Mark Younger-Smith

Snapshot bio:

Guitarist Mark Younger-Smith spent seven years playing arenas and living a charmed life as the guitarist for Billy Idol. He’s also worked with Texas guitar slinger (and former MTV heartthrob) Charlie Sexton, legendary crooner Tom Jones and, most recently, his new band The Broken Things.

Source of bio: https://talk-louder.captivate.fm/episode/mark-younger-smith

discography coming soon…

Michael McGeary

snapshot bio:

Michael is a longtime professional musician and has appeared on recordings by such artists as Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Hoyt Axton, Balcones Fault and others.
As a design professional, Michael is highly skilled in woodworking, furniture design and fabrication, antique restoration and art.
As a teacher, Michael taught Improvisational Theatre technique and Spolin Game theory at the Tiffany theatre in L.A.

Link to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-p-mcgeary-00421737/

discography coming soon…

Mike Mordecai

snapshot bio:

Michael Mordecai is a Texas freelance trombone player who has recorded and performed with many musical greats including Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones – Mel Lewis Band, Manhattan Transfer, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Carole King, Ray Charles and many more. He performs with and is a founding member of Austin based jazz bands Beto and the Fairlanes and John Mills Times Ten.

Link to Austin Jazz Society full bio: https://bit.ly/4aGL8hm

discography:

Bands: 47x Its Own Weight, Starcrost, Beto Y Los Fairlanes

1975 Steam Heat, Austin Funk, Fable Records

• Forty Seven Times Its Own Weight, Cumulo Nimbus, Fable Records

1976 Starcrost, Starcrost, Fable Records

1978 Jerry Jeff Walker, Jerry Jeff, Elektra

1980 Beto And The Fairlanes, Beto Vivo, Fable Records

1981 Dan Del Santo and His Professors of Pleasure, Dan Del Santo- Life in the Big City, Pleasure Records

1982 Carol King, One to One, Atlantic Records

1985 Dan Del Santo, Make It Right, Pleasure Records

1993 Robert Ward, Rhythm of the People, Black Top Records

• Guitar Shorty, Topsy Turvy, Black Top Records

1998 One O’Clock  Jump, Meanwhile…As The City Sleeps, One O’Clock Jump Records

1999 Lonnie Brooks/Long John Hunter/Phillip Walker, Lone Star Shootout, Alligator Records

• Various Artists, Jazz Bizniz! Boogie Club Vibes, Counterpoint Records

2001 Dick Rivers, Amoureux de Vous, Mouche Records

• Dick Rivers, Amoureux de Vous, Mouche Records

• 3rd Coast Jazz Orchestra, Unknown Soldiers, Sea Breeze Jazz

2010 Catherine Woodruff, Lazy Afternoon, Catherine Woodruff Records

2016 Various Artists, Quicksand, Spacetalk Records

2017 Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter, Face, Tempus Fugit SPV

Rosie Flores

snapshot bio:

It’s telling that Rosie Flores’ e-mail handle begins “chickwpick…” In a long and eclectic career of singing, songwriting and performing, no phrase has ever described the San Antonio native better or more concisely.

In a career that spans more than four decades, Flores has proven to be a musical chameleon. She’s jumped feet first into punk rock (with her ’70-era band, The Screaming Sirens), country of both the Bakersfield and Nashville varieties, the Texas singer/songwriter scene, alt-country, straight-up rock and rockabilly. So much so the latter that her onstage moniker for years was “The Rockabilly Filly.” But always and throughout, she has been the Chick with the Pick.

Link to artist website: https://rosieflores.com/bio/

Van Wilks

snapshot bio:

When you think Texas blues-rock, you think Van Wilks’. There are few names that have lasted and flourished within the Texas music scene like Wilks. Fads come and go, but Van Wilks is here to stay, as evidenced by his latest release, 21st Century Blues.

Like the steam engine on the cover, 21st Century Blues, his first studio album in 10 years, is a powerful beast that keeps on rolling from start to finish. Recorded at studios in Austin and France, 21st Century Blues is the real deal. This diverse collection of songs highlights Wilks’ impressive guitar styling with his striking lyricism to create a contemporary blues-rock masterpiece.

Link to artist website: http://vanwilks.com/about-van

discography:

Bands: Van Wilks (solo), Van Wilks Band, ZZ Top, Heart, Van Halen, Journey, Aerosmith, Lisa Rhodes, Shakin’ Apostles, Double Trouble

1980 Van Wilks, Bombay Tears, Mercury

• Various, New Rock New Bands New Albums, Mercury

1981 Various, The Austin Christmas Collection: First Edition, Felicity

1982 Van Wilks Band, Boystown (12”), Alibi

1985 Lisa Rhodes, Shivers (guitar), Spindletop

1987 Various, Kerrville Folk Festival 1987, Kerrville Music Foundation, Inc.

1991 Various, KLBJ FM’s Local Licks Live 1991 

• Various, The Texas Christmas Collection, Amazing

1995 Various, Kerrville Folk Festival Ten Great Years: Volume 2, Silverwolf/Kerrville

• Various, KLBJ FM’s Local Licks Live 1995

1996 Van Wilks, Soul of a Man, XIII BIS

• Various , KLBJ FM’s Local Licks Live 1996

1997 Shakin’ Apostles, Medicine Show (guitar), Blue Rose

1999 Van Wilks, Koko’s Hideaway, DixieFrog

• Various, Dixiefrog Present 2000 Roots and New, Dixiefrog

• Various, Nouvelle Vague, PolyGram

• Various, Slide Guitar, PolyGram

2001 Double Trouble, Been a Long Time (guitar), Tone-Cool

2002 Van Wilks, Texas Jukin’, DixieFrog

2003 Van Wilks, Running From Ghosts, Texas ‘51

2004 Various, Blues Blasters, DixieFrog

2005 Van Wilks, Running From Ghosts, Dixiefrog

• Various, Finding the Cure, JDRF

2006 Various, Roots and New 2006, DixieFrog

2009 Van Wilks, Live and Loud from Austin, Texas, Texas ‘51

2013 Various, All Star ATX: Volume 1

2014 ZZ Top, Live at Montreux (DVD), Eagle Vision

• Various, British Invasion, All ATX

2015 Van Wilks, 21st Century Blues, Texas ‘51

2016 Various, All ATX: Low Down Violet Crown, All ATX

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Mary Hattersley

snapshot bio:

Mary is an accomplished and educated professional musician with a disposition so special that her nickname for decades has been "Sweet Mary".

Mary is a certified Suzuki teacher associated with the Austin Suzuki Academy.  However, she also teaches her students about fiddling, as well -- its history, techniques, and more.

While not performing with her "Blazing Bows", Mary can also be seen with the "Greezy Wheels" (formerly the house band for the World Armadillo Headquarters in Austin), the country band, "Bill Rowan & the High Rollers", and the bluegrass band, "W. S. T. Bluegrass" (which plays the "Green Mesquite BBQ" restaurant throughout the drier and warmer summer months and is the house band for the Oakdale Park Bluegrass Festivals).  Mary can also be seen occasionally with Kinky Friedman.

Source of bio: https://blazingbows.tripod.com/id12.html

discography coming soon…

Mike Barnes

snapshot bio:

Mike is a guitarist in Austin, Texas, who has played blues, soul, rock, funk, R&B, and jazz. He was a founding member of Austin funk band Steam Heat and a member of follow-up band Extreme Heat. In the late 90’s he was also an original member of the funky pop group Millennium Swing/Blue Millennium. He also plays with the group Trip Trio.

Link to Discogs page: https://www.discogs.com/artist/5478010-Mike-Barnes-15

discography:

Bands: Steam Heat, Extreme Heat, Bobby Kimball, Blue Millenium, Brother Magnum

1975 Steam Heat, “Austin Funk,”  Fable Records

1981 Extreme Heat EP, “Extreme Heat,”  Undercover Records

1990 Extreme Heat, “Almost Lifelike,”  Fable Records

1992 Extreme Heat, “Extreme Heat Greatest Hits Vol. 2,” Fable Records

1994 Extreme Heat, “Cool,”  Extreme Records

1997 Millennium Swing, “Millennium Swing,” Satellite Studio Records

1999 Bobby Kimball, “All I Ever Needed,”  Troika Music/Point Music

• Blue Millennium, “Vintage Hi – Fi,” Satellite Studio Records

2002 Brother Magnum, “Tales From A Bad, Bad Man,” Magnum Records

2008 Brother Magnum, “Meet Me In My Daydream,” Magnum Records

2010 Brother Magnum, “Feel Like A King,” Magnum Records

2011 Brother Magnum, “Fire And Steel,” Magnum Records

2013 Extreme Heat, “Soulstice,” Fable Records

2016 Extreme Heat, “Year Before The War,” Fable Records

• Trip Trio, “20,” independent

Rick Broussard

snapshot bio:

Rick is a roots rock guitarist, singer and songwriter in Austin, Texas, originally from the San Antonio, Texas area. He is the frontman and founding member of the band Two Hoots & A Holler, which he started in 1984. Prior to this, he had played guitar in the band Surfin' Cajuns.

Link to Discogs summary: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2377360-Rick-Broussard

discography:

Bands: Rick Broussard (solo), Two Hoots & A Holler

1991 Ricky Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, No Man’s Land, New Rose

1995 Rick Broussard, Shadow Man, Freedom

2004 Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, Songs Our Vinyl Taught Us

2005 Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots and A Holler (self-titled), Stag

2006 Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, Songs Our Vinyl Taught Us Volume II

2009 Rick Broussard, Let It Go, Steadyboy

2011 Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, Angels Cry and Counted Sorrows, Dynamic

• Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, Come and Take It, Rick Broussard

2016 Rick Broussard’s Two Hoots & A Holler, Time Has Shown Me Rick Broussard

Spencer Perskin

snapshot bio:

The often imitated but never duplicated sound of leader and founder, Spencer Perskin, is undoubtedly the backbone of Shiva’s Headband.  Perskin began his career at age 8, and by age 9 was accepted as a special music student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas where he studied for eight years.  During his high school years, he played with the Hillcrest High Orchestra, The Hillcrest Band and The Dal-Hi Orchestra.  Following high school, Perskin attended North Texas State University where he, along with fellow classmates Michael Murphy and Steve Fromholz, were members of the school’s Folk Music Club.  Perskin also played with the N.T.S.U. Orchestra. 

Three years later in Austin, he and his wife, Susan, and friends, founded the soon-to-be- famous Shiva’s Headband.  In 1969 Perskin released Shiva’s second single on his new Armadillo Record label. After the Capitol release in 1970, he founded, with a lot of help from his friends, the now-legendary music venue, Armadillo World Headquarters—the institution most responsible for placing Austin, Texas, firmly on the world music map! 

Link to artist website: https://www.dirtbrothers.org/ofp/perskin/toc.html

discography:

Bands: Shiva’s Headband, Mother Earth, Grey Ghost, Calvin Russell, Blaze Foley

1968 Mother Earth, Living with the Animals (Violin)

1970 Shiva’s Headband, Take Me to the Mountains (Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Harmonica, Recorder, Group Member, Composer)

1978 Shiva’s Headband, Psychedelic Yesterdays (Producer, Liner Notes, Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Group Member, Composer)

1982 Shiva’s Headband, Coming to a Head (Producer, Liner Notes, Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Fiddle, Recorder,  Sax (Alto), Group Member, Composer)

1992 Grey Ghost, Grey Ghost (Violin)

1993 Various, Don’t Mess with Austin, (Composer)

1997 Calvin Russell, Soldier (Composer)

• Calvin Russell, Le Voyageur (Composer)

1998 Blaze Foley, In Tribute and Loving Memory Vol. 1 (Vocals)

2000 Blaze Foley, BFI Too: Blaze a Blaze (Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Fiddle)

2001 Shiva’s Headband, The Temple of Rock N Roll (Producer, Vocals, Guitar (electric), Guitar (12 string), Violin, Harmonica, Composer)

2004 Shiva’s Headband, In the Primo of Life (Producer, Vocals, Guiar, Violin, Group Member, Composer)

2006 Spencer Perskin and Friends, Magic Feather, Bluethroat Records

Michael Christian

snapshot bio:

Michael has played in Austin for over fifty years as a drummer and with many bands, including, Balcones Fault, Larry Lange and His Lonely Knights, Michael Martin Murphey, Gary P. Nunn, Al Dressen, Steven Fromholtz, Rotel and the Hot tomatoes, The Jerry Sires Band, Debra Peters and the Love Saints, and many more.

He has also kept the beat for local Cajun musicians, including Charles Ray Thibodeaux and The Austin Cajun Aces, Jesse Lege, Chansons et Soûlards and The Ramsey Park Rounders, and is a dedicated member of the Austin Banjo Club.

discography:

Bands: Balcones Fault, Larry Lange and His Lonely Knights, Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes, The Jerry Sires Band, Debra Peters and the Love Saints.

Singles and EP’s:

• I’ll Miss All of Love/A New One (7” Single), Omega Records

• The First Time I Saw Her (7” Single), Omega Records

• Childhood Dreams/Rainbow (7” Single), Omega Records

• Summer Fun/Ginger (7” Acetate), Omega Records

• The Loneliest Man in Town (7” Single), Omega Records

Mike Buck

snapshot bio:

Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Buck began playing drums at the age of 12. By his mid teens, he was playing in various Fort Worth-area clubs with artists such Robert Ealey, Ray Sharpe, Johnny Carroll, and Bubbles Cash.

Buck moved to Austin in the mid-1970s and joined the blues rock group The Fabulous Thunderbirds, along with Keith Ferguson, Jimmie Vaughan, and Kim Wilson. He appeared on the Thunderbirds' first two albums, Girls Go Wild (1979) and What's the Word (1980).

In 1981, he left the Thunderbirds to form The LeRoi Brothers with guitarists Steve Doerr and Don Leady. In addition to continuing to play with The LeRoi Brothers, Buck has performed and recorded with numerous notable artists over the years, including Roky Erickson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Jalacy Hawkins), Roy Head, Lazy Lester, Toni Price, Ted Roddy, and Doug Sahm.

Link to artist wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Buck_%28musician%29

Robert “Beto” Skiles

snapshot bio:

Robert is an Austin, Texas, singer/musician/songwriter, who is the frontman for Beto And The Fairlanes, who is originally from San Antonio, Texas.
He is the son of jazz trumpet player Dude Skiles and has also used “Dude Skiles” as an alias. Robert Skiles has also taught Jazz and Pop Piano for over 25 years at Austin Community College.

Link to artist website: https://robertskiles.com/my-story

discography:

Bands: 47 Times Its Own Weight, Tomas Ramirez-the Jazzmanian Devil, Beto and the Fairlanes

1989 Beto and the Fairlanes, Eye of the Hurricane, Piano, keyboards, composer

1991 Tony Campise, Once in a Blue Moon, Composer

• Tish Hinojosa, Memorabilia Navidenia, Composer

• Tish Hinojosa, Aquella Noche, Composer

1994 Beto and the Fairlanes, Salsafied, Producer, Piano, Keyboards, Timpani, Assoc. Producer, Composer

• Miles Osland, My Old Kentucky Home, Arranger

1995 Tish Hinojosa, Frontejas, Piano, Composer

1996 Tish Hinojosa, Dreaming from the Labyrinth, Horn Arrangements

• Tish Hinojosa, Cada Nino (Every Child) Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Composer

1997 Tish Hinojosa, The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991-1992, Composer

1999 Ray MacCarty, Mood Swing, Piano

2003 Tish Hinojosa, From Texas For a Christmas Night, Composer

2005 Robert Skiles, Flowers: Wild, Primary Artist

Ty Grimes

snapshot bio:

El Paso drummer, Ty Grimes, has played with Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band, as well as Captain Beefheart. Larry Thompson (drummer for The Bobby Fuller Four) indicated that Ty lives up the hill from him and Randall Fuller, but hasn't talked to him in a couple of years.

Ty has also worked with W.C. Clark in Austin, Texas, and has toured with Texas Bluesmen from all over Europe and Greece. He has also played with Robert Ealey, Long John Hunter, Smokin' Joe Kubek and has played on over 50 albums, both studio and live.

Link to more source data for Ty: https://elpasomusicians.blogspot.com/2007/11/el-paso-drummer-ty-grimes.html

discography:

Bands:  Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band, Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, The Tim Weisberg Band

1969 The Triangle, How Now Blue Cow, Amaret

1974 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Virgin Records

• Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band, Windfall, MCA Records

1975 Various Artists: Mirror Man, Virgin

• Tim Weisberg, Listen to the City, A&M Records

1976 Tim Weisberg, Live at Last!, A&M Records

1977 The Tim Weisberg Band, United Artists Records

1993 Captain Beefheart, A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond, Virgin Records 

• Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Captain Hook, German Records World Production

1994 One Love One Kiss, Robert Ealey, If You Need Me, Topcat Records

1999 Captain Beefheart, A Party of Special Things To Do- The Dust Blows Forward, Rhino Entertainment Company
2006 Captain Beefheart, Live in London ’74, EMI, Virgin

2012 W.C. Clark, Were You There, CD Baby
2014 Captain Beefheart, Full Moon in Cowtown (Live 1974 Radio Broadcast), Let Them Eat Vinyl