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‘the beat’, a segment of ‘connection’ live mixed original (mostly) music on HoustonPBS
Citizen Doug connection the beat demo from Douglas Robertson on Vimeo. Check out more Houston Music
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Dennis Dotson Excerpt Citizen Doug Music Notes Demo
Dennis Dotson performing a solo in a David Craig composition for HoustonPBS’ “connection” segment “the beat”. Live mixed to tape by Citizen Doug. More Dennis Dotson with David Craig “Ringo Star”, “El Camino Del Sol”, and “Last Concert” Check out more Houston Music.
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Calvin Owens “The House is Burning” at KUHT 4-30-03
Calvin Owens, though not born in Houston, was a true Houston musician in that he defied description and pigeon holes. This is another of The Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra’s last television appearances. The band stretched the limits of the capacity of the KUHT studio infrastructure. ‘The House Is Burning’ was composed by Guy Schwartz,…
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Horseshoe at The Scott Daniels Musical Memorial 8-11-13 at the Last Concert Cafe a Gigapan by Douglas Robertson
Horseshoe at The Scott Daniels Musical Memorial 8-11-13 at the Last Concert Cafe a Gigapan by Douglas Robertson Click on the full screen button in the gigapan for the total experience Copyright 2013 Douglas Robertson for Citizen Doug Productions See this gigapan at the gigapan site. More gigapans by Citizen Doug. Here’s Scott Daniels playing…
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After Party with Tianna Hall ‘Fever’ 9-20-06
For almost four seasons, we did a little talk show called The After Party on HousotnPBS. This was another brainchild of the amazing Ernie Manouse and was capably directed by Matt Brawley. We were crammed into studio B. Music consisted of a tiny stage and a crappy electric piano. It was a great vehicle to…
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David Craig’s “Ringo Starr” at KUHT May 1, 2003
Here is another tune from the David Craig session on ‘the beat’, a segment of ‘the connection’ on HoustonPBS. More David Craig “Last Concert”, “Herbie Mann”, and “El Camino Del Sol” Two basses with Erin Fisher Wright. Check out more Houston Music. Check out more Houston Music
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Denice Franke “Milo” at KUHT
Denice Franke sings her song “Milo” at KUHT circa 2000. There are no slates on the “Music Notes” recordings from the “Weekday Edition” show. These segments were taped live in the old building on Cullen with a very weird mixer called an Orion. Mark Kennedy directed the Music Notes segments. More Denice Franke: “South Gulf…
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Calvin Owens “True Blue (Calvin’s Theme)” at KUHT 2000
Calvin Owens performs his original composition “True Blue (Calvin’s Theme)” at KUHT circa 2000 More Calvin Owens Orchestra “The House is Burning”, “Ladies Please Touch Me”, “Please Love Me“, “Title Unknown 2”, “Title Unknown 3”, and
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Gigapan Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby Sunset Downtown Skyline Houston TX 77002
Gigapan Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby Sunset Downtown Skyline Houston TX 77002 The Houston Parks and Recreation Department was created by city ordinance on March 15, 1916, with two facilities, Sam Houston Park and Hermann Park. Front and center is the Central Houston Public Library Copyright 2014 Douglas Robertson for Citizen Doug Productions See it…
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Denice Franke “Indifference” at KUHT
Denice Franke sings her song “Indifference” at KUHT circa 2000. There are no slates on the “Music Notes” recordings from the “Weekday Edition” show. These segments were taped live in the old building on Cullen with a very weird mixer called an Orion. Mark Kennedy directed the Music Notes segments. More Denice Franke: “South Gulf…
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Denice Franke “South Gulf Lowlands” at KUHT
Denice Franke sings her song “South Gulf Lowlands” at KUHT circa 2000 I met Denice through my experiences with “Anderson Fair Presents” and kept up the association because she bartended at the Cafe Express on West Gray, working with some of my oldest friends who ran that kitchen. There are no slates on the “Music…
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Grenade “Do It Again” at KUHT 3-26-03
Grenade covers Steely Dan’s “Do It Again” Usually I tried to influence the music segments on ‘the beat’ towards original compositions with a few notable exceptions. I figured if we were going to represent Houston Music, then the performances should be from the minds of the people on the video. Particularly with Jazz, where there…
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Rest in Peace Sherman Robertson “Everybody Love Somebody” at KUHT 2-11-03
Legendary guitarist Sherman Robertson passed on January 28th, 2021 Sherman Robertson’s obituary will mention that he recorded a song on Paul Simon’s Graceland, and no doubt his career was boosted by that happy circumstance. In down to earth Houston terms, he was a student of Conrad Johnson. More Sherman Robertson “Out Of Sight Out Of…
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Moses Guest “Saint Mo” at KUHT 1-21-03
Moses Guest performs their song “Saint Mo” at KUHT on 1-21-03. I recently noticed that the Moses Guest catalog is on Spotify, which is a great way to explore the efforts of this band which is filled with some of my favorite people in the Houston music scene: Graham Guest, Rick Thompson, James Edwards,…
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Calvin Owens “Don’t Walk Away” at KUHT 4-30-03
Calvin Owens Orchestra performs “Don’t Walk Away” 4-30-03 at KUHT on April 30, 2003. Nelson Mills III trumpet (2nd on left) passed from Covid-19 4-11-2021Calvin Owens passed 2-21-2008 More Calvin Owens “Ladies Please Touch Me”, “Please Love Me“,”True Blue (Calvin’s Theme)”, “Title Unknown 2”, “Title Unknown 3”, and “The House is Burning”. Check out more…
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“Run for a Reason” Aramco Services and Houston Food Bank Houston Half Marathon
I have a long family history with the Houston Marathon and have gotten to work with the Houston Food Bank several times. So it was with great interest and pride that I got to provide location audio services for Zen Film’s production of “Run for a Reason” and coverage of the Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
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Citizen Doug Records Yuri McCoy for the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition Introductions and Documentary
Douglas Robertson was hired by Sirius for PCK Media to record location sound (not editing) for Rice and Shepherd School of Music Student, Yuri McCoy’s introduction video in preparation for the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition . It is always a pleasure to work with videographer Julye Newlin Check out more Houston Music.
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Sound Patrol’s “Pull Me Over” on KUHT 10-01-02
Sound Patrol was an amazing supergroup that lasted about 3 months. Very nice, uber talented cats. This was during that whole Earthwire period. The very first taping on the then new ‘the connection’ (yes that’s the name) this segment was call ‘the beat’ which featured a band every Friday. Chris Boyd, who still directs video…