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Jurassic Rock is the premier party rock band from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. We play top 40, toe tappin', back slappin' party and dance songs from yesterday, today and tomorrow!! Our playlist of songs stretch from the 50's through today's top 40 songs, covering classic rock, hard rock, soft rock, country, and everything in-between. Our playlist includes favorites from, Collective Soul, T-Rex, Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Styx, Boston, Black Crowes, Wilson Pickett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Seger, The Eagles, The Doors, Head East, 3 Doors Down, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles and many, many more. There is never a dull moment when we hit the stage and we always keep our audience involved. Check out the list of venues we have played from across the DFW metroplex and our song list on the Promo Packet page. We look forward to playing for your crowd anytime anywhere.
Please check the Band News page for the latest news and updates regarding JURASSIC ROCK!!!
Dino's Bar & Grill
Lone Star Cafe & Club New Years Eve Party!!!! CONCERTS - Summer's finally here, and some of the greatest rock & roll bands are coming to Dallas/Ft. Worth. Click here for a list of all upcoming concerts by some of your favorite Jurassic groups. __________________________ Long Live Rock & Roll
Friday, September 21, Upper Deck in Euless Once a year we venture up to Euless to play an outdoor gig on the huge patio at the Upper Deck. You never know about the weather, but it ended up being a gorgeous night with perfect temperatures (and no hurricanes). We had a full house and everyone had an awesome time. There was a lot of crazy dancing and partying going on - to see the pictures from our gig, click here.
Now about that title for this article. Tony brought his 98 years old grandma Rosina (not kidding!) to Upper Deck to hear us play. Unable to constrain her true rock & roll spirit, Rosina jumped up on stage and proceeded to rip through some awesome Van Halen guitar licks (I may be exaggerating about that). However, she is a beautiful lady and we enjoyed her coming out to party hardy with the band. And it goes to show - you're never too old to rock & roll.
As always, we appreciate our fans coming out to hear us. We had the usual highly prized collector's item Jurassic Rock T-shirt and coozie giveaway. We're back at Lonestar Cafe & Club on Friday, October 24th and then it's time for the Famous Jurassic Rock Annual Halloween Bash at John B's on Friday, October 31. The band members are busily preparing their costumes; hope you're getting yours ready. In case you've forgotten what a great time we had last year at John B's , here's a link to our article from 2007. __________________________ It was a hot summer night ... Friday, August 21, JohnB's in south Arlington Jurassic Rock was back at one of their favorite party venues Friday night, JohnB’s in south Arlington. As usual we had a great time as did all our FOJR’s new and old. It was a hot steamy summer night with a hot steamy summer crowd that stayed and rocked with us until the wee hours of Saturday morning. Those folks never get tired or want go home so we played a little overtime for the crowd Friday night. Click here to see all the picture evidence of a great time at JohnBs.
The lucky winner of the infamous Classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt drawing Friday night. He and his wife were at JohnB's celebrating the return of Jurassic Rock. As fate would have it his wife won the drawing for the equally famous Jurassic Rock cold beverage coozie.
It was a mini high school reunion of sorts as a couple of Tony's high school buddies and their wives came out to watch the band. Eddie G., on the right was and still is, one heck of a comedian. Brian T., on the left is a great entertainer in his own right. Brian often joins Jurassic Rock on stage to sing a "little" Elvis or some hot rocking country tune. Thanks for all the laughs Eddie, and thanks for singing with JR again Brian! Alright FOJRs, we're back out at Weekends Paradise Bar and Grill in Rowlett as Jurassic wraps up the summer leg of it's 2008 Jurassic Rock Metamucil Tour. See ya there!!!!!__________________________ Double Header at Weekends Paradise Bar & Grill in Rowlett Friday & Saturday, August 8 & 9 The men of Jurassic Rock cut loose at Weekends Paradise Bar & Grill in Rowlett for the first time over eighteen months. In a rare event we played a double header (Friday and Saturday) to a packed house. It was great to see so many of our FOJR (Friends of Jurassic Rock) that we had not seen in many months. Weekends did some major remodeling and they got the place looking great. A special thanks goes out to the staff of Weekends for going out of their way for us and all of our FOJRs’ old and new. Click here for pics of the party at Weekends Paradise Bar & Grill.
The winner of the infamous Classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt drawing Friday night was Judy. She was out at Weekends celebrating her birthday with a few friends.
The winner of the Classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt drawing Saturday night was long time FOJR Stacey. We had not seen Stacey and her husband for several months so it was nice to see them.
Alright FOJRs, next up on the 2008 Jurassic Rock Metamucil Tour is JohnBs in Arlington on Friday, August 22. We are expecting a large crowd at JohnBs so I recommend you call ahead to reserve a table. See ya there!!!!!
__________________________ Looking Hot at Lone Star Cafe
Friday, July 25, Dallas, Texas On a hot summer night, would you offer your heart to the girl with the pretty ____ (insert your choice of verbiage here). A little takeoff on Meat Loaf, but I digress. It was a hot summer night at Lone Star Cafe' but not as hot as the beautiful ladies who came out to see the men of Jurassic Rock. There were more beautiful woman than you could shake a stick at. So what do you get when you mix a hot summer night, lots of pretty women, Lone Star Cafe and some of the hottest tunes in north Texas played by the hottest band in north Texas? One hell of a great party. It was a pleasure to be back at one of our favorite Dallas venues, Lone Star Café’. I have to tell you, we have such a great following at Lone Star and it seems to get bigger and better every time. We appreciate everyone who came out to see us, regulars and new FOJRs (Friends of Jurassic Rock). Scott has his eyes on the prettiest girl at Lone Star Café this past Saturday. No worries though. That pretty woman is his lovely wife Molly.
Our most recent Classic Jurassic Rock t-shirt winner; did anyone get his name? This guy knows how to party. Check out the cool shades!!!!!
What do you get when you mix Aretha Franklin and Janice Joplin? One of the most soulful, gravely and mesmerizing voices I think I have ever heard. Michelle, come up and sing with us anytime. Wow, what a performance!!!
John and Scott getting down at Lone Star Cafe. There is no explanation as to what is going on here, you just had to be there to enjoy the moment. John, is that a new dance move or what? I think Scott fell for John's new tribal dance or whatever it was he was doing.
Enjoy pictures of all the pretty ladies and other photographic evidence from a wild night at Lone Star Cafe right here. That’s all for now FOJR’s old and new. We are out at Paradise Bar & Grill on August 8th and 9th. We look forward to seeing everyone there. ___________________________ Rockin' Dino's!
Friday, June 27, Fort Worth, Texas You could literally say that the
dinosaurs were rocking Friday night as Jurassic Rock invaded a local
Fort Worth legend in the making,
Dino's Bar and Grill!!
We "rocked and we rolled" and made a bunch of new FOJRs (Friends of
Jurassic Rock) and just had one heck of good time. We were
impressed to see so many of our FOJRs from around the metroplex,
including, Benbrook (thanks Anita and Mason), Mansfield and Dallas come
to Dino's.
But setting an all time FOJR record for distance traveled is Saralee Richardson who traveled all the way from Orlando, Florida!!!! She scheduled a business trip so that she could come out and see us Friday. Saralee has seen us many times and we never realized she lived so far away. BTW, Saralee won the drawing for Tony's first CD of original music. Thanks for being a great FOJR Saralee and we look forward to seeing you again.
This weeks Classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt winner is long time FOJR Tammie. Tammie has faithfully followed Jurassic Rock around the metroplex for several months. As Tammie so eloquently stated upon winning one of our infamous collector T-shirts, "It's about darn time!!!!". (Well not quite, but close enough) Thank you Tammie for being such a faithful supporter of Jurassic Rock!!!!
We extend a special thanks to Dino's for having us out Friday. They have a great venue (and awesome burgers) and we look forward to getting back there soon. Until then click here for all the evidence of a roaring good time!____________________________ It’s All In The Family
Sunday, June 1, 2008, Rockwall, TX It’s not too often that we have the opportunity to have a party for one of our own but Sunday the men of Jurassic Rock came together to celebrate the graduation of Scott Carroll’s lovely and very beautiful daughter, Nicole. Since Scott came to the band several years back, the band has had the pleasure of watching Nicole grow from a cute young girl to a beautiful mature young lady. As you can see from the pictures (click here), Nicole has quite a following of her own. Congratulations Nicole!!!! ____________________________ R&R @ Kristie's B&G
Saturday, May 24, 2008, Kristie's Bar & Grill (B&G), Dallas, TX It seems like we had just packed up from last weekend...(wait, we said that last week. But now that summer is here, we dinosaurs will be vacationing soon). We digress. Actually, we just finished playing at Kristie's B&G last night. It was our first time (playing at Kristie's), and it was a really great. Kristie's is almost right next door to Big Johnson's (which alas, is no more) -so FOJR (Friends of Jurassic Rock) had no problems finding the place. And that was a good thing too, since for the first time in a while, we were playing for the door and tips. But thanks to our loyal fans, we made out quite alright and looks like we've found a new place to rock & roll in north Dallas. The lovely Molly (Scott's better half) took some pictures of the night's activities, and they are posted here. As we mentioned earlier, we'll be taking some vacation time in June and July, so our next gig is at Dino's Sports Bar and Grill on Friday, June 27, in Fort Worth. This is our first time back in Ft. Worth in quite a few years, so we're really looking forward to this gig. So come on out and help us tear the house down on our first time there.
_________________________ Rocking the House at Lone Star Café & Club
Friday, May 16, 2008, Lone Star Cafe and Club, Dallas, TX It seems like we had just packed up
from last weekend and suddenly we’re rocking the house at our favorite
eastside Dallas watering hole, Lone Star Café and Club. I’m not sure if
we like Lone Star Cafe and Club more or the folks there like us more.
Jurassic Rock always has a great time at Lone Star thanks to all our
loyal fans that come out to support us when we play there. Last night
we played to the biggest crowd we have ever experienced at Lone Star.
Click here for pics from last night.
Lone Star Café and Club certainly has bragging rights to the greatest
food, coldest beer, hottest ladies and the the most awesome fans in
Dallas. Thank you Dee and Lisa for having us out and we always look
forward to coming back to see you guys. (check our calendar for return
dates) Thanks for being so good to Jurassic rock!! Pictured here is Richard, our latest winner of the new and improved classic Jurassic Rock T-shirts. Richard has the fortune of being presented his classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt by the beautiful duet, Alexandra and Ashley.
Lead guitar slinger Scott Carroll is shown here with one of his latest young protégés. This young man came out with his father to see JR last night.
Smokin’ Hot at Hot Rods and Hoggs
The “When Hell Freezes Over John Jurik Tour” Part II Friday, May 9, 2008, Hot Rods and Hoggs, Arlington, Texas It was a smoking hot Friday night for
Jurassic Rock as Hot Rods and Hoggs, in central Arlington, welcomed back one of
it’s favorite rock bands. Hot Rods and Hoggs made several huge improvements
since the last time we played this venue. They rebuilt the stage, lifting it up
another 12”, added laser lights and fog machines (hence the smoky reference) and
installed a new, killer, state of the art sound system. The crowd seemed to
enjoy the upgrades more than the band. It was really cool to watch the laser
lights cutting through the fog on stage. The fog machines made the night seem
surreal as we could barely see the crowd at times. I’m pretty sure that was the
fog machines and not the Patron that caused so much haze!!! With all the
improvements and Jurassic Rock playing their hearts out the crowd stayed with us
right up to closing time. We would like to thank Hot Rods and Hoggs, (Don &
Joey) for having us out again. Great job on the upgrade guys!!!! A special
thanks to Ben and Mike for working do hard to get the most out of the sound
system and us. It was a fun night for the band to say the least.
Click here to see all the evidence from Friday
night.
Pictured here is our latest classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt winner, Michelle. I think there were a record number of entries into the infamous Jurassic Rock T-shirt contest. As time goes on and these shirts become more valuable more folks are trying to win one of our collector T-shirts. We also gave away a few of our new cold drink cozies. They are sure to be on the collector’s item list so grab one while you can!!!!! We would like to extend a special thanks to all the folks from Truswal Systems in Arlington who came out to Hot Rods and Hoggs Friday night to support Jurassic Rock. You guys are so awesome!!!!!!!
Chris Lemons, our previous drummer and band comedian, came out and joined us on stage for several songs. Thanks for all the funnies Chris. It was nice seeing you back on stage dude!
We are back out at Lone Star Café and Club in north east Dallas next Friday. Be safe and have a great week. And finally blessings and Happy Mothers Day to all you wonderful mothers out there. Thanks for all you do for us. ___________________________
The Big Surprise at Lone
Star Café & Club
The “When Hell Freezes Over John Jurik Tour” begins!!!!!
Friday, March 28, 2008, Lone Star Cafe & Club Jurassic Rock was back at one of
our favorite Dallas watering holes Friday, March 28, at Lone Star Café &
Club. In one of the biggest surprises in recent memory, our very own
semi-retired keyboardist John Jurik, un-retired for one evening (and
maybe more!!!) and joined us on stage for perhaps one of our best
performances to date. John brought down the house with
We love the crowd at Lone Star. Those folks can party and dance up a storm. Thanks Dee for hosting Jurassic Rock once again. We love you and Lisa and all of your staff. And last but not least, thanks Cindy for letting John come out to play with Jurassic Rock. ; )
Our latest lucky Classic Jurassic Rock
Special Announcements Be sure to check our audio page for new demo's of the band. Mike Suell, our production and recording manager, is helping JR sound better than ever. Click here to visit our audio page.
Good Friday at Game Day
Friday, March 21, 2008, Game Day Sports Bar, Mansfield, TX I think Good Friday should be called Great Friday, not only in reference to the Great sacrifice made by our Great Redeemer, Jesus Christ, but because we are blessed to live in such a Great country, a Great state and in the Great Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. Throw in a Great venue like Game Day Sports Bar and the Great audience that always awaits us there and it was another Great evening for the men of Jurassic Rock. Thanks to all our FOJR's who came out to support us!! Click here to see pictures from last nights party.
Bob McGinn is pictured here with our latest Classic Jurassic Rock T-Shirt winner Silvia Monzon. Congratulations Silvia. You are now the proud owner of one of the greatest artifacts in rock-n-roll history. Speaking of artifacts, you won’t find a living rock-n-roll band more artifact or more fun than your men of Jurassic Rock!!! Also shown here is Bob and Michelle Childress, the daughter of his good friend, Clyde.
Special FOJR Announcements Congratulations Terry and Eva who announced their engagement last night and Mason and Anita who were married this weekend. Both couples are great friends of Jurassic Rock. Congratulations and good luck!!! Jurassic Rock records a new CD
Last weekend, Jurassic Rock stepped into the studio and recorded some of our favorite songs for a new promo CD. We would like to extend our thanks to Mike Suell. We meet Mike at our Lone Star gig several weeks back. Not only is Mike an awesome guitar player (he joined us on stage for a few tunes) but he also has a great talent for recording live bands such as JR. We will be posting all the songs we recorded as we finalize and mix down each one. Please check out Already Gone on our audio page by clicking here. To see pics of us recording click here.
Steady As She Goes
Saturday, February 23, 2008, JohnBs, Arlington Its “Steady as She Goes” as Jurassic Rock continued its 2008 tour throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex as we invaded one of our favorite south Arlington watering holes, JohnB’s. We were met with the usual festive crowd with lots of dancing, laughing and flashing bling. It was a lot of fun as the night passed quickly for the band and the crowd. Judging from the picture evidence it was another successful night a JohnBs. Thank you Janice and Larry for having us back again
Until our next show at Game Day, Live, Love, Laugh and smile always because Jurassic Rock loves all it's FOJRs, right Scotty!!!
Hot Times at Hot Rods & Hoggs
Friday, February 15, 2008, Hot Rods and Hoggs It was a hot time with a hot crowd at Hot Rods on a cold rainy Friday night. Although the cold wet weather kept a few from venturing out there were plenty of folks with us at Hot Rods and Hoggs to make for a hot night of song and dance. There are usually several cool motorcycles to gawk out outside, but the rain makes riding very dangerous, especially at night. But that did not prevent the rest us from having a great time. There was enough flashing “bling” on the staff, patrons and the band to light up the state of Texas as you can see from the picture evidence by clicking here. And a big welcome all our new FOJR’s who entered into our famous Classic Jurassic Rock T-shirt give-a-away.
Pictured on right is a picture of the McCoy siblings, Patrick, Diana and Tony. They met for a mini-family reunion at Hot Rods Friday night. It has been over 10 years since they were last together.
Be sure to check out the Hot Rods and Hoggs calendar for their weekend bike and car shows. There are always beautiful classic cars and awesome bikes so get on out there some Sunday afternoon. Thanks to HRH for having us out again. We will see you next Friday at JohnB’s in south Arlington!!
Good Times at Lone Star Cafe
Friday, February 1, 2008 Lone Star Cafe and Club, Dallas, Texas Whenever we play Lone Star Cafe and Club in north east Dallas we can always expect a large turnout of devoted fans and Friday night was no exception. We played to a packed house of Lone Star regulars, old friends and many, many new friends.
Also making his debut appearance with us was Andre Lindsey, soundman extraordinaire!!!! What we didn't know about Andre was his ability to lead the crowd in a rousing rendition of Mustang Sally. Andre brings a lot of exciting options to Jurassic Rock. We should have a great year as we add songs featuring Andre as the lead vocalist!
Enjoy the pictures from Lone Star Club and Cafe by clicking here. We would like to thank Dee and Lisa and all the Lone Star patrons for having us out once again. They never seem to tire of our music. Looking Beautiful at Game Day
Friday, January 25, 2008 Game Day, Mansfield, TX It was another awesome evening in Mansfield as Jurassic Rock played to a packed house at Game Day Bar and Grill. The crowd was not only loud and rowdy but it was also full of pretty women. As you can see from the picture above there was no shortage of beautiful ladies to grace our presence at Game Day. The very pretty young lady on the right is Greg’s daughter Rachael. And the very beautiful lady standing next to Rachel is Lisa, a new FOJR (Friend of Jurassic Rock). Lisa and her lucky husband and several of their friends helped us rock Mansfield once again.
And finally Josh Stewart came out to celebrate his birthday with family and friends. As you can see the single and dashing young Josh had very few candles on his birthday cake. Members of the band can barely remember those days as the number of candles on our cake would require a fire permit!
Enjoy the pictures from Game Day by clicking here. We would also like to thank the owners of Game Day who always make us feel so welcome.
Jurassic Rock rocks at John B's
Saturday, January 12, 2008 John B's and Friends Jurassic Rock starts off 2008 with a big show at JohnBs
last night picking up right where we left off in 2007 with great music and great
times. While the evening started off a bit slow the crowd and the party started
building
On the Edge of a New Age
A little known fact about Jurassic Rock's Tony McCoy is that his favorite music genre is New Age. He recently created his own web site, www.newalchemymusic.com, to provide a venue for songs he has written and performed. Inspired by New Age and Celtic musicians such as Yanni, Chris Spheeris, Diane Arkenstone, Secret Garden, Enya and Enaid, he has created music that is relaxing and reflective. Check out the window below to hear a sample or purchase some of Tony's songs.
Jurassic Rock
Archive - July to December 2007
Contact InformationTo drop us a line or arrange a booking, you can reach us by:
Tony McCoy @ 817-832-1977
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John B's
- 4th Annual Jurassic Rock Halloween Bash 
some his most memorable and very powerful renditions of Jump, Dead or
Alive, Bang-a-Gong, The House is Rockin’, Hotel California, Shine and
many more. You really missed a great show, if you don’t mind my saying
so. 
Our very beautiful T-shirt winner was Eva.
Eva and her husband Terry have been out to see us several times so we were happy
to see her win the drawing for the classic Jurassic Rock ladies tank top. BTW,
rumor has it that our classic Jurassic Rock collector t-shirts and ladies tank
tops sell on the internet for upwards of $700.00. If you are lucky enough to
have on of our shirts there is no telling how much they will be worth on 10
years!!
momentum
before the end of the first set and we never looked back. The 2008 lineup of
Jurassic Rock includes our new keyboard player Larry Donovan and soundman Andre
Lindsey. It was a typical JohnBs night with a loud and rowdy crowd and quite a
bit of fun, dancing and general good times. We appreciate our fans that made
their way to JohnBs and helped us celebrate a new year and a new era in Jurassic
Rock history. 
