Jim Suhler

The 10 Greatest Dallas Blues Artists

The Lone Star State has long produced some of the greatest blues legends to ever pick up a guitar or stand behind a microphone. Legends like Albert Collins from Leona, Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins from Centerville and Johnny Winter from Beaumont all have found the blues in Texas. Hell, we even have a Gra ... More >>

Lucky Peterson, Jim Suhler and Hunter Hendrickson

Friday, January 11, at Granada Theater

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, January 10-13

B.B. King Saturday, January 12, at House of Blues, $65-$125 Blues legend B.B. King is on tour after celebrating the 50th anniversary of signing to ABC-Paramount Records. Fans and blues-lovers alike should not miss out on the rare opportunity to see the now 87-year-old mastermind musician live. He'll ... More >>

North Oak Cliff Music Festival Moves To Lake Cliff Park

The first Oak Cliff Music Festival - now called the North Oak Cliff Music Festival - has gotten a positive early response, so much so that the fest is now moving from its original Winnetka Heights location, near the Kessler Theater, to Lake Cliff Park, at 300 East Colorado Blvd. The November 3 sho ... More >>

The Kessler's Melissa Hennings Tends Bar and Shoots Your Favorite Bands

See also: Kessler front-of-house man Paul Quigg finds a niche in Oak Cliff Melissa Davis Hennings stumbled into photography, really: Her first shot was The Black Keys. But taking photos of local bands isn't how she makes ends meet. She's the bar manager at The Kessler, an ideal gig for someone with ... More >>

KNON's Don O. Knows The Dallas Blues

Don O. has been spinning blues records on KNON since 1983, literally about a month after they went on the air. See, he was a listener of the pre-KNON station at that frequency, KCHU, from '75 until they were switched off in '77. Heartbroken at the station's demise and subsequent absence of blues on ... More >>

Blues For Bugs: A Few Friends Remember the Dallas Guitar Hero

Bugs Benefit at the Palladium

Erykah Badu Is Sold Out, But There's Loretta Lynn, The Boom Boom Box and More

​Ah yes, it feels like we're finding our footing, 2012. You started off slow, but this weekend's concert list proves you're finally on track. Erykah Badu & The Cannabinoids at the Granada Theater tonight probably tops the list of shows to see, but we already talked about that show in this week ... More >>

Good Friday Thursday: New Year Edition

​Last weekend was a little dead, y'know with Christmas and all, but this weekend is the opposite. In fact, there are so many New Year's Eve events worth checking out that we've got a separate massive list here.The biggest one, though, is easily the Dallas Observer-sponsored Lights All Night festiv ... More >>

Listen to School of Seven Bell's New Single, Between Notes Film Earns Release & More

​Just a few weeks ago, shoegaze duo with local ties, School of Seven Bells, announced that their third full- length record, Ghostory, would be released at the beginning of 2012. Today, Pitchfork reports that the album's official release date will be February 28, 2012.With the news, the band went a ... More >>

Grimes, Dr. Dog and an Impressive List of Show Announcements

​There are weeks when the show announcements are about as flimsy as a wet persimmon. Fortunately, this is not one of them. For starters, Grimes is coming to town. Her last performance  was a brilliant showing at Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest, in which she wooed the audience with her mix of Madonna's ... More >>

Influential Blues Guitarist Bugs Henderson Diagnosed With Cancer, Benefit Concert Scheduled

Bugs Henderson​Many music fans in Dallas know guitarist Bugs Henderson for his influence on the international blues community. In this week's paper edition of DC9 at Night, local blues musician and historian Jim Suhler talked about how Eric Clapton and the late Freddie King would go see Bugs Hende ... More >>

[DARYL] Reunion at Sons of Hermann Hall, and This Weekend's Best Shows

Daryl at Sons of Hermann Hall​There are lots of big shows this weekend, and the one about which much ado has been made is the [DARYL] reunion at Sons of Hermann Hall tonight. Since the band broke up several years ago, members have continued playing around town in various other capacities. Tonight, ... More >>

Hidden Away: Uncovering Dallas' Faded Blues

Blues veteran Jim Suhler takes us on a tour of the city's musical past.

Over The Weekend: 45 Fest at Dada

45 FestDadaOctober 21, 2011Better than: lots of Deep Ellum shows during Frankie and Adam's formative years. Deep Ellum is picking back up. Although it may never be what it once was, it's turning into something cool. Mike BrooksThe Marfalites closed out 45 Fest on Friday night at Dada. For more photo ... More >>

Tonight's 45 Fest at Dada Remembers Frankie Campagna and Adam Carter

It's been nearly a year since the devastating news of Frankie Campagna's suicide rattled the Dallas music community. Only three months later, when the wound was still fresh, Campagna's Spector 45 bandmate, bassist Adam Carter, followed in his footsteps.Now, a year later, the dust has settled for som ... More >>

Rock ’n’ Roll Can Help

Nine Bands Confirmed For First Annual 45 Fest Set To Take Place on October 21 at Dada

The late, great Spector 45.​Hello Lover, Jim Suhler, The Mike Haskins Experience, The Marfalites, Dog Company, Here Holy Spain, The Assassins, The Phuss and Houston's The Sellouts are the first nine bands confirmed for the first annual 45 Fest, which will honor late Spector 45 members Frankie Camp ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: The Story of Blues Rulebreaker Robert Ealey

​This week back in 1997, Texas blues man Robert Ealey was already a legend. He had worked with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, T Bone Burnett, and Jim Suhler, and when this story was written, he had just released a most masterfully titled record, I Like Music When I Party.In this edition of This ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Buddy Guy at the Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Buddy Guy, Buddy Whittington, Jim Suhler, The Rick Kelly Band, othersBedford Blues & BBQ FestivalSeptember 4, 2011 Better than: sitting outside and soaking in the blues when the summer hasn't ended. Buddy GuyAs a stiff breeze blew the last remnants of excessive heat from the area, legendary blue ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Liz Phair at the Granada, Dawes at Dada, Helmet at South Side Music Hall, Appleseed Cast at The Loft and David Lindley at the Kessler

A busy, busy Thursday evening tonight as the weekend cranks up a day early. SXSW crossover travel is certainly adding to our own scene's musical hustle and bustle...

Tonight, Tonight: Robert Earl Keen at House of Blues, Jim Suhler at The Kessler and Rad Bromance at the Cambridge Room

Not too much going on this Monday before New Year's, but there are still a couple of shows  I wanted to make sure you knew about.

Show Announcements: The Walkmen, The Octopus Project, Sarah Jaffe, Will Johnson, Devin the Dude, Pete Yorn, Mogwai, Ke$ha, Bobby Patterson, Lions, Hayes Carll & More!

The Walkmen don't actually look like this.​Over the last 10 years, The Walkmen have released acclaimed album after acclaimed album, with only a few duds along the way. 2008's You & Me proved the band's longevity, and 2010's Lisbon fortified it. And they'll be bringing their raucous fly-by-the- ... More >>

Good Friday: Rhymefest, True Widow, Telegraph Canyon, Women, Manchild, The Vaselines, Brave Combo, Electric Six, Black and White Years, Suuns, Land Of Talk, Jim Suhler, Azure Ray, Recoil, These United States & More!

​This is not nearly as packed a weekend as last weekend was--and good thing, too. We're still catching up on sleep from running around all last weekend, both in Austin for ACL and here in Dallas for all the spillover. But, though less busy than last weekend, there are still some worthwhile shows g ... More >>

Show Announcements: Eisley, Ishi, Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Merle Haggard, Uncle Kracker, Brave Combo, Bosque Brown, Frontier Ruckus, Aaron Lewis, Reverend Horton Heat & more

Eisley--not so green anymore.​After spending the better part of a decade on the rollercoaster ride that comes with being on a major label, the Tyler-based band Eisley is back on the road. And much has happened for them in the last two years: "We had four weddings in 14 months," says band manager a ... More >>

Hole In The Wall To Get Out Of The Blues Biz

​Blues club Hole In The Wall on Harry Hines will return to its roots as a burger restaurant at the end of the month, as owner Tom Ford has opted not to renew the club's liquor license. Some of the area's most popular blues performers, including Jim Suhler (who performs tonight), Tutu Jones and Tex ... More >>

DOMA XXI: And The Nominees Are...

This year's trophy will look nothing like the Heisman. Sorry to get your hopes up.A few weeks back, the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards balloting process began--somewhat quietly, I admit.  Distinguished area musicians, producers, booking agents, sound engineers, bloggers, journalists a ... More >>

DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

And Another Band Gets Its Van Stolen...

B-Sides

Suicidal tendencies, gut locker lovers and men who wail on their axes

Drumroll, Please

Dallas Observer Music Awards 2005

Best Blues Club

Deep Ellum Blues

Out With the Old, in With the Blues

More changes in Deep Ellum

Generals Knowledge

Sub Pop set to release Baptist Generals disc

Scene, Heard

The hiatus is over for The Legendary Fritz

The keys of time

Red Garland played with legends and then became one. So why is he barely known in his hometown?

Little boy blues

Andrew Baxter Jr. may be a mere child, but the 11-year-old guitarist is no novelty

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Letters

Roadshows

Blues in '97

What's tops in Texas (and elsewhere)

Yuletide resuscitation

Big Iron comes back for another round

Hassle class

Roadcrew tries to ease the rigors of playing live

Come on feel the Noyze

Local group gets a gospel sound that's contemporary yet sanctified

Events for the week

Another dead hero

The gospel according to Bill Hicks

Dream state

Comatheatre lets the audience connect the dots

Electric blue

Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman

Winners take mall

When the readers voted the rock, the Old 97's came away 'big' winners