Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Johnny does Nashville!

Recently, Downtown West Events sent me, Johnny G Lyon, to Nashville, Tennessee. What a trip I had! First, I appeared at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge! Then, I performed live at the Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry! (Or, at least to me, it will always be the home of the Opry. It's also, as Merle said, where "some damn fool told Elvis to go back to drivin' a truck!")
Then, I performed live at the Country Music Hall of Fame! I had only been in Nashville a few days, but I was on top of the world!
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Inside the hall, I had a great time, with Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn just to name a few. I watched a video about rockabilly. It was great, with Elvis, Carl P., Jerry Lee... and then this cute little 50's babe comes up to the mike (on the video)... she's polite and soft-spoken, with an acoustic guitar... probably gonna be boring... then she spits out: "Hard headed woman, soft-hearted man, been a-causin' trouble ever since the world began!" and she ROCKS! intense like early Elvis! Shakin' and Poundin'... and Wailin'! and an awesome sexy 50's dress! I'd never heard a 50's rockabilly babe like this before! I was in LOVE! Turns out it's Wanda Jackson, and she was in fact the only real rockabilly babe of the 50's! And, sure enough, when she appeared on the Opry, another damn fool (not the one who told Elvis to go back to driving a truck) made her wear something over her shoulders, telling her "You can't show your shoulders!" I bought her CD, it's good, real good. But the video is AWESOME. she pumped. i wish i could get a copy of that video. But it's worth going to the Hall of Fame just to see that.
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More soon on these two topics from Nashville: Downtown West Events will try to bring guitarist Porter McClister to Tampa. And, DWE is opening a Nashville office! THIS IS EXCITING! Stay tuned for further developments!

Friday, July 14, 2006

Johnny G Lyon / JGLB Summer 2006 Schedule

UPCOMING 2006 SCHEDULE

this schedule was corrected 8-10-06

Fri Aug 11
THE NEW Blue Shark
1502 7th Av / Ybor City / Tampa

Sat Aug 12
42nd St Bistro
516 S Howard / Tampa
813-253-0042

Fri-Sat Aug 18-19
THE NEW Blue Shark
1502 7th Av / Ybor City / Tampa

Fri-Sat Aug 25-26
42nd St Bistro
516 S Howard / Tampa
813-253-0042

Fri Sept 1
42nd St Bistro
516 S Howard / Tampa
813-253-0042

Sat Sept 2
PRIVATE

Fri Sept 8
42nd St Bistro
516 S Howard / Tampa
813-253-0042

Sat Sept 9
PRIVATE

Fri Sept 15
THE NEW Blue Shark
1502 7th Av / Ybor City / Tampa

Sat Sept 16
Downtown West Events
presents
NEW BLUE SHARK
GRAND OPENING
featuring Johnny G Lyon / JGLB
with special guests
Otis Velt, Dr. Gary Brown,Loretta Lindsay, Dirty E
special appearance bythe Bud Girls
sponsored bySticks of Fire
http://sticksoffire.com
and BUDWEISER
NEW BLUE SHARK
1502 E 7th Av
one block west of old location
813-248-3499

Fri-Sat Sept 22-23
THE NEW Blue Shark
1502 7th Av / Ybor City / Tampa

Fri-Sat Sept 29-30
42nd St Bistro
516 S Howard / Tampa
813-253-0042

Sat Oct 7
Rockin Hard Cafe
Memorial Hwy / Tampa

Fri Oct 20
Downtown West Events
presents
Jim "Kimo" West
Kapok Special Events
923 McMullen Booth Rd.
Clearwater

Downtown West Events

Downtown West Events will be announcing plans soon for some great new shows! We hope to announce plans to bring Jim "Kimo" West to the Tampa Bay Area! Deatils coming soon!

We are negotiating for a major event featuring JGLB and special guests, as well. Perhaps it will be at the Blue Shark!

Thanks to all of you who attended our show June 9 at Skippers' featuring the Rubber City Rebels, Hat Trick Heroes, and Roppongi's Ace! Thanks as well to all the people who made it possible.

Downtown West Events is a JGLB company.

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Monday, July 03, 2006

Happy 4th of July

from Johnny, JGLB, and Downtown West Events