ShAnnie at The Friendly Bar
March 28, 2008
We spent the morning at Walt’s Ranch; he joined us for morning coffee. We walked around the ranch and our friendship grew a little closer. The rest of the day we worked on craft projects until the cool air and drizzle forced us inside.
After dinner we went to The Friendly Bar where they were hosting a wine tasting party with Llano wines. Kathy tasted them all and Will got beer instead. They served cheese, crackers, veggies and other goodies. Kelly Carper was doing a book signing for her book, Puppy, about her Aussie she got from the local humane society. You can read about it at http://www.kellycarpercommuncation.com/. The front area of the bar is set up ore like a coffee shop. The owner, new to bar business, shared the story of how the bar has been around longer than Judge Roy Beane’s back in the early 1870 time. When he bought it there was a lot of fix up to do. He saved the mural on the wall of the original owners standing behind the bar full of customers of every sort including aliens.
We spent the morning at Walt’s Ranch; he joined us for morning coffee. We walked around the ranch and our friendship grew a little closer. The rest of the day we worked on craft projects until the cool air and drizzle forced us inside.After dinner we went to The Friendly Bar where they were hosting a wine tasting party with Llano wines. Kathy tasted them all and Will got beer instead. They served cheese, crackers, veggies and other goodies. Kelly Carper was doing a book signing for her book, Puppy, about her Aussie she got from the local humane society. You can read about it at http://www.kellycarpercommuncation.com/. The front area of the bar is set up ore like a coffee shop. The owner, new to bar business, shared the story of how the bar has been around longer than Judge Roy Beane’s back in the early 1870 time. When he bought it there was a lot of fix up to do. He saved the mural on the wall of the original owners standing behind the bar full of customers of every sort including aliens.
But the main reason we went to The Friendly Bar was to see ShAnnie perform. Sitting in our “Easy Chair”s it felt like we had our own private concert as most everyone else was engaged with themselves. Shan and Annie did a few new songs; they are preparing a new CD to be released next year. Between sets they came down from the stage area and sat with us. They are geting ready for the Texas Music Award show in Palestine, Texas! Not only are they nominees, they are performing Easy Chair. Unlike other performances there will be no warm up; not other songs. They will be sitting in the audience and the next minute be on stage. We found out they both have day jobs. Shan is a water display and use contractor and Annie is a photo designer. Thanks for sharing a night with us!
For the last set Sol Patch www.myspace.com/solpatch joined the stage. They are blues singers with powerful voices that spread the notes through the very walls. We loved them!
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