Utah Night Life, are you kidding?

As you know we like to go out and enjoy the local night life where ever we may reside. Emmett used to hop pretty good on a Saturday night with it's 4 establishments on main street, at least until the cops scared everybody home. Now your choices are down to 2 and there hasn't been a live musician perform in God knows how long. So sad. Living in Portland was a whole different experience, literally thousands of places, all full menu, all full bar, and typically live music 3 to 4 nights a week. In 2 1/2 years we didn't even put a scratch on the dent, but we ate some great food and played with some awesome musicians, made some long lasting friends. I like Portland, except for the damned rain. Now to my point, couldn't wait could you, we have been in the St. George area for approximately 6 weeks, learning our way around, seeing the sites, visiting Jody's mom and trying to find a place with a cold drink and a song. I knew Utah had it's differences, but come on folks this is 2007. The only way to enjoy a night out and dance a little over a toddy is in a private club. Few and far between, in this county there are less than 10 places and only one within a couple miles of where we live but they do have live music on Fridays and Krapeoke on Saturdays. For the most part this area has no open mics, no jam sessions, no place for an old picker to sit in and show off a little bit. The Private club things is kind of bogus, to gain entry, show picture ID, fill out slip with name and the date, pay cover if there is music, go have fun. At least they didn't ask to check my six shooter at the door, Utah likes it guns. I suppose there are a lot worse things to bitch about, but we're spoiled and want instant gratification, now dammit!!