If the profane brilliance I’ve read in his Facebook posts is any indication, Steve Pavia is this town’s Charles Bukowski: a tragic, self-effacing figure; a no-club lone wolf; a lonesome stranger with a lonesome guitar. Pavia was a stalwart fixture on the scene back in the day, as they say. Many years ago (I’m figuring […]
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Concert Review: Eddie Clendening, Mike Graham, Jason Smay, Danielle Ponder at Record Archive
This is a band so new, it ain’t got a name yet. It got slapped together after Denver, Colorado, strummer and crooner Eddie Clendening sat in for an impromptu jam at Abilene with The Lustre Kings. Clendening is here on business. It just so happens that rockin’ is his business, and business is good. He’s […]
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Chuck Mead and his Grassy Knoll Boys
“We’re gonna make sure shit gets broke at Abilene,” promises country singer/songwriter/all-around rambunctious hillbilly cat, Chuck Mead. And though he and his band, the Grassy Knoll Boys, will undoubtedly tear up the joint, Mead is a respectful artist who speaks with an excited reserve when talking about his latest platter, “Back at the Quonset Hut.” […]
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INTERVIEW: Marti Brom
There’s a spot in certain female voices — a transitional spot, if you will — between sweet vibrato and growl. Texas rockabilly songstress Marti Brom traverses this vocal twilight beautifully, leaving a slew of broken hearts in her wake. Brom’s voice and overall persona is classic and way beyond your typical rootsy twang and tribute. […]
