Hometown: Montgomery, AL...but raised in Bossier City. Birthday: October 28th, 1971Sign: Scorpio Marital Status: Married to Gary Thomas, five years in February Kids: One baby girl, Emma, Pets: Sasha Anne, my baby kitty Favorite Artist: Toad the Wet Sprocket! Of course, they broke up, so their lead singer Glen Phillips would be my favorite. Also like Matchbox 20 (Twenty), John Mayer and other similar bands Favorite All-Time CD: "Coil" by Toad the Wet Sprocket Favorite Song Lyric: "Take your cautionary tales, take your incremental gain, and all the synchophantic games, throw em all away" (From "Throw It All Away" by Toad)
Jade Green
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 17
First...congrats to Double Eleven, last week's Homegrown Picks winner! Kind of a low voting week, but they are the definitive winner. You can hear Hard Rain on 99x this week. For our next round, it's a South/Central Texas Showdown...since I do have a lot of favorite bands from the Lonestar State...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 16
Congrats to last week's winner...punk rockers The Rusty Shacklefords! You can hear "Mommy Gotta Tramp Stamp" on 99x this week! Now it's time to give a few of our previous contenders another shot at "fame"...so here we go!
Shayliff - Someone So Good
Double Eleven - Hard Rain
Souls on Monday - Open Your Eyes
Homegrown Picks of the Week (Week #16)
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 15
Wow! This week's poll numbers beat last week's! Nice job, rockaholics!! Still not THE record...but now number two. Our winner came out more than 1,000 votes ahead of the next-highest...congrats to Saints Order! You can catch "The Fallen" on 99x this week...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round 14
Great job on the voting last week! More than 2,100 this time...and congrats to our winner Noyola! You can hear the tune "Shaped to Break" this week on 99x. Congrats, too, to Truffula Tree for coming in a very close second on this contest...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Lucky 13
Pretty close contest last week...I was told I made it too difficult for voters. But we do have a winner...congrats to Flood the Masses! You can hear "Our Last Hour" this week on 99x! Now we go back to some previous contenders who didn't quite get the votes to hit the mainstream airwaves...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Twelve
Well, the votes were down a bit this past week...but we do have a definite winner...Congrats to Tap Dead Sinner! Be listening for Everyday Tragedy on 99x THIS week! And before I give our previous contenders another shot at getting some airplay, how about one more round -- on the HEAVY side this time...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Eleven
Congrats to our locals, Irene & the Sleepers...last week's Picks winners!! Listen for "Young Girls" on 99x this week! Thanks to the runners-up -- Jessica Seven and Ducado Vega -- for sending their folks to the website to vote. This week, it's two Louisiana bands versus one from East Texas. ...
Candlebox and Lions May Cry…Can NOT Miss This Show!
SO stoked about tomorrow night's Candlebox/Lions May Cry show at the Riverside Warehouse! I almost lost it when I found out Candlebox was actually playing there...and on my Homegrown Live night, too! It makes me want to share my stories about meeting lead vocalist Kevin Martin (twice...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Ten
Congrats to Nottaway, last week's Picks winner by an overwhelming margin! Listen for "Where Do I Belong?" this week on 99x!! Now for another Ark-La-Tex Show-down! You've heard all three of these bands on the Homegrown show at some point...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Nine
Congrats to Digital Summer, our "Picks" winner from last week! Listen for "Just Run" on 99x this week! And congrats, too, to This Day Forth and Fallen Within for making such a strong showing with the votes! You guys ROCK! This week features an all-Louisiana lineup (even though, technically, Aevory singer Josh Lyon has relocated to Nashville...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Eight
Congrats to Jonny Pecker, last week's winner! You can hear "Drive-By Mustache" this week on 99x! Now, it's time for the Ark-La-Tex showdown!! I've picked favorites from Louisiana (OK, TECHNICALLY they're based in Arizona...but my buddy Jon "Bubba" Stephenson just joined the band...
Homegrown Picks of the Week – Round Seven
The votes weren't quite as high last week as the week before (by a long shot!!), but one band swept up the majority of the votes. Congrats to locals Our Precious Demise (I think it might have been that amazing lady Cat on vocals that helped make that happen)...