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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome everybody to the Mickey Gilley Show.
My name is Gary Myers.
I'm your master of ceremony here at the Mickey Gilley Theater.
And to start things off this afternoon, we would like to recognize our groups out in
the audience.
I'm going to call your group name off right now, you folks.
Make a whole lot of noise, wave real big.
We're going to put the cameras on you.
Here we go.
It's A and B Tours from three different states, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
Oh, all the way up from the Northwest, or in the North, both, I guess, North and West.
Hey, we've got two anniversary couples in there.
Would you please stand up?
We want to see if you're still sitting together.
It's looks like 40 years for Erwin and Eleanor Bents.
Where are the Bents?
Come on, give them a big round of applause for their 40th wedding anniversary.
Congratulations.
Willis and Vivian Todd.
Where is that couple?
Ladies and gentlemen, 61 years.
Congratulations.
Wow.
That's fantastic.
And thanks to our group there from those three states, A and B Tours.
Next is Bex Travel from Lewiston, Idaho.
Keep waving now until you see yourselves on the screen.
They're going to bring the camera right over there where you're sitting.
There they are.
And we have some people celebrating in that group.
We have a bunch of birthday people.
Just stand up when I call your name.
Jacqueline, I'm going to take an attempt with this last name.
Is it Sundavik?
Sundavik, okay.
Stand up, please, Jacqueline.
And also Kay Christopherson.
I hope I got that right.
Is it Christopherson?
Christopherson.
Ooh.
I hate it when I do that.
Elaine Haley, make that Ella.
Ella Haley.
There's Ella Haley.
And also I have, is it Inoa?
I-O-N-E.
I know.
Smith.
What is it?
It's Ione.
Ione Smith.
These four ladies are having birthdays.
Give them a big round of applause.
Excuse me.
I didn't know that name.
And then also in that group we have a 35th wedding anniversary.
Jack and Bonnie Woods, please stand up and be recognized.
Give them a big round of applause for the 35th.
Jack and Bonnie.
That's my mother's name.
Good name.
And then we have Ralph and Ella Haley.
Now Ella Haley, she just celebrated her birthday and you're both celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
The gold.
The golden wedding anniversary for the Haley's.
That's great.
And thanks to our group there from Idaho.
And then we have another group here.
It's the Fremont Senior Citizens from Fremont, Pennsylvania.
Keep waving now.
Do you see yourselves on the screen?
There they are.
All the way from Pennsylvania, Fremont.
Thanks for being with us.
And then next is the Kennewick Travel from Kennewick, Washington.
Yeah, we played up there in one of your ice skating hockey arenas, as a matter of fact.
As a matter of fact, it's Kennewick, Washington.
Good to have you with us.
And then we have Jenna Luziana Seniors from Luziana.
That's Mickey Gilley's home stage.
You gotta wave real big over here.
Over here's the camera.
Over here to your right.
Look over that way.
All the way from Luziana, that's the Jenna Luziana Seniors.
Thanks for being with us.
Excuse me?
Oh, it's Gina.
Okay.
Gina Luziana Seniors.
All right.
Sorry about that.
And we have DNM Travel.
And they're from, okay, Genetig?
Genetig, Virginia.
Right there they are.
Good to have the folks of Virginia here.
DNM Travel.
Wave over and look over here to your right, because that's where your camera is if you
want to see yourselves looking at yourself when you get home on the video.
That's the way it works.
Camera's over to your right.
And then we have the New Beginnings from Springfield, Missouri.
I can say that.
That's where I live.
Right up the road here from Springfield.
New Beginnings.
Wave real big.
Don't quit yet.
There they are.
We appreciate the folks being right up the street there in Springfield.
And then we have one more announcement.
It's a happy anniversary.
It's a golden-winning anniversary.
Another 50th to Walt and Margaret Center.
Stand up, please.
Where are the centers?
Right in front of the camera, I do believe.
Whoops, they're not sitting together.
Wait a minute.
Don't sit down yet.
Camera's going to come around here.
Where are you folks from?
From California.
All the way from the West Coast celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, ladies and
gentlemen.
Congratulations to the centers.
All right.
That's all my announcements.
And here comes the original Urban Cowboy, a man with 39 hits and 17 number ones.
Ladies and gentlemen, just step back and enjoy the show.
Wonder Skies.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mickey Gilley.
Hello, everyone.
Alright!
Thank you. Thank you very much and welcome.
How's everybody today?
Y'all having a good time in Branson so far?
Good to have you with us.
There's a lot of wonderful shows in this town,
a lot of wonderful theaters.
I want to tell all of you, we appreciate the fact
you're going to come and spend a couple of hours
at the MG this afternoon.
Tonight, we have Mo Bandy here,
but we appreciate you being at our show.
We want you to enjoy yourself and have a great time.
I'm going to do my best to do all the songs
that I feel like that you came here today
to hear me perform for you.
Now, you've given me quite a few number one singles
in the country music charts
and a couple of number one albums,
but I can't do them all,
but I'll do the majority of them for you.
I feel like the ones you'll recognize and remember.
And, well, I might do a few you never heard before
and may never hear again.
Most of these songs, I hope you'll recall.
Some of them I'm hoping to bring back some memories.
And the song that I opened the performance with,
that's sort of our theme song,
and that's what we're really all about.
We do a lot of variety in music,
and I think people like variety,
but we're going to try to touch your heart,
your life with a song.
And that song that I opened the show with
was written for me when I won five awards
at the Academy of Country Music Awards Show
in Los Angeles, California, folks, in the late 70s.
Five awards I won at the Academy of Country Music Awards Show,
and it was a great night, an exciting night in my life,
and I was on cloud nine.
I stayed on that cloud.
The Garth Brooks comes along and wins six.
I hated that when that happened.
Thanks for making this next song a number one single for us,
and it's my favorite drinking song.
If you have one too many,
you can wake up in the morning with one of these.
It's called A Headache Tomorrow, A Heartache Tonight.
Well, if the whiskey doesn't get me I know the memories will
You left a hole in my heart that's too deep to fill
I'll drink or two, maybe three or four
For a while you're out of sight
Let's a headache tomorrow
Or a heartache tonight
The sun goes down, the blues come around
And the choice is black and white
Slow down and hold on tight
I'm high as a kite
When you can't wait for losing
You know it's just not right
It's a headache tomorrow
Or a heartache tonight
No matter which one you choose
I know which one I'll take
The sun comes up tomorrow
Something's gonna ache
If I can take a pill to kill the pain
I know it's gonna be alright
It's a headache tomorrow
Or a heartache tonight
The sun goes down, the blues come around
And the choice is black and white
Slow down and hold on tight
I'm high as a kite
When you can't wait for losing
You know it's just not right
It's a headache tomorrow
Or a heartache tonight
Mr. Gary Meyer
guitar solo
applause
Yes.
applause
Thank you.
Oh, you're very kind. I appreciate that.
This next song I want to do for you folks now
was not a number one single for us, but I gotta tell you what,
this song is kind of special to me because
I had the pleasure of performing this song
on the soundtrack to film The Urban Cowboy.
Now, it seems like that every time that John Travolta
has a hit film, they start running The Urban Cowboy
on TV again. I certainly hope that some of you
might have tuned in and saw portions of it.
But I was sitting at the piano
at an old nightclub called Gillies in Pasadena, Texas
when John Travolta and his Uncle Bob first walked through
those swinging doors of Gillies.
And I was playing this particular song.
And every time he has that hit film, they start running
that film, Urban Cowboy, over and over and over
on TV, and I like it.
Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching.
This was the song.
["Sweet Onkytonk Wine"]
Sweet onkytonk wine
Nudge nudge nudge that keeps me
Out of my mind
And all she lived
She lived behind
Some of that sweet
Onkytonk wine
While I was out drinking and laughing
That woman of mine was home packing
All she lived was a bottle
And I know she said I had a great time
On some of that sweet
Onkytonk wine
Give me some of that sweet
Onkytonk wine
Oh, she knows that it keeps me
Out of my mind
And all she lived
She lived behind
Some of that sweet
Onkytonk wine
Yeah
["Sweet Onkytonk Wine"]
Little guitar.
Okay, a whole lot of guitar.
Thank you.
How about some hot guitars?
Yeah.
I'm sitting here with an empty
That old wine bottle she left me
I can't drink enough to stop me thinking
She's out somewhere holding
somebody drinking sweet
Onkytonk wine
Now give me some of that sweet, sweet, sweet
Onkytonk wine
Oh, she knows that it keeps me
Out of my mind
And all she lived
She lived behind
Some of that sweet, sweet, sweet
Onkytonk wine
Some of that sweet, sweet, sweet
Onkytonk wine
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Now folks, maybe some of these songs
you might remember
because in 1974
I finally had my first
number one recording
in the country music charts,
and I certainly hope this one
brings back some memories
to some of you folks.
If I sent a rose to you
Every time you made me blue
You'd have a room for the roses
If I sent a rose to you
Every time that I cry
You'd have a room full of roses
If I took a pound
I would clear them all apart
I'd be damning at the roses
Just the way you broke my heart
But if someday you're feeling blue
And you can send a rose with you too
Don't send me a room full of roses
All I want is my arms around you
The rose has lost its color
But the orchid stays the same
I'm along to face these lonely years
I didn't see the orchid
I was searching for love
Now I pay the price with bitter tears
I overlooked the orchid
While searching for a rose
The orchid that I overlooked was you
The rose that I was searching for is blue
It'd be untrue
The orchid that I find, my dear, was you
Think about it
The orchid that I find, my dear, was you
She called me baby, baby, all man known
She used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I woke and she was gone
There's no more baby, baby, all man known
She called me baby, baby, all man known
Cause I weighed all my tears when things went wrong
Now each night and dream like a song
I still hear baby, baby, all man known
Yes!
applause
Thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
I noticed you folks applauded when I started singing
She Called Me Baby All Night Long.
Folks, that song is kind of special in my life
even though it was not a number one recording for me
because the fact of the matter is it had a free ride on the backside of a room full of roses
but it wasn't supposed to be like that, I can tell you that right now
You see, back in 1971 I threw the towel in as far as my recording career was concerned
I said, this is not going to happen
So I opened a night club up with a gentleman and passed into Texas
and we called the old night club Gillies
and I got to do what I enjoyed and loved very much
and I was playing piano and singing for people to dance and have a good time
The old club started becoming successful and after we opened it up
I got a local television show on Channel 39, KHTV in Houston, Texas
and then the club started getting popular
and then of course in 1974 had the first number one recording with Room Full of Roses
Then we installed the mechanical bull
got John Travolta to come down to dance on the dance floor
Gillies grew to become what the Guinness Book of Records listed as the world's largest honky tonk
Think about that for a moment
I had my name in the Guinness Book of Records
applause
Thank you very much
I feel almost like a dentist trying to pull the teeth now
I tell you what, part of my name was in it anyway, not all of it
but anyway, now folks, whether it was the largest night club in the world or not
I really don't know, don't really care
I submitted that listing and got it
laughter
Now that goes to show you folks, don't believe everything you read
Now it is a fact though that it was the home of the El Toro mechanical bull
We was the only entertainment establishment that installed a mechanical bull
Folks, it's a rodeo training device
Trust me, we paid for it a long time with lawsuits too
But those cowboys that come in and want to ride that thing, they'd have a few drinks and they'd say, turn it up!
We'd turn it up and poooom, off they'd go
Then we got lawsuits
It was the first entertainment establishment to have one of those mechanical bulls in there
And the reason why we installed it in there is because we have the Houston Livestock Show and rodeo and the Pasadena rodeo
And it caught on, it worked, that's how we got to film the Urban Cowboy
But I'm going to tell you folks something right now
There was a lot more bull shot there than rode
laughter
The way the recordings came about was the lady that had the jukebox in Gilly
She came to me one day and she said, Gilly, I heard you sing that song, She Called Me Baby, all night long on your TV show
And I said, yes ma'am
She said, I want you to record that for me
I said, I'm sorry ma'am, I'm not recording anymore
She said, why not?
I said, because it's too expensive
She said, well I'll pay for the session
I said, well I'm back in the recording business
So as fate would have it, I went in the studio to record She Called Me Baby for this lady
She had jukeboxes in Gilly, she had about 300 spread out through Pasadena and the Houston market
She said, I want 300 copies
I said, not a problem
So I recorded, she called me baby all night long
And when I was in the studio I said, I need another song
You know, back in the 70s you needed two songs to make a record
Because you had an A side and a B side
Don't get ahead of me
I happened to pull the old song Room Full of Roses off the top man
I said, I'll tell you what, guys, let's record this old song Room Full of Roses
I'd been singing this song ever since I was a kid growing up in Fairview, Louisiana
It's an old George Morgan tune
And I know a lot of you folks probably heard it
Yes, indeed
I said, I'll just record this song and we'll just stick it on the back side
If she called me baby all night long
So I recorded it
When the records came out locally in the Houston market
I took the lady the 300 copies she wanted
I took the rest of them and I went to the radio station
I said, look, we're buying time on this station
How about playing this record?
When you advertise Gillies
DJ said, not a problem
I said, great
I leave them the recordings and I'm driving down the street
And the first thing I hear them play is Room Full of Roses
I said, my God, how unlucky can I get to play on the wrong side?
Boy, I never could have been more mistaken because six weeks later
Room Full of Roses is number one in Houston
Six months later it's number one in the nation
Thank you
So after struggling all those years in the music business
Trying to have a hit single
I've got a successful little television show going locally
I got a successful club that's growing steadily
And now I got a number one record
Well, I'll tell you what
When that record went number one
It didn't take me long to figure out then what I'd been doing wrong all those years, folks
I was recording the wrong side of the records
I got a confession to make to all of you now
I've been tooting my horn up here a little bit too much
So I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna make a confession to you
That style of piano you heard me perform back there was created by my first cousin
The rock and roll legend, the killer Jerry Lee Lewis
Thank you very much
Personally, I think he's probably and undoubtedly the greatest talent in our family if not the greatest
And if you don't believe me, you can ask him and he'll tell you
It's just too bad he's not with us all the time
I have another famous cousin too
He's an evangelistic minister, folks
He made more money than me and Jerry Lee Lewis put together
Tax-free, what do you think about that?
I'm speaking of my second cousin, Reverend Jimmy Swaggart
I heard somebody back there go, oh
It's okay
Thank you, thank God bless you, thank you
I'll have Jimmy say a prayer for y'all
I'm not gonna say anything bad about Reverend Swaggart, folks
Can't talk bad about Jimmy
I love Jimmy
Don't do as he does, just do as he says and you'll be alright
But I'm gonna tell you something
I don't intend to stand up here and try to get on the bandwagon and run, Reverend Swaggart down
Because I love Jimmy
And every time I say something bad about him, something burns
As Paul Harvey would say now for the rest of the story
1990, Gillies, the world's largest honky tonk according to the Guinness Book of Records
Destroyed by fire, gone, history
1993, the theater that was sitting on this site destroyed by fire
Nice folks in Branson helped me build this one back
That's the reason why this one looks a little bit different than all the rest of them down the strip, folks
Because, well, we built it and it was up in 94
But you can understand now why I'm not gonna say anything bad about Jimmy
And so I would like to just take a moment of your time now and point the fire exits out one more time
I will say one other thing
I feel like one day they're gonna do a film on all three of us
Because we all three came out of a little town called Faraday, Louisiana
We all three grew up there
And one of these days they're gonna do a film on all three of us
I might be gone from this earth by that time
But I got a great title for them if they want to use it
They can call it The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part II
And don't ask me which one I'm playing
Only reason why I brought the family into the performance
Because I wanted you folks to know a little bit about MG and the other reasons
Because I'm gonna do a song for you that had absolutely nothing to do with
And I mentioned Faraday earlier, folks
When I heard this song, it was on a commercial
I fell in love with it because I felt like it was a pretty love song
And I'm a little partial to love songs
So I want to do this song
And of all people singing this tune
It's Frank Sinatra
Due to the fact that the band is this size
I felt like we could pull it off and do it justice
So I brought the record, brought it in
And the guys worked real hard on it
And it's gonna give me a chance to show off the guys back here in the brass section
I call them the Hornettes
And I want to dedicate this song to all you lovely ladies here this afternoon
The song is called Just the Way You Look tonight
Or this afternoon or today
Someday when I'm awfully low
And the world is cold
I will feel the glow just thinking of you
Just the way you look tonight
Yes, you're lovely
With your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing left for me
But love you just the way you look tonight
With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh it wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart
Lovely, don't you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
Ladies and gentlemen, the Hornettes
And that laugh it wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart
Lovely, never, never change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
That's an old movie theme actually,
and one of the first gentlemen had it was Fred Astaire.
I didn't know some of you folks might remember that.
I don't know.
I never did, but I saw the little clip of it.
So I just happened to like the song,
and I hope you enjoyed our version of it,
even though that was the Frank Sinatra arrangement right there.
I want to take a moment of your time
and try to introduce everybody
as I swing along through the performance,
because there's too many up here.
I'll introduce all at one time.
So what do you say when they do something special?
I'll tell you their name,
and that way if you want to say hello to them
after the show's over with,
you'll know who you're talking to.
Well, and who knows?
You may find one you like.
Good luck.
I think the guys in the brass section are kind of special,
so I'm going to tell you.
That's Bob Fisher.
He plays the trumpet over in the corner there.
That's Bob.
His brother Randy right next to him.
That's Randy Fisher.
Randy plays the trombone.
Next to him is Gary Dooms.
That's Gary.
Gary plays the sax.
He plays several different saxes.
I think all of them, in fact,
there's several different versions of them.
And then last but not least, my bandleader.
That's Norman, Norman Carlson.
And Norman is a very talented young guy.
He's a very talented young guy.
And Norman is a very talented young man, folks.
We've been working together for a long, long time.
And notice how I emphasized young.
He's my father.
Bet you didn't know that, did you?
I'm only kidding.
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Norman has been working with me a long time,
and I'll tell you, we've had a great time together,
but I'll tell you what.
Norman, he's been on a lot of my recordings with me
because he plays sax, he plays keyboards,
he does vocals, he's the bandleader,
and we're great friends, too.
But if you have some of my records at home,
you've actually heard Norman in the background.
You probably didn't know that.
But now that you've met him and you know what he looks like,
don't hold that against me.
That was all I could afford at the time.
There's some nice guys back there.
I call them hornets, and they're special.
And they're really cool.
What about me?
You gonna introduce me?
I wonder who pulled his chain.
I just gonna say if yous gonna introduce me to these people
out here, you know, that's watching us.
Oh, I see what's happening here.
You think because I introduced the guys here behind you
that I need to introduce you, too?
Oh, I already know them.
I just need to be introduced to them out there.
You gonna do something special?
I hadn't planned on it.
Did you not hear what I told the audience
when I was standing out there in front of that star
and I was talking to them?
I told them I was gonna introduce everybody
when they did something special.
Yes, sir, I heard you say something like that out there.
I said I didn't want to take up a lot of time
with introductions.
I was gonna introduce everybody.
Pay attention here for a minute.
Can you hurry up before I lose interest?
If I'm not mistaken,
I was standing right here on this spot
and I was talking to this great crowd we got today
in this theater when I said what I said when I said it.
That's cool, man, because I was sitting right here
on this spot when I heard what I heard when I heard it.
And you said what you said and I heard what I heard
and now you're on the wrong spot.
It'd be kind of hard for you to miss what I said
with those ears, wouldn't it?
Yes, sir, I can hear everything.
I felt like you could.
Some things ain't even been said yet.
Uh-oh, we might have a problem.
You ought to hear what they're thinking about you back there.
Uh-huh, your dad says you're a mistake.
Well, let's see if you can hear this.
If you're not gonna do anything special, zip it.
You know what that means?
Let me explain that to you.
Tighten those lips up.
That's perfect.
That's what you call zipping it right there, see?
Piece of cake.
Well, you introduced the hornets.
Yes, I did. They did something special.
I featured them on that song.
Yeah, well, they're way in the background.
Hey, I know where they're at. I put them back there.
Yeah, I'm out here where everybody can see me.
Okay, I'm gonna agree with you.
You are out in front of the hornets.
These people out here ought to know
what they're looking at.
You think so?
That's exactly what I think, fire hydrant.
Hey, dad, you hear what he called me?
A fire hydrant.
You better be glad I ain't a dog.
I can probably hit you from here.
Big target and all, you know.
You have any idea what you're doing?
Uh, yes, sir, I'm unzipping it.
Let me tell you what you're doing.
You interrupted my performance.
That's what you're doing.
Well, that's special.
That's special.
Well, I sure hope so,
because I'm not as good as it's gonna get.
Joey Riley, steel guitar.
Whoo-hoo!
What up?
That makes you happy, doesn't it?
Not really.
You wanted me to introduce you, and I did.
I know, but I'm still a little upset with you.
Well, I haven't done anything to you.
Well, it's for what you ain't done yet.
Okay, you're gonna have to refresh my memory,
because I don't remember what I haven't done yet.
Well, I guarantee you,
I've been sitting over here this whole show,
and I haven't got to play my steel guitar yet.
Oh, you want to play the steel guitar?
Yeah, you know, I want to be featured, you know.
You want to be featured on the steel guitar?
Yeah, like a happy miller at a Burger King.
I want to be featured.
I'm just sitting over here drawing a paycheck.
So?
In the little one at that.
Watch your mouth!
Why about your mad since they put
that minimum wage deal through, ain't you?
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching!
Don't try to cut in on my urban cowboy royalties.
That's not gonna work. That's mine.
I got a raise and didn't even know it read.
Would it make you happy if I let you play the steel guitar
and I feature you like a Burger King sandwich
or whatever you call it?
Happy mill?
That brought a smile to his face?
Well, you screwed that line up, didn't you?
I don't know how to see when we're gonna...
I didn't write these lines.
I tell you, when you get through talking,
you wink at me.
I ain't winking at you with that jacket on, I can tell you.
Would it make you happy if I let you play the steel guitar?
I don't know.
We'll have to see when we get done with it.
Well, let me tell you what.
I've got a medley of songs
that I wanted to put in the show today.
There's four songs in the medley.
These songs have been around for years.
These people here today will recognize every one of these
songs when we perform these songs.
And so I put them in a medley.
What does that have to do with me playing the steel guitar?
Nothing.
I'm gonna fire you.
Are you really?
Cool.
It's about time.
I wanted this to come for a long time.
Does that mean I can quit?
No, you can't quit.
I got a contract on you.
Oh, that's okay.
I got one on you, too.
I wish you'd stick to the script.
It makes my job a lot easier.
I gotta get me a new straight man.
This one's got too many miles on him.
So can I play the guitar?
I'm gonna let you play the steel guitar, yes.
Okay, good.
What I'm bringing this up to you is because I called a rehearsal for the band, and we
went over these four songs.
We got the arrangement down, and I said, I'm gonna save the part here for Joy to start
the songs off on steel guitar, so I went to the phone and I called a half a dozen times,
and the only thing that I could ever reach was your answer machine at home, and I don't
like to talk to recorders.
I know.
That's why I bought it, so I wouldn't have to talk to you.
But I did get you messages.
Well, why didn't you come in for rehearsal like everybody else in the band?
Because I already know them songs.
Oh, you know them?
I wasn't coming in on my day off to learn them for your benefit.
This is wonderful news because I wanted to do the songs today, so I'm gonna do them.
I tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna let you start the songs off on steel guitar.
There's four songs in the medley.
You know the titles of them.
Just pick any one of them you want, and these are all standards in the country music field.
You pick one, you start it off, and I'll sing it.
I pick the song, you sing it.
Absolutely.
Okay, first song, band, and listen closely.
You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man.
Here we go.
Hey, wait, no, wait.
Hold on a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait, hold on a second.
You see what happens when you don't make a rehearsal?
That song is not in this medley.
It is now.
I hope you don't think for a moment, I'm gonna sit down here and sing You Ain't Woman Enough
to Take My Man.
Now, you think about that a minute.
If we make a tour down through San Francisco, I'll sing the song for you.
But I do have a solution.
If you want to do the song, you get you a wig and a dress, and you get out there in
front of that star, and I'll play piano behind you, and you sing it.
I would, but I only have one Dixie cup.
You gonna be a little lopsided is the only thing I can say.
Count it up, Scotty.
And the word for the way that I feel, that old storms are brimming in this part of mine.
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real.
You're someone else's love, now you're not mine.
And that your heart keeps saying you're not mine
I trouble my notion to another you'll be with
That's why I'm so on top of the town
Joey Raddick
You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you
You asked me not to record you on the phone
Well there's something I've been wanting to tell you
And I've wrote it in the words of this song
I didn't know you got me in Hawk and Hawk Angels
Well I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life
Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
Dear leave that lie, what do you see
Get the hook
Release me, let me love again
There's those smoke-filled bars, something I'm not used to
I gave up my home to see you satisfied
I called to let you know where I'll be looking
It ain't much but I feel welcome here inside
I've got swinging doors, a jiffy box and a bus
My new home in Handle Place in the outside
Stop by and see me anytime you want to
Cause I'm always here at home till closing time
Yes I'm always here at home till closing time
Applause
Thank you very much. Those were all country music standards. They've been around for many years. I hope they brought back some memories.
Thank you!
Thank you! I love you people!
Sit down Joey, sit down.
I love you man, you all are too nice. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, Mickey Gilley.
You didn't give as much applause as me but hang in there.
I am not believing when I started singing, please release me, let me go. You get up from the steel guitar and you go to the front of this stage right here
and you take credit for the honky tonk metal that I worked so hard on. You never made a rehearsal.
But you go out there and you steal every bit of the thunder I got coming from this audience.
I know, isn't it cool how it turned out that way?
Hey let me tell you something there Red Snapper.
If the cow don't give milk, you gotta utterly take it from her.
I didn't get where I am today just pulling on the tail.
So what you're telling me is that you went to the front of this stage here so you can milk this audience.
For all this work.
Well let me tell you something, you're not going to steal anymore of my thunder because you know what I'm fixing to do, whether you want to know or not, just pay attention here.
I'm all ears. I know you are and I'm going to tell you exactly what I'm going to do.
I'm fixing to do a song that these people here made number one for EMG. My song. One of the prettiest love songs I've recorded. It's the title of one of my albums.
Well you need to tell them because I don't care.
I didn't pay to get in to see you.
I tell you what, when I come back Saturday night you might have to pay at the door again.
The way this is going, you might have to pay to get in to see me Saturday night.
I'll save you a seat, Red.
It won't be that one.
I get them in and you entertain them. Is that the key?
You said it, I didn't.
I think I've opened up a can of worms here, folks.
Well I've never been one but I have had my shots.
I'm not going to touch that one, I can tell you.
If you do, I'll slap your hand.
Thanks for making this song the number one single for us, because that's all that matters to me.
I know I'm not your first love.
There's been others before me.
And I'm the one that's got you now.
That's all that matters to me.
And I know other arms have held you.
I'm not jealous of these.
And other arms, they'll hold you now.
That's all that matters to me.
I came alive when you came along.
You brought life into me.
Honey, I don't care what's in your path.
As far as I can see.
I know that time will kiss you.
I know even thrill will be here.
My another lips that kiss you now.
That's all that matters to me.
My another lips that kiss you now.
That's all that matters to me.
Now.
Oh, you're very kind. Thank you very much.
Every time I do an interview, people ask me what my favorite songs are, folks.
Now, if all the songs are recorded down through the years, even though Room Full of Roses broke the ice,
that happens to be my favorite song out of all the tunes I've recorded, except for partial.
Ah, shoot!
Bless you.
Wow, look at that and that's a good one.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine. How are you doing?
Well, I was doing pretty good. You had a blowout over there.
Well, I'm sorry. I'm allergic to red.
You're allergic to red?
Yeah, could you stay out there, please?
I know what your problem is. You're starving for attention. That's your problem.
No, I ain't either. I'm starving for stardom.
You're starving for stardom?
Yeah, I wouldn't be a star when I grow up just like you, Red.
Well, that is the nicest things he said to me all day long, folks. I appreciate that. Joey, thank you.
I just want to be a little bit taller.
Oh, I see. Give me a compliment and then just chop my legs out of my knee. That's what you want to do?
Oh, yeah, I'd like to see you.
Cut me back down to size.
Yeah, come back down to your...
What is it, Joey?
Well, I was wondering if it's time now for me to come out there and sing my song.
Do you sing?
I don't know. I ain't never tried before.
It can't be that hard if you do it.
You said I could, Tomato. You said I could come out there and sing my song. That's what you told me.
I did not know you were serious when you asked me if you could come out and sing. I thought you were just pulling my leg.
No, that means one would be longer than the other one.
You said I could come out there and make my big day blue. That's what you told me.
Did y'all hear him say something about a...was it a day blue? Is that what he said?
Y'all, he can't hear nothing. He's been to the doctor for it.
I heard that...
He looked in his ear and said, no, one, you can't hear, Gilly. You got a suppository in your ear.
He said, now I know where I put my miracle ear.
So when he sat down, he can't hear nothing.
I'm glad you got a slit in the back of that jacket where you can hear me.
I got a slit in the back of this jacket so I can send you a fax.
I'm glad you ain't got my number.
Oh, it's dialing as we speak. Trust me.
You receiving anything?
I don't think so.
Check your fax machine.
Don't have one.
You forgot your line, didn't you?
Don't let me stand out there and squirm like that.
Do something.
I know what it is and I ain't gonna tell you.
You spent $3,000 on that hair and now your brain won't work.
I'm gonna get a video of this show, I can tell you.
That's why we're late starting the show.
Gilly had to wash his hair and then he had to dry it and then he had to style it and then he had to put it on.
You know what you've just accomplished.
You're making these ladies here think that I'm wearing a toupee.
That's not what I call it.
You need to take that one into the rug doctor.
My friend, you're looking at the real thing here.
This hair is like Coca-Cola.
It is the real thing.
Well, you should have had a Pepsi.
A Pepsi?
Hey, then you'd have the right one, baby.
Obey your hair.
I've never witnessed a day blue, but I tell you what, I want to see a day blue before I pass on over to the next world.
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
We got a big audience here today.
I know that's why I want to come out there.
We usually don't have this many people.
If I get you out here in front of all these people, you're not gonna get nervous on me.
It's either hang out with them dogs or get off the porch.
Are you calling me a dog?
Is that what you're doing?
You hear that?
You too.
I'm not gonna let that offend me, though.
I'm not gonna be offended by that statement, because they tell me that a dog is man's best friend.
So I'm gonna assume that probably...
You look like Swaggered.
He look like Swaggered.
You see that?
Well, don't start crying, because I ain't giving you nothing.
Where it began I can't begin to knowing, although I know it's growing strong.
Was in the spring and spring became the summer to leave you come alone.
Touching hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.
Sweet girl, good times never seemed so good.
I've been in pride to think they never would.
We look at the nights and it don't seem so lonely.
We fill it up with only tears.
And when I hurt, everything runs off my shoulders, how can I hurt while holding you?
Touching hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.
Sweet girl, good times never seemed so good.
I've been in pride to think they never would.
This is gonna bring us up to a break.
Give you a chance to get up and stretch your legs.
There we are.
I've been in pride to think they never would.
But it's like those tears.
They're bending over.
Need to say.
You're welcome to my show.
If it'll help you, over.
Stay the night if you want to.
If you could use a friend.
I feel for you.
My heart feels when it's broken too.
Baby, I feel for you.
I know all about the game.
Endless tears fall like rain.
Time went through the same thing with you.
I know all about the game.
Endless tears fall like rain.
Time went through the same thing with you.
Baby, I feel for you.
I know all about the game.
Love was just a dream.
We both look in the mirror.
We're all wide awake.
It's a flowing fountain.
A solid rock.
It's a flowing fountain.
One, two, one, two, three, Ping.
Does the girls all get prettier in frozen time?
Or do they all begin to look like movie stars?
Does the girls all get prettier in frozen time?
When the chains aren't taking play.
Put the wool on every face of the floor.
I mean, just other back street bars.
I can read them on a scale of one to ten.
Looking for a knife and a good work to run in.
A few more cranks and I might slip to five or even four.
When the morning comes and I wake up with a number one.
Well, we'll never do it anymore.
Does the girls all get prettier in frozen time?
Or do they all begin to look like movie stars?
Does the girls all get prettier in frozen time?
When the chains aren't taking play.
Put the wool on every face of the floor.
I mean, just other back street bars.
I don't mean to criticize the girls at all.
I know Robert Redbird even overhauled.
We all picture in our minds a girl that looks just right.
Ain't it funny and ain't it strange.
When a man's opinion's changed.
When he starts to face his own lonely night.
Does the girls all get prettier in frozen time?
Or do they all begin to look like movie stars?
Does the girls all get prettier in frozen time?
When the chains aren't taking play.
Put the wool on every face of the floor.
I mean, just other back street bars.
What'd I say?
Put the wool on every face of the floor.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, I appreciate that.
I made the statement a few minutes ago
that some of the favorite songs.
Folks, I always felt like that was one of the best songs
I ever handed EMG because it's such a true story.
If you don't believe it,
band around a few days.
I usually try to dedicate that song to all the guys
that like to have one or two drinks and think they're
nine foot tall and bulletproof.
Don't point your finger at me.
Where's Joey?
He left.
Y'all got him locked?
Did you lock him up in your dressing room again?
Yeah, right.
No, he went out the back door.
Did he quit?
Hopefully.
I'm responsible for Joey Riley, don't you know that?
I check him out in the morning and I check him back
in at night.
Now can you imagine Joey Riley loose on the streets of
Branson by himself?
Branson, we got a problem.
He'll be back.
I had a request to do a song by the rock and roll legend,
the killer Jerry Lee Lewis, folks.
Don't mind doing a song by Jerry Lee.
Don't want to do anything by Reverend Swaggart.
So, just hang here with me a minute.
Shake my nerves and you'd rattle my brain.
Too much of loving drives a man insane.
You broke my will, but what a thrill.
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire.
Had your love and I thought it was funny.
You came along and you moved me honey.
Change my mind and your love is fine.
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire.
Kiss me baby.
Woo, feel me good.
Hold me baby.
I want to love you like a mother should.
You're fine, so kind.
I can tell you squarely that you're mine, mine, mine, mine.
She went there and I twiddled my thumbs.
We'll never let you show your mother.
Come on baby, drive me crazy.
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire.
Hey, kiss me baby.
Woo, feel good.
Hold me baby.
I want to love you like a mother should.
You're fine, so kind.
I can tell you squarely that you're mine, mine, mine, mine.
She went there and I twiddled my thumbs.
We'll never let you show your mother.
Come on baby, drive me crazy.
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire.
Thank you.
Won by the rock and roll legend, the killer, Jerry Lee.
Folks, I tell you what I'm going to do.
I'm going to let the girls sing a song for you
and I'll try to find out what happened with Joey.
You decided to come back to work.
Do you think the show was over when the curtains closed a few minutes ago?
Uh-uh, uh-uh, sir, uh-uh.
Well, it's good to have you back.
It's good to be had.
Where did you go?
Well, I'm sorry I'm late.
I'm having trouble getting back in my routine, you know.
You been out at the restaurant?
No, I've been out of my routine.
I've been on vacation.
You've been on?
We went to Florida on your credit card.
You went to Florida on my credit card?
Yeah, boy, I like the limit.
Boy, you got a big limit.
You don't have to go to the restaurant anymore, but you used to.
Did you have a good time in Florida?
Boy, I sure did when we finally got there.
I had a wonderful time, boy.
Your limit was incredible.
Wait a minute, what does that mean, when you finally got there?
Did you go somewhere else?
Well, we wound up in Wisconsin.
There they are, right there.
How did you end up in Wisconsin if you went south going to Florida?
We had the map upside down.
Who matches that one?
Whose fault was that?
It was Angel's fault.
She was the one reading it.
I was just driving, mister.
Angel?
Yeah, that's not a real name, that's just what I called her.
Oh, I see.
Oh she brings out the animal in you, doesn't she?
Well, I mean to tell you.
Is that why you call her Angel?
because she's always up in the air harping on something.
I'm getting where I call her Candy Bar
because she's real sweet, but she's about half nuts.
Take a look at who she's running around with,
ladies and gentlemen.
I know, I know, Mr. Good Bar.
Well, did you finally end up in Florida, or?
You ended up in Wisconsin.
Yeah, that's where we're all now, in Wisconsin.
Did you have a good time in Wisconsin when you got up there?
That's a great state to go to.
Oh, you ain't kidding, mister.
Yeah, I had a good time until I got locked up
and then everything went downhill.
They caught you for speeding up there
in one of those speeding traps I bet.
Put you in jail, didn't they?
No, I didn't get put in jail.
I ate too much of that cheese is what the deal was.
I got bound up.
Next time I'm eating that cheese with the holes in it,
it's less binding.
And then I can send you a fax.
Well, when you got your plumbing problem fixed.
You mean when I got everything going south?
Did you then go to Florida?
Yes, we went to Disney World.
Well, you went to see the other Mickey?
Mm-hmm, the famous one.
Joey?
I've seen Goofy, her brother. He is out there.
I don't have a brother named Goofy.
I do have a sidekick that I call Goofy.
I know, Norman's been with you a long time.
Hey, I've seen your cousin Jerry Lee Lewis
when I was in Florida.
Was he doing a concert?
Mm-hmm, he was playing golf.
Jerry Lee was playing?
No, wait a minute, Jerry Lee don't play golf?
Yes, he does, Alvocado.
I've seen him with my own two eyes.
Well, just who was he playing golf with, Reverend Swaggart?
Mm-hmm, he was playing with O.J. Simpson.
Oh.
You're telling me in this audience that O.J. Simpson
and Jerry Lee Lewis was playing golf together in Florida.
Is that what you're trying to tell me?
They sure were, buddy.
I've seen them with my own two eyes.
Did you say hello to them?
I sure did.
They rode right in front of me on the golf cart.
I said, hey, killer!
And they both waved at me.
Here's Casey.
I'm looking for a lover who can rev his little engine up.
He can have a 55 Chevy or a fancy little pickup truck.
He's got a cool Cadillac with a jacuzzi in the back of me.
Oh, yeah.
Cause I'm a classy little chassis who's
hunting for a heart to win.
Oh, but if you want to win it, there's no speed limit.
Just go faster, faster.
Don't be slow.
Rev it up, rev it up till your engine blows.
You win my love.
You win my soul.
You win my heart.
Yeah, you get it all.
You win my love.
You make my motor run.
You win my love.
Yeah, you're number one.
Oh, I'm a crazy little lady.
I'm the kind you just can't slow down.
Oh, no.
I need a 65 cylinder, racy little run around town.
Oh, but if you want to win it, there's no speed limit.
Just go faster, faster.
Don't be slow.
Rev it up, rev it up till your engine blows.
You win my love.
You win my soul.
You win my heart.
Yeah, you get it all.
You win my love.
You make my motor run.
You win my love.
Yeah, you're number one.
Oh, yeah.
I want a heartbreak heartache, a full of steam dream machine.
Must a little late night, sexy long stretch limousine.
Oh, but if you want to win it, babe, there's no speed limit.
Just go faster, faster.
Don't be slow.
Rev it up, rev it up till your engine blows.
You win my love.
You win my soul.
You win my heart.
Yeah, you get it all.
You win my love.
You make my motor run.
You win my love.
Yeah, you win my love.
Thank you.
That's Casey.
What do you ladies think about this jacket, huh?
Folks, this is Joey's favorite jacket right here.
But before I...
I just want to tell all of you, this lovely lady that you just heard perform, folks,
she works over at Thousand Hills Golf Course.
If we got any golfers in this audience, it's a great little golf course to play.
You'll have a great time, have a fun time.
It's right over behind the Grand Palace.
And if you're lucky, you might see her over at the Pro Shop
or you might see her on the beverage cart.
She drives over there sometimes.
She works sometimes over at the golf course.
So if you want to see her up close, that's a good place to go say hi to her.
But don't play golf with her.
She beat me about two strokes the last time I played her.
Yeah, well, Ray Charles could beat you.
Is there a knob on that jacket where you can turn it down a little bit?
See, when he talks about it, he shows he likes it.
Yeah, well, you look like the Energizer Bunny.
I feel like the Energizer Bunny because I keep going and going and going.
You're telling me.
I just want to know how much Mary Kay you had to sell to get that.
You look like a big bottle of Pepto-Bismol.
I needed some of you after I ate over at the Gilly's Texas Cafe
and got some of that Gilly's chili.
You keep using my credit card.
You're going to need more than Pepto-Bismol, I can tell you that.
I'm a little upset with that restaurant, by the way.
What's the matter with that restaurant over there?
What did you do?
Well, I'm a little upset with them.
I went over and had me a steak.
Well, how did you find your steak?
I just moved that potato chip and there it was.
Thanks for making this next song a number one single for us.
The title of it.
Talk to me, talk to me.
Darling, I love the things you say.
Talk to me, talk to me.
In your own sweet gentle way.
Let me hear you tell me dear.
Tell me you love me so.
Talk to me, talk to me.
Tell me I want you.
I want to know.
Many ways you speak of love and I've heard before.
But how do you know it sounds so good every time?
Do you see the parts that I love just once more?
Darling, I'm so glad you're mine.
Talk to me, talk to me.
Hold me close and whisper love.
Talk to me, darling, can't you see?
Baby, I love you so.
Talk to me, talk to me.
Darling, I love you so.
Yes, I do.
I do.
Applause.
What am I, a chop liver?
That was a Kodak moment.
Did you see all those ladies coming up and taking a picture of this jacket and some of those guys was taking pictures too?
Did you see that?
Yeah, they can't believe it either.
You're going to love this other little gal, folks.
This is Erica.
I want to ride, ride in Yoda while I'm riding on those wide rolling planes.
I want to ride, ride with a cowboy beside me on those wide rolling planes.
Let the world surround me, need those sunny skies where it never ever rains.
And settle down, down in some little town on the wide rolling planes.
I do.
Thank you.
I want to ride, ride in Yoda while I'm riding on those wide rolling planes.
I want to ride, ride with a cowboy beside me on those wide rolling planes.
Got to make some haste, got no time to waste, got to catch that westbound train.
And I will ride, ride in Yoda while I'm riding on those wide rolling planes.
Yeah.
Got to make some haste, got no time to waste, got to catch that westbound train.
And I will ride, ride in Yoda while I'm riding on those wide rolling planes.
I do.
That's Erica.
Thank you.
Isn't she wonderful?
Oh, yeah.
I tell you what, she does a morning show in this town, and I want you folks to know where she's at in case you all might want to go back and see her, all right?
Erica?
I work at the Bob Nichols Morning Show.
We do shows at 9 a.m. at the Wild West Theater, which is located on Gretna Road.
So if you get a chance to come see us, we'd love to have you there.
Thanks.
That's Erica.
Yes, indeed.
Hey, you reckon they'll let me sing over at your show?
Oh, yeah.
You hear that blueberry? They're going to let me sing over there.
They ought to find something for you to do over there. You stay over there half the time anyway.
I know I go over there when I got to go to the restroom I'll have, you know.
Just what's the matter with these restrooms in this theater?
I ain't using them. You got them automatic flushers. Them things scare me to death.
That is modern technology at work.
Yeah, well, if you run around in there real fast, you can have your own walls and waters.
Don't make fun of the automatic flushers. I didn't have any problem with them. I had to put them in.
Well, you've wasted your money.
What do you mean wasted my money? I didn't have any choice.
You could spend less money and put a handle on it.
When this theater was destroyed by fire in 1993, the city of Branson passed some new ordinance.
I had to put the automatic flushers up there. That's the reason why they're there.
Oh, so you're telling me if this building catches on fire, that toilet's going to put it out?
Duh!
Well, they flushed you, didn't they, Tati Bo?
I want you to think about this just for a moment. Just think about this a minute.
The automatic flushers up there for a reason. It's for sanitation reasons.
Why is that?
So you don't have to touch anything.
Oh.
Well, I ain't that good yet.
I tell you where you wasted your money there, Pillsbury Doughboy, is up there on them toilet seat covers.
They don't work on automatic flushers. I'm here to tell you that right now.
If you'll take the seat cover off the wall and put it on that toilet seat, it'll work fine.
Oh, I do that. I tear it out of the wall. I put it on the seat. I tear that flap out of the middle.
Yeah, well, before you can turn around and plant it, bing! That thing's already gone, buddy.
You got to learn to be a little faster.
You need to get you some duct tape in there.
Well, whatever you put on that hair, that'll hold that dude on there.
From the soundtrack, we found the Urban Cowboy with a song called Stand By Me.
When the night has come and the land is dark
And the moon be the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid, I won't be afraid
Just as long, just as long as you stand by me
Darling, stand by me, won't you stand by me
If you'll redeem, won't you stand by me
And if the sky we look upon
Should ever crumble and fall
And the mountains, they should fall to the sea
No, I won't be afraid
No, I won't share a tear
Just as long, just as long as you stand by me
Darling, stand by me, won't you stand by me
If you'll redeem, won't you stand by me
Darling, stand by me, won't you stand by me
If you'll redeem, won't you stand by me
Darling, stand by me, won't you stand by me
Our keyboard specialist, Ron Crooks.
Okay, you've met everybody up here, and folks, you've been a wonderful audience today.
I certainly hope you had as much fun with us as we had with you.
And I know it's customary to come out and sign autographs and take photos with the folks that come to the theaters here in Branson.
And I do it after every show except on Thursday afternoon.
I don't do me...
Oh!
I... Yeah, thank you very much.
I usually get in my airplane and fly home so I can spend a couple nights with my family.
And then I come back to Branson and I stay here for six shows.
Then I go back to Houston.
Seven. Seven shows, six days.
Okay, whatever.
Memory is the second thing that goes.
I bet you can't even remember what the first thing was.
But anyway, there's a lot of wonderful shows in this town, and I want to tell you all that we really appreciate the fact that you're here with us today.
If you want to see the gentleman that had the big song in the soundtrack film, The Urban Cowboy, his name is Johnny Lee.
He had the song, Looking for Love.
Yup, he's the one who looks in all the wrong places.
He's right down here at the mall.
If you get a chance, go by and say hi to him and tell him.
Your friend Mickey Gilley said hello.
We do have a morning show in this town, and the gentleman came out and talked to you a little bit earlier today.
He talked to you about the fact that he does a morning show in the theater, and his name is Jim Owen.
He's a real funny guy.
He'll be here Saturday morning.
He tells a lot of great stories.
He sings a lot of the great Hank Williams music, and if you enjoy that type of entertainment, you'll love this guy.
I promise you.
He'll serve coffee and donuts to you out there in the lobby at 930.
They're good.
He stays and meets me one every day.
That's what's making this...
Anyway.
I wouldn't worry about that, Billy.
My dad always told me, if you got something important to you, build a roof over it, boy.
I was talking about his cowboy boots.
Anyway.
He's going to be serving coffee and donuts out there at 930, and his show starts at 10.
He'll come out and join you and talk to you and say hello to you.
He does a wonderful show.
If you do make time to see his morning show, folks, and you have coffee and donuts with him,
please don't refer to him as Jim Owens, Mr. Owens.
Don't call him Mr. Owens.
You see, he was born with no S.
He ain't the only one.
Y'all can go down there to that will of fortune.
You can spend some time, and they'll give you one.
Well, I'll pass that on to him.
Or you can talk to people from Illinois.
They have an S and don't even use it.
You used to have an S, and then your club burnt down, and then you lost your S.
Burnt that dude right off, didn't it?
Yeah, post-erfi first.
We're getting a lot of mileage out of this one, aren't we?
Anyway.
Go ahead.
I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you.
Thank you very much.
It's my job.
Tonight, Mr. Moe Bandy will be in this theater.
He does a great show.
You'll enjoy the Moe Bandy show if you have not seen it,
and you don't have plans this evening.
Moe Bandy has got a tremendous show you'll have a great time with.
If you get a chance, come see him.
And folks, I'm going to tell you something.
He's got a funny comedian working with him.
Yeah, well, I like Moe Bandy because he's a professional singer.
And Hargis, by the way, is my uncle.
Oh, I see.
Hargis is your uncle.
Yeah.
Well, anyway.
Well, does it feel better?
It don't itch anymore.
Well, that's wonderful.
You going to use it?
I don't know where it's been.
There's more places than you have.
I want to invite all of you to join our mailing list
because we're getting ready for the 98th season
coming around the corner here very shortly.
And I'd like to have the schedule in your hand if you come back to Branson.
And it doesn't cost you anything to join the mailing list.
All you have to do is give me a call at the office down in Pasadena, Texas,
and it's a toll-free number.
I'm going to give you an 800 number.
Call me.
I'll send you my schedule, the Moe Bandi schedule,
and also the morning show schedule with Mr. Jim Owen.
So if you'd like to receive it absolutely free, it's your call.
The office hours are 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
We're on Central Time.
And don't worry, folks, I'm not going to ask you for a penny.
How am I doing, Jimmy?
I smell smoke.
Now, this phone number is easy for you to remember.
So if you want to be on our mailing list, just give us a call.
Remember, 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, Central Time.
The number is 1-800-GILI-1.
Now, I didn't load you down with a lot of numbers
because I feel like you could remember Gili-1 a lot easier.
You could remember all the numbers.
So that's 1-800-G-I-L-L-E-Y, and the number, 1.
Do not dial O-N-E.
And don't dial 1-800-MIKKIES, you'll get Disney World.
Hey, Papa Smurf, I was wondering where the fiddle player is.
Papa Smurf?
I was wondering where the fiddle player is.
I don't have a fiddle player.
Well, there's your problem.
What do you mean, that's my problem?
Oh, yeah, because if you're going to have a country music show,
you have to have a fiddle in the band.
That's the law, buddy, that's the way it is.
That's the way it's always been.
I got to have a fiddle player.
Oh, yeah.
What makes you think that?
Come here just a minute.
See those people back there dressed up as empty chairs?
The defendant rest.
See, if you had a fiddle, you'd be sold out.
I mean every show, buddy.
Oh, yeah.
What makes you think that?
Well, look what that Shoo-Shee Tohoochee's doing over there.
His name is Shoji Taboochee.
He's a friend of mine.
I call him Chopsticks and I don't know him.
But I'll guarantee he's got a fiddle.
That's why he's selling out.
Wham, wham, wham, wham, wham.
Cha-ching, cha-ching.
Oh, so.
Oh, yeah.
So what you're telling me is if I had a fiddle in this band,
I could have this theater completely sold out
every show that I walk out here on stage and do.
Cha-ching.
What do you guys think about that?
Now, that would be entertaining and interesting, wouldn't it?
Sell out every night?
With a fiddle?
Oh.
Where can I find a fiddle player?
I'll try it.
You're looking at it.
You play fiddle?
I don't know.
I ain't never tried before.
But I got one.
I bought it in the Grotzel and I was thinking about you
when I bought it.
And I'll guarantee you, mister, I'm going to give up my song
I was going to sing just to play fiddle on your show
to make you more popular in Branson.
What do you think about that?
Oh, that's exciting.
Oh, yeah.
It ought to be.
I can guarantee you.
I guarantee these people will be like Indians.
They'll be making reservations left and right, buddy.
I mean, you'll be sold out.
Just because we got a fiddle.
I mean, boy, you got everything else.
You got an Elbino piano, you ought to have a fiddle in your band.
What's the matter with your pants?
Well, I don't know if they're too short
or I got in them too deep.
Hey, wait a minute.
Hold on a minute.
Wait just a minute.
What is it?
Where's that cord going at right there?
I don't know.
I ain't figured it out yet.
But I'll guarantee you, my mom gave me a longer cord than that.
Hey, since I'm going to be a celebrity, mister,
I've got my own line of hats.
These are called Tuhuchi hats.
That's a hat?
Yeah, it's a hat.
It's a Tuhuchi hat.
I got them on sale in the lobby.
These are Tuhuchi hats, buddy.
Oh, you got to get one of these.
Tuhuchi?
Oh, yeah.
You got a Tuhuchi hat, son?
You're going to be playing the fiddle you can wear like this.
Check the fiddle and see if it's in tune
if you're going to try to play that thing.
If you got it in the garage sale,
you need to check it and make sure it's in tune.
Okay.
Oh!
I got to get it in tune.
Well, is it in tune?
Yeah, it's all in there.
Well, I'm glad you're going to play the fiddle for us
because I want you to know something right now.
I'm very proud that you got a fiddle.
This band won a Grammy for the Orange Blossom Special.
Did you know that?
No, I didn't know that.
From the soundtrack and the film The Urban Cowboy,
they won a Grammy for the Orange Blossom Special.
Yeah, I didn't know that.
Well, you do, too.
I just got through telling you.
I know, and that's how I found out.
Question is, can you play the OBS?
I don't know about the O,
but I can sure do the rest of it.
OBS is Orange Blossom Special.
That's what I thought it was.
Every fiddle player is supposed to know that song.
If you're a fiddle player, you'll know it.
Well, that answers your own question.
That's fine, then. I'll tell you what I'm going to do.
That's the song I want you to play.
All right, well, kick it off, mister.
I'm going to give you a big buildup.
I don't need no buildup.
I got that on my shower curtain at home.
Just introduce me and get it over with.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The Urban Cowboy Band featuring Joey Riley on the fiddle,
playing the Grammy Award winning song from the soundtrack
and film The Urban Cowboy Orange Blossom Special.
Here he is, Joey Riley.
One, two, three, four, do something.
Oh, oh, oh.
Raise the bridge.
Jesus.
I told you to play the Orange Blossom Special.
Is there a song called Raise the Bridge?
No, I had to get it right, though.
Well, I hope you got it high enough,
because I want to hear the Orange Blossom Special.
I don't want to hear this.
Raise the bridge.
Can you play the Orange Blossom Special?
Yes, sir, I'm just getting started.
That's what I want to hear,
and that's what this audience is expecting to hear.
Yes, sir.
So play the Orange Blossom Special.
Can you hear me?
Yes, sir, I can hear you.
Okay, good.
Can you hear me?
Oh.
That's my favorite part.
Oh.
Boy, that was the best, though.
That's not in the Orange Blossom Special either.
I can't believe that you keep doing things like that.
I don't want that...
That's not in the Orange Blossom Special.
We didn't record it like that.
Well, neither were you.
You're not in it.
I was in the Orange Blossom Special.
Oh, well, okay.
Then stay out there.
Don't want to hear him play?
Play the Orange Blossom Special
the way it was recorded.
You got it?
Yes, sir, I got it.
That's it.
Call 911.
Are you some kind of a dummy?
What?
What's that?
You cross that line and say that, Blueberry.
You're a dummy.
No, you're the dummy
because there ain't no line there.
Get on out of here before I kick you in the miracle ear.
Now, if I'm going to play this song,
I'm going to play it real fast.
Do y'all want to hear it real fast?
Okay, let's get it up there, guys.
You heard him.
Get it up there.
Yeah, boy.
Oh, I love it.
Wow, wow, wow.
I got to do this right here.
Then I got to do this moonwalk.
I can do it backwards too.
You know.
Yeah, I'll be your moon.
The Hornets.
Joey Riley.
Yes, Julie McGillie.
Hope you had a good time with us next.
Be with us here at Grant's and especially at our theater.
Come back to us real soon.
Thanks for coming today.
Drive careful.
I'm going to be your moonwalk.
Yeah, I'll be your moonwalk.