On my birthday, May 11, I got to check an item off my Bucket List: Go to Billy Bob's in Fort Worth.
Billed as the World's Largest Honky-Tonk, it's a place of legends. Lots of live music albums recorded there. Everyone who is anyone has played there in country music. Even George Strait said he was on the way back to San Marcos from Billy Bob's in the early 80s when he first heard the song that he would make his signature: Amarillo by Morning (my vote for greatest country song).
So it was a nice birthday present to go. It's a commercial affair at heart, Enter and Exit through the Gift Shop. Bars selling longneck beers everywhere you turn. It's a long walk to the stage since it is the World's Largest.
Interestingly, the floor seats are down a step or two so the stage area is sunken below the standing room seats by the bars. Sarah did a good job in getting the reserved seats.
Clay Walker who rose to prominence in the 90s did a nice job playing some old favorites. Some of them were deep cuts that brought back memories: White Castle, Before she was Mama, White Palace. And the hits: What's It to You, Then What, Who Needs You Baby? And some nice covers of George Strait, the Chair and Chris Ledoux, Cadillac Ranch.
Glad I went when I did!
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