Now I know that I have not been here in the Bayou City for very long. I will admit that I have not put a concentrated effort into this, but I have not seen the music scene. Please, please... I understand that I need to put a little effort into it... but the few times I have actually wandered around or walked from a restaurant to my car, there has been a surprising lack of tunes floating in the air.
You can walk around downtown Chicago or LA and hear the bands (both for good or for ill) playing in the bars to the appreciative patrons. I have not discovered it here yet. Now I cannot believe that it does not exist. The fourth largest city in the country has to have a stable of musicians. Especially in a southern city where the weather is absolutely ideal from September through June.
I know that we have a very good symphony. I know that we have a very active musical theatre scene. I was just hoping to see that smoky jazz or blues club that serves a shot and a beer for a couple of bucks. Or perhaps that piano bar that is over-crowded and everyone is tipsy and singing at the top of their lungs. Even the honky-tonk with dirty beer steins and everyone wearing cowboy boots and an ugly plaid shirt... I know that they are here... they just have to be.
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