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Susan Criner Owner Professional Associations National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences International Associations of Corporate Entertainment Producers International Society of Event Specialists Women's Business Enterprise Alliance Texas Society of Entertainment Professionals Musicians Benevolent Society Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau Civic Involvement Trustee Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Director FotoFest Gulf Coast Entertainment 2017 W. Gray, Suite 6 Houston, TX 77019 713.523.7004 713.528.0783 fax   Published Articles How to Hire National Entertainment, Bands, & Celebrities How to Avoid Stress in Booking Wedding Bands in Houston & Austin How to Hire A Houston or Austin Wedding Band or Special Event  Houston Wedding Band or Reception Venue-Which to Choose First?

SHOW BANDS
14 Karat Gold
Airwave 80's
Big Bang Beat
Big Swing & the Ballroom Blasters
Black & Blue
Custom Made
Durell Coleman Band
Dysfunkshun Junkshun
ELS
Eturnity Band
Haute Chile
Hotwax
Jerry Barnett
Orchestra
Johnny Dee & the
Rocket 88's
LC Rocks
Le Freak
Liquid Pleasure
Malemen
Max Class and the Class Act
Nik and the Nice
Guys
NRG
Party on the Moon
Pat Patrick Band
Pink Flamingos
Professor D
Rotel & the Hot
Tomatoes
Sha'on and
Success
Splash
Starlight Orchestras
The Fab 5
The Maxx
The Spazmatics
The Tip Tops
Tyrone Smith Revue (Super T)
Vince Vance & the Valiants
Voltage Brothers
 
VARIETY BANDS
5th Avenue
Allen Oldies Band
Alterego
Atlantics
Austin Hot Trax
Blind Date
Blue Monks
Bob Henschen Group
Commercial Art
David Caceres Band
Deacon John
Doppelganger
Duck Soup
Easy Money
Eclipse
Fried Ice Cream
Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters
Grateful Geezers
Hotcakes
Infinite Groove
Kelly Dean Band
Kelly McGuire
Kit Reid Band
Klockwork
Kristopher
Larry "T-Byrd"Gordon
Mambo Jazz Kings
Memphis Train Revue
Mid-Life Crisis

Blue Mist
Brotherhood
Collaboration
Midstream
Bourbon Street
Newsboyz
Nightfire
Nitebeat
Nobody's Fool
Original Recipe Band
Party Favors
Party Posse
Password
People's Choice Band
Quiet Storm
Rembrandt
Reunion
Rick Marcel and the Radiance Band
Sauce
Skyrocket
Sophisticates
Sound Advice
Spiffingtons
Sprung
Sultans of Swing
Texas Tycoons
The Argyles
The Big Time
The Chromatics
The Crush
The El Orbits
The Fantastics
The Grooves
The Heat
The Klocks
The Pictures
The Wonders
The Works
Think Big and the Bulletproof Band
Third Language
Toast and Jam
Yelba and Max Cat
Yvonne Washington and the Mix
 
NATIONALLY
TOURING ARTISTS
Al Green
Al Jarreau
Archie Bell
Asleep at the Wheel
B.B. King
Beach Boys
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Oyster Cult
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Bonnie Raitt
Buddy Guy
Burning Spear
Chuck Berry
Clint Black
Commodores
Delbert McClinton
Doobie Brothers
Dr. John
Emmylou Harris
Etta James
Flatlanders
Gary P. Nunn
Glen Campbell
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Holmes Brothers
Huey Lewis

Jack Ingram
Spiffingtons
Stringbenders
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Seinfeld
Joe Ely
John Lee Hooker
KC & the Sunshine Band
Koko Taylor
Lionel Richie
Little Richard
Los Lobos
Los Lonely Boys
Marcia Ball
Martina McBride
Neville Brothers
Pat Green
Reckless Kelly
Robert Earl Keen
Shemekia Copeland Spinners
Steve Tyrell
Susan Tedeschi
Taj Mahal
Temptations
Village People

CLASSIC ROCK
AND TOP 40
Beetle
Newsboyz
Picture Book
Professor D
Rick Marcel & the Radiance Band
Sauce
Sprung
The Argyles
The Handsomes
The Heat
 
LATIN AND
TROPICAL BANDS
Cafe Khytaro
D.R.U.M.
Dancin' on the Mediterranean
Grupo Batacha
Grupo Ka-Che
Grupo Viento
Irie Time
Jando
Latin Carnaval
Mango Punch
Mariachi Los Gallitos
Mark Towns
Mary's Band
Moodafaruka
Norma Zenteno
Severo Lara Trio
Siakara
Steel Vibrations
Sur
Trio Romantico
Tropic Envoy
TropiCrew
Waazobia
Yelba and Latin Fire

RHYTHM AND BLUES
14 Karat Gold

Allstars
Bayou Funk Experiment
Big Otis
Collector's Item
Commercial Art 
Ezra Charles
Fidelity Maxx
Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters
Hotwax
Jimmy Dotson
Klockwork
Level One Band
Luther and the Healers
Mambo Jazz Kings
Memphis Soul Live
Memphis Train Revue
Next Level Band
Texas Johnny Brown
Yvonne Washington and the Mix

ZYDECO AND CAJUN
Bayou Roux
Bourbon Street
C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Lady D and the Zydeco Tornadoes
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws
Terrance Simien
Wilfred Chevis and the Texas Zydeco Band
Zydeco Dots

BIG BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS
Alex Donner
Bob Hardwick
Ed Gerlach Orchestra
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Jerry Barnett Orchestra
Jimmy Maxwell Orchestra
Kit Reid Orchestra
Michael Carney Orchestra
Nash Hernandez Orchestra
Ned Battista Orchestra
Peter Duchin Orchestra
Richard Brown's Swing Orchestra
Ricky Diaz
Ronnie Renfrow Big Band
Sentimental Journey Orchestra
Ward Marston
 
CHAMBER MUSIC
Dave Zeger Strings
Edward Grigassy
Encore Strings
Laura Witt
Marc Garvin
Mark Moore
Paragon Brass Ensemble
Susan McDonald
Terese Weber
Third Floor Strings

COUNTRY AND WESTERN
Brian Black
Driftwood Band
Drywater band
Grady Lee
Little Bobby Douglass
Lonestar Bluegrass Band
Miss Leslie and her Juke Jointers
Nobody's Fool
People's Choice Band
Southern Light

Texas Playboys II
Texas Tycoons
Texas Unlimited Band
TNT Country
Trucker's Choice
Wild River Band

JAZZ AND SWING
Bob Henschen
Bryan Anthony and the Gary Norian Trio
Charlie Prause
Clouseaux
David Caceres
Fahrenheit
Greg Giacona Trio
Harry Sheppard
Jaime Casco
Jazz Revisited
Jerry Burgess
Joe Carmouche
Joe LoCascio
Kermit Ruffins
Kristine Mills
Leo Polk
Lucky Strikes
Marvin Gaspard Trio
Matt Lemmler Group
Mood Indigo
Mr. Fabulous
Pizazz Dixieland Jazz
Quiet Storm
Rumble Seat Four
Sebastian Whittaker
Sharon Montgomery
Swingfield Playboys
Ted Wenglinski Group
The Blue Monks
The El Orbits
The Gypsies
The Texas Gypsies
Tianna Hall
Trombone Shorty
Watercolours
Yvonne Washington

PIANISTS
Bill Bartlett
Bob Heschen
Gary Norian
Greg Giacona
Joe LoCascio
Louie Carrington
Marvin Gaspard
Matt Lemmler
Phillip Hall
Rob Landes
Ronnie David
Ted Wenglinski
Theresa Behenna

HOLIDAY
A Chosen Few
Dickens Quartet
Harbor Light Choir
Holiday Brass
The Choraleers
Victorian Voice
Viva Voce

IRISH/CELTIC
Poor Man's Fortune
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