Sam's 25th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Night with Ultra plus Van Wilks

FREE show

Come out and enjoy this great night on us. Expect to stand. Limited seating first come first serve.

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Ultra, one of the original powerhouse rock bands of the San Antonio music circuit in the 70's has reunited. The band has shared the stage with some of the premier rockers of the day including, Alvin lee and Ten Year s After, Pat Travers, Blackfoot, Moxy, Wishbone Ash, legs Diamond and of course the notorious Sex Pistol's show at Randy's Rodeo in 1978. The Sex Pistols' date was one of only 7 US tour dates and considered the crown jewel of the US tour.

Ultra was honored and enshrined into the Texas legacy Hall of Fame in 2011. After Ultra's performance at the awards show, Margaret Moser with the Austin Chronical had this to say, "Ultra's set lit the still­ smoldering fire and brought the house down, leaving the unsuspecting stage scorched and smoking”.

Ultra is Kat Dawn on vocals, Galen Niles and larry McGuffin on guitars, Tom Canchola on bassvocals and Rene Segura on drums/vocals.

As Jack Orbin from Stone City Attractions said at the Texas legacy show, “Ultra was one of those bands that the record companies missed the boat on...could of been a timing thing who knowsn They were definitely one of the best things to come out of San Antonio."

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When you think Texas blues-rock, you think Van Wilks’. There are few names that have lasted and flourished within the Texas music scene like Wilks. Fads come and go, but Van Wilks is here to stay, as evidenced by his latest release, 21st Century Blues.

Like the steam engine on the cover, 21st Century Blues, his first studio album in 10 years, is a powerful beast that keeps on rolling from start to finish. Recorded at studios in Austin and France, 21st Century Blues is the real deal. This diverse collection of songs highlights Wilks’ impressive guitar styling with his striking lyricism to create a contemporary blues-rock masterpiece.

As Wilks says, “This is not a typical “blues” record. This is “MY BLUES” and even though the songs jump from one feel to another the common thread that holds it all together is my guitar. It’s just that ‘Low Down, Wound Up, Rockin’ Texas Blues.’”

The lead track, “Strange Girl,” lets you know from the onset what kind of album 21st Century Blues will be. With its fiery guitar work and cutting lyrics, “Strange Girl” bridges the gap between the blues-rock of yesteryear and contemporary rock, leaving the listener wanting more. Van Wilks does not leave us waiting, as the following track, “Drive By Lover, ” co-written with long time friend and ZZ Top member, Billy F. Gibbons, delivers an inexplicably Texas fueled performance dripping in blues guitar goodness.

As described by Wilks, the path to having “Drive By Lover” on the album was long and winding. “We played around with the idea for years in late night hours at my house on Elizabeth St. in South Austin. It was forgotten until Billy asked me if I could revive it or even remember it! I sent him a few vignettes from a barely working cassette and a few hours later he played me the track from a LA studio. ‘Whip up some words, Dusty’s ready to give it a go’, he said. So I put the pen to the paper and the, long in the making, tune ends up on ZZ’s ‘La Futura.’ Billy came out to the studio and we “messed it up” just right for my take on our tune.”