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Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is currently an LGBT bar/honky tonk founded originally as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://neonbootsclub.com/history/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Kick-up-those-heels-at-Neon-Boots-gay-bar-4749546.php )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/columnists/gray/article/Neon-Boots-takes-off-where-Esquire-Ballroom-left-4756596.php#/0 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2013/08/neon_boots_grand_opening.php )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.newnownext.com/texas-sized-gay-bar-neon-boots-saddles-up-in-houston/08/2013/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city_life/08-14-13-the-largest-gay-bar-in-texas-is-roaring-into-houston-and-youd-better-bring-your-cowboy-boots/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blog.chron.com/29-95/2013/08/neon-boots-kicks-up-its-heels-at-historic-venue/#14929101=0 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://outsmartmagazine.com/2013/08/dust-off-your-hat-and-boots/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://swamplot.com/say-howdy-to-the-largest-gay-country-bar-in-texas/2013-08-14/ )〕 The Broadway musical ''Always... Patsy Cline'', takes place in the bar. Produced by Ted Swindley in 1988, the story was taken and expanded from a section of the Cline biography, ''Honky Tonk Angel'', written by Ellis Nassour. ''Always... Patsy Cline'' chronicles the real-life story of her encounter in 1961 with Louise Seger, a fan and Mississippi native who arrived early at The Esquire Ballroom in Houston for Cline's performance. In a chance encounter before the show, the two met and formed a lasting friendship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alwayspatsycline.net/ )〕 In the 1970s and 1980s the club was considered the main rival to Gilley's Club across town in Pasadena. The nightclub reopened as Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon in August 2013 as the largest gay country and western genre bar in the Southern United States as well as the second largest gay bar in the state of Texas and largest gay bar in Houston. It continues to host music acts on the same stage that it used as the Esquire Ballroom. The venue has a huge a huge heterosexual and mainstream following as well. In March 28, 2014 USA Today had named Neon Boots "One of the top ten dance halls in Texas" in their "10 Great Places" series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/10greatplaces/2014/03/27/texas-dance-halls/6957465/ )〕 ==Willie Nelson== After his son Billy was born in 1958, Willie Nelson and his family moved to Houston. On the way, Nelson stopped by the Esquire Ballroom to sell his original songs to house band singer Larry Butler. Butler refused to purchase the song "Mr. Record Man" for $10, instead giving Nelson a six-night job singing in the club and a $50 loan to rent an apartment. Nelson rented an apartment near Houston, in Pasadena, Texas, where he also worked at the radio station as the sign-on disk jockey. Nelson was inspired to write the song "Night Life" during one of his trips from his home in Pasadena to his work, singing at the Esquire. Due to financial issues, Nelson sold the song to guitar instructor Paul Buskirk for $150. The song was rejected by Pappy Daily, who made Nelson's studio recordings at the time. Daily believed that the song was not country. Due to the amount of money that Nelson received for the song, he decided to record the song in another studio. To avoid legal actions, it was recorded as "Nite Life" under the artist name of "Hugh Nelson and Paul Buskirk and the Little Men". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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