PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN, Aug. 3, 2007 [LINK]

Texas Sapphires to play at Zippers

The Texas Sapphires, an alternate country/hillbilly/bluegrass combo, will be in performance at Zippers, 326 S. Union Ave., from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Aug. 16.

Brent Malkus, guitar, Dobro and piano, and Rebecca Lucille Cannon, vocalist, are at the heart of the group, and others include Bobby Daniel on bass guitar and Bob Pearce on banjo, mandolin, Dobro and steel guitar.

So-called "honorary Sapphires" include Lloyd Maines, Dobro, pedal steel; Kim Deschamps, pedal and lap steel, Dobro, banjo; Nathan Fleming, pedal steel, Dobro; Scotty Mathews, drums; and Justin Kolb, bass.

The group is promoting the release of its new CD, "Roadhouse Gems Live."

Noted a recent review in Dirty Linen magazine, "While the band’s overall accomplished playing is enough to draw the listener in, The Sapphires’ real beauty lies with Malkus’ lyrics, which possess a poetic prose atypical of roots-centric bluegrass, honky-tonk-country and singer-songwriter-folk."
- Marvin Read