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CLIC on this audio button to hear the recent and lightly edited radio interview that Floyd & Maryann gave to Austin's own TED BRANSON on UNDER THE X IN TEXAS on KOOP 91.7 FM on April 22, 2014.
"THANKS" to the
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OUR BILLY MARLOWE CD WAS #2 ON THE EUROAMERICANA CHART ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 2013!
And here's to David John at KTRU in Houston and
Bert van der Wijst in The Netherlands.
Here's a special thank-you to Fritz Homans in Maine for featuring Billy Marlowe (and NewTex) on his radio show.
And another special thanks to Gordon Ames from KOOK and Mark Ivey from KNON for taking
the time to feature Billy Marlowe, too. It means a lot to see some Texas folks lending a hand.
BILLY MARLOWE Show Me The Steps
FOR A HANDFUL OF US who lived on the Lower East Side of NYC during the 1980s, Billy Marlowe seemed to capture the spirit of the lives we were living. He was a dreamer, and we were dreamers. He was a poet, and we liked poetry. He was a worker, and we all worked hard. We were cynical and skeptical New Yorkers, but Billy’s passion was strong enough to chip away at our hearts, hearts that were as tough as city sidewalks. It was easy to love his spirit. He intrigued us. Just walking along beside him on Avenue A always made me feel richer.
Stephen Gaboury and I recorded this music with Billy on East Fourth Street near First Avenue. Some of the city's best musicians helped us including Lincoln Goines, Tony Garnier, Kenny Kosek, John McCurry, Jeff Golub, Shawn Colvin,
Gary Bristol and many others. Billy was always blown away---reduced to tears---every time a new player added a fresh note that was just right, or when they contributed a sound that embodied a haunting musical idea that Billy might have heard before, but only in his dreams.
Billy spent time in prison for dodging the draft. For years, he lived a street-style life. He hauled his guitar (nicknamed Louise) thru a lot of bad neighborhoods; once he was forced to buy “her” back from the druggies
who had swiped Louise while he slept soundly in some dark corner. And he wrote songs, and he kept writing songs. Great songs. He passed away more than fifteen years ago.
WE HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME to absorb these magical (and never really released) tracks that were made just blocks away from CBGB’s and The Lone Star Cafe during the crazy days when The Ramones were sedated and Bruce Springsteen was on fire.
Our original analogue 8-track tapes that were mastered by Bill Kipper at Masterdisk, NYC, have been carefully transferred to digital by the mastering engineers at Disc Makers. They sound great.
For more information, e-mail us, or contact Steve Satterwhite at 972-213-6767.
Billy Marlowe tunes and CD's are NOW AVAILABLE
online at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Soundcloud, CD Baby and just about everywhere.
These CD's are also available directly from NewTex for $11.99 including postage and handling.
Contact Steve if you want one at [email protected]
online at iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Soundcloud, CD Baby and just about everywhere.
These CD's are also available directly from NewTex for $11.99 including postage and handling.
Contact Steve if you want one at [email protected]
GRO "The Snapshots VIDEO"
The new video below is a new presentation of GRO video snapshots taken during recent concerts. These bits of concert footage have been superimposed over a studio audio track from our first CD. The pianist on the studio track is the late Mike Hamilton, and all of our GRO efforts are dedicated to him.
Please watch this footage on YouTube in HD if you have "the right connection."
Please watch this footage on YouTube in HD if you have "the right connection."
THE TWO VIDEOS BELOW
are bits of performances by The Great Recession Orchestra at the concert for KNON at Hermann Hall in Dallas, Texas, on August 31, 2012. These two videos were shot and edited by Dennis Schuh, my brother-in-law and the owner of SCHUHSTRING PRODUCTIONS. (Thanks, Denny.)
THE RAW VIDEO BELOW
is our first song at the first GRO gig at The Western Kountry Klub. This was the first time the band played in public, except for a brief warm-up gig at The Stagecoach Ballroom in Fort Worth almost two years earlier. Bubba sang since Damon was in Nashville, and neither of our fine piano players was on hand.
TEXAS MONTHLY and the NEW YORK TIMES say "YES" to GRO
Warren Bubba Stephens, Ray Austin, J.D. Smith and Maryann Price played eight songs live on KNON on August 21, 2012.
They also told host Obie Obermark a HOST
of good stories about western swing and their careers in Texas music.
GRO in The Dallas Morning News
Nice Article on the Sons of Hermann Hall gig!
Thanks to Mario Tarradell and THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
CLICK HERE
http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/duncanvilles-great-recession-orchestra-swings-during-knon-fm-benefit-at-sons-of-hermann-hall.html/
CLIC ON THE AUDIO BUTTON BELOW to hear JD's radio spot for the KNON Hermann Hall show.
CLIC ON THE AUDIO BUTTON BELOW to hear Renegade DJ Obie Obermark interview Steve in June.
This is edited down from a two-hour show (hope I didn't butcher the flow), but it's fun, hearing us yak about GRO and the history of western swing.
Obie's great show is called TEXAS COOKING---and it cooks!
GRO will be doing a show at Herman Hall in Dallas on August 31 to benefit 89.3 KNON, the #1 radio station in Dallas..
Obie's great show is called TEXAS COOKING---and it cooks!
GRO will be doing a show at Herman Hall in Dallas on August 31 to benefit 89.3 KNON, the #1 radio station in Dallas..
CLIC here to hear TED BRANSON interview Floyd, Maryann and Steve on KOOP 91.7 FM.
Ted's Austin radio show is called UNDER THE X IN TEXAS. This interview is edited from a 2-hour show. And Ted, I hope I didn't ruin the flow of the show. THANKS.
HAVE YOU EVER EVEN HEARD OF GRO?
HAVE YOU EVER EVEN HEARD OF MILTON BROWN?
was the first CD by GRO, released in October 2010.
Produced by Steve Satterwhite and Gary Bristol
for NewTex Records at Quanah Recording Service DFW.
YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD OF GUTHRIE!
UNMADE BEDS is a CD made in 2009 by Guthrie Kennard.
Produced by Steve Satterwhite and Guthrie Kennard
for NewTex Records at Quanah Recording Service DFW.
Guthrie was recently featured on Troubadour TX.
His other two CDs were produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard.
YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU HEARD OF BILLY.
BILLY MARLOWE was the first NewTex Recording artist.
His tunes were produced by Steve Satterwhite and Stephen Gaboury
at the NewTex Recording Studio on East 4th Street in NYC in the mid-1980's.
They were recorded on our one-inch 8-track Scully.
Hope you like them.