My quest for live music took us to the top of Texas yesterday. Last night at the Golden Light in Amarillo we saw our buddy Travis Roberts and his band The Willing Few along with somewhat a resident artist at the Golden Light , Maggie Burt.
The Golden Light Cantina, a little out of the way Honky Tonk and in my opinion the best burger I’ve ever eaten.. (I didn’t get a burger last night however as I was still full from The Big Texan Steak House.. but that’s a whole other story.) The Golden Light was established in 1946 at the exact location it still stands today. Then the road it is on was known as Route 66 today it’s called Historic Route 66, other than that not much has changed…
Travis and The Willing Few are on their very first actual tour as a band.. I was glad they picked their home town for one of the first stops. Currently the band is cutting a full length album which Travis shared was about 1/2 way done, he plans to get the rest of it recorded and tracked and hoping for a release before the first of the year.
Last night was special as Travis played many songs that will be on the album, songs I had never heard, yet I could relate to. He has a way of putting pen to paper and letting out his troubles in a song. As He has a similar past as me, I can insert my troubles and pain as I sing along. He also played the songs of his that everyone knows and it was awesome to look around the crowd and see so many people singing along. We had a great visit and I am looking forward to seeing him again soon. He has so much energy it spills over into his audience.. If you hadn’t seen Travis Roberts perform live you need to make plans to do it, I promise it’s well worth it..
Back on the roads this weekend and seeing Travis was the perfect cure for my cabin fever.
Pancho.