In the early 80’s, the movie Urban Cowboy in Texas made the honky tone world famous. Gilley’s was first opened in 1971 in Pasadena, TX by country star Mickey Gilley and co-owner Sherwood Cryer. Gilley was a tin building with many bars, a studio, a mechanical bull, and a small rodeo arena. Gilley was already a place to start in Pasadena, but after Urban Cowboy, John Travolta and Debra Winger; Gilley was a family name.
Known for his great live music and free flowing Lone Star beer, Gilley was a country music icon. A few years later, Gilley was closed due to a falling out between Gilley and Cryer. In 1989, Gilley’s fire destroyed the bar’s interior, but left the exterior standing. In 2006, it was finally demolished by the Pasadena Independent School District, which owned it at the time. Although many “Gilley’s” have opened around the US, the largest in the Dallas area, none are close to the original. Until now
There is a place in Texas that has been around since the 1930’s that is a well-established dance hall and hall, an icon in its own right, Henry’s Hideout Dancehall and Saloon. Located in Fretz, Texas, near the Texas fair Renaissance-festivals”>Renaissance Festival is held every year
Keith Gilley’, the son of Mickey Gilley himself, and his partner Billy Phillip, built their plans around the memory of the two famous hony tonks< /a>. Henry plans the same, but the ballroom will be the Gilley Roadhouse, a tribute to the original Gilley.
The idea is a safe, community-oriented place. Friday and Saturday you can kick it with Keith and the Urban Legend Band, Sunday is Open Mic night. For Sunday, May 31st Open Mic: Sign in starts at 2pm, Music starts from 3pm – 7pm or later. Sign up for Open Mic tonight, email: [email protected] or contact www.myspace.com/houstonopenmic for more information.
- karaoke and kids karaoke
- Dinner and dancing
- comedy
- main food
- and lots of live music, both local and national
- memorables from original writers Gilley and Urban Cowboy
- The original mechanical bull “El Toro” is there too!
Keith says his inspiration came from the past. “I woke up around Gilley and my greatest memories of Gilley’s writer. I wanted to put my memory on the peg that old Gilley’s writer thought. Henry seemed like a great place when Henry’s writer had many who loved their memories at Henry’s. It seemed like a perfect combination. The two stories in one
So come on, grab your mothballs, drink, roll around on the dance floor, and listen to some great live music. Henry’s Hideout and Keith Gilley’s Roadhouse and Dancehall, two legendary barbershops in one great place.
46010 FM 1774, Fretz, TX.
281-356-4222
