September 22, 2011 - Texas-bred country superstars Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Dixie Chicks are among the performers scheduled to appear at an Oct. 17 concert to benefit Central Texas wildfire victims.
July 12, 2010 - On his new album, Steve Miller covers the blues songs that inspired him as a youth in Texas and created the base for his version of rootsy psychedelia in the 1960s and his punchier, straightforward hits in the 1970s. A half dozen songs from the well-received "Bingo!," his first album 17 years, find their way into the two-hour show, most of them transmogrified to sit comfortably among "Take the Money and Run" and "The Joker."
January 23, 2010 - While most folks were tuned in to see the star-studded "Hope For Haiti" benefit on TV last night (1/22), a theater full of others turned out for another worthy cause, the first of two "Tribute to Norton Buffalo" benefit concerts.
January 4, 2010 - Things seem to be in a comfortable place these days for veteran rockers The Doobie Brothers', comprised of founding members Tom Johnson and Pat Simmons, along with guitarist John McFee, drummer Michael Hossack, bassist Skylark, keyboardist Guy Allison, saxophonist Mark Russo and drummer Ed Toth.
November 6, 2009 - Steve Miller is hosting a benefit concert for Norton Buffalo's wife and children Jan. 23 at The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. Buffalo, who spent 33 years as a member of the Steve Miller Band, died last Friday (10/30) after battling lung and brain cancer.
Texas-bred country superstars Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Dixie Chicks are among the performers scheduled to appear at an Oct. 17 concert to benefit Central Texas wildfire victims.
On his new album, Steve Miller covers the blues songs that inspired him as a youth in Texas and created the base for his version of rootsy psychedelia in the 1960s and his punchier, straightforward hits in the 1970s. A half dozen songs from the well-received "Bingo!," his first album 17 years, find their way into the two-hour show, most of them transmogrified to sit comfortably among "Take the Money and Run" and "The Joker."
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