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Heralding from Dallas, the boys from Saints Eleven have been gaining steam, roping in the 2019 Texas Country Music Association award for “Country Band of The Year.” There’s definitely a lot of country in the Saints Eleven sound, but there is also a hell of a lot of rock ‘n’ roll. A short listen and you’ll hear those classic rock roots punch through the steel and the twang of Jeff Grossman’s vocals. Shoot’em straight truth telling and country motifs are juxtaposed with loud and fiery guitar riffs, all melding together for radio friendly sound that translates well to their live

This current situation we all find ourselves in is frightening, uncertain, anxiety-inducing and difficult to process. People are sick, people are hurting, people are looking for an outlet. Our favorite bands have been taken off the road indefinitely, unable to generate any income. But, the old showbiz adage of “the show must go on” has prevailed with the help of some online tools. Artists have flooded social media feeds with concerts from living rooms, empty bars, back patios, driveways, bedrooms and the like. It’s been a massive movement, and over the past week we’ve been in several meetings trying to

Well, here we are. The COVID19 virus has caused an interruption in lifestyle like no other moment in memory. Being that this is a music blog, we will only focus on the musical side of all this. That is not to trivialize or minimize the severity and alarming nature of all that is coming our way. It is a monumental and historic moment. Seemingly every hour brings bleaker news and more restrictions. The days after 9/11 comes closest in scope within my memory, but that was a different time and different threat. We were still able to congregate and revel

Supergroups are a difficult task to undertake.  They’re equally challenging to evaluate. The exploit of participating in a supergroup has rarely been done well.  It falls flat more often than not. The exceptions being bands like The Highwaymen, The Highwomen, Traveling Wilburys, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave and Velvet Revolver. Often the individual parts are greater than the whole.  Flashes of brilliance streak across the vanity of the project and give glimpses of greatness while never quite ever achieving the overall brilliance that the solo artists had achieved themselves.  That brings us to the most recent supergroup and the first

Last fall Micky and the Motorcars released their 7th studio album, Long Time Comin’. It’s been almost five years since the younger Brothers Braun, Micky and Gary, put out new material. After a busy fall, we were finally able to catch up with front man Micky Braun and have a good conversation. Here you go. 1. So your new record is aptly named Long Time Comin’. It’s been a while since “Hearts From Above.” Why the long drought? We named the record Long Time Comin’ because of the song I wrote with Bruce Robison, plus it had been four years