- hey, hey, hey! - it s one of the most rugged and remote destinations in the united states. everything out here will bite, poke, or freak you out. everything. [cow moos] - people live in cubicles and they re the king of their domain. out here, i mean, you ain t king of shit. [mooing echoing] - i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la la [radio static] [country music] [radio static] [latin music] [radio static] - stick around and tell your friends from the border to the basin out here in west texas. great to be here tonight. [soft guitar music] - the dream of the american west was come out here, get your own little piece of paradise, you work hard, raise cattle. you make enough money to look after the family. - sure, i d love to cook you one. [indistinct chatt
- mm-hmm. - and by the time i was 16, i got real good at it. i went to alaska, then i came back. joined the military. cowboying, roughnecking. - running drugs and guns across the border? - i did run guns south. and the atf knows. they got an open file. - but what motivated you to get into the bar business? - well, every cowboy has a dream of owning a saloon. - i did not know that. - mm-hmm. - it s been around for some time under various - oh, almost a hundred years. there s many different cultures that come through here. hipsters, blue-collar city workers, and i wanted everybody to be able to have a good time, no matter who or what or where. there ain t going to be but one intimidating son of a bitch in my bar, and that s me. - [chuckles] you re seeing this town change in a lot of big ways. - mm-hmm. - every single person i ve talked to down here is telling me the same thing. that wall ain t never getting built around here.
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