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"Alan Fox Band "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013""

Alan Fox Band "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013"
23rd Annual LA Music Awards Hollywood, CA.
Date: 11/15/2013

AFB brings home TWO Prestigious Awards from Hollywood, CA.
"Hard Rock Band of the Year" and Donnie Pendleton brings home "Guitarist of the Year" both from the 23rd Annual LA Music Awards 2013.

Aaron Ave. Records is excited to release the new single, "Never Learn", by the "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013" from Texas, Alan Fox Band 23rd Annual LA Music Awards:

The single will be released for online distribution from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotfy, Rhapsody, eMusic, and other internet music sites.
Alan Fox Band members are: Donny Hart-vocals, Alan Fox-guitar/vocals, Donnie Pendleton-guitar/vocals, Greg Cagle-bass/vocals, and Terry Salyer-drums.

The single, "Never Learn", is the first single that is being released in conjunction with four new songs recorded by Aaron Ave. Records at the Cove Studios in Arlington, Texas.

The Alan Fox Band "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013"
23rd Annual LA Music Awards Hollywood, CA. consists of veteran musicians from various popular Texas rock bands who joined forces in 2005 to become one of the most distinctive hard rocking bands from the Fort Worth area. In 2012, guitarist Donnie Pendleton brought home "Guitarist of the Year 2013" LA Music Awards", and ETX Music Awards "2012 Guitarist of the Year", and in 2013, bassist Greg Cagle brought home ETX Music Awards, "2013 Bass Player of the Year". Donny Hart, while in high school, met legendary Texas guitarist Darrell Abbott, and started his musical career as the lead singer in the heavy metal band, Pantera.

As a result of their extensive backgrounds, AFB has created a hard rocking sound that combines a soulful blend of Texas Blues with powerhouse rock.

For Press Interviews:
Contact: Sound Check International / Fort Worth Texas / 817.498.4700
Copyright - Alan Fox Band / Aaron Ave Records (888174362502) - Sound Check International


"Alan Fox Band "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013""

Alan Fox Band "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013"
23rd Annual LA Music Awards Hollywood, CA.
Date: 11/15/2013

AFB brings home TWO Prestigious Awards from Hollywood, CA.
"Hard Rock Band of the Year" and Donnie Pendleton brings home "Guitarist of the Year" both from the 23rd Annual LA Music Awards 2013.

Aaron Ave. Records is excited to release the new single, "Never Learn", by the "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013" from Texas, Alan Fox Band 23rd Annual LA Music Awards:

The single will be released for online distribution from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotfy, Rhapsody, eMusic, and other internet music sites.
Alan Fox Band members are: Donny Hart-vocals, Alan Fox-guitar/vocals, Donnie Pendleton-guitar/vocals, Greg Cagle-bass/vocals, and Terry Salyer-drums.

The single, "Never Learn", is the first single that is being released in conjunction with four new songs recorded by Aaron Ave. Records at the Cove Studios in Arlington, Texas.

The Alan Fox Band "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013"
23rd Annual LA Music Awards Hollywood, CA. consists of veteran musicians from various popular Texas rock bands who joined forces in 2005 to become one of the most distinctive hard rocking bands from the Fort Worth area. In 2012, guitarist Donnie Pendleton brought home "Guitarist of the Year 2013" LA Music Awards", and ETX Music Awards "2012 Guitarist of the Year", and in 2013, bassist Greg Cagle brought home ETX Music Awards, "2013 Bass Player of the Year". Donny Hart, while in high school, met legendary Texas guitarist Darrell Abbott, and started his musical career as the lead singer in the heavy metal band, Pantera.

As a result of their extensive backgrounds, AFB has created a hard rocking sound that combines a soulful blend of Texas Blues with powerhouse rock.

For Press Interviews:
Contact: Sound Check International / Fort Worth Texas / 817.498.4700
Copyright - Alan Fox Band / Aaron Ave Records (888174362502) - Sound Check International


"Al Bowman Complements AFB"

Here's a very nice comment from Los Angeles Music Awards founder
Al Bowman about the Alan Fox Band... Thank you Al!
Al Bowman commented on a link. November 29th 2013

This band was one of the best to ever grace our red carpet event.
In 23 years, we have never seen a response like they got from
both fans and our industry voting panel.

***********************

"The performance by the Alan Fox Band at the Whiskey was one
of the best I have seen in 23 years. Flawless is an understatement!",
Al Bowman Founder / Executive Producer
LA Music Awards / Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards / Phoenix Music Awards - LA Music Awards


"World Renowned Celebrities and Hollywood Personalities"

World Renowned Celebrities and Hollywood Personalities attend this year's
7th Annual Hollywood F.A.M.E Awards Presentations at the
23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards, along with the Celebration of the
6th Annual Phoenix Music Awards

Los Angeles, CA (November 5th, 2013) - In what amounts to the biggest event in the decades old history of the
Los Angeles Music Awards (www.lamusicawards.net) and its sister productions the 7thAnnual Hollywood F.A.M.E.
Awards and the 6th Annual Phoenix Music Awards, the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards event will be held on
Thursday, November 14th at the historic Avalon Theater on Hollywood and Vine.

The evening promises to be a spectacular and memorable experience, showcasing some of the best talent from
around the world. With an expected attendance of close to 1,200 guests along with some big name celebrity
recipients, the red carpet event is projected to be, once again, a huge success.

The Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards this year will feature a fantastic line up of world renowned celebrities and
Hollywood luminaries as recipients for a variety of achievements in the entertainment industry, some of
the 2013 recipients include Director/Producer Cass Warner ('The Brothers Warner'), actors Nathin Butler
('General Hospital') and Bill Blair ('ARGO'), media sensation and actor Ron Jeremy Hyatt ('Ronin'),
actresses Leilani Sarelle ('Basic Instinct') and Meilani Paul('The Butterfly Effect'), Grammy nominated

percussionist Victor Orlando ('The Gap Band'), music industry executive Steve Resnik and legendary
game show host and creator Wink Martindale('Tic-Tac-Dough').

On the night guests will also be treated to live performances by Lannie Flowers,
The Alan Fox Band, MK Ultra, Stevie Hawkins, Giuseppina Torre, Mahkenna and Calico The Band.

Venue:------Avalon Theater: 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA.
Date:--------Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Media Check In:------3.00pm
Red Carpet:----------3:30pm to 5:00 p.m.
Show/Dinner:---------5:00 p.m.
Avalon After Party:--8:15pm
Redbury After Party:-10:00pm

Hosted by Robert Burton with Dustin Quick.
Celebrities confirmed: Cass Warner ('The Brothers Warner'), Nathin Butler ('General Hospital'),Bill Blair
('ARGO'), Ron Jeremy Hyatt ('Ronin'), Leilani Sarelle ('Basic Instinct'), Meilani Paul('The Butterfly Effect'),
Katherine Castro ('El Gallo') Victor Orlando ('The Gap Band'), Steve Resnik and Wink Martindale
('Tic-Tac-Dough').

Event Title Sponsors: MCF Energy, Face of the USA, ShhhMedia, Aaron Avenue Records, CARVIN, Impact Promotions,
Visionary Music, The Redbury, Spyder Pop Records, Soundcheck International, Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa, JDM
Rubbings.com and RainboRecords.com.

The 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards side of the program will feature the presentation of 40 awards to
independent artists and bands that were voted on by fans and industry panel on September 26th at the
Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood as part of the Los Angeles Music Awards annual voting event. These will be
presented at the end of the night. There will also be an additional 10 Producers Choice Awards presented
to various recipients from the independent music community.

Media credentials and Celebrity guest list available upon request.
Contact: Liz Rodriguez at 310 435 3634 - Liz@EMRMedia.com - Contact: Liz Rodriguez at 310 435 3634 - Liz@EMRMedia.com


"World Renowned Celebrities and Hollywood Personalities"

World Renowned Celebrities and Hollywood Personalities attend this year's
7th Annual Hollywood F.A.M.E Awards Presentations at the
23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards, along with the Celebration of the
6th Annual Phoenix Music Awards

Los Angeles, CA (November 5th, 2013) - In what amounts to the biggest event in the decades old history of the
Los Angeles Music Awards (www.lamusicawards.net) and its sister productions the 7thAnnual Hollywood F.A.M.E.
Awards and the 6th Annual Phoenix Music Awards, the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards event will be held on
Thursday, November 14th at the historic Avalon Theater on Hollywood and Vine.

The evening promises to be a spectacular and memorable experience, showcasing some of the best talent from
around the world. With an expected attendance of close to 1,200 guests along with some big name celebrity
recipients, the red carpet event is projected to be, once again, a huge success.

The Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards this year will feature a fantastic line up of world renowned celebrities and
Hollywood luminaries as recipients for a variety of achievements in the entertainment industry, some of
the 2013 recipients include Director/Producer Cass Warner ('The Brothers Warner'), actors Nathin Butler
('General Hospital') and Bill Blair ('ARGO'), media sensation and actor Ron Jeremy Hyatt ('Ronin'),
actresses Leilani Sarelle ('Basic Instinct') and Meilani Paul('The Butterfly Effect'), Grammy nominated

percussionist Victor Orlando ('The Gap Band'), music industry executive Steve Resnik and legendary
game show host and creator Wink Martindale('Tic-Tac-Dough').

On the night guests will also be treated to live performances by Lannie Flowers,
The Alan Fox Band, MK Ultra, Stevie Hawkins, Giuseppina Torre, Mahkenna and Calico The Band.

Venue:------Avalon Theater: 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA.
Date:--------Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Media Check In:------3.00pm
Red Carpet:----------3:30pm to 5:00 p.m.
Show/Dinner:---------5:00 p.m.
Avalon After Party:--8:15pm
Redbury After Party:-10:00pm

Hosted by Robert Burton with Dustin Quick.
Celebrities confirmed: Cass Warner ('The Brothers Warner'), Nathin Butler ('General Hospital'),Bill Blair
('ARGO'), Ron Jeremy Hyatt ('Ronin'), Leilani Sarelle ('Basic Instinct'), Meilani Paul('The Butterfly Effect'),
Katherine Castro ('El Gallo') Victor Orlando ('The Gap Band'), Steve Resnik and Wink Martindale
('Tic-Tac-Dough').

Event Title Sponsors: MCF Energy, Face of the USA, ShhhMedia, Aaron Avenue Records, CARVIN, Impact Promotions,
Visionary Music, The Redbury, Spyder Pop Records, Soundcheck International, Konocti Harbor Resort and Spa, JDM
Rubbings.com and RainboRecords.com.

The 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards side of the program will feature the presentation of 40 awards to
independent artists and bands that were voted on by fans and industry panel on September 26th at the
Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood as part of the Los Angeles Music Awards annual voting event. These will be
presented at the end of the night. There will also be an additional 10 Producers Choice Awards presented
to various recipients from the independent music community.

Media credentials and Celebrity guest list available upon request.
Contact: Liz Rodriguez at 310 435 3634 - Liz@EMRMedia.com - Contact: Liz Rodriguez at 310 435 3634 - Liz@EMRMedia.com


""Never Learn" New Release"

Press Release:
Date: 11/01/2013
Subject: Alan Fox Band

Aaron Ave. Records is excited to release the new single, “Never Learn”, by
the hard rocking band from Texas, Alan Fox Band. After being
nominated for four prestigious awards at the 2013 LA Music Awards:
“Music Group of the Year”, Hard Rock Band of the Year”, “Male Vocalist
of the Year”, and “Guitarist of the Year”, the single will be released for
online distribution from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotfy, Rhapsody,
eMusic, and other internet music sites.

Alan Fox Band members are: Donny Hart-vocals, Alan Fox-guitar/vocals, Donnie Pendleton-
guitar/vocals, Greg Cagle-bass/vocals, and Terry Salyer-drums.

The single, “Never Learn”, is the first single that is being released in conjunction with four new songs recorded by Aaron Ave. Records at the Cove Studios in Arlington, Texas.

The Alan Fox Band consists of veteran musicians from various popular Texas rock bands who
joined forces in 2005 to become one of the most distinctive hard rocking bands from the Fort
Worth area. In 2012, guitarist Donnie Pendleton won East Texas Music Awards “2012 Guitarist
of the Year”, and in 2013, bassist Greg Cagle won East Texas Music Awards, “2013 Bass Player of the Year”. Donny Hart, while in high school, met legendary Texas guitarist Darrell Abbott, and started his musical career as the lead singer in the heavy metal band, Pantera.

As a result of their extensive backgrounds, AFB has created a hard rocking sound that combines a soulful blend of Texas Blues with powerhouse rock.

For Press Interviews, Contact: Sound Check International / Fort Worth Texas / 817.498.4700

Copyright - Alan Fox Band / Aaron Ave Records (888174362502)

# # # - Aaron Ave. Records


""Never Learn" New Release"

Press Release:
Date: 11/01/2013
Subject: Alan Fox Band

Aaron Ave. Records is excited to release the new single, “Never Learn”, by
the hard rocking band from Texas, Alan Fox Band. After being
nominated for four prestigious awards at the 2013 LA Music Awards:
“Music Group of the Year”, Hard Rock Band of the Year”, “Male Vocalist
of the Year”, and “Guitarist of the Year”, the single will be released for
online distribution from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotfy, Rhapsody,
eMusic, and other internet music sites.

Alan Fox Band members are: Donny Hart-vocals, Alan Fox-guitar/vocals, Donnie Pendleton-
guitar/vocals, Greg Cagle-bass/vocals, and Terry Salyer-drums.

The single, “Never Learn”, is the first single that is being released in conjunction with four new songs recorded by Aaron Ave. Records at the Cove Studios in Arlington, Texas.

The Alan Fox Band consists of veteran musicians from various popular Texas rock bands who
joined forces in 2005 to become one of the most distinctive hard rocking bands from the Fort
Worth area. In 2012, guitarist Donnie Pendleton won East Texas Music Awards “2012 Guitarist
of the Year”, and in 2013, bassist Greg Cagle won East Texas Music Awards, “2013 Bass Player of the Year”. Donny Hart, while in high school, met legendary Texas guitarist Darrell Abbott, and started his musical career as the lead singer in the heavy metal band, Pantera.

As a result of their extensive backgrounds, AFB has created a hard rocking sound that combines a soulful blend of Texas Blues with powerhouse rock.

For Press Interviews, Contact: Sound Check International / Fort Worth Texas / 817.498.4700

Copyright - Alan Fox Band / Aaron Ave Records (888174362502)

# # # - Aaron Ave. Records


"Alan Fox Band to perform at East Texas State Fair"

September 19, 2013
Alan Fox Band to perform at East Texas State Fair

By CHERIL VERNON Palestine Herald-Press
PALESTINE — The Alan Fox Band of Fort Worth — a Texas original heavy blues/rock band which has
East Texas and Palestine connections — will perform during the East Texas State Fair in Tyler on Tuesday.

The band will perform between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at the fair grounds, located at 2112 W. Front St. in Tyler.

Band members include Alan Fox of Carthage, Donnie Pendleton of Fort Worth, Donny Hart of
Arlington, Greg Cagle of Palestine and Terry Salyer of Kilgore. The band is represented
and sponsored by Aaron Avenue Records in Texas.

In addition to their performance, the band has been nominated for four awards from
the East Texas Music Awards. The Alan Fox Band was nominated for Blues Band of the
Year as a group. Individually, Hart was nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year,
Cagle was nominated as Bassist of the Year and Pendleton was nominated for Guitarist
of the Year. The East Texas Music Awards show will be held today at K.E. Bushman’s
Celebration Center in Bullard with awards being presented in 31 multi-genre
categories. For more information, visit www.etxmusic.com

The Alan Fox Band already has planned a trip to Los Angeles on Thursday,
Sept. 26 for the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards, where they were
nominated this summer for four awards.

The band has been nominated for “Music Group of the Year” and “Hard Rock Band of the Year”
with Hart nominated for “Male Vocalist” and Pendleton taking the nomination for
“Guitarist of the Year.”

Known as a “high-energy band that will grab the audience and propel them into
a new dimension,” the Alan Fox Band will be performing at the 23rd Annual
Los Angeles Music Awards at the Whiskey Go Go in Hollywood, and also at the
Avalon Theater in Hollywood during the awards night Nov. 14, 2013.

The nominations were announced in June at the Los Angeles Music Awards Nominee
and Press Event at the world-famous Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood. The Los Angeles
Music Awards is open to independent artists and bands who are unsigned or on
independent (“indie”) labels.

Pendleton (www.donniependleton.com), who last year was voted “ETX Guitarist of the Year”
from the East Texas Music Awards, has had a roller coaster year of success — including
an endorsement deal with aluminum guitar specialists Goulding Lindsay Wilson Guitars
out of the United Kingdom and is currently recording, with the rest of the band, a
compilation CD with Aaron Avenue Records.

Their latest single and video releases “She Makes Me Hot” and “Do Me” are receiving
airplay in the U.S. and abroad, both available on iTunes and CD Baby. The band’s
newest tracks include “Never Learn” and “El Cabron.”

While the band has been around for more than a decade, the current lineup started
building in late 2005, according to band members.
For more information about the band, visit their website at www.alanfoxband.com - By CHERIL VERNON Palestine Herald-Press


"Palestine musician receives East Texas Music Award"

September 25, 2013
Palestine musician receives East Texas Music Award

By CHERIL VERNON Palestine Herald-Press
PALESTINE — Palestine’s Greg Cagle was named the East Texas Music Award’s 2013
Bassist of the Year last week.

Cagle, 47, is a member of The Alan Fox Band of Fort Worth, a Texas original
heavy blues/rock band which has East Texas connections. Cagle moved to
Palestine in 1995, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

“I always thank the Lord Jesus for my blessings, because he is my Lord and Savior,”
Cagle told the Herald-Press when asked how he felt about receiving the award.
“The band has really been blessed. We have had a lot of things come our way this
year and we are really looking forward to what lies in the future.”

Band members besides Cagle include Alan Fox of Carthage, Donnie Pendleton of Fort Worth,
Donny Hart of Arlington and Terry Salyer of Kilgore. The band is represented and
sponsored by Aaron Avenue Records in Texas.

Pendleton won Guitarist of the Year last year, and Cagle said that award moved the band up.
He hopes this award will do the same.

“It’s a group project. Yes, I won, but this moves the Alan Fox Band forward as a unit.
I’m really happy for the band because it affords us more notoriety,” Cagle said.

The band also received three other nominations from the East Texas Music Award:
Blues Band of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year (Hart) and Guitarist of the Year (Pendleton).

The Alan Fox Band already has planned a trip to Los Angeles this Thursday for the
23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards, where they were nominated this summer for four awards.
The band has been nominated for “Music Group of the Year” and “Hard Rock Band of the Year”
with Hart nominated for “Male Vocalist” and Pendleton taking the nomination for
“Guitarist of the Year.”
The band will get the opportunity to perform at the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards
at the world-famous Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood, and also at the Avalon Theater in
Hollywood during the awards night Nov. 14. The Los Angeles Music Awards is open to
independent artists and bands who are unsigned or on independent (“indie”) labels.
“Whiskey A Go Go is a thing of legend to people like us. All of our heroes — the bands we looked up to — they
played that stage,” Cagle told the Herald-Press. “So, yes, our shoes are going to be hot when we perform there.”
The band’s latest single and video releases “She Makes Me Hot” and “Do Me”
are receiving airplay in the U.S. and abroad, both available on iTunes and CD Baby.
The band’s newest tracks include “Never Learn” and “El Cabron.”
While the band has been around for more than a decade, the current lineup started
building in late 2005, according to band members.
For more information about the band, visit their website at www.alanfoxband.com - By CHERIL VERNON Palestine Herald-Press


"Alan Fox Band's Red Carpet Event in Los Angeles!"

November 14th 2013

Aaron Ave. Records, the proud sponsor for the Alan Fox Band, will be sending AFB Thursday, November 14th, 2013 to the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards.
This Red Carpet Gala will be held at The Avalon Theater in Los Angeles.
The 2013 special event will once again be covered by the international
press corps on 40 feet of red carpet at Hollywood and Vine.
Once again, there will be 9 performers representing
the Los Angeles Music Awards, and AFB is one of the 9 performing acts.
There will be 10 celebrity recipients representing the Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award
presentations that are a direct part of this annual event.

Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards honor recipients will be officially announced the first week of October. - afb


"TEXAS HEAVY BLUES BAND NOMINATED FOR 4 LA MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS"

July 24, 2013 by EMR Media

TEXAS HEAVY BLUES BAND NOMINATED
FOR 4 LA MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS

~ LA Music Awards Nominates Texas Heavy Blues Band ‘Alan Fox Band’
with an Amazing Four Nominations ~

Texas original heavy blues band the ‘Alan Fox Band’ (www.alanfoxband.com),
based out of Fort Worth, Texas has just been nominated for 4 music awards
at the prestigious 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards Nominee and Press Event
which was held in June at the world famous Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood,
ahead of the final awards night being held
November 14th at the plush Avalon in Hollywood.

The band, which includes Alan Fox, Donnie Pendleton, Donny Hart,
Greg Cagle and Terry Salyer, is represented and sponsored by
Aaron Avenue Records in Texas, and has been nominated for
‘Music Group of the Year’ and ‘Hard Rock Band of the Year’ with
long term front man and vocalist Donny Hart nominated for
‘Male Vocalist’ and Donnie Pendleton taking the nomination
for ‘Guitarist of the Year’.

“On behalf of the Alan Fox Band, we’re extremely grateful and overwhelmed
at not one nomination but four.” says Pendleton. “We’re so thankful to
all our family, friends, fans and sponsors for supporting us over the years
and of course voting. The Texas twin guitar sound of AFB is excited to
be bringing it to Hollywood in September and November when we get
to rock the West Coast!”

Pendleton (www.donniependleton.com), who last year was voted at the
East Texas Music Awards with ‘ETX Guitarist of the Year ‘, has had a
roller coaster year of success including an endorsement deal with aluminum
guitar specialists Goulding Lindsay Wilson Guitars out of the United Kingdom
and is currently recording, with the rest of the band, a compilation CD
with Aaron Avenue Records.

Voting for the Alan Fox Band is well underway athttp://www.lamusicawards.net/nominees,
with their latest single and video releases “She Makes Me Hot’ and ‘Do Me’
receiving outstanding airplay in the USA and abroad, both available on iTunes
and CD Baby. The bands newest tracks ‘Never Learn’ and ‘El Cabron’ are set
to be released later this year.

Known For further information please contact:
Liz Rodriguez at Liz@EMRMedia.com – USA: 1 310 435 3634
as a “high-energy band that will grab the audience and propel
them into a new dimension”, the Alan Fox Band will be performing
at the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards on September 26th at the
Whiskey Go Go in Hollywood, and also at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood
during the awards night November 14th.

Voting for the Alan Fox Band is simple athttp://www.lamusicawards.net/nominees.
Select a category; ‘Music Group of the Year’, ‘Hard Rock Band of the Year’,
‘Male Vocalist’ and ‘Guitarist of the Year’ and cast your vote!

# # # - Liz Rodriguez at Liz@EMRMedia.com


"AFB will Headline the "T-Bone Walker Blues Fest""

AFB will Headline the "T-Bone Walker Blues Fest"

6th Annual T-Bone Walker Blues Fest
June 17-18, 2011, Linden, Texas

Music City Texas Theater in Linden, Texas is hosting
the 6th Annual T-Bone Walker Blues Fest - June 17 & 18.
The festival is being presented by MetroPCS and other
key sponsors: Don Henley, MidSouth Engine & Machine,
Linden Economic Development Corporations, and the
Good Shepherd Medical Center. The event will bring in
13 top blues artists from across the nation, and will be
headlined by its first international blues star.
The headliners – Matt Schofield, David "Honeyboy" Edwards,
Robin & the Bluebirds and the Alan Fox Band . The 6th annual
festival is a fundraiser for two Linden non-profit corporations:
Music City Texas Theater, a music venue, and the Fairview
Community Center which offers free literacy and computer
training to the community.

This two-day, two-stage festival is a living memorial to the
music icon that was a primary influence to most postwar blues
guitarists and early rock and roll greats. T-Bone Walker’s most
enduring legacy was taking the guitar from a rhythm instrument
to a lead instrument in a band. Honored by his peers by membership
in the Blues Heritage Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
he was first, and foremost, a loving father, a humanitarian, and
a friend to so many.

Friday, June 17 will feature a Free outdoor concert focused on students
learning about the Blues. Underwritten by the International Paper Company,
AEP-Southwestern Electic Power Company and Colonel & Mrs. Robert Spivey
of Atlanta, Texas, the show will open with The Matthew Davidson Band -
the 13 year-old Shreveport guitar prodigy who was in the 2011 International
Blues Challenge Youth Showcase. Then, the Pleasant Hill Quilting Group
will present the history of the Underground Railroad Quilt Code; followed
by a great new group – The Ominous Anonymous. The free concert is headlined
by the stellar regional artists –
The Alan Fox Band.

Opening indoors in the Music City Texas Theater is Marshall’s Boogie Woogie
Ambassador Omar Sharriff. Omar has been packing the house in weekly concerts
since his return to his hometown.

From Los Angeles, California, the Midwestern Icons feature former Lawrence,
Kansas musician and Kansas Music Hall of Fame inductee Bill Lynch along
with his stellar rhythm section featuring Rick Moors on bass and the
legendary drummer James Gadson. Lynch has gigged with various artists
including Jerry Lee Lewis and Bo Diddley and has been joined on stage
by Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mike Finnigan, Billy Preston,
Ike Turner, James Cotton and countless others. James Gadson has
recorded with an endless list of artists including Ray Charles,
Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Herbie Hancock,
The Temptations, Quincy Jones, Norah Jones, Paul McCartney, and
Justin Timberlake.

David "Honeyboy" Edwards is an icon in the world of Blues. A member
of the Blues Heritage Hall of Fame, multi-honoree as Blues Acoustic
Artist of the Year and multi-Grammy winner, "Honeyboy" represents the
best of traditional blues.

Honeyboy is accompanied by Michael Frank on harmonica and Rocky Lawrence
on guitar. Michael Frank is a receipient of the Blues Heritage
"Keeping the Blues Alive" award and Founder/CEO of Chicago’s Earwig Music.
Mr. Lawrence currently tours the country educating University students
on the historical significance of the Robert Johnson songbook as it
relates to the history of popular music worldwide.

Now firmly established as the freshest and most exciting blues guitarist
to have emerged on the world scene for many years, Matt Schofield recently
joined such luminary names as Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson and Robben Ford,
who have DVDs produced by the world's largest music print publisher,
the US-based Hal Leonard organisation. Schofield is one of the few Brits
ever to have appeared on the Hal Leonard imprint.

He is rated in the top ten British blues guitarists of all time
(Guitar & Bass Magazine) putting him in the company of such iconic
names as Eric Clapton and Peter Green. He was also crowned Blues Guitarist
and Album of the year in the 2010 British Blues Awards. Matt Schofield
will headline both nights on the Music City Texas stage.

The lineup is rounded out by DieDra and the Ruff Pro Band from Birmingham,
Alabama, Shreveport’s Buddy Flett, Austin’s rising blues stars –
The Peterson Brothers Band (another 2011 IBC Youth Showcase member),
Marshall’s Bobbie Oliver and Jam City Revue, and from New Orlean’s –
The Ezra Charles Band.

This year’s festival will be associated with a "Bikers and Blues Run" on Saturday.
Information on the biker’s run and games may be found on the festival website.

There will be vendors - Marshall Messenger


"AFB will Headline the "T-Bone Walker Blues Fest""

AFB will Headline the "T-Bone Walker Blues Fest"

6th Annual T-Bone Walker Blues Fest
June 17-18, 2011, Linden, Texas

Music City Texas Theater in Linden, Texas is hosting
the 6th Annual T-Bone Walker Blues Fest - June 17 & 18.
The festival is being presented by MetroPCS and other
key sponsors: Don Henley, MidSouth Engine & Machine,
Linden Economic Development Corporations, and the
Good Shepherd Medical Center. The event will bring in
13 top blues artists from across the nation, and will be
headlined by its first international blues star.
The headliners – Matt Schofield, David "Honeyboy" Edwards,
Robin & the Bluebirds and the Alan Fox Band . The 6th annual
festival is a fundraiser for two Linden non-profit corporations:
Music City Texas Theater, a music venue, and the Fairview
Community Center which offers free literacy and computer
training to the community.

This two-day, two-stage festival is a living memorial to the
music icon that was a primary influence to most postwar blues
guitarists and early rock and roll greats. T-Bone Walker’s most
enduring legacy was taking the guitar from a rhythm instrument
to a lead instrument in a band. Honored by his peers by membership
in the Blues Heritage Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
he was first, and foremost, a loving father, a humanitarian, and
a friend to so many.

Friday, June 17 will feature a Free outdoor concert focused on students
learning about the Blues. Underwritten by the International Paper Company,
AEP-Southwestern Electic Power Company and Colonel & Mrs. Robert Spivey
of Atlanta, Texas, the show will open with The Matthew Davidson Band -
the 13 year-old Shreveport guitar prodigy who was in the 2011 International
Blues Challenge Youth Showcase. Then, the Pleasant Hill Quilting Group
will present the history of the Underground Railroad Quilt Code; followed
by a great new group – The Ominous Anonymous. The free concert is headlined
by the stellar regional artists –
The Alan Fox Band.

Opening indoors in the Music City Texas Theater is Marshall’s Boogie Woogie
Ambassador Omar Sharriff. Omar has been packing the house in weekly concerts
since his return to his hometown.

From Los Angeles, California, the Midwestern Icons feature former Lawrence,
Kansas musician and Kansas Music Hall of Fame inductee Bill Lynch along
with his stellar rhythm section featuring Rick Moors on bass and the
legendary drummer James Gadson. Lynch has gigged with various artists
including Jerry Lee Lewis and Bo Diddley and has been joined on stage
by Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mike Finnigan, Billy Preston,
Ike Turner, James Cotton and countless others. James Gadson has
recorded with an endless list of artists including Ray Charles,
Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Herbie Hancock,
The Temptations, Quincy Jones, Norah Jones, Paul McCartney, and
Justin Timberlake.

David "Honeyboy" Edwards is an icon in the world of Blues. A member
of the Blues Heritage Hall of Fame, multi-honoree as Blues Acoustic
Artist of the Year and multi-Grammy winner, "Honeyboy" represents the
best of traditional blues.

Honeyboy is accompanied by Michael Frank on harmonica and Rocky Lawrence
on guitar. Michael Frank is a receipient of the Blues Heritage
"Keeping the Blues Alive" award and Founder/CEO of Chicago’s Earwig Music.
Mr. Lawrence currently tours the country educating University students
on the historical significance of the Robert Johnson songbook as it
relates to the history of popular music worldwide.

Now firmly established as the freshest and most exciting blues guitarist
to have emerged on the world scene for many years, Matt Schofield recently
joined such luminary names as Buddy Guy, Eric Johnson and Robben Ford,
who have DVDs produced by the world's largest music print publisher,
the US-based Hal Leonard organisation. Schofield is one of the few Brits
ever to have appeared on the Hal Leonard imprint.

He is rated in the top ten British blues guitarists of all time
(Guitar & Bass Magazine) putting him in the company of such iconic
names as Eric Clapton and Peter Green. He was also crowned Blues Guitarist
and Album of the year in the 2010 British Blues Awards. Matt Schofield
will headline both nights on the Music City Texas stage.

The lineup is rounded out by DieDra and the Ruff Pro Band from Birmingham,
Alabama, Shreveport’s Buddy Flett, Austin’s rising blues stars –
The Peterson Brothers Band (another 2011 IBC Youth Showcase member),
Marshall’s Bobbie Oliver and Jam City Revue, and from New Orlean’s –
The Ezra Charles Band.

This year’s festival will be associated with a "Bikers and Blues Run" on Saturday.
Information on the biker’s run and games may be found on the festival website.

There will be vendors - Marshall Messenger


"Rebirth of a Rock Band"

(Justin Baker/News-Journal Photo)
Posted: Friday, October 8, 2010 12:00 am | Updated: 5:45 am, Fri Oct 8, 2010.
By Glenn Evans gevans@news-journal.com

A rock 'n' roll road warrior has come out of retirement
and traded in his old gang for a new gang from Longview.
"I think we gelled on that first day we played together,"
said Robert "Bubba" Keith, former lead singer and songwriter
for The James Gang. "These guys are serious, and they write."
Keith is sing praises for The Alan Fox Band, a four-man power
band that's been increasingly visible on the East Texas stage
the past couple of years.
"We had been playing anywhere from 170-200 jobs a year," Fox,
the band's namesake, said of the latest incarnation of the band
he founded 10 years ago. "But, we haven't had any type of
avenue to expand to the next level till Bubba got interested
in us. And he's a world-class artist."
A Denton-raised musician who reached the genre's pinnacle as lead
singer and songwriter for bands such as The James Gang, Point Blank
and England Dan and John Ford Coley, Keith left rock in 1985.
His 1981 hit, "Nicole," was an upbeat power ballad that filled
stadiums in the arena rock era.
His union with Fox's twin guitar-driven band this past summer blew
open a door both sides were looking to walk through.
"The band thing is still in formulation," bass player Greg Cagle
said, during an Oct. 3 group interview with Keith, who lives with
his family in Glen Rose. "This is the fifth time, or the sixth time,
all of us have been in the same room."
Keith, who said he hung up his leathers when he heard his wife tell
their kids, "Oh, that's road daddy," was looking for a good fit as
he contemplated getting back into the life. He missed the band experience.
"The thing about writing and going to the studio, and stuff like
that — it's more of a solitary act," said Keith, 60. "I always continued
to write. ... But to be able to share it with other people, there's
only one way you can do that. ... The James Gang, Point Blank and my
new stuff, it's not just pigeonholing one thing. It gives us a chance
to cover all the spectrum — not just songs I've written and these guys
have written but new songs as well."
The timing was right for Fox's outfit, which has been steering itself
away from cover band land in favor of original tunes.
"What we've been trying to do is play originals with our own voice,"
said Donnie Pendleton, the twin to Fox in the band's dual-lead guitar sound.
"And finally, in the last couple of years it's started to form."
Pendleton, 49, grew up in east Fort Worth, next door to Arlington where
Keith's mother ran the Candlelight Inn restaurant. He was the band's
link to Keith, by way of a dinner with his wife, Vicki.
The pair met in 1980 when Pendleton had to leave the table to investigate
the music he heard coming from a storage building behind the Arlington
eatery — Keith and the band were rehearsing. Flash forward to the Facebook
era: Keith quotes Mr. Rogers on his Wall, "It's a beautiful day in the
neighborhood. Won't you be my friend?" and Pendleton commented back,
"Won't you be in my band?"
The band still performs as a four-man outfit, with a show set for 9 p.m.
today at Leon's Steakhouse Saloon on South Eastman Boulevard. The full
group, which is billing itself as Bubba Keith and the Alan Fox Band,
played the Oldest Town in Texas Rally in Nacogdoches last month. The
five-some comes together again in Dallas on Nov. 14 at a memorial concert
for Jay Hamilton, a keyboardist who played with Pendleton in the
eighties hair band, The Cause.
Leaving Texas for California in 1969, Keith dove into the Sunset Strip
rock scene on legendary stages such as the Whiskey-a-Go-Go. He was playing
in Hollywood when Eric Burdon of The Animals signed him to the indie label,
Far Out Productions. During the 17 years before Keith returned to Texas,
he would handle lead vocals for a succession of rock 'n' roll hit-makers.
"Oh, I knew I was in the bigtime," he said. "I knew when I was 14 this
was what I was going to do. It's just like any other job — I loved playing,
and knew I was going to play any way I could. ... Most people don't fail,
they quit. You've got to be willing to say, yes. Some of the best musicians
I know ... are still in bars. When you write a song and you make it really
good, and it's tearing your heart out, it takes guts to get up there and play it."
Still, Keith was wary about getting back into live music.
"I didn't want people at the local Holiday Inn seeing me trying to squeeze
into my black leathers," he said. "It's better that people say, 'I wonder
what Bubba's doing?' rather than, 'Oh, he shouldn't be doing that.' To me,
great rock bands — there's something about them, this connection that you
get with people. Sometimes we're playing together, all five of us, and I
just feel my feet coming off the floor."
That's language Fox, 54, unders - Longview News Journal By Glenn Evans


"Rebirth of a Rock Band"

(Justin Baker/News-Journal Photo)
Posted: Friday, October 8, 2010 12:00 am | Updated: 5:45 am, Fri Oct 8, 2010.
By Glenn Evans gevans@news-journal.com

A rock 'n' roll road warrior has come out of retirement
and traded in his old gang for a new gang from Longview.
"I think we gelled on that first day we played together,"
said Robert "Bubba" Keith, former lead singer and songwriter
for The James Gang. "These guys are serious, and they write."
Keith is sing praises for The Alan Fox Band, a four-man power
band that's been increasingly visible on the East Texas stage
the past couple of years.
"We had been playing anywhere from 170-200 jobs a year," Fox,
the band's namesake, said of the latest incarnation of the band
he founded 10 years ago. "But, we haven't had any type of
avenue to expand to the next level till Bubba got interested
in us. And he's a world-class artist."
A Denton-raised musician who reached the genre's pinnacle as lead
singer and songwriter for bands such as The James Gang, Point Blank
and England Dan and John Ford Coley, Keith left rock in 1985.
His 1981 hit, "Nicole," was an upbeat power ballad that filled
stadiums in the arena rock era.
His union with Fox's twin guitar-driven band this past summer blew
open a door both sides were looking to walk through.
"The band thing is still in formulation," bass player Greg Cagle
said, during an Oct. 3 group interview with Keith, who lives with
his family in Glen Rose. "This is the fifth time, or the sixth time,
all of us have been in the same room."
Keith, who said he hung up his leathers when he heard his wife tell
their kids, "Oh, that's road daddy," was looking for a good fit as
he contemplated getting back into the life. He missed the band experience.
"The thing about writing and going to the studio, and stuff like
that — it's more of a solitary act," said Keith, 60. "I always continued
to write. ... But to be able to share it with other people, there's
only one way you can do that. ... The James Gang, Point Blank and my
new stuff, it's not just pigeonholing one thing. It gives us a chance
to cover all the spectrum — not just songs I've written and these guys
have written but new songs as well."
The timing was right for Fox's outfit, which has been steering itself
away from cover band land in favor of original tunes.
"What we've been trying to do is play originals with our own voice,"
said Donnie Pendleton, the twin to Fox in the band's dual-lead guitar sound.
"And finally, in the last couple of years it's started to form."
Pendleton, 49, grew up in east Fort Worth, next door to Arlington where
Keith's mother ran the Candlelight Inn restaurant. He was the band's
link to Keith, by way of a dinner with his wife, Vicki.
The pair met in 1980 when Pendleton had to leave the table to investigate
the music he heard coming from a storage building behind the Arlington
eatery — Keith and the band were rehearsing. Flash forward to the Facebook
era: Keith quotes Mr. Rogers on his Wall, "It's a beautiful day in the
neighborhood. Won't you be my friend?" and Pendleton commented back,
"Won't you be in my band?"
The band still performs as a four-man outfit, with a show set for 9 p.m.
today at Leon's Steakhouse Saloon on South Eastman Boulevard. The full
group, which is billing itself as Bubba Keith and the Alan Fox Band,
played the Oldest Town in Texas Rally in Nacogdoches last month. The
five-some comes together again in Dallas on Nov. 14 at a memorial concert
for Jay Hamilton, a keyboardist who played with Pendleton in the
eighties hair band, The Cause.
Leaving Texas for California in 1969, Keith dove into the Sunset Strip
rock scene on legendary stages such as the Whiskey-a-Go-Go. He was playing
in Hollywood when Eric Burdon of The Animals signed him to the indie label,
Far Out Productions. During the 17 years before Keith returned to Texas,
he would handle lead vocals for a succession of rock 'n' roll hit-makers.
"Oh, I knew I was in the bigtime," he said. "I knew when I was 14 this
was what I was going to do. It's just like any other job — I loved playing,
and knew I was going to play any way I could. ... Most people don't fail,
they quit. You've got to be willing to say, yes. Some of the best musicians
I know ... are still in bars. When you write a song and you make it really
good, and it's tearing your heart out, it takes guts to get up there and play it."
Still, Keith was wary about getting back into live music.
"I didn't want people at the local Holiday Inn seeing me trying to squeeze
into my black leathers," he said. "It's better that people say, 'I wonder
what Bubba's doing?' rather than, 'Oh, he shouldn't be doing that.' To me,
great rock bands — there's something about them, this connection that you
get with people. Sometimes we're playing together, all five of us, and I
just feel my feet coming off the floor."
That's language Fox, 54, unders - Longview News Journal By Glenn Evans


"Bubba Keith joins the Alan Fox Band"

Bubba Keith, former lead vocalist for "Point Blank" and the "James Gang", is teaming up with the Alan Fox Band!
It’s great to listen to the classic sounds of our favorite bands from days gone by such as "Point Blank" and the "James Gang". Just imagine having them come
back altogether in one outstanding performance! Singer songwriter Bubba Keith, the
former member, lead vocalist and main songwriter for the ‘James Gang’ and ‘Point Blank’, Mr. Keith, is teaming up with the ‘Alan Fox Band’ to perform in concert some of his hit singles such as, "Nicole", "Let Me Stay with You Tonight", "Walk Across the Fire", and "Let Her Go" Bubba retired from the music scene in 1985 to kick back
and enjoy life. He is now joining forces with the Alan Fox Band for "Come Back Tour" - Longview News Journal


"Thunder Roads Magazine Texas"

"These guys are really great!
They know what they are doing
and they do it well.
I have my copy of "JuJu Ear Rub"
in my car stereo so I can listen
to them every chance I get!"
Shelly Horan editor of Thunder Roads Magazine Houston, TX
- Shelly Horan - Houston, TX.


"The Best I've Heard In 20 yrs."

Tom Michaels station manager for 98 rocks FM Shreveport LA. says, "The Alan Fox Band Is the best that I've heard come out of the Ark-La-Tex in 20 years. They are a breath of Fresh Air!"

98 Rocks FM -- April 2008 - 98 Rocks FM


"Grooveyard Records"

Joe at the Grooveyard
"JuJu Ear Rub" Alan Fox Band

"Thanks for sending us your disc.
I checked it out - Good job on the music and playing.
The "title" track "JuJu Momma" hit me the hardest.
We at Grooveyard dig the heavier
direction the vibe of that track.
Your heavier stuff like really rocks!
Keep the rock alive."
Joe. March 10th 2009
- Joe A&R


"Alan Fox Band Blasts After 5 Concert 7/01/09"

Kilgore News Herald
"Friday After 5 Concert"
features the Alan Fox Band
in Kilgore, Texas
By Brenda Brown
knhedit@kilgorenewsherald.com

July's "Friday After 5" concert will feature ways
to beat the summer heat while enjoying some fine
music. Fallon Burns, Main Street program manager,
said her board or directors opted to rent a "huge,
two-person water slide," along with some small pools
to keep kids of all ages cool on Friday night
at the World's Richest Acre Park.
"Kids three and younger won't be able to use
the water slide, so we decided to get some baby
pools for them," Burns said. Clowns will also be
on hand to entertain the crowd and create balloon
art for concertgoers.
The Alan Fox Band, known for its blues, classic
and original rock performances, kicks off at
6:30 p.m. on the Winter Elder Stage. The show is free,
as are all of the activities.

"They're a fabulous band," Burns said. "They played
at AlleyFest and they were awesome. We were really
lucky to get them. They play music everyone knows
and loves, so you can bring anybody out and they
can appreciate it."

The Alan Fox Band was picked as a 2005 first-year
national finalist at the Sonny Boy Blues Challenge,
earning the right to perform at the
King Biscuit Blues Festival.
"We wanted the Fourth of July to be special and we
wanted this to be a family affair, so come
downtown on Friday night and enjoy," said Burns.
Fallon Burns - Kilgore Mainstreet Coordinator 7/01/09
- Kilgore News Herald By Brenda Brown


"Alan Fox Band Rocks Alley Fest!"

AlleyFest Coordinator Elaine Reynolds estimated
16,000 to 18,000 visitors filled downtown Longview
for the event. They came to hear hometown musical
heroes like The Alan Fox Band and Ricky Lynn Gregg
and Friends, the latter opening for '70s
rockers Foghat on Saturday
Elaine Reynolds 6/07/09 Longview-News Journal - Longview-News Journal 6/07/09


"Louisiana State Fair"

Norman E. Land, President/Owner
of Kingsland Entertainment.
"It was a pleasure to have
the Alan Fox Band perform and a
pleasure to work with them, at
the Louisiana State Fair.
I'd be in Hog Heaven,
if I just had the time to sit
and listen to the Alan Fox Band.
They are absolutely wonderful!
I hope I find a slot for them
to work with us in the future."
November 6th 2008 - Norman Land


"Strokers Ice House"

The choppers were all chromed out, the girls were all dressed up, and the crowd was large! It was a beautiful day at Strokers Ice House on 9304 Harry Hines Blvd. in Dallas As the Alan Fox Band took the stage and quickly started to bring the attention of the 1500 people to the stage. The East Texas band played a selection of music that tastefully showed the on looking
audience just how classic rock and blues is supposed to sound. "It’s hard to be calm when the band
sounds picture perfect", said one new fan of the Alan Fox band. I just have to say, "that just about sums it up!" The Alan Fox Band,
from the east edge of Texas, in Longview. Don’t miss
them when they come back in town. Sunday April 13th 2008
"Pegasus News in Dallas"
- Pegasus News


"Alan Fox Band Lives On!"

Posted: Friday, May 7, 2010 12:03am, Fri May 7, 2010

By Glenn Evans

Twin guitar leads tell audiences this ain’t no disco
when The Alan Fox Band is on stage.
In fact, the only thing remotely BeeGees about the
four-man power combo from Longview is that it’s staying
alive. Founder Fox formed the band a decade ago,
but four years ago he began to assemble today’s group
from musicians with lifetimes of stage experience.

"People are seeing that there is a need for the arena
rock genre, Fox, 53, said recently. Arena/Rock is good-time rock."
Arena rock, for those who don't remember when yield
signs were yellow, blasted metal guitar and heavy
percussion across football stadiums in the
seventies where it washed through young Baby Boomers
rebelliously long hair. It stood for wild youth and
against the controlled, front-end commercial beat of
the disco era. Bands such as Foghat, Thin Lizzy and Boston helped
set the tone for arena rock, and their sounds were in
force when Fox rode a voice scholarship
to Stephen F. Austin State University.

Selling his soul to rock 'n' roll, he left college
to write and play music, opening for Stevie Ray Vaughan at
the famed Crossroads in Nacogdoches. Fox moved to
Shreveport where he helped found a group that became
a college fan favorite in Texas and well beyond, the Killer Beez.

He met Donnie Pendleton heady years later, finding a
fellow lover of power guitar commanding the
stage with an emerging regional headliner, U.S. Lords.
A guitar player from childhood, Pendleton previously
had made noise with a big-haired, eighties, glam outfit, The Cauze.

"We said we always wanted to be in a band that was
using twin leads," Fox recalled.
Pendleton joined the Fox project in 2006.

Lifelong Country and Western drummer Morris "Moe"
Eldridge of Marshall signed on a year later, and
today's band finally gelled when bassist Greg Cagle of
Palestine jumped on board last fall.

The Alan Fox Band stays busy. The group opened for
Foghat at AlleyFest last year before launching a tour
of festivals. The front man estimates the band is
on pace to play 200-225 gigs this year.

That included Sunday night open jams at Mom's Biker Bar
until about a month ago when Eldridge says finances
forced him and co-owner Cherry Lynn Power, whom
he'll wed next month, to kill the engine. The Sunday
night sessions, in which fellow rockers are welcome
to sit in, swiftly moved to Fast Freddy's on West Marshall Avenue.
That's where the foursome could be found this past
Sunday, in jeans and black T-shirts contrasted only
by the fluorescent orange laces on Fox's sneakers.

It weren't no disco.
Cover songs, including East Texas native T-Bone
Walker's, "Stormy Monday," filled the wood-paneled room,
complemented by originals from the outfit's 2008 release,
"JuJu Ear Rub," and a CD in the works, "Now Ear This."
The originals, in particular, highlighted the twin
lead sound Fox and Pendleton heard in their minds'
ears when they met. They included an instrumental
conversation between the two players, trading
musical sentences in an upbeat key in the
tradition of the Almond Brothers', "Jessica."

Songs with lyrics showcased either Fox's powerful,
sometimes gravely rasp, or Pendleton's slightly
sweeter vocal style.
The band relented the stage briefly to a couple of
younger players, drummer Eldridge staying to back up
the kids. He was waiting behind
the skins when The Alan Fox Band returned.
They did not play anything from, "Saturday Night Fever."

"We play songs that everybody out there is not
playing," Eldridge said.

"I love it. I have to play music — that's my drug of choice." - Longview New Journal By Glenn Evans


"zZounds Has Written About Us!"

The Alan Fox Band, originally formed in 2000 by frontman Alan Fox, has built up their reputation and their repertoire to become one of the most noteworthy blues/arena rock bands in East Texas. On the strength of a highly active tour schedule and their most recent album, 2008's full length JuJu Ear Rub, TAFB have been steadily building their profile. The dual guitar onslaught provided by Alan Fox and Donnie Pendleton drives their distinctive Texas blues sound, while drummer Moe Eldridge and bassist Greg Cagle sit in the pocket, propelling the tunes along. The band's reverence for their heroes - Thin Lizzy, the Allman Brothers, and Ted Nugent - is obvious from their skill at incorporating those classic sounds into their own unique sound. The Alan Fox Band are a dedicated, talented group of musicians playing out as often as they can, building their fan base one show at a time.
Written by Jon Ozaksut of zZounds.com Feb. 17, 2010
- Written by Jon Ozaksut of zZounds.com Feb. 17, 2010


"zZounds Has Written About Us!"

The Alan Fox Band, originally formed in 2000 by frontman Alan Fox, has built up their reputation and their repertoire to become one of the most noteworthy blues/arena rock bands in East Texas. On the strength of a highly active tour schedule and their most recent album, 2008's full length JuJu Ear Rub, TAFB have been steadily building their profile. The dual guitar onslaught provided by Alan Fox and Donnie Pendleton drives their distinctive Texas blues sound, while drummer Moe Eldridge and bassist Greg Cagle sit in the pocket, propelling the tunes along. The band's reverence for their heroes - Thin Lizzy, the Allman Brothers, and Ted Nugent - is obvious from their skill at incorporating those classic sounds into their own unique sound. The Alan Fox Band are a dedicated, talented group of musicians playing out as often as they can, building their fan base one show at a time.
Written by Jon Ozaksut of zZounds.com Feb. 17, 2010
- Written by Jon Ozaksut of zZounds.com Feb. 17, 2010


Discography

"JuJu Ear Rub" - 2008 (The Alan Fox Band)
"Never Learn" - 2013 (Aaron Ave. Records)

Photos

Bio

ALAN FOX BAND ~ "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013"

** 23rd Annual LA Music Awards 2013 **
The Alan Fox Band takes home two music awards!

AFB - "Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013 LA Music Awards"
Donnie Pendleton - "Guitarist of the Year 2013 LA Music Awards"

Aaron Ave Records is excited to have the Alan Fox Band
join their team to release their new mini-CD,"Never Learn".

The four song mini-CD has been released for online
distribution from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotify,
Rhapsody, eMusic, and other internet music sites with a full
album expected in 2014.

The Alan Fox Band, Fort Worth's own
"Rock Band of the Year"
(23rd Annual LA Music Awards 2013),
With consistent airplay, here and abroad,
DJ's and Audiences everywhere are listening to
AFB's album, "JuJu Ear Rub" along with
their latest release, "Never Learn", (produced by
Aaron Ave. Records), and recorded at the
Cove Studio, Arlington, TX.

** Never Learn **
1. "Do Me"
2. "She Makes Me Hot"
3. "I Got I Want
4. "Never Learn"

AFB, has been on the Festival Circuit
for the last few years with bands
like, Lannie Flowers, Point Blank,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kayla Reeves
(of Trans-Siberian Orchestra),
Wes Jeans, Ana Popovic, and Foghat.

The members of AFB include,
Donny Hart ---- frontman/vocalist
Alan Fox ------------- vocals/guitar
Donnie Pendleton -- vocals/guitar
"Guitarist of the Year 2013"
23rd Annual LA Music Awards
"ETX Guitarist of the year 2012"
Greg Cagle ------------- vocals/bass
"ETX Bass Player of the Year 2013"
Terry Salyer ------- vocals/drums
If you have the chance, don't
miss this high energy band!

Here's a very nice comment from Los Angeles Music Awards founder Al Bowman about the Alan Fox Band...Thank you Al!
Al Bowman commented on a link. November 29th 2013
This band was one of the best to ever grace our red carpet event. In 23 years, we have never seen a response like they got from both fans and our industry voting panel.
***********************
"The performance by the Alan Fox Band at the Whiskey was one of the best I have seen in 23 years. Flawless is an understatement!", Al Bowman Founder / Executive Producer
LA Music Awards / Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards / Phoenix Music Awards

"As the owner of Aaron Ave. Records,
I am proud to be working with the Alan Fox Band.
We are all Looking forward to a great future with the
"Hard Rock Band of the Year 2013".
Alan Petsche, Aaron Ave Records. -July 2013-

"These Guys Really Know Their Stuff, and
What a Pleasure to Work With, AFB ROCKS!"
Alan Davis - Engineer at
"The Cove Studio"

***********************************************
For Bookings Please Call:
Alan Fox -- info@alanfoxband.com -- 903.754.3025

AFB is an proudly endorsed by Steve Clayton Picks,
Curt Mangan Strings, and sponsored by Aaron Ave. Records.