Subject: Danny Balis

• Go, TJ Rebels! (Then Again...)

  February 21, 2007

• Reviewing the Revue, Part Two (With Audio!)

  December 6, 2006

• Best Night of Local Music Ever. Oughta Be, Anyway.

  November 29, 2006

• Magical History Tour

  November 7, 2006

• That's the Ticket

  July 26, 2006

• A Kinky Wednesday

  July 21, 2006

• Sad News Travels Fast

  September 3, 2007

• A Day Later, More Questions Than Answers

  September 4, 2007

• Chantix, Psychotic?

  September 4, 2007

• Pfizer No Longer Ruling Out Chantix Side Effects: "Depression and Suicidal Behavior"

  January 18, 2008

• Bonus MP3: Sorta -- "Fool's Gold"

  October 23, 2008

• The Orphanage Benefit: Same Show, Different Order

  In the print edition of the Observer this week, I previewed Saturday's top notch bill of local acts at Double Wide who are playing to benefit the Fort Worth adoption agency The Gladney Center. Well, Danny Balis, co-host of The Orphanage, the weekend radio show on 1310 KTCK-AM The Ticket, is hosting the event and he just sent a message informing me that the order is actually reversed than what had been previously announced. Shibboleth will not headline the show, as I'd thought--instead, they'll o

  December 18, 2008

• Last Night's Carter Albrecht CD Release Show Filled the Granada with Fans and Friends

  Hal SamplesTrey Carmichael of Sorta performs at the Granada Thursday night.Check out more photos by Hal Samples in our slideshow.Last night a steadily growing crowd kept the Granada staff on its hospitable feet as well-wishers, friends and music lovers in general (and yeah, a news crew or two) celebrated the release of Carter Albrecht's solo album, Jesus is alive...and Living in London. The first sets of the night came from Albrecht's Sorta-mates Danny Balis and Trey Johnson, who offered up pre

  May 29, 2009

• Girls 61, Boys 44

  Mike Rhyner actually drained this 3-pointer. The rest of Team Ticket's night was considerably suckier. One player wore low-top running shoes and - duh - sprained his ankle. A guy in only a diaper was escorted out by security. And, in the end, the teen-aged girls reduced the middle-aged men to a hapless puddle of fart-and-fall-down. In other words, The Ticket's game against a group of Lake Highlands High School basketball players was everything we expected. In the most signi

  March 26, 2009

• Bonus MP3: The King Bucks -- "Autumn Leaves"

  Sarah Jane SemradThe King Bucks, never too far from a Shiner. Last week, Ms. Merritt Martin reviewed the debut disc from the greatest (and only) band currently holding down Adair's on Monday nights. And, in it, Merritt had this much to say:It's not quite as gritty as the Bucks' live show, but, in the end, the band's debut is at once Nudie suit, Texas Playboy and Branson, with a few tears shed at a dive bar and a can of Lone Star thrown in for good measure.There's more to her favorable review, of

  April 1, 2009

• The King Bucks

  The King Bucks (Self-released)

  March 26, 2009

• Shibboleth, The Cut Off, Slider Pines and Airline

  Friday, December 19, at The Double Wide

  December 18, 2008

• How to Be a Good Cover Band

  January 17, 2008

• Bless the Child by Rocking Out

  Do a good deed by attending Orphange Second Annual Christmas Benefit

  December 20, 2007

• Dallas Talk Radio Drums Up Local Music Support

  December 6, 2007

• 2007 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

  August 9, 2007

• No DOMA Drama

  This is s'posed to be fun, remember?

  August 2, 2007

• Jingle Bell Jock

  The Ticket rocks and other notable news

  December 21, 2006

• Misunderstood

  Obscurity, delays and ill-fitting genre labels: It's just another Strange day for Sorta

  August 24, 2006

• Odds & Ends

  At this week's Dallas Video Festival, local audio gets the spotlight treatment

  August 10, 2006

• Night Riders

  Local musicians play Cupid, offer sexy song suggestions for V-Day

  February 9, 2006

• Hell Hath No Fury

  Plus: Cash for Candy; Tee’d Off

  March 3, 2005

• Best Sports Talk Show

  The Hardline KTCK-AM 1310, The Ticket

  October 14, 2004

• Sparrows

  Songs EP (Sidearm Entertainment)

  September 9, 2004

• Good Vibrations

  Changes at Good Records, plus news on the Polyphonic Spree and a royalmea culpa

  April 8, 2004

• Kinda Sorta

  Sorta Plays for Lovers, and other musicians, on its debut

  December 20, 2001

• Scene, Heard

  The hiatus is over for The Legendary Fritz

  March 1, 2001

• Gig Alert: The King Bucks' Final Monday Night Residency Performance At Adair's Saloon

  Sarah Jane SemradThe Bucks' final Adair's show takes place tonight. For the last, oh, I dunno, but it seems like forever, The King Bucks have managed to turn the otherwise pretty low-key Monday nights around town into something of a big deal, packing country music and drinking fans alike into Adair's Saloon at the band's weekly residency in the ol' Deep Ellum honky tonk.Tonight that all comes to an end, though, as this will evening marks the last time--at least on any regular basis--in which the

  April 27, 2009

• So Relax! Let's Have Some Fun Out Here! This Game's Fun, OK? Fun, Goddamnit.

  Patrick MichelsJust like Bull Durham, but different: Michael Gruber and Danny BalisTried to listen to The Ticket's "Great Game" last night, but ... no, unh-unh. (Though it sure did sound like a great game -- from 16-1 to 20-20, awesome.) But, fortunately, Patrick Michels did stop by Frisco's Dr Pepper Ballpark just long enough to grab yet another installment of Awkward Danny Balis Sports Moments. There's a more complete slide show here, for those who can stomach such things.

  May 15, 2009

• Two Years After Albrecht's Death, FDA Forces "Mental Health Events" Chantix Warning

  To this day, people still post comments to the September 4, 2007, Unfair Park item concerning the smoking-cessation drug Chantix and its troubling effect on users. Andrea Grimes wrote the piece because Sorta's Carter Albrecht and his girlfriend had begun using the Pfizer-made medicine shortly before Albrecht was killed on September 3, 2007, and his best friend, bandmate and roommate, Danny Balis, had posted to his MySpace page an essay in which he partially blamed Carter's erratic behavior -- wh

  July 1, 2009

• Bonus MP3: Danny Balis -- "Tethered"

  ​It was about a month ago now that we eagerly first passed along the news of Danny Balis' upcoming solo debut, Too Much Living, which is set for a Tuesday, September 1, release.Today, though, Balis passes along his disc's first single, "Tethered," for DC9 readers as a free download. And, after the jump, you can--and should--take advantage of the offer.But, before you do, check out the cover art (see right) and make sure to keep an ear out for a lyric about things being OK, even "if a sparrow d

  August 3, 2009

• StreetBeat! No, Wait. Scene, Heard! No, Wait. Whatever. Here's Some Free Local Music.

  Patrick MichelsDanny Balis, still my favorite ABA star​While I'm sitting around waiting for a few call-backs, a suggestion: Head over to DC9 for a moment, where Pete's got some songs worth downloading to your Walkman or whatever it is you kids use to listen to music these days. I highly recommend Roy Hargrove's swingin' "Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey" off the Booker T. grad's upcoming big-band Emergence; seems like only yesterday Wynton Marsalis was in town to school the Waco native on the art of blo

  August 4, 2009

• DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 16: Danny Balis

  ...and for the Luddites still rockin' the Youtube, here's your link.This week's installment of DC9 in Space starts with a tandem swig of beer, features maybe a few too many one-liners from King Buck keys man Chad Stockslager, and ends with a performance of "Tethered," one of the many fine, fine country tunes from Danny Balis' debut solo effort, Too Much Living.There are other songs strewn throughout the clip, of course. Also, some fun facts--like how Balis thinks his solo material compares to th

  August 19, 2009

• Danny Balis Offers Up A Gem On His Solo Debut

  August 20, 2009

• Celebrate The Granada Theater's Five-Year Anniversary and Download Macon Greyson's New EP

  ​Should be quite the celebration tonight on Lower Greenville as the beloved Granada Theater celebrates its fifth anniversary tonight with a powerhouse bill headlined by a reunited Slobberbone and featuring two other local favorites, Macon Greyson and Danny Balis, both of which will be hocking new discs at the show. Balis, you already know, is using tonight's show as the CD release party for his fantastic solo debut, Too Much Living. But, so too, it seems, is Macon Greyson. The band, as heard i

  August 21, 2009

• Good Friday: Lions, Dustin Cavazos, Faster Pussycat, Daniel Folmer, Dove Hunter, Leon Russell

  ​Feels like this week has flown by, but maybe that's because I'm back in the saddle again here at DC9. Which means, yep, it's on me again to put together your weekend show list. So, without further ado, here it is. First, the show's we've already brought to your attention--and there were a bunch of 'em.Tonight, as just mentioned, your options include: the Granada Theater's five-year anniversary party with Slobberbone, Macon Greyson and Danny Balis; the Old 97's and Telegraph Canyon gig at Bass

  August 21, 2009

• Picture Show: The Granada's Five-Year Anniversary Party

  Dylan HollingsworthSlobberbone headlined Friday's festivities.​The folks at the Granada Theater must've been pleased as pie on Friday night, having sold out of tickets for its fifth anniversary celebration an all.Of course, it helps that the venue had some local favorites on the bill to help draw in the crowds: Openers Danny Balis and Macon Greyson both used the date as a way to celebrate their new releases, and to headline the ordeal, the theater was able to call in a favor to Slobberbone, wh

  August 24, 2009

• I Know I'm Not Supposed to Say Anything Nice About The Ticket, But ...

  ​Those new "Most Interesting Radio Station in the World" promo spots are sheer genius. I'm only typing LOL because I actually laughed out loud. Whoever does the tag line - I think it's Gordo? - absolutely nailed it. "I don't always listen to the radio. But when I do, I listen to The Ticket." Brah. Vo. In other positive Ticket news ...

  August 26, 2009

• Danny Balis' Solo Debut Almost Cracks Amazon's Top 100 Download Chart, Still Sits Comfortably In Top 200.

  Dylan HollingsworthDanny Balis at his CD release show, which doubled as the Granada Theater's five-year anniversary party.​Got an excited call last night from one Danny Balis. Mostly, Balis--he of The King Bucks and formerly of Sorta--was flabbergasted by what he was looking at on his computer, and he pass along to share some good news on a day in which he needed some.Checking in on how his phenomenal solo debut, Too Much Living, was doing on the day of and the days immediately following the d

  September 3, 2009

• Sorta Like Sorta: Trey Johnson, Danny Balis, Ward Williams and Friends To Play AllGood Tomorrow Night

  Mark Fuentes​ For obvious reasons, a full-blown Sorta reunion just ain't in the cards. But, tomorrow night at AllGood Cafe, fans of the DOMA-winning favorite are in for pretty much the next best thing, as four former Sorta members, (and some friends) are slated to share a performance stage once more.

  October 14, 2009

• Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to Tonight's Trey Johnson, Danny Balis and Ward Williams Songswap at AllGood Cafe

  ​Yesterday, we mentioned Trey Johnson, Danny Balis and Ward Williams songswap taking place tonight at AllGood Cafe, a sorta Sorta reunion, in a sense, as those three's former Sorta bandmate Chris Holt will also be in attendance. Will there be Sorta songs performed? We can't say. But four former members will be together, which is pretty cool. Also pretty cool: AllGood owner Mike Snider's offering one lucky DC9 reader a pair of free tickets to tonight's show. Could that be you? Yeah, if you're t

  October 15, 2009

• Now, the Voices of KXT

  Gini Mascorro ​We've already told you when KERA-FM's all-music offshoot, KXT, launches -- November 9 at 7 a.m. But the question remains: Who's gonna do the talkin' while the station gets to rockin'? This morning, we have some idea: Jeff Ramirez, veep of radio, sends word that former Ticket traffic reporter Gini Mascorro will serve as the station's music coordinator, as well as the host for the weekday KXT Morning Show and KXT Texas Mix on Fridays. Joe Kozera (who was, says the press release, "

  October 26, 2009

• KXT Announces New Hosts, In-Studio Performances For Debut Month

  ​Big news to report this early afternoon on the new KERA-owned all-music station coming to your 91.7 FM frequency, oh, two weeks from today--and, of course, Robert somehow beat me to posting it, the jerk.But while he focuses on the new hosts at the new station--KERA's own Gini Mascorro will handle the morning show and a Friday "KXT Texas Mix" (whatever that is); Joe Kozera, formerly of Bridgeport's KBOC-FM, will handle the afternoon and evening slots; Paul Slavens, meanwhile, jumps down your r

  October 26, 2009

• Barley House To Unveil All-Local Jukebox Sunday

  ​The Barley House has long been a hangout for local musicians. Beginning this weekend, it will be a hangout for their CDs as well. At 8 p.m. Sunday, the SMU-area beer joint and venue will unveil the Home Grown Jukebox, which is the bar's original jukebox, except now featuring only local musicians. Even better, all proceeds from the machine will benefit the Carter Albrecht Music Foundation, which provides music scholarships and aims to help improve the education, skills and quality of life of a

  November 6, 2009

• KXT: Local Music For Your Eyes

  I've got a few issues with KXT-FM (91.7) -- chief among 'em, the KERA offshoot boasts the smallest play list in the history of broadcasting. And what in the what is up with all the mysterious blackouts? But, I know, growing pains and patience ... got it.For now, then, I'll forgive the Matisyahu fetish and focus on the extraordinarily positive: I just noticed that KXT has been posting to its YouTube channel all of its in-studio performances, including ones from Danny Balis, Sarah Jaffe, Andrew Ti

  November 17, 2009