SONNY BOY TERRY BAND REPRESENTING THE HOUSTON BLUES SOCIETY IN INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE IN MEMPHIS JANUARY 21ST -23RD.  Well, everyone, January is upon us and that means Houston regional IBC winner the Sonny Boy Terry Band and solo/duo act winner, Dupree begin thier journey to compete in the International Blues Challenge sponsored by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. Your support has meant so much to us through this competition and we want to "represent" Houston the right way. The band is excited, inspired, while getting prepared to perform real blues for a real blues audience in Memphis on January 21st - 23rd. Now, for all fans, this is a great week for blues lovers, and we encourage everyone to take time off to join us for an incredible weekend. Seeing your faces in the audience cheering us on when we perform can only lead to more success. If this is something you'd like to be a part of, please visit the Blues Foundation website at www.blues.org. It's gonna be a rockin' good time! For everyone who cannot make the journey, but is still curious interested in how we are doing in Memphis for the IBCs, you are able follow us in real time at www.facebook.com/sonnyboyterryband or via www.twitter,com/sonnyboyterry . We are very serious about hoping all of you follow us and share this wonderful experience. We will do our best to upload pics, videos, and letting you how well we are doing. AGAIN. THANKS EVERYONE. |
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TROUBADOUR TUESDAYS! JANUARY 12TH. SONNY BOY TERRY BAND PLAYS HOUSTON'S HOUSE OF BLUES SPONSORED KPFT 90.1'S, LONESTAR JUKEBOX. |
Troubadour Tuesdays. The show is Tuesday, January 12th from 5PM - 9PM at House of Blues in the Bronze Peacock Room. And hey, guess what? There is no cover charge. The music is free! There are drink and food specials along with all the usual KPFT craziness. Sonny Boy terry and the band will be joined on stage with mandolin playin's bluesman Rich DelGrosso along with several special guests. A great show, great atmosphere, and a great time. Please visit 
Houston, Texas bluesman and leading harmonica player Sonny Boy Terry is a featured blues musician in author Alan Govenar's new book, TEXAS BLUES:THE RISE A CONTEMPORARY SOUND. Distributed by Texas A&M Press, the book is actually a revised edition of 1988's Meeting the Blues: The Rise of the Texas Sound . The new edition, nearly all oral histories by the artists themselves adds many more Texas artists giving the book an honest and well rounded portrayal of the historical beginnings of Texas blues up to a newer generation of performers - renown and obscure, young and old, black and white. This 600 plus page book features (along with Sonny Boy Terry) Lightnin' Hopkins, Juke Boy Bonner, T-Bone Walker, Big Mama Thorton, Joe Guitar Hughes, Grady Gaines, Trudy Lynn, Texas Johnny Brown, Little Ray Ybarra, Mike Morgan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Fabulous T-Birds, BB King - too many greats to list - many in thier very own words. To purchase "Texas Blues", please visit 
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(PHOTO, left to right; Hunter Brucks, Henry H-Bomb Weck, and Sonny Boy Terry) Houston's Sonny Boy Terry and former Brownsville Station drummer and platinum record producer (Blackfoot Strikes) Henry H-Bomb Weck came back to the farm amd factory town of Van Wert, Ohio to perform at the place they grew up playing little league, getting into mischief and even learning how to play rock and roll. H-Bomb Weck and Sonny Boy joined Weck's ol' Motor City friends, The Hunter Brucks Band on stage when he opened for classic rock hitmakers The Edgar Winter Group, Weck and Sonny Boy Terry didn't dissapoint with three high energy classic rock numbers including Smokin' in the Boys Room, Barefootin' and Train Train as the hometown folks cheered on the boys. Completely unrehearsed, H-Bomb, Hunter Brucks Band and Sonny Boy Terry rocked mightily to entertain family, friends and music lovers in a region that has been hit hard by the economy witha 16% unemployment rate. Great video footage forthcoming. 