[Houston TX] Houston’s Central
Market doesn’t stand for any of that mamby-pampy yuppie world music that
Austin’s Central Market couldn’t get enough of. I went outside to eat my lunch
before shopping, for the fresh air, and was hit with a wall of cover-band-sound.
There was bass, there was a diva of a lead singer with a beautiful afro, and
they were loud! The Tommy Lee look-alike lead singer managed to add 3 times as
much guitar to every song they covered. I walked on the porch to a cover of
“Sweet Dreams” (which I’ve always been a sucker for) and stayed for Gloria’s “I
Will Survive,” a Rolling Stones song, Romantics’ “What I Like About You,”… It
was like karaoke with really talented friends. The lead singer, and the clear force
behind the band, was there despite a flu and was dead serious – he was working
his ass off to convince the audience and his band of their awesomeness. The
bass player was skeptical and I caught him rolling his eyes more than once. There
was also a drummer and the smallest keyboard player you ever saw. In another
welcome change from Austin’s Central Market, the audience was predominantly
black. Unfortunately, the only person dancing was an old white man with chops –
he nearly threw the diva off her game. (Photo courtesy of
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