Taylor Pie

Fall Music in Central Texas! 

Just shufflin' those chairs around!! 

We may still have the heat of the summer raging down on us, but fall is right around the corner in Central Texas! And around here at Webb House, that means more music! Besides our own backyard show on Oct 6th, with Susan Herndon and DC Bloom....we'll be hanging with Taylor Pie and PuffBunny Records at SWRFA, the SouthWest Regional Folk Alliance at Holiday Inn Midtown here in Austin on Sept 26-29th. PuffBunny and WHC will be setting up a showcase room, with lots of good acts dropping by for 20 minute showcase into the wee hours of the night on both Friday and Saturday. Pie will have extended showcases on Friday and Sat nights. Even if you are not a SWRFA participant, you can catch the main SWRFA showcases in the ball room, plus the ten rooms of showcase acts for about 10 bucks a night. It's easily the best deal in town! And while my buddy Donna Frost won't be doing SWRFA, she'll be around the house, doing a few Austin gigs and having some fun with us.!

Susan Herndon

The next weekend, Taylor Pie joins up with Jeff Plankenhorn to do the debut house concert performance for Sunset House Concerts, in Briarcliff Texas, on Willie's Perdanales Golf Course, Sat Oct 5th! It is a gorgeous spot, on the Sunset hole on the course, rolling hills, big oak trees...maybe get in a round of golf before the potluck and show? We're hoping to see a lot of our Corpus friends at this one!
RSVP to Patti Dyer pdyer49@gmail.com or call 512-386-1550 for an invite or more information! 
Then we load the chairs into the van and head back to south Austin to set them up in the backyard Sunday evening for Susan and DC's show...and more great music, food and company! You know, those chairs came from the Bugle Boy... Out of La Grange, Texas...known as the "best little listening room in Texas..."we should have wired them up to record, they have witnessed the best in folk and Americana music in Central Texas.

DC Bloom

I sure hope you can work some or better yet, all of this music into your schedule! We'll be glad to see you! Thank you so much for your support of live music in our town and around Central Texas!

Jeff Plankenhorn, Michel O'Conner, Taylor Pie at Strange Brew

Schedule for first half of 2012!!

Spring, 2012:
Friday, Feb 3rd Rob Lytle
Friday, March 23rd Steve Brooks and Donna Frost
Friday, April 13th Jean Synodinos with Mark Ambrose opening!
Sunday, April 29th Taylor Pie & Tom Corbett
Friday, May 11th Elizabeth Wills & DC Bloom

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Happy holidays from the House Concert Dawgs,
Rosie and Otis

Webb House Concerts MySpace

Just an update, we've discontinued Webb House Concerts myspace page, old and behind the times, and not keeping up with the landscape there just made it sad and shabby. You can find the same information, right here: Webb House Concerts on Facebook!

Videos from our shows and other miscellaneous subjects are on our YouTube Channel.

Discontinuing the myspace page hopefully will mean more blogs here on our shows, and other local events around town concerning our local and not so local musician buddies....

The fall, Texas heat or not...will be moving forward....Sept 10th our buddies Greg Whitfield and Taylor Pie will be at the Bugle Boy in La Grange!! This will "one of those shows"...two amazing talents swapping songs...hope to see a sold out house to start off Pie's Texas tour!

Webb House Concerts schedule:
Sept 25: George Ensle, Bob Cheevers
Sept 30-Oct 3 SWRFA, Showcase Room w/ Puff Bunny Records
Oct 23: Bob Livingston

South West Regional Folk Alliance Showcase room with Puff Bunny Records!!!
That hotel will be so jam full of talent, you best drop by to listen!

Webb House Concerts

Austin, Texas

2011 Schedule

Jan 23: Andrew McKnight (Chad Dughi open!)
Feb 27: Ken Gaines, Butch Morgan, James Hurley
March 27: Bradley Kopp & Lorrie Singer
May 1: Ladies w/Lyrics Jean Synodinos, Amanda Pearcy, Maria Moss
Sept 25: George Ensle, Bob Cheevers
Sept 30-Oct 3 SWRFA, Showcase Room w/ Puff Bunny Records
Oct 23: Bob Livingston

Right in my backyard...email for reservations!

webbhouseconcerts@yahoo.com

Many thanks to Bart and Cat Click of Sign Shack in Willis Texas for this amazing and well loved banner for Webb House Concerts !! It's going to look great behind some of the finest talent in the Austin area show after show...we so appreciate these good folks for supporting live music in Austin, Texas!! Find them at http://wwwwillissignshack.biz . They do everything! This particular logo was designed by T. Byrd here in Austin, but Bart and Cat do custom work...including logo design, making the signs and installation, truly a one stop marketing center.

Gaines, Hurley, Morgan!!!

WEBB HOUSE CONCERTS

SUNDAY, FEB 27

KEN GAINES, JAMES HURLEY, BUTCH MORGAN

Indoor show, Reservations required!!

Doors open 6pm for optional potluck

Music at 7pm

Suggested Donation: $15.

More if you can, less if you can’t

All to the musicians!

Bring your own adult beverages, some non alcoholic beverages, coffee and snacks will be available



Singer/songwriter circle to follow performance!

Artists Will Have CD's Available For Sale


We love children but at this event only kids over 12 please!

2011 Webb House Concerts

Jan 23: Andrew McKnight
Feb 27: Ken Gaines, Butch Morgan, James Hurley
March 27: Bradley Kopp & Lorrie Singer
May 1: Ladies w/Lyrics Jean Synodinos, Amanda Pearcy, Maria Moss
Sept 25: George Ensle, Bob Cheevers
Sept 30-Oct 3 SWRFA, Showcase Room w/ Puff Bunny Records
Oct 23: Bob Livingston

Right in my backyard...email for reservations!

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James Lee Stanley and Donna Frost Sept 26, 2010

I always listen to my supporters and my performers when it comes to choices for our stage here at Webb House Concerts. Donna Frost told me that "there is nothing that James Lee can't do with that guitar and his voice" and she was right. He is charming, gracious and oh so talented...bringing a special something to his performance that appealed to every member of that audience. Several "first timers" to house concerts are now total fans of both James Lee Stanley and the concept of house concerts after just this one show.
Evidence of his talent and the esteem in which his peers in our Austin music community hold him...an amazing song circle followed the show, several of our great local Austin musicians, Donna Frost's crew from Nashville...there to pick with James Lee Stanley...a true symphony of acoustic guitars! One of those moments when you find you're holding your breath, just so you don't break into perfection.
As a houseguest, he cooks, he cleans, he shares his expertise on puzzles and the dog adored him...what more could you want? Extraordinary talent, a great artist of his crafts, and always welcome at Webb House Concerts.



Donna Frost is always at the top of her game, this show just a little (ha!) awe struck at being on the same stage, in my backyard as it were..., with James Lee Stanley. Her mentor, and hero when it comes to performing around the country as a touring musician. James Allen , her guitar slinger buddy from Nashville, came to Austin for the show this time...and joined the song circle as well. I loved hearing from him about the unselfish talent in that song circle, and how much it impressed him to hear musicians at that level just hand off licks and lyrics without showcasing themselves...sharing the music.


Many thanks to James Lee Stanley and Donna Frost for setting the bar for a great fall of music in Austin, Texas at Webb House Concerts! We continued the next weekend at SWRFA, sharing a showcase room with Puff Bunny Records and Taylor Pie...and then the Austin Acoustical Cafe appearance of Taylor Pie, with our Austin favorites, Dan Hardick and Suzee Brooks opening the show..wow!

Sept 26, 2010 Show! You're invited!! RSVP info below!!

An Evening with James Lee Stanley

and

Donna Frost & Jeff Allen!!

September 26 6PM

Weather permitting, right in our backyard! If not…seating will be limited indoors, please RSVP soon!!

JAMES LEE STANLEY:

"It is simple, really. With James Lee you get great songs, great guitar playing, great voice and a gifted comedian as well. You are in for a very entertaining evening." Village Voice

JAMES LEE STANLEY is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and actor (who was a regular extra on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager for five years!!)

It is only a long lived singer-songwriter career that lets JAMES LEE STANLEY unite the unpredictable creative turns and the eclectic elements that make up his world. His remarkable ability as a vocalist and composer allow him to create songs, each recorded with a finely crafted with guitar orchestrations that enhance the lyric. But a whole new dimension is added when James Lee performs live. These incredible songs, coupled with his outrageously hilarious repartee, make for an evening of hilarity and tenderness and one of the most entertaining concerts on the circuit.

And as DONNA FROST says…”there’s nothing this man can’t do with his voice and his guitar”. She also calls this opportunity to perform this show with James Lee “a dream come true!”

DONNA FROST:

DONNA FROST was our very first guest on stage at Webb House Concerts, and we love to welcome her back and give her that dream come true! This year she brings JEFF ALLEN, her side kick guitar player from Nashville, and we are really looking forward to hearing what he brings to her show!

DONNA FROST has received ASCAPlus awards for her work as a performing singer/songwriter for 4 consecutive years (2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008). She was a 2004 Kerrville New Folk Finalist and performed at the 2004 New Folk Concert, Kerrville Folk Festival. Donna is an actress as well and starred as Janis Joplin in the musical “Kozmic Blue” for 3 years in Nashville. She also contributed to Marley Brant’s book, “Tales from the Rock and Roll Highway” as well as a new book coming soon by Rev. Keith A. Gordon called “The Other Side of Nashville.” Donna has worked numerous sessions as a demo singer & background vocalist. She also writes & records for “Songs of Love” (songs are created for & given to children with life threatening illnesses-www.songsoflove.org)

Donna performed with longtime friend and idol, the late Skeeter Davis on tour and at the Grand Ole Opry from 1996-2002, and she continues to support the memory and work of Skeeter Davis. (just ask, she’ll do a request!!)

Suggested Donation: $15-20.

More if you can, less if you can’t, all to the musicians!

Potluck before the show, and during the break.

Bring your own adult beverages!

Non alcoholic beverages, coffee and snacks will be available

Singer/songwriter circle to follow performance!

Artists Will Have CD's Available For Sale

We love children but at this event only kids over 12 please!

See Links to Our Artists At: www.myspace.com/webbhouseconcerts

rsvp to webbhouseconcerts@yahoo.com

Looking forward to this show, and to seeing you all again!!

Donna Frost and the Jon Hogan Band!!

Fabulous show, and loved meeting Maria, Jon and Ned and the folks that came to hear them! Always great to have Donna in the house, don't know who is happier, me or the Rose! she loves her Donna Frost!

Song circle went until 3 am!! I will not make coffee past midnight again, maybe...it was really a great one, and yes, I know I say that every time, but that's the glory of song circles, it's always true! Patick D'eimon, Steve Brooks, Jeff Tevraas, Mo McMorrow, Donna of course, Allen Henderson...who else? I know I'm leaving someone out...but it was late when it broke up, poor little Rosie was out on the couch at 2 am, she's getting to be an old dog!

Jon and Maria did the TX Neuro Brain rehab the next day, with the kids...and I heard they were a real hit. Maria called to thank me for setting it up, as I told her it would be...the "best audience we've ever had"...those kids love our singer/songwriters showmen...and it takes somewhat of a seasoned showman with versatilty to do it...those kids know so many songs and they LOVE to sing along. I know most are atustic, but none are very introverted when that music starts!

Donna out to TX Neuro to the Bluebonnet Unit for the nursing patients...her first time in that unit. Her 30 minute show went to 90 minutes. The patients come and go for rehab, and if someone was rolled up in their chair, she couldn't leave, she kept singing. Our young man we've been watching..."the picker"...has his hands out of those bandages, but not alot of movement there....but he communicated enough to let Donna know that he had a guitar just like her Takamine ( I think that's it, I'm sure I'll hear if it's not!). I guess I see Leland, my nephew who did his rehab out there after his car accident, in that young man. Donna didn't sell a single CD, she just handed them out...made some happy patients! Our Picker worked as hard as he could to move his arms to read the cover! he can read!! A couple of other young men, in wheelchairs...rehab...and an older woman who sang every Patsy Cline song along with Donna.

Good people doing wonderful things at that rehab, and our singer/songwriters go there to make a good day for them...because in a brain rehab, being able to tell someone that you had a good day is sometimes all you get.

Feb 28th, Jason Wilber!! he's in town with John Prine at the Bass Concert Hall on Feb 27th, and in our living room, possibly the back yard...you know Texas weather! on Sunday the 28th! (Limited seating if we are indoors.) DC Bloom will open, this will be a great, great show!!

March 28th, my buddy Donna Frost is in town, and the Jon Hogan Band will join her in the back yard!! Donna's shows are always a lively concert and Maria and Jon will just be icing on the cake! Donna also will be at the South Austin brain rehab while she's here, two shows! possibly Maria & Jon as well, more later...

April 25th, MJ Bishop & Steve Brooks, with Wyatt Easterling (Nashville - High Horse Records) coming in from Nashville with MJ...this is my birthday party! Looking forward to this one! but maybe not the birthday itself....




May 23rd...Austin's own George Ensle!! I'm really excited that my son is stationed close by to hear George's show this time, he enjoyed the videos of George's last show, sent by youtube to Iraq. George always has a superb show, and makes the birds dance behind him!

Summer and fall shaping up...Mizner and Smith will be back!! and Donna has negotiated her dream house concert with James Earl Stanley! I saw him last January, he is such a incredible showman! and Taylor Pie and Eben Wood will be back in the colored lights in the backyard probably in October!

Life is good at Webb House Concerts!

Spring Schedule and Holiday wishes!!

Busy days, just a moment to post our spring schedule...

Feb 28th, Jason Wilber!! he's in town with John Prine at the Bass Concert Hall on Feb 27th, and in our living room, possibly the back yard...you know Texas weather! on Sunday the 28th! (Limited seating if we are indoors.) DC Bloom will open, this will be a great, great show!!

March 28th, my buddy Donna Frost is in town, and Maria Moss & Jon Hogan will join her in the back yard!! Donna's shows are always a lively concert and Maria and Jon will just be icing on the cake! Donna also will be at the South Austin brain rehab while she's here, two shows! possibly Maria & Jon as well, more later...

April 25th, MJ Bishop & Steve Brooks, starting a Texas SW tour schedule and helping me celebrate my birthday, one more year!! Really looking forward to this one!!

May 23rd...Austin's own George Ensle!! I'm really excited that my son is stationed close by to hear George's show this time, he enjoyed the videos of George's last show, sent by youtube to Iraq. George always has a superb show, and makes the birds dance behind him!

that's it for now, back to Christmas! Webb House Concerts wishes all a Merry Christmas with family and friends, and a wonderful New Year's!!
Karen & the Rose!

ps...Check the wishlist for soldiers at http://www.foxsox.com and send a Marine, soldier, sailor, airman a little gift that they will truly appreciate! Foxsox will ship it to Iraq or Afghanistan for you for free.

webbhouseconcerts@yahoo.com for reservations.

Nov 1st Taylor Pie w/Eben Wood

TAYLOR PIE w/EBEN WOOD!!!

Mo McMorrow to open

Pot luck at 5pm

Music at 6pm

Song circle follows performances!

As a teenager then known as Susan Taylor, Taylor Pie recorded a song called, "Time", and it hit the 1 slot in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston, followed by four albums on Columbia with the Pozo-Seco Singers.

Her soulful messages tap into familiar feelings that unlock forgotten memories. It is no wonder that Bette Midler, Tanya Tucker, Mickey Gilley, The Forester Sisters, Terri Hendrix, Ruby Lovett, and Valerie Smith have recorded her works. "Just Like Angels", written with Dickey Lee was nominated for the gospel Dove Award, and "Full Grown Fool" written with Allen Reynolds, landed Mickey Gilley a Country top 20.

Her PuffBunny Records, cd, "So Little Has Changed," and live album, "Live at Hondo's" with Eben Wood are in rotation on Americana stations and Satellite X radio.

As Eileen Kuperschmid wrote for the Berkshire Sampler: "Whether she's talking or singing, Taylor Pie's worth listening to. She's clear, real clear- with a mother lode of honesty and a voice as pure and light as it is strong."

so...at the summer show with Pie and Eben...it was too hot for the yard...and Cafe Caffeine graciously hosted us! great opening music by Byrd and Street..with the amazing Greg Whitfield! then...watching the guitar players in the audience sit up to take notice of Eben's picking...and then move to see him better! With every ear turned towards Taylor Pie's voice... yeah, nothing's changed since back in the day in Corpus Christi...Taylor Pie is still the amazing voice of true folk and clear, pure lyrics...and Eben is still one of the best pickers around! hope you make a point to come listen...we'll have some fun! and finally, this wonderful duo will be playing right in our back yard at Webb House Concerts!

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Mo McMorrow

Mo McMorrow is working on her new CD...she says she is so happy with the cameo performances of solo artists of Ray Bonneville, Gurf Morlix, Eliza Gilkyson, Cindy Cashdollar, and Sharon Shannon (Ireland) to name only some. She'll start us off with some of those new songs on Sunday, Nov 1.

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Join us for the pot luck if you like, non alcoholic beverages provided, so bring your own adult beverage.

We love children! but at this concert, no kids under 12, thank you!

email webbhouseconcerts@yahoo.com for map and info

Shake Russell Sept 25

Shake Russell with Doug Floyd on mandolin and Mike Roberts on acoustic bass! The trio's contemporary acoustic arrangements, coupled with melodic three-part harmonies, create a unique, modern sound for those classic Shake Russell songs.For more than three decades, Texas singer-songwriter Shake Russell has been entertaining audiences throughout the region with his unique, Americana style of folk-rock. A prolific songwriter, Shake has written or co-written hundreds of melodies.

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Okay, that's the bio, but let's be real, SHAKE RUSSELL!!! is going to be playing right in our backyard! A sweet starry Texas night, under the trees and our Texas moon! How cool is this? Our wonderful Patty Finney will be doing an opening set, so come on time to make sure you hear every single drop of music on this special night!

As always, potluck if you want to participate and eat anyway if you don’t… non-alcoholic beverages provided

Bring your own adult beverage!

RSVP to webbhouseconcerts@yahoo.com for a map!

This will be held outdoors, weather permitting, if the weather is shaky, rsvp's will get first shot at the limited indoor seating.

Artists will have CDs and merchandise available for sale! Traditional WHC Song Posse Song Circle after performances.

We love children! but none under age 12 at this show, thanks!

September 20th right in my backyard!!

George Ensle with Stephan Paetzold at Webb House Concert's Singer/songwriter Night at Ruta Maya July 16th, 2009.

A wonderful night of songs and singers, Mo McMorrow, Jana Pochop with Emily Shirley and DC Bloom completed the cast...plus a great song circle followed...Bob Cheevers, Kit Holmes and Will T Massey joined in!

House Concerts 101

This is a repost from Visible Voices...but I have folks that ask questions about house concerts and this MAY answer a few! please use the comment section to ask questions, and I will be delighted to respond! There are also many, many sites on the web that describe how others do their house concerts, as well as Fran Snyders House Concerts in Your Home site.

They told me I could do it. "have a house concert" they said...my musician friends wanted to perform...my other friends were willing to listen!

First thing you always think when you hear the words house concert in relation to your own home is "my house is too small." Let's get over that myth right now. One thing music does in a small space is create intimacy, a mood, a magic that makes you sometime realize that you are holding your breath so that you don't miss the next lyric...and then realize, you are NOT in a bar, or a restaurant...no clanging, no voices, no kids at the next table at full pitch...it's the music. And in a house concert it surrounds you. Your house is not too small.I work in catering and event planning, so granted, I am a little more versed in the ways of venues, musicians and logistics of things like this...but this is MY house! so, I do get a little nervous. Actually, usually it's my back yard...I have neighbors that have no problem pulling up a chair on their back porches, popping a beer and listening along with those in the audience. The little rise in the yard by the fence is the "stage" and I drag every chair I own, and many that my neighbors own to the yard, all in rows. The musicians use small sound systems...not my problem, their gig. At my house concerts, I do a potluck... altho many venues only offer non alcoholic drinks (I usually do a fruited lemonade) and maybe some snacks. I do my concerts on Sunday, so my catering friends bring leftovers from Saturday night! as well as generous guests fill in the edges with other goodies. If a guest wants to enjoy wine or cold beer, bring it along, not a problem.

I set the buffet in the house...the bar as well...on the porch is the merch table, each artist has CDs, T shirts etc to sell. I ask for a donation of $10-15, more if you can, less if you can't...and all the money goes to the musicians. I've been setting up a tip jar, I'm thinking of collecting at the door, then it's done.Base rule for house concerts: It's about the music. Conversation in the audience is just not allowed...at my concerts, in the house, with the door shut, you can eat, chat, visit...the backyard is music only. We take a break in the middle, then encourage everyone to return to their seats before the next set starts up.And the music! it makes it all worth while! clear lyrics, sweet melody... stories about the songs, why they were written...who inspired the thought....harmonies flowing over your head and into your heart. It's a miracle way to hear our wonderful Austin musicians, there is nothing else like it. We are the Live Music Capitol of the World...and this is the best way I know to support it.

My first concert featured Donna Frost, from Nashville, TN opening for Austin's Byrd & Street, a perfect combination! They've done this show twice so far, with wonderful song circles following each one. Webb House Concerts has followed with Cowboy Johnson, Amanda Pearcy, Steve Brooks, Paula Held...and a couple of song circles just because we could...next up is Ladies w/Lyrics...four women with their guitars and their voices...Donna Frost, Amanda Pearcy, MJ Bishop and Leeann Antherton! right in my own back yard!

Leeann throws one heck of a house concert herself here in South Austin...the Full Moon Barn Dance!

I do this...you can too...

Find my house concert pictures at : www.myspace.com/webbhouseconcerts and also on Webb House Blogspot

Webb House Concert Schedule

May 17th
George Ensle comes to our backyard before heading to Kerrville to perform at the Folk festival...with Tom Tranchilla opening the show....then sit back for two sets by George! George Ensle has a touch of his personal empathy for others in each of his songs, bringing to life everyday folks with love and compassion...allowing us all to feel part of one another, but still celebrating our individuality. In today's tough, tough times...a reviewer wrote of George "Ensle paints with the brush of hope." I just like the way that sounds. He also was 2008 Texas Music Award nominee for Singer/Songwriter...he's co-written with Blaze Foley, Hal Ketchum, this man has talent! Still some spots left, do not miss this one!!



June 14th!
Kathy Street and Tommy Byrd will join me in welcoming Taylor Pie to South Austin! Byrd & Street, w/Greg Whitfield, will share the bill with Pie and my old friend, Eben Wood. Besides the obvious enjoyment of hearing the song writing skills of Tommy and Pie, I am so looking forward to hearing Greg and Eben show their talent on their guitars!

Taylor Pie and Eben are from my home town of Corpus Christi...back in the day when Pie was known as Susan Taylor, from the Pozo Seco Singers ("Time") with Don Williams and Lofton Kline..and Eben was gaining his reputation as "the best" on the Texas Gulf Coast, playing with most of the local bands and having musicians and fans drive in from all over Texas to watch him perform. The 40 years since has not dulled Pie's voice, her song writing integrity or her smile...and Eben uses that unique finger picking of his to bring more than his share to any show!


Byrd & Street, nominees for the Texas Music Academy Duo of the Year Award, as well as pulling in all the recognition that a songwriter of Tommy's caliber does (this year a finalist at Kerrville Folk Festival for the New Folk award) have developed a style unique to them, with harmonies equal to the lyrics. Lyrical stories come to life, with the amazing talent of Greg Whitfield's guitar to lead and follow the threads of the story line. Having the opportunity to hear this duo in a house concert setting is a special treat to those of us who fight the restaurants and bar noise so often to catch a gig!

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Save a date:

Greg Whitfield, July 26th! Greg is a very talented singer/songwriter in his own right, and will share his tunes and his songs with us!We are all looking forward to a whole night of Greg showcasing his work!!

Korn Poneys, aka Suzee Brooks and Dan Hardick...Sept 20! These two are part of Fingerpistol who have a CD that I have truly enjoyed, but not as much as hearing these two in the WHC song circles the last couple of concerts! I CANNOT wait to hear them do a whole show!


email Webb House Concerts at webbhouseconcerts@yahoo.com for more information and a map! We love kids, but none under 12 for these performances! Potluck, if you want...and non alcoholic drinks provided, but feel free to bring your own adult beverage! Just remember, it's a low alcohol concert event, not a party. We LISTEN!

Song circle follows performances...c'mon by...

see you soon!

Ladies with Lyrics 2009

It was a lovely day...all day long and it just got better and better! MJ Bishop, Amanda Pearcy, Leeann Atherton and my bud Donna Frost! how much talent can four women throw at an audience?












Donna makes to Texas twice a year..Austin, Houston, College Station...and MJ is on her Americana Tour...headed around the country with two stops in Texas, this one and the Kerrville Folk Festival. Amanda is becoming a favorite at venues all over Austin and she and her husband, Cowboy Johnson, have been a big support to WHConcerts! Leeann Atherton is a seasoned house concert performer and hostess...her Barn Dances at her home are legendary...as is she. I have more video, I'm gettin' to it fast as I can...and will post more sometime.

This was just so much fun, we had a great audience and a terrific song circle following, with Amanda's son stepping up to join the pros, and doing a hell of a job. Dan Hardick from Fingerpistol, Tommy Byrd and Kathy Street, Mo McMorrow, Sandy McLain, Cowboy...it's always my favorite time..relaxing after being the hostess!


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Thanks to all these lovely talented women...and the audience that shows up every time to listen and support our live music in Austin, TX...

Next one up? George Ensle on May 17th!!! Tom Tranchilla is opening! George on his way to Kerrville...

After Kerrville, on June 14th, Byrd & Street, with Greg Whitfield will help us welcome Taylor Pie and Eben Wood to our south Austin house concert venue. Taylor Pie, formerly Susan Taylor all those years ago in Corpus Christi when she was part of the Pozo Seco Singers with Don Williams and Lofton Kline, is now living near Nashville where she is putting together her own venue. Eben, our old high school bud, is an amazing guitar player from the day, I cannot wait to see Eben and Greg Whitfield on the same night on my stage at Webb House Concerts. Pie's voice is even better, if that's possible. She is a phenomenal song writer, songs that can be interpreted in very personal ways, making her lyrics part of your life. Pie and Eben will be in Fredricksburg at Hondo's the week before for a CD party for their CD recorded live at Hondo's last year. She will be at the Bugle Boy in La Grange on June 12.

Speaking of that, this weekend, on Friday April 24th, Byrd & Street, w/Greg Whitfield will be at the Bugle Boy as well. They will be on their way to Palestine, TX for the Texas Music Awards where they are nominated for Duo/Group of the Year. We wish them all the best on that Sunday! Tommy Byrd is a finalist in the New Folk songwriters contest at the Kerrville Folk Festival, performing on May 23rd.

If you ever have the opportuntity to hear any or all of these Ladies w/Lyrics...do not miss it, each has a talent and voice to share with you....

I saw a miracle today...

that's the note I wrote to myself over my busy music days in March...trying to not forget the blog thoughts I had..but no worry here. A miracle.

My nephew is a brain injury survivor. In a moment of a car crash, lives changed and one ended...and Leland ended up in brain injury rehabs across our state. The Brown School, right out here on Dittmar, in the Bluebonnet unit just 5 minutes away was his home for several months back then. I've written about that time in other blogs, today I write about the music, and how it heals.

At Christmas, Laurie Freelove, a local musician, asked Byrd and Street to do a Christmas carol show for the kids at what was the Brown School, now Texas Neuro and I tagged along. Just driving down that driveway was more emotional than I realized it would be, so many days I made that drive, sometimes four or five times in one day, sometimes alone, sometimes with Matt..even Boomer came along sometime. He was a big dog with a big heart and he could take the big pets and love them.

The kids in the audience were young to old teens...some brain injury survivors, or other neurological diagnoses. And they love to sing! I'm not sure Tommy and Kathy expected to do Santa Claus is coming to town four times, but hey! it was a hit and it was a very enthusiastic sing along every single time.


It was a natural thing to ask Donna Frost to sing for those kids...she's as real as they come and those kids would love her...so one Friday afternoon we headed out there..driving down that drive, we spotted the kids in the bluebonnets across those rolling hills...getting spring time Texas photos. Soon, she was up in front of them in the little art and music room. Bless her for learning words to a George Strait song the night before! and I Love Rock and Roll! the enthusiasm was contagious, and loud! Drift Away, truly beautiful voices, I have a video of it, but for privacy reasons cannot post it.




And our miracle...a dad coming all the way from Alaska where he works, to visit his son..about 12-14 years old, I guess. Autistic, I assume. Very to himself, but trying. Dad, sitting next to him, keeping his hands in his lap, when you could feel how much he just wanted to hug that kid..but he knew the ropes. He sat and the kid sat...and they listened to Donna's songs. And a toe started tapping...she connected. and time passed and all of a sudden I looked over...and that boy's arm had come up around his dad's back...and didn't leave. He reached out. He held on. And when that dad shook my hand and thanked us for coming, he was close to tears as he told us it was the best visit he'd had with his son in quite some time. He reached out. He held on.

I saw a miracle today, I wrote that night. Reminded myself of all the miracles I had seen at that school and other rehabs as we tried to bring our Leland back to his old self, and learned how to love his new self just as much.

Music heals.