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The Cotton-Eyed Joe isalivelyfiddledancetunethatprobablyoriginatedinIreland. It is one of those publicdomainsongs,claimedbynoliving or known dead writer,butdancedto,clappedto,and

literally stomped to by thou-sands of country dance hallaficionadosovertheyears. Manyhaverecordedver-sions of the tune, from thelegendaryBobWillstoAdolphHoffner andRedRiverDave

McEnery in the San Anto-nio area. But the musicianmost credited for establish-ing Cotton-Eyed Joe as theshit-kickerʼsanthemofTexasis80-year-oldAlDean,aSanAntonio area residentwho isout of retirement and againdoing his thing withAl DeanandtheNewAll-Stars. Asfortheoft-heardterm“shit-kicker”asappliedtoruraldancerswith freshcowdungstill clinging to their boots,Dean proudly assumes re-sponsibilityforthetermwhichhasevencausedfistfightsinsomeareas. “Iamtheoriginalshitkick-er,”Deansaid.“IgotthenamemanyyearsagoasIwaspull-ingintoLaredoAirForceBasewithmyoldbandAlDeanandtheAll-Stars.IwasdrivinganOlds 95 and pulling a trailerfullofbandinstruments,whenaguardatthebasegatesaid,ʻWell, itʼstheshit-kickerbandagain.Youguysreallydoplayshitkickermusic.ʼ“ Dean liked the soundof it, and he promptly estab-lished a record label whichiswellknown today asKickRRecords. AlDeanandtheAll-Starshave recorded some 15 al-bums,andsuchAlDeantunesasRoughneck PaycheckandResting on My Laurelsstillgetairplayonoccasion. A member of the TexasCountryMusicHall of Fame,the man born Albert DeanCallaway inFreer,Texas isaliving legendwhohasownedranches, nightclubs, bookedandpromotedbands,soldoil-field equipment, real estate,recorded numerous albumsoforiginalmusic,andbackedeveryonefromGeorgeJonesto Lefty Frizzell and WebbPierce. With his original band,AlDeanand theAll-Stars,Alplayedguitarbehind four fid-dlers on his 1967 version ofthecenturies-olddancesongthatbecame thenumber-onemost-played jukebox song inTexashistory. DeanʼsversionofCotton-Eyed Joe is still the seventhinning theme song for theTexas Rangers, and, at onetime, the SanAntonio Spursopened their gameswith thelivelytune. “We received an award

in 1987 from the AmericanMusic Association of Texas(jukebox dealers) for havingthe most played song in thehistory of Texas jukeboxes,”Deansaid. “Wurlitzer put thecd on jukeboxes worldwide.And in 1999, the recordinggotusinductedintotheTexasCountryMusicHallofFame.” Al said his band backedRex Allen at a Dilley rodeo,and he recalls the night hisband was double booked attheCabaretClub inBanderawithBobWillsandTheTexasPlayboys. “Wedidnʼtgettoplaythatone,”Deansaid. “Butwegotto stay for Bobʼs show. Wehad no choice because hisbushadusblockedin.” Dean said he backedWills even beforeWills had afull band, his lead vocalist inthose days being Tag Lam-bert.HesayshealsoplayedbackuponoccasionforWillieNelson, Wade Ray, GeorgeJones,andLeftyFrizzell. “Idistributedmyownre-cords until I finally got DonDaileyofGladMusic todo itforme,”Dean recalls. “Donʼsson,MikeDailey,playedsteelforGeorgeStrait, and itwasDonwho discoveredGeorgeJones.” As straight as a cedarcornerpost,andasfitasthefiddleheneverplayed,Deansays quitting alcohol and al-mostthreepacksofcigarettesadayback in the1960shascontributedtohisgoodhealthandlongevity. “Iʼmtoohealthytojustsithomeanddonothing,”Deansaid. “So Iʼm back out therewith the New All-Stars, mysonGalen, andCindyShaw,alongtimefamilyfriendvocal-istwhocanreallysing.GalenandIplayliveguitars,andweworkwith recordedbassanddrum backup. And while wedonʼthaveafiddler,wewilldotheCotton-Eyed Joe.” Numerous musicianshave worked with Al DeanandtheAll-Stars,buttheorigi-nalgroupincludedsonGalenonleadguitarandvocals,wifeMaxineondrumsandvocals,andsonGaryonelectricbassandharmony. Galen and Gary nowoperate Calaway Realtors inBoerne,afirmwhereAlDeanmaintainshisbusinessoffice.

“Iplayedsomefiddlewiththebandatonetime,”Galensaid.“ButIhavebeenmostlythe lead guitarist. I startedwith the instrument when Iwasakid,andmydadalwaystoldpeopleIneverhadarealjob.” CindyShaw,anRNwhoworks in San Antonio, hasbeen playingwith theDeanssince she was 18. She waswiththemonmanyashowattheoldFarmerʼsDaughter. A walking encyclopediaoncountrymusicandtheoldmusicians who made the in-dustrywhat it is today,Deanbuilt theAll-StarClub inFre-er in 1960, and later hewasbookingsuchstarsasTammyWynette and Little JimmyDickens into Al Deanʼs inVictoria and Hubert’s DanceLandinRiverajustoutsideofKingsville. “Those were some wildand wooly days,” he recalls.“There was money availablethen,andwedidsomeprettygood business on occasion.I can remembergoing to thebank in Victoria after a bignightwith$6,000cashinonehandandaloadedshotgunintheother.” Hewenton,saying: “Iʼmfull of stories about musicand the older country musi-cians. I have played on thesame bill withMel Tillis, and

IhavebookedMelanumberoftimes.Heisstillplayinganddrawinggoodcrowdstoday.” Alsaid,“Iownedthesec-ond Fender Rhodes electrickeyboard ever made. TheBeatleshadthefirstone.Andit was Hank Snow at an oldMunicipal Auditorium showin SanAntonio who inspiredmetostartusinganelectronicinstrumenttuner.Nowit isalldigital.” AlDeanownedtheBour-bonStreetClub inSanAnto-nio in1975and1976,wherehe featuredsuchcountry vo-calists as Stoney Edwards,whoalongwithCharliePridewasoneofthefirstblackper-formersincountrymusic. The club that was thenBourbon Street is todaythe popular Make My DayLounge, locatedatNacogdo-chesandPerrinBeitelroads. Al Dean was amongmany who considered thenow-deceased Edwards tohaveoneof thefinestvoicesinthegenre. “I sold the old BourbonStreettoFredSeekatz,”Deansaid. “And I can rememberwhen Fredʼs ex-wife LanawassellingadvertisingforAc-tionMagazine.” Deannowlivesinaruralsetting near the Bexar andMedinacountyline.


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Blues Honor Due Local guitarist andblues belter Catherine De-nise has been named anambassador to the BluesHallofFamefromSanAn-tonio. Withfellowbluesmusi-cian Jimmy Spacek actingas musical program direc-tor, Catherine Denise willbeofficiallyhonoredincer-emonies April 3 at SamʼsBurgerJoint. Theeventwilllastfrom6 through11p.m., andwillinclude live performancesfrommanybluesmusicians

who have been instrumen-talinCatherineʼscareer. In addition to JimmySpacek,thosescheduledtoperform include VanWilks,

BobbyMack,LelandParks,Ruben V, Ernie Garibay,Sauce Gonzalez, and oth-ers. Theeventissanctioned

by the San Antonio BluesSociety.Oneofthemainor-ganizersisradiopersonalityWilliam (Wild Bill) Rowan,whoe-mailed: “Catherine Denisehas been recognized bythe Blues Hall of Fame asa Great Local Blues Artistand designated as anAm-bassador to the BluesHallofFamefromSanAntonio.She is the first San Anto-nio artist to receive thesehonors,andherofficialcer-tificatewill bepresentedatthisevent.” Inhermid-teens,Cath-

erineDenisediscoveredthebluesguitarthroughthemu-sicofStevieRayVaughan.Shewrites,sings,andpicksan electric guitar with thegreatsofthebusiness. With influences likeVaughan,FreddieKing,andMagicSam,shelaunchedacareerinbluesmusicwhichhasseenheropenforRickDerringer, Doyle BramhallSr., W.C. Clark, and Omarand the Howlers. She hasalso shared the stage withSmokinʼ JoeKubek,Debo-rahColeman,TexasJohnnyBrown, Bugs Henderson,

LittleCharlieandtheNight-cats,andB.B.ChungKing. In2005,Catherinewaschosen second place inthe nationwide Blues IconCompetition. Shewas alsomentionedasoneoftheupand coming young Texasblues artists and includedontheaccompanyingcdofthebookYou Canʼt Stop a CometwhichwaswrittenbyStevieRayVaughanʼsroadmanager, Cutter Branden-burg. Catherine Deniserecorded with DoubleTroubleʼsChrisLaytonand

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MoeBandyprovedlastmonththathecanstilldrawaSanAnto-niocrowd. Ofhisshowatthehistoric Aztec The-atre, the former bull

rider and sheetmetalworker from nearbyAdkins, said, “Itʼs al-waysgoodtobebackhome,playingwithmyfamily and friends intheaudience.” Brought here fromhis winter stage job

in Branson, Missouri,by Rick Drury andhisSanAntonioRoseLiveoutfit,MoeBandydidnʼtdisappoint. Thecrowdof sev-eral hundred filledseats in theAztec onSunday, March 13,where Bandy put ona full show, completewith his own bandand comedian fromBransonby thenameof Perry EdenburnwhosestagehandleisHarleyWorthit. As Bandy was in-troducedbySanAnto-nioRoseLivemouth-piece Greg (Crash)Gallaspy, the crowdwas roaring beforeMoehitthefirstchordonhisguitar. San AntoniansloveMoe Bandy, andyou can bet that thecrowd will be evenbigger when he re-turns for another Az-tec Theatre show onApril10. “His first showhereattheAztecwasinFebruary,”saidSanAntonioRoseLiveceoGreg Gallaspy. “Thecrowd for this one

wasmuch larger,andI anticipate an evenbigger turnout for theApril event.Moe putsonarealclassiccoun-tryshow,andhismanyfans have stuck withhimthroughtheyears.Hegivespeoplemorethan their moneyʼsworth,andthatʼswhatitʼsallabout.” I first met MoeBandy in the mid-1970s, shortly afterreleaseofhisfirstbighit,atunecalledI Just Started Hating Cheat-ing Songs Today. He followed thisonewith such hits asIt Was So Easy to Findan Unhappy Woman(1974)andBandy the Rodeo Clown (1975),which was written forMoe by Lefty Frizzelland famed Nashvillesongwriter WhiteyShafer. “Lefty was abouthalf drunk when hecalledme in themid-dleof thenighttoan-nounce that he hadwritten me a song,”Bandy laughs. “Hesangmethethingoverthe telephone, and I

remember him tellingme later that thisonewas going to makeme a ʻstarah.ʼ Thatʼshow he pronouncedʻstar.ʼ ʻStarah.ʼ Therewill never be anotherLeftyFrizzell.” Moe brought theAztec house downwithBandy the Rodeo Clown, commentingafter the number thathewas once a rodeobull rider who had toquit because of backtroubles. “I had a badstreak up my back,”he laughed. “Ayellowstreak.” He was joking, ofcourse, because bothMoe Bandy and hisbrotherweresuccess-fulRCAbullandbroncriders before musicbecame Moeʼs mainfocus. “Iʼve never gottencompletelyawayfromthebulls,”Bandysaid.“I have my own bullnow, a really rowdyrodeostarwho isap-pearing frequently onTVthesedays.” In 1979, Bandyteamed with Janie

Fricke for a number-three hit titled Itʼs a Cheatinʼ Situation,andduring subsequentyearshe teamedwithJoeStampleyforsuc-cess with the “MoeandJoe”duet. He played mostlyMoe Bandy songs atthe Aztec show, andthatʼs how the crowdwantedit. They sang alongon Americana, andthequietemotionwasalmostpalpablewhenBandy sang ʻTil Iʼm Too Old to Die Young. Ofthatsong,Ban-dy said, “This is themostmeaningfulthingIeverdid.” Following his per-formance, Moe wasinterviewed by WOAIRadioʼs Barrett Ma-son,alovelyladyandoneof themorecom-petentelectronicsme-dia personalities onthelocalscene. Then he met hispeople, hordes ofthem,intheAzteclob-by where he signedcds until there wasnʼtasinglefanleft inthequeue.

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Itisanunderstatementtosay thatSanAntonio isacityofmanyandvaried traditions.Fromfreedomtofoodtofamily,there is deep lineage deserv-ing celebration.Another greatSanAntoniotraditionisitscol-orfulmusicalheritage. Ramiro “Ram”Ayalawasasgoodafriend,andasstead-fastasupporterasmusicianscould ever have in this city.Ramownedandoperatedthefabled Taco Land, a wateringhole and live music meccaon the nearnorthern fringe ofdowntown San Antonio, fornearly 40 years. During thatstretch, hundreds (or darewe say thousands) of bandsfromnear&fartooktothetinystage,churningoutrock-n-roll,country,blues,rockabilly,punkrock, noise, and every othersoundimaginable.... The audience at TacoLand was as varied as themusic that bands would playthere. This is what made thebar onWestGrayson such amelting pot, and a welcomegetaway to the cool, the hip-sters, old-timers, dropouts,professionals, and downtrod-den alike. And at the centerofthiscacophonyofhumanitywas themaneveryonecalled“Daddy”,thatwasRam. Longtime veteran of themusicscene,JerryClayworth,sums up Ayala’s flare best:“RamwastheepitomeofSanAntoniocool...Hecameupintheold-school,wherehonesty,

respect, and friendship com-bined to make the man. Hewelcomed and respected ev-eryonewhocametohisplace,unlessanduntiltheygavehima reasonnot to.Therewasarealfamilydynamicthere”. Thebar itselfalsoheldagreat appeal, which may nothave been clear to the ca-sual passer-by, but was notin question to the Taco Landinitiated. “What made TacoLandaspecialplace?”Accord-ingtomusician,promoter,andSaustexRecords’founderJeffSmith: “The lack of pretenseandthatforsuchanunremark-able,downattheheelsset-upitcouldbethegreatestplaceintheworldtoseeaband.” Everythingchangedintheearly morning hours of June24, 2005. Without rehash-ing thehorrible details of thatnight, therewasashooting inwhichAyalaandhisdoormanDougMorganwerekilled.Thatinfamous night was the firsttime many people had everheardofTacoLand,buttotheextended TL family, it was asheer tragedy, and an unex-plainableloss. Quoting from the RamJam press release: “Somemight have been content toconsiderthisterribleeventtheendoftheTacoLandera,butitwouldhavebeenevenmoretragic to close the book oneverything that the “House ofRam”built&stoodforallthoseyears....”

“Though any night thatonewalkedthroughthedoorsofTacoLandheldthepotentialfor a party, there was alwaysoneweekendinparticularthatabsolutely guaranteed puroparty punch.... Those wereRamʼs Birthday Weekends,which rolled around the sec-ond week ofApril each year.WhenthetimeforRamʼsbirth-dayapproachedin2006,JerryClayworth & SaustexMediaʼsJeffSmith knew that thebestwaytohonor&celebratetheirfriend,aswellaskeepthespiritofTacoLandalive&well,wastocontinuetheyearlybash....” Andthename?Clayworthexplains:“IoncejokinglyaskedRamwhysomanybandsviedtoplayhisbirthdays, towhichhereplied‘Everybodywantsto

jamwith theRam’!So, itonlyseemed appropriate that wecallthisannualcelebrationthe‘RAMJAM’.” ThisyearmarkstheSixthAnnualinstallmentoftheRamJam,whichhasgrownbyleapsandbounds,andisnowdraw-ing music fans who weren’tevenfamiliarwithTacoLand. “It’s so good to see allthese new faces each year,in addition to the ones we’veknown from Ram’s place”,Clayworth says. “He wouldwelcomeeveryonewhocamethrough the door to listen tomusic,soIfeellikewe’reper-petuatingthatvibenowtoo”. It’simportanttoSmiththatthe yearly gathering reflectAyala’sapproach...“Inabusi-ness filledwith self-important,

egotistical individuals (myselfincluded),”Smithsaid,“Idon’tthink he ever fancied himselfas a ‘Music Impresario’. Hewasjustaguywhohappenedto own a bar where bandsplayed. He didn’t play talentscout ormusic critic...NirvanaorGwarwasn’t anymore im-portanttohimthantheInfidelsorLos#3Dinners”. Regarding Ram’s “celeb-rity”status,Jeffadds:“Iguessover time, his celebrity grew,but he was always the sameman from when I first methim in 1982 up until the lasttime I sawand talked tohim,the night before hewasmur-dered.” Thisyear’sRamJamwilltake place on Saturday, April9th at Backstage Live (1305

East Houston Street). Therewill be twostagesof livemu-sic, featuring Big Drag, TheInfidels with Patricia Vonne,Hickoids,PuppyJet,TheSonsOf Hercules, The Ugly Beats(from Austin), Suzy Bravo &The Soul Revue, ChelseaHotel (from Houston), TheFarCrys, andPinataProtest.TherewillalsobeanartexhibitbyLADavid(akaLACosmico),who’sChicanoStreetArthungonthewallsatTacoLand,andAustin’s Old School BBQ &GrillwillbeonhandwiththeirfamousBBQBus. Gates open at 6:00pm,and music starts at 7:00 pm.Coverchargeis$7.00andtheshow’snetproceedswillben-efit theDeeDee (Diana)Wil-liamsMedicalFund.

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Raised by his grandpar-entsaroundFreer,Algrewupworkingonafamilyranch.Onweekends,andalreadybittenbythemusicbug,heandhisfriendswouldtravelhundredsofmiles in a beatup truck tohear legends like Bob Wills,Hank Thompson, and HarryChoate. Albert Dean CallawayʼsfirstbandwasagroupcalledTheTexas Teenagers.Whenthatbandbrokeup,AlformedAlDeanandtheAll-Stars,andhe has been playing musiceversince. An old cowboy by thename of Gaston Mills getscredit forDeanʼs first interestintheCotton-Eyed Joe. Mills, who died only afew years ago, was a color-fulcharacterwhocoulddancethe Cotton-Eyed Joe like no

other,twistingandturningwithsuch vim, vigor, and improvi-sion that his dance partnersoften backed away just towatchhim. “Hewasalwaysaftermeto play and record Cotton-Eyed Joe,”Deansaid.“Itwasone of the smartest thingsI ever did. The tune liter-ally started a dance craze inSouth Texas that has neverreallystopped.” Dean is also a yodeller,and generations of fans al-waysgivehimastandingova-tion after he sings tunes likeCasting My Lasso. His latest cd is on theHeart of Texas label, andAlDean says he is writing newmaterialnowforanupcomingrecordingproject. “Iʼvegotsomenewtunes,”hesaid.“OneIcallTexas Ainʼt Texas Anymore,andtheother

one is titled Iʼm a Real Cow-boy.Iwillputbothofthemonanewcd,andIamalsowritingsomecowboypoetry.” AlDeanandtheNewAll-StarsplayedMustangSallyʼsonRooseveltAvenue in SanAntonio last month, and be-ginningthismonth,DeanandcrewwillbeatMustangSallyʼson the third Friday of everymonthfrom9p.m.until1a.m. RandyTroutandFriendsplayMustangSallyʼsfrom930p.m.until1:30a.m.onthefirstFridayofeachmonth. Inadditiontonightclubs,Al Deanʼs group is availableforweddings,birthdays,fairs,rodeos,ropings,andclassre-unions. “We have music for alloccasions,” Dean says. “Andwe can furnish D.J. servicesuponrequest.” Chances of Al Deanagain retiring anytime soonareslim. “I figure on doing whatIʼm doing as long as I feellike it, and when I donʼt feellike itanymore,thenIreckonIwill be ready to checkout,”Deangrinned,adding: “And IhaveneverfeltbetterthanIdonow.” Al andGalenDeanmaybereachedat(210)688-3179or (210 688-9299. Also atwww.AlDean.infoandatwww.AlDean-GalenDean.com.

loononPresaStreet. Brownisuniquewithahybrid guitar he designedandbuilthimself. Part6-stringguitarandpartsteelguitar,theinstru-ment is known as a “guit-steel.” Brown gets some su-per country sounds out ofthecontraption.

Manu at Apple SpurssuperstarManuGinobili is a familiar sightat the Apple Store in theShopsatLaCantera. Hereportedlyvisitsthecomputer outlet often, andsometimeswithhisfather. Another familiar sportsfigureat theAppleStore isretired Spurs all-star DavidRobinson.

Benno Reborn Guitar slick Marc Ben-no,nowbasedinHunt,hasrevived his career with anewpublicist,newgigs,anda planned tour of Japan inthenot-too-distantfuture. The publicist, RandyEllis, said: “Marc went outto save theworld one per-sonatatime,andnowheʼscomingbacktodowhathelovesandwasborntodo.” BennoworkedagiglastmonthinLinden,TexaswithBugsHenderson,andheis

now lining up more TexasgigsbeforetheplannedtourofJapan.

Southside Reunion The 6thAnnual South-side (OldTimerʼs) Reunionwill run fromnoon through-outtheafternoononApril9atLeonʼsIceHouse,RigsbyandW.W.WhiteRoad. An event that seemsto grow in popularity witheach passing year, the re-unionwasstartedtoreunite1950s and 1960s-era stu-dents from such southsideschoolsasHotWells,Page,Poe, Brackenridge, High-lands, Old Sam Houston,Burbank,andSt.Gerards. Donated barbeque willbecookedbyLarryColsonandFrankGuerrero. It isaB.Y.O.B.affairwithbeerand

soda available at Leonʼs.Covered dish/desserts willbeappreciated. Board members RayPhippsandBarryMartinareurging everyone to spreadtheword,andtobringtheircamerastothereunion.

Stefania Relocates Stefania Baldesarelli,recentlydepartedfromherStefania ʼs County ItalianonSanPedroandtheRiv-erwalk Dolores Del Rioʼs,is back in business withStefaniaʼs Oriental Rugsat 825 FredericksburgRoad. “Iwasintherugbusi-nessevenbeforeIopenedrestaurants on the St.Maryʼs Strip,” Stefaniasaid.“Ibuy,sell,andtraderugs,andIamalsogivingbelly dancing classes atthenewlocation.” A high-energy busi-nesswoman and dancerwho has owned and op-erated a dance school,both Italian and seafoodrestaurants, and even anherbfarmatHelotes,Ste-faniaisnʼtonetoletmuchgrassgrowunderherfeet.Andsheisalreadytalkingabout yet another restau-rantandbarventure. “You never can tell,”she said. “I do get boredeasily.”

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