6/13/2023 0 Comments Zz top la grangeIt was on a little ranch outside of town, the Chicken Ranch. They didn't want it closed, because it was like a landmark. La Grange is a little bitty town, and little towns in Texas are real conservative. And he stirred up so much s-t that it had to close. The place had been open for over 100 years, and then this a-hole decides he's going to do an exposé and close it. But oil field workers and senators would both be there. I'll tell you, she was a mean-looking woman. That's the woman that ran the place, and you know she didn't look like Dolly Parton, either. A lot of boys in Texas, when it's time to be a guy, went there and had it done. In a 1985 interview with Spin magazine, ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill explained: "Did you ever see the movie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas? That's what it's about. The place in this song is the subject of the 1982 movie The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds, which was adapted from a 1978 Broadway play. There was a strict dress code for patrons - only sharp dressed men were allowed in. Most of the building still stands, only a room was moved to Dallas for a nightclub. The reporter remained on the air crusading against such hideous crimes such as slime in the ice machines of restaurants. Miss Edna's girls had weekly visits from the local doctors, so they were "clean." The girls spent their money in La Grange and when a new hospital was needed, Miss Edna gave the first and largest donation. The governor had no choice but to order the sheriff to close it. He challenged the governor on the issue of why it continued to operate in fairly plain sight. It was closed down by a zealous TV reporter from Houston, who couldn't find enough vice and corruption to report in Houston. "The Chicken Ranch," or Miss Edna's Boarding House in La Grange, was probably the oldest establishment in Texas catering to the oldest profession. Many people in Texas knew about it, but when the song was released it drew so much attention to the illegal activities going on there that they had to cease operations.
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