Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Roots music: Old fashioned tunes draw crowds to Evansville
From The Northwest Arkansas Times
Anybody who worries about the survival of old-time country music only needs to make a trip to K. T. ’s Cafe in this southwest Washington County community on Saturday night for reassurance.
Every week, beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, songs that have been Grand Ole Opry standbys for decades are performed by live bands. "This is my kind of music," said Lynnwood Holloway from Lincoln while listening to Four Star, a group from the Van Buren area, on Saturday night. "This is better than what I paid $15 to hear the other night at Springdale."
K. T. ’s, located on the east side of Arkansas 59 in Evansville, was opened by the Trenthams in 1989. "When we first opened, Jay had been used to playing in different places," said his wife. "He built this room onto the cafe so he’d have a place to play. He can play anything he picks up. My husband and his bunch play every other Saturday night. We let others come in other weeks. We do it just to have a good time. We’ve got regulars who come every week. People come from everywhere — Van Buren, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Lincoln, Stilwell. Some come and eat, some don’t. It doesn’t make any difference."
K. T. ’s is not a honky-tonk. "We don’t allow no drinking or dancing," said Kaye Trentham. "That way we get a lot of families."
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The Northwest Arkansas Times
Anybody who worries about the survival of old-time country music only needs to make a trip to K. T. ’s Cafe in this southwest Washington County community on Saturday night for reassurance.
Every week, beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, songs that have been Grand Ole Opry standbys for decades are performed by live bands. "This is my kind of music," said Lynnwood Holloway from Lincoln while listening to Four Star, a group from the Van Buren area, on Saturday night. "This is better than what I paid $15 to hear the other night at Springdale."
K. T. ’s, located on the east side of Arkansas 59 in Evansville, was opened by the Trenthams in 1989. "When we first opened, Jay had been used to playing in different places," said his wife. "He built this room onto the cafe so he’d have a place to play. He can play anything he picks up. My husband and his bunch play every other Saturday night. We let others come in other weeks. We do it just to have a good time. We’ve got regulars who come every week. People come from everywhere — Van Buren, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Lincoln, Stilwell. Some come and eat, some don’t. It doesn’t make any difference."
K. T. ’s is not a honky-tonk. "We don’t allow no drinking or dancing," said Kaye Trentham. "That way we get a lot of families."
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The Northwest Arkansas Times