{"id":869,"date":"2012-03-13T20:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=869"},"modified":"2015-10-13T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:01:53","slug":"troubadour-tuesdays-kochintveld-natachees-supper-n-punch-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/13\/troubadour-tuesdays-kochintveld-natachees-supper-n-punch-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubadour Tuesdays (Koch\/Intveld) – Natachee’s Supper n’ Punch – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Traci Rogers <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 13, 2012 at 07:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"I finally had an opportunity during my spring vacation to visit Houston\u2019s Natachee\u2019s Supper\u2019N Punch for my first Troubadour Tuesdays happy hour, emceed by FM 90.1\/KPFT\u2019s Rick Heysquierdo.\u00a0 On the second Tuesday of each month, Americana music enthusiasts and novices gather for a no-cover-charge party on the patio, complete with warm breezes, cold beer, comfort food and family fun.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s musical guests were honky tonkers Libby Koch and James Intveld.<\/p>\n

Koch, a 2011 Texas Music awards and Houston Press music awards nominee, opened the evening with her own brand of Texas dance hall music.\u00a0 After previewing her on-line discography, I was excited to see her perform. But after fighting Houston\u2019s rush hour traffic, I was frustrated to have only caught the last song of her set, \u201cTexas Saturday\u201d from her latest Shadow of This Town.\u00a0 The Texas Tourism Bureau should consider using the song as soundtrack music for its 2012 vacation and travel campaign.\u00a0 After all, what snowbird can resist a holiday where \u201cthe sunshine\u2019s brighter and the beer tastes colder . . .?\u201d\u00a0 With a growl in her voice, the Houston native works a crowd while effortlessly multitasking with her guitar and harmonica.\u00a0 Stir the vocal style of Wynonna Judd with a dash of Ryan Adams\u2019 French harp delivery before adding a sweltering July night of Gruene Hall dancing, then VOILA!\u00a0 There you have Koch\u2019s dance hall stew!<\/p>\n

Next, the Los Angeles actor, film director, songwriter and honky-tonk crooner James Intveld took the stage.\u00a0 The multitalented tenor with the slim, Hank Sr. build and deep-set bedroom eyes hid a beautiful surprise from us until he invited Miss Leslie Sloan, a member of Houston\u2019s honky tonk nobility, to join his four piece band.\u00a0 Their talents were a tailor made fit for the belly-rubbing, belt buckle-polishing shuffles and the heartbreaking cheatin\u2019 songs that scored the evening.<\/p>\n

Whether Sloan\u2019s fiddle hopscotched behind Intveld\u2019s version of \u201cPretty World,\u201d or if the two harmonized on Merle Haggard\u2019s and Bonnie Owens\u2019 \u201cTonight the Bottle Let Me Down,\u201d I wondered why the two have not already collaborated for a studio album.\u00a0 Just as Brennan Leigh and Texas\u2019 Jesse Dayton experienced listener-specific success with their Holdin\u2019 Our Own, an album of legendary Nashville king and queen duets, Intveld and Sloan could easily reinvent duets from the royal Bakersfield courts.\u00a0 After all, Intveld often draws upon his California rockabilly influences; just listen to his discography of originals and covers.\u00a0 While Sloan\u2019s fiddling can embody a Johnny Gimble-eque Texas swing or a Don Rich Bakersfield sound, she also belts out an overachieving lead vocal. She might convince listeners that she is a California portal, easily channeling the late Buck Owens with her own feminine twist.<\/p>\n

Both Intveld and Sloan grew up in families that embraced various music genres.\u00a0 Intveld recalls \u201csinging along to his parents\u2019 recordings of Hank Williams, Sr., Dean Martin, Lefty Frizzell and Elvis.\u201d\u00a0 Sloan, on the other hand, \u201cwas the child of a bluegrass-loving church minister and classically influenced pianist. . .\u201d who took her first violin lesson at age five and \u201ccontinued to develop her skills while studying classical violin and opera at the university level . . .,\u201d the Americana Music Times reported in 2009.<\/p>\n

In what appeared to be an impromptu 11th hour performance of Wynn Stewart\u2019s \u201cPlayboy,\u201d another local honky-tonk celebrity Mike Stinson took the mic and strutted the stage like one of the Mad Men with a martini. The author of \u201cThe Late Great Golden State\u201d got national exposure when Dwight Yoakum recorded the tune in 2008.\u00a0 The Intveld band and Sloan backed him with flawless guitar and with a lone fiddle that sounded more like twin fiddles.\u00a0 Since the March 13 show, I\u2019ve been on a fiddle and pedal steel listening binge!<\/p>\n

Natachees is the most current venue for Troubadour Tuesdays.\u00a0 In the past, other venues like Houston\u2019s House of Blues hosted the monthly gatherings.\u00a0 Previous musical guests include Dustin Welch, Randy Weeks, Folk Family Revival and Frank Freeman.\u00a0 There is no word yet as to who is playing the April 10th show.<\/p>\n

The Natachees restaurant and its neighboring Continental Club combine to form what Midtowners call the Continental Club Complex.\u00a0 Should the weather forecast predict a rainout, the party simply moves next door, inside the Continental Club.\u00a0 The CC Complex has all of the bases covered!\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to restaurant bartender Lorraine for her warm welcome to first-timers like my guest and me.\u00a0 She and her co-bartender ran a well-oiled machine!\u00a0 The evening was the perfect jump start for my spring break holiday!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Traci Rogers Mar 13, 2012 at 07:00 PM I finally had an opportunity during my spring vacation to visit Houston\u2019s Natachee\u2019s Supper\u2019N Punch for my first Troubadour Tuesdays happy hour, emceed by FM 90.1\/KPFT\u2019s Rick Heysquierdo.\u00a0 On the second Tuesday of each month, Americana music enthusiasts and novices gather for a no-cover-charge party… <\/p>\n

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