• 2 • Action Magazine, October 2011 Ricky Adams in Music Hall of Fame

When Ricky Adams flipped worked the road before the cian; Dusty Britches, living and talented pros who have his car with a blown tire and pull of family roots brought legend; and Almost Patsy worked this area for years broke his neck on Christ- him back to Bandera. Cline, duo or group. with various outfits. mas Day in 2002, many Over the years, and Last year’s vocalist win- They include Greg predicted he would never while playing with various ner was Charlie Robison. Hollingsworth, bass guitar; sing and play guitar again. bands, Ricky Adams has Traditional country Terry Moore, drums; and As Adams fans from all opened for the likes of music is a Ricky Adams sta- Mario Cassiano, vocals and over the Hill Country Kevin Fowler, Asleep At The ple, but expect about any lead guitar. can tell you, the Bandera Wheel, Sammy Kershaw, genre from the band. “I am inspired by my musician proved the doc- Junior Brown, and Larry “Sometimes we rock it, band family,” Adams said. tors wrong. Gatlin, but his heart is in and sometimes we do “Greg Hollingsworth is a Living proof of his amaz- Bandera and with the fellow golden oldies. We really do well known local musician ing recovery and musical pickers in his hometown. most everything,” Adams who has quite a story of his comeback will be on display “The people I am most said. “We will up-tempo it own. Terry Moore is a drum- this month as Adams is in- proud of rubbing elbows when we play for the hotrod mer who adds something ducted as a vocalist into the with are right here in Ban- crowd at Soda Pops in that many bands search for, Bandera Music Hall of dera, Texas,” Adams said. downtown Boerne, and we the positive influence. And Fame. “People like Arkey Blue do a wide variety of stuff at Mario Cassiano played with “I never expected any- (who was inducted as a stops like Texas 46 in the the legendary 454s. He is thing like this,” Adams said. songwriter into the hall of Bulverde and Spring one of my mentors, a fan- “It’s kind of overwhelming fame with Adams), Walter Branch area.” tastic musician who brings when I think back to the (Tooter) Ripps, Lori Gibson, Texas 46 general man- it every single time.” huge benefit this commu- Sally Gibson, Brent Horton, ager Cathy Stebbins says Before the Ricky Adams nity held for me after the Gary Maddox, Art Crawford she is always packed when Band, Adams fronted a accident. It was at the and Lisa Beck, Kimbeau Adams plays the popular popular Bandera-area Cabaret, and I was in a Keeting, Byron Zipp, Randy bar and grill just east of group known as Rusty wheelchair at the time. It Gilliam, Johnny Miller, Doug U.S. 281 on Highway 46. Nails. He got this group to- seemed like every musician and Carol Livingston and “They pour in for the gether about a year after in the world was there.” Jerry Phillips and a whole Adams band,” she said, the accident that almost Son of the late Tex bunch more.” “and nobody leaves until killed him. Adams, a Bandera fixture In addition to Adams as closing time.” Rusty Nails included who was a longtime musi- vocalist, and Arkey Blue as Adams and his group Adams on lead vocals and cal troubador before finding songwriter, other category will return to Texas 46 for an rhythm guitar; Johnny a permanent home in the winners to be introduced at October 14 show. Miller, lead guitar and vo- “Cowboy Capitol of the the October 16 ceremony Support players in the cals; Ted Flanigan on bass; Ricky Adams World,.” young Ricky also include Byron Zipp, musi- Adams band are familiar and Roy (Row) Crawford on Cont.on page 14

Action Magazine, October 2011• 3 • • 4 • Action Magazine, October 2011 So what’s happening with the nightclubs and bars since the August 19 no- Mueller said his business mig ht be off 20 percent since the law went into ef- smoking ordinance went into effect? fect, but expressed hope that cooler weather might help matters. Most of the club owners I talked with report that the smoke taboo has had “I back up to a hill where the rear entrance to the club is located,” Mueller little effect on their drink sales. said. “I can’t have anyone smoking out there at this time because the area is covered A few of them say the law has hurt business badly. with dry grass. We may have to get rid of the grass before working on any outdoor At least one bar owner, who was ready for the smoke ban with a nice seating arrangement.” covered outdoor seating area for the smokers, said his business actually in- Noting that, per capita, has more beer and liquor bars than creased during the last part of August and September. Another club man also any city in the United Stages, Mueller said he is surrounded by places where reported a business spike, which he flatly attributes to a smoke-free atmosphere smoking is still legal. in his club. “There is a VFW where smoking is legal right down the road from me,” Mueller Citing the withering heat, along with an expected letdown in sales as schools said. “And we are just a stone’s throw from the county line.” started back up in September, most club owners and operators I talked with say it is Noting that 25 percent of the Riverwalk is exempt under the law, Mueller really too early to tell how much, if any, harm the city ordinance has wrought on the snorted: “It’s all political bullshit, and there is nothing fair about it.” local club industry. Lawrence Irvine, owner the Make My Day on Perrin Beitel and Thousand And, with the exception of only one man, not one single saloon owner I talked Oaks, was installing outdoor facilities after an initial hard hit by the ordinance. with said he or she liked the ordinance. They almost all hate it, but reality has set in, “Hopefully,” Irvine said, “we will soon be back to normal.” and acceptance is coming sooner rather than later for some of them. Brenda Boswell said she was shocked by the exodus of smokers from her One certainty to emerge during the month-and-a-half of smokeless saloon Pour House near Kirby. business in San Antonio is this: “I’m hoping the business lag is temporary,” she said. “We will try to adjust.” Bar owners who prepared for the smoke ban with covered outdoor seating “I’m fixing us an outdoor smoking area now,” said Rob Brewer, who with accommodations were affected far less seriously than those with little or no smoking partner Linda Reece owns the Brooks Pub on Lasses and Goliad Road. “Our areas outside for cigarette-smoking patrons. business might have dipped just a little since the ban, but a lot of that may be Rod Dog’s Saloon on Wagon Wheel was ready in advance of the ban the heat and the resumption of school in September. Business is usually a little with a spacious covered smoking area on the patio outside the bar, and owner off when the schools start back up. But I don’t really believe the law is going to Rod Sanders even included a photograph of his accommodations in the ad he hurt us in the long haul.” runs monthly in Action Magazine. Richard Young of Papa’s on Broadway said about the same thing. Of the drink retailers I talked with, Sanders and Wayne Harper of Martini’s “Our smokers are using the outdoor area we prepared,” Young said. “I don’t Club seem to have fared the best. think sales are off much. Might have lost a couple of heavy smokers. I hope we can “I started getting ready for this three years ago,” Sanders said. “I don’t like pick up a few non-smokers.” the smoking ban any more than most of the other club operators, but we were ready A casual smoker herself, Bananas Billiards owner Julie Thull laughed: “Our when the ordinance went into effect. As you know, Rod Dog’s has a spacious open- place already smells better, and the customers seem to be adjusting well. None of us air covered patio with seating designed for the smokers. In hot weather, we have ice really like the ban, but we’ve got to look on the bright side. I might be able to cut back mister fans that lower the temperature by more than 20 degrees, tables with built-in on the money we pay a smoke eater service and a filter service.” ash trays, and music piped into the outdoor area. This, coupled with our usual attention Thull said there has been no noticeable drop in business since the ban to service by the best-looking bartenders in San Antonio, has made for a smooth tran- went into effect, and that Bananas customers are using outdoor facilities at two sition.” rear entrances to the San Pedro bar and pool emporium. Sanders said his sales for late August and early September were actually up Frank Mumme said smokers at his The Other Woman Lounge on Fair Avenue over previous years. Harper said the same. “are bitching a lot, but it is too early to tell if the ordinance has done any permanent “I know that it is too early to get a really good reading on the situation,” damage.” Sanders said. “But so far so good, and we are actually picking up customers Mumme’s other club, Spurr 122, is just out of the city limits on the far South who have left bars with no accommodations for the smokers.” Side. He said business in this bar is brisk. Marilyn Anderson, who with partner Bill Bateman owns the popular Fiasco’s Because of his history of heart attacks and a need for clean air when he Club on Thousand Oaks, said the smoke ban has been no really big deal. works, Wayne Harper’s Martini Club has featured no-smoking Fridays and Saturdays “We are doing fine with it,” Anderson said. “It may have changed the way for some time when he picks and sings to packed houses. A smoke ban is showing some of the smokers operate. I think they might actually be smoking a little less. And no adverse effect on the other five nights a week. the heat has probably kept some of them from leaving the bar as often as they might “Our business has actually increased since we became a smoke-free facility in cooler weather. So far, the law hasn’t hurt business enough for us to really tell, but on the weekends when I play,” Harper said. “And we see little change on other nights it is too early for any kind of final assessment. But for right now, we are okay.” now that the ban is in effect.” Frank Mueller, owner-operator of the legendary Trap Lounge on the Harper, who has survived both heart attacks and cancer, was among the Southside’s Pecan Valley and Southcross avenues, is one of many who wishes anti-smoke contingent who testified for the no-smoking ordinance when City the ban was statewide instead of only within the confines of San Antonio. Council was debating the measure. “We all hate the damn ban,” Mueller said. “But if it was statewide, the playing “I wanted to keep playing music in the club,” Harper said, “and the prospect field would be level. As it is, some of us are on the short end of the stick.” of living and breathing clean air in the process appealed to me.” Action Magazine, October 2011• 5 • Nobody does it like KKYX Radio’s Jerry King

By Sam Kindrick King helped start his ca- quipped on the camera re- Cathy Gerloff of Castro- How about Hank and until 9 a.m.) on KKYX KKYX Radio fixture reer. flection: ville, onetime promotions and Lefty? since 1975. Jerry King is a rarity in the But you won’t dig this “It’s got to be Max Gar- marketing director of KKYX, “Legendary, bigger King got his first radio profession he has sur- kind of information out of dener’s ghost. Maybe you says Jerry King defines the than life. But I still like job from A.V. Bamford at term “good ole boy.” vived in for 46 years. King. In the wonderful can figure out how to get George Jones.” old KBER. He then Gerloff said he is a tire- He seems to be without world of on-the-air radio Max’s ghost into the picture What about rock and worked at stations in Bel- with me.” less worker who has raised an ego. industry grand panjan- roll? ton and Alice before re- If King is not disposed to thousands for charity. The “king of San Anto- drums, Jerry King sticks tooting his own horn, there With Max Gardner’s ap- “I have seen some of turning to San Antonio and nio country radio,” as he out like a pebble in a rock are plenty of people ready parition hovering somewhere the great influences that the job at KKYX, where he has been referred to on quarry. and eager to do it for him. between King’s control board rock has had on country has worked every shift numerous occasions, is in He doesn’t talk abut Patty Lou Reisz, owner of and the big red and blue music,” King said. “I and become a morning the DJ Hall himself, yet there is a rare Patty Lou’s Restaurant and a plastic KKYX sign, I started watched the Conway show host and music di- of Fame. wit present which will draw former business manager for my studio visit with Jerry Twitty transformation, and rector. King. He has been called a you like a magnet. KKYX Radio, calls King a who could ever deny the Said Roy Holley: “I was “My greatest influence as survivor without peer in As we tried to photo- wonderful individual without a impact that Jerry Lee at KBUC when I heard of mean bone in his body. a DJ was Charlie Walker,” the hazardous broadcast- graph King in front of a big Lewis has made.” a job opening at KKYX. I Texas Pride Barbecue Jerry said. “He was my idol. ing industry. red and blue plastic owner Tony Talanco calls He was on old KMAC which, The story of King play- urged Jerry to apply, and Jerry King cued up the KKYX studio banner, a King the last of a dying breed ironically, became KKYX. ing George Strait for the the rest is history. He first George Strait record weird reflection kept pop- of down-home country music “I graduated from Harlan- first time, with George sit- came back to San Antonio ever played on a radio ping out on the camera’s radio personalities who still dale High School, and did a ting out in his truck listen- and was hired by Bill station anywhere in the digital screen, an undis- maintains a personal contact little picking and singing with ing to that first airway spin, Rhode, then general man- world. cernible reflection of what with his listeners. a buddy named Ray Smith, is worth re-telling. ager of KKYX. What I like who later became my He bears the nickname must have been King him- Straight arrow is the term Strait had his first most about Jerry King is brother-in-law when I married Cousin Jerry King simply self. radio DJ and broadcaster recording of a tune called that he has never Roy Holley used to describe his sister Carylon.” because he seems to In reference to the late Unwound on MCA which changed. He is still the King. Since King plays only have cousins under every Max Gardner, a long-de- “I got Jerry his job at KKY country classics from the he personally drove from same old South Side Har- mesquite bush in South ceased airwaves person- X,” Holley recalls. “His record 1970s era, we had to find out San Marcos to the old landale Jerry King that we Texas. ality at KKYX whose is impeccable, both as a pro- what he thinks of the so- KKYX studios out on Ban- all know and love.” Blind country music mellifluous voice may still fessional radio personality called “new country.” dera Road. Patty Lou Reisz, who legend Ronnie Milsap be heard on re-runs of the and as a person. Jerry is a Jerry said, “It sure ain’t “I was playing the now operates Patty Lou’s loves him, and Randy Goldie Hawn 1960s movie family man who always did all bad, and I find some of record when George Restaurant in the Olmos Travis will tell you that Sugarland Express, King things the right way.” the new artists like Brad dashed out of the studio,” Bharmacy building on Mc- Paisley to be pretty well King said. “I thought I Cullough and Hildebrand, suited for the country might have done some- was business manager for music business.” thing to offend him, but he KKYX from 1988 until His favorite country later told me he had never 1994. musician? heard himself on the “Don’t ever let Jerry The possum, of course. radio, and he was out in King tell you that he hasn’t “George Jones is the his truck listening to me been a huge influence on best one living,” King said. play that first record for a number of top country “And getting to introduce the first time.” musicians, Reisz said. “I him last summer at the South Texans have was there when he all but Majestic Theatre was a been waking up listening pushed Randy Travis onto wonderful honor.” to Jerry King (5:30 a.m. the stage at the KKYX

Jerry King with Hall of Fame plaque

• 6 • Action Magazine, October 2011 Great Country River Festi- Texas,” Gerloff related. promoted,” Cathy Gerloff Ed Salaman, executive val. He still has Randy’s “Everywhere we went, said. “All the TV stations director of Country Radio old guitar, and I can recall people were always com- showed, and even rival Broadcasters, the industry Ronnie Milsap and Dia- ing up to discuss how they radio personalities were oganization that runs the mond Rio, and so many were related to Jerry. It there. George Strait called hall of fame, said, “the hall others who Jerry has seems that most of them to congratulate Jerry, of fame is the greatest pushed and promoted. were really his cousins, recording a special greet- honor a disc jockey can They love the guy. The and I think a lot of them ing to Jerry that we aired achieve.” were always hanging out just wanted to be a cousin. for weeks prior to the Jerry King, meanwhile, with Jerry around the sta- Bill Cody named him be- event. Strait even sent stays more than busy at tion.” fore moving on to work at Jerry a gift basket with a his KKYX offices and stu- Reisz says King is WSM in Nashville where bottle of Don Perignon.” dio at the Cox Radio build- known and recognized all he is today.” Gerloff echoed Roy ing on Turtle Creek Drive. over the United States. Cathy Gerloff remem- Holley on the subject of In addition to his regular “While traveling on bers Jerry King taking over King’s family man per- morning drive show, he radio station business to the March Across South sona. produces a farm and ranch Chicago, I had on my Texas for the Santa Rosa “He sticks close to his show five days a week, KKYX windbreaker in the Childrens Hospital from Bill wife and son, Gaylon,” she along with all sorts of other Chicago airport when a Cody when Jerry took over said. “Jerry takes care of duties at the station. guy rushed up and asked Cody’s morning show. everyone in his family.” “I seem to be blessed me if I knew Cousin Jerry “People think that radio Roy Holley produces with good health, and I King. I was flabbergasted, personalities work for just the Talk About Texas com- don’t intend to stop doing because this guy said he four hours a day,” Gerloff bination interview and what I love anytime soon,” listened to Jerry every time said. “but the truth is they music show which airs King said. The ‘R’ word he traveled in Texas.” put in many hours doing from 9 through 10 a.m. has never appealed to me. Patty Lou said King has production and making ap- Saturdays on KKYX, an I want to remain in radio as raised tens of thousands of pearances, both paid and event which is sponsored long as I have something dollars for Santa Rosa non-paid. by Texas Pride Barbecue. to contribute...and, shucks Childrens Hospital. Of the hospital fund- Texas Pride owner Tony (yes, Cousin Jerry really “He has emceed the Go raiser, she said, “For a Talanco says Jerry King does use words like Western Gala for the stock week at a time we did a has helped him enor- shucks) I never have been show and rodeo for years,” live show at 5:30 in the mously with his country good at just lying around she said. “Bringing on a morning in one town, then music promotions, noting on a couch.” lineup of star musicians on to a live afternoon show that Jerry’s son Gaylon was always his thing. And in another town. Then we King is helping Holley with Moe Bandy with Jerry King I can recall him starting up would travel to yet another the Saturday show. picking parties at the fish- town for a late afternoon “In this day of digital ing tournaments on Falcon drive time broadcast, and push-button radio, Jerry Lake which the station on to still another town for King is the last of a dying sponsored. Jerry can play the morning show after breed,” Talanco said. “That Advertise in Action Magazine the guitar and he can sing, only a few hours of sleep. AM country station covers and don’t ever let him tell “During the years we 99,000 square Texas Call you he can’t. He’s a far did this, we often raised up miles, and Jerry King has better musician than he to $40,000. No matter a real live connection with lets on to be.” where we were, people every single one of the lis- (830) 980-7861 Cathy Gerloff, the for- would come out to donate teners.” mer marketing and promo- money and meet Jerry.” With his induction in tions director at KKYX, In 1995, Gerloff pro- 2004 into the Country said former KKYX DJ Bill moted a 20th year KKYX Music DJ Hall of Fame, Cody tagged King with his anniversary party for King Jerry King joined the likes “Cousin Jerry King” nick- at Floore Country Store in of Bill Mack, Ralph Emery, name. Helotes. and his longtime idol, the “Jerry and I traveled to “I had the most media late Charlie Walker, who appearances in San Anto- coverage for that event was alive and present for nio and across South than for any other I have the induction.

Action Magazine, October 2011•7 • 8 • Action Magazine, October 2011 Action Magazine, October 2011• 9 Warrior Show October 2 concert will be group that advances ing guys.” Dale Watson will head- a troupe called Crosshairs awareness and accept- Honoring Herb line this year’s inaugural Comedy, and a group of ance of disfigured veter- This year’s China Operation Pride Texas wounded warrior mem- ans. Grove Lions Club Music Series set for Sun- bers who perform under Over the years, Texas fundraiser on October 22 day, October 2, from 2 the heading Ugly to the Pride Barbecue has spon- will be dedicated to the through 7 p.m. at Texas Bone. sored numerous fund- memory of Herb Carroll, Pride Barbecue. Crosshairs Comedy is raisers for Operation longtime member of the Female singing sensa- a troupe of military veter- Comfort, but Tony Ta- club and a tireless worker tion Amber Digby, a niece ans who raise money to lanco, the restaurant’s in Lions charitable proj- of veteran country record- help wounded warriors. owner, feels that one or ects. ing star Darrell McCall, will They are Anthony Torino two shows a year is not Site for the event is also be on the bill, along Dale Watson and Bobby Henline, who enough. Martinez Hall, 7791 FM Herb Carroll with soul group Bo Davis was severely burned on “We are now trying to 1346 at 1516. Activities on Rigsby Avenue, was and the Dreamers. continue monthly through his fourth tour in Iraq and create an ongoing event,” start at 6 p.m. and run killed last winter in a one- The series benefits the December and return for has performed in Las Talanco said. “The sidea i through midnight. vehicle accident between Wounded Warriors of Op- weekly concerts in March. Vegas. to raise much more Carroll, the former Boerne and San Antonio. eration Comfort. It will Also scheduled for the Ugly to the Bone is a money for these deserv- owner of Herb’s Hat Shop

• 10 • Action Magazine, October 2011 Titled the Herb Carroll “With so many friends, Hosted by Ernie Kreth, A heart attack survivor, Memorial Fundraiser, the church, family, and the Harper’s multi-instrumen- he had previously played upcoming show will fea- business, I am staying re- talist band veteran, the only on smoke-free Fri- ture music by Billy Mata, ally busy. We have new jams are also showcasing days and Saturdays. dancing, barbecue din- felt hats in now, and the the talents of new drum- Clark at Tycoon ners, raffles and a silent hat shop is doing really mer Mike Canales. Legendary Austin auction. The dance starts well.” “Mike Ellis has always bluesman W.C. Clark will at 8 p.m. Stand Close been a favorite of mine,” headline the third anniver- With the same employ- A sign over the long Harper said. “He brings a sary party for Richard ees who served her hus- trough urinal at the Spring lot with him. And Ernie has Hartman’s Tycoon Flats band and the public for Branch Shade Tree always been a special tal- on the St. Mary’s Strip. years, Herb Carroll’s men’s room reads: Mike Ellis ent.” Scheduled to start at 3 widow Pat is carryng on Stand close, the next With the new municipal p.m. on October 2, the W.C. Clark the tradition at the popular man may be barefoot. Martini Club, McCullough smoke ban in effect, show will also feature gui- at Rector, are now featur- hat emporium. Martini’s Jam Harper is spending more tar slicks and blues belters Catherine is a member ing the old jam master “I am healing by the Monday night jam ses- time on the Martini Club Ruben V and Catherine of the International Blues himself--Mike Ellis. day,” Pat Carroll said. sions at Wayne Harper’s stage. Denise. Hall of Fame. Cont. on pg.14

Action Magazine, October 2011• 11 • 12 • Action Magazine, October 2011 Vintage bands from the “This was an age of an late 1970s and early 1980s undiscovered Stevie Ray era will strut their stuff at a Vaughan or an unsigned Cooter Brown’s Reunion Eric Johnson, or a budding Halloween Party on Sun- Christopher Cross,” Lowell day, October 30, at Floore reminds. “If you randomly Country Store in Helotes. ask anyone between the This revival of long ago ages of 45 and 55 what club music and the musi- they remember most about cians who produced it is those times, the answer patterned after the wildly would usually be Cooter successful Canteen Fest Brown’s. This club was the of 2010, and the more re- icon of the club scene in cent Texas Legacy Music the minds of the college Awards show at Floore’s crowd and the dancing on September 4. public of those days.” Black Rose is one of the vintage bands scheduled for Cooter Brown’s reunion. Band Main brain behind the Other bands and indi- Canteen Fest (a resurrec- vidual performers due for members are (left-right) Mike Kennedy, Roger Santos, Scott Byers, John David Martinez, tion of 1960s-era bands the Halloween party are who played the legendary such groups as Pablo’s Jeff Crisler, and Michael Workman. Kennedy (who may or may not be at the reunion Teen Canteen in San Anto- Grove, Renegade; Bepko, show) is George Strait’s drummer. Mike Workman was once with Dickie Bett’s band. nio) and the upcoming Fletcher, Santos, and Cooter Brown’s Halloween Rose; Traces of Ritual, Members of The Boiz Ditto Garcia from the Artists Neka Scarbrough festival at Floore’s, is Dal- Second Wind, Painted who are sure to stoke nos- famed rocker group Jenkins and Carl Scar- Advertise in las promoter Mike Lowell, Pony, Mo-Dels, and many talgic memories include Heyoka. brough will be selling T- former San Antonian who others. Grammy winner Bobby And members of the shirts and posters at the Action runs a popular website Lowell recalls some in- Flores, Michael Feliciano, Mo-Dels need no introduc- Halloween party. John Ike called Mike’s Band dividual standouts from the Kurt Ogden, Phil Dalmolin, tion. They evolved from the Walton of the 13th Floor El- Magazine Archive. various bands who are ex- and Michael Byrne. Mourning Doves and rip- evators will also have Doors open at 3 p.m. pected for the Halloween Paula Thompson Pol- snortin’ rocker group Bees shirts, posters, and memo- Call Music will run from 4 p.m. blowout. lock was a shining star vo- Make Honey, featuring the rabilia for sale. And Missing (830) until 10 p.m. Price of ad- “”One of the featured calist from the Cooter late vocalist Jay Hoyer per- Link Records owner mission is $17. acts on the roster is Brown’s heyday. She is ex- forming in drag as the Richard Joseph Quintana “We have some Claude Morgan, and pected to appear with her “Queen Bee.” If Jay were will be on hand with plenty 980-7861 really great musicians Claude was a Cooter band Second Wind, which alive today, he would be of clean vintage vinyl heading for the Halloween Brown’s mainstay when also includes Val Mora and there front and center. record albums for sale. show,” Lowell promised. the club still had an upper “We will have guys from loft stage,” Lowell said. “I The American Peddlers, recall Bill Caisee, a gui- Mad Passion, The Worx, tarist for the Klocks, saying Dance Attack, Black Rose, he joined Claude Morgan and individual musicians and his band The Blast in who crossed and re- some wee-hour foolish- crossed paths as they ness at Cooter Brown’s worked with first one and which saw Caisee playing then another group of Morgan’s guitar with a those times. You can ex- paper bag over his head, pect everyone from Claude while Claude sang from Morgan to Ricky Hernan- out in the kitchen.” dez and Bobby O’Neill.” Caisee is due for the As was the case with Halloween show with a Canteen Fest, Lowell is band known as the J. joined in the Cooter Whipple Band. Older Brown’s promotion by members of Pablo’s Grove Neka Scarbrough Jenkins scheduled to appear in- (of Action Magazine cover clude Bobby O’Neill, Phil article fame), Bill Denham, Arroyo, Mike Novak, and John Michael Tommy Stevens, and Ramirez. Ricky Hernandez. A mod- The old Cooter Brown’s ern-day version of this Club, which has since group titled Traces of Rit- burned to the ground, was ual has replaced Mike a popular live music venue Novak with O’Neill’s and watering hole just off daughter Caitlin. They are 1604 in the University of also scheduled to play. Texas at San Antonio area. Black Rose group Lowell has poignant members who will show in- memories of the Cooter clude Scott Byers, Michael Brown’s era bands and Workman, John David musicians, and also of the Martinez, Roger Santos, overall Texas music pulse and possible guest gui- during those heady times. tarist Jeff Crisler.

Action Magazine, October 2011• 13 Ricky Adams Cont. from Page 3 Scatter Shots Cont. 11 drums. next year.” Austin with fellow folk Clark has long tana’s I Want to be a cue more than a year Day before the upcom- When Ricky Adams was weirdists Hello Wheels and been known as the Cowboy’s Sweet- ago. Since then, how- ing Bandera awards cere- named a hall of fame win- The Baker Family. Whiskey mony , the Ricky Adams ner, his wife Kelly emailed Shivers also performs a lot Godfather of Austin heart. Boy, you ever, the insurance Band will play a benefit at Action immediately. with an Austin group called Blues. should hear her has been maxed out Nutty Brown Cafe in Austin “I am so excited,” she White Ghost Shivers (no re- Titled Flats is Back, yodel. as the recovery for a young rodeo bulldog- said. “I just had to let you lation). the show is an appre- “The current fall process progresses ger who suffered serious in- know.” The new CD is titled ciation gathering show is the best yet. at a slow pace. The juries in the arena. Ricky’s wife of four Batholith. It is a full-length “Benefits I do,” Adams years, Kelly is his biggest album produced by Austin’s where owner Hart- We had almost 300 family needs help. said. “After that incredible supporter. Matt Simon (Voxtrot, Be- man intends to thank people at last night’s Howl-O-Ween turnout of musicians who “She hardly ever misses laire, and The Black). And the customers who performance. As we The annual Hal- helped me after the acci- a job we play,” Adams said. with this work on the mar- have helped him continue the show, loween Party at dent, I can’t hardly see turn- “I don’t know what I would ket, Whiskey Shivers will ing one down. It’s a way for do without her. embark on a tour of the bring quality live our attendance is in- Pawderosa Ranch me to express my gratitude. “I try to play Bandera as Southeastern United States music back to the St. creasing, and our dog boarding kennel I might well have died in often as possible, mainly which they are calling Mary’s Strip. guests are telling us in Schertz will sport that rollover, but I figure the because it is my home. This “trashgrass domination.” “It’s a work in we have the best live some heavy enter- Lord had more stuff for me is where I have grown as a I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n , progress,” Hartman music show in Texas. tainment this year. to do. And maybe trying to musician. And I would like arrangement, and style help others with my music is to thank the bar demonstrated by this young said. “I really do ap- Hays Benefit Providing the one of those things.” owners/managers for the band evoke the best as- preciate the people A benefit for Lau- music will be Kevin A highlight of Ricky support they have provided pects of Bill Monroe and Del who have been com- ren Hays, young Geil’s Two Tons of Adams’ life is the annual and the relationships we McCoury. But Whiskey ing out for our mother seriously in- Steel, and that should Buck Sloan Old Time Musi- have forged over the years. Shivers members insist that cians Reunion held each So a big shout out to James the groove is something out shows.” jured almost two give everyone, in- August in Bandera’s Mans- McGroarty and 11th Street of the late-70s punk rock or Rose Live years ago in a one- cluding the mutts, field Park. Cowboy Bar, the Rhodes stax-era soul, all played The San Antonio car accident on Perrin something to howl “I love listening to the family of Blue Genes, and with an irreverence and Rose Live show in Beitel Road, will be about. guys who started this whole Suzanne Schauman at the humor unheard of in mod- the historic Aztec held October 15 at Fi- Opening act is musical community in Ban- Chicken Coop.” ern bluegrass music. dera,” Adams said. “They You’ve heard of new- Theatre continues to asco, 2250 Thousand Acoustic Carbomb. knew my daddy, and they Baby’s Arms, and Leon grass. Now welcome to gain steam. Oaks. The show runs from 6 are such a nice group of Russell himself couldn’t do trashgrass. The first Satur- On September 24, The benefit will run through 11 p.m. and musicians. Sam Brown it much better. day of every month at S.A.R.L. ceo Greg from noon until clos- includes the usual played drums for my daddy, The Shivers just re- Specht’s in Bulverde. and I got to watch him at leased their second record Gallaspy messaged ing. There will be a $5 doggie costume con- one of the reunions. I al- with an August 30 blowout us: cover for food, and test. Admission is $15 ways look foward to the party at the Scoot Inn in We ave two new two auctions will be for adults, $5 for kids songs in the show held. Chrome Pony under 12. featuring Jerry May- will furnish the music. nard doing Johnny An initial benefit for Advertise in Action Magazine Cash and ReBeca Lauren was held at Call singing Patsy Mon- Texas Pride Barbe- (830) 980-7861

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