It's All Coming Together

Yep, the murals are coming back into the entry to Deep Ellum!  Over at Unfair Park today Robert Wilonsky had a piece regarding the new murals.  They are apparently going up in phases with the first phase going up on the west side of Good Latimer at the Deep Ellum Dart station.  I can't wait to see the finished product.  

MP3:  Uncle John & Friends - Deep Ellum Blues

Trees To Reopen!!

When I read those words yesterday over at DC9 at Night I was happier than happy.  Trees was definitely one of the places I loved to go and see shows.  

Hopefully they will get enough business to survive and stay open.  It will be nice to have something smaller than the Granada, but bigger than The Cavern to see a show.  I'm also hoping they book better national acts than Dada does.  If they can get a mix of local, regional and national acts coming through there it would be great.

Granted, Trees won't be like it use to be... nothing in Deep Ellum will.  But, with the nice mixed use of that district I think it will be able to thrive again... as long as people want to go to there.

See you there August 14th?  

Trees To Re-Open?

Over at Life Outside The Bubble rumor has it that someone is interested in reopening Trees.  Do you know how sweet that would be?  The last time I was there was three(?) years ago when I caught a Kasabian show there.

I saw many a show there and would love to see it reopen.  Actually, my first celebrity siting was there--I passed Vinnie Paul in line for the bathroom.  Since Dada is getting better shows and seems to be doing well, All Good has great stuff going on there and The Door is doing pretty well I hope that it will reopen.

The Good Ol' Days

If you head on over to DC9 at Night you'll can read the Jeff Liles article about his days as a booking agent for the old Prophet Bar in Deep Ellum. You know, back when Deep Ellum was still thriving? The article centers around his inteactions working with Screamin' Jay Hawkins of "I Put a Spell On You" fame.

One of the best parts is when he booked The Reverend Horton Heat to open and Hawkins got pissed because he thought the good Rev was trying to upstage him. Little did he know, the Rev always puts on a great show.

Like I said, it's a very interesting read.

Back In The Day

When I was still growing up and it was time to do something fun and cool Deep Ellum was one of the best places to go. Now, the Dallas city political machine want to ruin it and turn a historic part of town into boutique shopping and condominiums.

But, we can reflect back on the good time with this video.