Gary Newcomb: singer/songwriter/ steel player/ guitar player has bee playing with Dave Gonzales and the Stoney River Boys for the last couple of years . . touring Europe and the U.S. Great bunch of guys and the music is fantastic . .UPDATE: 4/20/12  Gary has finished his new album and I had an opportunity to have a listen . . . it’s fantastic!  Not available to the public yet . . when it is, I’ll let you know!

Chris Mietus: bassist, guitarist and drummer is now playing drums in BOY + KITE and these guys are getting attention in the indypop circle. Chris played bass in my band, Dickie Lee Erwin Band for 6-7 years, played bass guitar on the albums, Poppin Johnny, Swan and Again the Wall with one cut on Texas Midnight Highway. I ask him to help on Again The Wall and he turned out to be such a valuable asset that he became a producer on the project. He and his wife, Stacy, are doing good living the country life, playing music and doing yoga.

Billy Doughty: Drummer, piano player, singer is playing with the Gary Newcomb Trio, producing/ recording Kim Simpson’s new album of originals. BIll is also doing ‘Code Slaw’ for Greenlee, a local farm produce distribution company. Billy played drums and sang harmonies on the Dickie Lee Erwin albums’s Poppin Johnny and Swan.

Jenifer Jackson: Jenifer is enjoying the great revues she’s receiving on her new album, THE DAY HAPPINESS FOUND ME. Jenifer has a great Trio and is playing around Austin and occasionally heads up to New York City to perform in her old stomping grounds. Jenifer has two co-writes on AGAIN THE WALL HEART WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN and BLAME IT ON THE MOON along with singing harmonies are her generous contributions to the album.

Chris Hynes: Chris is being the artist he’s always been . . working on a show of his works in New York City at the restraurant A2 and a group show in Binghamtom, New York (Burnelli Gallery), and a one man show at the same gallery. He is a co-writer on the song: BLAME IT ON THE MOON and RIVER OF DREAMS on AGAIN THE WALL.

Ron Erwin: Ron’s been playing with Alvin Crow and Sonny Throckmorton . . the songwrtier with more country hiits then feathers on a chicken! Rons’s also involved in some movie production. and recording projects. I’ll give you the details when I have them. He’s living out at Willie’s Golf course . . has a cool pad out there and we’ve been crossing paths here lately and he’s as happy as ever!

Scrappy Judd Newcomb:  I met Scrappy in 1988-89 when he just started playing with the Ohio band, The Highwaymen, later known as the  Loose Diamonds (1989-1995), fronted by another respected local musician, Troy Campbell. After the band’s breakup, Newcomb became one of the capital’s most sought-after sideman, settling in for a long, weekly, “hippie hour” residency with local blues chanteuse Toni Price (1992-1999).  He produced my first CD, There’s A Movie Goin On, and the went on to producing a succession of critically praised LPs for Beaver Nelson (The Last Hurrah, Little Brother, Undisturbed), as well as Walter Tragert’s comeback (Lousy With Desire), he finally made time for to his own solo debut in 2003, Turbinado, on local imprint Freedom Records. Byzantine, considered the superior release, followed two years later.