EGuide Tyler TX
Music
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3.0KAl & The Longshots: A Sure Bet For Great Music
by Johnny Griffith Webster’s Dictionary defines a long shot as “a venture involving great risk but promising a great reward if successful,”...
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2.8KKarisia Hernandez: Learning To Fly
By Johnny Griffith It’s easy to be impressed with the resume of Karisia Hernandez. This past year alone, she was nominated in...
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6.2KTravis Bolt: Finding His Style
By Johnny Griffith Travis Bolt is thankful he’s found his own style. The 26 year old musician from Mabank, Texas remembers a...
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2.5KThieves Of Sunrise: Stealing the Spotlight
By Johnny Griffith There’s a new Robin Hood movie which recently hit theaters and, yet again, tells the story of the famous...
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2.7KMatthew Marcus McDaniel: Feel Free To Express Yourself
By Johnny Griffith Sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and go with what you feel. That’s the approach...
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3.5KLuke LaPrade: A Little Too Country
By Johnny Griffith There is a debate among music enthusiasts these days about what is “real” Country music, especially when you hear...
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2.9KSean Berry: Starting A ‘Wildfire’
By Johnny Griffith Earlier this year we introduced you to Sean Berry, a local musician who has been making waves in East...
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3.3KDubb And The Luv Machines: I’m a Musician Because It’s What I Love
By Johnny Griffith When I’m searching for local musicians to interview every month I’ll browse through to see who’s playing where or...
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3.5KThe Groove Slaves: Keeping The Rock Alive
By Johnny Griffith There are certainly plenty of bands in the East Texas area. One thing we’ve always been able to pride...
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2.6KKatie and The Vines: Partners In The Music
By Johnny Griffith Occasionally voices come along that cut through the noise of a crowded room or bar and make you sit...
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3.2KThe Haggertys: Hey Hey We’re The Haggertys
By Johnny Griffith There are times when things just click with someone and you know it from the start. Then, years later...
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3.3KBig Sam’s Funky Nation: With Liberty And Funk For All
By Johnny Griffith Some music is written to be listened to. Now, before I get the “Well, Duh” response, allow me to...
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3.1KStefan Cotter: A Little Out Of The Ordinary
By Johnny Griffith It’s the weekend. You want to get out of your home and enjoy some time out. Maybe some dinner...
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3.4KChris Oliver & Company: Making The Connection
By Johnny Griffith If you’ve been to The Grove in Tyler recently on a Sunday morning for brunch, chances are you’ve been...
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3.3KBlacktop Mojo: Burning Up The Roads To Success
By Johnny Griffith About a year and a half ago I sat down to interview Blacktop Mojo, a Jacksonville based hard rock...
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3.3KThe Story of Roxy Roca
Roxy Roca: No One Ever Leaves a Show Dissatisfied Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q will host the fun and energetic band Roxy Roca...
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3.5KBlind Pursuit: Chasing Dreams
By Johnny Griffith In science, there is a phenomenon known as the Butterfly Effect which states, that in a complex system, small...
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3.6KThe Jazz Connection: Spreading The Good Grooves
By Johnny Griffith For a genre of music that is often called “America’s Classical,” jazz is often seen as a genre not...
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3.5KHonest Music From A Drifting Outlaw
An Interview with David Allen, The Drifting Outlaw By Johnny Griffith Mainstream country music these days is designed to trick your senses...
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3.4KThe Blacksmiths: Still Like That Old Time Rock & Roll
By Johnny Griffith Bob Seger has a well known hit from the early 80’s called “Old Time Rock And Roll.” This song...
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3.9KMax McRuiz: No Labels Please
By Johnny Griffith In the music world there are all sorts of labels for musicians: guitarist, drummer, keyboardist, country artist, pop artist,...
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5.7KEdwin Holt & The Red Clay Roadhouse Band
Still Feeling Blue After All These Years By Johnny Griffith Edwin Holt caught a mad case of the blues about 30 years...
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4.8KCody Daniel: A Simple Choice, Family First
Cody Daniel: A Simple Choice, Family First By Johnny Griffith The life of a musician, committed to performing live, is a tricky...
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4.6KSweet Pain: Bringing Rock To The People
By Johnny Griffith Growing up in the 80’s for me was a great time. There are much worse things than having...
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3.7KTyler Dudley: Not Satisfied With Okay
By Johnny Griffith A long time ago I was sitting in a classroom in college listening to a speaker talk about success...
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3.7KClay Thrash: In Love With The Mystery
By Johnny Griffith It’s pretty much a given if you want to be a working musician, at some point you’re going to...
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4.0KChris Wallace & The Delta Blues: Delivering The Goods
By Johnny Griffith There are voices…then there are voices. The kind that reaches down into your soul, grabs it, and pulls it...
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4.3KChris Cunningham: Not A One Trick Pony
By Johnny Griffith Most musicians have a side gig, it’s just a fact of life. It’s challenging to support yourself, much less...
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4.3KA Conversation With Matt Magill from The Magills & Co.
By Johnny Griffith Matt and Megan Magill love the stage. From the moment they met on stage in Oklahoma City years ago,...
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5.0KColton Mathis: A True Blue Texan, Playing Hard, Working Hard
By Johnny Griffith When you think about growing up in Texas, there are a few boxes that typically get checked off along...
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4.5KLulu & The Black Sheep: Sometimes Simpler Is Better
By Johnny Griffith The world we live in is becoming more complex by the day it seems. With technology advancing at breakneck...
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4.4KBrian Chance: Nothing Left To Chance
By Johnny Griffith Spend more than five minutes around Brian Chance, and you’ll quickly realize that this isn’t a guy who, despite...
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4.0KOwen Tiner: Making A Little Mischief
By Johnny Griffith “Still waters run deep” is an old cliche that suggests beneath a calm demeanor, lies a more complex picture...
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4.5KLauren Alexander: Earning Her Own Scars
By Johnny Griffith Lauren Alexander is breaking your rules. Just listen to her latest album “Smoke Signals,” and she’ll tell you. Obsessed...
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3.5KThe Leftovers: Just As Good The Second Time Around
By Johnny Griffith A lot of times the word “leftovers” can have a negative feel to it. Sure, leftover pizza is almost...
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4.4KRiley Redding: Shovels and Strings
By Johnny Griffith For several years, radio country music has been pushing what could be described as a shallower brand of the...
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3.6KJeremiah Jackson: Trying Hard To Be The Shepherd
By Johnny Griffith Jeremiah Jackson, the name sounds like a character from a Tarantino movie. Perhaps it could have been a “Jules”...
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5.0KOld Omen: Something Bluesy This Way Comes
By Johnny Griffith Tyler is a city with an impressive amount of homegrown talent that spans an eclectic mix of styles. However,...
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4.8KPurple Velvet Fox: Kings (and Queen) of Swing
By Johnny Griffith Jazz. All that jazz. Jazz hands. DJ Jazzy Jeff. Jazzed up. If you ask a statistically significant number of...
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6.0KETX Brewing Company: Good Times Are Brewing Downtown
By Johnny Griffith If you ask ten different people on the street what comes to mind when they hear the word “beer,”...
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7.8KTrue Vine Brewery: Three Men on a Mission of Integrity, Love and Community
By Barbara King You won’t find a big flashy sign on the front or any glimpse of a thriving small business inside....
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6.2KLee Mathis and The Brutally Handsome: Spreading the Gospel of Good Music
By Johnny Griffith There’s a new, old sound being heard across venues in East Texas the past couple of years that is...
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4.6KHeather Harper: Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
By Johnny Griffith We live in a culture that’s more and more obsessed with instant gratification while less interested in waiting for...
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4.9KChris Colston: No Stranger To Hard Work, Part 2
By Johnny Griffith Success in the music industry is an equation that has many variables of which talent is but one. Who...
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4.4KPanik Device: Keep Calm & Rock Your Face Off
By Johnny Griffith Rock music thrives in East Texas. Seriously. I know there is probably a tendency to think that country...
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4.4KSabrina Toole: Finding Success On Her Own Terms
By Johnny Griffith East Texas has a disproportionate amount of talented musicians you can find on any given weekend at venues...
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3.6KThe Elegant Few: Get Out of Your Seats and Move and Grove
We recently had the chance to sit down with Marc Carter with The Elegant Few about their crazy busy world. EGuide: Is...
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4.2KMike Harper: Riding The Waves & Smiling the Whole Way Through
By Johnny Griffith Chances are that at some point over the last 25(ish) years or so your radio dial has ended up...
