I Love Putting Shows Together

Me and my hero Doug Kershaw backstage at the Lonesome Rose.

As I have written on here before, concerts have always mystified me. And ever since I started playing music live, I have been putting concerts together. This really started happening when I moved back to San Antonio around 2012. That’s when I hit the scene with a dream of a solo career and ALSO to bring bands to town that have never played here.

A few club shows that I spearheaded in the early days of my “promoter” career included Dead Meadow, the Drive-by Truckers, Nik Turner from Hawkwind, GZA, Kool Keith, and Del The Funky Homosapien. All had either never played SA before or only had kinda bad experiences when they did. these shows were full of zany learning experiences for me.

This was an interesting Monday night

As I started getting more involved with the indie country scene in Tejas, I teamed up with my friend Daniel to start trying to make legendary San Antonio stuff happen. Kinky Friedman / Santiago Jimenez Jr. and I all playing at a furniture store one Sunday afternoon comes to mind. so epic.

The In the Shadows (Again) album release party on Cinco de Mayo 2018 was the beginning of a really cool era. We basically got the remaining members of the Texas Tornadoes to come hang out and jam. The Jimenez Bros (Flaco and Santiago) performed together for the first time in a while. The Shut Ups drummer climbed to the top of the building and hung upside down puking. Lotsa people showed up and partied. A good energy was in the air.

Around this time, talks of the Lonesome Rose were beginning to happen and I ended up joining forces with some really cool people in town to get it going, working to fill a void for alternative country music in SA that had somehow been lost over time. There have been countless “holy shit” moments since then. Many legends and awesome bands have graced the Rose stage. These days we are not only known as the spot for alternative country music in SA, but music of all genres. and just a solid and diverse Tejas hang. People all over mention the Lonesome Rose to me when I’m on tour!

Shooting confetti in to the crowd. The early days of the Lonesome Rose.

All of this brings me joy and I consider myself lucky to have found some way to help foster a scene and tie it in with my career as an artist. but I have found it important to check in and remind myself that creating art and music are my spiritual numero uno! and balance is key!

music is magic. music is god. music is my religion. foo. here are some tour dates. come hang in Austin this week for sx whatever it’s called and also the “Everyone is Everyone” party that I put together!

EVERYONE IS EVERYONE TOUR POR VIDA

• 3/13 Austin, TX @ Alienated Majesty. Lyrics as Poetry. - 6 PM *GTC SOLO

• 3/14 Austin, TX @ White Horse w/ WAND, Suss, y more. 3 pm

• 3/14 Austin, TX @ Central Machine Works. 8 pm

• 3/15 Austin, TX @ Continental Club.12 PM

• 3/15 Austin, TX @ Colton House w/ Rattlesnake Milk, She Returns from War, Jaime Wyatt. 3:45 PM

• 3/26 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger w/ Jeffrey Silverstein, Cactus Lee *GTC SOLO

• 3/27 Houston, TX @ Continental Club w/ Jeffrey Silverstein, Cactus Lee *GTC SOLO

• 3/28 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves w/ Jeffrey Silverstein, David Forsyth *GTC SOLO

• 3/29 Austin, TX @ 29th Street w/ Jeffrey Silverstein, Cactus Lee *GTC SOLO

• 3/30 San Antonio, TX @ The Lonesome Rose w/ Elnuh (Album Release)

• 4/27 Austin, TX @ Psych Fest

• 5/3 San Antonio, TX @ Lowcountry’s Rock n’ Roll Fiesta

• 5/15 Trinidad, CO @ Dad Lounge w/ Townies

• 5/16 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive w/ Jake Luna & Honey Blazer

• 5/17 Santa Fe, NM @ The Mystic w/ Jimmy Stallings, Betty Benedeadly, Desert Prose

• 6/20 Newport, KY @ Southgate House

• 6/22 Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival

• 9/17 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg

• 9/18 Middelburg, NL @ De Spot

• 9/19 Ommen, NL @ Bostheater Ommen

• 9/20 Maastricht, NL @ Muziekgieterij

• 9/22 Lint, BE @ t Groot Verzet

• 9/23 Venlo, NL @ De Keizerin

• 9/25 Groningen. NL @ Oosterpoort

• 9/26 Vlaardingen, NL @ Kroepoekfabriek

• 9/27 Oss, NL @ Groene Engel