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Back during the 1970sand early 1980s, San An-tonio was awash in barsand night spots with trickyand sometimes undeci-pherable names. Jack Mikulenka wasopening his “Jack” clubs ata torrid pace--Jack-N-Around, Jack of Clubs,Ball ‘N’ Jack, etc., whileLarry Findley and JohnCootey were counteringwith their horse racetheme club names--CoolMillion, Twenty Grand,Silky Sullivan’s and more. On San Antonio’s clubscene today the uniquename prize goes toMichael Harris and his sonRobert Harris, owner andgeneral manager respec-tively of the Two RiversTavern, 13550 O’ConnorRoad. Laughs Michael Harris,who owns the club withwife Min, “People imaginetwo flowing bodies ofwater when they first hearthe name Two Rivers Tav-ern. But that’s not it at all.My son Robert is a sci-ence fiction geek of sortswho named the club aftertwo science fiction movieshe liked. One is calledFirefly and the other Dr.Who. Both movies featurefemale stars with thename Rivers. And that’show we wound up with anightclub called TwoRivers Tavern.”

Two Rivers Tavern is abustling live music hang-out that features a musicalsmorgasbord. “We feature rock andblues bands, and we areadding more country actswhen we can find them,Harris said. “It is a littleharder to find the goodcountry acts, but we arestarting to bring more inas the word gets out.” Harris, who is retiredmilitary, and his wife Min,a native of Korea whoMichael met in a Seoulcoffee shop when he wasan Army Staff Sergeant E-7, both spend a lot of timein the club. “My son Robert is thegeneral manager of theclub,” Harris said, explain-ing that the family ownedanother San Antonio clubbefore moving recentlyinto the Two Rivers loca-tion. “We had the 11thHour Bar on RandolphBoulevard for four years.We had some live musicat the 11th Hour, but notas much as we are featur-ing here.” Michael and Min Harrishave another son, James,who is a pharmacist. The O’Connor Road lo-cation was called Allurebefore the Harrises tookover, and before that itwas known as BelowZero. With live music every

Tuesday, Thursday, Fridayand Saturday nights, TwoRivers also featureskaraoke on Sundays,Mondays, and Wednes-days. “Thursday is bikenight,” Harris said. “It isfairly new but growing fast.And we allow the motorcy-cle club members to weartheir colors.” A sculpted 6-foot-pluswho has obviouslypumped some iron in hisday, the “sarge” speakswith conviction when hesays: “I have a conversa-tion with the bike clubpresidents before weallow them in with colors.They are told that we willtolerate no trouble. I knowsome club people areafraid to allow the bikers inwearing colors, but I feelpretty confident that wecould handle about anysituation that might arise.We have never had aproblem.” Assisting club generalmanager Robert Harrisare sub-managers M.J.Benavides who worksdays and night managerStar. Two Rivers Tavern alsofeatures a kitchen whichopens for lunch at 11 a.m.,drink specials after 7 p.m.,happy hours from 11 a.m.through 7 p.m. All major sports arecarried on 6 large color

TVs with large projectioncapability. The club alsofeatures two pool tablesand two dart machines,and poker is featuredevery Sunday at 3 p.m. “It’s all legal,” Harrissaid. “We have sweep-stakes machines that payoff in prizes that are

turned into cash, and wehave a $300 free roll cashpoker tournament at 3p.m. every Sunday. Freeroll simply means that itdoesn’t cost anything toenter.” Robert Harris runs theclub, but Michael and Minspend time in the busi-

ness for good reason. “We want our clienteleto know that the businessis important to us,” Harrissaid. “We appreciate theirbusiness and we want toshow it by being on thescene as much as possi-ble.”


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I have known Tracy Smith for over 30 years. Ifshe tells me something, I believe her.

So try to wrap your brain around this hair-rais-ing scenario--a giant pitt bull terrier killing a tiny, scream-ing chihuahua while two horrified women struggle tostop the carnage.

Even more gut sickening than the dog attackwas the refusal of a so-called emergency vet clinic totreat the dying pup.

It started on Monday night, May 15, in the SanAntonio home shared by Tracy Smith and her 18-year-old daughter Brittany.

Unprovoked and without warning, the 11-year-old 80-pound family male pitt bull terrier named Mactore into the family baby, a 1 and 1/2-year-old 11-poundchihuahua male named Rusty.

“We called him Little Man,” sobbed Tracy Smith.“I loved him more than anyone could imagine. He wasmy baby. He went with me everywhere I went. He wasmy Little Man.”

Scene turned uglyThe scene turned ugly and dangerous as Tracy

and daughter Brittany suffered multiple dog bites whiletrying to pry Rusty from the big pitt’s mouth. Tracy saysshe is getting rid of the pitt. Mac had Rusty clamped inits powerful jaws and was shaking hard as the tiny chi-huahua screamed and snapped insanely in his fear andpain.

“Brittany and I both have puncture bites thatwent completely through our hands, and Brittany hadsome bites on her face,” Tracy said. “All of the bites wereinflicted by Little Man. He was hurting and scared outof his mind, biting at anyone or anything that touchedhim. Brittany had Mac in a head lock, and she held onuntil the pit finally dropped our little dog. We were crying,screaming and bleeding, doing everything possible tofree our Little Man.”

Tracy was still crying when she called me tosay, “My daughter is fearless. She is tough, too, and sheis wonderful, The worst of it all happened after we gotLittle Man away from the big dog and to an animalemergency clinic where we hoped they might save hislife. Brittany and I could both tell that our little guy had

internal injuries and was in dire need of help.”

BluePearl PartnersIt was after hours for her regular vet, Tracy said,

so they took Rusty to a 24-hour emergency animal cliniccalled BluePearl Partners at 503 E. Sonterra Boulevard.

It was here, Smith said, that the unthinkablehappened.

“They refused to treat our dog because I could-n’t come up with $500 cash on the spot,” Tracy Smithsobbed. “They sent us home with our dog even thoughI had funds that could have been activated if they wouldhave waited only a few hours.”

Rusty the Little Man died seven hours later.“These people are heartless bastards,” Tracy

said. “They don’t give a damn about the animals. It isthe money with this outfit and nothing else. It makes myheart break to think of anyone taking their loved pet tothese people.”

According to Smith, a female attendant tookRusty in for an X-ray when they arrived at BluePearl.Smith’s credit card had only $78 left on it, so nothingmore was done for Rusty other than administration of apain injection.

“They told me the X-ray showed what mighthave been a hernia,” Tracy said. “But I could tell he hadinternal injuries. There was no blood visible, but he wasunsteady on his feet and vomiting.”

According to Smith, she has protection througha company called Care Credit, which offers financialprotection for both human and canine in emergency sit-uations like this. But that office was closed and didn’topen until 8 o’clock in the morning, which would havebeen too late for the dog.

No help for doomed Rusty“I promised them they would get their money,”

Tracy said. “I begged them to just take my dog into theclinic and treat his injuries. To please save his life. Ourregular vet’s office was closed for the day. That’s whywe went to the emergency clinic. They turned us awayat this point, telling me to watch Rusty until the nextmorning and then seek the services of a private

provider. Rusty died that morning.Tracy Smith found online that BluePearl Part-

ners is a corporate conglomerate with emergency vet-erinary hospitals in major areas all over the country.

After Little Man Rusty’s death, Tracy Smith saidher 18-year-old daughter Brittany marched into theBluePearl clinic and gave the personnel there a loudpiece of her mind.

“She told those people that she was an 18-year-old college student who suffered cuts, scratches,and puncture wounds while trying to save her dog ”Tracy said. “She also told them that she was going toget a degree in veterinary medicine from Texas A&Mand someday become a pet doctor with a heart.”

Don Johnson had a heartI have always been a dog lover. And when con-

fronted with the sorry situation recounted by Tracy Smithand her daughter, I have nostalgic recollections of mylate friend Don Johnson, original owner of the Acorn HillAnimal Hospital on Perrin Beitel Road in San Antonio.

My first meeting with Don came more than 30years ago when I carried a bleeding catahoula leopardgirl dog named Witch into Johnson’s office. I had nevermet Don and he had never met me.

Witch had recently given birth to pups, and shewas still with milk when her mammary facilties had beenripped open by a feral hog. Witch and I were both cov-ered with blood, and both of us were scared half out ofour wits.

Because the Animal Defense League clinicdown the hill on Nacogdoches was closing for the day,I was directed to Johnson’s relatively new clinic up onPerrin Beitel. I had only a few bucks in my pocket on thatday. Johnson asked me for no money.

“Put witch on that operating table and hold her,”he told me. Then he sewed up my dog and became alifelong friend. He knew I was broke. He told me to paywhen I could. I’m glad Witch and I were not at a Blue-Pearl clinic on that 20th Century day. I’m glad DonJohnson never worked for a BluePearl. I’m glad Don hada heart. People like the BluePearl operators are ubiqui-tous reminders that this 21st Century really ain’t wortha shit. Like BluePearl.


By Jim Chesnut Lacy Brinson is a fed-eral attorney in San Anto-nio. She is also anexciting new singer/song-writer who commandsmore than passing atten-tion. It’s easy for me tochampion the skills of mycontemporaries and pred-ecessors in countrymusic. It is not easy for meto do the same for today’scountry performers.

For example, SammiSmith was my favoritesinger of all time until I re-cently heard Lacy Brin-son. Like Smith two musicgenerations or so before,Lacy uses her voice tosing her truth, and hertruth is stunning. Many of today’s singers(if not most) produce acontrived sound that mightpass for style but mostlylacks substance. Not sowith Lacy. She sings with naturalhonesty that draws listen-ers to this woman who—as a child—sang with hercircuit-riding grandfatheras he preached in onesmall Southern Baptistchurch after another in theSouth. It's all about the songfor Lacy. She doesn't singto bring attention to her-self; she sings to connectthe listener to the song.And, it's magic. I first heard Lacy atJohn Whipple’s open micnight at The Pig Pen inSan Antonio. She was oneof 13 people to sing thatnight. When she startedher three-song set, theroom got very quiet. Icouldn't believe it. Not apeep during her first song.Her sincerity and unas-suming manner captivatedthe audience . . . and me. I worked with SammiSmith in Garland, Texas,for a few days in the mid-70s. I learned what phras-

ing is thanks to her, andshe was a pro. She hadtravelled a rough roaddown music row by thattime that included havinga major hit record withKristofferson’s Help MeMake It through the Nightand working off an unpaidhotel bill by performing inthe hotel lounge with lil ol’me just a couple of yearslater. As beautiful as it was,to hear Sammi Smith atthat time was to hear pain. To hear Lacy Brinsonsing now is to hear joy,even when she sings sadsongs. Perhaps her singing isso honest because shewrites much of what sheperforms. As I listen to hermaterial, I can’t wait tohear the next line orphrase. Her continuity issolid. It’s like having a per-sonal conversation withher. In my opinion, manysongwriters are too fo-cused on coming up withclever lyric riffs that don’thold one’s attentionthrough the entire song.It’s as if they are writing toimpress other songwriters. Lacy seems to be com-mitted to telling her truthwithout relying on gim-mickry. She seems to befocused on telling a storythat ordinary folks can re-late to without having towork at it. Merle Haggardwas that kind of writer, too. You can hear what Imean by listening to someof her songs athttps://www.reverbnation.com/lacybrinson. Her cur-rent EP, Lost Lovers, wasrecorded in San Antonioat CBC Studio and pro-duced by Grammy winnerMarius Perron usingSouth Texas A-list playerslike Grammy winnerBobby Flores on the ses-sions. I immediately picked up

on her candid mannerwhen I recently inter-viewed her. “How do you think of your-self—songwriter, singer,musician, poet? ” I asked. “I consider myself asinger who dabbles insongwriting and playsenough acoustic guitar toget by on her own,” shereplied. As far as dabbling,we should all be so luckyto “dabble” as well asLacy. She started playingguitar as a teenager,wanting “. . . to be able tosit around and jam withthe older kids in thechurch youth group,” sheexplained. And, while nota flashy guitarist, sheplays exactly what isneeded to complementthe song. A native Floridian, Lacyis an attorney with theU.S. Department ofHomeland Security in SanAntonio and is just finish-ing maternity leave. She isa graduate of FloridaState University majoringin Spanish and studiedlaw at Florida CoastalSchool of Law. Although Lacy is coun-try to the core, obvious in-fluences of soul,bluegrass, oldies, south-ern rock, and pop rock in-fuse her music. From 2010 to early2012, Lacy performed invenues on the beaches ofJacksonville, Florida. Bothlove and her career as anattorney brought Lacy toSouth Texas in April 2012,and she fits right into theTexas music scene. She has been marriedto Mike McAndrew since2014 and is a proud 34-year-old mother of a new-born (Silas Jack) and atoddler (Archer Clyde).She confessed that she isin a “constant state ofwriter’s block.” When asked how she

deals with it she ex-plained, “I have to setaside a block of time, getrid of all distractions, con-centrate, and just startwriting. I’m usually ex-hausted afterwards.” I asked her about hersources of song ideas,and she said, “Usuallypersonal experience, butnot always. I find other

people’s experiences in-triguing and sometimesdeeply moving enoughthat I can write aboutthem. Sometimes it’s diffi-cult for me to share mysongs if they’re too per-sonal to me, which is whyI also like to write aboutother people’s experi-ences instead of my own.” I’m always fascinated

by songwriters’ responsesto questions about artisticintent. Some writers claimthat they just want to get itout there without consid-ering whether or notsomeone understands itor likes it. Here’s Lacy’s re-sponse: “I’d like for people to beable to connect to my

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I am writing to cele-brate the life of singer,songwriter, music journal-ist, record store manager,and friend, Ronald LeeYoung. I first met Ron atGeorge Chamber's studiojust after he was diag-

nosed with cancer about 5years ago. The two ofthem were mixing one ofhis original songs entitledRight about Now, which Iinstantly liked and laterrecorded. And, right aboutnow I am deeply sad-

dened by his passing. He died May 11, 2017,after valiantly strugglingwith an aggressive form ofcancer that attacked hisstomach, lungs, bonesand brain. He left us waytoo soon, but lived longenough to learn from Billand Debbie Green thatone of his songs, A Lotof Room to Talk, co-writ-ten with Ronny Vinesand recorded by JakeWorthington, had madeit to #1 in the leadingTexas music chart justdays before his death.Worthington, an emerg-ing country musicrecording artist, was run-ner-up on The Voice in2014. I was with him two daysafter he entered hospicewhen the Greens pre-sented him with aframed copy of the chartthat included a photo ofhim with Worthingtontaken April 28, 2017. Hewas heavily sedated but

his eyelids fluttered whenDebbie showed him theframed version of thephoto and chart. I think hemay have been aware ofthe moment. Ron was a gifted writerwho lived in Nashville forfourteen years, accordingto his website,http://www.ronlyoung.com. Although at times hewrote for second tier pub-lishing companies, heworked in a pawn shop toearn enough money to liveon and pay for demorecording sessions inorder to pitch his materialto publishers, artists, pro-ducers and record labels. The recent Texas chart-topper, A Lot of Room toTalk, was written andpitched on music rowabout 20 years ago anddidn’t gain any traction,according to music pub-lisher Bill Green. It wasn’tuntil co-writer RonnyVines pitched the song toWorthington’s producers afew months ago, thatthings started to happen. Had he lived inNashville when I did, I amconfident he would havebeen signed by a majorpublisher. Ray Baker, aformer music row execu-tive, recently commentedto me on the high qualityof Ron’s writing. The prob-lem was that his Nashvillewas far different frommine. In my day, publish-ers paid all demo costs.For example, my pub-lisher, Acuff-Rose, paid all

recording costs and evenpaid me a stipend to singmy own demos. By the time Ron movedthere, however, publisherswere no longer doing that,as I understand it. So, Rondid it himself, along withsome of his co-writers. Inour many conversationssince our first meeting, Idon’t think he realized howthe business was chang-ing when he was there. In my day, 15 yearsearlier, country music wasstructured differently.Singers sang. Writerswrote. Publishers pub-lished. And, record labelsput out records, generally

speaking. In addition,many hit songs got cov-ered by many differentsingers. But, by the timeRon moved to Nashville,things had changed radi-cally. By then, many singerswrote or co-wrote theirown material making itvery difficult to get songsrecorded. The lines be-tween publishers andrecord labels had becomealmost as non-existent asthey are today, meaningin-house material waspreferred. Also, almost noone recorded someoneelse’s hits, limiting the in-

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borrow a tape player fromHouston Marchman. Hardto find this equipment inthis day and time. I stillhave about 12 reel to reelsto convert.” The anonymous cre-ator of the online Coffman treas-ure said when Vicky Coff-man first showed her theboxes of reel to reels, tonsof memorabilia and theactual computers from thestations, she was “thrilled.” She said she has shedmany a tear while workingon the project. The anonymous onewent on to say, “The firstcassette I listened to wasa KZEPParty on the Patiocassette. Hearing Steve’svoice and laugh on thatcassette was emotionallythrilling and it broughtback memories of whenradio was great and theDJs were greater.” She said, “I have shedtears many times through-put the project. The tearsare from hearing all thegreat music from theartists Steve played, thepersonality, and the spe-cial in-studio acoustic ses-sions with pickers like RayWylie Hubbard, PatGreen, Jack Ingram, HalKethum, Gary P. Nunn,Cory Morrow, KevinFowler, Seth James, andeven Neal Black of Dog-man and the Shepardsfame. Ray Wylie Hubbard,Pat Green, Jack Ingramand others have recordedpromo liners for the sta-tion, and we can expectRobert Earl Keen to followsuit. Keen says on hiswebsite that Steve Coff-man was the first radiojock to play his music.

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Michael Marks, founder and owner of MoMar Music, scored a big lick last monthby landing an exclusive sales and service deal with electronics music giantPeavey. Peavey district man-ager Scott Cowen andother Peavey officialstoured the MoMar facilitybefore inking a dealwhich gives Marks andMoMar exclusive dealerrights. “I certainly do believethat we have convincedPeavey that we are goingto be their most uniqueand only dealer in thecountry that does morethan buy and sell theirproducts. We knowPeavey products insideand out. “We will do repairs and rent Peavey products in priority status (which will inturn get people more inclined to purchase products they have rented and gottenused to).” Marks went on to say that his people plan to tour the Peavey factory, offerconsultations, and meet top Peavey executives. The MoMar chief is no stranger to bigtime factories, having founded andowned a 300,000 square foot machine factory called GAMCO, Marks brings anout-of-the-box brand of creativity that should solidify his new relationship withPeavey. Mike says: “Improvements to products are never ending, and no great factorywould ever say they have got it perfect, but rather always strive to make it bet-ter.” A MoMar press statement says: “With eight years of field expeience, listen-ing, repairing, and using their products at MoMar Music, Peavey sees MoMarand Mike Marks as the only dealer in the country that is so much, much morethan the others. Mike has done this before with the PYLE PRO family of com-paniesm as well as OSP/ELITE CORE AUDIO family of companies. Mike Marks’ stated aim is to assist other companies have safer factories, bet-ter made products, new creative ideas for future products, and just adopt a bet-ter team player philosophy.

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By Jacques E. StrapAction sports analyst

It’s time for old Jacqueshere to again come out ofhibernation. We all know GreggPopovich is a genius indisguise, and it is not apopular thing to criticizethe masked genius, butthere comes a time whenold Jacques here justcan’t keep the bridle on. Yes, we did lose TonyParker early, and KawiLeonard later, both blowsthat might have kept theeventual crucifixion byGolden State to amedium-sized blood-let-ting. But the Spurs did suf-fer a humiliatingass-kicking that mighthave been avoided or atleast minimized had ourMILLION-DOLLAR-MANshowed up to earn the 84-million-dollar contract hesigned. We speak, of course, ofone LaMucous Aldridge,the biggest disappoint-ment since we signed Al-

frederick Hughes. LaMucous didn’t let theSpurs down in these re-cent and eventually disas-trous playoffs. He reallydidn’t show up enough tobe called a letter downer. With his long, loopystrides from one end ofthe court to the other,Aldridge was reminiscentof a lazy and tired workhorse just looking for aspot to lie down. What happened to thePortland scoring machine,the big kid from U.T.whose greatest momentwas a dunk over Tim Dun-can? He had one or two halfdecent moments duringthe Golden State shutout,but his total performancewas a shameful disgraceas the greatest closer inSpurs history was makingwhat might have been hisfinal surge. Aldridge will be gonenext year. Count on it. TheHolts, Bufford, Pop, andthe Coyote don’t need a 7-

foot goldbricker in silverand black. But the saddestprospect that old Jacqueshere can see will be thelikely exodus of Manu Gi-nobili. I have said it beforeand I will say it again, forwhatever it is not worth,Popovich never gaveManu Ginobili the startingposition he so richly de-served. “For the good of theteam” the tired old com-pany refrain went over andover and over again,“Manu Ginobili was mostvaluable coming off thebench and hardly everstarting a game.” Which, of course, ispure bullshit, and you cantell anyone who doesn’tbelieve thatto ask any great stud ballplayer how important it isto be among the gamestarters.It is an affirmation ofgreatness and a psycho-logical boost that everygreat player deserves.

Yes, I know the line ofhog slop. This is a busi-ness. The NBA players areabove the high schoolHarry nonsense aboutstarting a game. Theseguys are being paid mil-lions to do a job, and no-body really cares whogets the personal creditand accolades that gowith the territory. If you believe this frontoffice garbage then youmight believe that LaMar-cus Aldridge might again“find his rhythm” and leadthe Spurs to a gloriousNBA title. I got sort of sick in thegut when the crowdcheered for Ginobili duringwaning minutes of the finalGolden State massacre. The announcer saidPopovich had inserted Gi-nobili back into the lostcause game to “show hisrespect” for the greatestcloser in Spurs history,and the guttiest battler inthe history of basketball. In total Spurs great-

ness, Manu Ginobili mustbe ranked at the top withGervin, Robinson, andDuncan. For his entire career,the 39-year-old Ginobilinever shirked, slacked, orslowed. He had one gearand one gear only--pedal-to-the-metal overdrive andfull speed ahead. He wasa pin-point passer andone of the most unselfishassist artists the gamehas ever known. The darkcloud of scandal neverpassed over Manu’s head.He doted and dotes on hiswife and twin sons, andregularly takes his fatherto the Apple Store andbuys him computer parts. So now he may be onthe cusp of retirement.That is why we need to re-member what we had. We also need to re-member a few more glar-ing facts. When the lightsdim before every Spursgame, and when theadrenalin surges and thepalms get sweaty as the

announcer calls out thestarting lineup, we mustnever forget that the in-comparable Manu Gino-bili, who in my opinion willalways be the greatestSpur, almost never had hisname called as a starterand team leader that heindubitably was. While a 7-foot quittersat his ass on the benchas Golden State com-pleted the torture, a 39-year-old warhorse was outthere still doing his thing. Somebody saidPopovich was “showinghis respect” by allowingGinobili to participate inthe ass end of a route. Showing his respect?Shit that bald-faced insultdeserves no answer. If I haven’t pissed any-one off at this point, then Ihave a couple more littlesuggestions. Trade LaMucous, putParker out to pasture, andsign Chris Paul. Thatshould do it until next time.


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I have recognized Sam Kindrick’sbrillance, insight, and unfetteredstance to tell the truth in any situation since he worked for theSan Antonio Epress-News. Samis a wordsmith who turns thewritten page into art. He is agreat iconoclast. Sam is a personthat I consider a sounding boardfor almost every situation thatlife throws at me. I greatly re-spect and honor his friendshipand support.

Alan Brown is a San Antoniocriminal defense attorney whois nearing legendary status inthe State of Texas. Recog-nized by Texas Monthly as a‘Super Lawyer’ over the past 5years, Brown is known forsuch legal feats as the acquit-tal he won in the Johnny Ro-driguez murder case. The jurytook 30 minutes to come inwith the not-guilty verdict. Thiscase is but one of hundreds.And there have been hundredsof other cases just like it. Alan Brown

come of the writers of thatmaterial. But, Ron perse-vered, despite setbacksand rejections. One of those seem-ingly minor Nashville set-backs was the discoveryof a tumor on his leftthumb that was diagnosedas melanoma. It was re-moved, along with part ofhis thumb, and he re-mained in remission untilthe cancer reappeared inhis stomach five years orso ago here in San Anto-nio. When Ron moved backto San Antonio in Novem-ber of 2009, he embracedthe local live music scene,and it embraced him. Ronloved performing hissongs in public, and he didso with confidence. He en-joyed having musicianslike Kevin Lewis, PatrickJoseph, and Sergio Laraaccompany him when heplayed. Eventually, his strug-

gles with cancer limitedhis ability to perform, butdid nothing to curtail hislove of live music. Hisfriends, Terry Morrow andPatricia Jackson broughthim to listen to me croonat noon recently at TheBBQ Station. He was intremendous pain, hadtrouble walking, but foughthis way through it. And,that, my friends, is seriousdevotion to live music. I can’t help thinking thatthe Divine Guiding Handof the Universe played apart in this drama. Of allthe songs in all of the pub-lishing catalogs that exist,why did this one come tothe surface? Ron Young’s journeyreminds me of the line inGlen Campbell’s hit,Rhinestone Cowboy, “I’vebeen walkin’ these streetsso long, singin’ the sameole song.” Indeed hewalked the streets for avery long time. He paid hisdues and then some, andno songwriter deservesthis chart success morethan Ron.

Like many other song-writers and live music per-formers, Ron didn’t makeenough money to affordadequate health insur-

ance. His too-little-to-live-on social security incomedisqualified him from re-ceiving Medicaid, becausehe “made too much

money.” Fundraisers wereheld to help cover hismedical costs, but thosefunds quickly ran out. After submitting many

applications, he eventuallyqualified for other pro-grams, and was reim-


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bursed for some out-of-pocket expenses by Mus-icCares, a nonprofitorganization partiallyfunded by Bruce Spring-

steen, according to TanaTomasson, Ron’s longtimefriend. I don’t want to start ahealthcare debate here,but there is somethingwrong in our culture whenpeople like Ron Young

who contribute so much toour quality of living have tostruggle to get the treat-ment they need. I don’tknow if earlier more ag-gressive treatment couldhave prolonged Ron’s life,but I do believe some of

his suffering could havebeen avoided. Here’s my bottom line.The next time you en-counter people performinglive music, please pay at-tention to them. Acknowl-edge them. Praise them,

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songs, to feel somethingfrom them. My last EP in-cluded a song about a girlwho finally leaves an abu-sive boyfriend. I had a girltell me that the song em-powered her to finallyleave hers. That meant alot to me. I didn’t write thesong for that reason, but itsure felt good to havemade that deep of an im-

pact on someone throughsongwriting,” she said. “What makes a songgood?” she was asked. “I get overwhelminglyembarrassed when I listento some of my oldersongs. I find some of thelyrics cheesy or juvenile,and they’re like nails on achalkboard to me now,”she chortled. “I don’t knowif that makes them badsongs, or if they’re just areflection of my life/song-

writing abilities (or lackthereof) at the time. Ifsomeone wants to listento my songs more thanonce, I think that makesthem good!” Many in the music busi-ness are reaching for thebrass ring of success . . .fame, wealth, stardom. So,I asked Lacy what shethought. “I think you’re only afailure if you stop creatingaltogether. Success is

subjective. It depends onwhat you consider to besuccessful. As long as I’msinging, playing guitar,and making music, I’ll con-sider myself a musicalsuccess,” she stated. I wish I had had that at-titude when I was her ageand struggling to climb theNashville ladder to the top.It is such a frustrating jour-ney. And, speaking ofwhich, I asked Lacy howshe deals with frustration.

“What frustrates me themost is not having thetime to hone my skills. Iwouldn’t change the lifeI’ve made for myself in anyway, but it leaves little timeto focus on songwriting. Idon’t want to become con-tent to never write again,but making time for it ischallenging. “What pleases me themost is that I do maketime to perform on a regu-lar basis, which is reallyimportant to me and

keeps my voice strong. Ilove being on stage, and Ilove the way my almost-two-year-old looks at mewhile I’m up there singing.I want to be an example tohim and his youngerbrother that you can doanything you want to inlife. Even if you chooseone career path, it doesn’tdefine you as a person,and you can still pursueyour other passions in lifewith equal vigor,” she said. Her truth is stunning.

Hofner’s 101st The 101st AdolphHofner birthday will be cel-ebrated Saturday, July 22,at Floore Country Store inHelotes. With members of theoriginal Circle C Band andthe New Pearl Wranglers,the nostalgia shindig willstart at 6 p.m. and run untilmidnight.

Admission will be $8.

The Hofner 101st is the

brain child of Jason Lon-

goria, a promoter with an

eye to the old good ones

and the good old ones.

Last year, the New

Pearl Wranglers played at

a Hofner 100th party at

the Pearl stables.

“I got an idea to keep

this going,” said Longoria.

“So I partnered with Dave

of the New Pearl Wran-

glers to have them per-

form along with the

original Circle C Band

(Carroll Sammons, Don

Pack, Johnny Ballinger,

James Atwood, and Terry

Sammons).

Oldtimers will remem-

ber Adolph Hofner and his

brother Bash for a music

career which has become

a South Texas legend.

Before Asleep At The

Wheel, Billy Mata, and

many other fine western

swing outfits, Adolph

Hofner was indeed the

king of South Texas west-

ern swing.

Said promoter Longo-

ria: “This will be an old-

timey dance-o-rama

featuring some old guys

who don’t perform regu-

larly anymore. Having

them at a historic place

like Floore’s (which will be

celebrating a 75-year

birthday at the same time)

is a real treat for those

who remember and the

younger ones like me who

admire them so much.”


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