Dallas, Texas - Longhorn Ballroom (listed for Ron)

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Longhorn Ballroom
Dallas, Texas
Souvenir Album #1

Dewey Groom, Al Harvy and the Longhorn Band

Longhorn Records, LHLP-006
Recorded at Pantego Studio, Arlington, Texas, March 28, 1978

This record was recorded the same year (1978) that the Sex Pistols performed at the Longhorn Ballroom and created a stir.

Condition of jacket:  Excellent, still in original shrink wrap that has been slit open along the edge, Some slight wear to exposed edge. Signed on shrink wrap on front by the fiddle player: "Ruel - from Buddy Brady with Best Wishes, Buddy Brady", although the ink has gotten somewhat smeared on the shrink wrap. There's also a letter and envelope from Buddy Brady tucked into the jacket.

Condition of record:  Very good to excellent, very glossy with some slight scuffing.

Side One:
1. Corrina
2. Little Ole Dime
3. Faded Love
4. 50 Year Ago Waltz
5. Louisiana Man
6. Sweet Music Man
 
Side Two:
1. Overlooked an Orchid
2. Six Days on the Road
3. Stronger Than Me
4. Jole Blon
5. Orange Blossom Special
6. Lucille

Dewey Groom - Vocals
Al Harvey - Vocals
Lannie Long - Bass, Vocals
Buddy Brady - Fiddle
Reggie Revell - Piano, Vocals
Junior Knight - Steel Lead, Rhythm, Vocals

About the Longhorn Ballroom (from Wikipedia):
The Longhorn Ballroom is a music venue and country western dance hall in Dallas, Texas (USA). It was known in the early 1950s as Bob Wills' Ranch House when the large ballroom was built and operated by O.L. Nelms, an eccentric Dallas millionaire, for his close friend, western swing bandleader Bob Wills. When Wills left, O.L. Nelms leased the sprawling dance club to Jack Ruby who later killed Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's accused assassin. O.L. Nelms then sold the property to his close friend and business partner Dewey Groom.

On January 10, 1978 it achieved brief infamy in national music circles when the Sex Pistols appeared there and during their performance taunted the audience, resulting in a woman head-butting Sid Vicious. Before the Sex Pistols, the venue hosted mainly country music artists including Charley Pride, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Ray Price, Conway Twitty, Bob Wills, Loretta Lynn, Hank Thompson, Willie Nelson and Patsy Montana.

The Bob Wills concert album, "The Longhorn Recordings" featuring the music of Bob Wills and his steel guitar player Gene Crownover was recorded in the early Sixties at Longhorn Ballroom.

The Longhorn Ballroom returned to brief infamy in 1991, when 2 Live Crew refused to go on stage for a scheduled show, resulting in fights among their fans and police.

Dallas soul stalwart Johnnie Taylor released a live video filmed at the Longhorn in 1997.

Bobby Patterson, who claims in the introduction to his KKDA radio show to be "able to leap the Longhorn Ballroom in a single bound," recorded a live album there in 2002.

The owner of Longhorn Ballroom is now Raul Ramirez who also owns the restaurant Raul's Corral Mexican Restaurant right next to it.