TUESDAY MAY 25, 2010
BK LOUNGE

The crowd that gathered at the BK LOUNGE on this hot Tuesday evening were in for more than one treat. In addition to an evening filled with outstanding music; during the intermission pieces of a wonderful Birthday cake were passed out to those present. At the same time, from the other side of the room, pieces of a beautiful
50th Wedding anniversary cake were being passed out. We certainly want to extend our congratulations to Laurence and Barb Keltner on their 50 years of marriage. I am sorry but I never did learn who the birthday person was but hope they had a very Happy Birthday!

Our thanks to Roger & Jean of MO-KAN OPRY.com for their song by song description of the program that follows

It was a scorcher out there today and it really felt good as we stepped through the door to the air conditioned comfort of the BK and heard the familiar strains of "Gordon's Boogie #1," a sure sign the festivities were about to start. We just found our seats and settled in a bit when Marvin Bredemeier on fiddle, Gordon Riley on lead, John Malone on drums and the rest of the band took off on the Bob Wills' classic "San Antonio Rose" with Larry Dean doing a great job on the vocals. Larry also did a great job next with a Travis Tritt number, "Living On Borrowed Time," "Bonaparte's Retreat" and somewhat later returned with Waylon Jennings' "I May Be Used" and the "Farmer Blues." Gordon and the band played some great instrumentals as well here tonight with "Panhandle Rag," "Steel Guitar Rag" and a crowd favorite, "Back Home Again In Indiana."

Our friend Marvin, who of course is the regular fiddle player at Annie's Country Jubilee every Saturday night, gave the folks a real treat tonight as he played the old fiddle tune "Soldier's Joy" and "Ragtime Annie" (Marvin wants it noted that he played this for Annie Little who will be on vacation for the next 3 weeks). Mary Bichelmeyer, the group's bass player, did an outstanding job tonight singing Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World," Patsy Cline's "Crazy Dreams," "Sweet Dreams" and Terri Gibbs' "Somebody's Knocking." Husband Garry Bichelmeyer, who is not only a great performer but a super songwriter as well got a big hand as he sang Hank Sr.'s "You Win Again," Ray Price's "Are You Sure (This Is Where You Want To Be)," another Hank Williams number for a couple celebrating their 50th anniversary "Wedding Bells" and a 50's tune made famous by Ben E. King, "Stand By Me." It's always a pleasure to see and hear our pal Dave Purcell perform -- he sings a great song! Dave chose George Strait's "The Cowboy Rides Away" to begin with and followed it with Dwight Yoakam's "Streets Of Bakersfield." Dave returned later with a couple of Willie songs: "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and "Remember Me," the latter which he sent out to us. Thanks for the thought, Dave! What a pleasure it was to see Art Covey drop in with his mandolin and great singing voice! Art sang our favorite Darrell McCall song, "There's Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone" and "Missing You," a number he wrote while sitting in his front yard one evening and thinking of his grandson who was serving his second tour in Iraq and how his wife must be feeling. What a great motivation for a song!

Jerome Oberle brought his accordian along tonight and got the feet shufflin, the hands clappin and the dancers boogying as he joined the band to play "In The Good Old Summertime," "Beer Barrell Polka" and the "Pennslyvania Polka." Fun stuff!! Annie Little, although she'll be gone for the next three weeks, left us a little something to remember her by, singing a Garry Bichelmeyer tune, "I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind" and "Just In Case You Change Your Mind." Safe trip, Annie! Art Covey closed the evening's festivities with "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."

(Below) top - Jerome Oberle & Marvin Bredemeier and the band play "The Beer Barrell Polka" bottom - Dave Purcell sings "Remember Me"





Thanks to Roger & Jean Hawkins of MO_KAN OPRY.com for their permission to reprint the above from their column.
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