Last night we went to Gruene Hall (in Gruene, TX) for a singer songwriter night hosted by this artist that I used to like a lot right out of high school. I actually learned about him while interning at a small publicity company in San Marcos, TX. I’m fairly certain that this was actually my very first internship in the music business…the summer after my freshman year of college. In fact, I saw the woman that I interned for at the show and spoke to her briefly. Crazy!
Anyway…so we went to see him (Adam Carroll) and a couple of other guys just swapping off playing their songs to a little crowd in the bar area of the dance hall. It was so fun! Max definitely had a great time as well – it was totally the type of thing that he loves to do. In fact, he bought a CD from each of the 3 guys and is downstairs this morning listening to one of them already. The show was free, the beers were $3 and the place was heated entirely by a wood burning cast iron heater in the middle of the room. The place has aged so perfectly – it’s exactly what I think of when I remember being a kid and going to rodeo dances with my mom, grandma and grandpa. The paint is peeling off the walls, not one single door or window fits in to its frame or can fully close and the main hall has walls made of chicken wire…and everyone likes it just the way it is. In fact, I’m convinced that it actually requires a lot of upkeep because of its age (built in 1878) but they only fix enough to keep it from falling apart. In summary, I love it. I hope we go back regularly…especially once we learn how to dance.
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