As we arrived at the BK tonight, Larry Dean was doing a real bang-up job singing the Clay Walker tune "Rough Around The Edges" and Waylon's "Wrong." Showing his versatility, Larry returned a little later with Chuck Berry's "Memphis," "Coward Of The County," Goin' Back To Louisiana, Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings." David Purcell always is at the top of his game when it comes to singing and he chose some great material for the folks tonight, including "It Would All Be Over Now," "Today I Started Loving You Again," "There'll Always Be That One," Garry Bichelmeyer's "Northern Star," The hilarous Tom T. Hall classic "Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night." Gordon Riley, the group's lead guitar player, showed off his vocal prowess with "Love's Gonna Live Here Again" then he and the band, including drummer John Malone, took off on instrumentals "Harbor Lights," "Setting On Top Of The World" and "Honky Tonk."
Garry Bichelmeyer filled several requests as he sang "Tonganoxie" and "Marie" which, of course he wrote but he also did such an outstanding job tonight singing Don Williams' "Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend" and Terry Smith's "Far Side Bands Of Jordan" which was recorded originally by Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash and was featured twice in the Robert Duvall movie "The Apostle." Wife Mary Bichelmeyer, who handles the group's bass guitar duties, also sounded super tonight singing Patsy's "Crazy Dreams," Jeannie Pruitt's "Satin Sheets" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels."
It's always a real pleasure to see Annie Little and hear her sing in her own special way. Tonight she and Larry Dean did a duet of a tune written by the late, great Jimmie Rodgers and most recently recorded by the trio of Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton entitled "Hobo's Meditation." Then she sang a Garry Bichelmeyer original "I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind" and closed the evening with "A Very Special Grace." (Below) Annie Little & Larry Dean sing "Hobo's Meditation"
