The story
The last true Texas dance hall, where Willie Nelson and George Strait played when they were nobodies, now surrounded by towering apartment buildings.
Everything that was here
- 1964–present · still open
The Broken SpokeDance Hall/Music Venue
The last true Texas dance hall, where Willie Nelson and George Strait played when they were nobodies, now surrounded by towering apartment buildings.
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