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The Speak Easy Lounge in Port Arthur. Beth Rankin/cat5 Sitting in shadows at the edge of the PaceSetter’s bar, 59-year-old Scuddy P. Loupe is the only patron in the room sipping coffee at 9 o’clock on...
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Cut the cord
We Were Wolves performs an acoustic show at the PaceSetter's singer/songwriter night. Tammy McKinley/cat5 A few months back, the rapper Bun B — formerly of Port Arthur but now enjoying a mass cult...
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Hot Pick: Saturday night at Stingaree
Lee Pelly. Tammy McKinley/cat5 The drought may have put a damper on your plans to explode stuff this weekend but every year Crystal Beach is just one big party on the Fourth of July. The fantastic...
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Hot Pick: Joey Culver’s going away party
Photo by Norma Hopson/Vivid Ink Photography Joey Culver is a serious badass. After making it (semi) big with a major record deal, he flipped his label the bird and went back out on his own. This week,...
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Hot Pick: Show Us Your Cans
The second annual Show Us Your Cans benefit this weekend is double great: an excellent lineup and a party benefitting the Southeast Texas Food Bank. Bring two cans (or more if you’re awesome) in lieu...
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Hot Pick: Crawfish at the PaceSetter
Johnny Hanson/Chronicle By this point in the crawfish season we need to get our fix at least once a week and you can definitely do that tonight at the PaceSetter. Post up on the patio for some mudbugs...
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Hot Pick: Pop’s benefit
Lee Pelly performing at Dylan's. Tammy McKinley/cat5 If you’ve ever been to a bar in Southeast Texas, chances are you’ve seen Lee Pelly play — he’s ubiquitous around here. This weekend at the...
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Six things to know about Six String Mafia
Adam Caillavet (left) and Lee Pelly make up Six String Mafia. Photo courtesy of the artist Six String Mafia member Lee Pelly describes the outfit as a real “meat and potatoes” kind of operation. So in...
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Hot Pick: Kaiser Family Christmas
From left, Jimmy and David Lee Kaiser. Guiseppe Barranco/cat5 Get your holly jollies at the Kaiser brothers’ annual Kaiser Family Christmas, held this year at Dixie Dance Hall. On the bill this round:...
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Hot Pick: Lee Pelly’s Birthday Bash
Lee Pelly performing at Dylan's. Tammy McKinley/cat5 Local musician Lee Pelly — of Knuckle Deep and Six String Mafia — hosts a raucous birthday bash each year. Now in its eighth year, this edition...
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Hot Pick: John Evans Band at the ’Doke
Johns Evans, pictured with upright bassist the Rev. Sidecar Sweetass. Joe Winston/cat5 Driving Texas rockabilly in a dive bar will never get old. It’s always a party when John Evans Band plays Oke...
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Hot Pick: Lee Pelly Birthday Bash
Lee Pelly performing at Dylan’s. Tammy McKinley/cat5 Now impressively in its 10th year, the Lee Pelly Birthday Bash is always a throwdown. This year’s line-up has a little of everything: Six String...
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Using music to helped deceased veterans ‘rest in respect’
No Stone Left Un-Turned Lee Pelly is not a veteran. He has worked a lot of jobs in his lifetime — dishwasher, barista, car wash attendant — but he has never been in the service. For the past 10 years,...
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Live music this weekend
Lee Pelly performs an acoustic set at Dylan’s in Port Arthur, Tuesday. Tammy McKinley/The Enterprise march 3 Jimmy Kaiser, Luke’s Beaumont BB and Company, Mackenzie’s Pub Ginger and the Blues Kings,...
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Hot Pick: Socially Awkward CD Release Party
The Logon Cafe. Tammy McKinley/cat5 After putting in two years of work, Socially Awkward is officially releasing the band’s new CD, “Dying to Live.” So in other words, it’s time to celebrate! Grab some...
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Live music this weekend
Dean James will perform at the Downtown Event Centre Thursday. june 16 Dean James, Downtown Event Centre Socially Awkward, Tiarra Girls, Tornado 4:18, Lee Pelly, The Logon Café Zach Gonzalez, White...
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Knuckle Deep treats fans with holiday showcase
Southeast Texas rock outfit Knuckle Deep, featuring, from left, Ethan Meadows, Brent Bradford, Lee Pelly and Bill Bloss, returns to Crockett Street for its annual holiday season concert at The Gig on...
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Live music this weekend
Ann Wilson of Heart performs during the Rock Hall Three for All concert at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion Friday Aug. 19, 2016. Dave Rossman/The Chronicle March 16 Frank Gilligan, Café Del Rio...
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