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Action Magazine, January 2015 • 3 • Tex Pop Center a music history culture museum At 1017 E. Mulberry St. Officially the mission off Broadway just north of for Tex Pop is to “collect, Downtown , document, exhibit, pre - across the street from serve, interpret, celebrate, Good Time Charlie’s and and educate about South next door to Planet K is Texas music and music- South Texas Popular Cul - related art and history.” ture Center (Tex Pop), a While that may sound for - truly unique and fairly re - mal, Michael Ann Coker, cent addition to San Anto - Tex Pop executive director nio institutions that , says “ We want folks to celebrate local culture. It is think of Tex Pop as their one part museum, one club house - a place to part music venue and an visit with friends, share all around gathering place memories, listen to music and destination for those and maybe learn a little. interested in San Anto - Certainly we want to foster nio’s musical past, present pride in San Antonio and Jeff Smith (left)) and Chris Casseb are both directors of Tex Pop. Smith Is also a Tex and future. its rich cultural heritage.” Pop co-founder along with Margaret Moser and Michael Ann Coker, both pictured on The Tex Pop vision is to be the premier source of the cover of this issue of Action Magazine. Shown with them on the cover is Neka South Texas music history Scarbrough Jenkins, artist and the official Tex Pop photographer. providing artifacts, infor - mation and analysis of half of his known songs country western and known as ‘Americana’ – dation). music’s impact on popular here in San Antonio. The swing, German, Polish, combining the above gen - The current Tex Pop Let us cater culture. “We are SA sessions were in No - and Czech polkas, and res with R & B and Mexi - team is Chris Casseb pleased that we are regu - vember 1936. One of the sounds from or influenced can and Cajun styles as (merchandise and mem - your holiday larly contacted locally and recordings was of Cross by Mexico (rancheros, trio well,” explains Jeff Smith, bership director), Jeff party or bring from across the country to Road Blues which has romantico, and our own one of the Tex Pop Smith (director of promo - your party to help with academic pa - been covered by numer - West Side Horns.) This founders. tions and productions) pers and provide input for ous musicians and influ - distinctive blend is the SA Tex Pop was founded and Michael Ann Coker Texas Pride. the media, including print enced countless more. Sound that Tex Pop cele - by Margaret Moser (music (executive director) with and film,” Coker says. San Antonio itself is a brates. writer) and Michael Ann Margaret Moser as con - 210-649-3730 unique cultural crossroads “San Antonio native Coker (personnel, project sultant. www.texaspridebbq.net “One recent call con - cerned Robert Johnson’s – a place where multiple later recorded and planning manager) You’ll see Neka Scar - time in our city.” musical roots converge - an original titled ‘Cross - along with Jeff Smith (mu - brough-Jenkins at many Robert Johnson's life genres that combine here roads’ – his tune com - sician, promoter, and of the Tex Pop events. The and music are legendary - include zy - bines country, rock and record label owner) and award winning photogra - and he recorded about deco and jazz, old school blues. Sahm is quite ar - Michael Kleinman (local pher / artist is the official guably the first example of businessman and presi - the genre that is now dent of the PHOGG Foun - Continued on pg. 7

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Action Magazine, January 2015 • 5 • It’s year 2015, and Action Magazine will be 40 cash donation to the Animal Defense League of San Bobby Rey, Sunny Ozuna, Laurabell, Clifton Jansky, years old in the spring. Antonio, a no-kill facility that does work which is Bubba and Patsy Brown, Johnny Bush, Ray Sczepanik, For those of you who might still be wondering, close to my dog and cat loving heart. Donation Augie Meyers, Syvia Kirk, Geronimo Trevino, Ernie the answer is yes on an Action Magazine 40th anniver - amounts and other details are being worked out at Garibay, Billy Mata, Granvil Poynter, Mike Clancey, Con - sary party and concert. this time. rad Gonzales, Bonnie Lang, Maurice Munter, Mitch So mark the calendars! Early feelers I have put out to musician heavies Webb, Kevin Geil, Johnny Cockerell, ReBeca Drury, It is officially set for Sunday, April 12, at Texas who have graced the covers of Action Magazine over Kenny Penny, Terri Stampley, and a litany of other Pride Barbecue in Adkins. I have just started recruiting the years are encouraging. I have heard not one single super-talented locals that I couldn’t be expected to re - talent for the event, and I have yet to received a “no” “no” at this early stage of the game. And I really haven’t call at this one sitting. I don’t even know how from anyone. even gotten started yet. to contact many of these Action Magazine subjects from Johnny Bush, Darrell McCall, Johnny Ro - I plan to soon contact my old friend Gover - the past, but I want them all to know that they are invited driguez, Wayne Harper, Ron Knuth, Jimmy Spacek, nor Kinky Friedman about playing our anniversary. should the word reach them. Sylvia Kirk, and George Chambers are on for sure. Back during the day I helped Friedman book some And then there are the deceased greats who Augie Meyers will be a certainty if he isn’t in of his San Antonio area gigs. I have had the privilege of interviewing and writing Europe April 12. He will let me know soon. Over the past 40 years, I have featured some about in Action Magazine. They would all be invited I have heard via Facebook from Larry Patton talented and interesting characters in Action Magazine, to the anniversary party if they were still on this in Nashville, expressing interest in playing the from David Alan Coe and Leon Russell to Tanya Tucker earth. Some of them include Townes Van Zandt, Ray event. And Patton noted that he would bring old for - to Ray Sawyer and Dennis Locorriere of Dr. Hook and Liberto, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb (he told me I mer San Antonio blues crooner Dale Jackson with the Medicine Show band. Also Alex Harvey, the unher - needed a haircut) , Rusty Wier, Pine Top Perkins, him. alded songwriter genius who penned such hits as Eddie Shaver, B.W. Stevenson, Randy Garibay, Gate - The gates are now open for all of my musician Ruben James and Delta Dawn, to name only a few. And mouth Brown, Waylon Jennings, Roxanne Krezdorn, friends and subjects of Action Magazine articles to I could never forget blues/folk queens like Maria Mul - Bee Spears, Charlie Walker, Doug Sahm, Jimmy Day, weigh in. I am asking anyone interested in playing this daur, who I interviewed at the old Wings Club on West David Zettner, Jody Payne, Floyd Tillman, Freddy event to call or email and leave contact information. Avenue. And the list goes on ad infinitum. Willie Nelson Fender, Hank Thompson, Gary Stewart, Steve I have a Sam Kindrick Facebook page for con - was on the first Action cover. That was March of 1975, Fromholz, Bobby Bland, and too many others who tact purposes, and the phone number is (830) 980-7861 and Nelson has gone on to become a world renown su - have already “crossed the river,” as Billy Joe Shaver for Action Magazine. Email address is perstar since those magical times. would put it. [email protected]. There have been articles in Action on Hank I have promoted two other music events in my The first issue of Action was printed in March Williams Jr., Hank William III, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray lifetime. The first was The First World Championship of 1975, but I decided to hold the anniversary blowout Benson’s Asleep At The Wheel, Emilio Navaira, Bar - Menudo Cookoff in Raymond Russell Park, featuring in April rather than March. It gives us an extra month to bara Fairchild, Little Joe Hernandez, Delbert McClin - Willie Nelson and Family with 30 other bands. I believe prepare, and weather conditions might be more favor - ton, Tom Russell, Joe King Carrasco, Marcia Ball, that was in 1973 or 1974. able in April than in March. Carolyn Wonderland, Terri Hendrix, Jerry Jeff My second production was titled Sam Kin - The concert and party will be held at the gigan - Walker, Robert Earl Keen, Gary P. Nunn, Dale Wat - drick’s Outdoor Revival and Music Extravaganza, star - tic Texas Pride Barbecue facilities in Adkins, an outdoor son, Ponty Bone, Steve Earle, Ray Wylie Hubbard, ring Bourbon Street parson Bob Harrington and the Lost hippodrome affair which is completely covered by a per - George Strait, Curley Mays, John Arthur Martinez, Gonzo Band. manent roof. Guy Forsyth, Steve James, and on and on and on. The menudo cookoff drew more than 40,000 No weather event will stop this show, and I have Then there are so many terrific local musicians and resulted in my being banned forever from putting every reason to believe that it will be a blockbuster to that space doesn’t permit even a fraction of their listing: any music event in a county park. The second show, Dub Robinson’s Drug Store Cowboys, The Toman which included music by the Lost Gonzo Band and a end all blockbusters. Brothers, Jimmy Spacek, The West Side Horns, Slim sermon of sorts, resulted in a cd titled Reverend Bob There will be no set cover charge for the Roberts, Ron Young, Hector Saldana, Claude Morgan, Harrington Goes Country. public. Concert attendees will be asked to make a Wayne Harper, the ailing Frenchie Burke, Spot Barnett, Our anniversary party could be a monster.

• 6 • Action Magazine, January 2015 Tex Pop Center moting local music. King of Rock,” “SA’s 1964 35th Anniversary of SA of ZZ Top for visiting and cash to Tex Pop; tax re - Continued from page 4 Through playing songs by Teen Fair with the Rolling party band Los #3 Din - providing photo ops for ceipts can be provided. photographer for the mu - area musicians and book - Stones,” and “SA Artist ners, a panel discussion fans; his band “Moving For our calendar of seum. Musician Marco ing those bands at radio Jim Harter’s Retrospec - with Joe Nick Patoski on Sidewalks” played at Teen events, follow Tex Pop on Villareal is also a Tex Pop sponsored events, dee - tive.” his Doug Sahm documen - Canteen. The museum Facebook (South Texas photographer. Some of jays fostered and encour - Future exhibits will be tary and a tribute to schedules most of its Popular Culture Center) or the folks who have ad - aged South Texas players. “SA: Heavy Metal Capital Robert Johnson’s SA events on week-end after - send us your email ad - vised Tex Pop on themes To honor its strong role in of the World,” “Eastwood recording sessions by noons so as many work - dress to be added to our for exhibits are JJ Lopez, local culture, Tex Pop is Country Club with Curley local musician / educator ing musicians as possible newsletter distribution. David Rodriguez, Mellissa devoting a room to house Mays,” “Accordions: So John Cockerell. can attend. Our email is southtexas - Marlowe, and Jim Beal. memorabilia of radio. Re - SA” and “Wild and Loud: Tex Pop depends on If you believe in pre - [email protected] . Call Many friends and fans are cently, in conjunction with Border Radio.” Planned contributors; it is a non- serving South Texas’ mu - (210)792-1312 for ques - regulars at Tex Pop Society of San Antonio events include a touring profit staffed by volun - sical heritage, consider tions or to schedule an off- events. Chris Radio Broadcasters, Tex Punk Music photo show teers. We are most donating memorabilia or calendar visit to Tex Pop. Casseb points out, “We’re Pop dedicated the SA and periodic “Tex Pop grateful to Planet K for lucky to have Bruce Hath - Radio Hall of Fame at the Rox” concerts by local providing our space and to away and Lee Woods as museum with several of roots and garage bands Jack Orbin / Stone City At - frequent visitors and con - the inductees of 2014 at - hosted by Brian Parrish. tractions for his generous tributors. People enjoy tending, including Sam Tex Pop regularly help in remodeling our hearing their stories of Kindrick. This will be a per - schedules one-day events performance room. Col - radio in its golden age.” manent display with new such as speakers, discus - lectors like Jesse Garcia Through the 1980s, inductees added yearly. sion panels and documen - have provided us with radio was essential to pro - Beginning in May 2012, tary screenings as well as copies of vintage photos Tex Pop has presented music performances – by while Ramon Hernandez posters, photos, and other deejays spinning vinyl and has loaned us items from ephemera on a variety of musicians playing live. his extensive Hispanic En - subjects. Past exhibits in - Just a few of the mu - tertainment Archives. clude “Doug Sahm: The seum’s past events: “50 We appreciate the mu - SA Years,” Dia de Los Years of the Beatles” with sicians who contribute Graphics artist and band promoter Jerry Clayworth “The Great Texas Experience” Muertos altars created by headliners The Krayolas, their time and talent to will have a poster exhibit at the Tex Pop museum dur - Catering local artists honoring de - “An Evening at the Ebony support our cause. Tex ing the month of February. Clayworth is coming on Party Room Rental ceased musicians, “We’re Lounge with Spot Barnett,” Pop thanks Billy Gibbons strong after a successful kidney transplant. Pavilion Rental So Pretty: The Sex Pistols Fundraiser in SA 1978,” “Talk to Me: Hosting SA Chicano Soul,” “Kep Oilfield Crew Catering Pa So: Augie Meyers The 210-263-3805 SA Sound Known Round www.texaspridebbq.net the World, ”Teen Canteen and Sam Kinsey: Two Decades of SA Rock n’ Roll, ”Alamo Airwaves: Bruce Hathaway KTSA’s

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• 10 • Action Magazine, January 2015 Frenchie tribute “We have been having Santos exodus gan’s Buckboard Boogie But contrary to what Fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke some difficult days,” said After 17 years with Boys. many believed, he didn’t was the guest of honor Sarah Burke, Frenchie’s band mates Ron Rose, Joe Sarli has played acquire the nickname Ba - last month on Roy Holley’s wife of 30-plus years, “but Phil Bepko, and Chuck bass with Rick Cavender, nanas as a pool shark. Talk About Texas show on he wouldn’t have it any Fletcher, Roger Santos is the San Antonio Rodeo When he played bas - KKYX Radio. other way than coming out hanging up his bass gui - Band, Witz End, and way ketball at Central Catholic Joining Burke and Hol - to do this in person.” tar. back during the day with here, he used a running, ley on the 9 a.m. through One of the greatest Ron Rose’s Green Slime looping hook shot which 10 a.m. Saturday program stage performers ever to Boys. was then referred to by were Texas Pride Barbe - rosin up a fiddle bow, Bananas closing many as a “banana ball.” cue owner Tony Talanco Frenchie broke into a gi - Bananas Billiards, a Hence his lifelong han - and Action editor-pub - gantic smile when Holley near-downtown shrine for Julie Thull dle of Bananas Ro - directed the KKYX studio true pool players which driguez. techs to play Burke’s hit In those old days, Julie bore the name of a San Other Woman 20th recording of Big Mamou. Thull was a waitress at the Antonio legend, was Frank Mumme’s The The song which was nightclub and billiards em - preparing to close the porium, eventually work - Other Woman nightcub originally a classic on Fair Avenue celebrates Louisiana waltz has now doors as this issue of Ac - ing her way up to tion was going to press. management and a its 20th anniversary on become known across the Saturday, January 10, The pocket billiards trusted right-hand-girl po - country as the cajun na - Roger Santos with barbecue and music tional anthem, largely be - emporium had been a sition with her famous boss. by The Toman Brothers. cause of the up-tempo His replacement is vet - regular advertiser in Ac - Before Bananas died, The fun starts at 4 p.m. treatment Frenchie Burke eran Joe Sarli, another ac - tion Magazine since it was he included Julie among with karaoke during the af - gave it. complished bassist. established in the 1980s heirs in his will, and she ternoon and live music in Roy Holley “I did kick it into high Of his longtime friend by Fernando T. Bananas eventually wound up in the evening until closing. gear,” Frenchie laughed. and band mate, Ron Rose Rodriguez, a San Antonio both a management and Mumme also owns “Whoo-hoo, and Big said, “Roger has some sports icon who died in ownership position. Spurr 122 Cocktails on Mamou. residual issues from a bad 2002 at age 83. “I’m tired and ready to Highway 181 South. I haven’t been able to play accident he had 10 or 12 A onetime all-state move on to something The Other Woman is in a while, but I ain’t giving years ago when he basketball player at Cen - else,” Julie said last located at 1123 Fair Av - up.” crushed his left wrist. He’s month. “We will have a enue. For further informa - Then he sang Happy got more metal in his wrist tral Catholic High School, bunch of our regulars, but tion on the party call (210) Birthday to a grandson than you have in your front Rodriguez passed up bas - business hasn’t been all 534-7399. who was listening to the bumper. Doctors had told ketball scholarship offers that good for some time.” Country rap? radio show. him he probably wouldn’t from Holy Cross, Notre She indicated that the A Nashville promo out - We have known Burke be able to play bass any Dame, and various other club is now up for sale, fit has sent us a press re - for years, and he has been more after the accident. major colleges to go on and that there are several lease with a youtube clip featured in Action Maga - We were lucky to have the road hustling pool. potential buyers waiting in on one Mikel Knight, a Frenchie Burke zine on numerous occa - him as long as we did.” Bothered by bursitis in the wings. new indie recording war - lisher Sam Kindrick. sions. Santos said he has his pool cue stroking arm, Julie kept her Bananas rior they are billing as The Burke has been in He is one of the top fid - been playing for 49 years Rodriguez returned home ad in Action Magazine King of Country Rap. rough shape of late, bat - dlers in the world, and with various bands, two or in the 1980s to open his until the very end. Knight is reportedly a tling cancer which has there isn’t a showman three weekends a month. Bananas Billiards on San “I know that’s what Ba - native of San Antonio (we spread from his one re - alive who can eclipse “I’m taking a long break nanas wanted,” she said, never heard of him), and maining kidney. Although what Frenchie does on a from playing bass and Pedro Avenue. “and I hope that new own - his current album titled Roy Holley offered to work stage. concentrate on my second Action Magazine edi - ers will stay with the mag - Urban Cowboy is being the show by telephone, But most importantly, passion, fishing the bay,” tor-publisher Sam Kindrick azine.” touted as a city meets the Burke insisted on appear - Frenchie Burke is a hum - Roger said. “My replace - and Rodriguez became Fernando (Bananas) country endeavor. ing in person for the radio ble soul who has spent his ment, Joe Sarli, is an ac - friends soon after their Rodriguez was a friend, a At this point, we would interview which was con - life making things better complished bass player.” first meeting, and Ba - gentleman, and a scholar, like to make reference to ducted remotely from the for the many who love Santos has worked nanas started advertising and he was one of the the late Herbert Spencer, Texas Pride Barbecue him. with a number of bands, his business in the maga - There is nothing not to greatest pocket billiards a 1980s English philoso - restaurant and live music including Blackrose and zine from the very begin - like about Fiddlin’ Frenchie players to come out of pher who reminded the venue in Atkins. before that Claude Mor - ning. Burke. Texas. Continued on pg. 14 Action Magazine, January 2015 • 11 •

Demel brings mid-week spark to Martini’s

Longtime vocalist and ever met,” Harper said, mile radius, including the what turned out to be Oxtail Inn for Nora Hawes, “My dad’s still around, band leader Robert “and he is also one hell of Leon Springs Dance Hall about a year. and also Dan Cook’s retired from playing,” Demel has reunited with an entertainer and vocal - and the now-demolished It was a move that I Timeout Club for the late Demel said. “Mom died his mentor and former em - ist. Our regulars at Mar - Cabaret in Bandera. haven’t ever regretted.” sports columnist and TV about three years ago.” ployer Wayne Harper for a tini’s are loving his “I have worked around Until about a year ago, commentator. Continued on pg. 14 Wednesday night show at Wednesday evening per - a lot of good musicians,” Demel was playing weekly Harper’s Martini Club formances. You can never Demel said, “But Wayne in two San Antonio night - which is getting results. predict what might come Harper is flat-out the best clubs that he owned with In this particular sce - out of his mouth. It some - one I have ever known. I partners-first Crazy D’s at nario, Demel is lead vocal - times borders on insanity. grew up on Elvis, and I Perrin Beitel and Nacog - ist and stage front man, ” have always loved George doches, and the now-de - while the multi-talented A working musician for Strait, but Wayne Harper funct RAD Club on Stone Harper takes a front-row over 25 years, Robert has taught me what the Oak Parkway. seat in the audience. Demel has played the business of entertaining He was bought out by “Robert is one of the rodeo and almost every the public is really all his partner in Crazy D’s, funniest persons I have major club within a 100 about. He has been my and the RAD Club he co- greatest influence in owned with partner Rick music and most every - Rice went kaput because thing else. He re-built my of a failed restaurant oper - motorcycle engine, and I ation. watched him tear down “When we signed the his own Corvette, and lease, they didn’t tell us then put it back together that we would be required again. As many of us to run a food operation in know, he is a painter, a the club,” Demel said. “The Great Barbecue... mechanic, a superb guitar bar operation was going Great Texas Music... and trumpet player with a great, but we didn’t know Come Join The Fun... wonderful singing voice, enough about food to and he is one of the great - keep up.” Thursday Bike Night est showmen who ever The 52-year-old son of Live Classic Rock & Blues lived. Nobody else can do a longtime San Antonio Friday Fish Fry and Dance what he does and with the band leader, Robert (Bob) Live Country Band style he does it in.” Demel Sr., Robert Jr. said The Demel/Harper mu - he started playing drums Saturday tual admiration society re - at age 11, working at vari - Concert and Dance ally took root about eight ous times with such Bob Classic Car and Hotrod years ago when Wayne Demel bands as Country Cruise Every Sunday 1:30pm hired Robert to play Love and Country Ex - drums. press. to 6:30pm “Drums were how I “My mom Dottie Demel started out,” Demel said, managed several night - 210-263-3805 “and although I had been clubs, and my dad’s bands www.texaspridebbq.net singing with my own band played in most of them,” for years, I hired on to be Demel said, noting that Robert Demel building a Wednesday night Wayne’s drummer for Dottie managed the old following at Martini Club

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210Vic-to2ria 2Emb4rey-, M9ana9ger 15 Action Magazine, January 2015 • 13 • Scatter Shots With all of this in mind, in the night from the re - stoned on hash-laced and area “Roses” of Texas Natalie is “doing great.” Continued from page 11 we checked “The King of spective boxes of Hank weed or sufficiently music seem to be staying And Ashlee Rose of world of an irrefutable Country Rap’s” youtube and Lefty, but we don’t amped up on Colombian active and doing well in San Antonio took time out principle which has with - single titled Last Night In want to seem totally in - marching powder. their respective centers of from her work with Jimmy stood the passing of one Texas , and we may now sensitive to Mikel Knight’s It ain’t music, and influence. Dasher to release a cd of century into another. report that country music, cool videos and hot urban Knight ain’t country. Call it Young singing sensa - holiday music. That principle, Spencer both mainstream and oth - country music, as it is all contempt after only one tion Natalie Rose of Billing themselves as wrote, is the one principle erwise, is in no danger of described by his promo - listen, because the one Seguin has made it into The New Vagabonds, which will keep a person being usurped by the tion company. youtube blip was more the top 50 on both the Ashlee Rose and Dasher in everlasting ignorance, swaggering, blustering The self-styled King of than we needed to see Texas Music Charts and appeared last month at and it has always re - Mikel Knight. Country Rap might go and hear. the Regional Radio The Cove where they mained: Contempt prior to To call his material over okay in a hip-hop Country Roses Charts. treated their fans to sev - investigation. “country” would certainly rock joint, but only if the in - The two San Antonio Her mother and man - eral new songs they have merit a thump and a bump habitants were properly ager, Tina Capparelli, says written together.

Demel sing Diamond’s Sweet pen now that I’m getting tini’s on Wednesdays with crowd,” Demel says. It’s a wonderful system. Continued from page 13 Caroline when I’m any things going again. I his longtime lead guitar “That’s what Martini’s is all Nobody yelling out re - Demel winds up the place but Martini’s. I just recorded a casette a num - player Rex McNiel, and about. I never want to own quests and nobody trying Martini Club crowds with a don’t measure up on that ber of years ago that had with the two regulars in or operate another con - to climb on the stage. rapport that includes one when I’m around two of Wayne’s songs and the Wayne Harper Band-- ventional nightclub or There are no darts or pin - stage bullshit and the abil - Wayne. I do love variety, two by Ron Knuth. And I keyboard ace Ernie Kreth sports bar, but I would like balls or pool tables in the ity to answer a wide vari - but no rap, hip-hop, or did get a third-place finish and drummer Michael to have a small music-ori - club. All of the focus is on ety of song requests with heavy metal.” on a nationally televised Canales. ented cabaret like Mar - the live music being pro - a good and versatile Behind Demel’s riotous Nashville show called Be “These guys are all ter - tini’s. duced on the stage.” “Wayne has trained the Demel says interaction voice. stage persona there is a A Star. rific musicians,” Demel patrons to write their song with the crowd is his forte. “My foundation is coun - serious side. “I really think my voice said, “they have the ability requests on napkins, “I try to make every pa - try,” Demel said, “but I do “I may not take myself has matured over the past to make you sound even which are delivered (often tron feel like the focus is everything from Bob Wills very seriously,” Demel few years. I know I can still better than you are.” with a tip attached) to the on him or her, “ Demel to AC/DC to the Rolling said, “but I am serious get gigs. I have longevity, He went on to say that stage by the waitresses. said. “I really have a good Stones, George Strait, about the music. I haven’t and I still have the desire he doesn’t want to sound And they bring me re - time up there on the Chubby Checker, and written anything for a long to play.” like a jukebox. Not ever. “I want to entertain the quests in the same fash - stage. That’s where I’m at even Neil Diamond. I can time, but that could hap - Demel is working Mar - ion when I play the club. home.”

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