JIMMIE VAUGHAN
• GREG PICCOLO
JOHNNY NICHOLAS • AUGIE
MEYERS
JOE KING CARRASCO • JOEL GUZMAN
STEPHEN BRUTON • FLOYD DOMINO
and The Texas All-Star Big Band
Saturday, November 13,
2004 -- 8p.m.
Lady Bird Johnson Park, Pioneer Pavillion Hall
Fredericksburg, Texas
General Admission: $25
• Patron Tickets: $75 Includes reserved tables and seating , special
dinner and mixer with artists before show. Patron Party starts at 5 p.m. Note to
Patrons: Dinner will be served between 5 & 7 p.m.
Proceeds to benefit
Fredericksburg Youth Fine Arts Foundation.
Tickets go on sale October 11th
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on sale at door if available.
FEATURING
JOHNNY NICHOLAS
| AUGIE MEYERS | JOE
KING CARRASCO | JIMMIE VAUGHAN |
FLOYD DOMINO | GREG PICCOLO | MEXICAN ROOTS
| JOHN MILLS |
ERNIE DURAWA | KEITH WINKING | STEPHEN BRUTON | DANNY
LEVIN |
RANDY ZIMMERMAN | AL GOMEZ
| KAZ KAZANOFF | ROCKY MORALES |
DAN TOROSIAN
TERRY HALE | BARRY
"FROSTY" SMITH
 JOHNNY NICHOLAS - GUITAR, VOCALS
In 1980, after twenty years of the blues scenes of Providence, Detroit-Ann Arbor, Chicago
and Texas - performing with Duke Robillard, Steve Nardella, Big Walter Horton, Johnny
Shines and Asleep at the Wheel - Johnny Nicholas felt increasingly estranged from the
modern blues movement and got out of music. He and his new wife Brenda Schlaudt moved from
Austin into the central Texas Hill Country to start their family; they also bought an
abandoned gas station/beer joint, and built it up, seemingly one brick and one dish at a
time, into the Hill Top Cafe. After about 6 months, Johnny started taking to the battered
upright in the corner of Hill Top to play some blues again. And, until 1991, when he
produced and played on the late Johnny Shines’ last album (with Snooky Pryor), that
was the only way you could hear Nicholas.
Since 1991, Johnny has started to perform solo, and
with old friends in band settings, at festivals from coast to coast and in Europe,
although most of the time you can catch him at Hill Top Cafe doing what he loves best -
serving up great food and music at the old gas station on the hill. [For more about Johnny
Nicholas click HERE.]
JIMMIE VAUGHAN - Growing up in Oak Cliff, just south of
downtown Dallas, Texas, Jimmie Vaughan was weaned on classic Top 40 radio, vintage blues,
early rock’n’roll and the deepest rhythm and blues and coolest jazz of the day.
After receiving a guitar at the age of 13 it was obvious that he was a natural talent. He
also began tutoring his younger brother, Stevie, who would cite Jimmie as his biggest
inspiration and influence throughout his own career. Starting his first band at age 15,
The Swinging Pendulums, he later joined The Chessman, and then The Texas Storm. By the mid
1970’s he founded The Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kim Wilson.
He
has recorded eight albums with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, opened for Eric Clapton at
London’s Royal Albert Hall, won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, and
made guest appearances on such albums as B.B. King and Eric Clapton’s Riding With The
King, Bob Dylan’s Under the Red Sky, Willie Nelson’s Milk Dow Blues, Carlos
Santana’s Havana Mood and Don Henley’s Inside Job.
Jimmie
Vaughan is far more than just one of the greatest and most respected guitarists in the
world of popular music. As Guitar Player magazine notes, "He is a virtual deity
– a living legend". Vaughan provides a vital link between contemporary music and
its proud heritage, as well as being a longtime avatar of retro cool. Since releasing his
first solo album in 1994, he has set the standard for quality modern roots music. His
style as a player, songwriter and bandleader can be thought of as an amalgamation of many
influences. Yet for all his accomplishments Jimmie remains modest. "I’ve been
playing since I was 13. I play every day. I’ve never stopped. I can’t imagine
that I could exist without
it".
 AUGIE MEYERS - VOCALS,
ACCORDIAN
Like so many artists, Augie had to leave home to achieve any type of success. Although he
has always had a loyal following on the South Texas and Louisiana club circuit, it
wasn’t until he and friend Doug Sahm formed "The Sir Douglas Quintet" that
included other musicians with a similar bent for doing their own kind of music that things
began to happen for them on the national and international scene. Their extremely popular
tours of Scandinavia and Central Europe were instrumental in getting their careers moving
forward in the USA. Augie and Doug are still recording and touring together, but they are
also recording individually again.
When Augie plays, live or on vinyl, you can expect to hear music delivered with the wide
open, charismatic flair and unpretentious style that’s been his trademark for many
years. His single, ‘KEP-PA-SO’, released off his 8th solo album, ‘My Main
Squeeze’, received nationwide attention which got his cohorts, Doug Sahm, Freddy
Fender and Flaco Jimenez together to form the super Tex-Mex group, The Texas Tornadoes.
This group went on to win a Grammy in 1990 for the "Best Mexican-American"
group. Augie was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 1991.
 JOE KING CARRASCO - Since the early
1980’s "Joe King Carrasco" has been the toast of Texas as the crown regent
of the "nuevo wavo" crowd. In 1978 he released an LP titled Tex-Mex Rock &
Roll with his band El Molino. Somehow this record made its way to England and was
re-released by Big Beat Records. Elvis Costello remarked in the press that it was
"better than the Police". In 1980 Joe and his new band, The Crowns, released
their first single, Party Weekend, and the label chase began. During this time Joe toured
extensively throughout Europe, Central America, Bolivia and Columbia as well as across the
USA and Canada, consistently delivering high energy performances where dancing was numero
uno priority. With thousands of live performances under his belt, a dozen albums to his
credit, and fans circling the globe, it’s little wonder Joe King Carrasco is still
the #1 party act in music circles around the country.
 MEXICAN ROOTS
Every genre and sub-genre has its beginnings and its recognized pioneers from the dawn
of the recording era. Country music has Bob
Wills & the Texas Playboys and Hank Williams. Folk
music has Woody Gutrie. The blues has Robert
Johnson. Here the Mexican Roots Trio honors the music from the beginnings of Texas
Conjunto music: Songs spanning twenty years (1930’s – 1940’s) from Tex-Mex
pioneers such as Narciso Martinez, Lydia Mendoza, Juan Lopez and many more.
Grammy
award winners Joel Guzman, Sarah Fox and Max Baca are the Mexican Roots Trio,
an ensemble dedicated to the celebration and preservation of the timeless music that
brought happiness to another segment of America’s Greatest Generation.
. FLOYD DOMINO -
PIANOGrammy-winner Floyd Domino’s stellar boogie-woogie and swing has been heard on
dozens of #1 radio hits. With a recording resume from George Strait to Herb Ellis to
Waylon Jennings to Asleep at the Wheel to Merle Haggard to Willie Nelson to Townes Van
Zandt and beyond, Floyd’s piano has been heard all over the world and even beamed up
to the space shuttle. NASA beamed George Strait’s Ace in the Hole to the space
shuttle Columbia in a wake-up call that featured Floyd’s sparkling boogie-woogie
piano solo. Currently, Floyd’s piano is heard every weekday on over 100 radio
stations on the Jim Hightower talk radio show, broadcast live from Austin. Floyd also plays or
records with Texas favorites Don Walser, Monte Warden, the Texas Playboys, Asleep at the
Wheel and many others. Floyd, a dedicated father and family man, has released 5
children’s albums on his own label, Golliber, that have gotten rave reviews from the
national press.
 GREG
PICCOLO - Greg Piccolo, after thirty six years of recording and and touring,
continues to present his unique style and sound all over the US, building an impressive
following and turning on new fans every step of the way. Piccolo’s
credentials include 25 years with the Grammy nominated, world renowned, Roomful of Blues.
He served as bandleader, lead singer, and tenor sax man from 1978 until his departure in
1994. His impressive recording history includes over 50 albums including sessions with Pat
Benetar, Colin James, Big Joe Turner, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan to
mention a few. Rhode Island based, Piccolo
has never once wavered in his desire to perform and write his own music.
“There is simply nothing I would rather
do.”
Piccolo's
unique writing refuses to be defined. He cleverly fuses the simplicity of blues, the
freedom of jazz, and the rhythm of reggae, all on a solid traditional R&B foundation
always keeping the music fresh, exciting and designed for commercial appeal. Watching Piccolo on stage is like experiencing a
gentle, but exhilarating roller coaster ride. Fans easily float from the swinging style of
Buddy Johnson, the emotion packed slow sax instrumentals of Lester Young and Jimmy Forest. The groove never stops as Piccolo moves from the
rollicking honkers of Red Prysock, to the steamy guitar licks referencing the Kings, Earl
and BB; and to the acclaimed clever lyrics and uncategorized "gotta-move"
rhythmic arrangements of his own compositions.
As Piccolo says, “I just
try to play good music that will move your soul”.
 STEPHEN BRUTON - Singer, songwriter and guitarist Stephen
Bruton is one of Austin's most successful "sidemen" who is now coming into his
own as a solo artist. The list of heavy-hitters Bruton has worked with: Kris
Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Booker T. Jones, Don Was,
Double Trouble, Lou Ann Barton, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tish Hinojosa, T-Bone Burnett, B.W.
Stevenson, Carly Simon, Lowell George, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bruton's songs have been
recorded by Marcia Ball, Alejandro Escovedo, Patty Loveless, and the Highwaymen,
(Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash).
 JOHN RUSSELL MILLS
BARITONE & TENOR SAX
John Mills is one of central Texas’ most in-demand saxophonists and arrangers,
covering a complete spectrum of musical styles—jazz, R&B, salsa, classical, rock
’n roll, country, alternative, folk, gospel and more—in concert and in the
recording studio. Over his long professional career he has performed, arranged and
composed on hundreds of CDs, film/TV soundtracks, and jingles. He holds a Doctorate Degree
(DMA) in Composition from UT-Austin, is Director of Jazz Studies and Coordinator of Music
Theory at Southwest Texas State Univ. and co-owner of Austin Media Music.
 ERNIE DURAWA- DRUMMER
Earnie is a drummer who has provided the back beat for the Texas Tornados,Delbert
McClinton.He is also a much-in-demand jazz and show
drummer who has played with the late great bassist..Gene
Ramey, trumpeter Clark
Terry and guitar masters Herb Ellis,Charlie Byrd ,Pat Martino, Jackie King and Larry Coryell. During the late 60’s he performed with John Lee Hooker, the Les Elgart Orchestra, George Gobel,Myron Cohen, Jack
Carter, Tiny Tim and Gatemouth
Brown, among others.
In
1983 Durawa teamed up with his old high school buddies, The
Sir Douglas Quintet, for a string of European tours and recording
projects.In 1990 he joined the Grammy Award -winning Texas
Tornados for a nine-year stint of touring and recording. Durawa
is currently leading his own group "Los Jazz Vatos.
 DANNY LEVIN - FIDDLE
Danny grew up in the suburbs of Philly and studied cello with Philadelphia Orchestra
cellist Francis de Pasquale from 1959-1967, and by the age of 15, was an accomplished
chamber musician. He joined up with the swing band Asleep at the Wheel in 1971. By 1972,
he had picked up the fiddle and was listening to and playing country music and string
jazz, and by 1978, he had won his first Grammy. Danny is now producing and writing
advertising commercials with such artists as Johnny Nicholas, Ethel & Methel, Don
Walser, Sean Colvin, Leon Raush of the Texas Playboys, Charlie Sexton, Johnny Cash, Sara
Hickman and the Leann Rimes "Don’t Mess with Texas" TV commercial.
 KAZ KAZANOFF - TENOR SAXOPHONE
Saxophonist Mark ‘Kaz’ Kazanoff is well-known to Rhythm and Blues and Jazz fans
around the world. He has produced and contributed horn arrangements, saxophone and
harmonica solos, and original songs to more than 80 record albums over the last fifteen
years, but still thinks of himself as a live musician. Albums he has played on or
produced, have won, or been nominated for, Grammy and W.C. Handy Awards. Kaz performs
often at major international music festivals such as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage and
Monterrey Jazz Festivals. He received his D.M.A. Doctoral Degree in Music Composition in
1998 from the University of Texas at Austin, lives and teaches regularly in the Austin
area.
 AL GOMEZ - TRUMPET
1995 Grammy Nomination (R&B), "The Last Real Texas Blues Band" Current
Magazine (San Antonio), Ninth Annual Music Awards Best Latin Salsa Group: Henry Brun &
The Latin Playerz Notre Dame Jazz Festival, Outstanding Musician Award 1994-95 Texas
Minority Graduate Fellowship 1991-94 Music Scholarship, SWTSU, Jazz & Orchestra
Ensembles 1992 Music Achievement Award; Wichita, Kansas Jazz Festival (IAJE) 1985 Music
Achievement Award; UT Austin Jazz Festival
Performance Experience: Current, Dick’s Last Resort, San Antonio, Texas • 1996 European Tour with Doug
Sahm and the Last Real Texas Blues Band; including the Moulin Blues Festival (Ospel,
Holland) • 1995-96
Corpus Christi Jazz Festival • 1996 JAZZ’ Alive (San Antonio Jazz Festival) with The Jazz Vatos • 1996 Eureka Springs,
Arkansas, Jazz Festival with The Jazz Vatos •
1995 March-August: U.S. Tour with The Last Real Blues Band and
the Texas Tornadoes • 1994 European tour with SWTSU Mysterium (composer ensemble) • 1994 World Premier, "Rio Bravo
Ballet," by Alice Gomez • 1993-96 Pura Vida Awards Orchestra
 RANDY ZIMMERMAN - TROMBONE
Randy played first trombone at North Texas State University's One O'Clock Jazz Band and
traveled to the Soviet Union and Portugal with them before moving to New York, then
connecting with the Klaus Lenz Fusion Band and touring Germany. One of the main CO2
composers for 18 years, he is also a sought-after arranger for salsa and big bands. He is
at home in brass quintets, big bands, jazz combos, chamber music, polkas, Dixieland,
salsa, etc. His efforts as bandleader include the steaming Jazz PR--original arrangements
of Latin classics and jazz standards, for three trombones and Puerto Rican rhythm section
(their CD, "La Brisa Del Sur" on CreOP Muse); Jazz Nomads-- septet featuring
great Blakey arrangements, music by Kenny Dorham and McCoy Tyner, as well as originals;
Southern Reconstruction Brass B and--trombone, tuba, 2 trumpets, 2 drummers in a funky and
quirky little street band that really cooks.
 KEITH WINKING -
TRUMPET
Keith is a professor at Texas State
University where he teaches trumpet and directs the Texas State Jazz Orchestra, and is a
member of the SouthWest BrassWorks. Dr. Winking received his undergraduate degree in Music
Education from Quincy University, his M.M. in Trumpet Performance from Texas State, and
his D.M.A. in Trumpet Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. His teachers
have included Raymond Crisara, Vince Cichowicz, Leon Rapier and Don "Jake"
Jacoby. He has served as a visiting lecturer to scores of universities and conservatories
including the Crane School of Music and the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories.
Dr.Winking has presented solo and ensemble concerts and clinics throughout the United
States, Canada, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland and Russia. He is a freelance trumpet player
performing with many local and national groups including the Austin Symphony, the Austin
Jazz Orchestra, James Brown, the Manhattan Transfer and the Austin Sinfonietta. He has
extensive recording experience and has recorded national jingles for McDonalds and
American Express. He has also taped numerous TV shows including PBS's "Lonesome
Pines," TNN's "Texas Connection," PBS's "Austin City Limits" and
a taping for the BBC entitled "Rhythms of the World." He has presented papers at
the International Trumpet and New York Brass Conferences and also published articles in
The International Trumpet Guild Journal, School Band and Orchestra Magazine and the
International Jazz Educators Journal. Dr. Winking is voting member of the National
Association of the Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy's) and a clinician for the Selmer
Company.
 DAN TOROSIAN: Dan grew up in New York, moved to Boston in 1976,
and switched from trumpet to saxophone in 1982. He
played with dozens of jazz and R&B bands, then moved to Austin in 1990. He has played sax, clarinet, flute, and keyboards
in many bands, most notably with Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes, Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas (New
Orleans), Alejandro Escovedo, Ted Roddy, and Tish Hinojosa, also working extensively as an
arranger. He will receive his Master’s
degree in Music Composition from Southwest Texas State University in December, 2002,
having composed and arranged for vocal and instrumental chamber groups, orchestra, and big
band.
 TERRY HALE - ACOUSTIC, ELECTRIC BASS: Terry
has performed everywhere from New York’s Madison Square Garden to the Universal
Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, on television shows from Austin City Limits to the BBC. As an original founding member of the “Ace in
the Hole Band”, Terry has been supplying the “bottom end” for MCA recording
artist George Strait for the last thirty years and as such has appeared on numerous gold
and multi-platinum selling albums, two major motion pictures, “Pure Country”
1992 (Warner Bros.) and “The Soldier” 1980 (James Glickenhous Films). He has also performed on many television and
radio commercials, videos and countless syndicated radio broadcasts. He has performed live on “The Tonight
Show” with Johnny Carson as well as with Jay Leno, multiple music awards shows,
“pay-per-view” telecasts and two HBO specials.
 BARRY “FROSTY” SMITH Barry “Frosty” Smith began
his drumming career in 1960 in San Francisco, CA. From 1969-1980 he recorded and performed
with Lee Michaels, Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament/Funkadelic, Rare Earth, and the
Steve Miller Blues Band He also performed in
numerous Motown Record sessions and commercial jingles.
During 1981
to 1991 Frosty continued recording and performing in Texas. These performers included
Marsha Ball, the Texas Tornadoes, Lou Ann Barton, Alejandro Escovedo, Omar & The
Howlers, Butch Hancock & the Sunspots, Delbert McClinton, Doug Sahm and the Texas
Mavericks, Texana Dames, Tex Thomas & the Danglin' Wranglers, W. C Clark Blues Revue,
the Chris Duarte Group and Soulhat.
He has played
drums and percussion, Soulhat (Sony/Epic Records), toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan
with the Chris Duarte Group (Silvertone Records) and been a session player, freelance
drummer and percussionist, instructor, and clinician for Fibes Drum Co.
In 2000 he
joined the Guy Forsyth Band, recorded, started web label DV8 Records, began production
company- S&M Productions, co-produced Omar and the Howler's album entitled
"Screamin' Cat," co-wrote music and lyrics for SoulHat, Omar and the Howlers,
Papa Mali, and The Nighttime Institute.
He has
received the Austin Music Awards Best Drummer in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, and 1994.
The Austin Music Awards Best Rock Band (Soulhat, 1993), and the Best Cassette (Soulhat,
Live at The Black Cat, 1991.) Also, he has
been recognized as one of the Most Innovative
Drummers of the 1960's.
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