As the temperatures soared outside, the cool air conditioned comfort, the tasty food and drinks to say nothing of the great entertainment in store, lured a lot of folks down to the Burger King at 95th & Quivera for the weekly, Tuesday night jam affectionately known as the B. K. Lounge. Gordon Riley, Lou Moore and the rest of the band kicked the evening off with one of several instrumentals they would play this evening: "Under The Double Eagle." Later in the show it was "Panhandle Rag," "Back Home Again In Indiana," "Black Mountain Rag" and "Honky Tonk." Dancers young and old took advantage of this great music. Larry Dean, who will be appearing at Annie's Country Jubilee August 18th, got a huge ovation as he sang "Big River," Waylon's "Wrong." "Just To Be Your Man," "Maybelline," George Jones' "Love Bug" & "Cold Hard Truth," Charlie Daniels' "Leave This Long Haired Country Boy Alone," "The House Of Blue Lights" and T. G. Shepard's "I Loved 'Em All." We always enjoy hearing Mary Bickelmeier use her smooth, mellow voice to sing those old-time country standards and tonight it was Patsy Cline's "Walking After Midnight," "I'm Blue Again," "Crazy Arms," "Bill Bailey" and "Don't Tell Me What To Do." Talented husband, Garry Bichelmeyer did super singing "I Know One," "Could You Catch A Falling Star," then "Nodaway River" and "Marie" (two songs he wrote!) and "I Thought He Walked On Water." Garry also sang "The Cowboy Rides Away" in memory of Mr. Richard Funk, a friend who attended many of the shows around and who recently died in a tragic accident. Rest In Peace, Richard!
Bill Clark was extremely entertaining this evening playing harmonica on "Just Because" (Larry Dean vocals) and "Faded Love," then sang "Nine Pound Hammer" and "My Window Faces The South" as well as playing rhythm guitar and banjo. (Below) Mr. Bill Clark
