20 December 28, 2023 - January 3, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Where Your $ Went YOU CAME. YOU LISTENED. YOU DRANK. HERE’S WHERE. BY DANNY GALLAGHER T he following numbers come from the total receipts compiled by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in- cluding alcohol sales and cover charges when applicable. Most Revenue FOR-PROFITS WITH 50,001 SEATS AND MORE 1. AT&T Stadium: $307,200,371 2. American Airlines Center (Levy Restaurants): $130,278,029 3. Globe Life Field: $55,422,574 4. Ford Center at the Star in Frisco: $54,042,653 Most Revenue FOR-PROFITS WITH 50,000 SEATS OR FEWER 1. Billy Bob’s Texas: $94,012,629 2. Sherlock’s Bar and Grill [CLOSED]: $60,095,268 3. The Rustic: $48,589,289 4. Sambuca 360: $34,965,800 5. Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar: $30,138,995 6. Dos Equis Pavilion: $27,722,688 7. Willhoite’s Restaurant: $25,119,955 8. Wizards Sports Café: $23,143,650 9. Amplified Live [CLOSED]: $23,006,505 10. Woodshed Smokehouse: $20,829,344 Full List AT&T Stadium: $307,200,371 AAC (Levy Restaurants): $130,278,029 Billy Bob’s Texas: $94,012,629 Sherlock’s Bar and Grill: $60,095,268 Texas Ranger Ballpark: $55,422,574 Ford Center at the Star in Frisco: $54,042,653 The Rustic: $48,589,289 Sambuca 360: $34,965,800 Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar: $30,138,995 Dos Equis Pavilion: $27,722,688 Willhoite’s Restaurant: $25,119,955 Wizards Sports Café: $23,143,650 Amplified Live: $23,006,505 Woodshed Smokehouse: $20,829,344 Toyota Music Factory: $19,611,424 Granada Theater: $16,319,488 House of Blues: $15,789,547 Barley House: $14,775,797 Tolbert’s: $14,720,631 Lee Harvey’s: $12,477,284 Dickies Arena: $12,183,152 The Goat: $12,107,560 Trees: $11,985,719.00 The Common Table: $11,830,380 Double Wide: $10,926,363 Magnolia Motor Lounge: $10,563,199 The Studio at the Factory: $10,358,259 Winspear Opera House: $9,583,768 Fred’s Texas North: $8,144,901 Gilley’s of Dallas: $8,088,148 Texas Trust CU Theatre: $8,046,353 Club Dada: $7,345,714 Filthy McNasty’s Saloon: $7,259,217 Reno’s Chop Shop: $5,932,220 The Kessler: $4,971,563 The Texas Theatre: $3,444,820 The Keys Lounge: $2,985,334 Tulip’s FTW: $2,144,736 Three Links: $1,362,654 The Rail Club: $1,035,968 Dallas Fair Park Coliseum: $652,564 Tap-In Grill & Pub: $639,874 Longhorn Ballroom: $408,065 Plaza Pub: $354,451 Sources: Texas Music Office, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Dallas Music Mavens We Lost in 2023 BY DANNY GALLAGHER James “Bucks” Burnett: founder of the Mister Ed Fan Club and the 8-Track Museum, manager for Tiny Tim, owner and operator of 14 Records. Daniel Jones: pianist, composer, producer and Janet Jackson’s musical director who also worked with Eminem, Rihanna and Demi Lovato. Brad Houser: bassist and co-founder of New Bohemians. Eric Schwartz: host of KNON 89.3 FM’s Lone Star Dead and tour manager of Decadent Dub Team. Raul Flores: door guy at the Kessler Theater and Club Dada, former bodyguard for the Black Crowes. Charlie Robison: country music singer and songwriter who played with Texas groups in- clude Chaparral, Millionaire Playboys and Two Hoots and a Holler. Gloria Harper Lett: music teacher, singer with the Dallas Symphony Chorus and founder of the Young Musicians’ Showcase with the Dallas Metroplex Musicians’ Association. Joseph W. Pinson Jr.: composer and songwriter, director of music at the Denton State Supported Living Center and assistant clinical professor of musical therapy at Texas Wom- en’s University, founding director of the Denton Bell Band. Dr. Gene Jinsiong Cho: composer and choir director, regents professor of music theory at the University of North Texas. Mark Stephen “Connor” Davis: folk musician and Irish bodhrán player who was also known around the holidays as Denton’s “Santa Mark.” Norma Hunt: patron of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra who served on the DSO Board of Governors from 1958-64. Dr. James Skibo: longtime donor to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and member of the DSO’s Hans Kreissig Legacy Society. Ernest “Gene” Geaslin: co-founder of Dallas Stage Scenery in 1970 who built the first stage set for the Dallas Opera. Jason Armstrong: headline singer and founding board member of The Lyric Opera, for- mer president of the Theatre Three Guild. Teresa Taylor: Arlington native and drummer for Butthole Surfers. Dr. George Papich: professor of viola and regents professor at University of North Texas and violist for the Fort Worth Symphony, Richardson Symphony, the Dallas Lyric Opera, the Dallas Ballet and many others. Jack Allday: drummer for the Dallas rock group The Nightcaps. Harvey Weiner: host and producer of The Jewish Music Hall radio program that ran on KERA and KAAM in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Claire Catherine Johnson: music teacher at several schools in Richardson and professor of flute at Southern Methodist University; founder of the nonprofit youth group Flute Fire. Robert Greeson Jimmy Page and Bucks Burnett in his Houses of The Holy suit, Tower House, London, 2013. Vera “Velma” Hernandez Metaliica performed at the high grossing AT&T stadium in August 2023. Dallas Music Wrapped from p19
