Day 26 Sally's Backside

Well we stumbled into another place we had been eyeing up the past few days. It's an old two pump gas station with a little convenience store up front and a bar in the back called Sally's Backside. It was Tuesday so Redd the Singing Bartender was working. We were early, the place was mostly empty so we talked to Redd for awhile and she told us we might want to order something to eat because it will soon be packed. She said Meatloaf and Bar-B-Q ribs were the specialties. That's what we ordered and neither was very good, but it didn't have to be because by the time we got our food, the bar completely filled up and Redd started singing. She was unbelievable. She seated people, waited tables, and tended bar all while singing, and singing very good. I know this is probably sacrilege, but she sang Patsy Cline almost as good as Patsy Cline. She reminded me of Rusty Warren of Knockers Up fame. As she said, "If you don't know why I spell my name with two D's, you must be blind". It was good fun and the crowd of mostly older people (my age dammit) had a great time. With a lot of coaxing (and tipping) Sylvia and I asked her to sing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. She said it was a very hard song to sing and took a lot out of her but if we waited until the right time she would sing it. When she came back from a little break she announced that she was going to "sing a song for the guy in the back with the orange shirt." The place went quiet and she sang to an absolutely awed crowd. It was well worth it. Everybody around thanked us, and one woman asked Sylvia if I had a brother.