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Music Appreciation

Trueblue Texan

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2. The Balinese Room was a dive on stilts with a thatched roof down on the beach in Galveston.

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:18 PM

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They often had live bands and if you didn't have money to pay the cover charge or you were underaged like I was, you could stand along the sides and dance. I didn't have good memories from this place mostly because I was too young and stuck on the outside, but I remember it well.

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ZZ Top - "Heard It on the X" & "Balinese" [View all] steelyboo Friday OP

Heard it on the X is #2 on my Favorite ZZ Top songs list ms liberty Friday #1

The Balinese Room was a dive on stilts with a thatched roof down on the beach in Galveston. Trueblue Texan Friday #2

Awesome, never knew that! steelyboo Friday #3