We barely had time to get settled in our customary seats when Larry Dean kicked the evening off with the old Bob Wills/Asleep At The Wheel standard "Miles And Miles Of Texas" at the request of some visitors from the Lone Star state.  Next up was Merle Haggard's "I Had A Beautiful Time" and somewhat later another Hag tune, "Mama Tried" and Josh Turner's "Just To Be Your Man."  Gordon Riley, the group's great lead guitarist showed his vocal abilities off on Hank Thompson's "Red Necks, White Sox And Blue Ribbon Beer" then joined the rest of the band, including drummer John Malone in a great instrumental of "Freight Train."  "Marvelous" Marvin Bredemeier, the group's awesome fiddle player who also plays fiddle at Annie's Country Jubilee every Saturday got the dancers moving as he launched into a Big Band number, "Jersey Bounce."  Marvin followed up with an old Bob Wills tune "Milk Cow Blues," "The Waltz You Saved For Me" and the jaunty "Eighth Of January."  It's always such a pleasure to hear Mary Bichelmeyer sing those country standards, her soft, mellow voice seems to caress each lyric.  Tonight it was Patsy Cline's "I'm Blue Again," Kathy Mattea's "Walk The Way The Wind Blows" and Vince Gill's "Don't Come Crying To Me."  Husband Garry Bichelmeyer was in fine voice himself tonight, singing "Someone To Turn To," Johnny Russell's "Catfish John," one of his own cleverly written tunes, which has become known fondly as simply "The Dead Horse Song,"  Guy Clark's "Randall Knife" and crowd favorite, "Kansas City."  David Purcell also did a marvelous job tonight singing Alan Jackson's "Playing Possum," "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain," George Jones' "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" and Willie's "Help Me Make It Through The Night."

It was great seeing Annie Little again and even better listening to her sing Suzy Boggess' "Somewhere Between" and "I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind," a Garry Bichelmeyer tune.  Ron Fine was also in the audience tonight and we enjoyed, as usual, his beautiful vocals, tonight Hank Snow's "Most Of All I Love You Cause You're You," Ricky Skaggs' "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" and "The Kentucky Waltz."  A special couple celebrated their September birthdays together at intermission, Henry Busler who will be 94 on September 27th and Bertha Kanning who was 90 years old on September 14th!  Best wishes go out to this great couple and may they enjoy many, many more!  Larry Dean closed tonight's festivities with Terry Smith's "Far Side Banks Of Jordan." (Below)  A "special" couple - Henry Busler & Bertha Kanning

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Updated: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 2:26 PM CDT

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Perhaps the intermittent rainstorms and nasty weather kept a few cautious souls in tonight, but they certainly missed a fun-packed evening here at the beautiful Annie's Country Jubilee Theatre located at 4th & Main Sts. in Tonganoxie, KS.  "Marvelous" Marvin Bredemeier kicked the evening's festivities off with our favorite fiddle tune "Ragtime Annie" before Annie Dunavin welcomed everyone with her usual "Come On In!"  She returned later in the set to sing Kathy Mattea's "Burning Old Memories," Emmylou Harris' "I'll Go Steppin' Too" and a great old bluegrass tune "Hide Away."  Annie returned the second half with a Heather Myles song "Playin' Every Honky Tonk In Town" and Leroy Van Dyke's "Just Walk On By."  Of course, no one sings a Patsy Cline song like Miss Annie and tonight it was "Loved And Lost Again."  She was to also join drummer Steve Straub in a great duet made famous several years ago by David Frizzell & Shelly West, "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma."  David George, Annie's musical director and awesome lead guitarist showed his vocal abilities off as well tonight with Diamond Rio's "Mirror Mirror," Dave Dudley's "Truck Driving Man," the Bellamy Bros. "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body" and Alabama's "She's A Lady."  Ronni Ward gave everyone a treat as she sang Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough," Brenda Lee's "Break It To Me Gently," Eddy Arnold's "Blessed Assurance" and Pam Tillis' "Maybe It Was Memphis."  The group's great steel guitar and dobro player, Fred Uzzell got a big ovation as he and the rest of the band including bass player Ted Ward took off on "Fireball Mail" and somewhat later the beautiful "Blue Spanish Eyes."  Marvin was to also return with another old fiddle favorite, "Back Up And Push." 

It's almost impossible to believe that Matt Ryan didn't begin singing seriously until almost 2 years ago when an on the job injury sidelined him for a spell.  His God-given talents certainly surfaced here tonight as Matt showed a variety of singing styles with Jamey Johnson's "In Color," Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," David Allen Coe's "The Ride," Johnny Cash's whimsical "One Piece At A Time," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and Josh Turner's "Long Black Train."  It's alway such a gas watching and listening to Donna Hensley perform!  She was certainly her usual ball of energy, entertaining the open-eyed audience with "Hello," Lee Ann Womak's "The Fool," the beautiful "Unchained Melody" and Patty Loveless' "Blame It On Your Heart."  Returning the second half, it was a Crystal Gayle tune "Why Have You Left The One (You Left Me For), The Wilkerson's "26 Cents" and another Patty Loveless hit "Timber!"  Steve Straub closed the evening's festivities with the great gospel number "Thanks To Calvery."  (Below) l. to r.  Donna Hensley, Fred Uzzell, Matt Ryan

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Updated: Monday, 20 September 2010 1:48 AM CDT

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What an absolutely lovely evening it was to enjoy oneself at an outdoor venue such as Knuckleheads, the cool temperatures a pleasant change from the summer's brutal heat just past.  This entertainment complex, which is located at 2715 Rochester in Kansas City's east bottoms actually has both outdoor and indoor stages to accomodate concert goers in inclimate and unseasonable weather.  A nice-sized crowd gathered here to enjoy tonight's entertainment, culinary treats from the great snack bar and their favorite adult beverage.

The opening act here tonight called themselves "Loaded Rodeo," but all were very familiar faces and top-notch musicians from this area.  Angie Larson, who organized this group, plays keyboard, sings and is a great songwriter to boot and husband Bill Larson, who handled the drums here tonight joined one of this area's most astonishing lead guitarists and vocalists, Elijah Chastain, bassist (Rev.) Carl Butler (whose Gospel Lounge meets here at Knuckleheads every Wednesday night) on bass and the current Kansas Steel Guitar champion  Bobby DeMoss, who all play in the band at the Middle Creek Theatre near Louisburg, KS every Saturday night.  Add two of this area's most incredible vocalists, Mike Bowman and Jamie Gumm Ogle and this will give you an idea of the top-caliber band which opened tonight's festivities.  Angie kicked off tonight's performance with Miranda Lambert's "White Lies" and returned later with Barbara Mandrell's "I Wish That I Could Fall In Love Today" and a great duet with Elijah of Gene Watson/Rhonda Vincent's "Staying Together."  Jamie was absolutely wonderful tonight as well, singing Trick Pony's "It's A Heartache," Ronnie Milsap's "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends," Connie Smith's "Just One Time" and Carrie Underwood's "I Told You So."  If you love the old traditional sounds of country music as we do, then Mike Bowman is your man.  His ability to get the upmost out of a country ballad and make it seem as if he is singing directly to you personally, is legendary in these parts and tonight he began with a Darrell McCall tune, "Dreams Of A Dreamer," then it was an old Webb Pierce number, "There Stands The Glass," Conway Twitty's "Fifteen Years Ago," Josh Turner's "Just To Be Your Man," Joe Diffie's "Home" and Johnny Paycheck's "Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets."  Great stuff!!  Carl Butler lent his talents to singing a fast-paced tongue twister entitled "Ode To The Road" before Elijah just played some incredible licks on his electric guitar as did Carl and Bobby as the entire band joined in singing "Walking In Jerusalem (Just Like John)" to close the set.

If you have never heard Collin Raye sing on television or seen him perform live, you owe it to yourself to do so.  His beautiful, perfectly-executed pearl-like tones are mesmerizing and addictive to say the least and there were many Collin Raye fans in the audience tonight who traveled quite a distance to see this performance. We thought it such a wise decision for him to use only accoustical backups instead of his full band, as we got the full value of his miraculous voice with Curtis Fontaine on flattop guitar who hit some serious licks here tonight and Jamie Treachner on keyboards who is one of Nashville's most prolific songwriters as well.  Collin began his set with the 1998 Radney Foster penned "Anyone Else," then it was his huge hit "Little Red Rodeo" (which drove the audience wild!), "Little Rock," 1999's "I Can Still Feel You," "I Get What I Need" and "One Boy One Girl." For a change of pace, Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" was next with "I Think About You," 1992's "That's My Story" and "Every Second."  Collin got a big ovation as he launched into Merle Haggard's "Ramblin Man" and followed that with "City Of New Orleans," "On The Verge" and the song that started it all for Collin back in 1991 and still his most requested "Love, Me."  The audience wouldn't let him quit there, demanding an encore and Collin returned to sing "My Kinda Girl" to riotious applause.

There was an incredibly long line at the CD and meet & greet lines after the show, but we hung around until after all the hubbub and took a few minutes with this Grand Ole Opry star to recall his appearance at a show in 2005 (we believe) when we saw him at the Opry in Nashville.  He remembered the show very well as he had family and friends urging him on from the balcony.  He is very a gracious and super-nice person and we look forward to seeing him perform whenever we can.  (Below) Country superstar Collin Raye with Pete Saiger, Knuckleheads' sound technician. 

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Updated: Sunday, 19 September 2010 1:57 AM CDT

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It was a gorgeous evening outside and traffic was actually pretty light, so we made it to the BK in plenty of time to witness Larry Dean kicking off tonight's agenda with a Bob Wills' classic "Miles & Miles Of Texas" and Alan Jackson's "Designated Drinker."  The group's great lead guitarist, Gordon Riley was up next and he did a great job with "Wildwood Flower" and singing George Hamilton IV's (this great little band backed George at a festival in Hastings, NE over the weekend) "Break My Mind."  "Marvelous" Marvin Bredemeier, who handles the fiddling duties at Annie's Country Jubilee in Tonganoxie, KS every Saturday night was up next with big band number "Red Sails In The Sunset" with Larry Dean handling the vocals and another Bob Wills' classic "Silver Bells."  Bassist Mary Bichelmeyer did a super job singing Loretta's "Blue Kentucky Girl" and Patsy's "Walking After Midnight" before husband Garry Bichelmeyer took over the duties with John Anderson's "Would You Catch A Falling Star" and a self-written bluesy number, "Summer's Almost Over" which also featured some great harmonica runs.  It was super seeing Art Covey back, playing some great mandolin and singing "Royal Telephone" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Hobo's Meditation."

During intermission, we passed around peices of a big carrot cake we brought in (our B-day was actually yesterday) and it was certainly great to see our friend Lola Bohon, who's a regular at Wayne Hoover's Countryside Jamboree in Cameron, MO every Friday night come down and join us along with our buddy Jim Bledsoe and all the other folks who always make the BK such a fun-filled Tuesday evening.  And thanks to all the gang for singing "Happy Birthday" to us, it meant a lot.

Larry Dean began the second half of the evening fulfilling our request of Lefty Frizell's "Mom & Dad Waltz" followed by Delbert McClinton's "Back To Louisiana," "Together Again," Robert Earl Keen's "Billy Gray" and Hal Ketchum's "I Miss My Mary Tonight."  After Gordon & the band played a pretty instrumental of "Back Home In Indiana," Marvin took bow in hand to play our favorite fiddle tune, "Ragtime Annie" followed by "Faded Love" and "OBS" - "The Orange Blossom Special" (the dance floor was full on this one!).  Mary returned this half to do a super job singing Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets" and "Bill Bailey" while husband Garry was joined by Larry as they sang the Soggy Bottom Boys' version of "In The Jailhouse Now."  Garry got the dancers going again as he sang a crowd favorite, "Kansas City."  Drummer John Malone even got into the solo business tonight and did a terrific job on "Wipe Out!" before Larry Dean closed out the evening with "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."  (Below) top - Larry Dean & the band fulfill our request of Lefty Frizzell's "Mom & Dad's Waltz"  bottom - Your's truly (under that hat, as usual), Miss Jean, friend Jim Bledsoe and other friends enjoying a great evening at the BK

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Updated: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 4:35 PM CDT

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Back in March of this year, we were contacted by Toi Hunt of Crossroads Hospice and asked if we could help in putting on a country music show for a patient at a nursing facility in Lexington, MO.  We contacted our friend Wayne Hoover who owns and operates the Countryside Jamboree in Cameron, MO and several other area musicians who did an incredible job playing and dancing for the little lady who was such an avid country music fan.  In August, we received another request from Toi, this time for a gentleman residing in a Gladstone, MO area nursing home who also is a country music lover and help him celebrate his birthday with family and friends.  We contacted Wayne again and he agreed to recruit some other area musicians to help. 

Wayne Hoover not only displayed his awesome vocal abilities here today, but played rhythm guitar as well; Mike Hughes can sing with the best of 'em and picked some great runs on that Fender lead guitar; Mike Polsgrove played bass in spite of a recent rotator cuff surgery and Bill Rankin played some sweet Dobro which the crowd enjoyed. Mike Hughes kicked the evening off with a Porter Wagoner tune "My Blue House Painted White" followed by Ray Price's "City Lights," Hank Sr.'s "Your Cheating Heart," Red Steagal's "Three Chord Country Song," George Jones' "Love Bug," Buck Owens' "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)," Harlin Howard's "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today" and Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues."  Wayne Hoover greeted our patient "Bill" and his family with an Ernest Tubb tune "I Never Had The One I Wanted" before launching into Hank Snow's "I Love You Most Of All (Because You're You)," our request of Johnny Bush's "What A Way To Live," Claude Gray's "If I Ever Need A Lady" (which also featured a beautiful solo by Bill Rankin on his Dobro), George Jones' "Why Baby Why," Bill Anderson's "Walk Out Backwards" and Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again."  At one point, "Bill's" daughter, who had never sang with a band before, proved to be a good sport and sang Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces" and we thought she did a great job!  Wayne returned to sing Marty Robbins' "I'll Go On Alone" before the entire crew joined in singing "Happy Birthday" for "Bill." (Below)  front row - Crossroads Hospice's Toi Hunt with "Bill"  back row - Bill Rankin, Wayne Hoover, Mike Polsgrove & Mike Hunt

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Updated: Monday, 13 September 2010 3:00 PM CDT

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As usual, we arrived at the Rutlader complex where the Middle Creek Theatre is located, early this evening to enjoy their wonderful snack bar and dining facilities.  After a short visit with Bill & Brenda Harris who own and operate this vast complex, we found our way to our seats shortly before the band took the stage.  We were delighted to see Thomas McGregor, the newest member of the band, playing fiddle.  We remember him from Leland Jones' Country Pickin' Opry in Richmond, MO when he was a child prodigy.

Musical director, lead guitarist and emcee Elijah Chastain welcomed everyone to tonight's festivities and explained that instead of the normal 2 set show, tonight's show would be comprised of three sets with two intermissions, the Middle Creek band playing the first and third sets and the Allen Frizzell Show handling the second one.  Elijah kicked things off with a Ricky Skaggs tune "Hummingbird," then it was the beautiful voice of Barbara Walker with Patty Loveless' "Timber!" and the old Ray Price standard "I Wish That I Could Fall In Love Today."  Jodi Austin, the group's super keyboard player showed her vocal abilities off with Barbara Mandrel's "My Baby's Coming Home" and Dottie West's "Country Sunshine."  Andy Lindburg closed out the first set with "Lord I Thank You."

Allen Frizzell is often referred to as "the other brother" because of the monstrous successes of older brothers Lefty, who, beginning in the 1950's with "Long Black Veil" and others, continued through the 1960's with hits such as "Saginaw Michigan" and into the 70's ("If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time") before his untimely death at the age of 47 in 1975 and David Frizzell whose 1981's duet with Shelly West of "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" was included in the Clint Eastwood film "Any Which Way You Can" and 1982's solo of "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home," which was also a chart topper.  But make no mistake about it, Allen Frizzell grew up around the music business and is a fantastic songwriter (1983's Gene Watson mega hit "You're Out Doin' What I'm Home Doin' Without" which was featured on three of Gene's CD's, a phenominal guitar player and a top-notch vocalist (he once opened for Dottie West and recorded on Sound Factory, CMS, Abc Dot, MCA & Sony and has appeared on several major TV shows), in his own right.  With son Cagney manning the pre-recorded background music and mandolin, Allen greeted the audience with a Merle Haggard favorite "Working Man Blues" followed by brother Lefty's "Always Late," "Saginaw Michigan," "She's Gone Gone Gone" followed closely by a#1 song of Lefty's, written by Jimmie Rodgers -"Travelin Blues" and the unforgettable "I Never Go Around Mirrors."  These days Allen enjoys success in a different genre' of music - Christian Country and he sang two of his hits which have topped the Christian Country Charts - "A Man Of His Word" and "I'm Gonna Live For Jesus," with a third due to hit that coveted spot next month ("Until Then"). 

After a short pause, the Middle Creek band returned and it was steel player Bobby DeMoss with a beautiful solo of "I Can See Clearly Now" with drummer Brad Meadows close behind, singing "Mercury Blues" and Roger Miller's "Dang Me." (Brad's mother recently passed away and we  know you will want to send your thoughts and prayers out to Brad and his family.)  Carl Butler returned with a real tongue twister "Ode To The Road" and a smooth job singing Glen Campbell's "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" as did Barbara Walker with "Bill Bailey" and Roy Orbison's "Crying."  Jodi Austin polished those ivories as she sang "Rocky Top" and played a great instrumental of Floyd Cramer's "Last Date."  Andy Lindberg showed his terrific vocal talents singing Ricky Van Shelton's "I Cried My Last Tear For You" and the Gaither's "Day Star Shine Down On Me."  Thomas McGregor put bow to fiddle and did an awesome version of "Amazing Grace" before Elijah Chastain closed out this great evening with a reminder of the tragic events of 9/11 which occurred just nine years ago this very date by singing Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA."  (Below) Allen Frizzell with Rev. Carl Garrett who is the pastor of the Cowboy Church which has services every Tuesday night.  The church is also part of the Rutlader complex, just a few doors south of the theatre.

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Updated: Sunday, 12 September 2010 10:54 PM CDT

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We always have such a grand time whenever we take a Wednesday evening and drive down to Westline, MO (straight east of Louisburg, KS) for Jess Richardson's Westline Jamboree.  The Jamboree is held every other Wednesday from 7 to 10 PM with a 40 minute break at 8 PM, when everyone lines up for a scrumptious pot luck supper complete with meat, veggies, salads & oodles of desserts & homemade ice cream!  If you love hearing old-time traditional country music as we do, you'll want to pay these folks a visit - there is no admission fee - you may contribute if you so choose, a coffee can is on the table for convenience. 

Jess Richardson and the Jamboree band including Buddy Ford on lead guitar and George Renner on steel guitar began tonight's program with Charlie Pride's "Crystal Chandelier" followed by Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me," Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again" and Jimmy Dean's "A Little Black Book" before bass player Jack Ford took over the vocal chores with Ernest Tubb's "Waltz Across Texas."  Jack was to return later, using his mellow voice on Merle's "(If I Left It Up To You) It Would All Be Over Now," Hank Thompson's "Little Red Wagon" and Bob Wills' "My Window Faces The South." Jess returned to a big hand as he sang Merle's "The Way I Am," Webb Pierce's "Honky Tonk," George Strait's "The Cowboy Rides Away," a Stonewall Jackson number, "Smoke Along The Track," Hag's "Working Man Blues," Willie Nelson's "Remember Me" and one of my favorites, "Walkin' The Dog."  We always look forward to hearing Chris Renner play that old honky-tonk style keyboard and sing and tonight he was an audience favorite as usual, singing & tearing up those ivories on Kris Krisofferson's "Me & Bobby McGee," Rhonda Vincent's "I Sang Dixie," Gene Watson's "Farewell Party," "Brown Eyes," the Bellamy Bros. "Neon Moon," Dwight Yoakam's "Try Not To Look So Pretty" and as a real change of pace, Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire."  Jess turned the clock back a bit with a Charlie Rich tune, "Keep On Rolling With The Flow," Strait's "Ace In The Hole," Ronnie Milsap's "Borrowed Angel" before Floyd Harold stepped to the mike to sing Faron Young's "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" and for a young couple visiting here from Germany, Bobby Helms' "Fraulein." 

Roger Lavelok was also in the audience tonight and sang an old Red Foley number, "Peace In The Valley" and the Wayon/Willie outlaw standard "Good Hearted Woman" for the appreciative audience.  It wouldn't have been traditional country without a Hank Williams Sr. number and Jess did the honors with "Lovesick Blues" followed by Allan Jackson's "She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)," Chuck Berry's "Maybelline," Willie's "Help Me Make It Through The Night," Burl Ives' "A Little Bitty Tear Let Me Down" and John Denver's "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)."  Jess and the gang closed tonight's fantastic show with "I Saw The Light."  (Below) Chris Renner (keyboards) & Jess Richardson entertain the crowd at the Westline Jamboree

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Updated: Thursday, 9 September 2010 5:53 PM CDT

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We had just found our normal seating tonight when Larry Dean welcomed everyone and began the festivities with Travis Tritt's "I'm A Member Of A Country Club."  Bob Wills' "Take Me Back To Tulsa" was next with George Strait's "The Fireman," "From A Jack To A King" and Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" close behind.  Later, Larry was to return with Hal Ketchum's "I'm Missing My Mary Tonight," "Shake, Rattle & Roll" for a change of pace and another Travis Tritt number, "Where Corn Don't Grow."  It's always great to hear lead guitarist Gordon Riley hit those licks and tonight he was featured singing and picking Elvis' "Big Boss Man" and Merle Travis' "Nine Pound Hammer" with the rest of the band including drummer John Malone. 

Mary Bichelmeyer used her soft, mellow voice to sing Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," "Unchained Melody," Highway 101's "Walkin' Talkin' Cryin', Barely Beaten Broken Heart" and Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight" while husband Garry Bichelmeyer reminded everyone of the tragic events of 9/11 with Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA."  Garry displayed his songwriting talents, singing his newest creation, "One Room Schoolhouse," and "Northern Star," another self-penned tune.  Picking up his banjo, Garry and the band sounded great playing "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."  "Marvelous" Marvin Bredemeier, who plays fiddle each Saturday at Annie's Country Jubilee in Tonganoxie, got a big hand as he played and Larry Dean sang the vocals on a old tune recorded by Eddy Arnold and others, "Slowpoke."  Next it was our personal favorite "Ragtime Annie" followed by the beautiful "Waltz You Saved For Me" and everyone's favorite: "OBS" -- "The Orange Blossom Special." 

Jerome Oberle and his button accordian got the dancers and polka-lovers fired up this evening as he played the "Pennslyvania Polka," "Blue Skirt Waltz" and of course the "Beer Barrell Polka."   Tonight's special guest totally surprised everyone, arriving half-way through the first half.  Byron Jones who recently reopened his Northtown Opry at 1419 Swift Ave. in North Kansas City, slipped in almost unnoticed, but once pressed into service did his usual marvelous job singing Porter Wagoner's "Country Music Has Gone To Town," Buck Owens' "Love's Gonna Live Here Again" and Flatt and Skruggs' "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home."  Byron mentioned that the Northtown Opry would be hosting two special shows, 3 & 7:30 PM on September 25th featuring Bill "Goofer" Atterberry, a comedian and all-round entertainer, who is a fixture himself at country variety shows around the Lake Of The Ozarks.  Byron was to return later with Tompall Glazer's "Put Another Log On The Fire," Ernest Tubb's "Waltz Across Texas" and closed tonight's festivities with the great gospel number "I Saw The Light."  (Below) Mr. Northtown Opry, Byron Jones entertains tonight's crowd 

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Updated: Wednesday, 8 September 2010 2:08 PM CDT

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