first we've had a line at the door in months

wild country last night. people having a good time

wild country one week ago - hardly anyone there...

so who's comin to party now that you-know-who is gone?

on your marks.. get set... PARTY

its about time.

since march i've had to put up with one of the worst dj's in the area. no more. he's finally gone.

anyone wanna help me celebrate?

this weekend we gonna spread the news...

by next weekend... i hope to have people in my bar again!

ouch...

i would rather stay employed, but....

too many more nights like these and we wont be. its not that i didnt have people dancing. i had people dancing all night long mostly. unfortunatly it wasnt enough people to fill the stage for the night. i am at wits end about what to do, but there's gotta be some way of getting people in there that gets us enough people to stay alive.

i need a vacation.. but not like that.

concert wrap up.

okay so there weren't that many bryan white fans in the building. we started losing people right after he got on stage. not much of a shocker there. but even with that we still had more people dancing to the opener band than to either of the main acts. sure there were people dancing to some of their songs, but not that many. Hayes can get some good ones out there, and can sing without a monitor, but White NEEDED a monitor and had hecklers. (too many breaks to sign autographs between songs and losing his place while talking between songs.)

we didnt have anywhere near as many people for this concert as with Craig Morgan, but with any luck we'll do better on the next one. cant tell you who it is yet - legal crap - but this guy is good and has excellent concert reviews.

so after the show was over, the crowd really started leaving.. and the louder and more obnoxious he got.. the faster they left. WAKE UP BOSS... HE'S COSTING YOU YOUR BUSINESS! we closed with less than 10 people in the building at 3am on a saturday night after a concert. part of that was my fault for not turning off his microphone.. and being so tired i couldnt even see straight. driving home was an adventure.

there is a definite possibility i will be putting in my 2 week notice this week. depends on how willing they are to get rid of this idiot. i dont want to . really i DONT. but what choice am i going to have? i havent had this much job stress since i was in the marines...

would be nice to keep working there tho...

Bryan White on stage...

Bryan White took stage about 11:50. looks even younger in person. started off with "sittin on go" to get the crowd a little pumped up and they were out there dancin. let the crowd do a little singin on "rebecca lynn".

after signing a few autographs he's playin a new one from his soon to be released cd. "the hands of time" it's not too bad, and pretty upbeat.
just started another new one, kinda bouncy "let's get it together" got some people likin it enough to start dancin again.

"someone else's star" gets em out on the dance floor again, and he's lettin the crowd up front sing it. they're doin pretty good too.

a lot of autographing goin on...
just let us know that him and Wade Hayes are gonna do some tunes together... crowd LIKES that idea.

doing another new one, a ballad. sounds really good, but i didnt catch the title.

LMAO... the "charley brown - peanuts theme" sequeing into "so much for pretending".

bryan white and wade hayes on stage... started out with "livin on tulsa time" good and loud the crowd is likin this. there's some people gonna be kickin themselves for leaving early. technical problem.. acoustic guitar pickup died while Hayes was a pickin. but the show goes on... doin a steve wariner tune "linda do you wanna dance"
"workin man blues" done pretty darn good. didnt know brian white could sing bass...

shows over .. more later

live from the booth, Wade Hayes on stage...

11:ish
Wade Hayes on stage in a white stetson and white shirt showin off some buffed up arms that the ladies are really digging as i type this in. pretty damn good show so far, playin some of his classic hits, and a great cover of gary stewart's "she's actin single, i'm drinkin doubles" and even a new one that should be on his next cd project (great song! looking forward to playing it in the club when it comes out.) pretty good size crowd up front and people dancin. they'really like his ballads apparently - dance floor is filling up. its about 11:30 now, gonna enjoy some more of the show and will put in another post after Brian White takes the stage.