My Favorite Country Bar in Vegas Isn’t What You Think

In a Strip full of rhinestones and velvet ropes, the best one might be hiding in plain sight.

Buck and Winnie had to be from TX

Texas Raised, Vegas Tested

We’ve talked about how Vegas has always been country. I get there are some mixed feelings there. Some love the glittery takeover. Others roll their eyes at the rhinestone cowboys and rooftop bourbon menus.

So let’s settle one thing.

Growing up in Texas, I’ve seen the real deal.

Dive bars that double as fight clubs with bands behind cages. Dance halls off back roads where the stage is plywood and the beer is colder than the guy at the front door. Rodeos. Bonfires. Long nights that turn into sunrises without anyone noticing.

I’ve caught King George in rooms small enough to feel his boots hit the stage. Seen Pat Green and Robert Earl Keen before “exclusive presale” meant anything. Had meals with Clint Black. Spent enough time around ZZ Top that Billy Gibbons and I are on a first-name basis. (he is one of the coolest people you could ever meet.) I’ve had my hands zip-tied in the dirt after cops cleared a dance hall on more than one occasion and didn’t regret a second of it.

So yeah. I know country bars.

Then there’s Vegas country.