Storytime With Texas Red
Paul Halperin aka Texas Red, a successful, decades-long entertainment industry professional and blues musician, tells his hair-raising life stories followed by inspirational stories of recovery from addiction and mental illness.
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This is a true story about mental health, alcoholism, addiction, a blues band, and my catastrophic attempts at sobriety and recovery in 1983.
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
This is a story from 1983, about a hot Las Vegas blackjack dealer, an incident with a Porsche, an illegal cocktail, and a nightclub I haven't been able to find in decades. It's another story I would pitch as "Leaving Las Vegas" meets "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas."
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
This is a story about two days in Las Vegas in 1983. I would pitch it as "Leaving Las Vegas" meets "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
A story about a blues band of young guys from Louisville, Kentucky, on the road to Macon, Georgia, to play their first high profile gig, not knowing what awaited them in that Southern town.
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
An age-old story of what happens when a band blows into town for a gig, and meets up with a fan who wants to hang with the singer.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
This is a story about a frightening incident that occurred in 1976, when I was doing a solo gig at Sunrise Ski Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
What follows is a story of blues, rock 'n' roll, transactional relationships, alcoholism, drug addiction, bipolar disorder, thirty-seven years of recovery, reality TV, film, concert, and event production, and the conclusion by Texas Red that everything will finally be OK, "If I just move back to LA, again.”