Shaan's written a great Dancer's Answer this week. Here is the link to what's up.
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Excellent week in Austin coming up!
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Ahh memories. Henry's was the greatest homky tonk/bar ever. I remember going to Henrys on a monday night the first week I moved to Austin back in 1991, heard some real tasty steel, looked over and there was living legend Jimmy Day. That was par for the course at Henry's. Unfortunately Henerys in Austin was closed down years ago, to make way for a parking lot for an Autozone (I still boycott Autozones to this day for that reason). Truely a case of they paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Looking forward to Sunday, should be lots of old faces there.
But that is not all!! This Saturday is also the Western Swing festival just down the road in San Marcos. Johny Cuiviello, Tom Morrell, Louis Rowe, and who knows who all else. Al this and it's free too.
Oh happy days!!!!
PS Herb wasn't Johnny having fun last night? What a guy! You all sounded real good.
But that is not all!! This Saturday is also the Western Swing festival just down the road in San Marcos. Johny Cuiviello, Tom Morrell, Louis Rowe, and who knows who all else. Al this and it's free too.
Oh happy days!!!!
PS Herb wasn't Johnny having fun last night? What a guy! You all sounded real good.
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Thanks man. Being able to play "Texas Drummer Boy," "My Confession," and those other Wills songs with "Cuv" makes me feel, for just a quick, sweet moment, that I'm part of an historic thread even though I'm just a "kid."
As Dean McKinney (Mrs. Tiny Moore) once told me, "sweetheart, for Western Swing, 53 is an infant!
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Thanks man. Being able to play "Texas Drummer Boy," "My Confession," and those other Wills songs with "Cuv" makes me feel, for just a quick, sweet moment, that I'm part of an historic thread even though I'm just a "kid."
As Dean McKinney (Mrs. Tiny Moore) once told me, "sweetheart, for Western Swing, 53 is an infant!
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Glenn Suchan
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Steve,
You're absolutely right-on-the-money with (the original) "Henry's was the greatest honky tonk/bar ever...." At least as far as Austin, Texas goes. The second generation Henry's out in Liberty Hill was a little harder for Austinites to get to but the feel was the same. I remember going there on Thursday nights and seeing Craig Dillingham sing and pick a flattop guitar accompanied by the legend, Jimmy Day. Just the two of them. Nothing else was needed. The great thing was that there was no big hoopla over the events. Just the local ranchers and cotton farmers drinkin' beer, eattin' pickled somethin'-or-others out of a jar, playin' dominoes, and requesting great honky-tonk classics ("none o' that hippy sh*t" as James Henry would say).
I had the good fortune to play at both Henry's clubs. Those gigs rank right up there with the best gigs I've ever played. James and Gayle made everbody that visited their bar (patrons and bands alike) feel right at home. The Henry's had their own table strategically placed to watch the bands perform. From this table the party started and went right on up to last call. If you were a picker and sat down at their table they made sure you NEVER had an empty beer bottle in front of you. About the time you'd be at the half way point, another ice cold bottle of your favorite would be discreetly summoned up by James or Gayle. It was ALWAYS on the house.
As people, James and Gayle are the salt of the earth. I don't know if they really were as happy to see me when I was at their club but they always treated me like a long lost friend. I know I'm just one of the crowd that got that kind of treatment from Mr. & Mrs. Henry. James would always show me the "chill bumps" that my playing put on his forearms. Incredulously, it was meant as a genuine complement of my playing (I think many times he had too much to drink).
James and Gayle have given a lot to the Austin music community and on Sunday I'm proud to be able to have the chance to give James "chill bumps" one more time with my playing.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
You're absolutely right-on-the-money with (the original) "Henry's was the greatest honky tonk/bar ever...." At least as far as Austin, Texas goes. The second generation Henry's out in Liberty Hill was a little harder for Austinites to get to but the feel was the same. I remember going there on Thursday nights and seeing Craig Dillingham sing and pick a flattop guitar accompanied by the legend, Jimmy Day. Just the two of them. Nothing else was needed. The great thing was that there was no big hoopla over the events. Just the local ranchers and cotton farmers drinkin' beer, eattin' pickled somethin'-or-others out of a jar, playin' dominoes, and requesting great honky-tonk classics ("none o' that hippy sh*t" as James Henry would say).
I had the good fortune to play at both Henry's clubs. Those gigs rank right up there with the best gigs I've ever played. James and Gayle made everbody that visited their bar (patrons and bands alike) feel right at home. The Henry's had their own table strategically placed to watch the bands perform. From this table the party started and went right on up to last call. If you were a picker and sat down at their table they made sure you NEVER had an empty beer bottle in front of you. About the time you'd be at the half way point, another ice cold bottle of your favorite would be discreetly summoned up by James or Gayle. It was ALWAYS on the house.
As people, James and Gayle are the salt of the earth. I don't know if they really were as happy to see me when I was at their club but they always treated me like a long lost friend. I know I'm just one of the crowd that got that kind of treatment from Mr. & Mrs. Henry. James would always show me the "chill bumps" that my playing put on his forearms. Incredulously, it was meant as a genuine complement of my playing (I think many times he had too much to drink).
James and Gayle have given a lot to the Austin music community and on Sunday I'm proud to be able to have the chance to give James "chill bumps" one more time with my playing.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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It's fashionable now for old-time Austinites to "dis" the town as it now exists. We simply yearn for that less congested, simpler village of yesteryear when everyone knew everyone else and the groove was mellow.
Look for it only in history books, for those days are gone with the wind. Even though I remember Austin in the early 1970's when there was sooooo much country music happening that Shaan would have run out of bandwidth writing about it, I must admit that we are still a hell of a music center. And events like the James Henry Benefit make me proud to be a part of it for almost 30 years.
Check out the talent roster for that show tomorrow at Outlaws... that is a festival that anywhere in the country could charge $100 a ticket, IMHO. Ten bucks!?!
James Henry loves steel guitarists! I've been treated like royalty at his table, as have Bert Rivera, Jimmy Day, Jr. B., and others. He and Gayle are two of the finest, most unaffected, genuine country folk that I've known.
Usually, when approached for a benefit, I ask some pointed questions and occasionally don't play (though if worthy I contribute). The reason being is that I find out that everyone associated with the event is getting paid... the bartenders, the security, the club (which generally gets "the bar") and thus the club owner... everyone gets paid for their work EXCEPT THE MUSICIANS who are the attraction for people to come in the first place!
This one is different, way different. This one is an outpouring of love and gratitude towards a fine man who, probably unwittingly, helped give birth to a new generation of fans of traditional music... kids in their 20's who know more Lefty Frizzell songs than I do, and with whom I now love to perform. I think James and Gayle just loved traditional country music, and ran a honkytonk as a second business so their redneck buddies could drink cheap beer with them and bands would play for pass the hat. But because they are such warm, generous people, that magnetism made their clubs the spawning ground they became.
I really hope that all Forumites in the Central Texas area, and I mean y'all in Houston, San Antonio, Waco, Temple, etc. area come to this one. The music will be trancendant. And incidentally, $10 is the minimum donation... knowhuttahmeanVern?
BTW, I play at 4:30 with Cornell Hurd and Justin Trevino.
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Look for it only in history books, for those days are gone with the wind. Even though I remember Austin in the early 1970's when there was sooooo much country music happening that Shaan would have run out of bandwidth writing about it, I must admit that we are still a hell of a music center. And events like the James Henry Benefit make me proud to be a part of it for almost 30 years.
Check out the talent roster for that show tomorrow at Outlaws... that is a festival that anywhere in the country could charge $100 a ticket, IMHO. Ten bucks!?!
James Henry loves steel guitarists! I've been treated like royalty at his table, as have Bert Rivera, Jimmy Day, Jr. B., and others. He and Gayle are two of the finest, most unaffected, genuine country folk that I've known.
Usually, when approached for a benefit, I ask some pointed questions and occasionally don't play (though if worthy I contribute). The reason being is that I find out that everyone associated with the event is getting paid... the bartenders, the security, the club (which generally gets "the bar") and thus the club owner... everyone gets paid for their work EXCEPT THE MUSICIANS who are the attraction for people to come in the first place!
This one is different, way different. This one is an outpouring of love and gratitude towards a fine man who, probably unwittingly, helped give birth to a new generation of fans of traditional music... kids in their 20's who know more Lefty Frizzell songs than I do, and with whom I now love to perform. I think James and Gayle just loved traditional country music, and ran a honkytonk as a second business so their redneck buddies could drink cheap beer with them and bands would play for pass the hat. But because they are such warm, generous people, that magnetism made their clubs the spawning ground they became.
I really hope that all Forumites in the Central Texas area, and I mean y'all in Houston, San Antonio, Waco, Temple, etc. area come to this one. The music will be trancendant. And incidentally, $10 is the minimum donation... knowhuttahmeanVern?
BTW, I play at 4:30 with Cornell Hurd and Justin Trevino.
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Some very well spoken words by Brother Herb here.
I was also a original frequent listener at the original Henrys on Burnet road; as when I was wanting to learn the pedal steel I would go and listen to Marty Muse play with Teddy and the Talltops> way back when.
I later became a steel guitarist and played with several different groups at Henrys and held the Thursday gig there with "Son" from the Geezinslaws; where we just played George Jones songs all night> then my friend Bommer Norman came in and took that over with Son; as I moved away.
Henry and Gayle always treated me like a king and I'm sorry to say; I haven't seen them in 10 or so years. I'm looking forward to playing the deal Tomorrow with Dale and we play at 1:30.
I'll see ya there Herb(I hope)> then I'm playing a skeet shoot after that at 4:00> north of there, so I wont' be able to stick around> but I'll come back after the shoot at about 8:00.
Later.
Ricky
I was also a original frequent listener at the original Henrys on Burnet road; as when I was wanting to learn the pedal steel I would go and listen to Marty Muse play with Teddy and the Talltops> way back when.
I later became a steel guitarist and played with several different groups at Henrys and held the Thursday gig there with "Son" from the Geezinslaws; where we just played George Jones songs all night> then my friend Bommer Norman came in and took that over with Son; as I moved away.
Henry and Gayle always treated me like a king and I'm sorry to say; I haven't seen them in 10 or so years. I'm looking forward to playing the deal Tomorrow with Dale and we play at 1:30.
I'll see ya there Herb(I hope)> then I'm playing a skeet shoot after that at 4:00> north of there, so I wont' be able to stick around> but I'll come back after the shoot at about 8:00.
Later.
Ricky
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hey all- any review of how the James Henry benefit came together yesterday??..... in reading the promo on Shaan's page - I was darned near ready to trek the 800mi south to take in the day, pretty unbelievable lineup.
PS - not having been to the original Henry's at all, I found myself feeling like I was reading about Ginny's Longhorn - so reading further in Shaan's post, was interested to read about the connection - Henry's must have not been far from Ginny's, along that same stretch of Burnet Road???
PS - not having been to the original Henry's at all, I found myself feeling like I was reading about Ginny's Longhorn - so reading further in Shaan's post, was interested to read about the connection - Henry's must have not been far from Ginny's, along that same stretch of Burnet Road???
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Neil, yes Henry's was just down the road from Ginny's Little Longhorn. In fact the first night I ever went to Henrys Ginny was working behind tyhe bar. They were about half a mile apart. If I remember correctly Ginny's (just the Little Longhorn in those days) used to stay open an huor later than Henry's so a lot of the hard core drunks from Henrys would go down to the Longhorn after Henry closed, and before driving home
I had just arrived in Texas from London England when I first discovered Henrys and I was in Hog heaven. (sorry Janice don't mean to rub it in)
Herb was you still there when the storm hit?
I had just arrived in Texas from London England when I first discovered Henrys and I was in Hog heaven. (sorry Janice don't mean to rub it in)
Herb was you still there when the storm hit?
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I was there when the storm hit. Pretty wet. Power went out for a second in the middle of Junior's set, and that rain sounded real loud against that metal roof.
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I was there when the storm hit. Pretty wet. Power went out for a second in the middle of Junior's set, and that rain sounded real loud against that metal roof.
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I believe the Henry's benefit was a huge success. Mitzi announced that over $7000 was raised for James and Gayle at the end of the show. I was there from 11:30 am to 10:30 at night so I got to see and hear everbody. Really the only problem was too much talent a lot of great singers didn't get to sing very much. As can be expected, scheduling always runs amok during these things and there was no backline to speed change over. I had pretty much seen everybody on the lineup a hundred times except for Big Iron and Bert Rivera and the Ramblers. Both bands really impressed me, especially the singer/drummer for Bert Rivera (Ron Meredith?) he was great! I also wish I could have kept the keg I brough cold enough for people to finish off but the afternoon sun melted the ice in about 1/2 and hour and it was a lost cause. Oh yeah and I got Justin Trevino's newest CD that day too, I'm listening to it right now. FYI, in about 3 weeks Justin will take over the Tuesday night slot at the Little Longhorn, alternating with Roger Wallace. That means on certain weeks you can see Roger Wallace, Dale Watson, Don Walser, and Justin Trevino, all before Wednesday gets here. Tell me, Austin still doesn't rule!
Shaan
P.S. My Carter Starter gets here tomorrow!
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P.S. My Carter Starter gets here tomorrow!
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Here's a list of the steel guitarist who played to the best of my memory.
Bert Rivera- Bert Rivera and the Ramblers
Ricky Davis- Dale Watson and the Lonestars
Herb Steiner- Cornell Hurd Band
Scott Walls- Don Walser
Bill McCullough- Bill Bailey and the Wild Bunch
Glenn Suchan- Bill Bailey and the Wild Bunch
That guy in Roy Heinrich's Band ??
Junior Brown
not bad for a Sunday afternoon!
Shaan
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Bert Rivera- Bert Rivera and the Ramblers
Ricky Davis- Dale Watson and the Lonestars
Herb Steiner- Cornell Hurd Band
Scott Walls- Don Walser
Bill McCullough- Bill Bailey and the Wild Bunch
Glenn Suchan- Bill Bailey and the Wild Bunch
That guy in Roy Heinrich's Band ??
Junior Brown
not bad for a Sunday afternoon!
Shaan
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Neil Hilton
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Shaan, Herb, Steve - thanks for the notes, sounds like all went well, with storm and all. Shaan you're right, with that early week line-up, it's a good thing I don't live there, might become impossible to hold down any kind day job!!.... I'd quickly become way too much of a regular at Ginny's! To quote Dale, likely be on a steady diet of "pickled eggs and sausages by the pound".
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Hey Herb, Cathi Parson from California. Thanks for the cd on Thursday night at Jovita's. I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!! Sang (well, I tried) along to many of the tunes and can't wait to share it with my WS friends here in Calif. You guys with Cornell Hurd were a HOOT!! Tell Cornell I loved his cd as well. I loved seeing Johnny C. get up there and take the spotlight. He deserves all the spotlight we can give him. He's a gem!! You guys were terrific the way you treated him. And I was feelin pretty special by the time I left as well. Sorry you missed the San Marcos deal. As Steve E. said, the lineup was great and it was FREE!! No where else but TEXAS. You just don't get that here in Calif......but I'm workin on it and hope to see you all here sooner than later. And what better way to wind up my virgin tour of "T" but with a recording session including Gimble, Remington, Cuvie, and Domino. Steve, weren't those cheeseburgers great? Look forward to seein you all again this summer. Keep it swingin!! Cathi P.
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