<a href="http://www.texasmusicforge.com/MikeStand.html">The continuing saga of our hero, a professional sandwich maker by day and aspiring guitar demigod as he gigs around Austin, Texas by night. This program features a soundtrack of "butt rocking Texas roadhouse soul" music.http://www.TexasMusicForge.com/HGLA.htm2005 TexasMusicForge.comen-usTue, 5 December 2006 18:28:13 -0600Tue, 5 December 2006 18:26:55 -0600FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.1.0) unlicensed versionhttp://www.texasmusicforge.com/images/MikeStandPhotoComp.jpg 87125 Mike does the math and comes up with the zero sum. Includes the song "Zero Sum Rag."http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_15.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comTue, 5 December 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Another installment of Mike reading through his collection of musician want ads from the fringes. Includes the song "Waiting."http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_14.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comWed, 1 November 2006 18:03:37 -0600 A gig playing music for a theatrical troupe brings Mike a vivid dream, a song and an actress named Rose. Includes the song Come Hither.http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_13.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comTue, 3 October 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Part of being a musician is searching for a gig. Mike looks at some of his favorite real life ads from the musicians classifieds. Includes the song Get It Gone.http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_12.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comFri, 1 September 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Your drummer's got a friend who plays guitar who wants to sit in. Be afraid, be very afraid. Includes the song Got Love To Carry On.http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_11.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comTue, 1 August 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Mike meets the devil, complete with a dental drill, and has a mighty tough time passing on what looks like a hell of a deal. Includes the song Bedrock.http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_10.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comMon, 3 July 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Our hero has a hot gig with an Austin R&B band on the beach - he should be happy yet he seems to have left something behind. A nap, an anthology and a rhythm provide some clues. Includes the song She Walks In Beauty, words from a poem by Lord Byron. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_9.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comThu, 1 June 2006 18:03:37 -0600 A bit of flowing consciousness as Mike wrings out some smoky blues from his battered Strat and grouses about earning a living doing it. An emotional flow turns into a little venting about music production in the Brave New World before reaching the station with a song called Big Oil Blues.http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand_8.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comMon, 1 May 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Struggling for soul and solvency in the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital Of The World, Mike lets off a little steam until a chance encounter and a bandleader's count-in raise some hair on his forearms. Includes a full-length version of "Sixth Street Blues" - a paean to Austin's nightclub district.http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand7.mp3Texas Music ForgeMore music at www.TexasMusicForge.comSat, 1 Apr 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Mike has a chance encounter over a lunch counter at his restaurant day job, a few words of exchanged Arabic and a late night encounter with war on the home front. Includes a complete version of the song "She My Upright," which is fueled by some rollicking boogie woogie piano and a blistering Texas roadhouse rhythm section. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand6.mp3Texas Music ForgeMusic inspired by Meade Luxe Lewis and Albert AmmonsThu, 1 Mar 2006 18:03:37 -0600 Drummers - you can't live with them and you can't cut them up and sell them for spare parts. Our hero tries to fill in a sudden vacancy in the band for a gig and lucks into a drummer displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Features the song "New Orleans to Austin" and a soundtrack of some of Austin's best musicians. http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand2.mp3Texas Music ForgeMon, 6 Mar 2006 18:03:37 -0600 We meet our hero and ride along for a wedding gig at a country club. Afterwards, Mike stops to sit in with some friends at a blues joint on the East side. Features a harmonica-driven shuffle called "Harp Attack." http://www.texasmusicforge.com/stories/MikeStand1.mp3Texas Music ForgeMon, 6 Mar 2006 18:03:37 -0600