His retirement still baffles me. He's just 67. Still young. He doesn't have to tour like he has in the past, but a few shows in small venues over a few nights a couple of times a year seems doable. The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
I saw him a couple of years ago and he phoned it in, it was so boring i literally fell asleep. Thats why he is retiring. he is bored playing the same songs for 40 years.
I started listening to REK when I was a freshman at TX Tech... circa 1983... he was not famous at all at that time... No Kinda Dancer had not hit the shelves. When the album came out, I played it for everyone... many just didn't "get it" and that saddened me. But... I knew one day he'd be The Man! At Tech, we've got Pat Green... and I like Pat Green... but we'd trade you Aggies Pat for REK and we'd even throw in Mac Davis.
I first saw REK on a whim at a small club in Birmingham, AL in... 2005?. It was a great show that led me buy the ACL Live album, then... everything else not long after that, and I'm not a country music fan.
Beautiful... Im an ole Volunteer but heck yeah i will always remember the Alamo.. We stood together once and i wholeheartedly believe we'd do it again.. God bless Texas but save a little for Tennessee too.. ✌️🙏☝️
