Urban Cowboy/Luv Ya Blue days

Since I was about seven years old during the Urban Cowboy craze and Luv Ya Blue days, I'd like to hear some of the craziest stories that you heard of or took part in H-town back in the days of Gilley's and tHe 80'4 oil boom. Please enlighten!

I remember those as great times... except for this really nosy 7 year old that kept asking questions...

I was pretty young during those days as well :-). But now that I have been 39 a few times I sure pretty soon the math will not add up that I remember those days. But boy did I ever want to go to Gilleys'. And I remember when I was in elementary sometimes we would drive by a "disco" and I would try to get a glimpse as the doors opened. I was POSITIVE something that would bug my eyes out was going on in there. And I was probably correct.

OK, I'll bite.

There used to be a bar/dancehall on Telephone Road near 610. I swear it was filled with housewives who had nothing to do during the day but look for trouble. If you were a halfway decent dancer and could speak with some amount of intellegence it was very fun. I was only 18 at the time - but that was the drinking age back then. I quit going when I got out of the oil patch and into school around 1982.

And they think "cougars" are something new. I wish I could remember the name of that place. It was a hoot.

No time to go into detail but, being a native of Pasadena, we had some fun times at that 'ol club. Actually, Urban Cowboy kinda ruined it in a sense. We used to go out there and see some of the stars (and stars of the future) for hardly no money and smallish crowds. Fun memories for sure.

There was a bunch of Totally Nude clubs along I-45 and they showed porn at the Red Bluff Drive In.

Had a business on Main Street and the street walkers would have price wars on the sidewalk and in our parking lot . When people started complaining the police would , round them up , haul them off and then they would be back the next day. One young SW asked me if it was OK if she sat on the hood of my car instead of standing on the sidewalk. She said if she was sitting on my car she wouldn't be arrested since she was on "private property".

remember the scene where they had the fire in the tank farm? I set the fire.
It was a big thing to me then. Doesn't mean anything now

remember the scene where they had the fire in the tank farm? I set the fire.
It was a big thing to me then. Doesn't mean anything now Originally Posted by tbone2u

I thought it was an Act of Gawd ... caused by lightening ... or BP management...

OK, I'll bite.

There used to be a bar/dancehall on Telephone Road near 610. I swear it was filled with housewives who had nothing to do during the day but look for trouble. If you were a halfway decent dancer and could speak with some amount of intellegence it was very fun. I was only 18 at the time - but that was the drinking age back then. I quit going when I got out of the oil patch and into school around 1982.

And they think "cougars" are something new. I wish I could remember the name of that place. It was a hoot. Originally Posted by Tobor the 8th Man

Those were called "pressure cookers".
There were quite a few on the east side all the way out to Baytown. Unexpected "rain outs" caused some major drama back in the day.

The employment section of the Sunday Houston Chronicle would be 40 pages thick...

General Homes would run full page ads for construction managers...

Pipe fitters and welders were worth their weight in gold...

9 out of 10 license plates were from out of state

You had to hire an apartment locator to find an available apartment

And when OTC came to town... it was raining providers...

No time to go into detail but, being a native of Pasadena, we had some fun times at that 'ol club. Actually, Urban Cowboy kinda ruined it in a sense. We used to go out there and see some of the stars (and stars of the future) for hardly no money and smallish crowds. Fun memories for sure. Originally Posted by bbkid

Okay...here are a few songs that I recall listening when a kid...
Could I have the Dance...Anne Murrey
Devil wen down to Georgia...The Man
Take this Job and Shove It...Johnny Paycheck
Cherokee Fiddle...???
Luckenbach, Texas...Willie, Waylon and the friends
Highwaymen...Waylon, Willie and Leon Russell? Or Johnny Cash?

I remember hearing these songs in a car back in the day when a kid could wander around Greenspoint safely

I'm not sure if this will work, but I'm feeling a bit nostalgic...a link to Luv ya Blue with some awesome times...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S20qvvDGBt0

Now these are the times that I'm talkin' about.

I remember out in Pasadena at the Sonic on Red Bluff (popular hang out in the late 70's) where two guys got into one hell of a fight at the Texaco gas station next door. The gas station was closed and the overflow cars parked there.

The fight started and it was a bloody affair. I mean face to the concrete and everything.

What was the fight about?

Which was better, a Chevy big block or small block.



Yes, I remember Gilleys. If you visited and left your visor down, you didn't get a Gilley's bumper sticker on your car. I also remember the making of the movie Urban Cowboy. As Travolta and I are almost the exact same age, I was a fan of his. Yes, he belonged in Saturday Night Fever, but the kid from NYC couldn't come off as a Texas country boy. I thought Urban Cowboy was a great movie, but as I got older, I thought the movie was a slap in the face for us bumpkins in southeast Texas.

Yes, I remember watching XXX rated movies at the Red Bluff drive in from the roof of my sisters house on Bernard St. Binoculars were a must. I remember the bowling alley and skating rink less than half a mile from the drive in.

The Corrall and The Grove.

OMG, how much I miss the 19 cent burritos and tacos from Taco Bueno.

225 Feeder was called Sterling Ave.

Trampoline and minature golf at Fresa and Shaver.

There was a mall built near Strawberry and Pauline, across from Sellers. Now at one time someone built something I have never seen before or after. Basically it was a minature golf game played on pool tables. Now the pool table wasn't shaped like the regular ones, they were shaped like a minature golf layout. You used a pool ball and a cue stick as your golf club. They had angled corners and bumpers.

Yes, I also remember a KKK library on Red Bluff street right down from the Red Bluff drive in. I could not believe they would be that bold to have a library in the public view. Not one of Pasadena's proudest moments in time.

Which stunk the worse, Crown or Champion Paper?

Yes, I also remember a KKK library on Red Bluff street right down from the Red Bluff drive in. I could not believe they would be that bold to have a library in the public view. Not one of Pasadena's proudest moments in time.

Which stunk the worse, Crown or Champion Paper?[/quote]

The Clan used to pass out flyers on the weekend right there in front of the Library to people driving by.

And nothing smelled or smells worse than Goodyear.

Gilleys was cool, I was underage and got in because we use to put on boxing shows there and at Billy Bobs in Dallas so after the fights we would usually have people sneak us a beer or two. Good times.

There used to be a bar/dancehall on Telephone Road near 610. I swear it was filled with housewives who had nothing to do during the day but look for trouble...............And they think "cougars" are something new. I wish I could remember the name of that place. It was a hoot. Originally Posted by Tobor the 8th Man

If I am not mistaken the name of the place was The Four Palms. The "housewives" came in all shapes and sizes and were all motivated by one thing!