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I remember a time when San Angelo was the oasis of all of west Texas. The blues festival was thriving, your favorite country band was playing on any given night for $15 at Midnight Rodeo, and there was cowboys on every corner. I may have a tendency for nostalgia but the images that flash through my mind from years ago were electric. The streets were busy, the people were laughing, musicians were gathering and local business was thriving. Somewhere in the last 10 years, the vibrance of this town has been lost. This is happening all over the United States. Music shops are closing due to the accessibility of amazon and online retailers. Local venues are shutting down or cutting their amount of monthly shows in half. Artists are taking the route from social media to Nashville and we’re losing the individual culture that made these special small towns all over America. I’ve been trying to high tail it out of this town for years. All my friends from Austin and Fort Worth now officially think I’m full of s#it for how many times I’ve promised I’m moving but can never follow through. The truth is— I don’t really want to leave. My family is here, my lifelong friends are irreplaceable, and all I’ve ever really wanted was to put down roots. I have everything I need here— besides a community of artists. I got my kicks in Fort Worth. The wildly talented players I’ve had over the years taught me everything I know. They taught me what it took to run a band, they taught me how to perform, they taught me how to half ass play in time and through them I met so many friends that changed my life forever. This isn’t just an open mic, this is the biggest party in west texas every other Thursday night. This is where all you sneaky songwriters can come out of the wood works and showcase your talents, meet the other local wallflowers and have a platform to get your a$$ out of here and tour. There will be special guests from Austin to LA, local art vendors, vintage and $2 beer specials. Me and my band will be hanging out and playing till daybreak. And for everyone who never gets to step foot in this far west town of ours— I hope you spend your money locally, play your music locally, and buy your food from local farmers— because you can’t change the world, but you can gather enough delusional friends with too much free time and make a change in your community!

KAT HASTY

Nate Kipp is a singer/songwriter first. He has had a long history of music in his family, growing up in the middle of five children, in a charismatic southern Pentecostal style upbringing. Born in Pecos and raised in the parched landscape, of the oil rich Permian Basin, music was an intrinsic part of the family from church to home. His mother played the accordion and had a beautiful voice she shared with the family and wrote many of her own songs. She always encouraged her children to be creative and none of that was lost on Nate. Country music was normally what was playing on the radio, especially when you have no control over the dial. Being exposed at an early age to artist like Don Williams, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and the likes, but also to rock/pop artist like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night and even a little metal. Nate moved to Nashville not long after high school and began to hone his craft as a songwriter. It was a real eye opener from picking in small town garage bands to seeing some of the best writers at work. After four years of playing and singing, collaborating with the endless stream of upcoming artist and writers that make up the backbone of Music City, Nate yearned to be back home in Texas. Armed with a few skins (and scars) under his belt, he gained the confidence to go out on his own and has been performing high energy Americana style honky tonk, Texas country music for the last several years. Cody Jinks and Deryl Dodd both cut Nate's haunting tale, 'Loveletters And Cigarettes' and it became a top 5 hit! The band is based out of Dallas/Ft.Worth and continues to gain fans at a rapid clip, touring through eight states, Germany, The Netherlands and the Czech Republic. This wiry, West Texan's music is insightful, hopeful, sometimes comedic but with firm threads of truth that come shining through. 

Thursday Night is BINGO Night with a Twist!

Join us for an unforgettable night of Classic Country Music as Lynn Massey & Justice take the stage at The House of FiFi DuBois. Get ready to be mesmerized by their down home performances and incredible talent.

Lynn Massey & Justice: Lynn Massey is accompanied by the talented band Justice, known for their impeccable musicianship, this dynamic group is sure to deliver a night of music that will leave you wanting more.

At the tender age of eighteen, the Seattle-born crooner Gus Clark hit out to explore the United States with a backpack and a mandolin, cutting his teeth playing on the street and traveling by freight train or the kindness of those still bold enough to pick up a hitchhiker. Emerging over ten years later as an accomplished multi-instrumentalist (guitar, accordion, mandolin, and more), he now pays beautiful homage to an ultra-deep well of golden-era American music traditions, ranging from pre-WWII blues to 1960s Nashville honky tonk. In a voice that combines unique sincerity with pitch-perfect emotive richness, Clark delivers classic barn-burners, good-time dance tunes, bittersweet heartbreak ballads, and his own originals. His remarkable tenor  and powerful musical presence are guaranteed to both wrench hearts and propel listeners onto the dance floor, whether Clark performs solo or backed by his rock-solid band.

Over the years, Clark has proved himself as a staple of the Seattle music scene, frequenting the area's renowned country dance bars and Americana venues and lighting up its largest festivals with a range of projects. A regular guest vocalist at tribute nights and charity events, he's shared the stage with contemporary greats and up-and-comers such as Charlie Crockett, Pokey LaFarge, Eilen Jewell, Cactus Blossoms, Jeremy Pinnell, Whitney Rose, Easy Leaves, and Jaime Wyatt. He’s a regular touring member of the outlaw party-country band Country Lips, contributing on accordion, vocals, and mandolin. For a decade now, Clark has also made music - an unmatchable mix of early jazz, jug-band, country, blues, old-time, Cajun, klezmer and originals - with his "musical sibling,” the Virginia-raised fiddle virtuoso and singer/songwriter Annie Ford. The dynamic duo's sweet harmonies have won hearts in humble living rooms, on street corners, on the grand stages of old vaudeville theaters, and far beyond.

I remember a time when San Angelo was the oasis of all of west Texas. The blues festival was thriving, your favorite country band was playing on any given night for $15 at Midnight Rodeo, and there was cowboys on every corner. I may have a tendency for nostalgia but the images that flash through my mind from years ago were electric. The streets were busy, the people were laughing, musicians were gathering and local business was thriving. Somewhere in the last 10 years, the vibrance of this town has been lost. This is happening all over the United States. Music shops are closing due to the accessibility of amazon and online retailers. Local venues are shutting down or cutting their amount of monthly shows in half. Artists are taking the route from social media to Nashville and we’re losing the individual culture that made these special small towns all over America. I’ve been trying to high tail it out of this town for years. All my friends from Austin and Fort Worth now officially think I’m full of s#it for how many times I’ve promised I’m moving but can never follow through. The truth is— I don’t really want to leave. My family is here, my lifelong friends are irreplaceable, and all I’ve ever really wanted was to put down roots. I have everything I need here— besides a community of artists. I got my kicks in Fort Worth. The wildly talented players I’ve had over the years taught me everything I know. They taught me what it took to run a band, they taught me how to perform, they taught me how to half ass play in time and through them I met so many friends that changed my life forever. This isn’t just an open mic, this is the biggest party in west texas every other Thursday night. This is where all you sneaky songwriters can come out of the wood works and showcase your talents, meet the other local wallflowers and have a platform to get your a$$ out of here and tour. There will be special guests from Austin to LA, local art vendors, vintage and $2 beer specials. Me and my band will be hanging out and playing till daybreak. And for everyone who never gets to step foot in this far west town of ours— I hope you spend your money locally, play your music locally, and buy your food from local farmers— because you can’t change the world, but you can gather enough delusional friends with too much free time and make a change in your community!

KAT HASTY

Join us for an unforgettable night of Classic Country Music as Lynn Massey & Justice take the stage at The House of FiFi DuBois. Get ready to be mesmerized by their down home performances and incredible talent.

Lynn Massey & Justice: Lynn Massey is accompanied by the talented band Justice, known for their impeccable musicianship, this dynamic group is sure to deliver a night of music that will leave you wanting more.

12 Mile, an energetic Texas Country band rooted in San Angelo, TX, found its inception through a stroke of serendipity. The journey began when Beau King, the lead vocalist, was discovered singing his favorite George Strait track while stocking dog food at the local Walmart. Intrigued by Beau's talent, lead guitarist Charles Reyes invited him to an impromptu jam session. The musical chemistry blossomed with the addition of Danny Moya on drums, Jimmy Patino on bass guitar, and Michaela Robinson on the fiddle.

Recognizing the potential within this talented ensemble, 12 Mile entrusted their faith and original compositions to producer Jude Dyllan (Vaudevylle). Recording sessions unfolded at Red Dirt Studio, guided by Jude, renowned for collaborations with industry heavyweights like Ashley Gorley, Shane Stevens, Blair Daly, and Troy Verges.

Making waves in the Texas music scene, 12 Mile boasts two charting songs on the Texas music charts: "Sing Along" and "The Bottle."

Having graced stages with notable acts such as Pat Green, Cory Morrow, Texas Tornado's, William Clark Green, Bart Crow, Austin Mead, and more, 12 Mile exudes energy, excitement, and musical excellence from the moment they step onto the stage. With the versatility to deliver either a one-hour set or a complete four-hour show, the band captivates audiences with their compelling performances.

There is a place on Interstate 10, somewhere east of El Paso, where the road dips so far south that America starts to fade. In the hours past midnight, the radio dial is mostly static, sliding in and out of signal. What gets through is haunting, like the sound of an old Victrola playing songs
about broken hearts in broken Spanish. In the autumn, the winds toss 18-wheelers from shoulder to median and it’s still 100 degrees in the dark. There’s heat lightning in the distance,
maybe from a storm 200 miles away at the next exit. The light at the end of the tunnel is an old town called San Antonio, offering salvation in the sweetness of its pan de muerto and the cool of its slow, shallow river. If that road – in all of its chaos and its quiet – had a soundtrack, it
would be John Baumann’s Border Radio.
Baumann takes a cue from storytelling greats like Townes Van Zant, Guy Clark and Lyle Lovett, Adam Carroll, John Prine, Jackson Browne, James McMurtry, Nanci Griffith, leaning more into observation than experience in his writing, preferring to inhabit stories that are not his own. And on Border Radio, his sixth album out October 6, the stories range from a man’s
love for his “Gold El Camino” to falling in love in the red light glow of “Boy’s Town.” On each track, it’s clear the Austin-based Baumann is at the top of his songwriting game. “Saturday Night Comes Once a Week” could easily be a country radio hit, while the lyrical deftness and
timelessness of “The Night Before the Day of the Dead” and “Turning Gold” rival the best of his heroes’ work.
Those great storytelling songwriters were the ones that brought Texas to Nashville, and it’s a path that Baumann finds himself increasingly taking – with a nudge from Kenny Chesney, who recently recorded a version of Baumann’s song “Gulf Moon”. But, as a fifth generation Texan
and a self-proclaimed geographical songwriter, Baumann will always see the Lone Star State as the ideal canvas for his writing. In fact, he says Border Radio is simply a collection of “colors and vignettes from San Antonio and Hill Country down to the border. Like Steinbeck said, Texas is
‘rich, poor, panhandle, gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study’. “My pleasure as a songwriter is to be somebody else for three and a half minutes,” he continued. “I’m not the hunting and fishing guy in ‘South Texas Tradition’ and I’m not falling in love on the border. The record is a journey of someone’s experiences through a certain place in
the world – south Texas. And discreetly it’s a love story. It’s all the highs and lows of love. And there’s real character in the border region, there’s some controversy to it, but I wanted to get away from the news about the border walls and instead focus on it as a beautiful, interesting
and mysterious part of the state.” The album rolls from dance hall tempos to lonely ballad and back again, honoring both place
and love as the two ultimate experiences. It’s a journey through those border ghost lands to a neon-lit bar and back again. It’s a quest for love and a life well-lived.

Join us for the Hottest New Drag Show in San Angelo featuring your Local Favorites & Extra Special Guests! Doors open at 7pm and Showtime is 9pm

Live & Local Favorites playing all your favorites songs!