Did you miss Thunder Soul when the documentary about Conrad (Prof) Johnson and the Kashmere High School stage band was in movie theaters last year? Now is your chance to catch it. Thunder Soul will be shown regularly on Showtime for the next several weeks. The next showing is Tuesday evening. Check the Showtime website or local listings for exact [...]

Thunder Soul, opens nationwide today, introducing the world to an extraordinary band leader and teacher that Houstonians have known about for decades. Not that Conrad (Prof) Johnson has been Houston’s secret all this time. In the 1970s, when Johnson was band director at Kashmere Gardens High School, the funk band won outstanding high school band of the year awards twice. [...]

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