Yesterday evening Double J and the Boys played to a full house here and, as always, kept us laughing, singing along, clapping, and even doing a bit of whooping and hollering.  Plus, there were quite a few wannabe yodelers in the crowd but it’s unclear whether Judy agreed to give lessons at a later date.

I had about fifty gazillion ‘favorites’ – Janet’s show-stopping “Orange Blossom Special” on the fiddle; Charlie’s “Sharp, Snappy Snake Boots;” and every single one of Judy’s original and always zany originals.  But the hands-down best of all was the song she wrote for Nyel:

 “Cowboy Boot Tango”

Creased and worn, both pull straps are torn.
Toes are scuffed.  The polish kinda rough.
Fancy black, with stitching on the back.
Hardly new – the heels could use some glue.

They belong to Nyel, but he had not worn them in a while.”
Could only walk with pain… and only with a cane.

But a successful surgery, called a cane-ectomy,
Now he’s walking well. You can hardly tell,
Back in his boots, ready for something new.     
Nyel could be a pro at the Cowboy Boot Tango.

I wish I could note down the music but choose any tango and sing it in rhythm and you’ll get the idea.  It brought down the house and I haven’t seen Nyel laugh that much in a long, long time!