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One of the cinematic highlights of SXSW was yesterday's world premiere of For The Sake of The Song: The Story of Anderson Fair. Produced by Houstonians Bruce Bryant and Jim Barham, the film docum... Continue reading "Anderson Fair Documentary Premieres At SXSW; Hits Houston Worldfest April 10" >

​Last week, Hollywood Shuffle told you about a new documentary, Thunder Soul, featuring Houston's legendary late-'60s/early-'70s funky high schoolers, the Kashmere Stage Band. The director, Mark L... Continue reading "Hollywood Shuffle: Thunder Soul Director Mark Landsman On His Kashmere Stage Band Documentary" >

​Last year around this time, Rocks Off and our buddy Lonesome Onry and Mean both got caught up in multi-day musical benders that left us both dazed and confused (conditions from which some would ... Continue reading "Little Joe Washington Still Having Birthdays, Celebrating Them In Public" >

Earlier this afternoon, Rocks Off's friend, former colleague and Dirty Honey DJ Brett Koshkin forwarded us a post from the Texas '60s Music Refuge Yahoo! message board that former Thirteenth Floo... Continue reading "Thirteenth Floor Elevators' Tommy Hall May Be Hospitalized... Or Worse" >

​ Rocks Off got an eyebrow-raising email this morning from Rex "Wrecks" Bell, owner of Galveston's Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, the Island's successor to the fabled downtown venue made famous by T... Continue reading "Is The Old Quarter's Wrecks Bell Retiring? Is Brett Favre?" >

[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks ... Continue reading "Great Moments With Mr. Rockefeller: Buddy Guy, Erykah Badu and a Naughty Prom" >

Amid all the Lightnin' Hopkins talk lately, Rocks Off almost let another local blues milestone get by us. Today would have been Third Ward native Johnny "Guitar" Watson's 75th birthday. Watson, w... Continue reading "Some Late-Afternoon Funk From Johnny "Guitar" Watson" >

​ Last Friday, Rocks Off had the distinct pleasure of talking to Mayo Thompson, the man behind psychedelic (or not) art-rockers The Red Krayola, whose career spans the early days of Houston label... Continue reading "Inquiring Minds: An Hour With The Red Krayola Mastermind Mayo Thompson" >

[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks ... Continue reading "Great Moments With Mr. Rockefeller: Ray Price, Bobby "Blue" Bland and the Kansas City All-Stars" >

​ Monday's announcement that the Texas Historical Commission has approved Eric Davis' proposal for an official state historical marker honoring Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins is wonderful news, but it'... Continue reading "Which Other Local Musical Landmarks Deserve Historical Markers?" >

​ Yes, you read that headline correctly. Today the Texas Historical Commission announced that Eric Davis' petition to honor Houston blues icon Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins with an official state histor... Continue reading "It's Really Happening: Lightnin' Hopkins Historical Marker on the Way" >

[Ed. Note: To help spread the word about next Friday's benefit for the Houston International Festival's education programs at Rockefeller Hall, featuring Texas Johnny Brown and Marcia Ball, Rocks ... Continue reading "Great Moments With Mr. Rockefeller: Billy Harper, Garth Brooks and Sonny Rollins" >

​With the Houston International Festival practically right around the corner, and the "Mardi Gras Party" benefit for iFest's education programs - including the teacher's curriculum guide to the C... Continue reading "Remembering Rockefeller's With iFest's Rick Mitchell" >

​ Eric Davis, whose application to erect a state historical marker for iconic Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins was approved by the Harris County Historical Commission in November, said today his c... Continue reading "More Good News In the Lightnin' Hopkins Historical Marker Campaign" >

​Like many of you - we're guessing, anyway - Rocks Off never saw a show at Rockefeller's. We didn't get inside the Loop much during high school (too busy checking groceries) and, although we mana... Continue reading "Miss Rockefeller's? Marcia Ball and Texas Johnny Brown Headline iFest Benefit February 12" >

​Tomorrow night at the Big Easy, come out to help Houston blues legend Earl Gilliam celebrate joining the octogenarian club with what is sure to be a packed crowd. The blues pianist has been layin... Continue reading "Everybody's Invited to Bluesman Earl Gilliam's 80th Birthday Party" >

​Over the weekend, Rocks Off received some very encouraging news from Eric Davis, whose efforts to secure local blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins a long-overdue historical marker we wrote about a cou... Continue reading "Harris County Historical Commission Approves Lightnin' Hopkins Marker" >

​ As Bruce Springsteen fans come to grips with the unfortunate reality that this past weekend's show in Buffalo, N.Y., may well have been the final offical tour date - although surely not the fi... Continue reading "Hiding on the Backstreets, Part 2: Bruce Springsteen Brings The River, Born In the U.S.A., Tunnel of Love and Tom Joad to Town " >

​Monday's news that the Hollywood Video located in the old Tower Theater will soon shut down has put Rocks Off on one of our periodic nostalgia kicks, and this one actually comes with a personal ... Continue reading "Before It Was the Tower Theater, It Was Clubland, and Rocks Off's Friend Worked There" >

​This past weekend's show in Buffalo, N.Y., was the last date on a nearly two-year (and two-album-supporting) trek by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which found them criss-crossing the... Continue reading "Hiding on the Backstreets: Remembering Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band In Houston" >