The next song, titled "Keep the Change," was a pointed middle-finger at President Obama and the "United Socialist States of America." In case you were wondering, Bocephus and everyone in that crowd at the Choctaw Events Center would like for the rest of America to know that they'll be keeping their guns, their V8 engines, and their "Christian names," and us freedom-hating liberals can keep the "change." One bright young star in Sanuk slip-ons and a pink button-down wrapped himself in a Bocephus-branded Confederate flag despite the fact that it was too damn hot in that venue to be wrapped in anything made of nylon, much less the visual representation of Southern racism. Two guys in the upper deck saluted Hank with their Miller Lite cans throughout the entire show, which took real dedication. (And by rowdy, I mean "already drunk and starting to sweat.")Įveryone wants to be asked if they want to drink and party while they're holding cans of overpriced cans of casino beer, especially the crowd in Durant. And by going, I mean everyone, including the 60-year-old women in Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots, was the definition of rowdy. The show opened with "All My Rowdy Friends," which was a very effective way to get the crowd going. Even if you don't know much of Williams' other discography, "Are You Ready for Some Football?" is instantly recognizable by anyone who spent their Monday nights growing up watching the Cowboys play. was probably part of a lot of our childhoods. Such hopes, however, proved more fantasy than reality. There was also a naive part of me that thought he would just play the good old classics and stay away from his entirely terrible work from the last 15 or 20 years. I knew that he was an arch-conservative, a bit of a racist, and probably too old to be any good, but there is always something exhilarating about seeing and hearing songs from your childhood performed live. 75 toward Durant, part of me was excited about seeing Hank Williams Jr. Tom Caruso’s (Chelsea, MA) “Legs & Eggs” was the breakfast special.Driving up U.S.“Old School Boston Combat Zone Adult Nightclubs” Wursthaus (Harvard Square, Cambridge MA).Tony C’s (Named after Tony Conigliaro, Nahant, MA).The Townnehouse (above the Bull & Finch).The Sugar Shack (Boylston Street, Boston).The Speakeasy (Central Square Cambridge MA).Aerosmith, Cars & Boston played there) More… The Bell Buoy (Front Street, Scituate.Tia’s (Waterfront Boston at the Marriot).Studio 4 (Lynn, MA – Currently the Porthole Pub).Spinoffs Roller Disco (Landsdowne Street).Sanctuary (Now Vincent’s Nightclub, Randolph, MA).Rosebud Bar (Davis Square, Somerville, MA).Pipeline (Landsdowne Street Boston, MA – 1982).Pappillon Nightclub (Downstairs at the Back Bay Hilton, Boston).Oxford Ale House (Harvard Square, Cambridge MA).Olivers (Boston, MA – Currently Cask & Flagon).OD’s (Cambridge / Became Flappers) – Happenings, Mason Dixon, Platters, Younger Brothers played there.Natalie’s (Commonwealth Av., Allston, MA).Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Brighton).Lantern Lodge (Attleboro – Disco House Band “Sunshyne”).John Martins Manor / Nite Shoes (Saugus).Inman Square Men’s Bar or Inn Square Men’s Bar (Cambridge, MA).Heartache (Commonwealth Av., Allston, MA).
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