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Aristus

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3. Texans (a lot of them anyway) love this cowboy honky-tonk image of Houston.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jun 7, 2024, 09:13 AM

Jun 2024

But having lived there not long after the movie came out, I can tell you that Houston is much more a rock and roll city than a C&W city. All of my friend went to the rock concerts that came to town. Any time the subject of the movie and Gilley's came up, most of the kids would just laugh.

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On June 6, 1980, "Urban Cowboy" was released. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 OP

Personally, not a fan EYESORE 9001 Jun 2024 #1

Sigh. If only Bud had had a brain, he would have been my ideal man. Croney Jun 2024 #2

Texans (a lot of them anyway) love this cowboy honky-tonk image of Houston. Aristus Jun 2024 #3