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Shelley King Throws A Bad Weather Party With Her New Album
All photos taken at Shipping & Receiving Bar in Fort Worth, TX by Alan MercerIn Austin’s exalted music scene, Shelley King ranks among the royals; in 2008, she even received a title: Official State...
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Felix Truvere Puts Himself Out There
All photos taken at the Fort Worth Stock Exchange by Alan MercerFelix Truvere was born & raised in San Antonio, TX. He graduated from John Marshall High School, received his bachelor’s degree in...
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john Arthur martinez Releases His 14th Album!
All photos taken in downtown Fort Worth by Alan MercerFrom the Sixth Street clubs in his birthplace of Austin, Texas to the Alpine festivals in Switzerland, from music venues in Paris, France to the...
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Jeff Plankenhorn Will Never Stop
All Photos taken at the Remedy Room in Aledo, TX by Alan MercerJeff Plankenhorn’s life in music has taken him from a childhood in Ohio as a boy soprano, to battling addiction, to two decades as a...
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Guy & Jeska Forsyth: Hanging Out Together
All Photos taken at The Post at River East in Fort Worth, TX by Alan MercerAustin, Texas-based musician, singer, storyteller, and songwriter Guy Forsyth was born in the Denver City Hospital in Colorado...
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Cody Joe Hodges: Real Country Music From The Brazos Bottom of East Texas
All Photos taken in Waxahachie by Alan MercerCody Joe Hodges was destined to be a performer. The first time he took the stage was at the age of five, while on a family vacation. At the time, his...
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Lucky Peterson and Tamara Tramell Peterson:
All contemporary photos taken at Lucky Peterson's home by Alan MercerLegendary American Bluesman Lucky Peterson, master of the blues guitar and the Hammond B3, celebrated his 50th Anniversary of...
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Seth James: West Texas Rancher Turned Blues Man
All photos taken at Magnolia Motor Lounge in Fort Worth by Alan MercerAuthenticity and originality don’t always make for the most compatible bedfellows. Indeed, paying reverence to one’s roots...
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Aliza Ford
All Photos taken in downtown Fort Worth by Alan MercerAliza Ford is a Country Singer, songwriter, and musician from Fort Worth, Texas.At five years old, Aliza's father, Chance Ford, bought him a drum...
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Freddie Pool: A Life in Music
All contemporary photos by Alan MercerFreddie Pool began her entertainment career in the mid 1960's, as a member of the girl group: THE DELICATES. They recorded several singles for the Challenge,...
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Susan Gibson: Emotionally Connecting With People Through Her Music
All Photos taken in Fort Worth by Alan MercerSusan Gibson is a road warrior in the truest sense in addition to being a dedicated singer, songwriter, and performing musician. The CMA award-winning...
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Kaleb McIntire: No Corporate Music For This Outlaw
All current photos taken in the Fort Worth Stockyards by Alan MercerKaleb McIntire’s sound can be described as good, old-fashioned country hillbilly music infused with rock n’ roll. Utilizing a...
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Cherie Currie Is Having A Cinderella Moment
Photo by Robert SebreeFormer Runaways frontwoman Cherie Currie digitally released her long-awaited, star-studded album, Blvds of Splendor, via former Runaways guitarist Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records...
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Mike Peters of The Alarm
Mike Peters is known primarily as front man of the internationally acclaimed Welsh band The Alarm. Mike is also an inspirational solo acoustic performer and (as a two time cancer survivor), founder of...
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Cecil Parker Enjoys His Longevity
The music of Cecil Parker has an authentic story that was shaped on the streets of Philadelphia, where he grew up not having a "full-time" father around. Fortunately, he had an amazing mother, who...
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Kendi Jean: From The Heart
All Photos: Alan Mercer except album coverKendi Jean is a local emerging artist in Fort Worth, TX merging her Motown roots with her Cowtown Boots. Though most of Kendi's music falls straight into the...
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Austin Michael Wants To Make People Happy
All Photos taken by Alan Mercer except album cover Seventeen-year-old country singer, Austin Michael, from Van Alstyne, Texas is a roper, rider, and American Idol-er who loves hunting, fishing, country...
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The Bodarks: Hootenanny String Band
“It's a porch-stompin', fiddle-sawin', bass-spankin' hootenanny!” — Lifestyle Frisco Since sprouting up in the North Texas scene in 2012, The Bodarks have been described as a “hootenanny” band —...
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Taco Ockerse Did Something Right
Taco Ockerse, born in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 21, 1955, had spent many of his childhood years moving around the world residing in the Netherlands, the United States, Singapore, Luxembourg, Belgium...
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Justin Tipton Is Grateful But Not Satisfied
All Photos: Alan MercerDefining the sound of Justin Tipton & The Troublemakers is not an easy task. The simplest answer is: it depends on which song you're listening to. You can hear different...
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