Gilley's Club
The famed bar/honkey tonk founded by country singer Mickey Gilley in Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena was enshrined in film history when John Travolta, Debra Winger and others descended on the city to film the 1980 hit movie Urban Cowboy, which depicted life and young love in Pasadena. The film centered around the city's enormous honky-tonk bar, Gilley's Club, which was co-owned by country music star Mickey Gilley and Sherwood Cryer.
It was a tin building that housed multiple bars and mechanical bulls. Connected to Gilley's club was a small rodeo arena that would also host both bicycle and motorcycle motocross races on Friday and Saturday nights. Lone Star beer flowed abundantly and soon there was even a Gilley's Beer added to the bars there.
There was a falling out between the two and Gilley's was closed. In 1989 Gilley's suffered an arson fire that gutted the interior, but the building's shell was still standing until 2006 when it was demolished by the Pasadena Independent School District, it's current owner. Only the old sound recording studio remains. (the old sign can be found at the Cowboy Ranch, a local restaurant). Gilley still makes his home in Pasadena.
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