Billy Bob's
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Billy Bob's Texas is a popular country & western nightclub on the outskirts of the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, United States. It promotes itself as "The World's Largest Honky Tonk" with 127,000 square feet (12,000 m²). Billy Bob's opened April 1, 1981 to national attention with Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers as the first performers. Other artists who appeared that first week were Waylon Jennings, Janie Fricke & Willie Nelson. Since, artists such as Pat Green have carried on the tradition. In addition to several dance floors, musical stages, arcade games, and billiards tables, Billy Bob's is the home to a small indoor rodeo arena, in which they have weekend bullriding events.
Billy Bob's is still a popular venue for a wide variety of C&W artists, with Willie Nelson making frequent appearances and serving as the host of their Fourth of July celebrations. Billy Bob's is no longer limited to country artists with rockers such as Heart and Peter Frampton, among others, having made several appearances over the past several years.
The nightclub quickly entered the public consciousness in the early 1980s with frequent references by the Ewing Clan on the TV drama Dallas. It was also featured prominently during CBS's New Year's Eve coverage, "Happy New Year America," during this period.
[edit] Live albums recorded at Billy Bob's
Since 1999 the Smith Music Group, a music publishing company in Fort Worth, Texas has issued a continuing series of live albums recorded by major country music artists at Billy Bob's. All of the albums are titled Live at Billy Bob's Texas. The list is currently over thirty performances. Artists so far have included:
