The mass appeal of so-called country music didn't begin with the Garthization of the early Nineties. Country music, or more accurately soft pop rock with Southern and Western streaks, was an A-1 seller 20 years ago, and there are still the cobwebbed mechanical bulls to prove it. Led by John Travolta's Urban Cowboy military-taut Wranglers, all things country were hot property in the late Seventies, and the scene's epicenter was Mickey Gilley's eponymously named club in Pasadena, a sludge-filled ship-channel suburb of Houston. In its dozen-year history, the nightclub/theme park became so popular it ultimately expanded to hold over 6,000 people, in the process drawing more tourists than the Astrodome. But people didn't come merely to sample Gilley's signature beer or purchase panties with the Gilley's logo. Country folk and Travolta wannabes came to hear Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Bellamy Brothers, Mel Tillis, Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash, Johnny Paycheck, and of course, Mickey Gilley. Urban Cowboy's popularity and Gilley's series of chart toppers thankfully afforded the roadhouse a state-of-the-art 24-track recording studio used to record nearly 1,000 performances. Even luckier, this treasure chest of recorded music was removed from the omnibus club before it burned down in 1989, making Live at Gilley's the first time these recordings have seen daylight. This 4-CD set spans Gilley's golden age, 1980-1988, and sure enough, the anthem of this honky-tonk zeitgeist, Johnny Lee's "Lookin' for Love," leads off the 56 tracks. Other highlights include Fats Domino's "Walking to New Orleans," Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights," and Ernest Tubb's "Walking the Floor Over You." Tunes were chosen and Digitally Mastered by Q Records. This very Rare Box Set cannot be purchased Retail and has become a Highly Collectible item, especially for Honkey-Tonk Music lovers and anyone that remembers The World Famous, Gilley's Night Club, which was opened under that name in 1971 and lasted until 1989, when it burned. Mickey Gilley rescued the Tapes from the many performances, which led to this Famous Box Set.
Label: Q RecordsYear: 1999Length: 169:58 minutesPerformers included:
Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Freddy Fender
Moe Bandy, Bobby Bare, Loretta Lynn
Lacy J. Dalton, Razzy Bailey, Johnny Paycheck
Bellamy Brothers,Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino
Mel Tillis, Bobby Goldsboro, Lee Greenwood
Ernest Tubb, Michael Martin Murphy, Willie Nelson
Rosanne Cash, Ed Bruce, Dave & Sugar
The Kendalls, B. J. Thomas, Carl Perkins
Rita Coolidge, Oak Ridge Boys, Faron Young Disc 1: 1. Lookin' for Love - Johnny Lee
2. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
3. Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
4. Tennessee Flat Top Box - Rosanne Cash
5. Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys - Ed Bruce
6. Detroit City - Bobby Bare
7. Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
8. Out of My Head and Back in My Bed - Loretta Lynn
9. Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar Rowland
10. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
11. Room Full of Roses - Mickey Gilley
12. Crazy - Willie Nelson
13. Girls, Women and Ladies - Ed Bruce
14. She's Got You - Loretta Lynn Disc 2:
1. Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
2. Love Song - The Oak Ridge Boys
3. Hello Walls - Faron Young
4. Stand by Me - Mickey Gilley
5. Pickin' Up Strangers - Johnny Lee
6. Hard Times - Lacy J. Dalton
7. On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
8. Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young - Faron Young
9. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
10. I Keep Coming Back - Razzy Bailey
11. One Fine Day - Rita Coolidge
12. Bandy the Rodeo Clown - Moe Bandy
13. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
14. American Made - The Oak Ridge Boys
Disc 3:
1. Four Strong Winds/500 Miles from Home - Bobby Bare
2. Good Woman Blues - Mel Tillis
3. Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash
4. (Don't Take Her) She's All I Got - Johnny Paycheck
5. Door Is Always Open - Dave & Sugar Rowland
6. Movin' Train - The Kendalls
7. Watching Scotty Grow - Bobby Goldsboro
8. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head - B.J. Thomas
9. Takin' It Easy - Lacy J. Dalton
10. If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me) - The Bellamy Brothers
11. Coca Cola Cowboy - Mel Tillis
12. Thank God for the Radio - The Kendalls
13. It's a Cheating Situation - Moe Bandy
14. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
Disc 4:
1. Ain't No Trick (It Takes Magic) - Lee Greenwood
2. Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time - Mickey Gilley
3. Boppin' the Blues - Carl Perkins
4. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
5. Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
6. She Left Love All over Me - Razzy Bailey
7. Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino
8. Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands - Lee Greenwood
9. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
10. Carolina in the Pines - Michael Martin Murphey
11. Bye Bye Love - Rita Coolidge
12. Hooked on a Feeling - B.J. Thomas
13. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
14. I'm Gonna Make My Home (A Million Miles from Here) - Ernest Tubb
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