Deep Ellum People: Jay Gavit
By Taylor Adams Cogan Live music has a way of making someone fall in love with it. In the best possible way, of course, making someone yearn to feel the vibrating bass run through them and the melody that won’t let their body stop moving. Deep Ellum venues each have that pull, working together to […]
Deep Ellum People: Moses Habtezghi
By Taylor Adams Cogan Talk to a venue owner in Deep Ellum about booking live acts on the neighborhood’s stages, and there’s a strong chance you’ll hear the name Moses Habtezghi. There’s a chance you’ve known him from his many years at Three Links, but he’s a man many creatives just love to work with. […]
Deep Ellum People: Vera “Velma” Hernandez
By Taylor Adams Cogan When Vera “Velma” Hernandez talks about live music, her determined face lights up with excited eyes and just a slight smile. She knows what she’s talking about, and you can tell she’s loved it all her life. While a talented and recognized photographer, it’s clear the music helps drive her creative […]
Deep Ellum People: Jerry Rutherford
By Taylor Adams Cogan Like plenty of others, Jerry Rutherford doesn’t make it out to Deep Ellum as much as he once did. A small stroke a few years ago made it harder to get around, and going out every night just doesn’t make the most sense anymore. “Financially, it’s not feasible for me to […]
Deep Ellum People: Callie Dee
By Taylor Adams Cogan Callie Dee knows a successful musician needs more than talent. They can pour all of their time and effort into becoming a great musician, but to really cut it, they need the whole picture of entrepreneurship. It’s why she published a 350-page book last year devoted to independent artists—an effort she […]
Deep Ellum People: Cameron McCloud
By Taylor Adams Cogan It’s true that being in the right place at the right time can change everything. Especially if you’re like Cameron McCloud, who was determined to always show up. It was this way that Cameron’s band, Cure for Paranoia, got its start in Deep Ellum. But the road there began years earlier. […]
Deep Ellum People: John LaRue
By Taylor Adams Cogan Staring up at the stage, your eyes long-adjusted to the dim room pierced by vibrant lighting to set the tone, your body moves to the sound without thought or concern. You make sure not to let your drink spill out from the plastic cup in your hand while the other arm […]
Deep Ellum People: Jessica Brodsky
By Taylor Adams Cogan People love Deep Ellum for its music scene, the reliably good restaurants, and/or the hundreds of murals we have, making both historic and brand-new buildings special. But fewer know the fuel behind that, and the real reason people love this neighborhood: the community. Jessica Brodsky has known this for decades. “In […]
Deep Ellum People: Allen Falkner
By Taylor Adams Cogan Allen Falkner is not your average small business owner. He’s the kind of man a lot of people know from varying circles of interest. Some know him from his years of work ridding their bodies of tattoos they don’t want – fading away unwanted memories or botched jobs, or making room […]
Deep Ellum People: Keisha Hunter
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan Born in McKinney and raised in Plano and Garland, Keisha Hunter admits she’s “from the ‘burbs.” But it didn’t take long for her to find her way to Deep Ellum — first as a young adult club-hopping in the early 2000s, and soon after, as an artist […]