2011 Shiner Rising Star!

Congratulations to Blackbird Sing!!


The Shiner Rising Star competition came to an end Thursday night at Love & War in Texas (Plano). We had five great bands competing one last time and many celebrity judges such as Rodney Parker, Coach Joe Avezzano and Donnie Nelson along with Range personalities Brett Dillon and Chuck Taylor. Each band put on a great show but Blackbird Sing came out on top, winning the competition! The van they rode up in on wheels of hope and dreams turned into a party bus all the way back to San Antonio after winning a record label deal from Shiner Records and a complete band outfit from GP Percussions and Kona Guitars! A huge thank you goes out to Kona and GP for helping KHYI and Shiner Records put this on!


In case you missed it, you can always watch the Range TV Channel on RogueTV.net to see each week's performances as well as the Shiner Rising Star Finale. As always, we are so grateful to have Mary Jane Farmer from Scene in Town do another great write-up of the night's performances and comments from each of our 10 judges! Check out her last post on the 2011 Shiner Rising Star Competition and don't forget to browse through the great pictures she took of each band!


Congrats again, guys!

Shiner Rising Star FINALE!!

Last Thursday night was our last regular week of the Shiner Rising Star competition – Congrats Brad Dunn & Ellis County for making it into the Final Round! Don’t forget to join us this Thursday, October 20th as we wrap up the competition and the final bands compete one last time! Here is all the information for the Final Round of Shiner Rising Star:

WHO: THE TOP 4 BANDS + 1 WILD CARD BAND-
Sidekick Mafia (Round 2, Week 1 Pick)
Blackbird Sing (Round 2, Week 2 Pick)
Pearl Street Riot (Round 2, Week 3 Pick)
Brad Dunn & Ellis County (Round 2, Week 4 Pick)
Dustin Perkins Band (Wild Card Pick)

WHAT: SHINER RISING STAR FINALE!!

WHERE: LOVE & WAR PLANO
601 E. Plano Parkway
Plano, TX 75074

WHEN: OCTOBER 20th, 2011 @ 7PM

WHY: ONE of the above bands will win a Record Label deal with Shiner Records and the entire band will be outfitted by Kona Guitars and GP Percussions!

HOW: After 12 weeks of this, I’m sure everyone knows how this will go down. Each band will have 25 minutes to set up, jam out and break down on stage. (Going over the time limit will disqualify the band from being judged.) Each judge will go over the highs and lows they found in each band and the Shiner Rising Star winner will be announced THAT NIGHT!

This will be the biggest night of Shiner Rising Star thus far- don’t miss out!  See y’all Thursday!!

Shiner Rising Star Round 2, Week 4!

It's the LAST WEEK of Round 2 in the Shiner Rising Star competition! We've got two more great bands competing to make it into the FINAL ROUND going on next week- This week is Jeremy Phifer v. Brad Dunn and Ellis County! We'll be at Southern Junction in Rockwall from 8:00-10:00pm. Bring the family and friends and we'll see you there!

Shiner Rising Star Round 2, Week 1!

Last week we kicked off Round 2 Week 1 of Shiner Rising Star with Dustin Perkins Band v. Sidekick Mafia. Friday morning at 9am (on KHYI 95.3 The Range, of course) it was announced that Sidekick Mafia would be moving on to the FINAL ROUND of Shiner Rising Star!

Congrats Sidekick Mafia!!

Be sure to check out the schedule and join us for the last 3 weeks of Shiner Rising Star Round 2! We've got 6 more great bands performing and one band from each week (plus ONE Wild Card) will be chosen to compete in the Final Round!

Shiner Rising Star Round 2!

Round 2 of Shiner Rising Star is officially here! Check out the schedule and remember, if you can’t make it out to the shows you can always watch it on KHYI's Channel on RogueTV.net!

ROUND 2 SCHEDULE:

WEEK 1 (9/22): HAT TRICKS (Lewisville, TX)

Dustin Perkins Band v. Sidekick Mafia

WEEK 2 (9/29): CITY TAVERN (Downtown Dallas)

Blackbird Sing v. Twisted Pistols

WEEK 3 (10/6): LOVE & WAR IN TEXAS (Grapevine, TX)

Pearl Street Riot v. Rodeo Clown Dropouts

WEEK 4 (10/13): LAST CHANCE SALOON (Plano, TX)

Jeremy Phifer v. Brad Dunn & Ellis County 

Shiner Rising Star Week 7!

Don’t forget to join us this Thursday, September 8th at LaGrange in Deep Ellum for Week 7 of Shiner Rising Star! We’ll have the Casey Daniels Band, Rodeo Clown Dropouts and The Dallahachie Boys competing to make it to Round 2 of the competition!

Here's the information for this week's Shiner Rising Star:


Shiner Rising Star Week 7
Thursday, September 8th, 2011 - 8:00pm
LaGrange in Deep Ellum
2704 Elm St.
Dallas, TX 75226


Performing:
Casey Daniels Band
The Dallahachie Boys
Rodeo Clown Dropouts 


Come cheer on your favorite artist of the night with The Range's own Brett Dillon and Chuck Taylor!

Upcoming Shows!

Shiner Record artists have plenty of shows booked this month, be sure to get your tickets now! Here are the September dates:

Somebody's Darling 

9/10/11 @ 10:30pm Zapato's Cantina (College Station, TX)  *FREE*

9/17/11 @ 10:00pm LaGrange (Dallas, TX)  *12 bucks Priority*

9/27/11 @ 8:00pm Threadgills-South (Austin, TX)  *5 bucks*

Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos

9/15/11 @ 9:00pm The Common Table (Dallas, TX)  *FREE*

9/16/11 @ 9:00pm The Blue Light Live (Lubbock, TX) 

9/24/11 @ 10:00pm Woody's Tavern (Ft. Worth, TX) 

The Will Callers

9/3/11 @ 7:00pm River City Grille (Marble Falls, TX)

9/9/11 @ 10:00pm Half Moon Grill & Saloon (Tyler, TX)

9/10/11 @ 10:00pm Road Map Bar (Texarkana, AR)

9/14/11 @ 7:00pm Armadillo Palace (Houston, TX)

9/23/11 @ 7:00pm Hal & Mal's (Jackson, MS)

9/30/11 @ 7:00pm Pasadena BBQ Cook-off (Pasadena, TX)

Darryl Lee Rush

9/9/11 @ 8:00pm The Balcony Club (acoustic) (Dallas, TX)

Shiner Rising Star Week 5!

Don't miss out on Week 5 of Shiner Record's Shiner Rising Star Competition! Here's all the details, we hope to see you there!

Who: Shiner Records [Shiner Beers & KHYI 95.3 The Range]
What: Week 5 of Shiner Rising Star
Where: Southern Junction
           5574 Texas 276
           Rockwall, TX 75032
           (972) 771-2418
When: Thursday, August 25th @8pm
Why: Three bands will be competing to move onto Round 2 of Shiner Rising Star:

The Dustin Perkins Band

The Coby McDonald Band

The Jessica Brooks Band

Shiner Rising Star 2011

Shiner Beers and KHYI 95.3 The Range are in the midst of finding the 2011 Shiner Rising Star. We're half way through the first round and have heard some great bands so far!

Join us this Thursday, August 18th at 8pm at Club Dada in Deep Ellum for Week 4! Competing for this week's spot are Pearl Street Riot, Stone Rosevelt and Jeff Whitehead!

Upcoming Shows: Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos

Grant Jones & the Pistol Grip Lassos have a few shows coming up in the DFW area you'll have to check out:

8/12/2011 Adair's Saloon (Dallas, TX) @ 10pm

8/20/2011 Club Dada (Dallas, TX) @ 8pm

8/27/2011 Woody's Tavern (Ft. Worth, TX) @ 7pm

Upcoming Shows: The Will Callers & Somebody's Darling

Before you head back to school or end your summer travels, be sure to stop by these next shows by Shiner Record's very own artists: The Will Callers and also Somebody's Darling! Check out their next few shows:

Somebody's Darling-

8/11/2011 Courville's (Beaumont, TX) @ 7pm

8/20/2011 The Blue Door (OKC, OK) @ 8:30pm

The Will Callers-

8/20/2011 Billy's Ice (New Braunfels, TX) @ 7pm

8/25/2011 Rockin' the River Summer Music Series (Ft. Worth, TX) @ 6pm

The Will Callers on the Shiner Stage at TMR 15

Somebodys Darling rocking out at TMR 15

Grant Jones at TMR 15

Darryl LeeRush at TMR 15

35 Conferette: Monetizing Music in a Free Economy or Music's Free, Deal With it.

Shiner Records' Josh Jones will be speaking at 35 Conferette: Monetizing Music in a Free Economy or Music's Free, Deal With it. Sat, March 12, 3 pm-4:30 @ Banter on West Oak Street, Denton, TX.

The panel will discuss how do bands make a career out of creating a product that is, for all intents and purposes, free? Also, if you can’t make money in music, will there be less music in the future?

Moderator
Nico Martini, Founder, Hypeworthy

Panelists
Andy Chandler: Imaging Director, CBS Radio Dallas & Host, “All Jack'd Up” – TXA21
Eric Pulido: Guitarist, Midlake
Erv Karwelis: Founder, Idol Records
Joshua Jones: Co-Founder, Shiner Records Ryan Thomas Becker: Musician, RTB2
Trey Bowles: CEO, Trivate Entertainment

Texas Music Revolution (TMR) 15

KHYI's annual concert, Texas Music Revolution, will be next Saturday (March 19th) at South Fork Ranch. Come and check out Shiner Records own Darryl Lee Rush, Grant Jones, Somebody's Darling, and The Will Callers, along with many other great bands.

Click for ticket information