worked to make that happen (club owners, bands, fans, etc.) It’s a lot of trouble and a risk at best. But, rest assured I’ll do my best to keep you informed of the best shows I can find through the winter… even if it’s the Medicare Band or the PA Rockers.

Captain Legendary…

I was able to catch Charlie Hagar and the Captain Legendary Band (Baton Rouge, LA) last Thursday at the Back Porch. I gotta say,

these boys rocked. They are all good musicians who combine a bunch of different influences to come up with their sound… country, southern rock, roots, blues, bluegrass. I’ve been seeing their name around and had a feeling they were good. They were. Their music has a comfortable feel to it like waiting for your mama to serve up a supper of pork chops and hominy. It just goes down real easy.

Billy Snipes, Davin James, Ray T…

On Friday night I got to see a few good shows. Billy Snipes played the Tarpon Ice House, Davin James (Kingwood, TX) played the Porch and Ray T and the City Crew (Aransas Pass, TX) played the Flat’s Lounge. Snipes is a Wimberley boy who has just moved to Port A. He’s a happy man that’s been known to get up and dance by himself. He’s got a kind of island groove going on and plays a lot of reggae as well as original tunes. I like Billy a lot and enjoy his upbeat music. Keep an eye out for him, like I say, he lives here now and is a lot of fun. After Billy’s first set I headed over to the Porch to catch Davin James’ second set. Of course he had his steady bass player, Cletus Blakely, with him. I am always amazed at what an excellent guitarist Davin is. I mean he writes great songs and sings them well, but his musicianship never ceases to impress me. He’ll be back on September 29th. After Davin finished up, I headed over to the Flats for my dose of Ray T. Ray’s leg has totally healed from his motorcycle wreck a few months ago. I even saw a Facebook post of him dancing one heck of a jig. It was pretty funny. All I can say is, following Ray Tijerina on Facebook is a lot of laughs. His mind never stops.

Jesse Dayton…

Jesse Dayton (Austin by way of Port Arthur, TX) played the Back Porch on Saturday, August 18th. Dayton is one busy boy. Not only does he keep his honky tonkin’ bastard son of George Jones thing going all over the world, he still finds time to make zombie movies. Go online and check out his soon to be released Zombex with Malcolm McDowell and Cory Feldman. It is written and directed by Jesse Dayton and

set in New Orleans and Austin. According to the website, “The story follows Charlie Thibideaux, a locally famous Zydeco player, as he slowly begins to discover why seemingly normal people are starting to turn into the undead, with all signs pointing to a new experimental drug given to post-Katrina survivors.” By the way, Dayton will be back in October for the Ziegfest 2012 at Whataburger Field. He also plays just about every week at the storied Broken Spoke in Austin. This fellow is one Going Jessie.

DO NOT MISS LIST

This weekend…Tonight (Thursday, August 22nd), DO NOT

MISS Cody Angel (Levelland, TX by way of Port A) at the Back Porch. Our boy is back home for a few days and this is his only gig. He’s been spending his summer vacation from South Plains College playing pedal steel for the Matt Wayne Band and hasn’t been around. I looked at his schedule and he’s putting on some miles. Cody will be playing with Antone Perez on drums and Mike Guerra on bass. Tomorrow night (Friday, August 23rd) Darryl Lee Rush brings his gritty Americana sound to the Back Porch. And on Saturday, August 24th, there are three good shows to consider. It seems that Oklahoma is invading us. Joe Mack (Tallequah, OK) will be at the Tarpon Ice House and The Damn Quails (Norman, OK) will be at the Third Coast Studio. I saw Joe Mack when he came down with our old CC Magazine buddy, Pete Desopo last year and was totally impressed. Joe plays loops on his guitar and is all over the place. He kind of strikes me as a mad genius. As it turns out, The Damn Quails are friends of his and plan to stay over until Sunday and all get together at the weekly Rockin’ Ricke Open Jam. That should be a hoot.

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Cody Angel @ Back Porch

Buster Jiggs @ House of Rock

Aaron Watson/ Rankin Twins @ Brewster Street

Free Beer Band @ Tarpon Ice House

John Cortez @ Doctor Rockits

Shadow Moon @ The Sea Wall

Friday, August 24

Darryl Lee Rush @ Back Porch

Ray T & the City Crew @ The Flats Lounge

John Cortez @ Doctor Rockits

The Groove @ Executive Surf Club

Le Freak @ Brewster Street

Mike Williams @ Hemingways Rockport

David & Barbara Brown @ Coffee Waves

Hilda Lamas Band @ The Sea Wall

Saturday, August 25

Dust Devils @ Back Porch

Joe Mack @ Tarpon Ice House

The Damn Quails @ Third Coast Theater

Backbone Child @ Doctor Rockits

CC70D Awards Ceremony @ House of Rock

Scarecrow People @ Executive Surf Club

Rat Ranch @ Brewster Street

Mike Williams @ Hemingways Rockport

Chris Gober @ Coffee Waves

Another Level @ The Sea Wall

Rat Ranch @ Brewster Street

Sunday, August 26

Open Electric Jam w/ Rockin’ Ricke @ Tarpon Ice House

Dusty Low @ Doctor Rockits

Mike Guerra & John (Chopper) Lopez @ The Sea Wall

Monday, August 27

Open Jam w/ Antone Perez @ Doctor Rockits

Acoustic Night w/ Colin Roche @ House of Rock Tuesday, August 28

Tiffany Tuesday @ Tarpon Ice House

Open Mic w/ Rev. Matt Martinez @ House of

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Justin Estes Band @ Doctor Rockits

Mariachi Vargas @ American Bank Center

Wednesday, August 29

Mr. Mo’s Blues Jam @ Tarpon Ice House

HOBO @ House of Rock

Open Mic @ Executive Surf Club

Open Mic w/ Wolfjaw @ Flat’s Lounge

Neil Edwards @ Doctor Rockits

Thursday, August 30

Aaron Einhouse @ Back Porch

Local Licks @ House of Rock

Free Beer Band @ Tarpon Ice House

Antone & the All Stars @ Doctor Rockits

Bart Crow/ Thieving Birds @ Brewster Street

Mike Guerra & John (Chopper) Lopez @ The

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Friday, August 31

Cruise Control @ Back Porch

Cathouse/ John Cortez Band/ v Twin/ Dark Energy @ House of Rock

Ray T & the City Crew @ The Flats Lounge

Rosie Flores @ Doctor Rockits

Mike Williams @ Hemingways Rockport

Gary Moeller @ Coffee Waves

LC Rocks @ Brewster Street

Hilda Lamas Band @ The Sea Wall

Saturday, September 1

Larry Joe Taylor @ Back Porch

Randy Rogers/ Turnpike Troubadours/ Cody

Johnson @ Concrete Street

Mike Williams @ Hemingways Rockport

The Forefront @ Coffee Waves

Profile @ The Sea Wall

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Austin honky tonker Jesse Dayton played the Back Porch last Saturday night.

Charlie Hagar and the Captain Legendary Band played the Back Porch

last Thursday.

Ray T and the City Crew play the Flats Lounge in Port A every Friday night.

Joe Mack will play the Tarpon Ice House on August 25th..

Cody Angel will play the Back Porch tonight, Thursday, August 23rd.

Photo by Miles Merwin

Billy Snipes played the Tarpon Ice House last Friday and Saturday.

Davin James and Cletus Blakely played the Back Porch last Friday night.