First Look: Fort Worth Music Festival

Review/Photos by: Taylor Prater
Additional Photo Coverage by: Neff Conner

It’s finally summertime for a lot of folks in Fort Worth, and the weather finally allows us to soak up some of that Texas sun, all while enjoying some of the best in local music and beyond at the Fort Worth Music Festival.

GoodBAMMSho's Coming Out Party at the Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge

Black Pistol Fire

Friday night the Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge hosted the GoodBAMMSho launch party with 4 talented Texas bands, and a whole lotta rock and roll.

The good folks here at GoodBAMMSho have been kind enough to post my musical ramblings of some of the best shows coming through the DFW area. So, of course I wouldn't have missed out on the opportunity to check out some great live music at one of Ft. Worth's newest venues. First things first, the venue was a perfect choice for the festivities. Equipped with a rooftop patio and enough beers on tap to keep you occupied all night, some sleek decor and a spacious music hall, I might have to add this to my list of places to play soon!

You're Invited Tonight DFW + Denton + North Texas!

Tonight is the night!  GoodBAMMSho's Official DFW Launch featuring: Black Pistol Fire (Austin) | The Will Callers | The Roomsounds & The Red 100's and you are all invited!
Live Oak Music Hall in Fort Worth is the venue and doors open at 8pm.

Headlining tonight's show is the two man Canadian rock duo Black Pistol Fire that now calls Austin, TX home - when not in Ontario. Their full throttle high energy style of classic southern rock meets garage punk should keep our guests focused yet groovin' on the corner of Lipscomb and Magnolia this evening.      The two guys that make up BPF are Kevin McKeown - guitars/lead vocal & Eric Owen - drums. Friends since kindergarten they both developed a love for rock music in high school that eventually lead to them forming the three piece band The Shenanigans. One album later The Shenanigans were no more so Kevin and Eric decided to pack up and head south, way south! By 2009 the duo had landed in Austin and Black Pistol Fire was born.                                

Their music has been featured on TV shows like (new) 90210, apart of the 2011 Pepsi Refresh Project promotional campaign and most recently the O'Neill Girls 2012 Surf Team promotional video.

Get a preview of Black Pistol Fire from a 2011 performance at the Palm Door thanks to AustinMusicWeekly.com coverage.

Come out TONIGHT! 8pm and catch the guys live as they bring some Black Pistol Fire to GoodBAMMSho!

The Will Callers Bright in Fort Worth!

It might have been "Dark in Dallas" back in April of this year but The Will Callers will without question make things bright and loud at Live Oak Music Hall this Friday!
A simple formula of Country + Blues + Gospel + Soul = Rock n' Roll is how the guys describe their sound.
"Alt-country doesn't get much better than this, and rarely does a band really deserve your attention. But these guys do" - is the Dallas Observer's take on the band.
Fort Worth favs. for many, including this blog, are going to join us live this Friday in their own backyard to help make our official launch show a success.
Jake, Daniel, Justin and Colton will take the stage right after The Roomsounds with their high energy set and great alt-country - americana style.
Check out the bands "Dark in Dallas - Live Session" below.
Catch The Will Callers live in Fort Worth at Live Oak tomorrow at 8pm!

OFFICIAL DFW LAUNCH WEEK!

The final week leading up to our Official DFW Launch party/show kicks off today. This Friday July, 27th is the date for our live show which will take place at Live Oak Music Hall in Fort Worth, TX - 8pm sharp!

People seem to be excited about the line-up and we couldn't be more stoked to have the bands be apart of our launch. Performing live will be The Red 100's out of Dallas, The Roomsounds also out of Big D, The Will Callers one of Fort Worth's favs. and two piece rock duo Black Pistol Fire out of Austin will be headlining the show Friday night.

Although we have been writing about live shows and bands in the DFW area for the last six months, this event will give us a chance to introduce ourselves to you, our readers, in person.
The blog itself started out as a fun side project to write about our live show experiences of the bands and artists that either live in or tour through DFW and Nashville.
In a very short time GoodBAMMSho has had the opportunity to cover some of the best live shows in DFW just this year - including EdgeFest22. The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, The Ting Tings and Artic Monkeys were just a few of the major acts that performed.
Then about a month later we got exclusive press access to KXT's first annual Summer Cut - Happy Funtime Fest. that featured The Flamming Lips, Fitz and the Tantrums, St. Vincent and a lot more!
Most recently, just last Tuesday to be exact, we posted a review for the Sofar Sounds - Songs from a Room event that took place in Denton just a few days before on July 14th.
Our awesome DFW writer/photographer, Sarah Sellers, myself and the rest of the GoodBAMMCrew were delighted to get the invite and enjoyed the very cool experience of a "pop up show" inside a Denton host living room.

We have a lot more planned and in development for our blog in 2012 including a new video series called "Check ONE Two" which will feature exclusive live performances by major acts that are touring through DFW.  Plus watch for local "community" flavored video segments that will focus on some of your favorite Dallas/Fort Worth & Denton bands in key performance locations around the metroplex. And a lot more that we can't talk about just yet...
All this week we will profile the bands performing live at our launch show and wrap things up at the end of the week with a full show preview post on Friday.

Hope to see you all at Live Oak on the 27th!

The Will Callers are Answering...

Rock, Blues, Country, Soul even Gospel are some of the genres or labels people have tried to pin on The Will Callers out of Fort Worth which doesn't seem to bother or effect the bands direction of writing and making great music no matter the style.
This band and the members have been through a lot in a very short time and without bringing up pass losses they have managed to not only remain solid but develop a lot more creative work in the process.
Their latest EP "Make It Alright" features a group of grooved out southern grit that can simply inspire exactly what the title track suggest, making it alright no matter the stress you might have been feeling.

You can catch the band at the Boiler Room in Dallas on Sat. June 9th with Lauren Kent and Blue Bear supporting that night.
We have something kinda special planned for The Will Callers next month that we will tell you a lot more about soon!

Until then check out "Make It Alright" via their bandcamp page...