Snorty melts..... in the heat.... whew.....

The high temp is 103 today and has been in the triple digits for a week. My office feels like a sauna, especially with no A.C. or windows. This week has been a bitch to say the least and it makes me want to do horrible things to that sombitch that stole my laptop. I got plenty of stuff to say about this weekend’s entertainment schedule and some pretty good stories that go with the acts…so here we go.

WED. AUG. 15th: COLE, CODY, and HUTCH with the “not so special drink special”!!! If you want to see some rednecks rappin’ to what they might do to a dead girl or what you may find in a midget’s ass…this is the night for you. You would be mighty surprised about what you may find in a midgets ass. As Cole would say, “That song wasn’t met to be offensive…it just is.” Wednesday nights are a blast, and with school fixin’ to start it’s going to get that much funner. Cole actually tried to cut back on Wedn esdays because of school but I wouldn’t let him. Expect to see these guys here every Wednesday!

THUR. AUG. 16th: SHANGRALA!!! The rock /metal /vomit punk /Indy speed death metal kind of stuff is going to work out. I think it’s great and is exactly what this bar needs. There are all kinds of new bands wanting to play here and it should be really easy to get this off the ground. The Scorpion Choppers have been a great help in getting me contacts and the phone’s been ringin’!!! We loved the Visitent last week. They even played a Jason Boland song about the hell pony.&nb sp; In fact, the lead singer of the Visitent is brothers with Boland’s bus driver. Guess this stuff is crossing in more ways then one. Look for them to come back next month.

FRI. AUG. 17th: RED DIRT RANGERS with CHARLIE HORSE!!! Now remember that Randy Crouch plays with the Rangers and I’m sure he will also be sitting in with Charlie Horse because some of those guys used to be in the Flying Horse Band. I overheard some of the aliens that got left behind last time discussing if they should go back to Tahlequah with Randy. One of them said he would only go back if they got the satellite dish hooked back up on the big screen in the fiddle case so they can watch the cooking channel. Who knows what they’re going to do. I don’t care if they stay or go, I’m just sick of them messing around with the lights and the sound equipment. You guys heard that buzzing in the right speaker??? That’s the alien’s outtakes on human fart jokes. It was funny at first, but got old in a hurry.

The Rangers with Charlie Horse will be a great night. It’s just a fun vibe that can’t really be copied by any other act. The Rangers just had a CD released called Ranger Motel that was featured in Maverick magazine. They also host the Red Dirt Christmas Party every year at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa that shattered attendance records. These guys have been around for a long time and are partly responsible for the entire red dirt movement. Got to check them out if you haven’t already. Bud Girls will also be here giving away Dierks/Ragweed/Bowen tix. This may be the only tix available for give away. This should happen between 10:30 and 11. They always have a bunch of T-shirts and stuff to give away also.

SAT. AUG. 18th: The JOSH DAVIS BAND with The DRAMS!!! This will also be a CD release party for Josh’s new album “Bluebird”. I was lucky enough to have a quote included on the sleeve of Josh’s new album. I’m going to have to tell the story because none of you will understand it and might think I’m a perv if you just read it and don’t know the story. Josh obviously thought it was hysterical.

A few year’s ago myself and two of my buddies, Hooter and Simpy (that is their real names by the way) went to the Red Dirt Christmas Party at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa; the same one the Red Dirt Rangers host. I remember that Stoney, the Rangers, and Boland were all on the bill. As many of you know, Cain’s is located in horrible location, meaning a good place to catch a knife. For us being three rednecks and the first time to Tulsa really had no business being there, especially that crappy part of town. Mixing it with a bunch of booze made it that much worse and none of the three us were scared of a chain saw and were actually lookin’ for trouble. Show went fine and none of us could really remember the last half of the show (typical Boland show). At the time I drove a big Dodge diesel pickup. It was a cowboy deluxe and had grill guards everywhere with a big dovetail flatbed and stuck out like a sore thumb in downtown Tulsa. We were too drunk to drive and were going to call a cab and was headed to my truck to get some clothes and beer. We noticed another car in the same lot that had its window bashed in. We laughed about it until we noticed that all the cars had their windows bashed in, including mine. What was funny about the whole deal is the only thing they t ook was my CD case (mainly old cowboy tunes like Marty Robbins and Hank Williams), our cell phones, $7 I left in the consol, and my underwear. I just had my clothes thrown in the back ‘cause I didn’t have a suitcase and all they took was my underwear. What made it even funnier was the thieves actually recorded themselves on my cell phone and were obviously of a different race. So I made up the saying of how there was a group of black guys in Tulsa, OK who are listening to Hank Williams and wearing my underwear. Hence the quote on the Josh Davis CD; “I mean, who steals your underwear man?” Guess you had to been there.

Should be a good night, and with the bull ride in town, it should be a really good night. The Drams are awesome also. Many of you may have the Sloberbone CD. Several members of that band are members of the Drames. Two great bands!

Keep checkin’ in with us!



Thanks,

Steve Greene
417.833.6700
steve@snortyhorse.com
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