THIS IS A PREPAID SHOW, REFUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
There are 18 tables, 8 bar seats and 8 church pew seats available for reservation. The remaining pew seats for this show are not reserved in advance. These seats are available on a first come/first served basis when doors open.
Ticket reservations at The Bluebird Cafe are an agreement to pay the non-refundable cover charge and applicable taxes/fees and to meet the $12.00 per seat food and/or drink minimum.
Note: When making reservations, choose the table you would like and then add the number of seats you need to your cart by using the + button. You are NOT reserving an entire table if you choose 1 (by choosing 1, you are reserving 1 seat). We reserve ALL seats at each table. If you are a smaller party at a larger table, you will be seated with guests outside your party.
Artists
Thom Shepherd
CMA of Texas Songwriter of the Year Thom Shepherd spends most of his time traveling across the country, telling stories and captivating audiences with his wife, artist Coley McCabe Shepherd. They have won Duo of the Year for the Trop Rock Music Association (TRMA) three years in a row, and currently reside in Sandpoint, Idaho. A veteran of Nashville’s Music Row, Thom is the writer of five #1 singles including “Redneck Yacht Club,” “Riding with Private Malone,” , and three Texas music number ones. In total Thom has written over 10 radio singles, two Grammy nominated songs, and has had over 100 songs recorded by other artists.
Thom, along with his Radio Margaritaville hit “Always Saturday Night,” are featured in the “The Parrot Heads Documentary” with Jimmy Buffett. His song “New York to Montana” has recently been turned into a novel.
He is the producer of the 5th annual The Lone Star Luau,. Thetwo-time TRMA Event of The Yearhappens Feb 3-6, 2022 at Margaritaville Lake Resort in Conroe, TX.
His music has taken him on 10 tours performing for our military in 18 different countries. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and spent his high school years in Stephens City, Virginia. He is a graduate of George Mason University, a two time cancer survivor, an avid snow skier, an accomplished artist in chalk pastels (be sure to visit thomshepherd.artstorefronts.com), a father of two, recipient of the TRMA “I Can” Humanitarian Award, and winner of TRMA “Best Radio Show” for “Live From The Redneck Yacht Club”
Ira Dean
You might remember Ira Dean as the "wild", "untamed", "crazy", "energetic" bass player of the country trio Trick Pony but since leaving the group in 2008, Ira has proven that strength doesn’t always come in numbers...
Back in 2000, Trick Pony exploded right out of the starting gate with their highly acclaimed and platinum selling self-titled CD. Huge hits co-written by Dean like “Pour Me,” and the Grammy nominated “Just What I Do,” established Ira Dean as not only the wildman with headlights in his chrome stand up bass, but as a brand new singer songwriting force and studio musician in country music. The trio won both the American Music Awards’ “Top New Artist” and the Country Music Association’s “Artist of the Year”. The second CD, On A Mission ,which Ira co-wrote 7 cuts including the hit single “On A Mission” brought five more Academy of Country Music nominations including “Album of the Year” and “Vocal Group of the Year”.
Now a few years and more than 40 cuts later, Ira is happy being “A Power Of 1” . Ira has had songs recorded by Joe Nichols, Chris Young, ex-pony Heidi Newfield, Jake Owen, Gary Allan, including his hit single “Feeling Like That”, and Montgomery Gentry, including their hit single “One In Every Crowd”, just to name a few.
“It’s crazy ain't it?”, Ira says, “ But then again my life has always been crazy. When I first came to town I was drowning. I had this gig for $30 bucks a night and was going to go back home. Then I met this red headed kid bout my age, he came up to me at the club I was playing at and said, 'Man you can stay at my place for a while'. That red headed kid was John Carter Cash. My first year in town and I was stayin' with Johnny Cash, June Carter, and John Carter”. Ira laughs... "God must love Crazy”.
After 2 years in the making, Ira has just finished recording his self titled CD produced by himself, along with Joe Scaife, Blake Chancey, and good friend Anthony Smith. Ira grins and says, “It's a mixture of alcohol and testosterone-driven songs; my buddy Bobby Pinson calls it “Testostahol”.
