Tuesday, 2 February 2010
THE BK LOUNGE ONCE AGAIN FEATURES THE VOCALS OF LARRY SMITH , BILL CLARK SITS IN ON HARMONICA & SOME TERRIFIC MUSIC BY THE STRANGER CREEK BAND
Another big crowd of classic country music fans and dancers once again filled the BK to almost overflowing tonight as our pal Larry Smith once again lent his vocal talents to the evening's festivities. Starting the evening off with Gene Watson's "Got No Reason Now For Goin' Home," Larry continued with Conway Twitty's "I Don't Know A Thing About Love," George Jones' "Choices" and Ray Price's "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down. After lead guitarist Gordon Riley and the band including their great drummer John Malone played "Honky Tonk" and Gordon did a super vocal of "Big Boss Man," Larry returned with "Today I Started Loving You Again," "Crazy Arms," "Just Another Bridge To Burn," a tune written by Little Jimmy Dickens and Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues." Somewhat later in the evening Larry was to return with Mel Tillis' "Green Green Greass Of Home," "Johnny B. Goode," "Kansas City," George Jones' "Walk Thru This World With Me," and Glen Campbell's "Help Me Make It Through The Night." We thought one of tonight's highlights was Larry singing "Wabash Cannonball" as Gordon Riley played the Dobro. Great stuff!

"Marvelous" Marvin Bredemeier, who handles the fiddlin' duties at Annie's Country Jubilee every Saturday night got a big hand as he played "Silver Bells" and "Ragtime Annie" then returned a little later to play and vocalize "Bilin' Cabbage Down" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa." Mary Bichelmeyer, the group's bass player did a wonderful job singing "Bill Bailey" and husband Garry Bichelmeyer sounded just great as he sang Don Williams' "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" and Charlie Pride's "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone." It was great seeing our friend Bill Clark sit in with the group tonight playing harmonica and singing "My Window Faces The South," "Just Because" and "Faded Love."

Scott Gilmore opened the second half with Brooks & Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie," much to the delight of the line dancers and Annie Little got a big hand as she sang "Somewhere Between" and a Garry Bichelmeyer original, "I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind." Larry Smith closed this fun evening with an original gospel number he wrote some years back, "I Was There." (Below) l. to r. Garry Bichelmeyer, Bill Clark & Larry Smith



The above text and photo reprinted from MO-KAN OPRY.COM with permission of Roger Hawkins. Again, Many thanks, Roger!