We arrived here at the BK tonight just as the band was finishing the closing few chords of it's unofficial theme song "Gordon's Boogie." Larry Dean greeted the crowd with more of his great vocals tonight starting with Bob Wills' "Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer)." Delberrt McClinton's "Going Back To Louisiana" was next and Larry returned a bit later with Johnny Cash's "The Night Hank Williams Came To Town," Jim Reeves "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder" and a great job on Merle Haggard's "1929." Lead guitarist Gordon Riley sounded super as he sang the old Merle Travis number "9 Pound Hammer," then joined the rest of the band including drummer John Malone for instrumentals "Back Home Again In Indiana," "Together Again" and "Honky Tonk." "Marvelous" Marvin Bredemeier, who everyone probably knows by now, plays fiddle at Annie's Country Jubilee every Saturday night, stepped to the plate next and played our favorite fiddle tune, "Ragtime Annie" and another request, the beautiful "Ashokan Farewell." Marvin returned later with an old fiddle tune we were unfamiliar with, "Gray Eagle" and perhaps the most famous of all fiddle tunes, the O.B.S. (the "Orange Blossom Special"). Bass guitarist Mary Bichelmeyer was next and she used her smooth, soothing voice to team up with husband Garry for a duet of Lacy J. Dalton's "Black Coffee" followed by Mary's rendition of Patsy Cline's "Walking After Midnight." She returned a bit later with "Bill Bailey" and Kathy Mattea's "Walk The Way The Wind Blows."
Multi-talented song writer and performer Garry Bichelmeyer gave everyone a good look tonight at his many talents singing Billy Currington's "People Are Crazy" then among his many great original compositions a song that has become known fondly as "The Dead Horse Song," a number that takes a whimiscal look at the plight of Custer's 7th Calvery, "Northern Star," a crowd favorite, a great new penning, "One Room Schoolhouse," "Half" and a home-town number "Tonganoxie." Great job, Garry! We always look forward to hearing Art Covey play his mandolin and sing and tonight he entertained us with Pat Boone's "Love Letters In The Sand," "Kentucky Waltz," Darrell McCall's "There's Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone" and "Rebel Soldier." All-button accordianist Jerome Oberlin was in the house as well tonight and got the feet moving on the dance floor as he took off on the "Pennslyvania Polka," then surprised us by having Marvin join him on vocals to do our favorite gospel number "It Is No Secret." Jerome returned to close out tonight's festivities with "Bye Bye Blackbird"and "Beer Barrel Polka." (Below) Jerome Oberlin & Marvin Bredemeier played our #1 favorite gospel number "It Is No Secret." Thanks, guys! That song means a lot to me.
