Arkey Blue's Picker's Circle Bandera, TX
A Monday night Picker's Circle at Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar Saloon, Bandera Texas... (Monday April 24th, 2017)... Some musicians unidentified. Among those in this video: Tony Barge, Michael Broussard, Kathy Bauer, Gilberto BETO Chavez, Tiffany Wolfe, Ken Hardin, William on mandolin and Big John on fiddle (last names not available)... This is classic country music RAW and Unaltered... Acoustic, no microphones... An old-fashioned honky-tonk sit n sing... Enjoy! TONYBARGE.com
The Subway Cowboys @ The Silver Dollar, Bandera, Texas
THE SUBWAY COWBOYS – MOONSHINE UP IN THE HOLLER
original by The Subway Cowboys
New album POSSUM'S GOOD FOR YOU available now
editing: CLAP
Special thanks to The Silver Dollar crew, Doctor Big Al, Romain Hamoniaux & Liliane Guenecheau
Audio track
Will: vocals, guitar
Fab: lead guitar
Matt: double bass
Louis Morati: drums
Alexis Routhiau: fiddle
Images tournées lors d'un concert The Subway Cowboys au Silver Dollar à Bandera, petite ville du Texas (à côté de San Antonio) pour lequel nous avons eu la chance d'être accompagnés par des musiciens du cru : Laurie Gibson au fiddle ou piano selon son envie, et Jack à la batterie, et ils démarraient au quart de tour à chaque chanson!
Petit historique du lieu et de son illustre propriétaire :
Ce bar existe depuis les 40's, et a été acheté en 1968 par Arkey Blue, artiste honky tonk toujours vivant, toujours propriétaire, et qui joue encore de temps en temps. Il a connu son heure de gloire dans les 70's. On peut entendre sa chanson « Daddy's sick again » dans le classique absolu du cinéma (si, si!) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Massacre à la tronçonneuse, 1974) de Tobe Hooper. On peut également l'entendre dans Race with the devil (Course contre l'enfer, 1975) avec Peter Fonda.
The Silver Dollar est devenu au fil des années un bar honky tonk mythique qui a quand-même accueilli en son temps Ernest Tubb and his Troubadours, Lefty Frizzell ou plus récemment Willie Nelson ou Hank Williams Jr. (enfin bon, à cette échelle, les 80's/90's, on peut considérer cela comme assez récent...).
Il est le honky tonk le plus ancien du Texas toujours en activité, accueillant des groupes toutes les semaines, et pour la première fois de son histoire un groupe français, nous, et c'est bien cool !
Quantité d'anecdotes pullulent. On peut voir par exemple la signature de Hank Williams Sr gravée sur une table en bois massif. Au client de croire ce qu'il veut
Le bar se situe dans la rue principale, Main Street, et on y entre en descendant un escalier étroit.
Tout ce qu'on imagine voir y est. On devine que plein d'éléments du décor sont là depuis des générations : vieilles photos, taxidermie, sciure de bois sur le sol pour danser, scène dans un coin, juke-box avec un choix de musique limité aux goûts personnels d'Arkey (c'est cool, il a plutôt bon goût), billard, etc.
Quant à la chanson 'Moonshine up in the holler', c'est un original de notre dernier album dans la tradition honky tonk 40's sur un homme qui se trouve bien mieux à faire son moonshine là-haut dans ses montagnes plutôt qu'à chercher l'amour en vain en bas... dans la vallée... dans ce satané bar... avec cette satanée femme... On se situe très clairement dans les Appalaches (Virginia) dans le thème, mais la chanson est typée Hank Williams (Alabama) et le clip est tourné au Texas. Makes sense ?
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Together Again (Dieter, Billye Jane & The Blue Cowboys) no Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar, Bandera, TX.
Representando os Bastardos, nosso vocalista mandou um clássico de Buck Owens, Together Again, com a multi-instrumentista Billye Jane e a banda do Mr Arkey, The Blue Cowboys no lendário Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar em Bandera no Texas.
Neste mesmo Honky Tonk onde Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb entre outros grandes nomes do Country Music se apresentaram, o vocal dos Bastardos teve a honra de representar a banda, em uma noite incrível e inesquecível.
A walk around Bandera Texas
We walk around Bandera, TX and show you the interesting sites we could find. There are a number of them and I hope you will find this video interesting enough to comment, like, subscribe and share.
11th Street Cowboy Bar in Bandera, Texas hosts Aaron Watson
The 11th Street Cowboy Bar in Bandera, Texas, hosts Aaron Watson over Labor Day Weekend during Celebrate Bandera.
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Cupcake introduces us to the silver dollar. Cowboy capital of the world.
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Exploring Texas Hill Country | RV Road Trip
Texas Hill country is a bucolic, rumpled terrain marked by wooded canyons cut by spring-fed rivers. It's also laced with endless miles of appealing two-lane blacktop—and, best of all, it's quirky. One minute you'll see a vista of bluebonnets and the next a sign advertising Emu Oil, Next Exit or Cowboys for Christ Silent Auction.
The Hill Country begins just north of Austin, continues south to San Antonio, and sweeps west some 200 miles (322 kilometers) before the land begins to flatten out. Follow a route linking state and U.S. secondary highways, which lead to a series of colorful towns fit for dawdling.
These attractions form a loop starting in San Antonio and taking in Bandera, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Enchanted Rock, Johnson City, and New Braunfels, before returning to San Antonio.
From San Antonio, follow Highway 16 northwest to Bandera, which considers itself the hell-raising Cowboy Capital of the World. Here you can order a chicken-fried steak bigger than your haid and dance to live country music. But nowadays you're apt to see travelers' SUVs parked in front of Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar saloon alongside the usual beat-up pickup trucks. The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera (510 13th St.; tel. 1 830 796 3864; frontiermuseum.org) has a bewildering collection of prehistoric arrowheads, mounted animals, bells, and a shrunken human head no bigger than an orange. Duck into the gift shop, which stocks those must-have rubber tomahawks. Also in Bandera is the Old Spanish Trail Restaurant (305 Main St.; tel. 1 830 796 3836), famous for its home-cooked pot roast, catfish platter, and chicken-fried steak.
Next stop is Kerrville, which you can reach by looping around on Highway 16 or cutting straight to it on 173. Stop for a meal at Billy Gene's Restaurant (1489 Junction Hwy.; tel. 1 830 895 7377; billygenesrestaurant), known for its chicken-fried steak and its views of the Guadalupe River. Then check in at the Inn of the Hills (1001 Junction Hwy.; tel. 1 830 895 5000; innofthehills.com), with such amenities as live country music and an Olympic-size pool. Next door is a family sports center with a 16-lane bowling alley, so pack your finest bowling shirts.
Among the first non-natives to settle the area were German immigrants who'd purchased millions of acres sight unseen. Old-timers still refer to the German Hill Country, where the mother tongue was commonly spoken until the 1970s. One town that clings to its German heritage is Fredericksburg. Besides its more than 300 B&Bs, it has a Main Street lined with galleries, boutiques, bistros, and specialty shops with names like Der Küchen Laden.
Follow the oompah music to the Ausländer Biergarten (323 E. Main St.; tel. 1 830 997 7714) featuring German cuisine and an astounding selection of beers. Order a frosty mug of Paulaner Salvator and feast on kasseler rippchen—smoked pork chops—with hot German potato salad, sauerkraut, and a slice of Black Forest chocolate cake for dessert.
Fredericksburg native son Chester Nimitz served as commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Honoring his memory are the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the National Museum of the Pacific War (340 E. Main St.; tel. 1 830 997 4379; nimitz-museum.org), displaying over a thousand artifacts, including a Japanese midget submarine captured during the Pearl Harbor attack.
Detour 18 miles (29 kilometers) north of Fredericksburg to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, whose centerpiece is a 425-foot (130-meter)-tall dome-shaped mountain of pink granite about a billion years old. Hike to the top, then overnight in pleasant campgrounds at the base (tel. 1 830 685 3636; tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/enchanted_rock).
A few miles away in Johnson City, the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Visitor Center (Ave. G and Ladybird Ln.; 1 830 868 7128; nps.gov/lyjo) offers a self-paced stroll past video monitors with footage of the War on Poverty, Vietnam, and other events of Johnson's life. Most surprising is a retirement photo of him with long hair, looking a little like Timothy Leary without the beads.
Cap off your drive with an inner tube trip down the Comal or Guadalupe Rivers, both of which run through New Braunfels, making it a haven for paddlers and floaters. On either stream, the warm sunshine filtering through the oaks and cypresses overhead creates a soothing strobe effect as you glide downstream. Just kick back, shift your mind into neutral, and go with the flow. That's the best way to see the Texas Hill Country.
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11th Street cowboy bar in Bandera, TX
11th Street cowboy bar in Bandera, TX
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Video I made for my school. I do NOT own the song, all credit goes to the singers and producers. This video is for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.