Posts under ‘beautiful Texas’

the mighty mystiqueros did 5,000 miles, 15 states, 19 gigs in 22 days in june, and i could have stayed on the road a while longer, i was having such a great time playing for new faces, and making new friends out there.  there were so many highlights, and so many cool gigs – the [...]

And so it begins…… We’re off. The Mystiquero summer 2001 east coast tour has begun! 18 shows, 22 days and …..  I don’t actually want to know how many miles. WW and I packed the van and headed off to Tomball, TX for our first show at Main Street Crossing. Austin musician Patterson Barrett joined [...]

As some of you know, we’ve been playing a regular 9pm show on Wednesdays at the Saxon Pub in Austin for quite some time now. Just shy of 2 years actually. We’re there most Wednesdays and it’s really become a great hang. It’s never the same show 2 weeks in a row. Being easily bored [...]

On Saturday I actually woke up well rested. We weren’t planning to leave La Jitas early, so everyone got to sleep in a bit. The ride to Alpine was  quick and before I knew it we were pulling up in front of the newly remodeled Holland Hotel. We had come out a few weeks earlier [...]

I don’t know if I woke up so much as came to on Friday morning. The sun was slanting thru the blinds of our hotel room and all I could think about was not missing breakfast. We left Marathon about 9:30 am friday morning to get on the road to the LaJitas Resort. Once again [...]

This is the first of 4 posts about our trip out west this year…… It’s not usually my idea of a good time to sleep four hours, get up at 6 a.m., drive an hour, drop off the dog, drive another hour to Luckenbach and get on a charter bus full of people for a [...]

A late summer evening. The humidity rises as the sun begins to dip towards a chance of evening rain. A rapt audience watches the final throws of a washer throwing competition and leaps to their feet as 2 successive 5 point shots are made! There are cheers and laughs. Pictures to be taken and a [...]

Highway 16 as I drive from downtown Kerrville to Quiet Valley Ranch never disappoints. This road is what the Texas Hill Country is all about. It’s June and we’ve had rain so it’s green and lush along the road. Black Eyed Susan’s still poke their yellow heads up from the tall grass of the shoulder. [...]

“In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, lived a strange race of people….. the Druids” – Spinal Tap. Often times, people wonder what a country rock band does with it’s down time on the road. Well, being the knowledge seekers that we are, we are often lead to interesting historical sites, [...]

My favorite show of the year was yesterday. The annual KNBT Americana Jam 2010. Why do I love this show? 1. It’s at Gruene Hall (need I say more about that?) 2. It’s where the Mystiqueros were born – May 2006, Walt needed a band for this show. Ray, John, Marcus, Tina, Walt and I [...]

I’ve had the pleasure of being in Austin now, with the exception of a a couple of years when I clearly lost my mind, for 20 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a spring quite like this one. As we’ve arrived to shows out in the Hill Country over the last several weeks [...]