Hometown: Montgomery, AL...but raised in Bossier City. Birthday: October 28th, 1971Sign: Scorpio Marital Status: Married to Gary Thomas, five years in February Kids: One baby girl, Emma, Pets: Sasha Anne, my baby kitty Favorite Artist: Toad the Wet Sprocket! Of course, they broke up, so their lead singer Glen Phillips would be my favorite. Also like Matchbox 20 (Twenty), John Mayer and other similar bands Favorite All-Time CD: "Coil" by Toad the Wet Sprocket Favorite Song Lyric: "Take your cautionary tales, take your incremental gain, and all the synchophantic games, throw em all away" (From "Throw It All Away" by Toad)
Jade Green
Who’s on Homegrown 11-27?
A couple of Homegrown debuts on tonight's show...Nick Newhouse, vocalist from Throwing Gravity, will join me to talk about what the band has coming up. He's a former Shreveport guy now based in Nashville, Tennessee. I'll have a new tune of theirs to premiere...
An Inside Look at Eye Empire [AUDIO]
If you've heard of Dark New Day, Sevendust, Stereomud and Switched and Submersed...you know Eye Empire -- the band's made up of members from all of those. And you have a chance to see and hear how "rockingly" awesome they are...THIS FRIDAY...when they hit the Riverside Warehouse for a Friday night Homegrown Live show.
Impromptu Interviews on Tonight’s Homegrown!
Since my scheduled guests from Nova cancelled, I made a couple of calls...and I'll have Marshall Doss from Nottaway and Patrick McNerney from Forever Falls on tonight's show! We'll, of course, be chatting about the upcoming Homegrown Live show at the Riverside Warehouse -- what an amazing lineup...
Honoring Our Veterans – Musically!
I have many family members and friends who have served -- or are currently serving -- in the military, so I want to take a moment to thank all of you for your service. My friends from Uncrowned, who will be back in Shreveport soon (and you should REALLY check them out...
Who’s on Homegrown 11-06?
Since they played such a great show at the Warehouse last night, I decided to get them on tonight's show! Jacob and Shay from Shayliff join me in the studio...with a couple of fabulous tunes.
Also on the show...Chris Alexander, also known as Mr...
Big Changes Coming to Homegrown Live!
Friday night Homegrown Live shows at the Riverside Warehouse are about to get EVEN BETTER!! And I am really digging the benefits for both fans...AND bands! Music-lovers...here's what you can expect: No cover! That's right, I said NO COVER! (That excludes nights when a national act is headlining...
Homegrown Halloween!
So...where are all the Halloween parties going on this coming week? I've got the answer! No guests on tonight's show...so it's all about where YOU need to be this Halloween week/weekend! And, of course, it's all about MY birthday, too! : ) Lots of your favorite tunes...
Jade and Rockin’ Rick Are Having Mid-Life Crises…So We’re Going to Rehab!
I'm not sure how old (or young...haha!) Rockin' Rick is going to be on October 29th...but I've got a big birthday coming up on the 28th (I WISH I could say it's 30!!). Since my birthday celebration will run into his, we're just gonna celebrate our big days together...
Who’s on Homegrown 10-16??
Joining me via phone tonight...it's Cardinal Collide bassist "Tweezy" (he MIGHT tell me how he got that nickname!) And in the studio...Aevory! Those two bands, along with Sour Sedans, will be jamming at a SATURDAY-night Homegrown Live show at the Riverside Warehouse...
“Bone Dance” Video — Funniest Thing I’ve Seen In A While!
I don't post videos ANYWHERE, whether it's here or Facebook, a whole lot. Mostly it's because I often don't have a lot of time to actually watch the ones friends of mine post. Today, I took some time to do that...and this one had me CRACKING UP...
Best Shreveport-Area Rock Bands – Jade’s Top 10
The Shreveport-Bossier area has a LOT of great bands with great original music (which you can hear just by clicking on the media player under each band's write-up). That being said, you have to understand how difficult this list was to create...
Homegrown 10-09: With a Special Guest Host
Since I've been getting over being sick, and trying to get my voice back, I was unable to talk during tonight's Homegrown show. So I asked our "newbie" Chris Cox (who's not really "new" at all...he's one of the hosts of The Wake-Up Call on our sister station, KWKH...