TR : Blues Jams in Houston

["Robert Koch" <rok68@xxxxxx>]

I may be traveling to Houston for business in the next month or so. Are 
there any good open blues jams around town that occur on a regular 
basis?

Hi Brian,
Take your pick!
Sunnyside

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WEEKEND CALENDAR
Courtesy of The BluesHound & KPFT-FM90.1
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th  

Austen's (Atascocita) - open mic w/Mauri
B & B's (Magnolia) - Derek Black & the Heart of Texas Band Bareback Bar
& Ice House - String Benders Beverly Pub (The) - Ron Wright Big Easy
(The) - Tommy Dardar Blanco's - David Joseph Blue Lagoon (The) - The
Kenny Palyola Trio Boudreaux's On The Bayou (Galveston) - The Pee Wee
Bowen Band (8 pm) Brian O'Neill's - TBA Buck's - Bad Habits Cactus Moon
Blues Café - The Tony Vega Band Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson (9 pm)
Chances - Shiela Christian's Totem - The Hardwood Bros Cocktails
(Galveston) - Becca Ryan (5-7 pm); Elvis Thrasher (6-8 pm; 
9 pm-12 am; Piano Bar); Acoustic Villians (9 pm; Courtyard) Continental
Club (The) - Molly & the Ringwalds (7-9:30 pm); The 
Iguanas
Cosmos - Luther & the Healers
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - Andrea Fairless (8 pm)
Dan Electro's Guitar Bar - The James-Reese Project/The Madisons Elbow
Room (The) - Big Otis Engine Room (The) - Lost Element Fat Cat's - Love
Is For Losers: Anti Valentine's Day Show Fenders (LaMarque) - Ray Parsee
& the Allstars Band (9 pm) Firehouse Saloon (The) - The Doug Moreland
Band/Jason Boland & the 
Stragglers
Fitzgerald's (up) - Pimpadelic/Que/The Emerging Culture/Deep Above 
Surface
Forgetta' Bout It - Detour
Forgetta' Bout It Too - The Stone Kings
Froggie's - High Tech
Harmony Coffee House (The) - Southpaw Jones
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Pine Island Station
Hideaway (The) - Matt Leddy & the Meatcutters
Howling Coyote (The) - Sugarhouse
Hurricane Club (The) (Galveston) - Reyna & Power Play
Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (The) (Wharton) - Patrick Murphy
Jack's For Cocktails - Guppies From Outer Space Jeff's Sports Bar -
Spiffingtons JP Hops House - Kim Carson (9 pm) Lance's Turtle Club -
Lyndrix Lone Star Saloon (The) - Thaddeus Breneman Mardi Gras! Galveston
www.mardigrasgalveston.com 
<http://www.mardigrasgalveston.com>
21st and The Strand
8-9:30 pm        Randy Rogers
10-11:30 pm        Jason Boland
Saengerfest Park
6:15-7:30 pm    Ingram Hill
8-9:30 pm        Blue October
10-11:30 pm        Better Than Ezra
Martini's & More - Down to Earth
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - Terri Hendrix
Mercury Room (The) - Atlantics
Muddie Water's Coffee House - Topaz
Next Door Coffee House (The) - open mic (7 pm)
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - 4-Barrel Ramblers
Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston) - open mic w/Wrecks & Friends
Outback Pub (The) - A-Rival Oz Bar (The) - Car Tunes Pennison's
(Copperfield) - Big Red Sun Pennison's (Sugarland) - Deuces Wild Piney
Woods Performances (Conroe House Concert) - Darryl Purpose (8 
pm) pineywoods@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pineywoods@xxxxxxxxx>
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) - L'amant
R & R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Primal Funk
Rhythm Room (The) - Two Tons of Steel/Steve Wedemeyer
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Willie T & The Zydeco Posse (7 pm)
Rudyard's - Young Heart Attack/The John Sparrow Sam's Irish Pub -
Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm) Sambuca Jazz Café - Shapeshifters Sandbar
(The) (Clear Lake Shores) - The Benny Brasket Band Shakespeare's Pub -
Eugene Moody Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Nervous Rex Sherlock's Pub
(Humble) - Gravel Sherlock's Pub (West Gray) - Adrian Circle Shooters II
(Lake Jackson) - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers Sidecar Pub (The) -
The Matt Powell Band/Opie Hendrix & the Texas 
Tallboys/Robert Frith
SRO Sports Bar (Northwest Mall) - Space City Funk
SRO Sports Bar (Champions) - Tightrope
Stags Head (The) - Pete Scafidi
Super Happy Fun Land - Daughter/The Jonx/Mad Mike
Texas City Tavern (The) - Abraham's Tree
Thibodeaux's On The Lake (1500 Marine Bay Drive, Kemah) - Dave 
Nevling & the Blues Kats 
Verizon Wireless Theater - Sevendust/Element Eighty/Ill Nino Vintage Bar
- - Susan Martin Walter's On Washington - Honky Tonk Heroes What's Left
(Tomball) - The Mark May Band Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Larry
Emerson

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14th (Valentine's Day)

Rhythm Room (The) - Live Broadcast, ?Joe's Roadhouse?, 90.1 FM KPFT,  
Bluesguy's Birthday Jam 4 w/Guy Schwartz & the New Jack 
Hippies/Gloria Edwards/Tracy Conover/ Sonny Boy Terry/Dr. Rockit/Sandy
Hickey/Jerald Gray/Kool B/Opie Hendrix/Heath Spencer Philip/Little Joe
Washington (3-6 pm); 

Al's Sports Bar #2 - Fondue Monks
Anderson Fair - Back At The Ranch
B & B's (Magnolia) - Derek Black & the Heart of Texas Band Balinese Room
(The) (Galveston) - Dreamsicle Band (2 pm); Hanna's 
Reef (9 pm)
Bareback Bar & Ice House - Blackie & the Bullets
Big Easy (The) - The Tony Vega Band
Big John's Sports Bar - jam
Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Harry Czarnek & The Texas Dutchmen/Barefoot 
Becky & The Ivanhoe Dutchmen (2-8 pm)
Boondoggles (Seabrook) - David Schwope
Borski's - traditional country jam (1-6 pm)
Breakers (345 W. Ritchie Rd) - Papa Joe's Ultimate Blues Machine Brian
O'Neill's - Trey Clark Band Cactus Moon Blues Café - Kenny Neal's
Valentine Dance Caps Piano Bar - Faye Robinson Central Presbyterian
Church (3788 Richmond) - Houston Area 
Traditional Dance Society presents ?Valentine's Day Red & Black Ball? 
w/Tuberville (8-11 pm)
Centrum (The) (Cypress Creek Community Center) - The Tommy Dorsey 
Orchestra (8 pm)
Chances - Brown Sugar
Cocktails (Galveston) - Melissa Sigler (9 pm); Dash & the 12th Of 
Never (9 pm; Courtyard)
Continental Club (The) - Tish Hinojosa (early show); Wayne ?The 
Train? Hancock (10:30 pm)
Cosmos - Romeo Dogs
Crawdaddy's Bayou Grill (Kemah) - CC Riders (8 pm)
Cruiser's Ice House (Santa Fe) - The Benny Brasket Band
Engine Room (The) - Six Feet Under/Nothing/Braced For 
Nails/Reflux/Full Bloom Chaos
Fenders (LaMarque) - Ray Parsee & the Allstars Band (9 pm) Firehouse
Saloon (The) - Aaron Holt Fitzgerald's (up) - Tracy Conover/Randy
Pavlock/Liviya Compean Froggie's - Ron Wright Helio's - jazz jam w/The
Trade Home On The Range - Benny Vallero & Texas Thunder (7 pm) Howling
Coyote (The) - The Shadowcasters Hurricane Club (The) (Galveston) -
Reyna & Power Play Innkeeper Ale House & Martini Bar (Wharton) - The
Superiors Jack's For Cocktails - Hidden Agenda Joyce's Club Hole in the
Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm) JP Hops House - ?Redneck Having Fish & Fun?
Valentine's Day Fish Fry 
w/
    Bobby Mitchell & Friends (6 pm)
Lance's Turtle Club - Phil Johnson & Rush Hour
Lone Star Saloon (The) - Thaddeus Breneman
Luisitos Cocina Cantina (2510 N. Loop West) - jazz jam (9 pm; ongoing)
Mardi Gras! Galveston  www.mardigrasgalveston.com 
<http://www.mardigrasgalveston.com>
    21st and The Strand
    12-1:15 pm        Diunna Greenleaf
    2-3:30 pm        The Fab 5
    4-5:15 pm        Herman's Hermits
    5:45-7:15 pm    Reflections of Elvis
    7:45-9:15 pm    Luther & The Healers
    9:45-11:30 pm    Damon Troy/Louisiana Beat
    Saengerfest Park
    12-1:15 pm        Myrna Sanders Band
    2-3 pm        The Stone Coyotes
    3:30-4:30 pm    Silverleaf
    5-6:15 pm        Cowboy Mouth
    6:45-7:30 pm    Smile Empty Soul
    8-9 pm        Puddle of Mudd
    9:30-11:30 pm    The Hunger
Martini's & More - Down to Earth
McGonigel's Mucky Duck - E.J. Jones (bagpipe recital; 1 pm);Jack 
Ingram (2 shows, 8 & 10 pm)
Metoyer's Place - Future Star Band (7-11 pm; ongoing)
Millbend Coffee House - Small Potatoes/Barb Ryman
Molly's (Wilcrest & Westheimer) - Scott Sileo (9:30 pm)
Muddie Water's Coffee House - Annetta Haynes
Next Door Coffee House (The) - Zach Dodd/Jason Sartain/Mike Bubeck
Noah's Ark (Bacliff) - Guitar Phil Old Quarter Acoustic Café (Galveston)
- - open mic Outback Pub (The) - Big Trip Ovations - Sarah Sharp Oz Bar
(The) - What Is Hip Pennison's (Copperfield) - The Rachels Pennison's
(Sugarland) - Morgan Steep

Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) - L'amant (1-5 pm; 9 pm-1 am) R
& R Sports Bar (Friendswood) - Green Onions Rhythm Room (The) - Live
Broadcast, ?Joe's Roadhouse?, 90.1 FM KPFT,  
Bluesguy's Birthday Jam 4 w/Guy Schwartz & the New Jack 
Hippies/Gloria Edwards/Dr. Rockit/Sandy Hickey/Jerald Gray/Kool 
B/Opie Hendrix/Heath Spencer Philip/Little Joe Washington (3-6 pm); 
The Cry/Buddacrush (9 pm)
River Café - Garcia y Reyna
Rixster's Hanger (LaPorte) - Leslie Doak (7 pm)
Ronnie's Ice House (Dickinson) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats Rookie's
- - Bad Boyfriend (acoustic) Rudyard's - Big Brown Truck/Mystery
Flavor/Tody & the Falcons Sam's Irish Pub - Dueling Piano Show (6-9 pm)
Sambuca Jazz Café - Shapeshifters Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Me
& Julio Shakespeare's Pub - Sonny Boy Terry Sherlocks' Pub (Clear Lake)
- - Adrian Circle Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Gravel Sherlock's Pub (West
Gray) - The Max Sidecar Pub (The) - A+ Machines/Canvas/Yorkk Sports
Bunker (The) (Humble) - Southern Heritage Stags Head (The) - E=MC2 Super
Happy Fun Land - Rua Minx/Opie Hendrix/Fluff Thibodeaux's  On The Lake
(Kemah) - Monica Marie & the Blues Cruizers Timeout Sports Bar #1 - The
Mark May Band Timeout Sports Bar #3 - Drive Train Vintage Bar - Jen
Rathbun Walter's On Washington - The Groceries/Panic In Detroit/Spain
Colored 
Orange
West University Community Center (6104 Auden)  
www.houstonfolkmusic.org <http://www.houstonfolkmusic.org> 2nd 
Saturday Concert Series presented by The Houston Folklore/Music 
Society w/ St. Brigid's Flame/Norman Kennedy
What's Left (Tomball) - Shannon & Lance G (1 Year Anniversary & 
Valentine's Party)
Whiskey Blues (Galveston) - Paris Green/Vallas Brothers/The 
Custodians/Shark Attack/The Grey Life/My Luck
Wunsche Bros. Café & Saloon - Larry Emerson

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15th 

Balinese Room (The) (Galveston) - acoustic open mic (1-5 pm) Big Easy
(The) - Wilfred Chevis Bill Mraz Dance Hall - Texas Pioneers (3-7 pm)
Birraporetti's - jazz brunch (10:30 am-3 pm) Borski's - blues jam (4-8
pm) Cocktails (Galveston) - Melissa Sigler Continental Club (The) -
Glovertango (9 pm) 
Continental Club (The) (?Big Top?) - David Garza (8 pm; solo) Cosmos -
The Gypsies (7 pm) Cruiser's (Santa Fe) - blues jam (4-8 pm) Dean's
Credit Clothing - jam (10 pm) Einstein's Pub - jam (7-11 pm) Etta's -
Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters 
Hickory Hollow (Heights) - Brian Burns
Joyce's Club Hole in the Wall - Matinee (4-9 pm)
JP Hops House - Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) open mic (6 
pm)
Lance's Turtle Club - Jazz Toonz
Last Concert Café (The) - Fahl & Folke (7 pm)
Mardi Gras! Galveston  www.mardigrasgalveston.com 
<http://www.mardigrasgalveston.com>
    21st and The Strand
    12-2 pm        Southern Backtones
    2:30-4 pm        Lady D & the Zydeco Tornadoes
    4:30-6 pm        Sky Blue 72
    Saengerfest Park
    12-2 pm        Broken Spoke
    2:30-4 pm        The Guppies From Outer Space
    4:30-6 pm        Barry Kaye Band
Mr. Gino's - I.J. Gosey (4-7 pm)
Mulligan's & More - jam
Papa's on the Lake) - jam w/The Papa's Allstars (6-10 pm)
Poor Michael's On The Strand (Galveston) - L'amant (1-5 pm); 
jam w/Tomz Katz (8 pm)
River Café (The) - Harry Sheppard
Ronnie's (Dickinson) - blues jam (4-8 pm)
Rowdy's - open mic
Sambuca Jazz Café (The) - jazz brunch w/Sheri Lavo; dinner w/Blue 
Monks
Sandbar (The) (Clear Lake Shores) - Dave Nevling & the Blues Kats (5 
pm)
Shakespeare's Pub - blues jam w/Spare Time Murray
Sherlock's Pub (Clear Lake) - Faron
Sherlock's Pub (Humble) - Acoustic Villians
Sidecar Pub (The) - Johnny Goudie/Joseph King
10 Downing Street - The David Craig Band (8:30 pm)
West University Community Center (6104 Auden)  
www.houstonfolkmusic.org <http://www.houstonfolkmusic.org> 2nd 
Saturday Concert Series presented by The Houston Folklore/Music 
Society w/ Small Potatoes (benefit concert for Multiple 
Sclerosis;1:30 pm)
What's Left (Tomball) - jam w/Shannon & Lance G (4 pm)
Who's The Club - Faye Robinson (ongoing)
 
Thanks,
Brian Williams
sonnyboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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