Texas Tuesday ~ Gilley's

What do you think of when you here the name

Gilley's?

Unless you live under a rock or born within the last few years

your first thought to come to mind is or should be 

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This movie put Pasadena, Texas on the map and made many struggling

country stars famous. Owner Mickey Gilley had live nightly entertainment 

from the likes of Charlie Daniels to Johnny Lee. 

More famous than the entertainment was the mechanical bull. 

If you can call a mechanical bull a main character in a movie,

this bull should of won an oscar.  The whole story

line is based on whether or not you could ride it for the 8 seconds. 

After a fire destroying the original Gilley's in Pasadena many years later

a Gilley's opened in the renowned area of the Ft. Worth stockyards.

A little over a year ago Mickey Gilley suffered a stroke and is doing much better

but in an interview I saw on t.v. he claimed that his dream before he dies would be to 

have another Gilley's in Pasadena!

Oh how happy that would be! 

Before I leave y'all I thought I'd share a few fun pictures of Urban Cowboy

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Sissy & Bud

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Famous license plates

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Had to have a picture with Mickey!

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The Dallas Gilley's

(boo)

Well there you have it,

a honky-tonk that even though is no longer around

it will always be a part of the history of

Pasadena Texas