Red River Music Festival - Annual Hot Chili Days & Cool Mountain Nights As I get older, among other quirks and bad habits, I become a lot less tolerant of the hot 105 degree Texas days in August. This August was no exception and I decided we needed to escape the heat for at least…
Keep ReadingImagine this - two days of eating delicious fresh boiled crawfish along with drinkin' lots of cold beer, enjoying some excellent Zydeco and country music from some very talented singer songwriters, dancin', partyin', laughin', and hangin' with a small crowd of music lovers along the bank of Lake Livingston on a sunny day and moon…
Keep ReadingIt didn't seem like it was that long ago that we were at Larry Joe Taylor's Texas Music Festival, in April and what a fantastic 4 days of music at Melody Mountain Ranch, but we were excited to be back again for the 7th Annual Rhymes & Vines Music Festival. And it was another outstanding…
Keep ReadingIn April, some scenic, peaceful, and gently rolling countryside that is normally home to several grazing cattle, wild turkeys, and other wildlife plus an interesting resident hippie comes alive with over 35,000 music fans, camping gear of all kinds, speakers blasting outstanding country music, lots of laughing, plus flavorful aromas from the campers, chili cook…
Keep ReadingFive days, two stages, and 48 performers made Larry Joe Taylor's 24th Annual Texas Music Festival one of the best ever. Here is the lineup from Larry Joe's 2012 Music Festival. Allsups Stage Tuesday Larry Joe Taylor, deryl Dodd, and Dave Perez in the round - what a fun way to start the festival -…
Keep ReadingWow, did we get lucky - somehow we got an email about Jimmy LaFave's Songwriter Rendezvous at Lajitas Resort on November 11th & 12th, 2011. It took about a nano sec to make the decision to head west to what turned out to be one of the best Texas music festivals we have attended. Jimmy…
Keep ReadingWhat makes Tommy Alverson's Family Gathering Music Festival one of the best music festivals in Texas is that like it's name, this fantastic 4 day music event feels just like a family gathering where all the family get along and have a lot in common - a love for Tommy Alverson, camping, country music, cold…
Keep ReadingKerrville Folk Festival Review 40th Annual - Kerrville, TX - May 26th to June 12, 2011 Since arriving in Texas in 1980 the Kerrville Folk Festival has been on our Bucket List as a must attend Texas music festival because we had heard that it is the best music festival in Texas and I'm pleased…
Keep ReadingReview of ZiegenBock's 4th Annual Music Festival in Houston Twice a year, ZiegenBock hosts a music festival in Bryan (September) and in Houston (October). This event is produced and promoted by Mustang Music Group out of Houston and the primary sponsor for these events is Anheuser-Busch (brewers of ZiegenBock) -- a good portion of the…
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