George Strait, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Earle, Freida and the Firedogs, Eric Johnson, Asleep at the Wheel, Todd Snider, Terri Hendrix, Steven Fromholz, Billy Joe Shaver, Kinky Friedman, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P. Nunn, Shake Russell, Dana Cooper, Alvin Crow, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, LeRoy Parnell, Al Barlow, Delbert McClinton, Ernest Tubb, Riders in the Sky, Larry Mahan, Jesse Ashlock, The Geezinslaws, Ace Ford, James McMurtry, Joe Ely, Foscoe Jones, Lou Ann Barton, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Pat Green, Slaid Cleaves, Bruce Robison, Gatemouth Brown, Dub Miller, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Randy Rogers Band, Scott Mellott, Caroline Herring, Nathan Hamilton, Harris and Ryden, George DeVore, Adam Carroll, Willis Alan Ramsey, Walt Wilkins, Jimmy LaFave, Joe King Carrasco, Houston Marchman, Van Wilks, Ray Benson, Owen Temple, Shelley King, Flaco Jiminez, Clay Blaker, Joe Bob's Bar and Grill Band, Rusty Wier, Ruthie Foster, Two Tons of Steel, Kenneth Threadgill, Don Walser, Emilio, Blaze Foley, Jenni Finlay, Ponty Bone, Susan Gibson, Ash Family, Charlie Sexton, Eliza Gilkyson, Ram Herrera, Max Stalling, Mark David Manders, Lloyd Maines, Eddy Shaver, Guy Forsyth, Omar and the Howlers, Kevin Welch, Champ Hood, David Ball, Walter Hyatt, Les Moore, Mike Daily, Dottsy, Doug Moreland, Ruban Ramos, Ronnie Huckaby, Kent Finlay, Doug Sahm, Eleven Hundred Springs, Marcia Ball, Killer Bees, Frenchie Burke, Augie Meyers, B. W. Stephenson, Mazz, Veto E Los Fairlanes, The Great Divide, Double Trouble, Sunny and the Sunliners, Doc Sully, Daniel Makins, Little Joe E La Familia, Angie McClure, Tommy Foote, Jimmy Day, Jeff Plankenhorn, HalleyAnna, Ron Cable, Terry Hale, Michael Jarrett, T-Roy Miller, Greezy Wheels, Sterling Finlay, Chris Wall, Ian Moore, The Lotions, Los Gonzo Band, Roy Head and the Traits, Alex Harvey, Hal Ketchum, Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Trout Fishing in America, Joel Guzman, Jimmy Dale Court, Grant Mazak, Rodney Hayden, Matt Skinner, Chuck Pyle, Bill Whitbeck, Newton St. Irregulars (w/ Cathy and Jerry Supple), Beaver Nelson, Ace in the Hole, Trish Murphy, Sisters Moralas, Will Kimbrough, Derailers, Dale Watson, Jack Ingram, Chris Knight, Chris Duarte, Monte Montgomery, Jason Boland, Hayes Carll, The South Austin Jug Band, The Hudsons, The Gougers, Eli Young, Mike McClure, Ryan Turner, Grant Ewing, Gregg Andrews, Brandon Jenkins, Mikey and the Motorcars, Django Walker, Texas Renegade, and many many more....
Photos Courtesy of:
Terry Stephenson,
Jenny Williams,
Cheatham Street Archives,
Jenni Finlay,
Sage Allen
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THE RANDY ROGERS BAND LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE:
This was an interview that the guys did for a morning news show in Kansas City. What we heard is, they wouldn't let them actually perform it live; so they improvised...
Kent Finlay opened the doors of Cheatham Street Warehouse in June of 1974 as a music hall, to develop, perpetuate and promote Texas music in its most natural state - the honky-tonk.
During the last three decades, Kent has earned quite a track record for developing new writers and artists, and we are proud of the wealth of talent that has walked through the door and up onto the stage of this rustic old building.
Those were the days -- "Ladies Free" and nickle beer. George Strait and Ace in the Hole played their first 50 or 60 gigs on this very stage.
"Little" Charlie Sexton and his younger brother, Will opened every Tuesday night for a very young Stevie Vaughan - even before he started billing his name with the "Ray". in the middle... Lucky Cheatham Street veterans remember lots of Texas summer nights - filled with magic and music - Jerry Jeff Walker and Willie Nelson, Flaco Jiminez and Marcia Ball, Doug Sahm and Augie Meyer, Gatemouth Brown and Eric Johnson... the list goes on forever.
We're proud to conside Alvin Crow and Joe Bob's Bar and Grill, Omar and the Howlers and Asleep at the Wheel, B. W. Stevenson, Lou Ann Barton and Guy Clark and Billy Joe Shaver and The Skunks, and the Killer Bees and Greezy Wheels all a part of the Cheatham Street Family.
Kent continues to develop, promote and publish promising new writers and musical talents. He takes pride in opening the doors to give talent like Adam Carroll, Randy Rogers, Shelley King and a host of other new artists a place to grow and be nurtured before appreciative audiences.
All the while, Kent carefully maintains the intimate setting that keeps veteran road warriors like Rusty Wier and Ray Wylie Hubbard, Monte Montgomery and Ray Bensons Asleep At The Wheel coming back for more... and the list goes on and on and on.
If you're looking for a hard-core drinking place - please go somewhere else... . but if you are looking for a place to listen to great Texas music -- and sometimes to even hear it first, Cheatham Street Warehouse welcomes you. Come out and capture the magic.
FYI--Bands will not be booked though myspace.
FOR BOOKING: Send pkg to 119 Cheatham Street San Marcos, TX 78666 or Email BandBooking@CheathamStreet.com
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French Hens, Two turtle doves And a Partridge in a pear tree.
Thanks for the ADD!! SO much of my musical evolution was spent at the warehouse -especially playing in Kent's Band!! Without those valuable lessons I would not be the musician I am today -thank you Kent and Cheatham Street Warehouse!!! Yours forever... -Chris Lawrence
