Re: Correct me if I am wrong, but during the 1970s and early to mid 1980s the patrons of a country music bar would have welcomed the opportunity of someone with a weapon trying to attack them?
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The way I remember it
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Date: November 09, 2018 06:22PM
The Way It Was Wrote:
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> During the 60s and 70s bringing a gun to a C&W bar
> like Hillbilly Heaven would have been unthinkable
> and totally uncool. Differences were often settled
> with fist, flying bottles and chairs with a busted
> lip or flattened nose the usual outcome.
That's how I remember it. Plus once somebody got knocked down the fight was usually over. If it lasted more than a few blows the bouncer or bartender would put an end to it. It wasn't about killing the opponent, just restoring or defending honor.