DOG ASIDE: Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist….who has had a significant following in Austin for many many years….especially with the girls….cuz ole Delbert just attracted a lot of women who loved to come out and shake their booty to his music.…
DOG ASIDE: With every animated film made by Walt Disney and the Disney Corporation was chocked full of music and songs….of which many became sing-along-songs….introduced by Jiminay Cricket, Ludwig von Drake and Professor Owl. This group of sing-along-songs includes a rock n roll blues song Green With Envy Blues….a love song in Together We’ll Be…..and…
DOG ASIDE: The Jackson 5 or Jackson Five….later known as The Jacksons is an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Formed in 1964 under the name the Jackson Brothers….the founding members were Jackie, Tito and Jermaine. Marlon and Michael would later join….and the band’s name would be changed to The Jackson 5. After…
DOG ASIDE: John Robert “Joe” Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance, and definitive versions of popular songs. Cocker’s cover of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends” reached number one in the UK in 1968.…
DOG ASIDE: Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947, Amarillo, Texas, United States) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. He has had a genre-crossing career….performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los Super Seven, the Chieftains and James McMurtry….in addition to his early work with…
DOG ASIDE: Flacco Jimenez has been the King of Conjunto, Norteno and Tejano music in Texas since the mid-1960’s…..a position he still holds today as an accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez began performing at the age of seven with his father, Santiago Jiménez Sr….who was a pioneer of conjunto music….and began recording at age…
DOG ASIDE: Austin City Limits has always loved storytellers and there have been none better than John Prine, Steve Goodman and Willie Nelson….represented on this video of The Best of ACL. Prine could make you feel like you’ve been read too out of a book when he spins a yard in his songs and on…
DOG ASIDE: There is a famous country song that says if you are going to play music in Texas….you just gotta have a fiddle in the band…..and Texas has put out some incredible fiddlers….but none any better than Johnny Gimble….who was truly an Austin icon….playing with all the many great Austin musicians….Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray…
DOG ASIDE: The story of Austin City Limits has a phenomenal story. Austin City Limits (ACL) is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin,Texas….by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station KLRU…..and broadcast on PBS stations around over the United States. The show helped Austin to become widely known as the “Live Music…