Have You Met Josh Abbot's Texas?

[BowVista]

Was listening to this song the other day, and started wondering who all has done/seen everything he lists off. I've done some, but not all.

Everything in BOLD is what I HAVE done/seen. I feel like I've pretty much met Texas....

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,

[Shane]

Cool idea. Here's mine...

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach, (Been to Luckenbach, just didn't have a Shiner)
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo, (Had a hog to show at Houston once, but he was cryptorchid and didn't gain enough weight in time.)
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A, (caught other fish, but not a trout there)
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,[/QUOTE]

Almost got all of 'em.

[elf feet]

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,

Good thread!

[jesterdoc]

Here's my list, and I'm not even a Native Texas, but I did spend a lot of my "childhood" here...

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,

[CletusBodeen]

Appears I've got 6 more to mark off the list
The ones listed are what I still need to do.


If you haven't floated down the 'ol frio
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano (have had Cooper's accross from Billy Bob's)
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo
If you never caught a trout down in port A (I have caught other fish there)
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend
You haven't been to the San Antone rodeo

[huntmaster]

got 3 of em i need to do: need to catch atrout in Port A
never been to a Creagor or Morrow show but I have sang at Waylon and Willie shows so i'm gonna count those instead.

[BigTex.308]

Cool idea. I've got most done. I'll fill mine in when I get to a computer.



Ike

[Playa]

Was thinking when my boy gets older, we'd take an early summer trip, and scratch as much of that list as possible.

[TexMax]

Never:

Seen an Abilene sunset
Drank a shiner in lukenbach
Ft worth stock show
Hiked through big bend

Think that's it.

[Pablo Honey]

Never:

Seen an Abilene sunset
Drank a shiner in lukenbach


Think that's it.

One of my friends wants to know where you find your avatar pics?

[Split Arrow]

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,

I've got it pretty much covered... Haven't ever seen Enchanted Rock, though I'd like to.

[Phi Phi Hunter]

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
[B]If you never caught a trout down in Port A,[/B
]Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,

[BowVista]

I get to mark another off my list!

I just drove by Shoepf's BBQ here in town, and Creager was playing Everclear as I drove by. I've now:

Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show

Well...kinda. I sang along as I drove by....

[PSD Ryan]

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,

I've lived here my whole life, and a lot of this I haven't done since I was a kid, but I've done it.

Not sure how the pop country one works...I hate pop country. All about the red dirt.

I've never floated any rivers.

[GARY]

If you haven't climbed up to Enchanted Rock,
Drank a cold Shiner down in Luckenbach,
Taken your baby to the River Walk,
If you haven't floated down the 'Ol Frio,
Heard Red Dirt music on your radio,
Eaten Cooper's down in Llano,
You haven't been to the Houston rodeo,
Sang "Carry On" at a Pat Green show,
If you ain't seen an Abilene sunset,
If you never caught a trout down in Port A,
Heard the words to Corpus Christi Bay,
Never seen fireworks on PK,
Haven't had a kolache when you go through West,
Never heard of the Larry Jo Taylor fest,
Think polished pop country crap sounds the best,
You haven't been to the Ft. Worth stock show,
Sang along with Cory Morrow,
You ain't seen a hill country sunset,
You say you haven't hiked through Big Bend,
Had your hair blown back by a Lubbock wind,
Been somewhere where they call you "friend",
You haven't been to the San Antone Rodeo,
Sang "Everclear" at a Creager show,
If you ain't seen an El Paso sunset,