Texas Swinger: `SWING' TROUPE DELIVERS SASSY PERFORMANCE
The Centre rocked, sailed and swung Sunday in a bipolar song-and-dance revue of contrasting styles and rhythms that sent the audience spinning on a toe-tapping journey through time, space and mood.The touring show of Broadway's "Swing" was a raucous, rambunctious, elegant, wistful, sweet, sassy, innocent, concupiscent showcase of music, dance, style and athleticism. The touring cast's dozen dancers, four principal vocalists and seven-piece...
Texas Swinger: BEST BETS
City beat Bluesman GUY FORSYTH will be at Stubb's, where country crooner TERRI HENDRIX has happy hour duty. ... Texas swinger ALVIN CROW has another free show at Babe's. ... DON WALSER also plays gratis at Jovita's. ... KATHY MCCARTY opens for PEGLEGASUS and NOTHING BUT GIL at the Electric Lounge. ... Rapper MC OVERLORD and his band perform at Steamboat. ... Antone's has more stylish R&B from the SCABS. ... KING SOUL is grooving at Top...
Texas Swinger: Questions on Taggart, Long raised
Investor's First said to be working with them, offshore banks
Larry Taggart and Larry Long have a deal cooking, say former employees of Long's company.But neither Larry Taggart nor Larry Long will discuss it. Larry Long won't talk about other matters, either -- particularly the criminal wire fraud suit against him that is scheduled to go to trial next week in Tulsa. Long also doesn't want to talk about the company he heads, Investor's First Bancorp, a publicly held San Diego Firm that bills itself as a...
Texas Swinger: COUNTRY MUSIC
Roll over, Roy Acuff, Hank Jr.'s finally big news
Keith Graham writes: As much as any artist, Hank Williams Jr. has served as a bridge between old and new. Clearly rooted in the traditions that make country a distinctive segment of American music, he has also pushed - sometimes with all the grace of a redneck rowdy in a honkytonk -for opening up the industry's close-knit fraternity to new ideas and newcomers. It's a time for country music fans to kick up their heels and let the new country roads take them home. Keith...