Jason Boland & the Stragglers 2-10-06 @ Mo's

First off, let me tell you about Mo's Place. The guy that owns the place (I would assume his name is Mo) is a very friendly man, he's always smiling and making people feel welcome and the people that work there seem to be nice and very friendly also but the place smelled like ~ well it was either a garbage can (or possibly the whole dumpster) or puke to put it nicely. Ok...maybe it was not the WHOLE bar that stunk. Maybe it was only on the side where we were sitting but we weren't the only ones who smelled it. I caught the waitress going for the Lysol as soon as she walked around the corner and got a good whiff of whatever the smell was...
Then, it was the booty-call music that they play before the band starts...wtf? This is SUPPOSED to be a COUNTRY bar. If I wanted to hear that crap, I could've stayed at home and listened to what the children listen to...my children are over 18 so I can't tell them what to listen to but to put it nicely (again) it fucking sucks!!! Fat chicks and cowboys dancing to booty call music was entertaining for a few minutes but after that, if I would've been drunk and full of pills, I would've escorted some of the people off of the dance floor and I'm sure (knowing me) that someone would've been insulted. http://www.mosplacekaty.com/ I talked to a stranger at the bar and he didn't know what to make of it but when Jason hit the stage, he was loving the place. Go there if you're brave enough or hungry...the food was pretty good. I was also quite insulted that when I made a request to the DJ for some Hank III, he didn't have any. Again, this is a COUNTRY bar with NO country music other than the Nashvegas crap they played (need I say Big & Rich suck and give country music a bad name?) and every now and then, he played something that I liked. Check out the above link for Mo's Place...there's a picture of him on the 1st page!
Back to the original story...
Sister K picked me up at the house because I was full of pills and refused to drive. Me driving to Katy full of pills would not have been a pretty sight. We got there early enough to get a seat AT THE BAR since we found out when we got there that you can reserve tables. I knew I was in no shape to stand around all night so we made plans to leave early and get a table but knowing what I now know about Mo's Place, I should have removed the "reserved" from the table and took over.
Jason hit the stage around 11 PM or so and he sounded better than ever. It's amazing what not drinking and over indulging does for a person. (I now know from 1st hand experience...this is day #25 for me) The set list will follow:

Somewhere In The Middle
Back To You
Dirty Fightin Love
Telephone Romeo
Mexico Or Crazy
Song For You
Truck Stop Diaries
Fallin With Style
Mary
Tennessee Whiskey
Drinkin Song
Pearl Snaps/Good Ol Boys
Hank
Copper Head Rd
Thunder Bird Wine
Proud Souls
Ponies
encore
Takin It As It Comes
Some Where Down In Texas
My Baby Loves Me When I'm Stoned

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