It's true. Trees is reopening with new ownership by quite possibly the last person on earth I would have guessed...

" Well we do not know where to begin. It was a sad day when Trees closed its doors. It was the best venue in Deep Ellum with an incredible history. With our motto "Support YOUR Local Music Scene", we could not let Trees simply fade away in everyone's mind. As far as the history, it is true that it is not ours but Trees. And will remain so. We respect what Trees has done over the years, and feel that we are paying respect to Trees by keeping the venue alive. We are not claiming the history, we are claiming the future. So if you loved Trees don't worry, the venue is coming back."

The above quote is straight from Kenny Brittain, owner of Fat Daddy's Sound Shack in Lewisville. It seems Brittain made a deal to open Trees again as an all-ages venue. According to Brittain's comments on his MySpace page, the plan is to move the Lewisville location into the old Trees site.

Not only is my boy-child a fan of live music, he's also fronted a couple of young bands. Therefore, I've spent many an hour at Fat Daddy's in Lewisville...many, many a painful, non-alcohol hour (note: post-hardcore screamo parents should be allowed a libation or 10). Owner Kenny Brittain and his wife run a pretty nifty ship at the original Fat Daddy's. All of the shows are all-ages. Most of the shows see under-aged rockers on stage. Even though the venue is situated on a far corner in an all but empty, crumbling strip center in old Lewisville, the joint still packed those kiddies in wall-to-wall.

This will be interesting to watch this unfold. I'll betcha a cold beer there will be some backlash. However, let's hope this breathes a little more new life into Deep Ellum.