URBAN LEGEND: THE RISE & FALL OF GILLEY’S

DECLARED THE LARGEST NIGHT CLUB IN THE WORLD BY GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, GILLEY’S CLUB SEATED OVER 6000 PEOPLE. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE FILM “URBAN COWBOY”, GILLEY’S BECAME NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST, BUT ALSO THE MOST FAMOUS HONKY TONK IN THE WORLD. WHAT CBGB’S OR THE WHISKEY WAS TO ROCK, GILLEY’S WAS TO COUNTRY…  GIVING BIRTH TO A MOVEMENT THAT HELPED COUNTRY MUSIC GO MAINSTREAM. 

THIS IS THE TRAGIC STORY OF HOW THE FRIENDSHIP OF TWO MEN GAVE BIRTH TO THE WORLD’S MOST BADASS HONKY TONK BEFORE BETRAYAL BURNED IT TO THE GROUND.