When Chad Houser, the nationally known founder of Café Momentum, began talking with Eric Nadel and the country swing band, the Quebe Sisters, about a summer concert in downtown Dallas, none of them knew how poignant the moment might be.
Nadel, the “voice of the Texas Rangers,” who in 2014 was inducted into the media wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, has been struggling with depression. As a result, the 72-year-old broadcasting legend has, so far, missed every game of the best Rangers’ season in years.
And yet, he continues to be involved in his other great passion — music — which is why he’s bringing to Café Momentum on July 23 the Dallas-based Quebe Sisters.
The Quebe Sisters (whose name rhymes with “maybe” and “baby”) have announced that their tour, which wraps up at the end of 2023, will be a swan song — at least for a while. For the trio that specializes in “progressive Western swing,” a la Bob Wills, the next step will be what the sisters are calling a long-awaited, much-needed hiatus. A time to regenerate.
