![]() It was a Friday night of free style dancing.ĭancing: No one was dancing two-step or line dancingįood: They have terrific food here, and the service was very good.īeverages: Full bar and they had tasty iced tea too! They did not play one country western song while we were there. Last word on that!ĭance Music: When the band, Yankton, came on at 9 pm, it turned out to be very disappointing. Honestly, the dance floor looked like it had not been properly maintained in a very long time. From our vantage point, I could see at least 15 or 20 gobs of gum that had been mashed into the dance floor. When the tables were moved from the dance floor, some napkins and utensils were picked up, but no one thoroughly swept or cleaned the floor. We could see lots of things being spilled on the floor, including food, napkins and utensils. We were sitting right on the edge of the dance floor for 2 hours. This is an unsafe practice.ĭance Floor Maintenance: Before 8 pm the dance floor is filled with removable tables for dining. ![]() We also watched several people dancing while holding a drink in their hand. So, we decided to look around.ĭress Code: No dress code (one review said the doormen got to decide)ĭance Floor: A fairly large wooden dance floor, but it was not well maintained. That’s when the bartender told us the band didn’t start till 9 pm. So we parked, walked in and sat at the bar, ready for a night of country dancing! We ordered some dinner and excitedly waited for the band to play. Before coming here, we read and heard lots about Dierks Bentley’s country western music and Whiskey Row Gilbert, with its large dance floor. The town of Gilbert has a Historical District with multiple restaurants, shops, historical sites, and late night fun. It was so busy, that we had a hard time spotting our destination, Whiskey Row! And this was at 6 pm in the evening, Folks. The Arizona weather in the evenings is awesome in the Fall. When we arrived in Gilbert Arizona’s Heritage District, we were surprised to see lots of neon lights and lots of people and families strolling and sitting in the downtown area. We are excited to tell you all about them. population growth and people moving around and the fact that very few Americans anymore have any connection to the land, especially (of course) those living in metro areas, are the reasons why this continues to happen.Hi y’all we just got back from Arizona and we visited some interesting Country Western venues. This is an issue in most American metros that used to be "Western". To be on topic, I do think Phoenix is less and less a Western town, obviously. All the legends are passing and we'll never see another Johnny or Merle or George walk through that door. You have to search and dig on the internet or in small venues a lot of the time to find authentic music and who has time to do that? I don't know 100% why it is but everything is so fragmented by the internet nowadays that the stuff that makes it to the radio in most genres usually isn't that compelling. And the real money seems to be in festivals and so forth that are all just an assemblage of whatever's catchy at that exact moment, 90% of which will be forgotten in a year or two. The stuff on the commercial radio stations is mostly just the middle-of-the-road, lowest-common-denominator type of music. There's still a few good acts out there but in terms of the popular/radio stuff, it's no wonder the radio stations struggle. It has to appeal to urban residents to become successful if it was the real thing it would be out of business.ĭo you see this as a problem with the Phoenix area or with the continuing decline in the quality of popular music, including popular country music, in the internet age? Even Dierks bar is not really a pure country bar. Scottsdale used to be a horse and western themed city and that has slowly eroded and is now another metrosexual party electronic music city. Rock n Rodeo/Graham Central Station closed over a decade ago. Rawhide used to be a big deal when it was in Scottsdale and then was relocated to Chandler and isn't the same. Country music stations have been shut down. If anything, our country music scene is dying. Sure, there is enough country music to keep you entertained but it's hardly "big" or "huge" Likewise, people who haven't spent any real time in the South have no clue when they claim our country scene is huge. People who have not lived in other cities think the traffic here is bad. Large country music scenes are in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Jackson, Charlotte etc. ![]() There is not a large country music scene here. ![]()
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