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ah the good ole days but not so old..talkin in the 90s...in Ft Worth-western part, almost in Aledo, west of White Settlement, off of White Settlement Road-way down yonder White Settlement Road...the Smelley Dairy Farm, owned by Mr Smelley. i lived downwind from there-walking distance, so i would be able to walk home from the steakhouse/dairybarn/dancehall/bar drunk instead of driving my truck and risking a DUI.
ole timey band-complete with fiddles and steel guitar. they played alot of Bob Wills. they did a GREAT Orange Blossom Special.
there was actually sawdust on the dance floor.
everyone from grandkids to grandparents would come on fri and sat nite and eat chicken fried steak or ribeye with all the fixin's.
there was a big life size buffalo in the lobby that you could sit on, for photo ops.
i miss those days SO SO MUCH.
i forget the name of the place. i just always called it Smelley's..one time one of Mr Smelley's cows escaped and was runnin on my land, and i had to call the Smelleys ha ha...i was gonna try to rope the ole heffer myself but at the time i had just had foot surgery lol.
i reminisce about this as if i were an ole fart talkin bout the good ole days...i am only 43 and this was just 10 years ago or less i am talkin bout.
Mr Smelley died, and his family didnt want to continue on with the business so the place closed. dangit
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Panther Hall in Fort Worth. We use to watch the shows on tv (channel 11) on Saturday night. I think they started put with the Porter Wagoner / Dolly Parten show and the Buck Owens show was in there somewhere. Panther Hall show came on around 8:00 or 8:30 and if they had someone over there we wanted to see in person, off we'd go. I guess at one time or another, everyone played that place. Of course it took us 3 times to see George Jones (no-show George), but it was worth it. He amd Tammy put on one of the best shows. Merle Haggard at times would be so stoned you wondered how he managed, but he never missed a lick. Now Ray Price was another story. He was so drunk he almost fell off the bandstand and would have if one of his band members hadn't caught him. They had to walk him off and the backup band finished his gig. Jerry Lee Lewis at one show was having such a good time he didn't want to quit. They had long since quit selling beer and set-ups, yet he kept playing. Then they turned on all the house lights and that still didn't stop him! I thought we were going to be there all night! Ah, for the good old days. Why they had Wooley Bully, by Sam the Sham, on the jukebox over there I will never know, but they did. At every intermission this little old lady would get up and play it and just dance up a storm all by herself over in the corner of the dance floor by the jukebox. I will never forget that, it was like she was almost a fixture over there.
We always made Rustler's Rest in Fort Worth every Wednesday night (ladies night). We only paid $.50 to get in and all the beer we could drink (we're talking brand names here now, Coors, Bud, etc., .... longnecks, cans, draft, whatever you wanted) and the guys had to pay $3.50 for the same deal. Lots of boot scootin' gong on, let me tell you.
The Stagecoach Inn in Fort Worth was also a fun place and last I heard, it was still open for business. Back when we were going they would have people like Freddy Hart (Easy Loving) and it was nothing for them to come sit at your table and have a beer with you during set breaks. We shared beers with a bunch of them and most of them were just like your next door neighbor or old school buddy. A lot of fun times.
There was a place in Colleyville that was called Nine Acres. We only went there a few times. Just a huge place out in the country sitting in the middle of a pasture. You carried your own beer and whiskey, etc. and just paid a cover charge and bought set-ups. It was so big you could get lost just going to the restrooms!
This was great, Cathy! So far as the dancing goes, I hope I can beg your pardon by making it a bit later tonight or something. At my age, I am still sore from rompin' an' stompin' last night! LOL
Panther Hall in Fort Worth. We use to watch the shows on tv (channel 11) on Saturday night. I think they started put with the Porter Wagoner / Dolly Parten show and the Buck Owens show was in there somewhere. Panther Hall show came on around 8:00 or 8:30 and if they had someone over there we wanted to see in person, off we'd go. I guess at one time or another, everyone played that place. Of course it took us 3 times to see George Jones (no-show George), but it was worth it. He amd Tammy put on one of the best shows. Merle Haggard at times would be so stoned you wondered how he managed, but he never missed a lick. Now Ray Price was another story. He was so drunk he almost fell off the bandstand and would have if one of his band members hadn't caught him. They had to walk him off and the backup band finished his gig.
Now THIS was HILARIOUS! GREAT post, LoneStar! I laughed out loud when I read it!
ALSO, the mention of Freddy Hart and "Easy Loving" Now THAT is another GREAT Texas Dance Hall classic. I have it in my collection and when I read your post about it, I dug it out and played it!
Here is a site that I think one might be able to downlaoad it from!
We were at a friends b/day party last night and us girls were talking about dance halls. Funny coincidence. Well, anyway, one of the girls (who, sadly, is recently a youngish widow) has been going out to some of the dance halls around our area lately. We have the Coupland Dance Hall and Inn, The Cotton Club (in Granger), and there's a place called the Possum, I believe it's somewhere near Georgetown and New Corn Hill. The widowed girl was reminiscing about the Coupland Dance Hall and told us there's an old lady...Don't know if she works there or just goes there alot....that taught her and her husband to dance (2 step, etc...) and that she'd teach anybody who went there if they wanted to learn. At the Possum, you pay $10 and drink all you want. She said they are trying to get their liquor license (or get it renewed) so it's like for now you go and pay the "membership fee" but they are booking really good bands now.
Panther Hall in Fort Worth. We use to watch the shows on tv (channel 11) on Saturday night. I think they started put with the Porter Wagoner / Dolly Parten show and the Buck Owens show was in there somewhere. Panther Hall show came on around 8:00 or 8:30 and if they had someone over there we wanted to see in person, off we'd go. I guess at one time or another, everyone played that place. Of course it took us 3 times to see George Jones (no-show George), but it was worth it. He amd Tammy put on one of the best shows. Merle Haggard at times would be so stoned you wondered how he managed, but he never missed a lick. Now Ray Price was another story. He was so drunk he almost fell off the bandstand and would have if one of his band members hadn't caught him. They had to walk him off and the backup band finished his gig. Jerry Lee Lewis at one show was having such a good time he didn't want to quit. They had long since quit selling beer and set-ups, yet he kept playing. Then they turned on all the house lights and that still didn't stop him! I thought we were going to be there all night! Ah, for the good old days. Why they had Wooley Bully, by Sam the Sham, on the jukebox over there I will never know, but they did. At every intermission this little old lady would get up and play it and just dance up a storm all by herself over in the corner of the dance floor by the jukebox. I will never forget that, it was like she was almost a fixture over there.
We always made Rustler's Rest in Fort Worth every Wednesday night (ladies night). We only paid $.50 to get in and all the beer we could drink (we're talking brand names here now, Coors, Bud, etc., .... longnecks, cans, draft, whatever you wanted) and the guys had to pay $3.50 for the same deal. Lots of boot scootin' gong on, let me tell you.
The Stagecoach Inn in Fort Worth was also a fun place and last I heard, it was still open for business. Back when we were going they would have people like Freddy Hart (Easy Loving) and it was nothing for them to come sit at your table and have a beer with you during set breaks. We shared beers with a bunch of them and most of them were just like your next door neighbor or old school buddy. A lot of fun times.
There was a place in Colleyville that was called Nine Acres. We only went there a few times. Just a huge place out in the country sitting in the middle of a pasture. You carried your own beer and whiskey, etc. and just paid a cover charge and bought set-ups. It was so big you could get lost just going to the restrooms!
Dang, that sounds like SO much fun!!!
Speaking of Ray Price.......he's still churning them out! I just read Johnny Bush's autobiography (Whiskey River, natch).......and all THREE of them got on the stage at once at Willie's picnic recently....!!
Johnny Bush was onstage belting out his usual great honky tonk stuff.....and Willie and Ray stepped up the mike to finish "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin.......
I normally wouldn't be anywhere near Willie's picnic, but I would have LOVED to have seen those three together! I've seen both RP and JB, but not Willie (in person)! All that history!!!
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