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The Dallas Round Up Saloon’s 28th Anniversary Party
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/aug/01/dallas-round-saloon-celebrating-28th-anniversary/

Naked Willie Finally the Willie Way
http://www.willienelsononline.com/

Willie Nelson on iLike.com: http://www.ilike.com/artist/Willie+Nelson

Willie Nelson on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Willie+Nelson

Willie Nelson Lyrics
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“Mama Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJVCUrjnM4

Did yall know that before The Round-Up Saloon opened on July 11, 1980, the space was a gay disco called the Magnolia T.P. co-owner Gary Miller says.

What does the T. P. stand for?

Thunderpussy, Miller laughs.

Part of that name is still tied to the Round-Up (just not the T.P. part). The charter company that owns the Round-Up is called Magnolia Disco Corporation.

Steeped in boot-scootin Lone Star tradition, the Round-Up usually overwhelms out-of-towners. Not beneath the dance floor, visiting New Yorkers witness same-sex couples free spin, promenade, two-step and line dance, and they wish Manhattan had a twangy dance hall just like it. But the genuine gay country-western experience isnt easily exported.

This weekend, the Round-Up winds up its 28th anniversary celebration with a Friday night Karaoke bash and a retro-disco beer bust on Sunday.

The 10,000 square foot space used to be the Old Warsaw Restaurant. Over the years, there have been some changes.

The patio used to be a lot bigger, Miller remembers.

Almost all of the clubs early history was lost in a fire: In 1989, the Round-Up and two adjacent tenants were victims of a six-alarm fire — ignited by an arsonist who tried to cover up a burglary after stealing computers from the Dallas Gay Alliance. A few items survived, including the brass chandeliers in the karaoke parlor.

Maintaining a classic definition of western culture is part of the Round-Ups success.

Western shirts are tucked in. And we dont wear crumpled hats — no Madonna cowboy hats either, co-owner Alan Pierce says.

Miller and Pierce have been partners for 22 years: In 2006, they were married in Montreal. Miller grew up near the mouth of Red River; and Pierce in New Mexico. And like many Round-Up patrons, Miller and Pierce both had rodeo culture in common.

Like the gay rodeo circuit, gay country-western clubs emerged out of necessity — not to rebel against tradition. Old-school C&W culture — and specifically Nashville — are still very much homophobic. K.D. Langs phenomenal success changed perceptions a little. But Miller says the secret to the Round-Ups longevity isnt really about hats, dance steps or cocktails. Its because everyone here is so friendly.

Naked Willie Finally the Willie Way
http://www.willienelsononline.com/

Willie Nelson on iLike.com: http://www.ilike.com/artist/Willie+Nelson

Willie Nelson on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Willie+Nelson

Willie Nelson Lyrics
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Willie+Nelson

“Mama Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJVCUrjnM4

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don’t let ‘em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys ain’t easy to love and they’re harder to hold
And they’d rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levis

And each night begins a new day
And if you don’t understand him and he don’t die young
You’ll probably just ride away

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don’t let ‘em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms, clear mountain mornings
Little warm puppies and children, girls of the night
And them that don’t know him won’t like him and them that do

Sometimes won’t know how to take him
He ain’t wrong, he’s just different but his pride won’t let him
Do things to make you think he’s right

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don’t let ‘em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They’ll never stay home and they’re always alone
Even with someone they love

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don’t let ‘em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make ‘em be doctors and lawyers and such

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys

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Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. In 1996, it killed nearly 160,000 individuals—accounting for 7 percent of all deaths in the United States that year. With its devastating effects including partial or full paralysis, stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability. Here are some other facts you should know:
•In the United States, there are more than 4 million stroke survivors, most of whom are either moderately or severely impaired.
•Stroke accounts for more than half the patients hospitalized for acute neurological diseases.
•Stroke is a major factor in late-life dementia that affects more than 40 percent of Americans older than 80.
•The estimated combined cost of health care and lost productivity due to stroke in the United States was estimated at $45.3 billion during 1999 alone.
•The estimated lifetime cost of a mild stroke in an older individual is $100,000. The estimated lifetime cost of a severe stroke in a younger individual is $500,000.
•Stroke risk factors that can be changed or controlled include high blood pressure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, smoking, high blood cholesterol, obesity, and physical inactivity. What States carry the highest death rates due to stroke?
•The Stroke Belt is usually defined as an 8 to 12 State region (typically including Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.) where stroke death rates are substantially higher than in the rest of the country.
•Within the Stroke Belt, the highest death rates are clustered in the coastal plains regions of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. This region has been called the Stroke Buckle.
•The stroke death rate in the Stroke Buckle is 2 times greater than that in the rest of the Nation.

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Always something going on with Richard, whether its a song or a joke. Check out his outrageous belt buckle. He has a collection these buckles that he makes from the hubcaps of semi-tractors and other things. Big buckles for a mighty big man with a mighty big heart.

Mike Johnson music & biography:
http://www.freewebs.com/blackyodelno1
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/mikejohnson

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Mike Johnson is no stranger to horses or six-guns as these photos of him taken in Maryland, Virginia, Texas, Arizona, and Colorado reveal. Also pictured are some of his many boots and [30] belt buckles. He also has over a dozen cowboy hats.

His song, “Yeah I’m A Cowboy” [written in October 1978] has been making it’s rounds since 1987. Most recently on the September 2006 “Rough Guide To Yodel” CD, compiled by Bart Plantenga, and released by the World Music Network in London, which features the yodel songs of 18 world famous Yodelers.

In December 2007 it was released on Mike’s “Yodeling 40 Years” 2-disc CD featuring 50 yodeling songs written & composed by him, and available from Roughshod Records.
http://www.freewebs.com/blackyodelno1/roughshodrecordsstore.htm

Bart Plantenga is the author of the 2004 best seller, “Yodel-Ay-Eee-Ooo, The Secret History of Yodeling Around The World.” His follow-up book, “Yodel In Hi-Fi” which will include Mike is in the wings.

Bart Plantenga at http://www.bartplantenga.com

Mike Johnson is Country Music’s No.1 Black Yodeler, and his Yodel Song Archives, containing 114 yodeling songs written & composed by him, and related material, are in the permanent music preservation collection of the Recorded Sound Reference Center at the Library of Congress.

Mike Johnson music & biography: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/mikejohnson
http://www.freewebs.com/blackyodelno1

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a simple clip for a fantastic song. Back to the Roots^^.
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967.Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.

Initially playing blues rock with an experimental flavour, they incorporated elements of classical, folk and ‘ethnic’ musics, jazz and art rock into their music.

The band have sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. (wikipedia)

Lyrics:
The old Rocker wore his hair too long,
wore his trouser cuffs too tight.
Unfashionable to the end — drank his ale too light.
Death’s head belt buckle — yesterday’s dreams —
the transport caf’ prophet of doom.
Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams
in his post-war-babe gloom.

Now he’s too old to Rock’n'Roll but he’s too young to die.

He once owned a Harley Davidson and a Triumph Bonneville.
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs
and prays that he always will.
But he’s the last of the blue blood greaser boys
all of his mates are doing time:
married with three kids up by the ring road
sold their souls straight down the line.
And some of them own little sports cars
and meet at the tennis club do’s.
For drinks on a Sunday — work on Monday.
They’ve thrown away their blue suede shoes.

Now they’re too old to Rock’n'Roll and they’re too young to die.

So the old Rocker gets out his bike
to make a ton before he takes his leave.
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
just like it used to be.
And as he flies — tears in his eyes —
his wind-whipped words echo the final take
and he hits the trunk road doing around 120
with no room left to brake.

And he was too old to Rock’n'Roll but he was too young to die.
No, you’re never too old to Rock’n'Roll if you’re too young to die.

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