"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

Harley's Country Store and Beer Garden celebrated thirteen years of business this year. The honky Tonk opened on Sadie Hawkin's Day 2004. The legendary John "Harley" Nolan opened the business with his wife, Sylvia who continues to operate it today along with her daughter Calida and her husband Jim. This Texas Honky Tonk is open seven days a week, but it is Saturday and Sunday when people flock there for the music and the home-style BBQ. Bushriders Dave play mostly  60-70 music on Saturday and Wildcat Thicket play mostly country on Sunday.  But don't be surprised if you come on a Wednesday and hear picking from the jam session going on in the bar or a  Friday afternoon  when you might catch Rande Hall in his keyboard in the dancehall. Out in Bayview Texas away from the big towns and cities sitting on the third resacca on the left as you come down Shafer Road off Ted Hunt with the gate wide open inviting in cars, motor cycles, pickup trucks, bicycle...

Harley's Country Store and Beer Garden was opened in 2004 and we started coming to enjoy the music, and the BBQ. We got to know the man that started it all, known to all as John Harley.  John died in 2014.  In 2016 we commissioned a painting to be done in his memory.  It arrived!   We were so excited to see it. It was well packaged.  We had it delivered to our friends, Bob and Mary,  who arrived in Texas before us; it had waited here a few months until we arrived.. It was the painting of John Harley done by the renowned Nova Scotian painter, David MacIntosh.   As we unrolled the canvas and saw, for the first time, the painting of our friend, John Harley. Johnny Paul Nolan was the mastermind behind Harley's Country Store and Beer Garden located in Bayview Texas. We found the place shortly after it opened in 2004 and have spent our winters parked here ever since. We got to know this man over the years.  He was indeed a character! We loved his mu...

Attachment available until Mar 17, 2017 Click to Download Tom Buller Rande Hall.mp4 74.6 MB After March 17th; click on any below; they work many time. https://youtu.be/nhNRviR_FOU   -San Antonio Rose sung by Rande Hall with Tom Buller on guitar, Jason Ellsworth on fiddle and Brett Hill on drums https://youtu.be/MCmGUKcDn8o   Tom Buller and Rande Hall play at Harley's  https://youtu.be/vvE-PMQYNQs   Tom Buller Always Lovin You Kathy Martinelli-Zaun William G Bradley, JR visitvango@gmail.com Today is a good day to drive!

Kathy Martinelli-Zaun William G Bradley, JR visitvango@gmail.com Today is a good day to drive!