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Past
workshops at Old No. 9 have proudly featured the following
artists.
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David Wilcox
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Songwriter Workshop
and
Concert
June 2, 2008
Come to the beautiful Texas Hill Country
for a magical day and evening at the Old
No.9 Road House
with the incomparable David Wilcox.
Participate in two class sessions with the
master guitarist and gifted
songwriter/storyteller.
Delicious meals included.
Enjoy the evening concert at the intimate
Old No.9 Road House.
Workshop sessions are limited to about
twenty students.
Concert Open to the Public
For detailed information and registration
forms, contact Kricket Rogers at
kricket.oldno9@gmail.com
or call
508-314-4762.
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 “Her
words are too good to be ignored. She sings with
plaintive power and writes with soulful
strength.”-
Dallas Morning News
Eliza Gilkyson was inducted into the Austin Music
Hall of Fame in February of 2003, alongside such
luminaries as Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Nancy
Griffith, and others. Grammy nominated Eliza Gilkyson is
a third generation musician who grew up in Los Angeles
knowing that her life would revolve around music. “I got
into it for all the wrong reasons, more as a survival
tool than anything else, but it proved to serve me more
than I dared to imagine.” As a teenager, she recorded
demos for her dad Terry Gilkyson, who wrote folk music
hits “Greenfields,” “Marianne,” and “Memories Are Made
of This,” among others. “He would use me in the studio
because I had a mature voice at an early age and would
work for free,” laughs Eliza. Soon after, she was
writing and recording her own material as well.
At the end
of the sixties, Eliza moved to New Mexico with
likeminded souls, eventually raising a family, all the
while developing a loyal fan base in the Southwest and
Texas. She cut numerous records, including Pilgrims,
released on Gold Castle Records in 1987. In 1996
Eliza released
Through the Looking Glass (Private Music), followed
by Redemption Road (Silverwave/ MTI) in 1997,
which she has recently reissued.
Eliza started
her own label, Realiza Records and put out Misfits
in 1999, a collection of outtakes that received
favorable press as a sound that connected the worlds of
folk and modern storytelling. In 2000, Eliza released
her first album on the Red House Records label, Hard
Times in Babylon. The album was a critical success
followed quickly by more acclaim for Lost and Found.
“Gilkyson’s superior songwriting and sensuous singing
make Lost and Found a true delight. It is one of
the few discs that listeners can enjoy in any mood. The
complexities of male-female relationships have rarely
been expressed better – or deeper – than in those
lyrics.” – Boston Herald
Eliza has
recently appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Austin
City Limits and on tour with Patty Griffin and Mary
Chapin Carpenter. Eliza's recent release, Land of
Milk and Honey, is a recording decidedly more
sociopolitical in theme. Eliza's new CD, "Paradise
Hotel" was released in August 2005.
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 Imagine
taking a songwriting class from a songwriter who
has “made it.” You can! Steve Seskin has written
seven number one songs, including
Grammy-nominated “Grown Men Don’t Cry,“ recorded
by Tim McGraw, and “Don’t Laugh at Me,“ winning
NSAI Song of the Year and Music Row Magazine
Song of the Year in 1999 as recorded by Mark
Wills. Steve enjoys teaching; he is an
insightful, helpful and charismatic teacher.
Steve has been invited by Nashville
Songwriters Association International (NSAI) to
lecture at NSAI teaching nights in Nashville
since 1995; he was invited as a guest lecturer
at NSAI Spring Symposium in 1997 and NSAI
Songwriting Cruise in 1998 and 1999. Steve has
taught regional NSAI workshops in Los Angeles,
CA, San Diego, CA, Vancouver, BC, Banff, Boston,
MA, Fresno, CA, Sacramento, CA, Seattle, WA,
Greenville, SC, Charlotte, NC, Washington, DC,
Detroit, MI, Columbus, OH, Kansas City, MO, and
Nashville, TN. He has been Staff Instructor at
the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival for the past 7
years.
Since 1988, Steve has taught beginning and
advanced classes for the West Coast Songwriters
Association. He continues to teach about all
aspects of writing lyrics and music, including
critique classes. Steve has also been a guest
lecturer at Berklee College of Music and on the
faculty at San Francisco State University. These
are just some of his songwriting workshop and
song school management experiences.
As one of Steve’s students says so well, “I
have benefited from Steve’s encyclopedic
knowledge of songcraft at several song schools.
He not only writes hit country songs on a
regular basis, but is an amazingly enthusiastic,
entertaining, concise and effective songwriting
teacher. Long may he teach!” Steve’s songwriting
courses include; Intro to Lyric Writing, Melody,
Rhyming and Metaphor, Point of View,
Writing/Rewriting, Inspiration, Music Business,
and Collaboration.
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Thanks Peter Rowan
for a
Fantastic Concert and Workshop
 Peter
Rowan is one of the most popular bluegrass
artists currently performing. During the past
forty years he has cultivated a devoted,
international fan base through his independent
records, numbering over twenty, and his constant
touring. Peter’s high lonesome voice and mastery
of guitar and mandolin put him at the very top
of his genre. To play (bluegrass) right, Rowan
claims, you've got to learn it from someone like
Bill Monroe, who has it in his genes. Peter
states that he was drawn to bluegrass in his
youth because it had blues and ballads, and when
Bill Monroe played the mandolin, fire came out.
It was then and still is very exciting music. As
a creative songwriter, Peter Rowan brings his
heart and soul to his impeccable style. Peter is
an experienced teacher dedicated to sharing his
musical skill with those interested in
developing their own talent.
Peter Rowan always follows his muse, says Bev
Paul, Sugar Hill Records' director of sales and
marketing. He does world music projects,
old-timey music, and now he's back to bluegrass,
where his roots are. He's even starting to look
like Bill Monroe, she says. Rowan represents
what is coming to be known as third-generation
bluegrass, says Paul. Monroe and people like
Earl Scruggs were the first wave, and then there
was a flurry of activity in the mid-'60s. Now
we're feeling the third wave roll into the 21st
century --- and Peter's leading that charge.
Check out the following Review:
Peter recently played an Old Number 9 Road House
Music Series concert in Waring, Texas. Waring is
a tiny little one horse town in the Texas Hill
Country - a neat and intimate setting to really
see Peter in his element. The show was held in
the Waring General Store, maybe the oldest store
in Texas, but certainly antique and full of
truly Texas energy. The walls of the room were
decorated with rusty old tin signs of all sizes
and had all the goodness of a treasure filled
flea market. The room was kind of drafty, down
right cold in fact, and had a cement floor and a
roof with high wooden rafters so the sound was a
little tinny, but Peter compensated for it
exponentially with an absolutely stellar
performance - my favorite thing I’ve ever seen
him do by far. He opened the show with Dust Bowl
Children, and I noticed immediately the sound of
boot tipped toes quietly tapping the cement
floor. I left the show singing the Wild Mustang
song and had it in my head for days, so I
imagine that was my favorite. Peter was really
exceptionally dramatic in his rendition of the
Bo Regard Hooligan story, and, in fact, was
exceptionally dramatic the entire performance.
It was classically wonderful - the yodels, the
high notes, the facial expressions and the
subtle strutting that make Peter Rowan so
endearingly himself flowed like milk and honey
and the crowd slurped it up graciously. He
played Fetch Wood and Carry Water reaggebilly
style, but for the most part, the show had a
folky, rather than bluegrassy feel. In fact, the
verses to Land of the Navajo were spoken kind of
Rex Foster style (who opened the show) and did
not have the normal upbeat bluegrass rhythm to
them. Other things I remember off hand that he
played include Angel Island, Wafaring Stranger,
Old Santa Fe, Walls of Time, Mississippi
California, and an extremely short version of
Midnight Moonlight. Peter encored with an
instrumental mandolin piece. It was really very
good. . The finale following the encore featured
Peter, Rex and LeAnn Atherton improvising verses
to Goodnight Eileen. It was silly and
lighthearted - a fitting end to a down home
family event.
Lyndsay Bowen
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Terri Hendrix -
Thanks for a great workshop and concert!
Terri Fann was a finalist in the Old
No.9/Austin Songwriter's Group Songwriter's
Workshop Contest. She won a ticket to the Terri
Hendrix Concert at the Waring General Store.
This is her review of the evening.
Golly, who would have thought that out there in the
middle of nowhere, I’d find this beetle-ridden, oak
tree heaven called the Waring General Store packed
to standing room only! The only way to
describe the Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines concert with
Paul Pierce (sp?) on drums is AWESOME! Kids
and adults were out of their seats, singing,
smiling, clapping along.
Upon
arrival, I was directed to a parking space by
flashlight and greeted at the fence gate with a
ticket . Inside, I felt at once overwhelmed by
the positive energy and lost in the large crowd.
I grabbed food and drink and sat down to take it all
in. Students were performing on the outdoor
stage before the crowd was herded into the indoor
area to see the Maines/Hendrix show. The main
event rocked the house of course. Between
Maines/Hendrix sets I introduced myself to Abi (the
ASG contest winner), a confident young artist who
was clearly pleased as punch to be there. She
jumped up on the outdoor stage and sang hear heart
out while Terri and Lloyd took their break. I
also met finalist Jeff Frazier and his wife, both
tanned from the Galapagos sun and easily identified
wearing straw hat and red boots respectively.
I hooked up with my buddy Cotton Inks who I think is
probably also an ASG member. He
introduced me to a good handful of workshop
students, many which he was already friends with.
Kricket was very nice and kept things running in
orderly fashion.
Before and after the concert I got to briefly meet and
talk to Lloyd Maines, and I can’t imagine a nicer
guy. OK, except my dad, but I digress.
After the show, with two fists I swigged a strong cup
of coffee and a margarita, then headed out to the
Old No. 9 campfire a mile or so up the road.
The first and most obvious thing I noticed upon
arrival is that it was way too hot for a fire.
So I hung around the sidelines and visited with a
few students and other folks that came out for a
late night of songs out in the open air.
Marshmallows got roasted. Coolers were brought
out. Flasks passed. Almost every
guitarist seemed to also be packing a mandolin.
A trend? Anyway, smoothly and without
noticeable transition at all, music began floating
around the place. Some was near the fire.
Other small groups branched off. Everyone
could see one another, and now and then an angelic
voice from someone else’s group would waft across
the sky. As groups were sort of forming
organically and warming up, Terri Hendrix (and
Lloyd) stopped by. I was lucky enough to talk
to her for a few minutes, and I found her to be very
real and quite a deliberate person.
Long story short, that night I got wrapped up in
hearing all this incredible music in a truly
incredible setting, and I never even got my guitar
out of the trunk. Hey, I’ve already heard all
my songs, right? I also remember drinking
several beers, but in the end my own cooler was
untapped. Music-wise, in particular I was
taken with Bryce Beaird, Dan Robertson, Mike Cooper,
and Gary and Donna Taylor. Along with Cotton,
we sang our hearts out – new songs, old ones, of
every kind. I gave the harmonies a rating of
10 (on the Rector scale, get it, nyuk nyuk).
The other music and musicians were having a great
time too, and many wandered into our circle from
time to time. I turned into a pumpkin just after 3
am and headed to Comfort where I stayed in a most
peaceful Motor Inn, even though it was right on
I-10.
My experience was really great. Definitely the
next best thing to attending the workshop.
Thank you ASG for the ticket!
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 Ray
Wylie Hubbard
Austin’s Ray Wylie Hubbard was a leader of the outlaw
country insurgence that rose in Texas in the ‘70s,
penning one of its anthems, "Up Against The Wall,
Redneck Mother." Since then, Hubbard, who played at
Schubas Thursday, has taken a calmer path, developing
into a singer-songwriter of depth and sensitivity with
more in common with Guy Clark and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
than Willie and Waylon. Clad in his best Austin grunge
apparel, Hubbard ambled up onstage looking a bit like he
had just gotten out of bed, an impression belied by his
clear eyes, quick wit and impish grin.
Hubbard usually performs with guitarist Terry Ware,
so he was a bit sheepish about his uncharacteristic solo
appearance. Apologies were superfluous, as Hubbard’s own
fine guitar work and harmonica playing were more than
adequate. Hubbard opened with "The Ballad of the Crimson
Kings," a somewhat ominous minor key ballad that, like
several other songs he performed, dealt with the darker
side of the rock ‘n’ roll game, a territory the now
clean-and–sober musician knows all too well. Hubbard is
a versatile vocalist, with a supple, slightly reedy set
of pipes capable of crooning a sensitive ballad like
"Without Love (We’re Just Wasting Time)," wailing a
Delta blues, or summoning up a creditable Hank William’s
hiccup.
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Listen to Ray
Ray Wylie Homepage
Other Ray Wylie Links
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 Gary
Nicholson
Music greats B. B. King, George Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Neil
Diamond, Delbert McClinton, Waylon Jennings, Robert Plant,
Wynonna, John Prine, Lee Roy Parnell and Vince Gill are only
a short list of national recording stars who have recorded
Gary Nicholson songs.
A Texas boy by birth, Gary now resides in Nashville where
was staff writer with /SonyTree Publishing for over 14
years. Although Gary’s 200-plus cut list reads like a who’s
who of country music (George Strait, John Prine, Alabama,
Patty Loveless, to name only a few) his diverse songwriting
talent crosses over to include tunes recorded by The Neville
Bros., Dion, Stevie Nicks, John Mayall and many more.
Hollywood also has benefited from his talent and his songs
have been heard in Urban Cowboy, Major League and the new
Costner movie Message in a Bottle.
As a natural extension of his songwriting, Gary recently
began producing records: Delbert McClinton’s acclaimed
release One of the Fortunate Few, Capitol recording artists,
River Road and T Graham Brown’s comeback CD Wine into Water.
He has earned 18 ASCAP awards as writer and publisher.
Gary’s desire to share his experience is evidenced in his
participation in songwriting seminars for BerkLee School of
Music and ASCAP upon numerous occasions. He has traveled to
Romania, Bali, Ireland and Cuba with other well known
writers as part of a cultural exchange with songwriters of
those countries.
Gary is also busy on the local Nashville club circuit with
his own band. One music critic remarked, “This may be
Nashville, but this ain’t country...this band rocks.” THE
SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT, a collection of self-penned,
blues-inflected rock is Gary’s first solo album in which
Gary utilizes the talents of his touring band whose
individual performance credits include Steve Winwood, Stevie
Ray Vaughn, Mark Knophler, Shawn Colvin and Neil Young
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Gary Nicholson
Homepage
More Gary Links and Songs
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Darden
Smith
Named for a local rodeo rider, Darden Smith grew up in
Austin, TX, and placed two singles, "Little Maggie" and
"Day after Tomorrow," on the country charts in 1988. His
untitled major-label debut was released in 1988 on Epic.
In 1989, he teamed up with British songwriter Boo
Hewerdine of The Bible rock band to record Evidence,
which expanded his following beyond the country market.
Smith's second solo album, Trouble No More, appeared in
1990. ~ William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide
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Foster
If the definitive history of the last three decades of
Texas music were published today, Rex Foster would be
mentioned by a handful of household names as having been
part of the scene, among them, Gary P. Nunn, Willie
Nelson, the late B.W. Stevenson and Jerry Jeff Walker.
Some might even acknowledge his having been an influence
on their own music.
He is one of those special regional songwriters
whose work transcends geographic boundaries. Like his
friends Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Willis Allen
Ramsey, his work is about things that matter and his
delivery is such that audiences can't help but respond
and become involved.
He writes and sings about brittle ladies and fine-haired
children, raising chickens in high rent ghettos, about
freedom and its abuse, lives on the loose and even about
a short ride with a dark-hearted Jesus! And that's just
for starters.
Rex Foster is truly an American Original, an Artist in the
finest sense of the word, an individual whose philosophy
and personal approach to living permeates every aspect
of his life. His odyssey has taken him from the
frontiers of the psychedelic sixties to the vanguard of
the singer/songwriter movement in the nineties.
"Rex Foster has the four winds in his voice and Mother
Earth in his heart, and when he puts it to music, I
believe it"
-- Chuck Pyle
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Rex Foster Homepage
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 Ponty
Bone
Born in Dallas, raised in San Antonio, lived 15 years in
Lubbock and a huge part of the Austin scene the last 18
years, accordionist Ponty Bone is, after all, completely
unique...just like Texas. To define his style of music
in a word is a difficult task, but, describing his
mastery of his instrument, the word most often used is
"awesome". Playing the accordion all his life has given
him chops enough to mix his Texas blues with Louisiana
Zydeco and, then mix Mexican or Caribbean rhythms with
his own wry originals.
As Ponty related to his friend, San Antonio Express-News
writer, Jim Beal, Jr., a few years ago: "When it comes
to my music, I go in the direction my writing leads me.
But I guess my music will always be rooted in blues and
R & B, with the occasional Third World rhythm thrown
in." His career is documented on many recordings, from
old friends Joe Ely's and Jimmie Dale Gilmore's, to his
own as leader of The Squeezetones, to other, newer
artists like Chris Gaffney from California and fellow
Texan, Robert Earl Keen. Always giving something new to
each project, he is often called a musician's musician.
Years and years of live work have contributed to a fan
base that, quite literally, spans the planet. Writers
from publications all over the world have paid homage to
Bone as one of the real innovators on his chosen
instrument. Even actor and writer Sam Shepard felt
obliged to mention Ponty and his band in Cruising
Paradise, a novel published in 1996. Future plans
include the completion of his newest CD; then, more of
the traveling and performing he has been doing for
decades, and, as always, continuing to craft more of his
unique songs. If Ponty Bone & The Squeezetones come to a
venue near you, get out and see them, you are not going
to be disappointed.
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Ponty Bone Homepage
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Terri Hendrix
To know Terri Hendrix and her music is to know an artist
driven by creating and the passion for motion itself.
Terri is a multi-instrumentalist who writes, sings and
runs her own label, Wilory Records. The Dallas Observer
states "...[Terri] makes her way in the music industry
like some Hill Country version of Ani DiFranco." Over
the course of the last half-decade she has quickly risen
to the top of the talent pool in her native Texas, a
state that measures its musicians against such towering
standards as Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan and
Townes Van Zandt.
"It's about direction and finding one's place in the world
in spite of the weeds in the garden of life-fear, doubt
and uncertainty," says Terri.
On the strength of her Lloyd Maines-produced sophomore
outing Wilory Farm and her outstanding live shows, Terri
claimed numerous awards including Best
Singer-Songwriter, Best Folk Band, and Best New Band (as
well as top ten nods for Best Album, Acoustic Guitar and
Song of the Year) in the 1999 and 2000 Austin Music
Awards. She has also won Best Songwriter and Vocalist in
the San Antonio Current Music Awards and Best Female
Artist in the San Antonio chapter of the Texas Music
Association. Terri is endorsed by Tacoma Guitars and her
music has been featured in several nationally syndicated
shows including WXPN's World Café, KLRU's "Live at
Cibolo Creek Country Club" on PBS, Texas Music Café and
the prime time soap opera Another World. Her music has
also been used in commercials for the Pabst Brewing
Company and the University of Texas in San Antonio. She
has amassed both critical acclaim and a phenomenal fan
base through national and international touring. Terri
started her own label Wilory Records because "no label
has come along that can do better for me than I am able
to do for myself." The label is supported with the help
of a team and a personal grassroots approach to selling
and marketing her music through her website, mailing
list and fan club.
Lloyd
Maines
Master musician and teacher Lloyd Maines holds the title
on Austin City Limits as the musician who has appeared
the most on the well-known PBS-TV show. Over the years,
a star-studded list of Texas-based acts including such
names as Joe Ely, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard
have enlisted the talent of this master musician.
Lloyd is regarded as one of the music world’s best pedal
steel players. Musician and teacher, Lloyd, over the
years, has given numerous fledgling and experienced
musicians the benefit of his knowledge. He authored one
of Mel Bay’s instructional videos, "Anyone Can Play
Honky-tonk Pedal Steel".
In addition to his personal instrumental expertise, Lloyd
also is well versed in the business of music and has
produced several acts including Pat Green and Terri
Hendrix.
Undoubtedly a mainstay of the Texas music scene, one of
Lloyd’s best known credits is his daughter, Natalie
Maines, the lead singer for the Grammy Award winning
Dixie Chicks.
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