http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/ Send out gig announcements to people who have signed up on Steve Brooks' email list. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:07:59 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/307 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/307 My favorite thing about Hyde Park Fridays is getting to do shows with folks I've wanted to gig with for years. The multi-talented Purly Gates is a part-time Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:02:06 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/306 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/306 After a side-splitting show with the Therapy Sisters last week, I'm ready for a different sort of musical therapy, with honky-tonk heroes The Flyin' A's. I Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:47:56 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/305 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/305 With city officials and grumpy neighbors doing their best to shut down live music in Austin, we can all use a little music therapy, and this week, my guests at Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:58:24 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/304 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/304 I'm home from the Kerrville Folk Festival, bleary-eyed and happy. And I'm happy about the Hyde Park Fridays I have coming up this month at the New World Deli. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:26 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/303 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/303 I'm home from Kerrville for a couple of nights, to catch up on sleep and laundry and frolic with Molly. Oh, and to play Friday night in a battle of the Wed, 20 May 2009 03:04:50 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/302 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/302 Part of the fun of my new Friday gig at the New World Deli is that each week, I get to swap songs with one of my favorite musicians. This Friday, Dave Hooper Tue, 12 May 2009 23:02:25 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/301 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/301 This is the big weekend, when you can either run screaming out of Austin or you can run down to the O.Henry Museum and set up your chair in the shade. I'll be Thu, 07 May 2009 03:58:52 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/300 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/300 Thanks to all who made my Big Five-O show a special one, especially to Dave Hooper, Seymour Guenther and Thom Moon 10, for playing some guest tunes. It's Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:05:02 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/299 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/299 I'm Deli-ted to report that I'm officially returning to a regular weekly gig at the New World Deli, a decade after Hyde Park Unplugged pulled its last plug. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:44:57 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/298 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/298 The bad news is, my contest streak has been interrupted. No win at The Bakehouse last Monday, and "Austin Found" was not selected as one of the five finalists Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:18:15 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/297 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/297 Howdy, South Austin Friends & Fans, Besides winning in La Grange a couple of weeks ago, I tried out a homegrown contest just around the corner from my house. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:26:25 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/296 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/296 It's been contest time the past few weeks. A couple of Sundays ago, I won a songwriter's shootout at the Bugle Boy in La Grange, tying for first place with Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:54:00 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/295 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/295 First, the show: TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. (Happy Hour show) STEVE BROOKS MESA RANCH SOUTH @ THE CLARION INN 2200 S I H 35, 916-8787 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:00:00 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/294 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/294 Thanks to all who made my return to the New World Deli a night to remember and a night to reminisce. There will be more Deli shows upcoming. In the meantime, Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:18:03 GMT Steve Brooks http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/293 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/stevebrooks/message/293 When it rains, it pours - there are some words we haven't heard in these parts for awhile. I'm looking forward to Friday's what-goes-around-comes-around return