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4/22/1981 Texas Dance Hall Opens its doors
5/13/1981 Ronnie McDowell &
Charly McClain
Our first concert at Texas Dance Hall
6/7/1981 John Anderson Carried all his band gear in a U- Haul trailer
7/23/1981 Hank Williams Jr Put Texas Dance Hall on the map
8/20/1981 Ricky Nelson Ozzie & Harriot send their son
9/10/1981 Ernest Tubb One of country music pioneers
10/1/1981 Ronnie Milsap Sold out two shows. This was the only time it was accomplished
10/28/1981 Ricky Skaggs He brought red hot blue grass to big Baton Rouge
12/17/1981 George Jones He was a big act back then, too
1/28/1982 Jerry Lee Lewis Rock and Roll style of country music
 

 
2/17/1982 George Strait Low-dough. Charged a $3 cover charge. He had one hit song called "Unwound"
3/3/1982 Merle Haggard Serious country music superstar
3/17/1982 Steve Wariner He did a great Beatles set
5/5/1982 Lee Greenwood Charged a $3 cover charge
6/23/1982 Jerry Jeff Walker Texas Country Music comes to town
8/12/1982 George Jones Sold out - got drunk - David Allen Coe saved the day
7/30/1983 Texas Dance Hall Closes 405,000 Customers in 119 weeks
10/28/1983 Texas Club opens Our first night with 2,444 friends
11/15/1983 Juice Newton Angel of the Morning spread her Wings
12/15/1983 Jerry Lee Lewis Returns after stomach surgery
1/20/1984 Johnny Lee Original Urban Cowboy- Lined up the beer
2/28/1984 David Allen Coe First of 18 appearances at Texas Club

3/22/1984 First male revue show We thought it may be a "one time" promotion
4/20/1984 Sawyer Brown Star Search Wonder Band helps celebrate our third birthday
5/24/1984 Jerry Jeff Walker Back by popular demand
4/12/1984 George Strait He was becoming a huge star
10/18/1984 George Strait He was still becoming a huge star
4/11/1985 George Strait The fourth and last time he would visit. The best yet.
4/30/1985 Emmy- Lou Harris She was as good as she looked
5/30/1985 Steppen Wolf Texas Clubs first rock concert
6/27/1985 Molly Hatchet All original members. Guitar Southern Rock
8/6/1985 Bachman Turner Overdrive Randy Bachman, C.F. Turner, And company
9/12/1985 Greg Allman & Elvin Bishop This was a great show
 

 
10/31/1985 First Bud Light Fright Night A Halloween Party
10/3/1985 Zebra Randy, Guy and Felix. A lot of great rock from three guys
8/15/1985 Hurricane Danny
10/24/1985 Blackfoot One of original bands last concerts.
11/21/1985 Bonnie Raitt Best Artist without a record deal at the time
12/3/1985 Romantics Have a party band and it will rock
12/10/1985 X Our very first Alternative show
12/17/1985 George Jones He made up for getting drunk on stage on 8/12/1982
2/26/1986 Merle Haggard Some great acts never change
2/27/1986 Stephen Stills Man can this guy rock, acoustic he is not
3/15/1987 New Law 18 Year olds cannot purchase goes into effect but they can drink

7/10/1986 Dwight Yoakam California kid on the rise
2/12/1986 100th male show SO much for the "one time" promotion
8/28/1986 Fog Hat Lonesome Dave and Company- Bikers Ball
9/11/1986 Spyro Gyra Jazz at the Texas Club. It worked
10/8/1986 Z 98.1 New tradition Begins- Turkey eve
11/6/1986 George Thorogood To this day he is the best rocker I have ever seen
1/20/1987 Allman Brothers Band Sold out- Dickie Betts opens for Gregg and they jam till the wee hours of the night
2/5/1987 Skaggs returns Sold out
9/4/1987 Muscular Dystrophy Fund Raiser To Spud McKenzie (Bud Mascot)
Labor Day weekend
8/27/1987 Highway 101 The real deal- too bad it went away
9/17/1987 true Value Showdown w/ WYNK
 

 
2/19/1987 John Schneider Dukes of Hazard- Powerful
2/27/1987 Sammy Kershaw And Roundup 54 people drop by. He was still a local boy
4/30/1987 Marshal Tucker Band Fire on the mountain- beer in the belly
4/2/1987 Al Stewart Year of the cat- Night of cool music
4/14/1987 3 Dog Night 2 of the 3 dogs had their day
3/17/1987 Leon Russell And Edgar Winter
5/7/1987 Jason and the Scorchers Alternative country hits town
6/11/1987 Lee Greenwood Sell out: he sang "God Bless The USA"
9/24/1987 John Schneider returns Ladies man and he was good too
11/19/1987 Ricky Van Shelton Young east coast country crooner
2/5/1988 Snowed in Baton Rouge
12/10/1987 Charles Daniels Band He is one large guy and he can play too

12/18/1987 Christmas Party With Bud/ Z 98 666 people showed up- weird
1/28/1988 Patty Loveless Young, Beautiful, the next big thing
2/25/1988 Sweethearts of the Rodeo Shot a video that aired on CMT
6/9/1988 Taylor Dayne Sold out; Dance diva at Texas Club
12/23/1987 1,000,000Th Customer enter
7/28/1988 Blue Oyster Cult Euro Rockers- Don't Fear the Reaper
8/25/1988 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts She is serious about her rock baby
12/28/1988 250th male dance show
5/23/1989 Nancy Griffith Hank Jr. Crowd disrupts her show late
6/13/1989 Stevie B. Sold out; more dancing- more N-R-G
 

 
7/18/1989 Noel Sold out; we are on a roll with this
9/5/1989 Mary Chapin Carpenter/ Desert Rose Band She came along for the ride with Chris Hillmans group
9/19/1989 Clint Black A better man- getting even better
9/26/1989 Garth Brooks How could anyone know about this guy?
10/26/1989 27th Birthday WYNK Bellaway Bross Free show
11/21/1989 Verne Gosdin He came with George Jones in 1985
11/14/1989 Kyper Sold out; come dance with us
12/19/1989 First "Feed the Need" show With Rockin' Sidney and Joel Sonnier