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On Saturday Jan 21, 2012 at 7:30pm
Jefferson Freedom Cafe concert series presents
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD
photo by Todd Wolfson
For over 35 years Ray has been a legend on the leading edge of the Texas music scene, racking up prestigious awards for his writing, performance & recordings. His dozen albums define Texas Folk, country, & blues.
Ray Wylie Hubbard writes the kind of songs that make you want to ride along no matter where he's going,
because you know it's gonna get strange somewhere along the way. The references to Muddy Waters
being as deep as William Blake ("I really do believe it", Ray says) and lipstick pickups, resonator slides, the
dreams of drunken poets, deceased call girls, opium, wasp's nests, clouds growing a tail, his ability to segue
seamlessly from primal exclamations of carnal lust into songs about salvation without pausing for irony; and a craftsmanship that manages to rhyme mescaline and gasoline and Volkswagen with dragon while
painting vivid portraits of characters both real and unreal, all evoke a sense of place that is larger than life
but in no way made up.
Anyone who's followed Ray Wylie Hubbard over the long and winding path he has traveled already knows
he possesses the kind of exceptional gift for observation that any songwriter yearns for. His sense of
wonder is tempered by an accumulated wisdom and knowledge that comes with experience that has
elevated him into the Wylie Lama of Texas Music, freely imparting songwriting verities to all kinds of
aspiring musicians, which allows him to lay all his cards on the table and let the listener decide what it all
means.
In case you're wondering where he's been since his last album Snake Farm, Ray's been writing, only he
moved out of the song category to test his chops as a screenwriter, conceiving an outlaw western straight
out of the Peckinpah school of blood and vengeance ("set in 1912 so we can have a Buick and a motorcycle
and automatic weapons well as horses"). That his first screenplay actually got funded, filmed and slated for
release is a testament to the caliber of his writing, the fact that Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, and Lizzy
Caplan appear among the ensemble of accomplished actors speaks volumes of the respect he has earned
among his peers.
Besides the movies, a weekly Tuesday radio show and constant touring as well as producing other artists,
his focus remains fixed on the song ‐ constructing and performing stories set to music that resonate like no
one else's. Not for nothing is he the dark literary, cat daddy of Americana songsters who was outlaw long
before it was cool.
But don't take my word for it. Ray Wylie is far better-versed explaining how the sacred and the profane, the
yin and the yang, the eternal and the now, the hippies and rednecks, the saved and the damned are all part
of the same conversation.
To learn more about Ray Wylie Hubbard go to www.raywylie.com
To listen to Ray's music click here
Opening: CHARLIE SHAFTER
Charlie Shafter brings a refreshing combination of old school southern rock blended seamlessly with a modern indie pop vibe, an Alternative Americana if you will. With early influences like The Band, Tom Waits and The Cars it's no wonder he is writing music with a wisdom beyond his years. Music veteran Ray Wylie Hubbard, not one to be easily impressed, signed on to produce Shafter's due to his skilled songwriting which Hubbard describes as "uncomplicated, yet complex, profound and always with a purpose." Whether you catch him playing a solo acoustic set or rocking with a full band his engaging sound will make a believer out of you too.
To learn more about Charlie Shafter
go to www.charlieshafterband.com
To listen to Charlie's music click here
Doors open at 6:45pm,Show starts at 7:30pm
Tickets are $20
To order tickets through website, click here
BYOB (beer & wine)
Jefferson Freedom Cafe is a smoke free listening room located at
1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76112
click here for directions (near I-30 & I-820 on the eastside of Fort Worth)
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