Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on March 6, 2013 · 4 Comments
Hey Ya’ll, Finally, the 2 Gilley’s truck mud flaps autographed by Mickey Gilley during the taping of the 2011 American Pickers episode where Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz went to Mickey’s warehouse in Texas are back together again. Here is a short clip of Mike, Frank and Mickey with the mud flaps. When we purchased … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on February 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Hey ya’ll, As you may know, Mickey Gilley performed in concert at Treasure Island (TI) Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday evening, February 16, 2013. Following the show he came down to Gilley’s at the TI and performed a number of songs along with his band. As always, he was great. Not only … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Today, Tuesday December 4, 2012, GilleysMuseum.com had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Lonnie Hammargren for a private tour of our collection. For those of you who aren’t into Nevada and Las Vegas history, Dr. Hammargren has a long and distinguished career in medicine, politics and furthering the protection of the history of Las Vegas, among … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on July 30, 2012 · 4 Comments
As many of you already know, the hit television show “American Pickers” did a show last year primarily around buying Gilley’s memorabilia from Mickey Gilley and that one of the most popular “picks” was a pair of Gilley’s truck mud flaps that they had Mickey autograph for them. That episode originally aired on September 5, … Continue reading →
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On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 GilleysMuseum.com had the pleasure of welcoming Mark Hall-Patton to personally see our collection of vintage original Gilley’s Club and Urban Cowboy memorabilia. In case you’re the last person on earth who doesn’t know, Mark is the administrator of the Clark County (Las Vegas) Museums and a regular expert on the … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on March 9, 2012 · 2 Comments
In addition to the movie posters from a previous post, we have many other pieces that are related to the film “Urban Cowboy.” A good starting point would be the Esquire Magazine article that started it all. Published in the September 12, 1978 issue was “The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America’s Search for True … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on March 2, 2012 · 2 Comments
While almost everyone knows the name “Gilley’s” most people don’t know the name Sherwood Cryer. But you should, because if there wasn’t a Sherwood Cryer there would be no Gilley’s. There would also be no “Urban Cowboy” movie, no mechanical bulls in country bars, and probably nothing like the world-wide growth in the popularity of … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on February 29, 2012 · 6 Comments
Back in the “Urban Cowboy” days (1970’s to 1980’s) many female employees at Gilley’s Pasadena, Texas wore a bright red combo bib/apron and attached skirt with either “Gilley’s” or “Gilley’s Waitress” across the chest in white stitching. You can see them in the “Urban Cowboy” film, pictured just below the mechanical bull on the famous Gilley’s … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on February 28, 2012 · 11 Comments
As Gilley’s Pasadena became more and more popular, marketing genius Sherwood Cryer (Mickey Gilley’s partner) realized that with all the beer they were selling they could make even more money if the beer they sold was their own. He was also smart enough to foresee that once the film “Urban Cowboy” was released, business would … Continue reading →
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Posted by gilleysmuseum.com on October 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
As we continue to accumulate more rare, unique and collectible Gilley’s Pasadena, Texas and Urban Cowboy memorabilia for our collection we will try to keep up with adding pictures and descriptions to our site. Here are some of our newest finds. After years of looking, in July of 2014 we finally acquired the Mickey Gilley … Continue reading →
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