Longhorn Ballroom

Longhorn Ballroom

The Longhorn Ballroom is a music venue and country western dance hall in Dallas, Texas (USA). It was formerly the Bob Wills Ranch House.

On January 10, 1978 it achieved brief infamy in national music circles when the Sex Pistols appeared there and during their performance taunted the audience, resulting in a woman head-butting Sid Vicious. Before the Sex Pistols, the venue hosted mainly country music artists including Loretta Lynn and Patsy Montana.

The Longhorn Ballroom returned to brief infamy in 1991, when 2 Live Crew refused to go on stage for a scheduled show, resulting in fights among their fans and police.

Dallas soul stalwart Johnnie Taylor released a live video filmed at the Longhorn in 1997.

Bobby Patterson, who claims in the introduction to his KKDA radio show to be "able to leap the Longhorn Ballroom in a single bound," recorded a live album there in 2002.

The owner of Longhorn Ballroom is now Raul Ramirez who also owns the restaurant "Raul's Corral" Mexican Restaurant right next to it.

References

* Noel E. Monk: "12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America", HarperCollins (1992) ISBN 0688112749 [http://books.google.com/books?id=vJ0QzNtEyCcC&dq=%22longhorn+ballroom%22+dallas Google books]
* Loretta Lynn, with Patsi Bale Cox: "Still Woman Enough: A Memoir", Hyperion (2002) ISBN 0786866500 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pzpYavhEoCkC&dq=%22longhorn+ballroom%22+dallas Google books]
* Patsy Montana, Jane C. Frost: "Patsy Montana: The Cowboy's Sweetheart", McFarland & Company (2002) ISBN 0786410809 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Qd_HkaVAWzMC&dq=%22longhorn+ballroom%22+dallas Google books]


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