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- 02/05/12
  “SweetBarks”!
  Hello You Fine People! I hope your cup runneth over with all…
- 02/03/12
  Friday Feb. 3rd at Zed’s!
  Happy Friday!! This show got added a little later, but I wil…
- 01/31/12
  Sweet Dreams Etta!
  I used to work in this little Southern Roadhouse in S. Long …
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2 “SweetBarks”!

02/05/12
LIsa
· Lisa's Blog

Hello You Fine People! I hope your cup runneth over with all good things! I know I am feeling blessed and excited about so many things. One thing that is close to my heart is the well being and care of animals. Our house hold consist of a ‘Mad dog’ and a Titchy kitty who eventually let us pick her up and care for her from the parking lot of our complex. Our pup loves her new kitty and there’s never a dull moment with those two around.

I’ve always admired those who can and have dedicated themselves to the well being of these creatures who cannot speak up for themselves. I have a special place in my heart for all animals as they rely on us whether domestically or in the wild.

When Melissa Martin (http://www.facebook.com/bmused.inc) asked me if I would be a part of Pets Alive’s www.austinpetsalive.org “SweetBarks”, I was pleased to say “absolutely”!

I hope you will join us this Saturday February 11th, at Noon on the corner of S. Congress & Gibson. Look for the little silver bullet trailer.

I play solo 12:30-2:20pm.

KP and The Boom Boom play at 2:30pm! http://www.facebook.com/kpandtheboomboom

Love and Happiness! ( in the lyrics of the fabulous Al Green!)

0 Friday Feb. 3rd at Zed’s!

02/03/12
LIsa
· Lisa's Blog

Happy Friday!! This show got added a little later, but I will be at Zed’s tonight, 6-9pm. I do have a new song to try on ya. (new for me anyway. It’s a cover some of you have been asking about Hmm..perhaps a new goal for me would be a song a week? This could be fun.

If you haven’t been to Zed’s before, it is off of I-35 at the Parmer exit. The food is delicious, the outside deck is huge, and the atmosphere is quite lovely. Plus, a new song! That’s all I’m saying. Oh, and no cover.

I’ll be in the bar or outside depending on the weather and the rain factor. Come early it gets busy in the bar, plus the Happy Hour menu is bound to make you grin if not damn happy

0 Sweet Dreams Etta!

01/31/12
LIsa
· Lisa's Blog

I used to work in this little Southern Roadhouse in S. Long Beach, CA. I was there for years. It was (and is still there) a funky little joint with peanut shells on the floor, and a bunch of characters who worked there including my manager from East Texas, Ms. Kimber Atol! She had big beautiful blonde hair, blue eyes, red lips, and an East Texas drawl that made men melt in to little puddles. She loves the Blues, and often played CDs on the the stereo system, so loud we could hardly hear people’s orders. Etta James (http://www.biography.com/people/etta-james-9542558) was one of her absolute favorites, and how I became schooled in The Blues. So, it was with Kimber, our friend Chicago Mary, and Lori at The House of Blues in Los Angeles, where I first experienced Etta James live; raw, funky, bigger than life and down right dirty. It was LOVE!

Poor Chicago Mary….We had shown up early to The House of Blues to grab some dinner. We were upstairs finishing up when we heard the band start to warm up on the stage downstairs. Eager to get a good table below, we grabbed our things and began briskly toward the stairs. Richard Pryor was also upstairs having dinner with his family and friends. We had to walk right by him, carefully. You see his health was not good and he was in an electric scooter and was very close to the railing. Very gingerly we turned sideways and scooted by, only Chicago was wearing overalls. As she tried to slip by not disrupting his dinner, a handlebar inadvertently slipped inside the lower part of the bib of her overalls spinning Mr. Pryor around nose to nose with the very still, and incredibly red faced Chicago Mary. Now, I know the incident lacked any comical relief, but the look on poor Mary’s face was apparently very funny to the three of us because we were forced to abandon our friend. The chuckles that were starting to erupt we felt were quite rude and uncalled for, but still we couldn’t help ourselves.

The Show! – Etta howled, thrusted, pet herself and sang from the depths of her bigger than life Soul!. I saw her two more times before she departed this world. I’ve read that she was difficult to categorize because she crooned R&B, belted out Rock n’ Roll, and sang ( I mean SANG..did ya hear me?) the Blues. To that I say “amen”! Let music be music. Does it matter that an industry was sometimes confused on where to put her or what to do with her? Hell no. What mattered is that she reached in to the hearts of people and let them feel, breathe, cry, she empowered us and all around just gave us a reason to have a good time! There’s no such thing as too much of a good thing. There is an abundance of so much good, it’s up to us believe Thank you Etta “Miss Peaches” James! May we continue to make you proud. Sweet dreams!

2 Lisa Marshall Band last shows! Tuesdays in January at Saxon Pub. The Midnight show following the fabulous Cari Hutson & Good Co.!

01/10/12
LIsa
· Lisa's Blog

After some soul searching, I have decided to focus on performing solo. That’s the simple of it all *insert drums*

I am so proud of what Mary Harsh, Russ Scanlon, Johnny Radelat, Chris Trafton (plus subs Vinnie Ambrosonie and John Duran) have accomplished. I moved to Austin just under 3 years ago. The band played its first show on October 20th, 2010 at The Carousel Lounge. We quickly became busy and played all around Austin, Houston, Dallas, Beaumont, etc. This was a hard decision to make, as I really enjoyed playing with them all. Unfortunately, the pace I was keeping left little time to do one of the things I love the most…write songs.

I have so much gratitude for the people who jumped in to pimp the mailing list (Marguerite Jones), sell CDs (Jennifer Stanaland, Sharon Hunt, Julie Gamboa, many of you have jumped in to move a CD or two), record the music live and in studio (John Harsh). I have been graced with some of the most beautiful friendships! You all have been so good to me, “and I thank you”.

For those of you that are wondering: the CD will get finished and released. All of you wonderful Kickstarter supporters, we will fulfill our promise to you. I cannot thank you enough for your faith in us!

We (the band) still care deeply about each other, and you never know when we may have opportunity to pop up on stage together.

I hope you all will continue to check in here on my website, and please come to some of my solo shows! I will have some regular stints at Rusty’s and Fion in Steiner Ranch. I hope you will also check in on some new tunes, and of course Mary, Russ, and the fabulous musicians who kept the music going with us.

It is with so much gratitude in my heart for all of you who came to the shows, spread the word about us, the bookers who booked us, and the venues who gave us a place to do our thang, that I embark on this new part of my of my journey. Without YOU, we could not have done any of it! I hope I may have the honor of your continued presence, and honor of playing music for YOU!

Love, peace, prosperity and all our dreams come true!

xo-Lisa Marshall

0 Barbara Lynn’s Birthday, an R&B legend…

01/04/12
LIsa
· Lisa's Blog

Barbara Lynn’s Birthday Party in Beaumont, TX. -My favorite music hands down is women driven Soul/R&B! The band was blessed to play with Barbara Lynn in 2011 at The Beaumont Jazz & Blues Fest! She is amazing! Her guitar playing, easiness and command on stage is inspiring, spiritual and motivating! Check her out!….
Her first single, “You’ll Lose A Good Thing”, was a number 1 US Billboard R&B chart hit and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1962,[2] and was later a country hit record for Freddy Fender.
Soon Lynn was touring with such soul musicians as Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, James Brown, Al Green, Carla Thomas, Marvin Gaye, Ike and Tina Turner, The Temptations, and B.B. King.
She appeared at the Apollo Theater, twice on American Bandstand, and had her penned song, “Oh Baby (We’ve Got A Good Thing Goin’)” (1964) covered by The Rolling Stones on their album The Rolling Stones Now! (1965).[2]
And, Robert Plant has recorded one of her songs on his latest album. They played together recently in Marfa.

If you’re in Beaumont, please come by- Sunday Jan. 15th at The Gig in Beaumont, TX. Please check here for tickets www.thegigbeaumont.com 240 Crockett Street Beaumont, TX 777012335 (409) 833-9113

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