Fire in the Water, Earth in the Air: Legends
of West Texas Music
by Christopher Oglesby
Published by the University
of Texas Press:
"As a whole, the interviews create
a portrait not only of Lubbock's musicians and artists, but also
of the musical community that has sustained them, including venues
such as the legendary Cotton Club and the original Stubb's Barbecue.
This kaleidoscopic portrait of the West Texas music scene gets
to the heart of what it takes to create art in an isolated, often
inhospitable environment. As Oglesby says, "Necessity is
the mother of creation. Lubbock needed beauty, poetry, humor,
and it needed to get up and shake its communal ass a bit or go
mad from loneliness and boredom; so Lubbock created the amazing
likes of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, and
Joe Ely."
"Indeed, Oglesby's introduction of more
than two dozen musicians who called Lubbock home should be required
reading not only for music fans, but for Lubbock residents and
anyone thinking about moving here. On these pages, music becomes
a part of Lubbock's living history."
- William Kerns, Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Author Chris
Oglesby is quoted @ page 8
in the Stubb's Cookbook
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SANDSTORM PICNIC!
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Friday April
25, 2008
@ the Moose Lodge
2103 E.M. Franklin, Austin TX USA
Bringing to Austin
the best
NEW MUSIC from Legendary Lubbock. The Legend Continues.
APRIL 25 2008 - AUSTIN TX
Experience great music by:
Brought to
Austin by Chris
Oglesby of
www.virtualubbock.com,
Jeff Kehoe of 30+ Years of Austin & Texas
Music, in association with Route 1: Acuff Studio
and
very special thanks to our good friends at VisitLubbock.org!
The Sandstorm
Picnic recreates in Austin the wild west music experience found
most weekends in legendary Lubbock.
For decades Lubbock has had a reputation of producing some of
the most innovative, daring, and entertaining musical artists
in popular music, including mavericks like Buddy Holly, Waylon
Jennings, Joe Ely, the Lost Gonzo Band, Terry Allen, Angela Strehli,
and Natalie Maines.
The Legend continues. The Sandstorm
Picnic aims to show the Austin audience that amazing Lubbock heritage still produces much of the best music
in Texas. This is what live music in Texas is all about!
Read a NEW story by author Chris Oglesby
  
Photos by Matt
Wright-Steel. 4/25/08
http://www.wrightsteel.net
Concert to Benefit Pianist Doug Smith
February 14, 2008
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West Texas piano legend Doug Smith suffered
paralysis from a severe back injury in a single-car accident
on July 25, 2007. Since, he has worked through four months of
intensive therapy at Colorado's famed Craig Center. Doug is back
in West Texas now, continuing the difficult physical therapy,
and shows marked progress toward recovery.
Doug and his family need our help on his long, tough journey.
This February 14, please join an amazing group of West Texas
music legends -- including Terry
Allen, Jay Boy Adams, Cary Swinney and many more --
as they honor our friend Doug Smith with one night of unforgettable
music in Lubbock. A GREAT VALENTINE DATE!!!
Tickets available at Lubbock
area Select-a-seat outlets,
including Ralph's Records, United Supermarkets, Dollar Western
Wear, and Caviel's Pharmacy. Call (806) 770-2000 or toll-free
(800) 735-1288.
AND DON'T MISS:
the exclusive
after-hours party, sponsored by virtualubbock.com,
30+
Years of Texas Music,
and Wheeler Bros.
Studio.
located
@ 804
N. University;
plenty of parking.
Free
admission;
donations for Doug Smith accepted.
Several local musicians will perform, including Los Sonsabitches,
Doctor Skoob, and Andy Eppler.
Chris Oglesby will have copies of Fire
in the Water, Earth in the Air: Legends of West Texas Music
available for purchase and signatures.
virtualubbock.com and 30+ Years of Austin & Texas Music
present LUBBOCK MUSIC NIGHT
Thurs Oct 11, 2007
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Jeff Kehoe is 30+
Years of Austin & Texas Music. Jeff was the party
deejay of choice in Lubbock back when Joe
Ely and Jay Boy Adams still
called the Hub City home and Stubb's still stood on East Broadway.
Like many of us, Jeff made his way to Austin where he was Operations
Manager of KLRU's Austin City Limits. He has seen it all
and remembers most of it. Jeff now operates a popular deejay
show in Austin. Jeff Kehoe teams up with author Chris Oglesby
at Quailty Seafood Austin's premiere seafood restaurant and music
venue to present Lubbock Music Night, a special version
of 30+ Years...We will play great Lubbock music, much of it synonymous
with Austin, tell some classic stories, and visit with some legendary
Lubbock performers including Ponty Bone and hopefully Richard
Bowden will have time to drop in between gigs. Recent Lubbock
expat Dr. Skoob
will perform some of his cosmic americana music, too! The freshest
seafood in central Texas, cold beer, full bar!
September 7, 2007 - Lubbock TX
Lubbock All-Stars Reunion & Book Boogie
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An actual tornado kicked off the evening in Lubbock,
celebrating Tornado Gallery's
Book Boogie in honor of the one year anniversary
of Chris Oglesby's award winning book
"Fire
in the Water, Earth in the Air: Legends of West Texas Music."
Perhaps Joe Ely was riding that tornado, as he
made a surpise appearance, along with his friend Jimmie Gilmore. Other surprise guests included
Don Caldwell,
Patricia Vonne, bluesman RC Banks, and Larry
Wellborn, who was Buddy Holly's bassist. The lineup included:
Susan Grisanti; Andy Eppler; Wade Parks;
Cary
Swinney; Prophets of Rockabilly; Bob Livingston; Kenny Maines;
Ponty
Bone; Texas
Belairs; The Sons of the Roadside Playboys with Tom
X; Jay
Boy Adams & the Roadhouse Scholars & many more talented
musicians
We are collecting photos
and video at our MySpace home:
at www.myspace.com/westtexasmusicbook
Please visit us there and be our friend!
May 12, 2007
Author Chris Oglesby receives literary honor
Chris Oglesby,
author of "Fire
in the Water, Earth in the Air: Legends of West Texas Music,"
has been recognized by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Award for "Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research".
The awards are presented to authors and publishers of books,
articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding
published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving
these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages
high standards, and promotes awareness of superior works. A maximum
of two awards is presented annually in each category-one for
best history and one for best discography. Certificates of Merit
are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high quality. The
2007 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2006. Oglesby
was awarded the certificate of merit in the category "BEST
RESEARCH IN RECORDED POPULAR MUSIC."
Appearances by author Christopher Oglesby
past appearances:
- Friday Sept 7, 2007; Lubbock
TX, Tornado Gallery, 19th & Buddy Holly ave.
Lubbock All-Stars Reunion & Book Boogie
celebrating the one year anniversary of "Fire in the Water,
Earth in the Air."
"I am very proud to have put together this group of Lubbock
Legends."
--Chris Oglesby
Here's
a sample, featuring
Tom X, the "godfather"
of Lubbock music:
- Sunday, May 13 2007; west
of Austin The Shade
Tree Potter
Mother's Day music party/book
signing: 2:00 - 6:00
with Texana Dames, Richard Bowden & Barbara Kooyman
- Friday,
December 8th 2006 - 7pm; Lubbock
Book
Discussion and Signing with the Author
@ Barnes & Noble, 6707 SLIDE ROAD, Lubbock 79424
- KTXT
Channel 5 December
9, 2006; Lubbock
Oglesby guest hosted
KTXT's fund drive, with Kenny Maines, Doug Nelson;
other guests that night included Alan Munde, Laurie Metcalf
& Kristie Thetford and Dan
Crump
- Sunday November 12/06
WOW! What and event this was! Thanks to everyone who
participated!
Austin Texas - Stubb's Bar-BQ & Live Music
FREE ADMISSION! 6:00pm - close:
Lubbock All-Star Stubb's Sunday Night Jam Reunion
Book release celebration, book signing, with Special Musical
Guests.
- Megan Laurie w/ Kristy Thetford; David Halley; Colin Gilmore;
Cary Swinney, Richard Bowden, & Michael O'Connor;
Texana Dames w/ John X Reed; Bob Livingston w/ Richard Bowden &
Bradley Kopp; Jay
Boy Adams Band; Jo Carol Pierce, Guy Juke & Band;
Ponty Bone with Dee Purkeypile, Steve Lott & Band;
All Star Blues Jam Tribute to Jesse Taylor
w/ John X Reed, Kent Mings, Ponty, Dee Purkeypile, Jay Boy
and the Kitchen Sink
- SURPRISE
GUESTS INCLUDED:
Jimmie Dale Gilmore; ZZTop's
Billy Gibbons; poet Paul Bullock; Tom X
In the audience: Stu Cook of CCR, Billy Bob Thornton, and many
other local and Lubbock celebrities!
- View photos and read mail about 11/12/06
- November 11, 2006
Barnes Noble, Austin Arboretum - UT Press received an award for excellence in regional
publishing and invited several of their authors to attest to
the excellence of the University of Texas Press.
- KGSR, Bryan Beck's morning show, Thurs. Nov 9
- 2006 Texas Book Festival
October 29, 2006
Panel discussion with Joe Ely, Tom X Hancock, Jo Carol,
& Colin Gilmore
- West Texas
Book & Music Festival
September 22-23, 20006
MEDIA COVERAGE
- Virtualubbock party after
Doug Smith Benefit - 2/14/08
Chris Oglesby knows how to throw a party!
- Lubbock Avalanche Journal
"Around Town" - Friday Sept 7, 2007
- Texas Highways Magazine recommends
- William Kern's review of "Fire in the Water, Earth
in the Air"
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal Oct. 15, 2006
- On the Radio
LISTEN! to Austin's KUT "Music Matters"
features Andy Uhler's interview
with author Chris Oglesby.
Listen online at KUT.org
- Austin Chronicle
recommends -
Rock-n-roll gifts for
the holidays
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