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And we would like to When the decision was almost certain to be on the to George Jones and hear from some other in - made to hold an Action show. He will let us know Merle Haggard. strumentalists who would Magazine concert, our ini - for sure the first week in Randy Toman is one of be willing to lend a hand tial concern was finding February. the finest bass guitarists when needed. enough musicians willing San Antonio stalwarts to be found, and he has in - All gate proceeds from to lend us their time and schedule to play the event dicated a willingness to this event will go to the An - talents. include Dub Robinson and play behind some of the imal Defense League of Such has not been the his Drugstore Cowboys, other bands on the show. San Antonio. Ticket prices case. They have been The Toman Brothers And we just got an email will be posted soon. Ticket coming in at a furious clip, (Randy and Russ), Wayne from Larry (Big Larry) Pat - price is $10. and the only problem con - Harper, George Cham - ton in Nashville, another Texas Pride owner fronting us now is getting bers, Jimmy Spacek, world class bassist who Tony Talanco is providing everyone on the stage Sylvia Kirk, Claude Mor - has worked with Hank us with the entire venue who wants to play the gan, Hector Saldana and Williams Jr., and The out near Adkins, and this event. his Krayolas, Laurabell Buckboard Boogie Boys. includes a state-of-the-art Already committed to and the West Side Horns, Larry says he is eager to sound system, completely Augie Meyers play the show are such Bonnie Lang, and teen be part of the celebration. covered outdoor patio and nationally known perform - sensation Victoria Celes - You won’t find finer gui - dance pavilion, and an in - scheduling and promo - 680 AM called Talk About ers and recording artists tine. tarists anywhere in the door barbecue restaurant tions is Roy Holley, vet - Texas. Holley is on the air as Johnny Bush, Johnny We are counting on state than Dub Robinson with food which is leg - eran DJ and band from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Rodriguez, Meyers, and George Chambers to and Russell Toman. And endary. promoter who hosts a every Saturday. Darrell McCall. 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As in the difference be - Raffles, a gig which has The release party was tween graveyard dead and since ended. held at the now defunct alive with a voice that can Now sober in a recov - Texas 46 Saloon in Spring make the ground shake ery program, Laurabell Branch, and the singing on a given day or night. laments the loss of her celebrant on stage ap - To put it specifically, home in Bulverde and peared more dead than Laurabell has quit drinking most every other earthly alive. alcohol while finally com - possession in her realm, “I wasn’t in good shape ing to terms with the but she appears to be on back then,” Laurabell breakup of her 17-year- the road back. laughs, “and I would like to marriage to B.K. Ramirez. “I finally looked myself forget that picture you took “B.K. found someone in the mirror and saw the on the internet 20 years problem,” she said. “It was - his junior, and when he left n’t B.K. at all, it was me. me for this woman in And I realized that I am Washington State, it was the one with the resources like I had been hit by a to do something about it.” train,” Laurabell said. “I Born Laura Bell in San Let us cater had no warning, no clue, Antonio 60 years ago in and I just shut down. For August, the two names your holiday two straight years, I sat in have been blurred to - party or bring my house at Bulverde and gether so long that most your party to drank. I truly thought I was people don’t realize the going to hell in a hand difference. Texas Pride. basket.” “When I was just a kid I The new look Laurabell 210-649-3730 And it was about the would tell the teachers my www.texaspridebbq.net same hand basket exis - name is Laura Bell, and tence for three more years they would ask me what bell or L.B. I’ve got it Laura in Houston, Laurabell has battered women shelters after that. The big change my last name was,” Laura - Bell on my album jacket, two grandchildren and a across the country, restau - started after the record re - bell said.