Press Reviews: "An 8 piece Houston group and one of the finest country and old time Rock n Roll bands in town..." MUSIC NEWS - APRIL 1989 ... An album I find myself turning to again and again. The seven guys' collective name, Dr. Fry's Texas Medicine Band, has a sense of humour to it and so do the ten original songs on 'River Bolt Of Lightning'. Throughout the humour though, there is much for the dancers as well as the listeners, for these guys are a seriously talented group. The 'Dr. Fry' is in fact Clifford Fry, the principal songwriter, who shares lead vocals with one Darelyn Fry Jennings on such gems as 'Only Car In Your Garage', 'Mr. Heavy', 'Fat Farm','Judy Lou' and a live cut on 'Texas Medicine'. PETE SMITH'S ROCK PILE,COUNTRY MUSIC ROUNDUP - BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE COUNTRY MUSIC NEWSPAPER, JANUARY, 2000 Good Medicine from the heart of Texas, October 1, 2001 Reviewer: Robert Edwards from Texas, man Dr. Fry's Texas Medicine Band is the real thing. The songs remind you of …
Texas Medicine
Dr. Fry's Texas Medicine Band was was popular in Houston from the mid-1980s through the early 1990's and was one of the most played Indie artists in the early 2000s. The Reason was one of the band's most played songs, which is ironic because it was marketed to country radio and is really more poetic than country songs. Doug Sharp wrote all lyrics, and I wrote the music. There were two other choruses written before deciding on this one. I reduced the song to a time more conducive to radio play, and though that worked well I miss the real version of the song, which is only available on home demo tape. In the longer version, the second verse completes the vision in the first one. There's almost a music in the moon's yellow light That sings its song near and afar To hear it is to wish for night without end And a sky full of bright twinkling stars. Another original verse that is omitted in the official release is: I'm glad of you coming though it was …
Bop ‘til I Dropped
When I was in the fifth grade, I discovered Rock & Roll. My first records were 45 RPM albums by Bill Haley and His Comets and Elvis Presley. The music hit me like a bolt of lightning. I was one of those kids who could not get enough of the music, and I could “bop ‘til I dropped”. I began playing guitar in about the 9th grade. I had taken piano lessons for four years when I was in elementary school, but little of it affected me emotionally. No so with the guitar. After all, Bill Haley played guitar. Elvis Presley played guitar. My father played guitar, and he guided me when I needed some good coaching. He would give me a song and encourage me play it in every key. I knew of a boy who had an older brother in a country band. When the older brother moved out to go elsewhere, the younger brother started selling everything in his older brother’s room. I bought a jumbo model Kay guitar from that boy. I also bought a stack of 45 RPM records by Hank Williams, who had been dead …