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JACKSON CARRIE UNDERWOOD BILLY CURRINGTON TAYLOR SWIFT TIM MCGRAW ERIC CHURCH THE BAND PERRY SUGARLAND EASTON CORBIN BILLY CURRINGTON BLAKE SHELTON DARIUS RUCKER SOMEONE ELSE CALLING YOU BABY FROM A TABLE AWAY WILDFLOWER MY KINDA PARTY ANYTHING LIKE ME SOMEWHERE WITH YOU PUT YOU IN A SONG THE BREATH YOU TAKE AS SHE’S WALKING AWAY MAMA’S SONG LET ME DOWN EASY BACK TO DECEMBER FELT GOOD ON MY LIPS SMOKE A LITTLE SMOKE YOU LIE STUCK LIKE GLUE ROLL WITH IT PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER ALL ABOUT TONIGHT COME BACK SONG LEGENDS CONCERT SERIES ★ STAFFORD CENTRE 10505 CASH ROAD ● STAFFORD ★ BOZ SCAGGS FEB. 17 ★ JUICE NEWTON & MARTY STUART LORRIE MORGAN ★ JUNE 17 APRIL 29 ★ TICKETS AT STAFFORD CENTRE BOX OFFICE (281) 208-6900 PAGE 4, TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011 WELCOME TO THE 73rd ANNUAL GALVESTON COUNTY FAIR & RODEO FOR “FAMILY FUN & ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS BEST” APRIL 8-APRIL 16 JOSH THOMPSON APRIL 8 STONEY LARUE APRIL 9 ✯ ✯ DAVID GRACE APRIL 8 BBQ COOK OFF APRIL 14-16 WAYNE TOUPS APRIL 15 CHARLA CORN APRIL 15 JARROD BIRMINGHAM APRIL 9 RODEO EVENTS ● LIVESTOCK SHOWS ● EXHIBITS ● ARTS & CRAFTS ● PARADE ● CARNIVAL ● SEAFOOD COOK OFF ● CONTESTS & MORE FOR MORE INFO, ACCESS OUR WEB SITE www.galvestoncountyfair.com FAIRGROUNDS ★ JACK BROOKS PARK ● HWY. 6 ● HITCHCOCK, TX TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011, PAGE 5 MIRANDA LAMBERT 46TH annual TOP NOMINEE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC awards APRIL 3 ON CBS LIVE FROM THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS ★ BLAKE SHELTON & REBA MCENTIRE CO-HOST NOMINEES ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ENTERTAINER JASON ALDEAN OF THE YEAR TOBY KEITH MIRANDA LAMBERT BRAD PAISLEY vote for TAYLOR SWIFT entertainer KEITH URBAN TOP MALE VOCALIST ● ● ● ● ● JASON ALDEAN BRAD PAISLEY BLAKE SHELTON GEORGE STRAIT KEITH URBAN TOP FEMALE VOCALIST ● ● ● ● ● MIRANDA LAMBERT REBA MCENTIRE TAYLOR SWIFT CARRIE UNDERWOOD LEE ANN WOMACK TOP VOCAL DUO ● ● ● ● ● THE JANEDEAR GIRLS JOEY + RORY MONTGOMERY GENTRY STEEL MAGNOLIA SUGARLAND TOP VOCAL GROUP ● ● ● ● ● LADY ANTEBELLUM LITTLE BIG TOWN RANDY ROGERS BAND THE BAND PERRY ZAC BROWN BAND ★ of the year & top new artist www.voteACM.com TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST ● ERIC CHURCH ● EASTON CORBIN ● RANDY HOUSER TOP NEW VOCAL DUO OR GROUP ● THE JANEDEAR GIRLS ● STEEL MAGNOLIA ● THE BAND PERRY ★ SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR ● “A LITTLE MORE COUNTRY THAN THAT” -- EASTON CORBIN ● “AS SHE’S WALKING AWAY” -- ZAC BROWN BAND/ALAN JACKSON ● “IF I DIE YOUNG” -- THE BAND PERRY ● “LOVE LIKE CRAZY” -- LEE BRICE ● “THE BOYS OF FALL” -KENNY CHESNEY ● “THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME” -MIRANDA LAMBERT ALBUM OF THE YEAR ● ● ● ● ● ● HEMINGWAY’S WHISKEY -- KENNY CHESNEY NEED YOU NOW -- LADY ANTEBELLUM THE GUITAR SONG -- JAMEY JOHNSON SPEAK NOW -- TAYLOR SWIFT UP ON THE RIDGE -- DIERKS BENTLEY YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE -- ZAC BROWN BAND SONG OF THE YEAR ● “A LITTLE MORE COUNTRY THAN THAT” -EASTON CORBIN ● “AS SHE’S WALKING AWAY” -- ZAC BROWN BAND/ ALAN JACKSON ● “IF I DIE YOUNG” -- THE BAND PERRY ● “LOVE LIKE CRAZY” -- LEE BRICE ● “THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME” -- MIRANDA LAMBERT VIDEO OF THE YEAR ● “HILLBILLY BONE” -- BLAKE SHELTON/ TRACE ADKINS ● “ONLY PRETTIER” -- MIRANDA LAMBERT ● “STUCK LIKE GLUE” -- SUGARLAND ● “THE BOYS OF FALL” -- KENNY CHESNEY ● “THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME” -MIRANDA LAMBERT VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR ● “AS SHE’S WALKING AWAY” -- ZAC BROWN BAND/ ALAN JACKSON ● “BLUE SKY” -- EMILY WEST/KEITH URBAN ● “COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER” -- LORETTA LYNN/ SHERYL CROW/MIRANDA LAMBERT ● “COLD BEER” -- COLT FORD/JAMEY JOHNSON ● “GOOD TO BE ME” -- UNCLE KRACKER/KID ROCK PAGE 6, TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011 CLAY WALKER KICKS OFF RODEO HOUSTON MARCH. 1 ack in the early ‘90s, one of my photographers shot a picture of a Beaumont-area singer at the Silverado Dance Hall & Saloon in Baytown. The young country music singer said that he was trying to land a record deal with major label Elektra Records. That record contract never did materialize, but a short time later he signed with Giant Records, and in ‘93, with the release of his selftitled debut CD, which yielded three No. 1 singles, “What’s It To You,” “Live Until I Die,” “Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open,” and a No. 9 single, “Where Do I Fit In The Picture,” Clay Walker became one of the hottest new singers in country music. His next CD, If I Could Make A Living, kept him on top of the charts with two more No. 1 singles, the title cut and “This Woman And This Man.” Eighteen years later, Clay, who will make his 17th performance at RodeoHouston on March 1, is still a viable force in country music. His recent No. 4 single, “She Won’t Be Lonely Long,” was named by Billboard Magazine as one of the Top 10 Hot Country Songs for 2010. His current Asylum-Curb single from his She Won’t Be Lonely Long CD, “Where Do I Go From You,” is perched in the Top 30 on Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and is moving up. On his cell phone from Nashville, Clay apologizes for cancelling the interview the previous week. “It snowed so hard here,” Clay says, “there was ice everywhere. I was on my way to the airport, and I was not taking my hand off the wheel for a second, or my mind off the drive. There were wrecks everywhere. Being from Texas, trying to drive in this ice and snow -- that’s just a little unusual for me.” Clay, who calls Galveston home now, is working on building a home in Tennessee. “Commuting back and forth all these years,” says the multi-platinum selling artist, “I might as well have a place here (in Tennessee). We love it here. The hills are beautiful -- but I’ll always be a Texan.” Clay credits his longevity in country music to “probably never looking back,” he laughs. “I think that’s probably a big part of it. I’m always in the present about songs and about my life. I really try to get better, and do better, as a person every day. That’s a pretty tough feat. I think there’s a lot of people who live in the past -- and I’m one of those people that’s constantly in the present.” Clay, who has the knack for churning out country hits (his track record includes 15 Top 5 singles), says “it’s a testament that folks still want to hear good strong solid country music. I’m certainly one of the people who does like what I would call ‘new country music,’ meaning music that is a little more pop-sounding. I like it -- but I love the more real country music like this song (“She Won’t Be Lonely Long”). I think there are a lot of fans out there who identify with this song, or the song wouldn’t have been one of the most-played songs in 2010.” When Clay first heard the song on a demo tape, he was more than just ecstatic. “I was jumping up and down going, ‘This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard.’ My wife heard it, and when you get both sides of the perspective, a guy and a girl liking a song, then you know you’ve got something really great.” Clay calls the song “unbelievable” and “a genius-type song. “I’ve been in clubs where I’ve been singing and performing, and I’d see women walk in that look just like this woman in the song. It just hit me. The visual was very real. “Too many times,” Clay says, “I think that men take our significant others for granted. When you take ‘em for granted too long, you end up where they can’t take it anymore. All of a sudden they’re like, ‘You know what? It’s over. Fine. I’ll show you.’ And as soon as their relationship ends, they start working on the way they look, working out and looking better, just to show you what you lost. It’s kind of sad because a lot of times we don’t realize what we have right there in our hands because we just take it for granted -- and then they show you. Wow! I think women love this song because they see themselves in the song. I guess the whole moral is ‘appreciate what you have before you lose it.’” This CD is a landmark CD for Clay because he cut Alabama’s “Feels So Right” with Alabama’s lead singer Randy Owen. “Randy,” says Clay, “is one of the nicest human beings that I’ve personally been around.” The first concert that Clay ever attended was an Alabama concert in Beaumont back in ‘82 when he was in junior high school. “My mom took me to go see them,” he recalls. “I still remember their performance. Randy Owen left such an impression on me with the energy that he had on stage.” Clay decided to cut “Feels So Right” for the CD because “it’s one of my favorite country songs of all time. I’d have to say that song and ‘Miami My Amy’ by Keith Whitley. “I remember seeing my mother’s face when Randy sang ‘Feels So Right.” That song, Clay says, “moved people. It never gets old. It still sounds as good today as it did then. The only way that I would record ‘Feels So Right’ was with his blessing, and being on it. It wouldn’t have been right. I would never have done it without him. “It was one of the absolute greatest moments of my life.” Clay also recorded “Before The Next Teardrop Falls” with Freddy Fender on a previous album. “Those are the only two duets I ever even wanted to do. Those events epitomize my love of country music -- and they epitomize the greatest experience that I’ve ever had in the studio.” HOUSTON RODEO PARADE GRAND MARSHAL ★ BY LEON BECK W C hen I was a kid, I loved going to parades...being the Grand Marshal of the Houston Rodeo makes me feel like the biggest kid of all!!’ Clay Walker lay Walker is a hometown RodeoHouston™ favorite. We are excited to have him serve as Grand Marshal for the Downtown Rodeo Parade, and we are looking forward to his high-energy performance on opening night of the 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.” Leroy Shafer, chief operating officer of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ B TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011, PAGE 7 PAGE 8, TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011 TEXAS H✪T COUNTRY LIVE PHOTOS BY MICHAEL LANIER LEON BECK’S 6TH ANNUAL TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE MUSICIANS’ REUNION DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF GILLEY’S SHERWOOD CRYER JAN YANCEY, LEFT, AND LEON BECK WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST VOICES IN HOUSTON COUNTRY RADIO. LEFT TO RIGHT, ARCH YANCEY, BOB EDWARDS, JOE LADD, JIM BLACK, LARRY GALLA, PAM IVEY, CHUCK JOSEPH AND ROD TANNER. ISN’T PAM “CUTE?” CHERI SUE, SHERWOOD CRYER’S DAUGHTER, WITH, LEFT TO RIGHT, GILLEY’S ENTERTAINERS STEVE CAMPBELL AND MARION DULIN, URBAN COWBOY’S GATOR CONLEY, GILLEY’S “LITTLE FIDDLER” ROBERT HERRIDGE, GILLEY’S LEON BECK, DEW WESTBROOK (THE ORIGINAL URBAN COWBOY. JOHN TRAVOLTA PLAYED DEW’S CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE), GERALD CAMPBELL, WHO USED TO SING WITH BROTHER GLEN BACK WHEN GILLEY’S WAS KNOWN AS SHELLEY’S, MICKEY GILLEY’S BAND MEMBER DOUG DEFOREST AND STEVE’S SON, JOSH CAMPBELL. THE REUNION WAS DEDICATED TO SHERWOOD, WHO LEFT HIS MARK IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY. RANDY MEADOWS, CENTER, AND THE REUNION BAND -- LEFT TO RIGHT, PAUL CHRIS, DOUG DEFOREST, RANDY WALL AND ROBBY SPRINGFIELD. RANDY “SOMETIMES I TALK IN MY SLEEP” CORNOR, CENTER, WITH, LEFT TO RIGHT, KARI HLAVANKI, JIM BLACK, LYNN OWENS AND STEVE KUYKENDALL. ROY “TREAT HER RIGHT” HEAD, THIRD FROM RIGHT, WITH, LEFT TO RIGHT, BRIAN COLLINS, DINAH MEITZEN, A.V. MITTELSTEDT, JERRY NAILL, KELLY SCHOPPA AND CHICK HUMPHRIES. JAN WITH LARRY AND PAT BUTLER. ★ KELLY SCHOPPA WITH SUZANNE, CENTER, AND PENNY LEA. TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011, PAGE 9 SUGARLAND STEAMS TOWARD THE EDGE WITH ‘THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE’ BY BOBBY REED O2011 CMA CLOSE UPO NEWS SERVICE /COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATIONO, INC C R R T he Country Music industry is a proverbial big tent with a variety of styles, performers and fans. But Sugarland, the 2010 CMA Vocal Duo of the Year, is expanding that already spacious tent and changing people’s perceptions of the genre by sprinkling traces of reggae, arena rock, new wave and alternative rock throughout their adventurous new album, The Incredible Machine. The catchy lead single, “Stuck Like Glue,” written by Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles along with Shy Carter and Kevin Griffin, went to Country radio on July 26 and established itself as the best-ever Billboard Hot 100 entry for a Country duo or group, with 93,000 downloads in its first week. By early October, it had sold 584,000 downloads and cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. When Mercury Nashville dropped the album Oct. 19, it powered immediately to No. 1 on both the Country and Top 200 charts. An ambitious campaign had been launched to promote the album. Back in April, the duo began its “The Incredible Machine Tour,” an eye-popping spectacle bristling with theatrical elements. The stage design relied heavily on steampunk, with imagery that featured wood, brass, Victorian machinery and steam power. This retro-futurist aesthetic is mirrored by the design of their album cover, which consists entirely of pipes and gadgets designed by Lightborne Inc. in Cincinnati and cleverly arranged to spell out “Sugarland” against a stark white background. “It’s certainly atypical for a Country band to have a tour named after an album that’s not even out yet,” said Ken Robold, Executive VP and GM, UMG Nashville. “But we’re all for artists stretching the boundaries. As a label, we respect Sugarland’s artistic vision. It’s been fascinating to watch Jennifer and Kristian progress as performers, writers and entertainers. We love having them here.” Sugarland had sold more than 8 million albums. Their debut, 2004’s Twice the Speed of Life and their sophomore album, Enjoy the Ride, each are triple Platinum. The double-Platinum studio album Love on the Inside was followed by the live concert CD/DVD package Live on the Inside and the holiday-themed Gold and Green, consisting of standards and originals, co-written by Bush and Nettles. Prior to release of the new album, Mercury Nashville sold preorders at Sugarland concerts. Fans could go to the merchandise table to purchase a laminate with a detachable card containing a download code, allowing the buyer to get the digital album the day of its release. Sugarland also did a countdown at iTunes, offering one track for sale each week for three weeks leading up to the album’s release. Sugarland’s success online and at brick-and-mortar retail matches their triumphs on the road, where they routinely draw 10,000 fans per show. “The Incredible Machine Tour” concluded on Oct. 16 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla. “This album is designed to play in very large places and to communicate with a large group of people,” said Bush. “When you have an instrument as powerful and as graceful as Jennifer’s voice, you don’t want to tiptoe in. You really go for it! And those types of songs are often where Jennifer and I intersect musically.” Bush and Nettles co-wrote every track on The Incredible Machine except for “Shine the Light,” a Nettles solo composition that spotlights her piano work. In the past, Bush played acoustic guitar and mandolin on Sugarland albums; this time out, he also played all the electric guitar parts. Another change involves Bush’s role as a vocalist. He sings the album’s moody centerpiece, “The Incredible Machine (Interlude),” and trades lead vocals with Nettles on the rousing anthem “Stand Up.” “I don’t know how many people have really heard me sing before,” Bush admitted. “For fans of the band, it’s like a whole new layer is peeled back.” Other tracks on the album include “All We Are,” which has a chant-along chorus, and the revved-up “Wide Open,” written specifically for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Sugarland’s critical acclaim and commercial accomplishments, which include seven No. 1 singles, clearly result from the fertile creative partnership between Bush and Nettles. “Kristian and I have learned to trust each other a lot more, and I think we’ve learned to trust ourselves more,” Nettles explained. “Our biggest strength is the encouragement that we offer each other, to really go to those far-reaching places. LIVE AT RODEO HOUSTON MARCH 3 PHOTO BY STEWART VOLLAND Whenever we’re in the writing process, there’s no idea that’s dumb. There’s no idea that shouldn’t be said, because even if it’s not the right line or the right chord progression or the right whatever, it may be the next step to get to where we want to go. We’ve developed a nice volley with each other.” “So far, it has worked wonderfully,” Bush confirmed. “In the story of who we are, this album is more us than we’ve ever been.” One industry veteran who has frequently witnessed this volley is Byron Gallimore. He coproduced the new album with Bush and Nettles, his fourth project with the duo. “Jen and Kristian work on the road together all the time, and they have a real camaraderie,” he said. “It’s a beautiful thing to watch them in the studio, the way they work together and feed off of each other. It’s not one person doing more than the other. It’s as equal a thing as I could ever imagine. They know and understand a lot of the same music and therefore they complement each other. They just work really, really well together.” In June, Sugarland kicked-off a Webisode series, “The Week in Review,” which is posted at www.YouTube.com/Sugarland. Directed by Valarie Bienas, it offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of Sugarland offstage and on the road. One installment, posted July 12, depicts them and their crew sipping wine at the Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys, Calif. The Aug. 23 episode, featuring a poignant voiceover by Bush, shows Sugarland and Little Big Town rehearsing the Marc Cohn hit “Walking in Memphis” and then performing it onstage in Memphis. The hilarious Sept. 28 edition includes a “Star Wars” parody, complete with the onscreen text “May the Sugar Force Be with You” and some “security guards” dressed as intergalactic storm troopers. “Valarie Bienas is a wonderful documentarian, videographer and photographer,” said Nettles. “I love the way she sees us. I love what she captures of us. It feels authentic. She thinks very much the way we do, and we are happily able to say, ‘Here, you capture it and edit it.’ We give her our trust, and she does a great job.” In addition to the standard 11-track version of The Incredible Machine, Mercury Nashville issued a deluxe edition, which includes a CD and a DVD. The video content consists of a Bienasdirected, 40-minute documentary, “Blood, Love, Hope, Lust, Steam,” as well as the music video for “Stuck Like Glue” and footage of a live version of the album’s title track. Many elements of both the album and its tour push outside the box for Country acts, whether it’s the cover art, the rock influence, the quote from author Mark Helprin in the liner notes or the yoga mats sold at Sugarland concerts. This is Country Music made for and by people who embrace numerous aspects of pop culture. “Kristian and I always say that our creative minds are ahead of our conscious minds,” Nettles noted. “As I look back now at the lyrics of the song ‘The Incredible Machine,’ it definitely feels like a metaphor for where we are right now in our career. We are at a creative rebirthing. When I think of those first lines — ‘Feels like I’m flying / wings made of light / brand new and shinin’ / like a shot rung out through the night’ — that seems to me to be a beautiful visual for where we are. We have these beautiful, new butterfly wings of light. It feels like we’re in this new place. There is some beauty and vulnerability in that creative space, and I love that. It has some risks but not really — not with our fans.” In addition to the devotion of their fans, Sugarland has won the respect and admiration of peers. Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town, who often has toured with Sugarland, said, “Nobody writes fun, upbeat, make-you-feel-good-about-your-life-and-yourself music better than Jennifer and Kristian. Nobody. That’s just their thing. They’re so good at it.” Gallimore sees Sugarland as part of a trend towards musical diversity within the genre. “A lot of new acts, like Sugarland and Lady Antebellum, are doing music they grew up loving,” he observed. “You hear their influences in the songs they write. Slowly, over time, our format evolves and takes in a few new things. We still have traditional Country Music, which is wonderful too. I think that’s what makes Country radio so interesting. We have a pretty wide deal going on now, so every song doesn’t sound exactly alike when you’re riding down the road, listening.” Indeed, no radio listener is likely to confuse Alan Jackson with Sugarland, but that variety is a hallmark of today’s Country Music. There’s plenty of action in the center and, thanks to Sugarland among others, along the outer edges as well. On the Web: www.SugarlandMusic.com PAGE 10, TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011 TEXAS H✪T COUNTRY LIVE PHOTOS BY LEON BECK JACINTO CITY OPRY HERSHEL WOOTEN, FRONT ROW CENTER, WITH SANTA (JIM SHORT) AND SANTA’S HELPER (ABBY GOUGH). BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, JOYCE MACON, NONDIA SMITH, RONNIE MCKINNEY, JOE MACON, CONNIE BARTH, TINA ZARILLO, SANDRA SHIPMAN, MIKE SHORT, MAYRA LAMB AND PEGGY PENDLETON. ✯ AT THE PASADENA RODEO -- CASEY DONAHEW, CENTER, AND THE CASEY DONAHUE BAND WITH, THIRD FROM LEFT, RODEO PRESIDENT TIM COBB AND, THIRD FROM RIGHT, RODEO VICE PRESIDENT REX DAVIS. PASADENA RODEO VICE PRESIDENT REX DAVIS WITH JACK INGRAM. KEVIN FOWLER AT BIG TEXAS DANCE HALL & SALOON IN WEBSTER WITH, LEFT TO RIGHT, THE CLUB’S JOHN SAVAGE, ROBERT LEE AND ADAM SCHMIDT. FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, BOBBY SMITH, BILL BARFIELD AND RAY SHIPMAN. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, MARY DOOLEY, RONNIE MCKINNEY, MIKE SHORT, SANTA’S HELPER (ABBY GOUGH), SANTA (JIM SHORT), RENEE FUSSELL, FRAN SHORT AND VICTOR EARNEST. TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011, PAGE 11 introducing... ★ Abby Gough FEB. 5 JACINTO CITY OPRY FEB. 26 LIBERTY OPRY MARCH 12 BUCKSHOT JAMBOREE MARCH 13 PEARLAND FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH COWBOY CHURCH MARCH 16 FLUKINGER COMMUNITY CENTER, CHANNELVIEW ★ ★ Abby is available to book oprys, churches, parties, festivals, fairs, rodeos, cook offs, conventions, weddings, showcases, etc. -- for infovisit www.abbygough.com PAGE 12, TEXAS HOT COUNTRY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2011 BLANCO’S BAR & GRILL ✯ ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 3406 WEST ALABAMA ● 713-439-0072 FEB. 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