Ooh, ooh! There's this great song, I can't remember who it's by, but the title is "Win a Lot of Money and Then Send it All To Stacy So She Can Buy CDs." Yeah, it's a great little ditty. You should listen to that A LOT on your way to Vegas.

"Roving Gambler" by Country Gentlemen (or Peter Rowan or Bob Dylan or others) would be a nice addition to your list.

Also, a more subtle tribute in Steely Dan's "Showbiz Kids"...which I highly recommend, even to the rootsiest of rockers.

And Sheryl Crowe's "Leaving Las Vegas" would be a good one to have on the iPod in preparation for the trip home.

Have a good trip. Don't lose the house.

Oh Lordy, how could I have forgotten "Casino Queen" by Wilco? That song freakin' rocks!

"My Lord you're mean!"

Hmm, and then there's the other side of Vegas -- "Drank Like A River" by Whiskeytown comes to mind. ;-)

Ahh, yes, Las Vegas - "Black Hole" for the music industry, where old artists go to die and young ones go to never, never be discovered.

Hang onto yer wallet, Larry, and don't let those slick hostesses trick you into thinking you're hunky as long as your sturdy, muscular arm is pumping quarters into the slots!

Seriously, though, Vegas is a fun town, full of great shows and incredibly cheap breakfasts. Try the Garden Court Buffet at Main Street Station. You can find cheaper, but there you don't have to rinse off the grease!

Don't forget the new release from Two Tons called Vegas :-) It's a great tune which will get you primed and ready for Sin City.

Two Tons!! (arms raised)

I got to catch the band Of Steel's AMA showcase in Nashville and they were Freakin' Awesome! Not sure if they played Vegas but everything they played was top notch and I will definitely be buying their music.

Awesome, I was at the same show! That was a crazy night between running upstairs to the Mercy room and hanging downstairs at the Cannery Ballroom.. I enjoyed Webb Wilder, The Duhks, Big Blue Hearts, Robbie Fulks and of course Two Tons (Lead singer is my uncle, Kevin Geil)

Did you happen to catch the show by the Ditty Bops? Wow that was a strange one...

Nope, unfortunately I didn't catch the Ditty Bops set. Aside from the Rockin' Two Tons of Steel show, I REALLY enjoyed the RobinElla performance upstairs. I'm a big Robbie Fulks fan but was less than impressed with the sound of his show. From where we were standing we couldn't understand the vocals at all. Its really hard to appreciate a smart ass when you can't understand what he's saying.

Lastly, try as I may, I just can not get into the Duhks. We ended up using their set as a chance to sit down and relax a bit.

That sound setup was very strange.. The speakers were so far apart that it put everyone right smack in the middle, so all you heard was bass.. It was odd.. That bar had a great floor as we spent alot of it sitting down in the back.

I agree on The Duhks live show. I dig their CD but I couldn't get into it as well.

I've never seen Robbie live up until that show. The funniest part was him doing the MC bit for the Duhks. I had no clue it was him and when we started ragging on Robbie Fulks (himself) people were booing him including myself. I was suprised to see that same MC was Robbie Fulks, very entertaining :-)

Good times and an enjoyable convention. Don't forget the AMA awards show is on tonight (Monday Sept 26th) via the GAC channel.

I was there too, what a night! Robbie's sound was definitely too loud and too muddy, a damn shame.

Webb Wilder's set was my favorite of the night, I was there with my sis from Virginia, and she's been a WW fan for fifteen years or more. Webb's such a cool guy, onstage and off. He treated her like a princess, she left there walking on air.