{"id":137,"date":"2015-06-06T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=137"},"modified":"2015-09-25T18:12:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T18:12:54","slug":"ray-wylie-hubbard-uncle-lucius-crighton-theater-conroe-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/06\/ray-wylie-hubbard-uncle-lucius-crighton-theater-conroe-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Wylie Hubbard \/ Uncle Lucius – Crighton Theater – Conroe, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Eddie Ferranti <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Image\"It is not often that you can encounter two legends in one night, but that happend plus more for Rose and\u00a0myself in Conroe,Texas.\u00a0 The ever popular Sounds of Texas music series concluded their 2015 run with Ray Wylie Hubbard and Uncle Lucius\u00a0at the venerable Crighton Theater.\u00a0 The Crighton has been around since 1935 with major renovations being applied over the years since then.\u00a0 It is an acoustically sound marvel that has hosted over 100 stage productions over the past 15 years and this music series is a slam dunk hit with the residents of Montgomery and the surrounding counties.\u00a0It is truly a legend in its own right with not a bad seat in the house. Nestled in downtown Conroe it has spawned cool joints like the Corner Pub and the Red Brick Tavern where music lovers head to before and after the gigs for food and libations.\u00a0 With hotels near by it serves as a vacation from the rat race of H-Town for us.<\/p>\n

The other legend of the night, Ray Wylie Hubbard, has been pumping out tunes since his big hit, “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” which\u00a0was made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker back in 1973.\u00a0 He has been a leading figure of the progressive country movement and a story teller deluxe. \u00a0He was joined this night in a 3 piece featuring his\u00a0young son\u00a0Lucas\u00a0and\u00a0vet drummer Kyle Schneider.\u00a0 Hubbard rambled thru his catalog to the crowd’s delight including sing a long fave “Snakefarm”, some choice jammin’ cuts from his latest “The Ruffian’s Misfortune”, reluctant “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” to appease the crowd, tender “The Messenger”\u00a0 and “Drunken Poet’s Dream” which his bud Hayes Carll has gotten a lot of run with.<\/p>\n

Amazing thing is about this gent is that at age 68 he seems to rockin’, rollin’, bluesin’ and countyin’ all rolled into one from song to song.\u00a0 I loved when he got down he referred to the music as “greasy”. Guy exudes confidence and really doesn’t give a rat’s ass what people think, which is the allure of the man to this reviewer.\u00a0He’s been\u00a0doing things his\u00a0way his whole\u00a0career and seems to be\u00a0doing fine with it. \u00a0Plus a chip off the old block, Lucas, showed off some mighty fine electric guitar licks along the way backed by Schneider’s skin skills.<\/p>\n

There might be two legends this night, but the main reason HMR was there was for CO-Headliner Uncle Lucius.\u00a0 We’ve been hot on their trail for two years running and they are a smokin’ hot outfit these days.\u00a0 Backing their 4th album, “The Light” which came out on Boo Clap Records in association with Thirty Tigers June 9th, the five piece band owned the storied building in the palms of their hands.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"Led by the crisp strong delivery of front bossman Kevin Galloway who always lets the music do the talking and rips away prancing like a big bear on his acoustic. \u00a0He deflects so masterfully to his band mates letting them stretch out like electric masher Mike Carpentar, animated mad man Josh Greco on drums\u00a0or\u00a0electrifying keyboard work of Jonny Grossman. This Austin based band built their ever growing fan base by a\u00a0blood and guts touring non-stop schedule.<\/p>\n

By observing the lines to buy merchandise it seems to be working.\u00a0 They been quoted as saying: :We pride our live show as a sacred and energetic experience, with a belief that this is still the truest form of communication.”\u00a0 Amen to that!\u00a0 \u00a0Blistering numbers included “Gulf Coast Gypsies”, stalwart tune that got them on the airwaves “Keep the Wolves Away”, soulful “Age of Reason” and great build-up jam quality of UL’s tunes like “Taking In The View”. Ray Wylie Hubbard even took a moment to doff his cap to this hard working band during his set.\u00a0 Plus you couldn’t meet a better bunch of humble down to earth fellows like this bunch.<\/p>\n

CATCH ’em when you can like August 7th @ Dosey Doe Music Cafe…………<\/p>\n

In closing, I’d like to say thanks big time to all involved with the Sounds of Texas Music Series.\u00a0 Everybody was so kind\u00a0 and hospitable.\u00a0 God Bless the likes of\u00a0Craig Jones, Lisa Rogers, Mark Taylor, Larry Winters,\u00a0Dave Clements and Debbie Glenn who gave HMR a nice shout out from the stage.\u00a0 Dearest take away for this reviewer was the return of the electric guitar to this cozy joint.\u00a0 The jammin’ rocked the place in a good way and everybody in the packed house dug it.\u00a0 Looking forward to 2016 already……..You should be too!\u00a0 Get on their mailing list :\u00a0 http:\/\/www.soundsoftexasmusicseries.com\/<\/span><\/u><\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti It is not often that you can encounter two legends in one night, but that happend plus more for Rose and\u00a0myself in Conroe,Texas.\u00a0 The ever popular Sounds of Texas music series concluded their 2015 run with Ray Wylie Hubbard and Uncle Lucius\u00a0at the venerable Crighton Theater.\u00a0 The Crighton has been around… <\/p>\n

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