Back in the fall of 2021, Edwin Cabaniss, owner of the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff, revealed plans to purchase the Longhorn Ballroom, a legendary venue that...
“You don’t have to be from Dallas to appreciate the history of the Longhorn Ballroom. But being a Texan, I’m especially proud to revive this iconic venue,” Cabaniss said in a statement. “Through the years, over 40 members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and over 20 members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have played our stage. And we’re bringing it back because the people of Texas, Dallas specifically, deserve to have a large indie-owned venue in their community.
The interior of the Longhorn Ballroom as it undergoes renovations. The venue owner plans to announce a slate of upcoming concerts at the Longhorn ahead of its spring reopening. Merle Haggard and the British punk band the Sex Pistols performed back-to-back shows at the venue in 1978. But long before that, the Longhorn was making local history. After its 1950s debut under the ownership of real estate tycoon O.L. Nelms, the Longhorn entered a period in 1952 in which its manager was Jack Ruby.
Its most glittering years as a high-profile venue came under Dewey Groom, who assumed management of the building in 1958 and bought it outright a decade later. It was Groom who changed the name to the Longhorn Ballroom and lured to its stage the following: Tex Ritter, Nat King Cole, Patsy Cline, T-Bone Walker, Ernest Tubb, Ray Charles, Asleep at the Wheel, Little Richard, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, B.B.
Cabaniss sees the project as “on brand with Kessler Presents,” his entertainment business, “and what we’ve done for the past decade. We also see it as a historic preservation project. It’s a real, authentic opportunity.”. Michael Granberry was born and grew up in Dallas. He graduated from Samuell High School in Pleasant Grove in 1970 and from Southern Methodist University in 1974.
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