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Reception &
Performance
THE BUDDY HOLLY CENTER is
thrilled to invite the community to experience Cotton Club:
Halfway to Slaton, an exhibit celebrating the culture,
history and impact of the famous Cotton Club of Lubbock,
Texas. Spanning over forty years and four different
locations, the Cotton Club was once the only profitable
venue for a band to stop between Dallas and Los Angeles. The
Cotton Club was unique because of its blindness to race,
color and musical genre, presenting artists such as Little
Richard, Elvis, and Willie Nelson, among many others.
The film, which screened at the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin last April, has been reedited and original music has been composed by Arles Estes. Mr. Estes has a master's degree in music composition from the University of Texas. He has scored many films as well as written original music and sound design for theater. Also, music by local artists Traci Lamar and Cerronato are featured in the film. A discussion with the audience will take place after the screening. Be a critic and give the director your feelings on the film before it is sent to a distributor, who has requested the film, and other film festivals.
About the film: Based on the Book of Job, Joe,
a wealthy importer, loses his wife and family in a tragic accident on
Easter Sunday. Consumed with guilt he gives all his possessions to the
church and lives as a homeless person. Four days before the following
Easter he kidnaps a nun and holds her hostage to God for a miracle - the
return of his family on Easter - the day of resurrection. The film is in
Spanish and English with subtitles.
Author Chris Oglesby is proud to announce that the University of Texas Press has published his book about Lubbock's amazing musical heritage, "Fire in the Water, Earth in the Air: Legends of West Texas Music."
To celebrate, Chris has invited all the
artists featured in the book -- and artists who otherwise have
connections to Lubbock, West Texas, and Stubb's -- to join in a "Lubbock
All-Star Stubb's Sunday Night Jam Reunion" at Stubb's Bar-BQ, 8th &
Red River, Austin, TX, on Sunday November 12, 2006.
Held every year in the beautiful downtown
Riverwalk area, on the historic grounds of La Villita (3 blocks south of
the Alamo on South Alamo Street) in San Antonio, the International
Accordion Festival features performances, workshops, open mic sessions,
accordion jams and a great new line-up of musicians in a casual beer
garden setting.
Sunday, October 15th:
For details go to:
www.internationalaccordionfestival.org
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-12-23/music_roundup5.html If so, I hope that you also saw the response from our beloved Tommy X in the Chronicle's 'Postmarks':
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2006-01-06/cols_postmarks.html "Lubbock Lights" is available at Waterloo Records, OR you can order it from AkashicRecordings.com and Tommy X and Charlene will autograph it fer ya! It's a treasure to us and we are thankful to Amy Maner for her boundless energy of heart and soul. And a sidenote for what it's worth - Tommy Hancock put out a CD of the same name
that includes what he said was "the most requested songs of his band leading
career." The recording was done live in Lubbock with a combination of
musicians from his original "Roadside Playboys" and the "Supernatural Family
Band." Lloyd Maines mixed it. Please stay in touch dear friends! Conni Hancock
From the poetic to the philosophical,
the heartbreaking to the hilarious, Lubbock Lights explores the phenomenon
that is west Texas music. The film humorously examines the unique
outpourings of contemporary and legendary musicians from the region that
brought us Bob Wills, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, and Waylon Jennings. SEX LETTER TO FRIENDS FROM TOMMY X I'd like to publicly express my thanks to Mandy Mercier, survivor and
musician, and to Louis Black, survivor and editor of the Austin Chronicle,
for their open discussion in Louis's piece 'Page Two' - on page 10 - of this
week's Chronicle - March 18, 2005. It's the one with the amazing Roky
Erickson on the cover. Hello & Welcome to our Home on the Internet! We are particularly thankful this year for this special place. It's really our 21st century Mansion on the Hill! As you've probably discovered, there are 3 doors: texanadames.com, tommyxhancock.com & akashicrecordings.net. There are many rooms filled with history, love, music and more. Some of our favorite features are the Photo Album with audio, videos of the Texana Dames and Tommy, and especially, the Write Us. We invite you to visit our Party Schedule, Merchandise, Tom X Sez and this page frequently as we plan to keep them fresh with newness in 2004. There's a lot here. Take your time. Relax. If you have to leave, please come back as soon as you can. Write us a note when you have the time. We'll be here and we welcome you to visit us anytime 24 hours a day. All 3 doors are always open! Please join us in thanking the many who contributed to the ongoing contruction of this amazing architecture...it's a whole story! Beverly Howell built this site and made it as easy as possible for us to have fun "decorating and furnishing" as she put it. Her goal for years has been to bring soul to the internet. That's how we knew that she was the Dame for us. She has taken special care and has put personal attention into customizing, making us feel comfortable. It was her idea to include our voices with the pictures she so skillfully retouched in our Photo Album. - Thank You for your expertise, Beverly. Erin McArthur from an early age has supported us consistently and constantly in many many ways. This website would not exist without her. She has made her precious time, energy, understanding and talent available to us individually and as a whole. She has worked closely with Beverly Howell in the maintenence of our site and graciously kept our Party Schedule updated with her brilliant writing. Any notices you receive from us not signed by one of us has more than likely been written by Erin. - Thank You for your friendship, Erin. Michael McFarland, even as his family grows, has managed to make time for us. He has helped to educate us in the ways of the computer, translating and conveying info. He has helped us with his formal education to begin our process of archiving and preserving over 50 years worth of creativity. The creation of the Merchandise Page is much to Michael's credit. - Thank You for your interest, Michael...Thanks to the entire McFarland/Ramirez branch of the Supernatural Family. Joyce Meyer made buying & selling our merchandise easy by setting up our PayPal account. We met her through Beverly and she's always a pleasure to work with. She's proof that dames of a feather do flock together...?! - Thank You for answering your phone! Robert Lovato, from Sound Recorders, has gone beyond the call of duty in the technical design of our cd covers and the scanning and retouching of countless photos. Also a new father, we have been fortunate that he has made time for us. - Thank You for being easy going. Guy Juke, arteest extraordinaire, created the TDame and Akashic Recordings logos. He's also readily fulfilled our every poster need. - Thank You for Being.
Photographers - Thank You for sharing your art. If your work has been included on
our site but for some reason you are not accredited please let us know so we can thank you publicly!
So many people have generously given us photos over the years that we've had difficulty keeping track.
Write to texanadames@earthlink.net.
Writers - Thank You, also, for sharing your art.
Videos -
'Picturecards Can't Picture You' written by Blaze Foley, performed by the
Texana Dames & directed by Kevin Triplett (Thanks Kevin for
'makin the boards fit'!) To all of the Musicians both on the recordings and at the live parties - Thank You for giving of your soul, from your depths, repeatedly, freely. To all of the Dancers - Thank You for inspiring us. On behalf of the Hancock branch of the Supernatural Family - HAPPY HOLIDAZE!
*** Dedicated to Tommy X Hancock - the chief of our tribe, the spirit of the
dance - whose 2 cents worth is forever priceless in inspiration, humor & wisdom....
New on the website: Check out our videos!
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Orders
are now being accepted for the Limited Edition DVD, "Lubbock Lights,"
featuring interviews with The Flatlanders (Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and
Butch Hancock), Terry Allen, Tommy X Hancock, Legendary Stardust Cowboy,
David Byrne, Jesse Taylor, Texana Dames, Lloyd Maines, Natalie Maines of the
Dixie Chicks, Bob Livingston and others. Distribution and sales are
being handled by
