On a Saturday night in Texas, you WILL hear a good band playing. There is just something about the gravitational pull of the local dancehall, tavern, bar, or club that attracts you to it. And people are not shy here; you can talk to anyone. Nor does it embarrass them to get up and dance, whether they know you or not. It is all fair game. I was at Billy’s Icehouse in New Braunfels, when the rush to the dance floor occurred during Flywood’s performance, not on one of their fine originals, but during a rousing version of Bob Seger's “Old Time Rock & Roll.” We were there to see the headliner out of Norman, OK, The Damn Quails, who will be gracing the stage of this year’s Music Fog Marathon just a few weeks from now at Threadgill's WHQ. Their album Down The Hatch, which was produced by Mike McClure, is sitting in the top ten on the Americana Radio Chart.

Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils brought the ’good ole rock’ themselves during last year’s Spring Music Fog Marathon at Threadgill’s WHQ in Austin. Ian started hitting those establishments around Austin in the 90’s. We had the pleasure of presenting the band on the heels of the release of El Sonido Nuevo. Ian Moore, Matt Harris, and Kyle Schneider played us this rocking tune called “Secondhand Store,” which appeared on that album. There are a couple of key tour dates posted for March on Ian’s website. You will have a rollicking fun time, to be sure.

-Jessie Scott