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Musicians & Bands
Buttercup	Fabulous San Antonio Band!
Doc Grauzer	Our good friend and harper from Austin. Great musician and story-teller. One of the good guys! Catch him at his regular gig at Mother's Cafe.
The Lavens	Fun family band and great folks! Catch them at The Cove every friday night.
Marc Gunn	Marc is one of the good guys! An encyclopaedic song list and a great resource for promotion of the Celtic culture, in addition to Hobbit lore and the eagerly anticipated "Firefly Drinking Songs". Check out his podcasts whenever you can.
Gravel Walk	Kickin' Celtic band from Corpus Christi. Always a great time when we get together.
Jim & Maggie Fox	Our long-time friends, fellow performers, and fellow members of Claymhor (in a past life). Jim & Maggie are still performing as a duo, and are oft-times joined by our friends Linda Clapp or Fred Masinter.
Irish Flats	What a crew! Good guys to have along for the voyage! Check out the blog for a couple of pics with us at the Texas Renaissance Festival.
Maria Larson	Singer/songwriter and session stalwart. Ron joined Maria on her CD "Open the Door Softly". Maria is a regular with the Thursday Night Session at the Olmos Bharmacy.
Red McWilliams	Our old friend, now living in the great northwest, near Tacoma, Washington, in Puyallup. (Isn't that a great name for a town? "Pu' y'all up!" is how we'd say it in Texas.)
San Antonio Pipes & Drums	Pipe Major Harrell Sutherland and his stalwart crew. Gotta love the sound of the pipes and drums. Makes you want to paint your face blue and go cleave an enemy or two . . . or just sit back and drink some really good single malt Scotch!
Music Venues
	Home of the Thursday Night Session, hosted by Rod every Thursday from 8-midnight. Publican Carlos Padilla has built the Bhar into a top-tier music venue, 7 nights a week! Olmos Bharmacy 3902 McCullough San Antonio, Texas
Sean Patrick's	Irish pub/Texas grub in San Marcos, Texas. We've played there lots of times. If you visit there, tell 'em it's time they had us back!
Favorite Stuff
Embroidery Creations	Marian Eure is quite the artist, as attested to by my new CelticTexas.com polo (a custom design commissioned by my wife Alice!). Cut out the middle-man and go right to the source for embroidery and other fabric enhancing processes such as appliqué, heat applied transfers and screen printing.
Taylor Knives	Nathan Taylor, a knife-makin', kilt-wearin' Scot from the Highlands of the Texas Hill Country. I just got a beauty of a sgian dubh from him - damascus steel blade with tortoise shell grips.
Frenzy Art	Our buddy Ladi Loera's great DOD art themes! No, not "Department of Defense", that's Day of the Dead. We met Ladi at the Texas Folklife Festival and are really taken with his stuff. You can expect to see us wearing his T-Shirts, and don't be surprised if his art turns up on an album cover.
Guitar Tex	Luthier Mark Waldrop's place! A great guy and the one to see for your guitar and stringed instrument needs. Mark keeps Rod's guitars up and running. Rod has a cool new Weber mandolin from him, too! Catch Mark in performance with his group Mark's Brothers whenever you can.
H.B.E. Specialty LeatherWorks	Eric Larsen's fabulous custom leather goods. He's made some really amazing items for me, including holsters and this shark guitar strap, shown here with the Taylor T5. Check it out at one of our gigs!
LaPage Fine String Instruments	Our friend Richard LaPage, maker of fabulous fiddles from Flat River, Prince Edward Island. He's made fiddles for the likes of Natalie McMasters, J.P. Cormier, and many top performers.
Utilikilts	Freedom from pants! Check out Ron's workman's model in the picture above.
Taylor Guitars	Rod loves Taylors! He's got a 714ce, a 510, a 512, a Baby, and a T5. Check out the blog for more.
National Guitars	Can you say, Reso-phonic? See the blog for a picture of Rod's Duolian.
Fife and Thistle fifeandthistle@flash.net	Master kiltmaker Cathy McWilliams. (Yes, she's Red's wife.) Kilts, repairs, alterations. Puyallup, Washington.
Tucker Gunleather	Great products made by William T. Tucker -- a true native Texan, veteran, former law enforcement officer, former hunting outfitter and now a full time craftsman. Many call him an artist.
Organizations
Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas	Celebrating San Antonio's Irish heritage since 1966.
KSYM 90.1 FM	San Antonio's only alternative! Especially catch the Third Coast Music Network program every day at 3:00 PM. Jim Beal hosts on Thursdays. Go to their website to listen online.
The Irish Echo	The USA's most widely read Irish American Newspaper
San Antonio Irish Cultural Activities	Learn Irish dancing! Speak Gaelic! Drink Guiness!
Venues, Pubs, Restaurants, Places . . .
Il Sogno Osteria	Chef Andrew Weissman's great new Italian restaurant. We really miss Le Reve, but love Il Sogno. You've gotta try the Pizza Atomica!