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MORE TROUBLE DOWN SOUTH

The feud between the Rogue Performance Venue and Black Rose Rehearsal studio seemed to be winding down after Rogue owner James Cotton decided to seek new quarters. Not anymore. In the wee hours of Dec. 28, a band rehearsing at Black Rose, who asked not to be named, got into an all-out brawl with four people, including Cotton's brother, who were moving stuff out of the Rogue space. As expected, accounts vary as to who threw the first punch (both sides had been drinking), but neither emerged unscathed: One band member needed several staples to close a head wound, while Cotton's brother suffered a severe laceration that may require reconstructive facial surgery. Both Black Rose and Rogue were also severely vandalized. "This is turning into West Side Story," says Black Rose owner Monte Williams. "It's ridiculous." Cotton, who's been in California since before the incident, agrees. "It's a gigantic mess," he says. As all parties are now investigating various avenues of legal action, it could get a lot messier.

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GRACE NOTES

• Austin stomp-metal quartet Shrapnel had less than a happy New Year when all their equipment and merchandise was stolen after Satur-day night's Redrum show. Anyone with information can contact the band, which plays Lucy's in San Marcos Jan. 12, at www.myspace.com/shrapnel.

• In its year-end issue, Billboard ranked Austin's Charles Attal Presents No. 23 among promoters, with a 2006 gross of nearly $19 million from 213 shows and 64 sellouts and a total attendance of more than 500,000. In festivals, the Austin City Limits Music Festival placed second to Bonnaroo, with a gross of more than $8 million and the highest attendance of the Top 10 at 225,827.

• Dennis Linde, who as a newlywed wrote Elvis Presley's 1972 hit "Burning Love" in 20 minutes, died Dec. 22 in Nashville from lung disease, The New York Times reported Tuesday. In 1969, the Abilene native signed to the same publisher as Kris Kristofferson, and he scored another hit in 1999 with the Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye Earl." Linde, 63, is survived by wife Pam and three children.