A Deep Ellum Icon Needs Some Help |
A Deep Ellum Icon Needs Some Help, Even If He'd Never Ask For It Himself:John "Beard" Brewer, ruler of the Dada doorwayAmanda Newman, new co-owner of Club Dada, sends wordthis morning that iconic Dada...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:54:00 PST |
Art From the Tip Jar |
Well, it doesn't spend like money, but I appreciate just as much. If not more.Here's some portraits left in the tip jar of a Ridgetop Syncopators gig, Memorial Day at Jo's Coffee on Congress.Here's Tr...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:37:00 PST |
Wreck my car... |
Witness the sad end of my beloved 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis. I was stopped at a stop light just in front of my work, when some knucklehead in a big Chevy truck slammed into me, no breaks no nothing, ...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:08:00 PST |
How can I compete with free? |
Think about what you do for a living. How much work you do and how much you get paid to do it.
Now, imagine someone showing up at your day job and announcing that they will do the same work, bu...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:30:00 PST |
Don Walser Re-Issue now available |
Fans of real C&W, honkytonk and Texas swing take note.The long out of print Texas Plainsmen radio transcriptions, featuring young "Yodelin'" Donnie Walser, have just been made available to the public ...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:30:00 PST |
Hillbilly Jews Make Good |
The Ridgetop Syncopators contributed a track to the new Hungry for Music benefit CD "Channukah Feast, vol.2."The Klezmershack broke the news, and I finally found a place for order it. Do so here. Not ...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:16:00 PST |
Benefit Fatigue.... |
I write this essay on the occasion of 2 benefit concerts scheduled here in Austin TX this week. On the face of if they are both extremely worthy causes that I for one would like to see benefit in some...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:06:00 PST |
What Is This Thing Called Movie Music? |
The Austin Chronicle has published my latest story, on the recording session for the opening scene from the movie "Infamous."I originally wrote it for Bass Player Magazine's "Session Notes" monthly co...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:48:00 PST |
My Eulogy of Don Walser |
Here's my eulogy for Don Walser.I hope I've done the man and his legacy a service....
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:35:00 PST |
Howard Kalish's Eulogy of Don Walser |
Yesterday we said words over our old friend Don Walser. Some folks wanted to be there but for whatever reason couldn't make it. Old friends had some lovely things to say about the man, and I thought i...
Posted by Ridgetop Syncopators on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:25:00 PST |
