Back when I was playing music in the 70s I listen to Mickey Gilley and Jerry Lee Lewis a lot Mickey Gilley did a song the girls all get prettier at closing time and he said Conway Twitty said you shouldn’t record it the girls won’t like it and I used to do a twist on Jerry Lee Lewis’s song he is 40 years old going on 20. I turned it around and sang it about a woman instead of a man and surprisingly a lot of women liked it today it would probably be a big hit with all the cougars in Hollywood
WOW! I've always liked Mickey Gilley but from now on I will refer to him as Mr. Gilley. After watching this my respect for him goes way beyond music. Just a hell of a "good ol boy" that made it big. Cool Cat!
Wow! I worked at the Nesadel Club, Gene Cryer was the big boss there back then, Sherwood's brother, a short man in overalls with a gray beard and leather cap. The Nesadel Club was rock and roll, the Liberty Brothers played there often and beer bust nights were hot. I remember when Urban Cowboy was filmed that was big-time in Pasadena. I partied with glee at Gilley's one night and even rode the bull for a few seconds. 😂 Thanks for the memories.
My son was in chiropractic college in Pasadena, and we were at Gilley`s on the week-end he was married. It was at the time of URBAN COWBOY! I always think of that when I hear Mickey`s music. My son and wife are both gone too soon now.
Same here traveling around the country from 81 to 83 and thought I would make it and then all of a sudden a ticket materializes for me to Hawaii 😃 life sure has it's surprises...40yrs later and now we can tour the country and the world from our living room sofa. RIP Micky
I went to the club when it was hot. The biggest & best club ever. Thats when line dances. I love Mickey & always will. After the club burnt down everyone was so sad!
Thank you for this trip down memory lane.. I was following Gilley before Urban Cowboy, My in laws even went dancing there in the 80's they came down from Omaha
Your right. It's gone now. Look at what Country Music is now. They start at the top. Pop tarts. Never work and scratch to get there. They don't know what is really like when they shoot to top from very start.
I have watched urban cowboy so many times through the years I was 8 years old in 1979 that is when terrible Tuesday hit just 2 months before the movie urban cowboy was filmed in June the tornado had hit Wichita falls Texas April 10 1979 and pretty much leveled the whole entire city it hit parts if semour Texas parts of Oklahoma Kentucky Missouri its wild how your memory can remember things like that was a long time ago i always did think Debra winger was hot in that movie from then until now
"Urban Cowboy" may have swept the country into a C&W cycle. But it was a movie, and a movie reaches a wider audience than, say, a concert. Not everyone goes to a concert. But remember this. Tex Ritter's "High Noon" also did a lot for the C&W craze. And let's not forget that what we called "pop" music in the 50s was really C&W in disguise: Jo Stafford, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer, Her Nibbs Miss George Gibbs, Patsy Cline, Kay Starr, just to name a few. All these singers had a C&W base to their style of singing. Ritter followed up "High Noon" with "The Bandit," a tale of a bandit south of the border. I might mention, too, there was country swing during the 40s, and the C&W singing cowboys, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. I'm limited for time here. But I will say this much. "Urban Cowboy" just brought to even wider prominence a musical form that was ALWAYS popular through backcountry America.
Wish I could meet Debra winger in person you know what I liked most about that movie is towards the end when that one guy offers bud a beer and he looks at sissy and sais no way were going home then they get in the truck bud gets sissys license plate out of the glove box and puts it back in the back window and kisses his woman awesome
They had the same setup in the Beverly Hills Supper Club. It Burned To The Ground As well!!!!!!!🔥🔥ARSON!! Gilleys Burned to the Ground! Just like Supper Club!🤔
I remember when Micky Gilley and Gilley's was a big thing too . My stepdad had a friend that looked just like Johnny Lee too . I swear they could have passed for twins .
(Cont'd) I might add, too, that if you listen carefully and critically to Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and "Maybelline," they're really more C&W than R&B. The rhythm of both is definitely C&W, in my opinion, of course. Anyone?
Most of the cowboys were in eastern Texas (around Pasadena), where they were running cattle, at a distance from western Texas; while the Texas Rangers were in western Texas, settling the border to Mexico. The Spanish who left Florida and did not care to get involved with the revolution and problems in Colonial America (the UNION), so the Spanish people went west to Mexico and the Colonial-American Rangers fought with the Spanish to settled the border, where the Spanish could live in Mexico, away from the serveys of the Colonial-Americans of the UNION; AND therefore,the Cowboys could better drive the cattle in "eastern Texas" since they were at a distance from the "Rangers and Spanish conquest."
[1]The cavalry was the military and set-up fortresses of military equipment [2] the RANGERS were the pioneers who scoped and serveyed the land that RANGES across the west. [3] the COWBOYS worked the cattle and set Ranch Houses on the Ranges from where they would work.
Everything in a Western Saloon, except Kitty (a cowgirl) was tuned to a bull, instead of dancing, as the Cowboys came in from work at night. Pasedena is DODGE CITY.
Folklore: The Cowboys dodged into the Saloon after mending fences and driving long horn, Dodge City to the cowboy. Kitty served them up as they eased the stress of the day that weathered them to exaustion. a large brimmed hat, suited to the task of a cowboy, kept the blistering sands storms from brazzing their face while the hat also tetered the rain as it fell, chaps kept their legs dry and the gushing of desert washes predicted their direction of driving the cattle.
The Texas ranger had to settle the State of Texas, without much help from the EAST. The East, in Washington, was begining to errupt into the Civil War at the time. Rangers pioneering the west, settled Texas, on their own, which gave Texas the nick name : The LONE STAR STATE (Badged rangers on their own). Their boots kept their feet dry and spurs helped to break-up rocks and clay, but they were continually hindered by washes, that even predicted-and-disrupted setting the border of the BIG BEND area in Texas, along the Mexico border. Yet Texas was not a STATE, but cattle were driven from this western frontier as Texas became bordered and was accepted into the UNION as the 28th Great STATE.
Great musician and really sang well . love to hear his songs.
I asked Mickey for an autograph about 15 years ago and he gladly signed it. Very nice man.
They don't make guy's like that anymore, 30's-80s were the best years in America
I could listen to him forever. Great life lessons, stories, interesting experiences. An icon.
Sarah White yep
Hello
Mickey is a national treasure with great staying power.
Back when I was playing music in the 70s I listen to Mickey Gilley and Jerry Lee Lewis a lot Mickey Gilley did a song the girls all get prettier at closing time and he said Conway Twitty said you shouldn’t record it the girls won’t like it and I used to do a twist on Jerry Lee Lewis’s song he is 40 years old going on 20. I turned it around and sang it about a woman instead of a man and surprisingly a lot of women liked it today it would probably be a big hit with all the cougars in Hollywood
Ok ok calm down
I loved your music Mickey and still do. God Bless you.
WOW! I've always liked Mickey Gilley but from now on I will refer to him as Mr. Gilley. After watching this my respect for him goes way beyond music. Just a hell of a "good ol boy" that made it big. Cool Cat!
I'm hoping Mickey gets inducted into the country music hall of fame soon!
Mickey Gilley was inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame August 31, 2013.
Thank you so much beautiful
i love you mickey you are the one Gilleys will always be in my memory
Wow! I worked at the Nesadel Club, Gene Cryer was the big boss there back then, Sherwood's brother, a short man in overalls with a gray beard and leather cap. The Nesadel Club was rock and roll, the Liberty Brothers played there often and beer bust nights were hot. I remember when Urban Cowboy was filmed that was big-time in Pasadena. I partied with glee at Gilley's one night and even rode the bull for a few seconds. 😂 Thanks for the memories.
My son was in chiropractic college in Pasadena, and we were at Gilley`s on the week-end he was married. It was at the time of URBAN COWBOY! I always think of that when I hear Mickey`s music. My son and wife are both gone too soon now.
Very sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss. I remember the Chiropractic college on Spencer if that's where your son went.
In the 80s I wanted to go here on vacation but it never materialized but I always felt good about listening to his music.
Same here traveling around the country from 81 to 83 and thought I would make it and then all of a sudden a ticket materializes for me to Hawaii 😃 life sure has it's surprises...40yrs later and now we can tour the country and the world from our living room sofa.
RIP Micky
I was a student at Texas Chiropractic College on Spencer Hwy. at the time that "Urban Cowboy" was being filmed.
I know the exact location. I was in Pasadena many times growing up in the Sagemont area of I 45. I remember the Chiropractor college on Spencer Hwy.
RIP Mickey, thank you
What a great man and actor and singer. He will not be forgotten.
My late grandmother was a fan of Mickey Gilley and I got to join her when I was about 9 still one of my favorite artist
I LOVE THIS MAN! ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL!
Hello beautiful lady
Love this man and so sad he got hurt and it has hampered his performing, quite the man
I went to the club when it was hot. The biggest & best club ever. Thats when line dances. I love Mickey & always will. After the club burnt down everyone was so sad!
People used to say Mickey had it burned down to collect insurance on it.
Always loved mickey gilley voice and attitude. Would never turn off any mickey gilley song. Pleasant voice.
I sure admire this mans Gift to entertainment.
Mickey and his cousin Jerry are SUPER
Thank you for this trip down memory lane.. I was following Gilley before Urban Cowboy, My in laws even went dancing there in the 80's they came down from Omaha
Had many good times there ♪♪
Wonderful interview and man.
What a singer - County and Western legend! RIP
There was a Gilleys in Dallas. I went there for train-in, my group went to Gilleys in the evening.
It was a good time before the movie came out. We all here in town miss the club. I'm 60 and had a good time there many years.
Much respect for you for being blessed enough to enter the original Gilley's.
I hear you, if we could turn back the clock
Love Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilly was a great Sanger in the world 💘🌍. So sad 😭😭😭 he has passed away now. I still Love him so much.
Wonderful man and a life well lived - RIP Mickey.
RIP Mickey
Mickey gilley
Your right. It's gone now. Look at what Country Music is now. They start at the top. Pop tarts. Never work and scratch to get there. They don't know what is really like when they shoot to top from very start.
Americana at its finest!!!
I have watched urban cowboy so many times through the years I was 8 years old in 1979 that is when terrible Tuesday hit just 2 months before the movie urban cowboy was filmed in June the tornado had hit Wichita falls Texas April 10 1979 and pretty much leveled the whole entire city it hit parts if semour Texas parts of Oklahoma Kentucky Missouri its wild how your memory can remember things like that was a long time ago i always did think Debra winger was hot in that movie from then until now
✝️💗R.I.P. Mickey Gilley!
25-50 k a night, wow 1980 even today, awesome great money
I really like that guy he had good music i like stand by me also he had that night club.
"Urban Cowboy" may have swept the country into a C&W cycle. But it was a movie, and a movie reaches a wider audience than, say, a concert. Not everyone goes to a concert. But remember this. Tex Ritter's "High Noon" also did a lot for the C&W craze. And let's not forget that what we called "pop" music in the 50s was really C&W in disguise: Jo Stafford, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer, Her Nibbs Miss George Gibbs, Patsy Cline, Kay Starr, just to name a few. All these singers had a C&W base to their style of singing. Ritter followed up "High Noon" with "The Bandit," a tale of a bandit south of the border. I might mention, too, there was country swing during the 40s, and the C&W singing cowboys, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. I'm limited for time here. But I will say this much. "Urban Cowboy" just brought to even wider prominence a musical form that was ALWAYS popular through backcountry America.
Jay Young spot on my friend! I witnessed it as a kid. Great times. Probably loom much larger in a kids mind, than in reality.
So what were his last words?
I met him at the kingman theatre in 2015 December it was the best day ever we went to his concert there
rub your hands with wd-40 and get back to playing.you are one of the best!
It’s kind of strange but Mickey looks like my uncle
Wish I could meet Debra winger in person you know what I liked most about that movie is towards the end when that one guy offers bud a beer and he looks at sissy and sais no way were going home then they get in the truck bud gets sissys license plate out of the glove box and puts it back in the back window and kisses his woman awesome
And accomplished a lot he did! R.I.P.
I like that guy he's has that song I like stand by me also he's just nice guy and had a good life
Stinkadena. Mom was a waitress at gilleys in the 70's. Did a little hellraising on Spencer and center st.
They had the same setup in the Beverly Hills Supper Club. It Burned To The Ground As well!!!!!!!🔥🔥ARSON!! Gilleys Burned to the Ground! Just like Supper Club!🤔
I remember when Micky Gilley and Gilley's was a big thing too . My stepdad had a friend that looked just like Johnny Lee too . I swear they could have passed for twins .
Hello beautiful
I thought Johnny Isbell lived in that house once. I have seen it in person.
(Cont'd) I might add, too, that if you listen carefully and critically to Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and "Maybelline," they're really more C&W than R&B. The rhythm of both is definitely C&W, in my opinion, of course. Anyone?
Chuck Berry said himself that nobody paid him any attention till he started doing the country stuff.
A fine man
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Most of the cowboys were in eastern Texas (around Pasadena), where they were running cattle, at a distance from western Texas; while the Texas Rangers were in western Texas, settling the border to Mexico. The Spanish who left Florida and did not care to get involved with the revolution and problems in Colonial America (the UNION), so the Spanish people went west to Mexico and the Colonial-American Rangers fought with the Spanish to settled the border, where the Spanish could live in Mexico, away from the serveys of the Colonial-Americans of the UNION; AND therefore,the Cowboys could better drive the cattle in "eastern Texas" since they were at a distance from the "Rangers and Spanish conquest."
They name a street after him in Pasadena Texas
Throughout the pictures from the past I never seen anybody of color and side his club!🤔🤔🤔
[1]The cavalry was the military and set-up fortresses of military equipment [2] the RANGERS were the pioneers who scoped and serveyed the land that RANGES across the west. [3] the COWBOYS worked the cattle and set Ranch Houses on the Ranges from where they would work.
Everything in a Western Saloon, except Kitty (a cowgirl) was tuned to a bull, instead of dancing, as the Cowboys came in from work at night. Pasedena is DODGE CITY.
Folklore: The Cowboys dodged into the Saloon after mending fences and driving long horn, Dodge City to the cowboy. Kitty served them up as they eased the stress of the day that weathered them to exaustion. a large brimmed hat, suited to the task of a cowboy, kept the blistering sands storms from brazzing their face while the hat also tetered the rain as it fell, chaps kept their legs dry and the gushing of desert washes predicted their direction of driving the cattle.
The Texas ranger had to settle the State of Texas, without much help from the EAST. The East, in Washington, was begining to errupt into the Civil War at the time. Rangers pioneering the west, settled Texas, on their own, which gave Texas the nick name : The LONE STAR STATE (Badged rangers on their own). Their boots kept their feet dry and spurs helped to break-up rocks and clay, but they were continually hindered by washes, that even predicted-and-disrupted setting the border of the BIG BEND area in Texas, along the Mexico border. Yet Texas was not a STATE, but cattle were driven from this western frontier as Texas became bordered and was accepted into the UNION as the 28th Great STATE.
Charly WATTS jan witte neil young frank Sinatra lol... its Mickey Cassidy