Brian Black, Clint Black's brother and the owner of the popular Longhorn Saloon, in Bandera, came up and greeted us and before we knew it—Tony and I became professional bull riders and we both rode Casino for over 8 seconds! Here is a picture of me, sitting in the saddle on Casino, with Brian Black standing to the left watching us, while I hammed it up with our dear friend and popular DJ—Big G (Gordon Ames).
Here's Tony on Casino.
And here's Kinky posing next to Casino and Russell, the owner of Casino.
OMG! The Ray Price Concert was absolutely fantastic and was one of the greatest concerts that I have ever been to and that includes seeing the greats like: the Grateful Dead, Willie, Merle, Dwight, Hornsby, Ruthie Foster, Muddy Waters, Ray Wylie, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughn and also going to more than 50 live Austin City Limits tapings, when I once lived in Austin, in another life time.
Ray's voice was as strong, pure and beautiful as it has ever been and his band was tighter-than-a-drum, along with the Kerrville Symphony strings section, that also accompanied him. In all—it gave me non-stop goose bumps and an event that I will treasure for the rest of my life and will never ever forget.
Kinky called me just a few minutes ago, on his way back to the ranch and like Tony and me, he thought it was one of the greatest concerts that he has ever attended too. We talked for over three minutes about how great Ray was and all of the standing ovations that he got and how much the crowd loved him. "Kink, Tony and I loved it and we will never be able to thank you and Ray enough for letting us be your guests. I can't believe that Ray is 86 years old and is still going strong, after just doing Chemo. It was a concert to never be forgotten and..."
Y'all have a great evening! And God Bless Ray Price, because he is a living legend, a true Texas treasure and he is absolutely priceless!
2 comments:
So glad to hear you went to see Ray Price! I saw him in Toronto when he was in town with Willie Nelson and the Boxmasters. Amazing voice for sure, he has just become better over time.
Fay
P.S. You are brave to sit on Casino! Those are might long horns!
Hi, Fay! I have to admit that I was pretty nervous sitting on Casino—it was a real gamble for me do. That is so cool that you got to see Ray Price in Toronto, too. Seriously, his concert was one of the best that I have ever gone too. I love that man so much!
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