Check out The Bugle Boy's "Someone Talked!" blog, where contributing writer Connie Strong interviews Kevin Black.
Check out The Bugle Boy's "Someone Talked!" blog, where contributing writer Connie Strong interviews Paula Nelson.
On Saturday, July 10th, The Bugle Boy will host another film screening, this time free to customers who reserve their tickets in advance! Connie Strong has written an article about the film "Before the Music Dies" and its relevance to what we do at The Bugle Boy to promote and support independent musicians. Check out Connie's article here.
The Austin Business Journal published an article this week about the role of the Bugle Boy Foundation in helping to ensure the long-term success of the Bugle Boy. Check it out!
Austin, TX -- Five strategic goals related to the future of The Bugle Boy listening room in La Grange and the Bugle Boy Foundation were settled on after a strategic planning forum hosted by the Foundation's Board of Directors in May with 17 community leaders.
Building an endowment of $5 million to support Bugle Boy programming, increasing local and regional attendance and support, raising money sufficient to support increased funding for operations, increasing support for creative arts programs for area school students, and raising capital sufficient for the Foundation to acquire the land, building and equipment of The Bugle Boy: These were the goals deemed most important.
At the May 21 forum, hosted by the Board of Directors of the Bugle Boy Foundation, facilitators were Christian Smith, the past UCLA Assistant Vice Chancellor who helped write the Strategic Plan for the University of Texas and currently serves as Special Consultant to Travis County Commissioner Court Central Campus Planning, and Pebbles Wadsworth, past Executive Director of the Performing Arts Center at UCLA and at UT Austin.
Participants were 15 community leaders who discussed such issues as The Bugle Boy's reputation for presenting original music of the highest quality in a clean, quiet, friendly, respectful, and smoke-free venue as well as affordability of concerts and ideas for increasing attendance.
The Bugle Boy Foundation Board will make plans to implement strategies to attain the goals over the next five years. Foundation president David Vogel said, "We're gratified by the interest in The Bugle Boy expressed by all those who attended the forum. Their input is crucial as we strive to make The Bugle Boy an even more valuable community asset, supporting and fostering music and the arts in rural Texas."
The Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, supported by private and public contributions. The mission of the Bugle Boy Foundation is to provide a premier listening room venue for affordable public performances by professional artists of original works of diverse genres for the enrichment of Fayette County, Texas residents and visitors. The Foundation supports music education by sponsoring artist-led creative arts programs for the benefit of area students.
La Grange Mayor Janet Moerbe, a forum participant, said, "Our community is very fortunate to have the unique venue that the Bugle Boy has to offer. It is an asset that has brought many visitors to La Grange. I am impressed by the dedication that this group has toward the future success of this establishment."
Bugle Boy founder and executive director Lane Gosnay added, "This meeting was extremely validating. The Bugle Boy pays dividends to the community at-large that escape the standard bottom-line accounting method, and participants agreed that pooling resources and individual talents are necessary for sustainability. It is my hope that we will become a model for other rural communities wanting to enrich lives through music."
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Congratulations to Lake Robertson, the highest bidder on our guitar auctioned off at the Kinky Friedman show on February 28th.
Artist Signatures: Carolyn Wonderland, Janis Ian, Guy Forsyth, Pierce Pettis, John Beland, Paula Nelson, Duke Davis, Austin Lounge Lizards, Jimmy LaFave, Big Wide Grin, Molly Venter, Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Brooks Williams, Woody Russell, Hamilton Loomis, Sara Hickman, John Gorka, Darden Smith, Roscoe Beck, Michael Fracasso, Ian McLagan, Elizabeth Wills, Eliza Gilkyson, Ray Bonneville, Seth Walker, Marcia Ball, Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines & Kinky Friedman.
Thanks to the City of La Grange's Tourism Grant Program we are now running a series of ads in Texas Music Magazine.
This quarter we highlight Founder's Choice Talent Trust Recipient, Elizabeth Wills. Catch Elizabeth's official CD release show February 13th, 2010.
Read Eddie Ferranti Houston Music Review on Eliza Gilkyson's performance at the Bugle boy on January 22nd, 2010
Thanks to the City of La Grange's Tourism Grant Program we are now running a series of ads in Texas Music Magazine. This quarter we highlight Woody Russell.
Catch Woody's
show on November 14th, 2009.
Singer/songwriter Elizabeth Wills has been selected as the first recipient of the Bugle Boy Foundation Talent Trust, pioneering a new concept in the recording business. This unique program invests directly in selected artists' recording initiatives.
Thanks to the City of La Grange's Tourism Grant Program we are now running a series of ads in Texas Music Magazine.
Each quarter we will highlight a different Bugle Boy performing artist. Thank you Guy for your participation in 2009 third quarter edition!
TEXAS
LIVE 2009 May-June issue ran a feature story on The Bugle Boy. This was a great article
written by Connie Strong and also highlights Anderson Fair in Houston, Cactus
Cafe in Austin and Cheryl & Glen Duckett's House Concert, "Flowers In the
Desert" in Brenham. You can pick a copy up at HEB, Barnes & Nobles, Borders
Bookstores, and Books A Million. Also our dear friends from BACK AT THE
RANCH Clover & Rachel Carroll our contributing writers for this great
publication.
read article
Thanks to the City of La Grange's Tourism Grant Program we are now running a
series of ads in Texas Music Magazine.
Each quarter we will highlight a different Bugle Boy performing artist. Thank you Sara for your participation in 2009 second quarter edition!
On January 17th, 2009 we celebrated our 4 year anniversary.2008 Showcase winners Doug Fesler and Matt Harlan performed and attendees feasted on the below cake donated to us by Summer Pruett of Star Dust Pastry in Austin.
Click the below photo to watch a slideshow of the Sugar Bayou Show held on January 10th, 2009. All photos taken by Alicia Butler.
Texas Highway Magazine, "For The Road," January 2009 Issue
Listening in La Grange If you enjoy live music, you'll find an intriguing alternative to loud clubs or huge concert venues in a listening room called The Bugle Boy, in La Grange, some 60 miles east of Austin. The Bugle Boy is housed in a former World WarII barracks and named after the Andrews Sisters' 1941 hit song. Don't let the retro vibe fool you; the music presented here ranges from jazz and blues to rock and country. The common denominator: The musicians all write and perform their own songs. Thanks to the skills of a professional sound engineer and a house rule that prohibits talking during sets, the acoustics here are outstanding. Owner Lane Gosnay opened The Bugle Boy four years ago to present established entertainers as well as nurture local talent. Besides weekly Friday and Saturday shows, she holds a monthly Sunday Showcase in which 12 artists perform for a panel of judges and a supportive audience. The winners perform at The Bugle Boy's anniversary party each January (January 17, 2009). Austin-based Elizabeth Wills, who's known for her acoustic pop-folk music, says it's one of her favorite venues. “There's nothing else like it in Texas,” she adds. “The audience interaction is wonderful—it feels like you're in someone's living room and on stage at the same time. It's a positive, creative environment … I think it makes the music better.” see the article
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SHHHHH and SHHHHH again. (Nov. 12, 2008)
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Bugle Boy Fan in Alcatraz (Nov. 6, 2008)
Bugle Boy makes Austin Chronicle "Day Trips" (Oct. 7, 2008)
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Bugle Boy VIPS in Sicily! (Sept. 3, 2008)
Solar Truck Lands on Planet Green (Aug. 21, 2008)
Caji & Salome' Concert Photos (Aug. 18, 2008)
Solar Truck Featured in Texas Music Extra (Aug. 18, 2008)
Solar Truck Arrives at The Bugle Boy (July 6, 2008)
Shelley King - Official State Musician (April 19, 2008)
Colin Brooks Dresses Best (April 6, 2008)
Sue Foley's Guitar Women (March 25, 2008)
Carolyn Wonderland Photos (Feb. 29, 2008)
Ruthie Foster Plays the Bugle Boy (Dec. 12, 2007)
A Free Gift from Erika Luckett (Dec. 6, 2007)
Bugle Boy VIPs in Egypt (Nov. 15, 2007)
The Bugle Boy to Begin Hosting Sunday Performance Showcases (Oct. 24, 2007)
Bugle Boy Makes Splash in the Austin Statesman (Aug. 11, 2007)
The Bugle Boy is Featured in Texas Music Magazine (Apr. 6, 2007)
Highlights from our Second Anniversary Celebration (Jan. 31, 2007)
First CD Review by Duggan Flanakin (Dec. 5, 2006)
"Live at the Bugle Boy, Volume I" (Dec. 4, 2006)
Round Top Register Article (Aug. 3, 2006)
Press (June 9, 2006)
Internet Radio Show (June 9, 2006)
The Bugle Boy Internet Radio Program (March 31, 2006)
For those of you just learning about the Bugle Boy... (Jan. 18, 2006)
Bugle Boy mentioned in Texas Historical Commission magazine (Nov. 30, 2005)
Bugle Boy Press Release (May 16, 2005)
Peace from the Porch Invited to the Houston International Festival (May 16, 2005)
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