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Volume 40 • Number 5
Article on Action Magazines
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Action Magazine, May 2015 • 3 •
Crowds topped 1,000 for Action’s big 40th
By Sam Kindrick
We did it, folks.
Some are calling it a
miracle.
Others are calling it the
Texas music Woodstock.
Many are calling it the
greatest open-air music
festival they ever attended.
Call it what you want,
but Action Magazine’s
40th Anniversary and
Music Extravaganza at
Texas Pride Barbecue last
month was a bell-ringing
success.
----------------------------------
Musician photos by
Bruce Jenkins and
Neka Scarbrough
Jenkins may be
viewed throughout
this issue of Action
Magazine
----------------------------Despite a torrential
morning downpour on the
morning of April 12, more
than a thousand Texas
music lovers and Action
readers poured out for the
10-hour blowout which
featured some 25 artists
and their supporting casts.
They came from West
Texas, Nashville, Colorado, and the Gulf Coast,
and I have yet to meet a
one of them who didn’t
rave and gush about the
good time had by all.
Had we missed the
hard morning rain, we
might have been in trouble
with a monster of a crowd
that might have exceeded
even my wild expectations.
People were calling
Texas Pride all morning,
all asking if the concert
was still scheduled.
All proceeds from the
concert went to the Utopia
Animal Rescue Ranch in
Medina County, a no-kill
facility co-founded by
Kinky Friedman and
Cousin Nancy Parker-Simons and her husband
Tony Simons.
Cousin Nancy, as Kinky
calls her, was teary-eyed
as Texas Pride owner Tony
Talanco announced that
the gate take for homeless
dogs and cats had numbered just under $10,000.
A minimum $10 donation
was asked at the gate.
“I don’t know how to
thank all of you,” Nancy
said. “This is incredible,
and the money is coming
at just the right time. We
have big feed bills to
cover, plus a lot of veterinary expenses that have
been mounting. We want
to thank Sam Kindrick,
Tony Talanco, and Roy
Holley for all everyone did.
All of you will be remembered always.”
Nancy and her husband manage and operate
the ranch.
Friedman had stuck his
truck in the mud as he
pulled onto Texas Pride
property earlier that morning, but his disposition improved dramatically as the
crowds began to pack the
1,500-capacity covered
venue.
“This will truly be a financial pleasure for some
very deserving dogs and
cats,” Friedman quipped.
Then he turned serious.
“This is really a great
gesture, and I appreciate
it from the bottom of my
heart,” he said. “I want to
Continued on pg. 7
Joe King Carrasco goes airborne at Action’s 40th Johnny Rodriguez closed out the greatest show
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It’s history now.
Action Magazine’s 40th anniversary show was
a booming success, yet the emotional hangover is almost palpable.
For the first time in my life, I was kissed by a
man.
I’ve got to pass this soul stirring experience
along. It encapsulates the deep feelings between me
and the army of selfless musicians who poured out to
make my anniversary show at Texas Pride Barbecue a
memory of a lifetime.
Enter percussionist Urban Urbano, a longtime
friend who once played drums behind my friend the late
Randy Garibay, legendary Chicano bluesman who died
of cancer in 2002.
I was in Randy’s hospital room the day before his frail body finally gave up the ghost, as was
Urbano and Randy’s soon-to-be widow Virginia.
Urban and wife Peggy moved away from San
Antonio for a while, result of Peggy’s military commitment, but the bond remained strong. And I had the opportunity after their return to place daughter Alana
Urbano on the cover of the March, 2013 issue of Action
Magazine.
She was the drum major of the University of
Texas at San Antonio’s marching band, a worthy article
subject, and in Urban’s own words, his “wonderful little
girl.”
It didn’t really surprise me when Urban donated his entire drum kit for use by any and all musicians who would mount the big concert stage at
Texas Pride. Musicians are fierce about the care of
their instruments, but Urban Urbano is a special
specimen among the breed. And I should have
known that he would maintain his close personal relationship with the late bluesman Randy Garibay’s
widow, Virginia.
What I didn’t expect was what happened on
that humid, rain-splattered morning of April 12 at Texas
Pride.
The torrential rain that threatened to kill our
show early that morning had stopped. Sun was slipping
out from behind those pencil lead gray clouds as Urbano finished tightening the heads on his drum set and
getting everything ready.
• 6 • Action Magazine, May 2015
That’s when he walked up, grabbed me around
the neck, and kissed me hard on the cheek.
“Virginia couldn’t be here,” he said, “but she instructed me to give you one big kiss, so that’s exactly
what I did. That kiss was from Virginia and all the rest
of us.”
That about says it all. I have come to believe
that the goal in just about everyone’s life is to find one
single soul who gives a shit about them. I believe that I
have been blessed with untold multitudes.
Simple words won’t do it, but I have to try.
My friend Augie Meyers didn’t ask to emcee the
concert. He told me he was going to do it. I go all
the way back with Augie, to that old Bulverde farm
house where I met Doug Sahm and many other giants of the music industry. Augie was at my wedding and I was at his.
When Darrell and Mona McCall lived in San Antonio, I hung out at their house. These are special
friends, and they drove in from their home near Brady
to play the anniversary show. T. Gozney Thornton came
from San Angelo.
Johnny Bush is another old friend. Another one
of country music’s legends, he worked alongside Willie
Nelson and Darrell McCall in Ray Price’s old Cherokee
Cowboys band. I was there when Bush lost his voice,
and I was there when he got it back.
How could I ever thank Ron Knuth and
George Chambers and Johnny Rodriguez enough.
Or Claude (Butch) Morgan, who played with every
group but two Knuth and Chambers are world class
musicians and friends who were quick to offer their
help, and Johnny Rodriguez was the subject of that
first article written about goat theft in the Express
and News when I toiled for that dubious tower of
misinformation.
Johnny and I have been close throughout
the years.
Joe King Carrasco is an explosive entertainer
and friend. Wife Sharon and I attended a Jack Russell
terrier field trial with Joe seven years ago. He brought
his entire band.
I feel like I grew up with Dub Robinson, Randy
Toman, and Russ Toman. When Dub, Randy, and
Robert (Cotton) Payne were together as an early-day
version of the Drugstore Cowboys, I was touting them
as the next little ZZ coming out of Texas. And I continued
the bond as Randy and Russell teamed up to back another old friend of mine, the late Gary Stewart.
Jimmy Spacek calls me four or five times a year
just to find out how I am feeling. He has never asked for
anything but friendship. And I love the great Sylvia Kirk
like a daughter. Nobody sings like Sylvia. Ditto for
Geronimo Trevino, Ruben V, and other longtime friends
like Patsy and Bubba Brown, Johnny Santos, Benny
Harp, Harvey Kagan, Randy Reinhardt, Jerry Blanton,
Bimbo, and multi-talented instrumentalist Kenny Penny.
We collected right at $10,000 for Kinky
Friedman’s Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch. I used to
help Kinky book some of his shows around here,
and we have remained friends throughout the
years. When he dies, Friedman says, he expects
every single dog and cat that he has ever owned to
be waiting for him at the Pearly Gates.
We also had my blues singing friend Laurabell,
Bonnie Lang, teen sensation Victoria Celestine, and
those ageless Krayolas--Hector and David Saldana and
Van Baines. I was at their first gig in the early 1970s in
San Antonio’s old Warehouse Club. And Bonnie Lang
with guitarist Maurice Munter opened our show.
For use of the Texas Pride Barbecue venue
I owe a lot to the Talanco family--Tony, wife Joni, and
daughter Tara. And I can’t say enough good things
about Roy Holley, who tirelessly promotes both
Texas Pride and Action Magazine on his KKYX Saturday radio show Talk About Texas.
Trumpet ace Al Gomez teamed with bassist
Jack Barber and guitar ace Mike Clancey to form a
Westside Horns version who backed up both Laurabell and the Krayolas. Clay Meyers played some
drums.
Neka Scarbrough Jenkins and husband Bruce
Jenkins shot most of the musician photos of the concert
used in Action Magazine.. And my wife Sharon does it
all. She took the cover photo of Kinky Friedman with her
cell phone. She also cooks and irons.
I know I have forgotten to list some of the musicians who helped. Please email or facebook me their
names, and I will recognize them in another issue of Action Magazine.
Action’s 40th continued from page 4
thank my old friend Sam,
Tony, Augie, Roy, and
everyone else who had a
part in this event. Good
Americans, and a great
show and turnout.”
I started promoting the
concert in Action Magazine this past February
while adding such entertainers as Augie “Meyers,
George
Chambers,
Johnny Bush, Darrell McCall, Claude Morgan, Dub
Robinson, Ron Knuth,
Johnny Rodriguez and
others as I went along.
Augie emceed the entire event while I leaned on
some other internationally-known stars such as
Bush, Rodriguez, and McCall, along with my many
San Antonio musician
friends.
Roy Holley offered invaluable help with his Saturday morning Talk About
Texas show on KKYX
Radio.And veteran KKYX
personality Jerry King.
I can’t possibly remember all who helped make
our 40th anniversary the
smash hit that it was, but I
am taking a stab at some
thank- yous in the Sam
Kindrick column in this
issue of Action.
So for any who might
doubt the power of our
readers and the musicians
we have been featuring for
years, consider these two
facts:
1. We pulled off this
show without a single line
of promotion in the San
Antonio Express and
News.
2. And we accomplished this awesome display of talent without
bringing in one single
Austin musician.
Since the big show,
and a short time immediately preceding the April
12 downbeat, my Facebook page and Action inbox have been bursting
with well wishes and joyful
messages.
Here are some of them.
Randy Toman: We had
Continued on pg. 12
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Action Magazine, May 2015 • 11 •
Action’s 40th continued from page 7
such a great time at the
"Woodstock of Texas
Music"...I was one of the
last to go home that
evening. The Toman
Brothers will be performing at TEX POP Sunday
May 17, at the closing of
the Sam Kindrick exhibit.
Bob
Aston:
Thanks Sam for the best
Texas Music Fest I've ever
attended. Wow, what an
event. T Gozney Thornton: Had a great time with
old (and new) friends. Action Magazines 40th Anniversary Party. Thank
you, Sam Kindrick !
Claude Butch Morgan: The Sam Kindrick
Action Magazine 40th Anniversary was the Woodstock of Texas Music.
One of the greatest
gatherings of musicians
and fans I have ever been
a part of. I drove 4 1/2 hrs
on Sunday morning to be
there for the downbeat at
12 noon. Loaded in, set up
my gear and played the
opening set with George
Chambers.
I only left the stage
twice in the next 12 hours,
playing guitar with almost
ever artist and band that
took the stage. What an
honor, what a thrill.
Here's a partial list of
the great artist That allowed me to twang along:
Augie Meyers, Johnny
Bush,
Patsy
Bubba
Brown,Sylvia Kirk, James
Spacek,Ruben V, Geronimo Trevino III, the Toman
Bros, Darrell and Mona
McCall, Jerry Blanton,
Randy Reinhard, Larry
Roberson, Jack Barber,
R.B. Blackstone,Urban Urbano, Trevor Doak Morgan, Robert Adams, Ron
Knuth, David & Hector
Saldana of the Krayolas.
(I'm sure I left someone
out).
Of course none of this
would have been possible
without Sam KIndrick and
Action Magazine, so thank
you Sam, for the years of
dedication to this wonderful musical community I
am blessed to be a small
part of.
Jack A. Dennis: I'm
still high from the magic
and surreal moments of
this weekend. If you had to
pick a favorite moment at
Texas Pride, which would
you choose and why?
Hector
Saldana:
Claude "Butch" Morgan
kicked some ass -- highlight of the night when he
was up there with Dub
Robinson and the Toman
Brothers playing slide gui-
tar on Allman Brothers
rock. Three slide guitars
going!
Lindell Tate: It was a
blast! I haven't seen that
many people that I didn't
know that knew me in a
long time. Lots of fun.
Rhonda
Branham:
What a remarkable man
who represents the music
scene with such passion!
Congratulations Sam
Kindrick on your 40th Anniversary! It was a perfect
day!
Homer B Guerra Jr.
That had to be a blast.
George Chambers was
my science teacher at
Holmes High School. He
played while he was still
teaching. Wish I could
have been there. Congratulations.
Barbara Stiff-Riley:
Hey Sam: Bulverde Bakery Barbara here! Sorry I
wasn't at the 40th. Looks
like a blast from the
past!!!! Did Johnny Rodriguez show up? No pictures of him! Also GREAT
T SHIRT I want one!
You are a great man; remember the only thing
"sweet" in Bulverde was
the original Bakery!!!
Sharon you must be a
proud lady! And rightly
so!!!
Ray Wilburn: So as
many of you have seen
I've been posting stuff
from yesterday's Action
Magazine 40th Anniversary Party. It was such a
fun time. Seeing old
friends. Making
new
friends. Paying tribute to
Sam Kindrick and all the
great things his Action
Magazine has done for
the musical community.
As I was on stage, honored to be playing drums
with so many talented musicians, I found myself remembering those that
couldn't be with us.
Herman Wilburn, Joe
Estes, Steve Mallet, Jim
Merryman, Dale A Burch
Sr. , just to name a few.
Hard to believe we lost
Chris Holzhaus the year
before my brother Herman.
I said a little prayer.
Then the craziest thing...
I could swear I felt them
smiling on us.
Trevor Doak Morgan:
I was fortunately able to
be a part of something so
special as far as Texas
Music goes.
Action Magazine’s 40
year celebration, thanks to
the one and only Sam Kindrick. This being said, I
was a small part of something so special.
Looking around yesterday and seeing everyone
that I have grown up with
all in one place enjoying
each other and playing
music got me thinking,
where does it go from
here?......this type of atmosphere of such great
artist under one roof, playing with each other on
each other's songs and
having such a great respect for each other is a
dying fad......this is what
these guys and gals have
always
done....playing
music with their friends
and family and whatever
fame or not came with
it,they all did it and still do
it to this day!!!!!.....I hope
and pray our generation
can pay attention to the
ones that matter and learn
what music is really all
about.....one BIG happy
famn damily!!!!!!
Thanks Claude Butch
Morgan, Robert Adams,
Larry Patton, Dub Robinson etc......,for your dedication to happiness.
Michael
Feliciano:
Wish I could have been
there, Sam...sounds like it
was a real hoot. Someone
in Colorado does luv
ya'...Hope to get to SAT
this summer...
Johnny Santos: Sam
Kindrick, you tell it like it is!
Aways have! Yes, San Antonio’s Ink Hero with a silver tongue. Thanks for
being you.
Benny Harp: Thank
you Sam! What a great
40th Action Magazine An-
niversary it was. We had a
phenomenal time. We are
truly blessed to have
someone like YOU, giving
South Texas musicians
exposure of their great
musical talents.
Love you,
Mike Willoughby: Sam
Kindrick really is a good
guy, integrity, character
just an all around good
guy.
Laura Bell: Thanks for
everything, Sam! It was
truly a GREAT day, with
fun had by ALL!!!
You did an awesome
job - great work!!!
Hopefully you can slow
down a bit & relax now.
Thank Sharon too!
Love Yas,
Dub
Robinson:
Woooohooo! Damn that
was fun! Congrats to Action Magazine and Sam
Kindrick on the 40th anniversary. Lotta luv in that
room.
Kate Mangold: Good
morning Sam! How does it
feel to be a legend in your
own time? The party was
a blast! Got to see so
many old friends and
made some new ones,
too!
Congratulations
on
your stamina and resourcefulness. So proud
to know you and Sharon.
How many lives have you
touched? I always adContinued on pg. 13
Sam with Action graphics artist Joe King Carrasco with Jack Augie with Sharon Kindrick and
Elise Taquino
Russell Trixie
Neka Scarbrough Jenkins
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Action’s 40th continued from page 12
mired how you are able to
buck the system using
truth and guts! Love you!
Judy Finger: What
fun, Sam! We had a blast
and it was great seeing
you and Sharon again!
Love you guys! How do
we love Thee? Let me
count the ways... 900 1000 people yesterday?
Wow! Epic!
Jay Pennington: If you
don't know, this is Mr. Sam
Kindrick. In my teen years
Sam was a disc jockey at
the legendary station
KEXL 104.5 FM in San
Antonio. Back then those
KEXL jocks were my heroes and Sam still is. Sam
also monthly published
Action Magazine starting
in 1975 with this year
marking 40 years and still
going.
The party marking his
40th had a sold out attendance throughout the day.
We couldn't stay the whole
evening due to the premiere of Nudged that
Sarah and I are in...but we
did get to spend some
time with Sam, his wife
Sharon, Kinky, Augie, and
high school friends Mary
Kathleen Sullivan and
Rhonda. What a WONDERFUL party and congrats on 40 years...keep
em' coming Sam!
Elizabeth Lee: I didn't
get to attend 40th anniversary concert. I was in
Kansas. But I did hear it
was a blast. Tony Sawyers
told me he wouldn't of
missed it for the world.
God Bless you with many
more interesting columns
to write. Thanks for keeping us up with the music
world here in old San Antone.
Carol-Donney Pena:
With Sam "the man" Kindrick. .. Just like old times.
..Armadillo
Races,
Menudo Cookoff's .. You
name it. .. Sam could pack
‘em in then, and he can
still pack ‘em in.. If you
were listening to KEXL
Radio back in the 70's, like
me and most of our
friends, then you'd of had
to have heard Sam
....Sam wasn't short on
opinions then, and likely
hasn't changed. ...What a
great event, with some
local music legends, in
support of a great cause,
(Utopia Animal Rescue),
and Sam's Action Magazine, 40 year anniversary.
..
I was a little surprised
that in all the posts I've
seen there was no mention of Westside Horn
member (Trumpet player)
Al Gomez at all, despite
him being on stage almost
the entire time.
And this includes a
blatant omission by me on
my posts including pictures. ..My wife Carol actually noticed it first and I
started going through the
posts and sure enough.
Nada. .. I know he was up
there every time I looked
up which was just about
all day and evening. Well
like I mentioned previously
all the musicians did a
tremendous job including
Al Gomez. ..
Margaret Healy: You're
the Best, Sam Sold Out
Crowd !!!
Kay Cain: Never a dull
moment around your
house, way to go, use
every minute of life that
you are blessed to receive.
Wilt Shaw: Shot pool
and pitched quarters with
Sam and Dan Cook at the
Flamingo Bar circa 1966.
Laura Youngs: Great
day and a much needed
distraction at Texas Pride
BBQ for the Action Magazine 40th Anniversary
bash and it is still going
on!
I couldn’t hang any
longer but saw tons of musician friends! Sam Kindrick, of course, and Augie
Meyers, Kinky Friedman,
Jimmy Spacek, Claude
Butch Morgan, Ruben V,
Hector
Saldana,
Katharine Dawn, Tony
Sawyers, Bobby Baker,
Laura Bell, Urban Urbano,
Al
Gomez,
Michael
Clancey, RB Blackstone,
Geronimo Trevino, Johnny
Santos, Sylvia Kirk, Joe
King Carrasco, Jack Barber, Luvine Elias Jr and...
Whew!!! Others that I
know I am missing. And
that was in 3 hours! A
blast! Johnny Rodriguez
and other big acts still
coming up if you can
make it! Well worth it!
Bobbie Capitao: Congratulations !!! Looks like a
great time was had by all
!!!
Frank Sottilo: Rock on
Sam. God Bless you and
yours.
Suzy Bravo: Congrats
to Sam Kindrick on AC-
TION Magazine's 40th Anniversary. It ain't easy
keeping the word in print!
And Kindrick has always
been a stand-up great
supporter of Texas musicians! THANKS SAM!
Forrest Ballard: Of all
days to get a check with
the wrong name on it, but
banks are closed and we
couldn't cash it anyway. It
sucks that I won’t be able
to attend the 40th Anniversary of Action Magazine, I
have been waiting all
week of this..I hope it is a
great success Sam, all my
best to you and tell Augie
hello!
Melody Ackerman:
Awesome turnout, great
music, big time. ...Thanks
for 40 years. ...looking forward to many more!
Kathleen Ann Hudson: Congratulations to
you!!
Sylvia Kirk: Positively
incredible
day
for
you!!!!!!!!!! Congrats! And,
THANKS.
Rich Hall: Awesome
Sam!! You have done a lot
for music and musicians in
our great state, and as
one of those musicians
featured in Action with my
original rock band Trinity,
just want to say Thanks,
and many many Blessings
for many more years, and
for a great show!!!!
Larry Trub: Thanks for
all of the support over the
years... I still have the issues I've been in.
Susan Kosmuch: You
know you had a great time
when you wish today was
April 12th and you could
do it again!!!
Bobby Baker: Always
been a fan of Action
Mag.,and Sam Kindrick's
way with words ! I formed
my Band in 1974, and
have been associated with
everyone on the show !!
Really Looking forward to
seeing all my old friends !!
See you there !! BB
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