The Gobblers Knob

  Sorry for the slow postings over the last week or so. It has been for good reason, however. Thankfully, I have been staying busy with both The Dallas Observer, as well as Best of Texas.Com. This past weekend, I covered the MusInk Festival in Dallas for The Observer’s Music Blog, DC-9 at Night. Click [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I caught 3 fantastic Texas-based acts at the Granada Theater. Slobberbone (Denton), Scott H. Biram (Austin) and my 2009 Band of the Year (not an official award) Telegraph Canyon from Ft. Worth conducted a serious night of music. The Granada’s own Bill Ellison was there and took some pics, enjoy. [...]

  Well, it may not be on New Year’s Eve, but I can’t think of a better, more joyful way of saying goodbye to 2009 than by catching Slobberbone at The Granada Theater on Wednesday, Dec. 30th. While Slobberbone’s reuniting has perhaps been my favorite musical story of the year, one of the opening bands, [...]

  Thanks to our friends at KXT 91.7 for this sweet video. Brent Best, who might be my all-time favorite artist from the North Texas region, looks to possibly have a busy 2010. He has recently hinted at popping out some new material from both his projects, Slobberbone and The Drams. Slobberbone seems to be [...]

In year’s past, I haven’t done much a personal “Best-Of” list at year’s end. I have left that up to others, mainly due to the stress level inherent with such a task. This year, I contributed a list to multiple outlets, so I figure I would share my ballot with you here. What you see below [...]