"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 !!!!
January 10, 2009 - Silo Blues on Jan 16/17
Hi all,
I wanted to take a minute and invite you all to come rock with the Mark Searcy Band as we perform at both Silo locations next weekend. On Friday, January 16th, we will be performing at the Silo (Alamo Heights location), and on Saturday, January 17th we will be at the Silo on 1604. The music will start at 9:00pm at both locations and there is no cover charge.
We will be featuring Rick Boss on blues harp, a Bay area native that just moved to Texas and has been playing for nearly 50 years. He has performed with John Lee Hooker, Billy Bob Thornton, and Little Feat to name a few and it is a blast and honor to perform with him. Also, we'll also have the lovely Kori Hubbard wailing on vocals and she will melt your heart.
Directions to Silo...
Friday, Jan 16 - Alamo Heights Location
Saturday, Jan 17 - 1604 Location
Hope to see you there.
Mark Searcy Band
Dec 31 - New Years Eve at Proofs
Happy New Year !
The Sensational Bonafide Blues Band will be playing at Proofs Cocktail Lounge in Fredericksburg to bring in the New Year. Also mark your calendar for Jan 16th and 17th as the Mark Searcy Band will be playing at both Silo locations in San Antonio. (Austin Hiway location on Jan 16th and 1604 location on Jan 17th).
Dec 1 - Proof Gig featuring Dave Hohmonn
The Mark Searcy Band will be at the Proof Cocktail Lounge in Fredericksburg with special guest David Hohmonn on Saxaphone. Dave is a tremondous and moving musician and studied music at the University of Texas, where he found his passion for the blues.
Nov 8th - New Gig Additions
Several new gigs have been added to the gig calendar including:
See
Gig schedule for more information.
October 30th - Historic Victory Grill Videos
A couple of new video uploads are available under "Videos" of the Sensational Bonafide Blues Band captured live at the Historic Victory Grill in Austin, Texas. Just recorded are the "T-Bone Shuffle" and "Walkin' My Blues"...
October 21st, 2008 - Mark Searcy Band Debut
The Mark Searcy Band will debut at the World United Music Festival in San Marcos, Texas on Friday, November 14th. The lineup consists of Kori Hubbard on Vocals, Rick Boss on Harmonica/Vocals, Uel Jackson on Bass, Lyle Burke on Drums, and Mark on Guitar & Vocals. For more information on the Festival, click here.
October 16th, 2008 - Victory Grill in Austin
Come join the Sensational Bonafide Blues Band at the Historic Victory Grill in Austin, Texas on October 29th. Music starts at 9:00pm. There will be a small cover. Also BYOB as that is the Victory Grill way.
The eight piece Bonafide Blues Band includes Graham Warwick (Vocals/Guitar), Emmitt Smith (Guitar), Chris Adams (Bass), John Ramsey (Drums), Mark Ramsey (Keyboards), Rick Boss (Harmonica, Vocals), Dave Allman (Saxophone) and Mark Searcy (Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals).
For more on the Historic Victory Grill, click here...
Sept 1, 2008 - Dave Schlabach & September News
Thanks to all of you that attended Dave Schalbach's Memorial Service. I can sincerely say it was an honor to be there and wonderful to meet all of Dave's friends and family throughout the country. The setting was absolutely beautiful and we couldn't have been been blessed with a better day or with better folks at the service. There was a 20 minute video of Dave's life which was extremely touching and contained footage of Dave blowing harp and pics of his entire life. The highlight of the event for me was Dusty, Dave's son, playing drums with us. Just like with Dave, I had only known him for a couple of minutes and already jamming with him! I am thankful I had the opportunity to perform, travel, and record with Dave and will carry a piece of him with me on every performance here on out....
September will be busy month. Graham Warwick and I will be playing at the Victory Grill later this month in Austin along with more Blue Monday Jams at Silvercreek in Fredericksburg. Its always packed and poppin' so come join us for some of the best German food, brews and blues in the Hill Country. The month will conclude with a special visit from Brother Fork and the Spooners on the last Blue Monday in September.
All for now.
Peace and Blessings to all,
Mark
Aug 26, 2008 - Dave Schlabach Memorial Service
Good evening all.
Tonite, we finished a special evening with a tribute to Dave Schlabach at Silvercreek which featured the finest San Antonio area harmonica players, a special appearance of Will Owen Gage and of course, the Sensational Bonafide Blues Band featuring Graham Warwick. It was a great turnout and celebration.
Just a reminder that the memorial service for Dave is set for this Saturday, August 30th at 11:00am. The service will be held at Angel Guarino's ranch in Kerrville, Texas. There will be a potluck luncheon immediately following the service
After the luncheon there will be a jam session as well as a tribueWe are expecting a turn out including Graham Warwick, Will Owen Gage, Brother Fork & the Spooners, and other regional musicians as we celebrate Dave's life.
The address and directions are immediately below.
Please bring a covered dish and a drink. If you intend to participate in jam or have questions, please contact mark@marksearcy.com.
Address:
Angel Guarino's Ranch
994 Upper Turtle Creek Road South
Kerrville, TX. 78028
Take I-10 North From San Antonio to Kerrville
Take exit 508 for TX-16 S and turn left on TX-16S for 10.7 miles
Turn right at Upper Turtle Creek Rd 7.7 mi
The turnoff to the paviillion where the service is going to be is 1/2 mile after the ranch entrance. There is a gate that says "Party Pasture"
July 29, 2008 - Dave Schlabach Memorial Set
The memorial service for my good friend and music partner, Dave Schlabach, is set for Saturday, August 30th at 11:00am. The service will be held at Angel Guarino's ranch in Kerrville, Texas. There will be a potluck luncheon immediately following in addition to an open jam session for area musicians. The address and directions are immediately below.
Please bring a covered dish and a drink. If you intend to participate in jam or have questions, please contact mark@marksearcy.com.
Address:
Angel Guarino's Ranch
994 Upper Turtle Creek Road South
Kerrville, TX. 78028
- Take I-10 North From San Antonio to Kerrville
- Take exit 508 for TX-16 S and turn left on TX-16S for 10.7 miles
- Turn right at Upper Turtle Creek Rd 7.7 mi
- The turnoff to the paviillion where the service is going to be is 1/2 mile after the ranch entrance. There is a gate that says "Party Pasture"
July 25, 2008 - Info On Dave Schlabach Memorial
Thank you for the many email that have been recieved regarding Dave. It is most obvious that he had a big impact on many with his life and music. He was truly a gifted musician and I feel forunate to have performed and recorded with him.
His memorial service his tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 30th in Kerrville, Texas. We will post the exact location and directions very soon. It is tentatively scheduled to begin at 11:00am with a pot luck luncheon immediate to follow. After lunch, we are planning an open jam session to celebrate his life. Please bring a covered dish if you plan to attend with a drink.
Eva and I appreciate all the kind words and emails and hope to see you there. We are looking forward to it.
Mark
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.
July 20, 2008 - Remembering Dave Schlabach
Good morning all,
It is with regret that I inform you that my good friend and harmonica player, Dave Schlabach, has passed from this world.
Dave was vacationing in Panama, and after a day of surfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving suffered a heart attack and died on the beach in the arms of his wife Eva.
Dave, known by many as “Drywall Dave”, was featured on the CD release “Slideaway” earlier this year. Dave and I had a tremendous past year, traveling and performing together in Mississippi, the International Blues Challenge, a live radio broadcast and performing along the Texas I-10 corridor from Houston to Kerrville/Fredricksburg area.
Dave was one of those fun loving people that could take the bleakest of situations and find the good in it, and because of that, was a pleasure to be around. Outside of music, Dave loved being on the beach, and know he couldn’t have picked a better situation and company for his departure from us.
Eva told me that a memorial service would be put together in a few weeks to celebrate his life. Please keep Eva and Dave in your prayers.
Peace and God Bless you all,
Mark
