The place was packed to the rafters when we arrived at the B.K. Lounge tonight (actually the Burger King Restaurant at 95th & Quivera Rd., Lenexa, KS) and we knew Art Covey was back from his travels as we heard his mandolin picking out "Redwing" the minute we hit the door. We always enjoy hearing Art and he sang and picked two of our other favorites as well: "Royal Telephone" and "Rebel Soldier." Gordon Riley and the band played some fine instrumentals to the delight of the big crowd and some eager line dancers among them with "Back Home Again In Indiana," Lester Flatt's "Flatt Did It," "Gordon's Boogie #1" and "Honky Tonk." Mary Bichelmeyer did a great job playing bass guitar tonight as well as using her singing abilities on "Crazy Dreams," Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" and "Bill Bailey." Husband Garry Bichelmeyer did outstanding as always singing the Johnny Russell classic "Catfish John," Randy Travis' "Pickin Up Bones" and one of his compositions "Marie." Annie Little also sang one of Garry's songs entitled "I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind" as well as "Somewhere Between" and "Let Me Be There." I wish everyone could hear that song that Garry wrote; it's one of the best we've heard and someone ought to pick up on it. Jay Holmgren joined Annie a little later for a duet of "I Saw The Light." Drummer Lou Moore did a "bang up" on "Wipeout" with the help of the band.
Larry Dean, who will be appearing at Annie's Country Jubilee August 18th, sang some crowd favorites here tonight with "Bar In Bakersfield," Merle's "Big City," "My Own Kind Of Hat," "Since I Met You Baby," Brooks & Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "Shake Rattle & Roll," "Going Where The Lonely Go," Joe Nichols' "Cool To Be A Fool," Tracy Byrd's "Drinkin' Bone" and "California Blues." It's always a genuine pleasure to see and hear Sandy Barnett and tonight she gave the crowd a good dose of her talent singing "Don't Be Angry," "Truck Driving Man," Little Jimmy Dickins' "I'm Little But I'm Loud" and "Satin Sheets." What a nice way to spend a Tuesday night! (Below) Sandy Barnett belts out "I'm Little But I'm Loud" for the Tuesday night crowd.
