{"id":1516,"date":"2010-01-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:18:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:18:37","slug":"hot-club-of-cowtown-at-cains-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1516","title":{"rendered":"Hot Club of Cowtown at Cain’s Ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Saturday night Sweetie and I along with our friends Jim and Leanna headed downtown to legendary Cain’s Ballroom to see the western swing trio “Hot Club of Cowtown” play some music.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that in 18 years of living in Tulsa I have never stepped inside Cain’s despite blogging about it twice, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We didn’t know what to expect. I think something like Cain’s I think about people getting drunk and passing out, crowded, expensive. But we went anyway.<\/p>\n

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Was I surprised. The place is nice, parking is plentiful, the admission at $20 seemed a bargain. The drinks were cheap ($2.50 for a beer), the management very nice and accommodating, and the crowd was very laid back. There were a few children in attendance and everybody seemed pretty chilled and sober. And of course there is no smoking!!!! I was totally relaxed.<\/p>\n

The opening act was a charming little outfit with a strange name “Three Penny Upright<\/a>.” They are two female singers (who have really strong clear voices) a guitar player, drummer, and a bass player. One of the singers had a washboard. I have never seen a washboard actually used as a musical instrument before, I mean if you don’t count “Hee Haw.” They played for a while and were very good. I could hear them again.<\/p>\n

Then a pause and Hot Club of Cowtown<\/a> came on. They were great. They are just three, a guitar player, bass, and a violinist and how they made such a big sound I will never know. I bet Bob Will’s ghost traveled up from Memorial Cemetery at 61st and Memorial (I can get you the GPS coordinates if you are interested in paying your respects) just to hear it. The music is large, and happy, and played and sang very very well.<\/p>\n

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(Photo downloaded from their web site)<\/span><\/div>\n

I give them four stars out of four.<\/p>\n

I give Cain’s four stars out of four. A double header folks!<\/p>\n

Here is Hot Club’s performance of Ida Red from YouTube<\/p>\n

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A performance of the same song by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the movie “Blazing the Western Trails”<\/p>\n

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Smiles all around in our party Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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Sweetie and I will be heading back to Cain’s soon. We are definitely seeing Hot Club in Cowtown next time they are in the city.<\/p>\n

Have you gone out to hear some good music lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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