by Phil Houseal | May 25, 2021 | All Articles, Events, Music
May 26, 2021–You know what helped get me through the year-long live entertainment drought? Polka music. I’m not ashamed to admit that every Tuesday evening I tuned into Mollie B’s Polka Party, a live hour-and-a-half program put on by Mollie Busta Lange and Ted Lange,...
by Phil Houseal | Dec 5, 2018 | All Articles, Events, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy, Venue
Dec 5, 2018–When I mentioned I was going to interview Ranger Doug of Riders In The Sky, everyone claimed to be a personal friend. So that’s the first question I asked him. Ranger Doug chuckled. “When we meet fans, someone will say, ‘We saw you in 1982,’” he...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 7, 2018 | All Articles, Music, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
June 6, 2018–For a bunch of guys who call themselves “Off The Grid” they sure seem to be “on the stage” a lot. They don’t even know how many gigs they have every year. “We’re somewhere every weekend,” said “Otto,” the accordion player. “We will go wherever there is...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 26, 2018 | All Articles, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
April 25, 2018–Over the years, most Hill Country music stores have gone the way of the Theremin. The reasons have varied, not least of which is the competition from the Internet. But musicians prefer to pluck and pick, not hunt and click. That is the rationale for...
