"Wild Night In Texas" Update
"Wild Night In Texas" is now available at:
Until Feb 15, if you order online at our store you will be sent a download code for a complementary download of the "Slideaway" CD !
"Wild Night In Texas" Release
Hi all ! The
MSB is pleased to announce the release of our 1st CD, entitled "
Wild Night In Texas". The
Release Party will be on
January 21st at
Sams Buger Joint and Music Hall and sponsored by the
San Antonio Blues Society. CDs will be available that night at an introductory $10. We'll perform some
of the material in addition to some new tunes for 2010! After Jan 21st,
Wild Night In Texas will be available on
iTunes, Amazon, MyTexasMusic, CDBaby, Digstation, and other fine online retailers in both
CD and MP3 Download formats. Support out and support
Independant,
Blues, and
Texas Music !
Sam's Burger Joint with Seth Walker
December Events
The MSB be kicking off December with an opening show with Seth Walker at Sam's Burger Joint, sponsored by the San Antonio Blues Society. The show is Saturday, December 5th at starts about 8pm.
On Saturday, December 12th, we'll be at the Tin Roof Steakhouse for the Boerne Christmas Party. Music will start about 9pm. Don't miss this last show in December.
We'll be taking off the balance of December for holidays, rest, and finishing up our new recording "Wild Night In Texas". We'll be announcing dates for the CD release party later this month.
Happy Holidays,
Mark Searcy Band
San Antonio Blues Society Jam
October, 2009 Updates
Hi all,
On October 8th, please join us in San Angelo at the Sealy Flat Blues Inn. It's full of history and the real deal when it comes to the Blues. On Saturday, October 12th, we'll be back at the Tin Roof Steakhouse in Boerne for 2nd Saturday Wine, Art, and Blues.
On October 16th, we'll be at Wetmore Smokehouse for some Blues and Barbeque. On October 21st, we'll be hosting the San Antonio Blues Society Jam at Sam's Burger Joint. Finally, on October 22nd, we'll have special guest Colin Lake from Portland, Oregon with us at the Tin Roof Steakhouse for a night of both acoustic and electric Blues.
Also, on the Weds of Sept 30, Oct 14, and Oct 28, well be at the Tin Roof Steakhouse hosting the bi-weekly Blues Jams...
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Happy Fall,
Mark Searcy Band
Wine Art Blues 9/12 and Chris Duarte 9/9
Schedule Updates
Please join us this Wednesday, September 2nd at the Tin Roof Steakhouse in Boerne for the Blue Wednesday jam. Music starts at 7pm. If you are performing, please be signed in by 8pm and ready to jam!
On September 9th, don't miss the Chris Duarte Group as they make a pass through Texas with at stop at Sam's Burger Joint, where the MSB will have the honor of opening their show. If you've not experiened Chris yet, it's a not to miss opportunity. You may prepurchase tickets at samsburgerjoint.frontgatetickets.com.
Finally, on Saturday, September 12th, we will be back for a special night at the Tin Roof Steakhouse in Boerne, with an evening of Art, Wine, and Blues as we bring the full band and feature Rick Boss on harmonica and the vocals of Kori Hubbard. Look for more info on this event.
Sam's Burger Joint w/ Chris Duarte Group
The MSB has been named the opening act for the Chris Duarte Group on Weds, Sept 9th at Sam's Burger Joint. Tickets are $10 advanced and $30 for VIP Seating. Tickets may be purchased at: samsburgerjoint.frontgatetickets.com. Doors will open at 8pm, with the Mark Searcy Band performing at 8:30 and Chris Duarte Group approximately 9:45pm.
July 2009 Update
The Mark Searcy Band will be at MiCasa Tamales right outside of Boerne on Saturday, July 18th at 7pm and back at the Tin Roof Steakhouse for the Blue Wednesday Open Mic on July 22nd at 7pm.
We are currently working on Fall Bookings and get some time for our first Studio sessions.
"Blue Wednesday Jam at Tin Roof"
Beginning Wednesday, June 10th, we'll be starting the "Blue Wednesday Jam" at the Tin Roof Steakhouse in beautiful, historic, downtown Boerne. Bring your ax, your favorite roots tune as we stoke up the night with the best of area musicians.
The jam will be every OTHER weds beginning on June 10th. You can sign up here on the local mailing list for a reminder every week. The jam will run from 7PM to 10PM.
The Tin Roof Steakhouse is a beautiful renovation in downtown Boerne owned and operated by Renee and Kenny McGonigle, with great food, bar, and acoustics making it a great venue for the jam. The address is 470 S. Main, Boerne, TX, 78006 and the phone is 830.816.5011.
The next jam dates are June 10th and 24th.
The Auslander Biergarten
Beginning June 1st, the weekly "Blue Monday" featuring the Sensational Bonafide Blues Band will be moving to the Auslander Biergarten in Fredericksburg, Texas. We look forward to seeing you all there for some Blues and Brews, Texas and Chicago Style, if you please...
Sam's Burger Joint
Join us for a special evening at Sam's Burger Joint this Thursday evening, May 14th. We'll be featuring our new rythm section of Ricky Smith on bass and Rob Grote on drums. Rob is fresh off tour with Seth James and Cross Canadian Ragweed. Later in the evening, we have a visit from Graham Warwick. Sams is located at 330 E. Grayson, SA, Texas, 78215. (Map). Door's open at 7:30PM.
Best to You All,
Mark Searcy Band
Stonewerks & Silo Doubleheader
The Mark Searcy Band will be doing a double header this week. Get your weekend started early at Stonewerks (1604 location) on Thursday, April 23rd. Then, on Friday, April 24th, we will be joined with special guest and saxophonist extraordinaire, Dave Hohmonn at Silo Elevated Cuisine (1604 location). You don't wont to miss this guy. On both nights we will be featuring the monster Blues Harp chops of Rick Boss and the sweet vocals of Kori Hubbard. Music starts at 9pm on both nights.
Sentinal Children's Benefit
Mark will be joining Brother Fork & The Spooners on May 3rd at the Deer Crossing Saloon in Selma, TX. Sponsored by the Sentinals Riding Club, it will benefit Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), Child Protective Services (CPS), Child Safe, and the
Bexar County DA's Office. The mission is "to empower and mentor abused and neglected
children". 12PM - 3PM.
Mark Searcy Band Updates
You may now contact and/or follow the Mark Searcy Band a variety of ways !!!
You may also visit us on the web at
MySpace,
ReverbNation, and
SonicBids !
"Slideaway" MP3s Now Available Online
"Slideaway" is now available at the following retailers for whole album or individual track downloads.
MSB at Sam's Burger Joint
Sam's Burger Joint has just been added to the calendar for Thursday, May 14th in San Antonio.
Valentines Friday at Proof - Feb 13th
The Mark Searcy Band will be rocking the house at Proof Cocktail Lounge this Valentine's weekend in Fredericksburg Friday evening at 9:00PM. Please come join us for a beverage and a blues with your sweety to bring in the Valentine's weekend.
Reverb Nation & New Dates
The Mark Searcy Band is now at Reverb Nation.
Also, new performance dates are posted on the Gig calendar including two new Silo dates, Stonewerks, and MiCasa Tamales...
Mark Searcy Band & The Rafters Live In Houston...
Come join us at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar in Houston, Texas for an evening of music at a special venue with special friends. The evening will kickoff with the psychedelic rock of the Rafters at about 9:00pm. The Rafters are staffed with two very special guitarist and the voice of our good friend, Mr.Gordon Brown. You don't want to miss them. After that, the Mark Searcy Band will take the stage featuring the Blues Harp of Rick Boss and the voice of Ms. Kori Hubbard.
We look forward to seeing you there !!!!
July 21, 2008 - Ode To Dave Schlabach...
This weekend I lost a dear friend and a gifted harmonica player and musician, Dave Schlabach. Relatively speaking, I did not know Dave that long, but the time I did know him, neither one of us let the grass grow under our feet as there was a great urgency for both of us to tap into the great chemistry that existed between us.
Over the past year, we had performed together in Indianola, Mississippi at the oldest standing juke joint in Mississippi, competed in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, and all along the I-10 corridor of Texas from Houston to Fredericksburg in addition to releasing a CD, performing a live radio broadcast and several adventurous trips where we built a lot of fond and unique memories.
Dave was an engineer by profession, but after working for many years in the petroleum business, gave up his career in pursuit of a more simplistic lifestyle. Dave was born in California and his personality would be difficult to stereotype. He was a smart man with a great degree of common sense and logic, but he acted from the gut and his political demeanor was about half hippie and half ultra conservative. His greatest virtue was the ability to see good even the bleakest of situations. Because of that, he was a pleasure to be around.
Dave loved fun and could connect with anybody. He could take the simplest moments and turn them into a treasure. As an example, I’ll tell you about a brief moment in Indianola. Indianola is a small and very poor town and doesn’t see a lot of change. The music festival we were participating in took place during musician hours (dusk to dawn) and since both of us were early risers, we found ourselves up early on a Saturday morning, drinking coffee and wondering around downtown Indianola. We both love pawn shops and the thought of hitting the jackpot with some vintage piece of gear with our name marked on it. That morning we visited a local pawn shop. There was a local gentlemen sitting outside the shop, who caught our attention as we were walking in. He looked lonely and looked like he was prepared for a full day of sitting on the pawnshop porch. After our brief visit, we stepped back outside and began talking to him. Though we didn’t have a lot in common with him, Dave found anything and everything to talk about with him. Five minutes turned to ten, ten to twenty, and twenty minutes turned into an hour. Before long, we felt like he was part of the band and were on a first name basis with him. That night he showed up with a half dozen friends to cheer us on. That would have only happened with Dave.
Dave also got bored quickly with repetition. As a musician, it was both a challenge and a sense of adventure, as he didn’t like repeating a tune, and if he did, he didn’t want to play it the same way twice. He also didn’t like to rehearse very much which could make things really interesting and added immensely to the spontaneous factor. When we were not playing as a duo, we played with a full band and Dave would often whip out his electric violin. It was his own invention. Not to say the electric violin per say, but I have never seen anybody play it though a wah-wah pedal and a fuzz box. It was similar to what I think – say Jimi Hendrix - would have done with the violin. When he did play harmonica or “blues harp”, Dave explored the upper registry like no one I have ever heard, emulating a whistle that would pin your ears back a notch or two. Whatever he did, it was all Dave and in his unique style.
I last saw Dave a few nights before he departed to Panama on vacation with his beautiful wife, Eva. They were to spend a few weeks in the water scuba diving, spear fishing and sailing, which outside of music, was his favorite past time. That night we played our last tune together and talked about the next stuff on our list of to dos.
After a day of scuba diving and sailing, Dave suffered a heart attack and died, on the beach, in Eva’s arms. I know he counted that as a blessing and could not have imagined a better way to leave this world. Relationships may be gauged by the degree of positive impact that a person makes on another. In this case, I can’t thing of one that was so concentrated into a period of time. I count myself fortunate as to have known him.
