7 Questions from Shane

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7 Questions from Shane is an interview series featuring musicians who perform at McGongiel's Mucky Duck, a small club in Houston, Texas. The Duck hosts an average of 8 shows a week and features local acts and national touring performers. We began the interviews as a part of our The Live from Norfolk Street concert recording series as a way to help maintain the connection between our performing artists and their audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. We liked it so much that we've kept going...We hope you like it too. We release one episode a week, every Monday.

  1. 10/09/2023

    Opie Hendrix - September 25, 2020

    Hailing from Houston, Texas, Opie Hendrix is telling the truth from where he stands. Born in Indiana, Hendrix moved to Texas to attend the Art Institute of Houston in 1992. He hasn’t left since. That decision has paid off earning him two Houston Press Awards for Best Roots Rock. His musical path has taken him on national tours and onto iconic stages such as New York City’s CBGB’s (and the Mucky Duck!)

    10 min

  2. 10/02/2023

    Sara Hickman - September 26, 2020

    With over 20 albums, two appearances on the Tonight Show and multiple awards for her songwriting and philanthropy, Sara is internationally known for her Grammy nominated and award winning pop/folk music. Growing up in Houston with visual artists for parents, Sara graduated with a BA from the University of North Texas in painting. As a teenager, Sara became a volunteer performing music for youth in psych units. This led to her working as a professional music and art therapist, receiving a lifetime achievement award from The National Association of Music Therapists.

    35 min

  3. 09/25/2023

    Sisters Morales - September 12, 2020

    Roberta and Lisa grew up in Tucson, Arizona, learning to sing traditional Mexican music and developing their own brand of pop and roots rock. They separated after high school, but began performing together again in 1989, when Roberta sang background vocals for a band Lisa had formed. After moving to Houston, they attracted interest from the country music establishment in Nashville but ultimately opted for an independent path, releasing their debut album, Ain’t No Perfect Diamond, on their own Luna Records label in 1997. Someplace Far Away From Here, another combination of English and Spanish songs, followed in 1999, and in 2002, now based in San Antonio, the sisters released their third album, Para Gloria, an all-Spanish-language set dedicated to their mother, Gloria.

    20 min

  4. 09/18/2023

    Al Staehely - September 10, 2020

    Al Staehely is the only person on the planet who has both played Carnegie Hall and provided legal services for Stevie Ray Vaughan. Soon after moving to Los Angeles in 1971, he and his brother John were asked to join the critically acclaimed band, Spirit. With Al as the band’s new lead vocalist, bass player, and chief songwriter and John taking over lead guitar duties from Randy California, Spirit recorded the album, Feedback, in November of 1971. When Spirit splintered, Al and John formed a group appropriately named the Staehely Brothers, releasing the album Sta-Hay-Lee on Epic Records in 1973. In 1980, Staehely returned to Texas and pulled his law degree out of the drawer to become a superhero of sorts - lawyer by day / musician by night.

    23 min

  5. 09/11/2023

    Shake Russell - September 8, 2020

    More quality time with Texas songwriter Shake Russell... Shane for the third in a series of interviews with the Houston-based troubadour.  For more than 50 years, Texas singer-songwriter Shake Russell, has been entertaining audiences throughout the region and all over the United States with his unique Americana style of folk rock.  Weaving sophisticated harmonies through his songs and drawing from various genres, Shake created a style of folk-rock that is uniquely his own.

    15 min

  6. 09/04/2023

    Nathan Quick - September 3, 2020

    Nathan Quick spent years working 190 miles off the shore of Louisiana. Getting to and from the oil rig required a helicopter ride, so personal effects had to be kept to a minimum. That meant no guitar for the young singer-songwriter. But Quick found the far-flung locale helped him fill up lyric books.

    17 min

  7. 08/28/2023

    John Evans - September 5, 2020

    John was introduced to music and guitars early on, but like many young, male Texans, he found himself drawn toward football. He was the star quarterback at J. Frank Dobie High School in Pasa-Get-Down-Dena. From there he went on to helm the squad at Lamar University in nearby Beaumont. While John’s dream of being a big-time NFL quarterback didn’t work out, he finds himself living a different dream now.

    19 min

  8. 08/21/2023

    Jordan Baizan - August 27, 2020

    Jordi Baizan is a first generation American and native Texan songwriter.  His songwriting, which American Songwriter (USA) has called “exquisite”,  has garnered him recognition from several prestigious songwriting competitions including the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition, the Songwriter Serenade Competition, and the South Florida Folk Festival’s Singer/Songwriter Competition. "Jordi's songs convey authenticity perfectly intertwined with memorable melodies.   His unique voice and his stories draw you in from the beginning, and you can't wait to hear the next page.”  - Brian J. Kalinec - President Berkalin Records

    13 min
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7 Questions from Shane is an interview series featuring musicians who perform at McGongiel's Mucky Duck, a small club in Houston, Texas. The Duck hosts an average of 8 shows a week and features local acts and national touring performers. We began the interviews as a part of our The Live from Norfolk Street concert recording series as a way to help maintain the connection between our performing artists and their audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. We liked it so much that we've kept going...We hope you like it too. We release one episode a week, every Monday.

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