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2nd Annual Salute to Texas Independence Day

Pat Green

Eli Young Band / Reckless Kelly / Roger Creager

Any patron wearing an article of clothing with a logo from a Texas college on it will receive one (1) complimentary drink.
Venue:
Terminal 5
Date:
суб 2/27
Notes:
all ages
Doors: 18:00 / Show: 19:00
$30 advance / $35 day of show
Tickets
Pat Green
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For a man whose new album begins with a powerful song called "Footsteps of Our Fathers," Pat Green has blazed his own trail in a way that few artists today can claim. Even with all the artistic and popular success he has experienced along the way, What I'm For is the stirring sound of Pat Green arriving as a major American singer-songwriter who has managed to make his own way in country music and beyond. To borrow a memorable phrase from the man's biggest hit to date, "Wave On Wave" of new faces have come along, but few have ever made such a vivid impression, both as a recording artist and performer as Pat Green.

True to the title of this latest, greatest and decidedly lived-in album, Pat Green has accomplished all this by truly knowing what he's for -- and what he's against too. He's done it by daring to follow his own strong gut instincts as an artist, And more than ever before on What I'm For, Green has done it by making music that honestly reflects his own attempt in his mid-thirties to actually grow up and walk like a man -- one very human footstep at a time. "I really do think of What I'm For as an album by husband and father" said Green.

So when it came time to make What I'm For, Green set himself some grown-up goals. "I wanted to make a perfectly circular record -- one that you could just put on repeat and really live with for a while," he explains. "But I also feel like my ultimate mission here was to beat the Wave On Wave album." The Wave On Wave album - with its enduring and moving smash title track -- were released in 2003 and spread the word of Green's remarkable talent far beyond the Texas borders where he had first established himself as a talent to reckon with back in the late Nineties. By then, Green's charismatic live performances were already evoking comparison to the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffet, among others.

"If I listen to Wave on Wave correctly, I'd say that I was very young writing those songs, but they were still good songs," Green says. "Now I feel like I've finally come into my own and I want to write songs by a man, by a father, by a guy that kind of has a handle on the situation. And as far as I'm concerned, What I'm For is the best album I've ever done, and it does beat Wave on Wave, at least for me".

What I'm For also finds Green recording with the respected and extremely successful producer Dann Huff, after an important trilogy of albums made with Don Gehman, best known for his fine work with John Mellencamp. "The last three albums I recorded with Don Gehman, who was like a great producer and a great counselor," Green recalls. "Sometimes I didn't know if I was in therapy or making a record. For that time in my life, it was great, and forced me to develop and become more myself as an artist. But after three albums, I was ready to make a move. And I loved the sound of Dan's records, especially with Keith Urban because they didn't sound like every country record necessarily, and that Dann could also work so well with Faith Hill and Rascal Flatts too. Plus Dan's a real guitar god, and that's what I want now - someone who can make guitar records sound amazing. In my humble opinion, walking into the studio with Dann was the right next step. For me at least, it was a good fit. It just felt right musically."
Eli Young Band
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The Eli Young Band's music has all the hallmarks of youth: passion, energy, excitement.
The band's story is the definition of commitment: eight-years'eight long years'spent honing its sound while building to the release of its first national album.

The blend of sonic exuberance and personal maturity is just one of the things that makes the Eli Young Band and their Universal Republic/Universal Records South debut, Jet Black & Jealous, such an intriguing musical property.

The band combined a range of elements'vocalist Mike Eli's ingratiating resonance, guitarist James Young's elastic bag of sounds, bass player Jon Jones' inventive foundation and drummer Chris Thompson's energetic propulsion'to create a 12-song CD that paints even the difficult turns in life with an underlying optimism.
Reckless Kelly
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Reckless Kelly, the Austin, Texas-based roots-rockers, is a band known for the integrity of their musical approach and the hard-core energy of their live shows along with the fierce loyalty of their fans. The respect they’ve earned from everyone from Steve Earle to Kevin Welch can be summarized by Joe Ely, who called them “My kind of band: hell-raising, hard-playing, kick-ass songwriting, feet firmly in the present but with an amazing knowledge of where it has all come from.” Coming off an Americana Music Award Nomination for Best Band or Duo of 2009, Reckless Kelly’s first single from “Somewhere in Time,” “Best Forever Yet,” will be hitting the airwaves in early 2010. Reckless Kelly is tireless in its pursuit of excellence. It’s this attitude and their near legendary propensity for a good time that ensures their success as artists.
Roger Creager
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For more than a decade, Roger Creager built a reputation on his distinctive brand of hard-core, rabble-rousing Texas Country music, on his rich, full-bodied voice that can carry a tune for miles, and on his exceptional ability to work thousands of Texans into a rabid frenzy with his voice and guitar, in the great concert tradition of Jerry Jeff Walker and Robert Earl Keen. Along the way, he's been writing some mighty fine instant classics about family heirlooms, fields of bluebonnets, and late night trips to Mexico. Four albums, hundreds of thousands of road miles, and an ever-expanding fan base later, Here It Is has Roger Creager laying his cards on the table with thirteen songs that are arguably his best batch yet.
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