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Sherwood Cryer
Sherwood Cryer (September 2, 1927 – August 17, 2009) was a Pasadena, Texas-based entrepreneur. He attained fame as the owner and operator of the famous country-western nightclub Gilley's, an enormous honky tonk that was the central setting of the 1980 movie ''Urban Cowboy'' starring John Travolta.
==Biography==
Charles Sherwood Cryer was from Diboll East Texas. Prior to his career he was in World War II in the Air Force. He worked for Shell Oil as a welder for a few years after the War. He was from Pasadena and Gilley's was located on Spencer highway in Pasadena. It was named after singer Mickey Gilley. Cryer met Gilley singing in another bar and invited him to reopen his other club with Gilley being co-partner. Mickey Gilley requested the club be remodeled. They soon became partners when Cryer made the club into Gilley's approval. Gilley, the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, was playing six nights a week. The club brought entertainers like Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels, Crystal Gayle, Hank Williams, Jr., Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones, Johnny Lee, Conway Twitty, Keith Whitley and hundreds more.〔
He managed the club's needs until Gilley wanted to end their partnership. It was late 1989 the club closed down and the court battle began. Cryer did not want to lose anything so he tried to come up with documentation showing their partnership was still valid. It wasn't good enough for the court. On July 5, 1990 an Arson fire attack destroyed the main building. Several fingers pointed to Cryer but he denied this and acted on the most difficult part of his life. Cryer filed for bankruptcy after a long court battle with Gilley.
He was mayor of the city of Pasadena for 4 years before deciding to leave office and focus on his court issues.〔
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