Cooder Graw 4-13-06 @ Rowdy Buck's

So I wound up going to Crosby to see my favorites, Cooder Graw, all alone. I had talked to a friend of mine earlier in the week about going since he's from that side of town and we decided to meet up there. I didn't hear from Sister K so I assumed that meant that she didn't want to go or couldn't go for some strange reason and Niece C was too young to go...this is a 21+ bar and there is most definitely a reason this place is called "Rowdy Buck's". I think there were 8-10 people (men) that were thrown out of the bar at the same time and the women that were with them were somewhat distressed by this. I'm not quite sure what happened but I think the problem started around the pool table area. (no surprise) Anyway, I got there around 9 or so and I decided to call my friend and see if he was going to show up. He was already inside of the bar he said but he gave me no hint that I wouldn't recognize him. The guy I once knew with long gray hair and a beard was now shaved bald with only a mustache...never would've recognized him. I saw Laura and her husband and friends there, also Bubba and Debbie, but no one else that I recognized...sometimes that's a good thing. The first band played soon after I arrived but damn if I can remember their name or what they sounded like...too much chit-chat going on. We listened to them for a few minutes then decided that it was time for a smoke break eventhough you can smoke in the bar. We had to get out of there for a few minutes if you catch my drift. On the way back inside, we saw some of the guys in the band hanging around outside near their van and decided to stop by and say hi to them before they hit the stage. Friend H had plenty to say to them but I only wanted to say "HI" so he did most of the talking while I stood around looking like an idiot. I'm used to it since I seem to find myself doing that a lot lately. After our (his) brief conversation, we went inside to listen to the band. This place is set up kind of strangely but once you get used to it, you figure out where the music sounds best and of course, it sounded best if you're seated or standing at the bar. I guess that's one way to make people order drinks...have the music sounding the best there. They were sounding as good as ever but I caught myself saying "That's where a fiddle player should be playing or that's the part where a steel guitar is needed" but hopefully soon, they'll have a replacement. All in all, I had a good time and actually got to talk to someone that hadn't spoke to me in months. Next time you think about going out, be sure to check out the live music venues and, as usual:

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