Live Review/Poem
    The Texas Red Blues Band
    Triangle Bar, Vadnais Heights, MN
    November 23, 2001
    by Jacquie Maddix
    Photography copyright © 2001 by Tom Asp, all rights reserved.
    1999 KBA Award Winner
    Achievement for Blues on the Internet
    Presented by the Blues Foundation
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    Rain outside
    Humid inside
    Men patting female backsides
    Triangle Bar

    Beer bottles clinking
    Hot band clicking
    Jackets and sweaters sticking
    Triangle Bar

    Silver leather skirt flirting
    Curtis B's harp hurting
    Us with Jimmy Reed sweet notes.
    Bike leathers flyin'
    Red moanin' and lyin'
    Chicago blues just floats.

    Blake dancin'
    Red prancin'
    Ott bouncin'
    Red tellin' every ounce of
    The Muddy Waters blues.
    Schwalbe slidin'
    Shuck glidin'
    Ready to pounce
    On every one of Red's hues.

    "This song is a story about my life
    It took 3 whole minutes."
    Schwalbe playing every note
    And every nuance in it.


    Hips shakin'
    Breasts quakin'
    Booties bumpin'
    Thighs humpin'
    "Hey, Go Get A Room!""
    Laughin', huggin'
    Drinkin', rubbin'
    Bodies hummin'
    Rhythm thumpin'
    Keepin' em in that mood.

    Women teasin'
    Men with no reason
    To make their eyes look the other way.
    Sweatin', dancin'
    Tight blue jean pants and
    Long legs makes 'em feel what they cannot say.

    Beer and booze keep pouring
    Needing something but there's no more than
    Blues falling down like rain.
    Music's callin'
    Bottles fallin'
    Getting loud to hide the pain.

    Smoky bar yellin'
    Smokin' 5-piece tellin'
    The legend of the down and dirty blues.
    Old friends reminiscing
    Same ole squeezin' and kissin'
    "How long has it been since I seen you?"

    Cash register clangin'
    Blues band bangin'
    People just hangin'
    Triangle Bar

    Harley shirts
    Mini skirts
    Blues trying to heal the hurt
    Triangle Bar

    Rain outside
    Humid inside
    Women grabbing male backsides
    Triangle Bar

    The Texas Red Blues Band
    Texas Red: Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
    Dan Schwalbe: Lead Guitar
    Curtis Blake: Harmonica
    John Ott: Bass
    Greg Shuck: Drums


    This review is copyright © 2002 by Jacquie Maddix, and Blues On Stage at: www.mnblues.com, all rights reserved. Copy, duplication or download prohibited without written permission. For permission to use this review please send an E-mail to Ray Stiles.

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