Lone Star Swing Celebrates Bob Wills’s Birthday!!
Friday, March 6 | 2009 7-9pm Free Admission!! LBJ Student Center Ballroom, Texas State University-San Marcos (Directions to LBJ Student Center included below.)
Join us for this very special western swing extravaganza, featuring some of Bob Wills’s original Texas Playboys, along with members of George Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band, former members of Asleep at the Wheel, and others!!
Lone Star Swing is an all-star western swing band from Austin, Texas. Rick McRae (guitar and vocals) and Terry Hale (bass) are regular members of country superstar George Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band. Paul Glasse (mandolin) has performed with Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Ray Price, and others. Billy Curtis (fiddle, saxophone, and vocals) has played with Houston’s Wild River Band, as well as with western swing legends Johnny Gimble and Herb Remington. Gary Hartman (rhythm guitar and vocals) has performed throughout the United States and Europe, sharing the stage with such popular artists as Johnny Rodriguez, Herb Remington, and Johnny Gimble.
Joining Lone Star Swing for this very special appearance will be several legendary western swing musicians: Cindy Cashdollar (steel guitar) a multiple Grammy Award winner who has worked with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Asleep at the Wheel, and many others. Floyd Domino (keyboards) also a multiple Grammy Award winner who has performed with George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, and Asleep at the Wheel. Wes Starr (drums) who has performed with Chuck Berry, Delbert McClinton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Asleep at the Wheel.
Also featured will be some of Bob Wills’s original Texas Playboys, including Johnny Gimble, Herb Remington, Louise Rowe, and Johnny Cuviello!! Directions to the LBJ Student Center Ballroom Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Tel: 512-245-8686
(The LBJ Ballroom is on the 2nd Floor immediately to your left as you enter the LBJ Student Center from the parking garage.)
From Austin: 1. Go South on IH-35, take Exit 206. (The second exit for San Marcos.) 2. Go 0.6 miles on the frontage road, turn right onto Aquarena Springs Dr. 3. Go 1.2 miles and turn right onto Sessom. 4. Go up Sessom 0.8 miles, turn left at 3-way stop onto Comanche St. 5. Take the first left onto Student Center Drive. Parking is available in the four-story LBJ Student Center Parking Garage. 6. The LBJ Student Center is across the walkway.
From Wimberley: 1. Take Ranch Road 12 to San Marcos. 2. Turn left on Holland (just past Diamond Shamrock store). 3. Go 0.1 miles and turn right at first stop sign. 4. Stay on main road 0.4 miles (Academy will turn into Sessom). 5. Turn right at 3-way stop onto Comanche St. 6. Take the first left onto Student Center Drive. Parking is available in the four-story LBJ Student Center Parking Garage . 7. The LBJ Student Center is across the walkway.
From San Antonio: 1. Go north on IH-35 to San Marcos, take Exit 205. 2. Turn left under the freeway onto Ranch Road 12 (Hopkins St.). 3. Go west 1.4 miles on Hopkins. (You’ll pass the first HEB on your right and then the county courthouse on your left. Keep going straight.) 4. At the second HEB, turn right on Comanche St. 5. Go 0.5 miles up Comanche and turn right onto Student Center Drive. 6. Parking is available in the four-story LBJ Student Center Parking Garage. 7. The LBJ Student Center is across the walkway.