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About Me

In late 1988, Heights Guitar owner Jim Mendenhall (Dr. Zoomac) purchased the former Leola's Steakhouse from Leola Frankel of Frankel's Costume Company to establish a live music venue. Soon the bar became a favorite place for those looking for what we now call "Americana" music- blues, rock, country, folk. The oldest blues jam in Houston started at Dan's in December, 1988 and has had as guests Tab Benoit, Greg Allman, Billy Gibbons, and Richard Gere. When Dr. Zoomac decided to turn an old bank into a guitar shop/ music venue in Moulton, Texas after 16 years, he sold Dan Electro's to Bob Edwards. Booking the best local, regional, and touring bands; Dan's has become internationally known as a place where anyone can relax or dance in a comfortable atmosphere with good music. Our large backyard, with brick and stone patio built by Leola's husband, is a great place to relax and visit or throw a party. Plenty of free parking is available.Located in The Houston Sunset Heights neighborhood, established in the 1920's, 30's, and 40's, Dan Electro's is two blocks from the great Airline Farmer's Market and several very good restaurants on Airline Drive. Nearby North Main also has many good restaurants, some reflecting the Hispanic influence of the area. Several are open until midnight on weekends and a few 24 hours.In essence we are a small club dedicated to the lesser known but talented local and regional musicians. We feature a Blues jam on Thursday nights which has boasted some of Houston's finest musicians and different feature bands each Friday & Saturday nights. Each night @ Dan Electro's is different and will feature different music, some of our regular performers are people like CARRIE ANN BUCHANAN, CAROLYN WONDERLAND, BEANS BARTON & THE BIPEDS, THE FONDUE MONKS, PLUMP, & BLENDT.For those of you wanting to sample music we are featuring each week, note that we change our top friends each week to give a direct link to the people playing soon. Thanks for checking out our page, yer pals @ DAN ELECTRO'S GUITAR BAR.

My Interests

Music:

www.danelectrosguitarbar.com

Heroes:

While many musicians tend to rate on our Heroe list, the gentleman that invented the DANELECTRO Amp & the DANELECTRO Guitar; Nathan I. Daniel rates as one of our top heroes because he made it possible for so many of our performers & customers to begin to play guitar as he was the first to make the options of amplified music available to the general public by making more affordable options. Below you will find a link to his story. http://www.pen4rent.com/pen4rent/tribute.aspx

My Blog

Thanks for showing love

Many folks came out yesterday for the Bob benefit that SMOKIN' JOE of KPFT put together & I wanted to thank all the folks that performed (especially THE BLAGGARDS, who never even played DAN ELECTRO'S ...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:42:00 PST

Pledge time

So, it's pledge time on Houston's Pacifica radio station KPFT. It is a time when every one has a hard time with money matters & I'd like to remind folks that come out to shows hosted by Smokin' Joe &...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:13:00 PST

Hard times mean watch closely

So, here we are in what the government refuses to acknowledge as a recession & the people most likely to be stolen from are those of us least likely to get help from the authorities. In less than 10 ...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:46:00 PST

Top friends on Dan Electros profile page

Well, it never seems like many people really get that I always change top friends according to who will be playing Dan Electro's soon. That way folks have a direct link to the myspace pages I can lis...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:10:00 PST

Life is short enjoy what you have

So, over the last week two friends passed. I did not really know either one of them well, except they always put a smile on my face; always people to respect & enjoy. Another two passed that fit the...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Fri, 16 May 2008 03:57:00 PST

Awesome music & BIG HEARTS

So, last night was the 1st of the two day BOBCAT Benefit for Bob the owner that shattered his ankle last year. It was wonderful to see the turnout of so many people to give love & support to Bob. To...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:03:00 PST

Poll finished

A few daze ago I kind of created a poll about whether folks felt I should cancel this site. I got 4 actual opinions, one was a person with an axe to grind another was someone I did not recognize that...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:03:00 PST

Kool Muzik & staff

2nite features DUBTEX & KaRiNa NiStAl so far very cool & a couple new staff members. Come on out & catch a Reggae vibe to start out your Bunny Day.
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:53:00 PST

Irony

So apparently one of the guys in THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS had a car accident, I hope he heals quickly. Instead we got THE JEFF MORRISON BAND, they are cool to hear as well especially since GIANCARLO ...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:37:00 PST

Kool Show tonight

A few years ago, I went to celebrate my birthday with THE FONDUE MONKS, they were doin’ a show with "THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS" & I missed the Natives’ set, never having had a chance to cat...
Posted by DAN ELECTROS GUITAR BAR on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:04:00 PST