Blog: 30 Days Out

I.P. Sweat In June 1980, the beautiful and the glamorous made their unlikely way to the sprawling Gilley's honky tonk in Pasadena, Texas, to attend the premiere party for the movie Urban Cowboy . New York socialites squeezed into tight jeans and Hollywood types wore western shirts with silk scarves around their necks, and everyone spilled out onto the hardwood floor to dance. Many times that night, Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band played the song "Cotton-Eyed Joe," and people shuffled their boots along the floor and yelled "BULL SHIT!" Good times, but one thing [...]