I am very saddened by the death of Country Music artist Mickey Gilley.

Mickey Gilley had once owned and operated the ‘Gilley’s’ Nightclub in Pasadena, Texas. Mickey Gilley had partnered with a fellow named Sherwood Cryer in 1970 to construct and open this Nightclub, which was referred to as the “world’s biggest Honky Tonk”, and had also incorporated a mechanical Bull for patrons to ride on.

‘Gilley’s’ was an on-location filming scene for the 1980 motion picture ‘Urban Cowboy’ starring John Travolta and Debra Winger.

During an episode of the Reality Television Program “American Pickers” that was filmed, and had later aired in 2011; Pickers Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of Antique Archaeology had picked Mickey Gilley and his warehouse located in Texas, including the Piano that had stood at ‘Gilley’s’.