by Phil Houseal | Mar 22, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music, Venue
Mar 22, 2017–Cause that’s what makes her happy. That is the top reason Sloan Ruth gives for creating The Backyard behind Fritztown Cinema. The new outdoor music venue will open April 7 with its first of many regular concerts. “I’m not musical, though I took piano for...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 16, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music, Venue
Mar 15, 2017–Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson calls them the “Carnegie Halls of western swing.” But if you are old enough to have waltzed across Texas, you know them as dance halls. When I wrote about these two-stepping temples in 2013, Stephen Dean of Texas Dancehall...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 8, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country, Uncategorized
Mar 8, 2017–About eight years ago I was invited to be a guest at a writer’s group. As they discussed and critiqued each other’s writing, I was drawn into the process. For the first time I felt that I, too, could get a book into print. (I did, too. It’s called Finding...
by Phil Houseal | Mar 1, 2017 | Music, People of the Hill Country
Mar 1, 2017–Back when we were picking under the trees at Luckenbach 40 years ago, Maggie Montgomery laughingly promised to write a book entitled How To Survive In the Hill Country With No Visible Means of Support. Making a living solely by playing guitars was harder...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 22, 2017 | Philosophy, PR Tips
Feb 22, 2017–Has the world officially run out of words? When it comes to labeling things, we’ve given up even trying to be creative. Now we communicate using initials. Texting and social networking has brought its own jargon–LOL, SMH, ICYMI. LOL. Even casual internet...
