I haven’t said much about Ronald Regan’s death this past weekend. Anything I could say has been said by everyone else. I do want to mention that Ray Charles has died. His music meant a lot to me. I’ll miss him.

I told Gerri that when I went back to work I’d take her to a local Country and Western night club for a night out. As luck would have it, Terri Clark was playing at Wild Bill’s last night, the first Friday night after finding regular employment.

It was fun. Terri is now my favorite guitarist. I knew she played but I didn’t realize how good she was until seeing her performance. I was amazed at her picking prowess.

She did a selection’s of the songs she played at the Orchid Lounge in Nashville when she first started out which included about four John Anderson songs that she did in John’s voice. The girl has a knack for comedy. If you get a chance to see one of her shows it’s well worth it. She’s not only country, she rocks, too.

Aside from the concert, Wild Bill’s was also a great place to do people watching. I hadn’t been out to a night club like this in quite some time, like ten years or longer, and things really hadn’t changed so much. I enjoyed watching the lounge lizards in cowboy hats getting shot down in flames and not being a bit deterred by that and going on to their next victim, occassionally having success. I enjoyed watching the girls who came there just to dance, with anyone, dancing to the dance floor and dancing back off again. I enjoyed watching the people wearing what they really shouldn’t have been wearing until they had spent a few years at the gym. A totally entertaining evening.

Oh, they had a mechanical bull, too. It was right next to our table.

Gerri and I went to see the Dixie Chicks in concert at Phillips Arena last night. I’m not too good at reviewing concerts so I’ll just say that the show was extremely enjoyable. I was anxious to see how they were received after the mess Natalie stirred up several months ago. While there were some empty seats at this sold out concert those were few and I didn’t notice any catcalls at all.

A couple of things, though, that caught me a little by surprise. Right before the curtain went up the sound system began playing Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” then about half-way through the show that ripped into “Truth No.2″ showing a video on their media screens of people protesting and marching. They were definately speaking their minds on political issues if only in a subliminal way.

They opened the show with “Goodbye Earl” and I thought that was great. They got that song out of the way first and I could then enjoy the show without worrying about when it would POP up. I got tired of that song pretty fast a while back. They ended the show with a three song encore ending with “Sin Wagon.”

All in all it was an enjoyable concert. The dinner Gerri and I had at the Cheescake Factory just enhanced the experience.