members of The Lindy Project will perform at Sunday Swing on April 25

“There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.” ~Vicki Baum

On Sunday, Apr 25, members of The Lindy Project will perform at about 7:50 pm.

The Jitterbug Vipers will play that evening, too, so everyone will get a chance to cut a rug!

Sunday Swing, every Sunday, weather permitting, 7:30-9:30pm (or 7-9 during non-daylight savings time) on the patio at Hyde Park Bar & Grill @ Westgate.   Come on out . . .

Spike's photo of the stuffed mushrooms, mere moments before she ate them.

When Spike Gillespie speaks, people listen.

For one thing, she officiates at weddings (and will conduct the wedding of former Hyde Parker Marshall Jones before too long at Zach Scott Theatre, but that’s another story).

But well before she was a wedding officiator, she was a writer.  (We suspect she was born a writer.)   She authors books, magazine articles and . . . restaurant reviews for prestigious magazines such as Jet Blue’s inflight publication.

Read the cool stuff she said about us by clicking HERE.

Spike Gillespie, writer. knitter. dog lover. quilt lover. yogurt nut. austin wedding officiant, and more.

JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, plays Bass Concert Hall, Aug 18 – Sept 5.

Two ways Hyde Park Bar and Grill wants to help you see JERSEY BOYS:

Enter to win tickets to The Jersey Boys at either Hyde Park Bar & Grill location! Click the picture to watch the trailer.

1. In-store drawing. Drop your name into the jar at either location for a chance to Win Free Tickets – enter by August 15th.  Enter at either HPB&G location August 2nd to August 15th for ticket drawing.

2. SPECIAL SUPPER CLUB DISCOUNT AVAILABLE! Purchase tickets through the Austin Supper Club for the first 2 weeks of JERSEY BOYS and RECEIVE 25% OFF THE SINGLE TICKET PRICE IN ALL SECTIONS!

Go here and enter DINEAUSTIN to buy tickets and your Supper Club dinner (includes tax & gratuity so it’s easy in, easy out on the night of the show!)

About JERSEY BOYS:

The show is a Tony award-winning Best Musical of 2006 which is almost sold out! JERSEY BOYS is something you don’t want to miss! Watch the trailer by clicking here.

Central: 458-3168 -4206 Duval — in historic Hyde Park neighborhood, just north of UT & downtown

South: 899-2700 – 4521 Westgate — in Central Market south shopping center

Okay Hyde Parkers, it’s time for another new face and sound!  Accompanying Jimi Lee on Tuesday is Whitey Conwell.   Jimi’s just one of those guys with a sixth sense for who’s good and who you oughta know.

Whitey Conwell plays a lot of instruments. But not all at once.

Richard Meltzer of the San Diego Reader says Whitey’s “…an ace of a blues/rock/rockabilly guitarist, Whitey sings/speaks/croaks with a voice from the timeless land of cigareets (sic) and whiskey, and at least the memory of wild, wild wimmen (sic)…”.  Life – The daily Dose informs his every move, gives even his rigor a flexibilty, a subtle nuance, a shading.”

Sounds good to us.  Just one question:  Did his mamma name him “Whitey?”  You’ll have to come to the show to find out!

Bluesday Tuesday, Aug 25, w Whitey Conwell & Jimi Lee

7:30 – 9:30

Hyde Park Bar & Grill, south

4521 Westgate

In House of Hits, Andy Bradley and Roger Wood chronicle the fascinating history of Gold Star/SugarHill, telling a story that effectively covers the postwar popular music industry.  Artists from Lightin’ Hopkins to Beyonce recorded there.

We’ll have Andy Bradley and Roger Wood on hand at the party and it’s anybody’s guess as to who else, since they know every musician that ever set foot in Texas!!!

Come meet the authors, have a snack, buy a book to benefit SIMS Foundation, and hear a juicy story or two…

NEW!  Profits from books sales will benefit SIMS Foundation for Austin musicians!

House of Hits chronicles Houston's music powerhouse Sugarhill Studios

HOUSE OF HITS – Meet the Authors Party
Hyde Park Bar & Grill
4206 Duval (original, central location)
Austin, TX 78751
512-48-3168

Aug 18, 5-7pm

Complementary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar at happy hour prices

ABOUT HOUSE OF HITS

Founded in a working-class neighborhood in southeast Houston in 1941, Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios is a major independent studio that has produced a multitude of influential hit records in an astonishingly diverse range of genres. Its roster of recorded musicians includes Lightnin’ Hopkins, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Junior Parker, Clifton Chenier, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, Ray Benson, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child, and many, many more.

Bradley and Wood describe how Houston’s lack of zoning ordinances allowed founder Bill Quinn’s house studio to grow into a large studio complex, just as SugarHill’s willingness to transcend musical boundaries transformed it into of one of the most storied recording enterprises in America. The authors offer behind-the-scenes accounts of numerous hit recordings, spiced with anecdotes from studio insiders and musicians who recorded at SugarHill. Bradley and Wood also place significant emphasis on the role of technology in shaping the music and the evolution of the music business. They include in-depth biographies of regional stars and analysis of the various styles of music they represent, as well as a list of all of Gold Star/SugarHill’s recordings that made the Billboard charts and extensive selected historical discographies of the studio’s recordings.

If you’re a swing dancer, you know this band….or you should.  The Vipers are one of the all-time top swing bands in the state.  So if you enjoy a good beat, or you’re just lookin’ for a good time this is a great opportunity to try something “outside your box”!

The Vipers' Vibrant Logo

Sunday Swing is our weekly swing event, that’s attracting dancers and watchers alike.  If you go, you’ll want to see the Vipers.  “No bad notes” is their story and they’re sticking to it.

Sunday Swing w The Jitterbug Vipers

Hyde Park Bar  & Grill south – 4521 Westgate, 899-2700

7:30-9:30pm

No formal cover, please pay-what-you-can to the band.

Nice blog post about dining at our Duval location from the Eat! Craft! Live! blog.

With pictures . . . .

one of our frozen strawberry margaritas, artfully photographed by Laura Taylor

Awww.  Geez, you shouldn’t have.  Well, maybe you should have.

Austin360.com readers voted Hyde Park Bar & Grill a close second for Best Wait Staff in Austin.

Read all about it by clicking here.

The wait staff at both locations thanks you for your votes on Austin360!

“At Hyde Park Bar & Grill, fried chicken has turned the restaurant world’s slowest nights into an occasion.

On Mondays and Tuesdays, Tony Herring pays homage to the chicken that anchored his Tony’s Southern Comfort restaurant until it closed in 2007. And while Herring boils the oil at the West Gate Boulevard location, his brother Dwayne keeps an eye on Tony’s legacy at the Duval Street shop…”

Read the full article!

Phoebe Hunt is a woman in high demand.  That’s why we jumped at the chance to have her appear once more at Bluesday Tuesday — this April 13.  (Apologies to Ulrich Ellison fans for the late schedule change — look for him on May 4).

Phoebe Hunt brings her phiddle to Hyde Park Bar & Grill once again

Phoebe and host Jimi Lee and play their way into your hearts on Tuesday night.  Get there early to get a good seat!

Bluesday Tuesday w Phoebe Hunt & Jimi Lee

4521 Westgate

April 13, 7-9pm

No formal cover, pay-what-you-can to the band