It was wonderful having Matt Songbird Jones on the Crossroads Music Stage!!
Concert
Adam Carroll @ Crossroads!
July 25, 2015, Adam will be coming to Sulphur Springs, Texas! Advanced Tickets
A Texas Songwriter born and raised, Adam Carroll takes the events of ordinary lives and turns them into deeply moving, often humorous songs.
With seven Indie CDs supporting regular tours across the USA, Canada and Europe as “one of the hippest songwriters on the Texas music landscape”, this engaging Americana guitar-picker has earned further critical acclaim with song placements in the Grammy nominated film, Country Strong and others.
“The core of what I do is songwriting; it’s the one thing I’m passionate about. It’s the most fulfilling and challenging job I can imagine.” explains Adam.
From his studio records produced by Grammy Award winner Lloyd Maines (South of Town, Lookin’ Out the Screen Door, Live at Cheatham Street, Far Away Blues) through to his latest releases (Old Town Rock N Roll, Hard Times with Michael O’Connor, Live at Flipnotics), the quality of his songwriting stands out.
Given a rare command of the English language and an amazing sense of melody, it’s little surprise Adam has earned enviable comparisons to Townes Van Zandt, Todd Snider, John Prine and Bob Dylan as well as being recognized as a creative influence on his songwriter peers.
Adam Carroll’s song credits include co-writes and CD or Film covers by Slaid Cleaves (Race Car Joe, Hard to Believe), Hayes Carll (Take Me Away, featured in the film Country Strong) and Band of Heathens (Medicine Man, Maple Tears).
“Among singer-songwriters, Adam Carroll is probably Austin’s best-kept secret. His tunes are marvels of economy; .. constantly inventive and decidedly offbeat .. Live at Flipnotics offers a typically low-key yet inviting overview of his career. With (Producer) Scrappy Jud Newcomb on guitar, he sparkles .. ” Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle
“Influences ? .. Adam Carroll .. I used to skip my own gigs to go watch him .. by far my favorite, somebody whose writing style I emulated in some ways.” Hayes Carll, No Depression 2011
Robert Ellis in Concert; Thursday, May 7, 2015
ROBERT ELLIS [Tickets], The Musician’s Biography; Videos
The Lights From The Chemical Plant
“I want this record to be more about the Paul Simons and the Randy
Newmans and the other half of my upbringing,
which is very much rooted in pop.” – Ellis recently told Rolling Stone
Robert Ellis is the kind of songwriter who only comes along once in a great
while. With his first two albums, a promise was made. With his new
record, The Lights from the Chemical Plant, that promise has been delivered
and fully realized. The music, like the artist, refuses to accept the confines of a
box, and burns white-hot from the inside out. But what seems even more
striking about this record, this musician, even at a first glance, is that feeling
of unyielding authenticity.
With every remarkable cut, with every twist and turn, Robert’s life and his
experience, shine through. His days growing up in a small industrial town in
Texas, his move to Houston, and now as a 25-year-old man, when not on the
road performing around the world, living with his wife in Nashville.
The Lights from the Chemical Plant, produced with great care and precision by
Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Norah Jones), and recorded at Eric
Masse’s Casino studio in East Nashville for New West Records, is an album
that has a way of grabbing you by the hand and pulling you in so that it can
play with your soul. –Read More–
Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines–Concert & Songwriters Workshop!
Terri Hendrix, with Lloyd Maines: Saturday & Sunday, April 18/19, 2015
Terri Hendrix; Mini Bio
Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace and uplifting melodic flair that has endeared her to three generations of loyal fans across the country and around the globe. As the San Antonio Express-News observed in a review of her 2010 album, Cry Till You Laugh, “Part of the beauty of Terri Hendrix’s music is she’s among the best at recognizing, writing about and celebrating resilience and common ground, the things we can all cry, and laugh, about.” The classically trained vocalist and deft multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin and harmonica) has released more than a dozen albums on her own Wilory Records label, dodging musical pigeonholes her entire career by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and swinging jazz into an eclectic style all her own. That playful mix of styles, buoyed by her energetic stage presence and the accompaniment of legendary producer/guitarist Lloyd Maines, makes for a highly energetic and spiritually uplifting live show in any setting, from intimate listening rooms and theaters to festival stages. In addition to touring and recording new music for four different album projects slated for release in 2015, Hendrix is currently writing her second book (her first being 2010’s Cry Till You Laugh — The Part That Ain’t Art, containing song lyrics and essays on life… [Read More @ Terri’s Website]
Lloyd Maines; Mini Bio
Lloyd Maines Few people are as important to the development of Texas music over the last 30 years as Lloyd Maines. As a Grammy award-winning producer and musician, the Lubbock-born Maines has played an instrumental role in the creation of some of the Lone Star State’s most famous and beloved albums. Maines began his recording and producing career in 1974. Over the past 40 years, Maines has worked on approximately four-thousand albums alongside some of the most significant figures in country, rock, and Texas music. In addition to his producing credits, Maines is an A-list steel guitar player and multi-instrumentalist. His work has been heard on countless recordings. Maines was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame June 2014. He has made more appearances on the PBS show than anyone else in the history of the program. For an ongoing list of his accomplishments, please visit his website, lloydmaines.com
Crossroads Music Remaining Concerts – 2015
These are the shows that are on the books, as of March 7, 2015, for the balance of 2015. Join our email list, to stay connected for any changes that may come along, and for a heads-up when tickets go on sale for the different performances!
- March 14th: 2-Bit Palomino
- April 18h: Terri Hendrix/Lloyd Maines
- April 19th: Songwriters Workshop, w/Terri & Lloyd
- May 7th: Robert Ellis
- May 30th: Beppe Gambetta/Brad Davis
- July 25th: Adam Carroll
- Sept. 5th: Matt “Songbird” Jones
- Nov.12th: Jonathan Byrd Band
2-Bit Palomino Rides Again!
Saturday, March 14, 2015, at 7:30 PM; Advanced tickets, only $10!!
201 N. Davis Street; Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 903-342-1854
Yes, they’ve completed their latest musical works, and plan to bring it with them to Sulphur Springs, for a performance in the Chambers Listening Room–Historic City Hall.
About 2-Bit Palomino
2-Bit Palomino Awarded Texas Vocal Group of the Year for the Second Time!
2-Bit Palomino is a Trio of Houston Singer/Songwriters Andi Renfree, Ren Renfree and Bill Ward. Founded in March of 2010, 2BP (as their fans call them) have made huge strides and are quickly becoming a household name in Texas Music, and across the country. 2-Bit Palomino is the 2011 and 2013 recipient of the Vocal Group of the Year award from the Academy of Texas Music, and is currently on the US Americana Terrestrial and Internet Radio Charts with over 40 Stations across the country playing their music.
Each of the members brings their own flair and style to the group. Their music is a blend of all three coasts; West Coast, Gulf Coast and East Coast. This diversity lends to a very wide range of styles that somehow all come together to form a unified sound that is uniquely 2-Bit Palomino.
The Bowden/Early Experience in Sulphur Springs, Texas!
Some fun facts from Richard Bowden, below…and, if you’d like to read more, click here:
[6] 2001 through 2002
“After touring again early in 2001 with Don Henley, I signed on to do the
Eagles European tour as a guitar/bass tech. I also performed as an auxiliary
guitarist on stage during “Hotel California”. The tour ended late summer and
I returned to my City Counseling duties at home, also helping with our annual
Lion’s Follies (a local variety show that was produced by my father for many
years) and our Wildflower Trails of Texas Festival. In the three years I’ve
been back home, I’ve brought in celebrity friends to participate in the
festival; Kenny Rogers in 2000, Don Henley in 2001 and Jackson Browne in ’02.
As 2002 kicked off, I managed to slip into the recording studio and complete
a new CD before leaving for my summer job on the Eagles North American Tour
which started in May and ended in early August with five Don Henley solo
shows. At this writing, my new CD entitled “Big Bad Johnson” is in the
process of being released. I am at home awaiting eminent fame and fortune
and scheduling some weekend performances with my band, Moon and The Starz,
of which two members were with me in the Roger McGuinn Band in the mid ‘70s”
Jump to 2012:
“Also, my fellow guitarist, John Early, and I are doing a few house concerts as The Bowden/Early Experience. You can see some clips on YouTube by searching the Bowden/Early Experience. Then, Keb’ Mo’ came back for the T-Bone Walker Blues Fest this year (2012) and Jackson Browne came in November for his third appearance at Music City Texas Theater. The year ended with a bang with Robert Earl Keen’s Fam-o-lee Christmas tour kicking off at Music City Texas Theater in early December, which is good, because the bang we had planned for New Year’s Eve was canceled by rain.”
Please come and enjoy an evening with these seasoned professionals! You’ll be happy you did. Tickets, or call 903-342-1854
Richard Bowden [left] and John Early; The Bowden/Early Experience
Kirby Brown at Crossroads – Sulphur Springs!
Kirby Brown, with our own Ryan McKenzie opening.
Come see what he’s been up to in Muscle Shoals Studio!
Emily Elbert @ Crossroads – Sulphur Springs
Saturday, October 18, 2014, at 7:30 PM, with Kate Hearne opening…
Details & ticket information forthcoming…
Crossroads brings Rhett Butler back to Sulphur Springs!
Saturday, September 13, 2014, at the latest intimate listening room inside the newly renovated 100 year old Post Office, then library, and NOW City Hall! Doors will open at 7pm, and you can get your TICKETS HERE! SAVE $5.00 by purchasing your reserved seats in advance! This could be Rhett’s best show EVER!
A Special THANK YOU goes out to our stage sponsor, Grocery Supply Company, for helping Crossroads keep LIVE music aLIVE, here in East Texas, and–more specifically–Sulphur Springs!
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band; Aug. 23, 2014
This concert promises to deliver a top-notch quality listening experience! Click HERE for a music sampling!! George Anderson will be filling in on Bass for this show, along with a special guest appearance by our own local singer/songwriter, Hannah Kirby! Click here for tickets.
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band!
This is concert #2 for Crossroads Music Company & Listening Room, inside the Sulphur Springs Historic City Hall Council Chambers, and it will certainly be a good test for the room’s sound. I’m really looking forward to this performance, which will help us determine what the room can handle, and therefore what acts we can book for the balance of 2014 and into 2015. Please join us for what promises to be a brilliant night of classic tunes!
Saturday, August 23, 2014. 7 PM Doors/~7:30 Start time [approximately]
Dave Walser, &
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band.
Dave Walser- guitar/vocals
Bach Norwood- bass/vocals
Reggie Rueffer- fiddle/vocals
Gerald Jones- banjo/mandolin/vocals
30 East Music Festival 2014
It’s ALL happening on Celebration Plaza [Sulphur Springs Downtown Square]…We’ve put together a wonderful line-up, sure to quench any musical taste you may have!
Thursday, March 27th:
- 6p: Amanda Goodman-Pruitt Band
- 7p: Koe Wetzel & Kody Foster
- 8p: Emily Elbert
Friday, March 28th:
- 6p: Emily Claire Shlesinger
- 7p: Cole Risner Band
- 8p: Kirby Brown
- 9p: Ryan McKenzie & Hannah Kirby, with special guest Chris Lancaster
- 10p: Songbird Jones; Matt Jones/Justin Gresham
Saturday, March 29th:
- 3:00p: Core of Silence [Jody Eaves & John Grimes]
- 4:00p: TBA
- 5:30p: Nicholas Altobelli
- 6:30p: Dillon Chevalier & his band
- 7:30p: Kate Hearne Band
- 8:30p:Ducado Vega & Zenya
- 10:00p: The Effinays
***Neil Rugg [DJ] will spin discs in-between acts, to fill the gaps during swap-outs.
Crossroads 8th Anniversary Concert was Magical!!
Eight years of global entertainment in the small town of Winnsboro, Texas, boasting a population of less than 5,000 people. CRAZY! The original founders of Crossroads were our entertainers, and a few more joined in the fun! This was the final Crossroads show of the year, and there are no other performances scheduled until the Winnsboro Center for the Arts works out their renovations during the Winter months, as well as what weekends THEY will be needing the stage. I’ll post another blog addressing what lies ahead for 2014, once we know more. For now, enjoy the pictures in the Facebook album, and don’t forget to click on the Crossroads YouTube icon on the homepage to catch of few of the songs that were performed on Saturday night! Two songs from Saturday night!!
Below: Everyone was there! Lynn Adler & Lindy Hearne [original founders]; Denice Barton, who climbed on board, joining owner Stephen Marshall, who took the reins from Adler & Hearne to keep things rolling along while Adler & Hearne took their show on the road!…Then came Gus Gustafson in 2010, which is when “& Listening Room” was added to the Crossroads Music Company name 🙂 Global talent, sharing their original music & connecting with their audience in a fantastic intimate listening room setting! That is how the MAGIC happens!!
THANK YOU to all who have shown such wonderful support over the last 8 years. Allow us to keep you in the loop for what waits around the next corner. Good things on the horizon! ~~Gus Gustafson
Heather McCready, with Milo Deering!
“Refreshing” is a descriptive term that comes to mind as I attempt to describe a night filled with the vocal expressiveness of Heather McCready. I believe this term has been used before, but it truly is fitting. The full house was entertained from start to finish, with everything from Amazing Grace–blues style–by Love & Grace [opening act], to Milo Deering doing Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues while waiting for the train to pass! Very well-crafted songs filled the night, and we even included a speaker on Market Street, spreadin’ the love in between the buildings downtown! Heather was simply wonderful, performing her sweet originals like the whimsical “Give It A Day” by her & Milo, great covers like “Smile,” and injecting her personal story that revolves around her Bi-Polar disorder–a very complex brain disease, but one that can be managed by today’s mental health professionals. Heather McCready is living proof!
Pictured [l to r]: Gus Gustafson, Lindsey Gail, Heather McCready, & Milo Deering. Photo compliments of Watson Photography.
Lindsey Gail shared her powerful vocals with the crowd, and it was great having her back on stage–this time, sharing the Word through new original Gospel tunes, and covering other popular tunes. Love & Grace warmed up the audience for Heather & Milo. There was “magic” in the air that night, from start to finish! I hope you were one of the fortunate ones to be inside the Winnsboro Center for the Arts last Saturday night, but if not, click on some of the links above to get a taste of what you missed. ~Gus
