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Riptide
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Hotrods to Surfboards and Everything in Between
Storyfest is delighted to have Riptide return again this year. Their high-energy music gets everyone into the spirit for fun. They play 50s-60s rock-n-roll, surf, swing, honky-tonk, rock-a-billy, and original music. Riptide enjoys their audiences and makes sure theirs is a family-friendly show. Needless to say, Riptide is a crowd favorite! |
The Texas Riviera Cloggers Group
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The Texas Riviera Cloggers Group was formed in 1991 from a group by the same name. Reta Allen is the Director. The group consists of ladies who have been clogging for over 20 years.We perform regularly for nursing homes/assisted living/ retirement facilities, day cares, adult day care, private parties/celebrations of all kinds, city events, BayFest as well as many out of town venues.
When clogging first came to the United States, it was done mostly to bluegrass music.Over time, people
clogged to any music with a good beat. We prefer country, "oldies" or gospel music, but, have danced to pop tunes. We attend workshops throughout the year to learn new routines and steps. |
Allan Chapman
He has shared recent performance venues with Mike Beck, Cowboy Celtic, Riders In The Sky, The TexasTrailhands, Red Steagall and various others.
Allan lives in rural Wise County Texas with his extraordinary fiddle playing wife, Rodeo Kate.
Visit Allan Chapman's website at
www.allanchapman.net |
Allan Chapman, a sixth generation Texan, grew up on the working BlueGoose Ranch in Knox County, Texas – the same ranch that his great-grandfather started in 1882. He later became a college English literature teacher but gave that up “to run away and join the music circus,” writing songs in Nashville, New York City, and Los Angeles.
A three time Grammy nominee, winner of the American Song Festival, nominated repeatedly for Song Of The Year by the Academy of Western Artists and The Western Music Association – with song writing credits going back thirty plus years for performers like The Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, George Jones, Sandy Posey, and numerous international recording artists, Allan Chapman has been writing and producing music most of his adult life. Allan's songs today are most strongly identified with the cowboy music of the American West but also incorporate elements of folk and Gaelic music influences.
His solo CD release, Sixth Generation (tales of the west), is nominated for Western Album of the Year -2010 by the Western Music Association. His song “These Cowboy Boots” was nominated as 2008 Western Song of the Yea rby the Academy of Western Artists; his song, “Boxcars Of Juarez” is a top-20 play winner on the Americana Radio Network. Allan has released 3 music videos, These Cowboy Boots, Blood On The Sand, and The Stars Over Benjamin. You can view them on www.youtube.com. |
Jean Schnitz
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Jean G. Schnitz plays traditional folk music and old Texas songs on the hammered dulcimer and autoharp. She learned to play the hammered dulcimer from her Grandmother Scudder, who learned from her father, C. A. Lee. The old hammered dulcimer she has, which belonged to C. A. Lee, came to Texas in 1878 by wagon and has been played since her grandmother acquired it back in 1931. Needless to say, playing the hammered dulcimer is a tradition in Jean’s family. Because if its age and fragility, the family dulcimer does not travel anymore; instead, Jean performs on a hammered dulcimer made by her friend, David Lindsey, who has been making dulcimers since 1978. Jean started playing at the Texas Folklife Festival in 1981 and has been a regular in the Old Red Barn and on stage every year since then. She is also a regular at the Texas Folklore Society hootenanny at that organization’s annual meeting. Wherever Jean and her instruments travel, they’re sure to entertain! Listen to Jean play on the FNB Stage and visit her booth where she will be selling her book Some Were Cowboys, A Collection of South Texas Ranch Stories with Pat Reagan. |
No Vacancy
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No Vacancy
All coming from two small towns, the members of the No Vacancy Band have found something special. Everyone has some sort of musical background. Ruben Casarez (Guitar, Lead Vocals) has been on the Grand Ole Opry stage and played around the Broadway Street music halls numerous times in Nashville. Rudy Cuellar (Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals) has been playing guitar for as long as he can remember; it's easy to see when you hear him whale away on the electric guitar. His style is like no other. Tommy Ponce (Bass Guitar) has been playing the bass for a few years now but has been playing guitar for many years. It comes naturally to him, and he enjoys what he's doing. Jarrod Jessop (Guitars) and Johnny Ruiz (Drums) have been playing in small garage bands and are finally with the right group. Johnny's steady beat keeps the band a whole. Both of these guys have been playing for numerous years and plan to keep on keeping on. The band has high goals and plan to go far. |
Gil Prather
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Pure Original’ describes Gil Prather. Known by his musician peers as ‘The Man from the Rio Grande’, Gil offers a unique style of self-penned Cowboy/Western music with a Tex-Mex border flavor. His music reflects his younger years of growing up on the Mexican border as a working cowboy in the Big Bend Country of West Texas. Early in his career, Gil’s versatility was recognized by major producers. He has written and produced several award-winning radio and TV commercials and, in 1996, he wrote the award winning song, I’ll Be Back in Texas by the Fall, which was voted Song of the Year by the prestigious Academy of Western Artists.
From 1990 -1997, Gil was ‘the other brother’ in the nationally acclaimed ‘Jose Brothers’ comedy act which toured the southern United States and in the mid 1990’s, he teamed with Robert James Waller (The Bridges of Madison County) to co-write several selections from Waller’s Border Music album. Gil’s writing talent and unique style has made him well-known from Mexico to Canada, with performances throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. Experience true Americana music from a unique grass roots artist who has written first-hand, a lifetime worth of songs reflecting the cowboy way of life.
Look for Gil Prather on the Storyfest schedule where he will play his Cowboy/Western music, as well as traditional Gospel music. |
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