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Phone (830) 980-7861 Indian Ric Marley....................6 Suzy Bravo................................8 Advertise In Action Magazine (830) 980-7861 www.actionmagsa.com • email: [email protected] Action Magazine, June 2011 • 3 • What Do: Neil Diamond Elvis Presley Tom Jones Bob Dylan Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Tony Bennett Roy Orbison David Allen Coe Earl Scruggs The Eagles Johnny Cash Billy Joel Johnny Rivers Chet Atkins Dean Martin Hank Williams Alan Jackson Jimmy Buffett Van Morrison George Strait Freddy Fender Ray Charles Pat Green Bobby Darin The Beatles Chicago The 4 Seasons Elton John Doobie Brothers Journey The Beach Boys Kenny Rogers Jerry Reed Toby Keith Garth Brooks C.C.R. Frank Sinatra Charlie Robison Charlie Daniels Rolling Stones Dion Engelbert Eddie Raven John Denver Righteous Bros. and many more all have in common? 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Weekends Call for Showtimes • 4 • Action Magazine, June 2011 3 Games • BEHIND SUN HARVEST OFF NACOGDOCHES & 410 The New Standard in 210 212-7638 Karaoke NOW on Wednesday Nites saroselive.com To view selected Kindrick Columns go to www.actionmagsa.com The demise last month of San Antone Cafe and Concerts--recalled by most as Casbeers at the Church-again underscores the painful truth about live music as presented on the nightclub and small venue level. Itʼs a risky business, fraught with pratfalls and dead ends for club and restaurant owners who donʼt understand what they are dealing with. In the case of Barbara Wolfe and Steve Silbas, the Casbeers at the Church people, it was a live music hot spot bail-out by two people who did know what they were dealing with. They knew, and they stuck to the rough and rocky road until a spongy economy and Steveʼs failing health finally brought an end to it all. Hard to understand Since entering the live music game back in 1999 when they booked their first bands at historic Casbeers on Blanco Road, the husband-wife team ofWolfe and Silbas has amazed and confounded their competitors, bringing in some road acts which their space and accommodations could not possibly justify for a profitable night. How could they afford bands and music stars such as the Texas Tornados, Kinky Friedman, Terri Hendrix, Gatemouth Brown, Joe King Carrasco, Sisters Morales, Pinetop Perkins, Marcia Ball, Steve Fromholz, Fred Eaglesmith, Larry Joe Taylor, Tom Russell, and the list goes on ad infinitum? A combination of unique factors figure into the equation, no single one of them strong enough to keep Barbara and Steve propped up and operating for as long as they did. First of all, they think more like a musician than they do as nightclub and restaurant owners. While they served great truck stop enchiladas and other dishes at first Casbeers, then Casbeers at the Church after their move to the King William District, and finally as San Antone Cafe and Concerts, Wolfe and Silbas have always put the major focus on live music. Musician rapport Both of them are walking encyclopedias on roots music and Texas music and musicians in particular. Steve Silbas can rattle off the names, recordings, stage show accomplishments, and backup sidemen for an endless lineup of musicians who range from the eclectic to mainstream superstars in the making. And from their beginning on Blanco Road at old Casbeers, Steve and Barbara have enjoyed an unbelievable rapport with the musicians they have booked, an edge that most of their competitors have eyed with envious amazement. Because of their non-commercial affinity for the men and women who earn a living playing music, Barbara Wolfe and Steve Silbas formed bonds and lasting friendships with musicians which cannot be accounted for at the gate or in a contract guarantee.They earned the respect and trust of the musicians who worked their stages, and most of the musicians responded in kind. For many of the pickers, a music illiterate nightclub owner with dollar signs for eyeballs, is their natural enemy, a tone-deaf pariah with a cash register heart who will use them, abuse them, and bad-mouth them for years to come if their appearance doesnʼt pack the house. Silbas and Wolfe have never been of this ilk. “If Steve and I had wanted to make money,” Barbara Wolfe said, “we would have opened a karaoke bar. We have both loved roots music for years, and we really wanted to do our part to help with the movement and the musicians who make it work. Of course we wanted to make a profit and do it in the field we love, but, hey, we know the real score. We operated the finest non-profit music club in this part of Texas, and we had a lot of fun while it lasted.” Casbeers (and that is the name which Silbas and Wolfe really put on the map) will occupy a distinction in Texas music history which only a scant few saloons ever attain--a soulful oasis for creative pickers with that special vibe which transcends commercialism of all forms. These are the little dumps which have flabbergasted the mainstream entertainment world for years, those funky little broom closets which have a strange and powerful allure for some of the finest, and normally expensive, musicians in the land. The magical Bijou San Antonioʼs Bijou Club on San Pedro was one of these legendary little hangouts. After winding up one of his Saturday night shows at Flooreʼs Country Store in Helotes, Willie Nelson couldnʼt wait to reach the Bijou for some late night jam sessions. Jerry Jeff Walker and Ray Wylie Hubbard were also regular impromptu visitors, and didnʼt Jackson Browne bounce into the Bijou after one of his major shows downtown. And was that Leon Russell we saw on the Bijou piano stool one night with Blind George McClain? The old Longneck was another musician favorite, and I can still recall the night we got Jimmy Buffett into the popular joint off Blanco Road with nothing more than a phone call to his Ramada Inn suite, and a promise of slim bucks and all the margaritas that San Antonioʼs own little “Margaritaville” could offer. Buffett was crossing over from East Coast to West Coast, and he went for the deal. There was time prior to the Buffett show at Ron Singletaryʼs old Longneck Club for about 20 30-second spots on old KEXL FM, but that was enough. The joint was packed, and the parking lot, too, and Buffett said it “felt right.” Leon Springs Cafe Jud Pickardʼs old Leon Springs Cafe was another one of those musician magnates. Robert Earl Keen, Townes Van Zandt, and Billy Joe Shaver preferred Judʼs joint over all others, and how could any of us forget the Bits and PIeces on San Pedro where Vince Vance and the Valliants made their San Antonio debut? Owners and operators of these clubs all managed to gain the respect and trust of the musicians who worked their stages, and it is safe to say that some of the pickers might, on occasion, have adjusted their regular contract fee when the club owner was facing a financial bath due to unexpected poor attendance. But it has never been enough. Whether it be Austinʼs legendary Soap Creek Saloon, the magical Bijou Club, or Barbara and Steveʼs old Casbeers, there is one common denominator: The nostalgic little soul music happenings all produce more memories than revenue. Action Magazine, June 2011 • 5 • Indian Ric Marley dies of cancer in Hawaii By Sam Kindrick Indian Ric Marley is dead, and the sun that tanned his hide and warmed his spirit probably contributed to his death on April 30 at the age of 56. The diagnosis was melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer which spread to Marleyʼs brain and lungs. A self-made Indian, a master craftsman, and a realistic nature artist with few peers, Eric (White Turtle) Marley was a Churchill High School graduate who completely and without reservation adopted the life style of the Native American. He lived in tepees on various Hill Country ranches, fashioned his clothing from feathers and road kill ani- mal skins, and became a much sought after speaker and teacher in the field of Native American lore. Ric died in Anahola, Hawaii on the Island of Kauai, an area Marley frequented when he was not residing in Austin. He was cared for and nursed until his death by Carolyn Poisso, a school mate from Churchill High who he reunited with last August at the Canteen Fest at Floore Store in Helotes. A reunion of musicians and friends who frequented the old Teen Canteen during the 1960s and 1970s, Canteen Fest was going strong when Indian Ric walked in wearing a wild-looking beach hat that resembled a chick- en hawkʼs nest, flipflops, and short britches. Sam Kinsey, owner and operator of the legendary Teen Canteen, said Carolyn and Ric hit it off at first sight. “They knew each other from high school,” he said “They had never dated or anything, but the attraction was there, and they hadnʼt laid eyes on one another for 40 years. After Canteen Fest, Carolyn accompanied Ric to Hawaii, and then came the trouble.” Contacted by telephone in Hawaii, where she will soon leave for a return to San Antonio, Carolyn Poisso said Marleyʼs first symptoms appeared in December with a small tumor on his back. Ric didnʼt pay much attention to it, but he was beginning to Ric Marley as he appeared in a 1996 Action article • 6 • Action Magazine, June 2011 stumble and suffer bad headaches when the official diagnosis came on February 3. “It was malignant melanoma,” Carolyn said. “By then, he had three brain tumors, and the cancer had spread to his lungs.” After Ricʼs death, Poisso said, his friends carried his body to a camp he had maintained on the beach, and he was laid out in full Indian regalia, including a complete headdress. White Turtle was Marleyʼs Indian name. “There were three services,” Carolyn said. “One was Native American, and the holy man who conducted the ceremony had American Indian ties.” She noted that Ric was cremated, and that his ashes are in possession of his daughters. Another memorial service may be held in at a future date, either in Austin or San Antonio. Marley was a friend of my late son, Grady Kindrick, and I featured Indian Ric on the cover of the October, 1996 issue of Action Magazine. At that time, I was hanging out with my future and now current wife Sharon, and Marley was living on a ranch near Leakey with daughters Anita and Melonie, both teenagers at the time. We spent the day together, and later met up with Marley and his girls at a genuine Indian pow-wow on the Llano River near Llano, Texas. He was a friendly, generous soul who was loved by many, and he was a genuine Texas character who was well summarized in an e-mail Karen Torgerson sent to Canteen Fest organizer Neka Scarborough. Torgerson wrote: “I wish someone would start an ʻin memory of Eric (White Turtle) Marleyʼ page so people could post their stories of his adventures. There are so many. Like when Ric took a real skeleton to school...or, like the article Sam wrote in the October, 1996 issue of Action Magazine, where Ric was at a South Side jam at a Bandidos house where a little known band was coming up with a name. Someone asked what the best known rolling papers were and they came up with Zig Zag and Top. Next thing he knew, they were playing at the Teen Canteen un- Indian Ric with Sam Kinsey at Canteen Fest last August der the name ZZ Top. “Ricʼs first adventure in Hawaii was one of his best. He stole Sylvester Stalloneʼs horse and stayed on the beach with it beside his tepee. He also made leather G-strings for a bunch of male strippers in exchange for the right to also strip at their party. He was drafted by the local police to help round up a loose buffalo from a nearby ranch. He learned to climb down a palm tree in a loin cloth. Then there was the one about him swimming treacherous waters to a cave where he spoke with a holy man, and his trekking deep into the woods to get away from civilization, only to find a nude young woman swimmer with a cell phone who was best friends with one of his daughters. Each one was a story unto itself. He kept us all laughing.” Marleyʼs pen and ink drawings of animals and Indians are realistically startling, and he had managed to make a living through the years selling his artwork. “He was a great artist, and an incredible craftsman,” said Carolyn Poisso. “And he had the biggest of hearts. He would do anything for another person, never asking much in return.” When I interviewed Marley for the 1996 article, he said that everything he owned was made from someone elseʼs trash. “I donʼt hunt or trap,” he said. All of our skins come from road kills I pick up. Hair, teeth, and bone can be recycled.” At that time, he was making Indian dreamcatchers with the rings from old tomato cases. Real ivory, he said, can be had by filing the orange covering from the teeth of nutria rats. And Marley was making medicine bags with yarn woven from his own hair. Marley worked for about four years for Sam Kinsey at the old Teen Canteen, and he did art work and promotion for both Jam Productions and Concerts West. But the Indian way and the great outdoors came above all else. While Marley claimed to be one-fourth Comanche, he told me that he once resented his white man blood so much that he cavorted on the beaches at Port Aransas in a loin cloth, so that his buttocks would be as brown as the rest of his body. Ric told me, “A manʼs butt represents his true color.” Torgerson Karen is a fellow artist whose husband Cy grew up with Marley, and they have remained friends throughout the years. She believes that Marley first went to Hawaii with the suspicion that he might have cancer, possibly looking for a cure. Marley marched to his own drum beat, and had he known that direct contact with the sun can cause skin cancer, he probably wouldnʼt have done anything differently. Eric Marley was a true Indian in so many respects. He thought like an Indian. He dressed like an Indian much of the time. And he was as spiritually in tune with the Great Spirit and the balance of nature as Peta Nocona, Quanah Parker, or Chief Red Cloud. But he had the white manʼs skin, and he was never able to get out of it. Make My Day Lounge Corner of Perrin-Beitel and Thousand Oaks OPEN AT 7 A.M. 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And long be- fore she flanged together her current group, a horndriven band known in most off-the-beaten-path joints as Suzy Bravo and the Soul Revue. “I knew I wanted to sing since I was a little girl,” Suzy Bravo laughs. “But I was awful at it. Couldnʼt sing a lick. In elementary school the teacher made me lip sync in the Christmas show.” Upon graduation from high school (she attended both Lanier and Southwest), Susie Garcia took her life savings of $300 and bought a bus ticket for Los Angeles where she enrolled in a school for musicians. “The first song I ever wrote was for an audition tape at the school,” Suzy Bravo says. “But I soon • 8 • Action Magazine, June 2011 quit. I had to find my own voice. I hung out in L.A., and even spent some time in New York City, working part time in a record store.’ We caught Suzy Bravoʼs act last month at the Ram Jam, an annual fest to honor Ram Ayalaʼs memory, and later at Azaneth Dominguezʼs Saluté Club on the St. Maryʼs Strip. Suzy Bravo is a power singer with a stage presence which can be described only as explosive. She calls her group Suzy Bravo and the Soul Revue. And it is an apropos handle, for Suzy sings with an inferno of emotion, changing facial expressions with almost every beat of the music, and swinging her mop of raven-black hair like the tail on a runaway mare, giant hoop earrings flashing through the inky underbrush. “I love it, obviously, “ she said. “Punk rock is energy with a message. It is more about an attitude of revolution, an expression of something that is not of the mainstream pop culture society.“ In the mid-90s when I was getting my feet wet, it was damn hard for a female to break in with a punk rock band. Now it is a glamour thing... bubblegum beauty queens manipulated by mainstream culture. Many of them donʼt have a clue.” Now 34, Suzy Bravo still works at one speed-full and ahead, but admits there might some temperance on certain occasions. “I still go to my knees on stage, pour beer in my hair, and do a lot of that wild and crazy stuff today,” Suzy said. “But Iʼm doing it less often. It got to where people seemed to expect it, and thatʼs not how it is supposed to be. It has got to be spontaneous, like the music, and I must feel what Iʼm doing while Iʼm doing it. It must be real.” For a number of years after returning from L.A., Suzy worked at Hog Wild Records on Main Avenue, searching then for a band to sing with. “I tried working with a heavy metal group from the South Side, but that wasnʼt my style,” Suzy said. “I was still searching for my place. I donʼt ever want to be put in a pigeon hole. Iʼm a big Lucinda Williams fan. She never sold out. And I have tremendous respect for Emmy Lou Harris. I grew up listening to Fats Domino, James Brown, and Johnny Cash. Iʼm Tejano, conjunto, blues and soul. And when in L.A. and New York, I was reminded again that I am a Mexican. I couldnʼt wait to get back home to my momʼs cooking. The tacos you find in California and New York really suck.” Suzyʼs voice is deep, soulful, and plenty loud, and she does James Brown like a female “Godfather of Soul” if there ever was one, demonstrating her admiration for the funk master with James Brown tribute shows which started the year after his death in 2006 at the Limelight on St. Maryʼs Street, and ended “Suzy Bravo” Cont’d on pg. 13 Scatter Shots Scatter Shots Goodbye to Steve Much loved country musician Steve Mallett once said that he wanted a celebration of his life when he passed out of this old world. He will get his wish on June 19 when friends, family, and fellow musicians converge on Floore Store in Helotes to pay tribute to the enormously popular bass player, vocalist, and songwriter who died May 1 at age 62. Dub Robinson, leader of the Drug Store Cowboys, said of his friend and fel- Steve Mallett low band member: “Steve fought a long battle with kidney disease and at the end his heart gave out. He is and will be sorely missed as a great friend and talent.” Dub said Steveʼs ashes are in his tackle box waiting for a trip to the coast to be dispersed. The forthcoming blowout at Flooreʼs, which will start at 3 p.m., promises to be a monster, according to Robinson, who added: “Steve was muy puro San Antonio, as you well know, and you donʼt want to miss this tribute party.” Pat Yokum, a longtime friend of Mallett, said that, before he died, he had ex- pressed his wishes for a celebratory party to mark his passing. Of her friend Yokum said, “I love you and miss you, friend. Knowing you in my life was the best deal I could ever have asked for.” It was Yokum who supplied us with most of the background information for this notice. In addition to the Drug Store Cowboys, the last band Mallett worked with, he will be remembered for other South Side groups which include Goat Creek Conspiracy (his first band), Bergs Mill Symphony, Surprize Package, Kevin and the Black Tears, and Vito and the Kactus Kickers. One of the bright spots in Mallettʼs career was his song Dos Tacos being recorded by both Augie Meyers and Johnny Bush. The song as sung by Augie was background music in in a comedy movie titled Tortilla Heaven, and the liner credits noted the writer of the tune as Stephen Ross Mallett. “Steve really got a kick out of this,” said Pat Yokum. “He played on a number of CDs by some really great musicians, but his tune making it into the movies was an accomplishment of which he was very proud.” With failing kidneys, Mallett was on dialysis the past six years. He had several heart attacks, a triplebypass operation several years ago, and was given up for dead on at least three occasions before his May 1 death. 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Backfire • • • • • preferred laughter to selfpity, and he maintained his off-the-wall sense of humor to the end. Conrad Goeth, one of Mallettʼs closest friends, was visiting at his bedside after one of the major heart scares. Conrad said he asked Steve if he would like a prayer. “Not really,” Steve told him. “What Iʼd really like is a plate of enchiladas.” down the road, a woman passed over a bridge only to find a cop with a radar gun on the other side lying in wait. The cop pulled her over, walked up to the car, with that classic patronizing smirk we all know and love, and asked, “What’s your hurry?” To which she replied, “I’m late for work.” “Oh yeah,” said the cop, “what do you do?” ʻI’m a rectum stretcher,” she responded. “The cop stammered, “A Rectum Stretcher what? A rectum stretcher? While she was “flying” And just what does a rectum Mustang Sally’s stretcher do?” “Well,” she said, “I start by inserting one finger, then work my way up to two fingers, then three, then four, then with my whole hand in, I work from side to side until I can get both hands in, and then I slowly but surely stretch it, until it’s about 6 feet wide.” “And just what the hell do you do with a 6-foot asshole?,” he asked. She answered: “You give him a radar gun and park him behind a bridge...” e com Wel 1st Friday Every Month: Herbʼs Going Strong Herbʼs Hat Shop and boot and shoe repair on Rigsby Avenue is open for business and servicing its many customers as always, despite the untimely road death in February of its charismatic owner and operator, Herb Carroll. Herbʼs wife Pat says the tradition will be carried on just as her husband would have it, and that all three of the longtime employees at the shop will remain on the job. Vickey Walsh, an employee of Herbʼs for 15 years, works the front counter and helps with both boot and hat sales, while Cheryl Burd, a 30-year employee who looked upon Carroll as a father figure, shapes and blocks hats with a skill that only a real cowboy can appreciate. She is one of the best in the country. And while he is a man of few words, Salvador Gonzalez, the boot repair man and cobbler, is a veteran who worked for Lucchese when the world-famous boot company was locally owned. “I know that Herb would want his people to stay on the job, and I want the same,” said Pat Carroll. “I also intend to carry on with Herbʼs Lions Club and Livestock show charity projects because I know that is what he would want.” “Scatter Shots” Cont’d on pg. 14 What Wayne Harper has to say about Action Magazine website/www.TraCountry.Com • Check Us Out On Events! To 3428 ROOSEVELT 210 922-0957 “Where Friends & Family Meet” Her traffic ticket was $95. Court costs were $45. Look on the copʼs face, priceless. Action Magazine has been 12130 O’Connor Road • (210) 637-0071 my direct link to whatʼs happening around town for 35 years, and I have had (Thursday bands play from 8 p.m. until midnight) great results from my ad in the magazine. Besides that, your monthly commentary on everything from sports to politics keeps me thoroughly educated Super entertainer and Martini Club owner and very entertained. FEBRUARY BANDS 8pm – 2am.................Randy Trout & Friends 3rd Friday Every Month: 8 pm - 12 am........................................ Al Dean Cindy Shaw & Galen Dean “The New All-Stars” Wayne Harper New Band: “Incoming” June 11th & 25th • 9pm – 1am Daily Drink Specials! DJ & Karaoke Thu. - Sat. • Pool Tables • Darts FREE Pool All Day Sunday • Open Noon - 2am Daily POOL Cold beer, good music, and Action Magazine, just a few more of the great things to love about Texas. 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And we believe the possibilities are truly unlimited. Action already has bigtime name recognition. Everyone from Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed and District Judge Sid Harle to Alan Brown and Kinky Friedman reads us. And our monthly circulation has now jumped from 20,000 to the world. The website also offers select Sam Kindrick columns, recent past issues of the magazine, a brief history of Action Magazine, advertising rates and ad space sizes, and contact information. We are printed monthly at San Antonio Press. Sam Kindrick is editor-publisher. Nazareth Sando is in charge of magazine composition. Dan Cardenas of Accent Imaging contributes special graphic designs. Harry Thomas is the web tech. • 12 • Action Magazine, June 2011 “Suzy Bravo” Cont’d from pg. 8 last month with a performance at Tuckerʼs on the East Side. “This will likely be our last James Brown tribute,” Suzy said. “But who knows? James Brown was ageless, and so is his music. And if there was ever a punk rocker from the old days, it was James Brown. “At that time, James Soul Revue bassist Eddie Hernandez Brown was as punk rock as you get. Itʼs all about the energy. They call it punk rock now, but that energy is soul. Itʼs music with a passion, sung with a lot of emotion. There are different variations of it, but thatʼs where the root of it lies.” Suzy also headed a Johnny Cash tribute at Taco Land, proving that Keyboard player Thomas Dyer outlaws of any genre are worthy of her consideration. The major spoke in the Suzy Bravo music wheel is bassist Eddie Hernandez, who also plays lead guitar with the group Sexto Sol and Maneaters of Tsavo. Other players in the Soul Revue core group include Roland Delacruz, guitar, who also works in Masters of Love and Mescaleros; Brant Sankey, guitar; Paul Ward, drums, formerly with Cave Cat Sammy, the Swindles, and many more; and Thomas Dyer on keys. Sam Villela of Sexto Sol occasionally fills in on keyboards. The current horn section includes Tony Romeo on trumpet, Dave Woodard on trombone, and Roger on sax. Frank Rodarte also plays sax with the Soul Revue on occasion. And the influence of Frank (The Wild Jalapeno) Rodarte, a super saxman and onetime music columnist for Action Magazine, has long been evident in Suzyʼs penchant for big horn section bands. “Sheʼs a real wild woman,” Rodarte laughs. “We worked together at The Mix for some time, and she still calls me to fill in on some of her gigs.” A super-active Catholic who never tires in his mission to spread the word of Jesus Christ, Rodarte wants Suzy Bravo to kick her act into an even higher realm. “Spirituality,” says the Jalapeno. “She has all the makings for it. She is a chicana Aretha, a Tejano Etta, and a super soulful chick who can do justice to everyone from James Brown to Randy Garibay. Now I feel that she has done just about all she can do in this punk thing. I feel she should kick it on up a notch. She could do gospel like nobody else, and thatʼs the direction I would like to see her take.” Rodarteʼs involvement in Suzyʼs first James Brown tribute lent authenticity to the event, since Frank had rubbed shoulders with Brown, as well as the late Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., and many other vintage performers from the old Vegas Strip. With his Dell Kings group of the late 1950s, and later the Los Blues group of the 1970s, Rodarte played a 320-week “Suzy Bravo” Cont’d on pg. 14 Olmos Bharmacy & Patty Lou’s Restaurant 3902 McCullough Ave. (210) 706-9855 www.olmosbharmacy.com • www.pattylousrestaurant.com Ph. 210-590-3260 Fax 210-590-8998 Great Food, Drinks & Live Music Nightly! 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Bear Facts • 7pm FREE Fri, 10th.................................... Flywood • 8pm $5 Tues, 14th..................... Uncle Fudd • 7pm FREE Fri, 17th............................Black Ribbon • 8pm $5 Tues, 21st..................Kcee Edwards • 7pm FREE Fri, 24th............................. Twisted Fate • 8pm $5 Sun, 26th...... Bluegrass Sunday Afternoon Tues, 28th....... Jeremy Miller Band • 7pm FREE • 14 • Action Magazine, June 2011 run at the Sahara Hotel in Vegas, and he was in the same New York hotel with James Brown while Los Blues performed over an extended engagement. “When heʼd finish his gig and we finished ours, we would see each other at the deli,” Rodarte said. “Heʼd come out of the limo, with all the brothers, ordering sandwiches and stuff.” Rodarte said Los Blues adopted a lot of James Brown rules which were implemented when the group worked Vegas. “It was no smoking on stage,” he said. “No drinking. We didnʼt want any lulls.” While Suzy has been influenced by Rodarte and others, she says her mom Mary was probably the greatest influence of them all. “She had her own little soul group,” Suzy said. “She sounded like a black lady.” Suzy loved 1970s punk rocker Patti Smith because she could wail and be a poet at the same time. And Suzy recalls her momʼs love for Fats Domino music. “The old stuff has al- ways been the foundation,” Suzy said. “And now the classic old soul stuff is coming back. And thatʼs how we try to do it, naturally and without any of the special effects which have taken the real out of a lot of music.” Suzy Bravo has made single recordings of Gladys Knightʼs Imagination, and Ann Sextonʼs Youʼre Losing Me. And she has done studio backup vocals with Austinʼs Brownout, Fantasma, and Flaming Hellcats. But her first appearance on a full-length CD is just now in the works. “Members of my band are working with members of Los Mescaleros and Boxcar Satan on a first CD which will be called Even Sinners Have Soul,” Suzy said. “It will include some blues/rock covers, along with some original stuff I have written.” Suzy says she wants to work more on original material in the future, maintaining, if possible, an 8 or 9-piece group. A number of years ago, Suzy opened for Motorhead in the Verizon amphitheater to over 1,000 people, but most of her appearances have been in off-the-wall joints like Taco Land, Limelight, Saluté, White Rabbit, The Mix, and the Port Aransas Sand Festival where Suzy fans abound. The Soul Revue also plays a number of weddings. Suzy is a sharp chick who admits to being torn between her punk rock persona and a day job that requires a rocksteady dedication to the needs of young women in need of help. “I used to dye my hair cherry red,” Suzy said. “And I would still wear it cherry red if not for my day job.” She said her job as a community health educator with the Martinez Street Womenʼs Center is a part of her life that she will not relinquish. “We are about supporting the empowerment of women and girls,” Suzy said. “Itʼs about health education, including diabetes and breast cancer screening. Children, of course, are included in the work. And we even do some parenting.” Childless and never married, Suzy has a boyfriend who works out of the music field. “Iʼm a soul singer with a punk rock outlook,” Suzy said. “But I love working with young women and children. I have considered adopting a child somewhere in the future. And I guess it is my career with the womenʼs center that has kept me from taking the band and hitting the road full time. I also plan on returning to college for a degree in the health education field.” She added: “I feel like I have the best of both worlds. I know I have my head in the clouds and one foot planted firmly on the ground. I donʼt want to stop the community service work, and I canʼt imagine a life without the music.” “Scatter Shots” Cont’d from pg. 11 Tycoon Flats Richard Hartmanʼs Tycoon Flats on the St. Maryʼs Strip continues to thrive with some of the best live music to be found in these parts. Hartman has added a “Sunday Tunecase” lineup which will showcase live acts from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on a monthly basis. In June, Katherine Dawn will play on the 5th, while Chris Taylor will take the stage on the 19th. 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