Snorty Horse

This Weekend at the Horse!

Right now is my favorite time of year. The turkeys are gobblin’, the crappie are bitin’, murrel mushrooms are out, baby calves are up and healthy and it’s time to slap some shoes on the old horse. Hope you guys got a turkey this weekend. I’ll wait a couple weeks after season and pop mine with a .22 mag. Best poachin’ rifle there is. Strong enough to drop a coyote at 200 yards away and quiet enough not to wake the neighbors or alert any suspecting game wardens. I might not be able to wait. My mouth is waterin’ for some fried wild turkey and murrels with sausage gravy and biscuits and a few scrambled eggs cooked on the back of a tailgate.

I’ve been tryin’ to catch some crappie the last couple of weeks to no avail. I kind of got a little frustrated and decided to try out a pond on the south side of town right next to Cox hospital with a fountain in it. You could see some bigger perch and a few bass and I thought maybe I could get a few bites. Turns out that the only thing I caught was a two foot long gold fish. I didn’t think gold fish got that big.

I have a little yellow dog that likes to go fishin’ with me. She also likes to swim. Think I might of got in a little trouble when she got a hold of a goose that some kid was tryin’ to feed bread to. That goose made a hell of a raucous and caused the kid to cry. The kids parents told me about some kind of leash law and I informed them that I could not catch the dumb sombitch even if I wanted to put a leash on her and she was bad to bite ounce you got your hands on her. She just jumps in my truck whenever I go somewhere and likes to follow me around. Then the parents got their kid and left as I kicked the dead goose my dog killed into the brush. I asked the people if they wanted it. I didn’t want to eat the greasy nasty thing, but I told them I’d clean it for them. Figured it was the best I could do since my dog made their kid cry. They just walked faster and told me they were callin’ the cops. I then decided to get my goldfish and go before I got in too much trouble.

BIG WEEK AND WEEKEND!!!

O.K. I know you guys are chopin’ at the bit to know what’s going on with the bar and who the new owner might or will be. Truth is that I don’t know myself. I’ve heard a lot of rumors and they are just that…rumors. I will do my best to keep everyone informed as I find stuff out myself. Might stay tuned for next week’s newsletter…it’ll be a good one. Might see some people get thrown under a bus.

WED. APR. 30^th: STARK RAVING CALM with THE HORIZON IS AFTER US!!! This is Stark Raving Calms CD release party! I love these guys. Probably my favorite rock band we have had in the bar. Now, when I say rock band I really mean experimental rock. They do some crazy stuff like play two base guitars and have some funky out of tune stuff going on that just works well. I’m just really impressed with these guys and I am very happy to host their CD release party.

THIAU is another band that has done very well here. They have introduced me to some really cool bands such as Machina that have also done well. These guys are great to work with and I’m looking foreword to having them back.

THUR. MAY 1^st: BIG SMITH… BIG SMITH… BIG SMITH!!! We got the Chance Ray Band on the bill also. I really don’t know what else to say. Big Smith just won some kind of award but we all know they would win whatever kind of award anyway. They are a Springfield staple and just look at their schedule. They are playing Wakarusa, The Continental club, and fixin’ to play a big music fest in France. Springfield needs to be proud of these guys. I also think you would all agree that the best place to watch Big Smith is in a bar, and being though I’m a little partial, it’s probably best to watch them at the Snorty Horse. I really can’t explain it, it just seems as though everyone is more relaxed from band to patron and it just makes for a great atmosphere and we’re lucky to have them. $10. This will be a no smoking show, but you can smoke out back if you want.

FRI. MAY 2^nd: COLD TRAIL! Remember the Randy Rogers show? Remember the Bud girls and the “brewmaster” tryin’ to promote bud light but couldn’t because we were sold out by 10:30? Cold Trail was a big part of that deal. For as young as these guys are as far as a band goes, they’re good…real good…and already have a major draw here at the horse. It’s also there CD release party. Some of you bands out there need to come to this show and bring your notebook. Not just to see them on stage, but to ask them questions about “how they do it?” I sure as hell would like to know, but I don’t ask just ‘cause I don’t want to mess up whatever kind of karma they may have going on. Just come and buy a damn CD ‘cause I promise it’ll be good! $7.

SAT. MAY 3^rd: BEN MILLER BAND!!! I really wanted BMB on this night’s show. Mainly because it is a “LIVE AT THE SNORTY HORSE CD RELEASE PARTY!” The CD itself won’t have any artwork yet, but at least you guys will have something you can take home with you. We had to work a little bit to make it work, but here you guys go. Remember several weeks ago about an Hawaiian airline going bankrupt and leaving a bunch of people stranded in Hawaii? Well, one of those people was Doug the washboard player. Poor Doug. I’ll felt so very sorry for you as you were stuck on that beautiful island with beautiful island girls with very little clothes on and could barely speak English and had way too much rum and you had to stay there 4 extra weeks…Did I also mention that Doug is a mother f’n sombitch? I may have a surprise or two for you guys for this one. You just need to come out. $5.

MON. MAY 5^th: JASON BOLAND and STONEY LARUE!!! It’s a little early to be talkin’ about this one but I wanted to make sure you guys had enough time to get some tickets. You can get them off our website. As most of you know, Jason and Stoney went to college together at Stillwater and I believe they all lived in the same yellow house where so much of this music got its start. It will be a night of good tunes and story tellin’. Your gonna get a good dose of it also from a couple of unfortunate events that happened recently. Bob Childers just passed away and he was responsible for so many songs and had so many friends in this scene and was a major influence on Boland and Stoney. Tod Krutsinger also passed. Tod was a man who was a big influence on me and is partly responsible for the opening of the Snorty Horse. He played here a several times and I think about him every day. This is one of those shows that people will be talking about for a long time and it’s one you have to come to ‘cause we might not get these guys on stage together again. Just to let you know, I’m not drinkin’ at this show, so please don’t be offended for passing up shots with you guys ‘cause I want to remember every word and every song.