We’ll miss alt-country singer-songwriter Rob Baird, who’s relocating to Austin soon and has just signed with a big indie label in Nashville. (I’m withholding the name until the deal is finalized.) “It’s a great opportunity,” he said. “I’ll be able to get some exposure on a much bigger level than I ever could have on my own.”
Baird is celebrating the release of his new as-of-yet unnamed album on Friday at The Moon (2911 W. Berry St., by TCU, 817-926-9600). Baird recorded the CD with the band that backs Lost Highway Records‘ Hayes Carll — two of the guys, drummer Kenny Smith and guitarist Scott Davis, are Fort Worth products who’ve played in Woodeye and have backed local indie singer-songwriter Kevin Aldridge in Chatterton. Davis produced the record. Tickets are $8. Showtime is 11 p.m. Visit www.myspace.com/robbairdmusic. … Y’know, if the Goodwin guys were all in their 20s and wore white cigarette-slim jeans, you’d be seeing “Goodwin!” on every frickin’ cereal box. Alas, the four Goodwin dudes are regular guys and, as such, are stuck in the thick of Da Struggle. The band isn’t breaking up. I’m just sayin’: Frontman Tony Diaz has an awesome-sounding side project going on. The Missile Men is him, vocalist and bassist Neil Schnell (Velvet Love Box, Carey Wolff‘s backing band), drummer Lucas White (Confusatron, Rivercrest Yacht Club), and RTB2‘s brilliant namesake Ryan Thomas Becker (vocals, keys). Mark my words: Best rawk band o’ 2009. … Always good to see Bill Ham in action. Former member of the seminal ’60s garage band the Yellow Payges and guitarist for Sonny & Cher, Ham evidently still plays out here regularly. (Sidenote: Former Fort Worthian and Yellow Payges bassist Bob Barnes also has some fancy pedigree, having played with Kinky Friedman and collaborated with Grammy winner and native Fort Worthian T Bone Burnett.) Catch Ham Sunday at Keys Lounge (5677 Westcreek Ct., 817-292-8627). Check out www.myspace.com/bill_hamtexasguitarist. … Last Thursday‘s “Music is Medicine” fund-raiser, with Stella Rose, The Frontier Brothers, and The February Chorus’ Brandin Lea, brought in $1,700 for the Zachary Foundation, a nonprofit founded by local singer-songwriter and med student J Mack Slaughter, with the mission of bringing music education and instruments to hospitalized teens. Cook Children’s Hospital is already on board. For more information, go to www.musicismedicinefoundation.com. … Big shoe: Telegraph Canyon and the Whiskey Folk Ramblers at First Friday on the Green, this second Fri., May 8, at Magnolia Green Park, between Lipscomb Street and Magnolia Avenue on the South Side. Admission is free, but donations to the Tarrant Area Food Bank, whose volunteers will be staffing a booth, are greatly appreciated. Leave the coolers at home — food and beverages will be available for sale. Just bring your blankets and/or lawn chairs, snacks, four-legged friends, and regular friends. For more information, visit www.fortworthsouth.org.
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