Historic Stovall’s Grove
Rockhorse Saloon and Dance Hall
18720 Stovall Lane (off Hwy 100 Six miles west of 109)
Wildwood, Missouri
(636) 405-3024 www.stovallsgrove.com
email:stovallsgrove@msn.com
Western Attire appreciated. Open Wednesday through Saturday at 6:00
Fall 2021
Howdy Folks,
Mighty fine time of year at Stovalls, so fire up your horses, get gussied up, and come on down. We are about as lucky as fellas can be with great music, good friends, nice looking dance partners, and neighborly folk right close by.
Nothing like the crunchy leaves under your boot, warming by the fire, and dancing up a storm at the grove. Don’t forget High Noon will be playing Wednesday, Nov. 24th, the night before Thanksgiving. Get out of the house, and enjoy a fun kick off to the holiday weekend. Stovalls is also the best for entertaining your out-of-town guests for an evening of unique Missouri Country fun. Send the college students, Aunt Beulah, and the cousins down to the Grove, to listen to the best country music shows in the Midwest, experience the conviviality of Stovalls, and maybe take a turn dancing on the floor.
Keep the holidays fun and easy with your holiday gatherings at Stovall’s Grove. If you are planning a get together with the neighbors, office, family or friends for a holiday, birthday, or impromptu family get togethers with the out of towners- Liven things up by having it at Stovall’s. Pick up some party platters, barbecue, fried chicken, chips and dip or sandwiches, and bring it for your guests. Well now, that’s just a fine party. We take care of the cleaning and you git ready for dancing, yakking and fun. Private parties Weekdays and nights Sunday thru Thursday, and Weekend days. Tell us your budget and we can plan the rest. Talk with Steve.
Steve Hollander is hosting Stovalls Open Mike on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and gathering a good crowd of honky tonkers looking to pick and jam. Come on down, all skill levels welcome. Join us and be a part of Stovalls' rich cultural tradition of country and western music.
Dance Lessons are held on Thursdays nights at 7:00. Feel free to bring your snacks, we have chips and pizza available. Grab your friends, learn a new step and try it out.
Stovalls provides the best Country Western Music shows in the Midwest. You will be on your feet dancing, singing and enjoying the sights and sounds of an authentic 1950’s honky tonk with extraordinary talent.
Stovall's Grove Home of Country Music since 1935 !
Ya’ll come and see us when you can.
-Dennis, Liz, Steve, Kate, Kathy, Sabra, and all our dandy musicians.
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS:
Sunday Barbecue and Music Series –Backstreet Cruisers- Sunday, October 17th - 3:00 to 7:00 PM
A mighty fine afternoon to get your country on and some tasty vittles. Our barbecue platters are full of you favorites. Great Sunday afternoon barbecue and tunes. Please join us. $15.00 plate covers music. Doors open at 2:00
Annual Stovalls Grove Washer Tournament- Sunday, October 24th- Noon – How well can you shoot? Grab your team and head down to the Grove for the games and competitive fun- Registration at 11:00, Cost $20.00 per team, and Prizes.
Special Concert with Jake McVey - Show - Friday, November 5th - 7:30 to 11:30 PM
Nashville Touring Artist, singer songwriter entertainer, Jake McVey electrifies the stage with instrument driven country music, powerful emotive ballads, tremendous vocal range and engaging original songs. Phenomenal talent, home grown roots with high powered swagger and destiny.
Sunday Barbecue and Music Series- Marvelous Mark Moebeck with Naked Mike and Lucky Dan- Sunday, November 21st -3:00 to 7:00 PM
The same great afternoon barbecue and wonderful music to enjoy. Traditional barbecue with all the delicious trimmings and fine music. Excellent Sunday afternoon barbecue and fun. $15.00 plate covers music. Doors open at 2:00
Night before Thanksgiving Show- High Noon - Show Wednesday- November 24th - 7:30 to 11:30 PM
Kickoff your Thanksgiving weekend with your friends and family. . Start the holiday dancing to music at the Grove. Celebrate your blessings!
SHOWS:
The Missouri Valley Boys - Shows – Saturday, October 2nd; Friday, October 22nd, Saturday, October 30th ,Friday, November 12th; and Saturday, November 20th 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM (Traditional country western, hillbilly and some Top 40)
Stovall’s Grove the “Home of country music since 1935” featuring Traditional Country Western and Hillbilly music. Musical talents of the Missouri Valley Boys showcase Mike Ritchey on vocals and lead guitar, Wally McCanless, on vocals and Bass, Ron Meecey, on pedal steel, and Bobby Regot on drums. Consummate, talented professionals for many years, these players will rock the joint with their renditions of great country standards and more. Step back into genuine country music history with classic songs made famous by Ray Price, George Jones, Ernest Tubbs, Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams. Ya’ll come.
The Backstreet Cruisers- Show - Friday, October 8th - 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM- Sunday, October 17th - 3:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday Music Series Barbecue - (Traditional Country, Variety and Rock and Roll )
Get ready for a fantastic show that will bet you have you kickin your heels up on the dance floor- Doc Ben Walter, lead vocals and guitar, Jerry Sexhauer, lead guitar, and vocals, Bill Weber, bass guitar and vocals, and Gary Abmeyer on drums perform classics with flawless fidelity and way too much fun in this time traveling show. You are gonna want to be at Stovalls this night.
Colonel Ford and the Rough Riders – Shows – Fridays: October 29th and November 26th - 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM (Hillbilly, Honky Tonk, and Traditional Country)
Honky Tonk music at its finest! Gary Hunt leads the band in that county western high lonesome sound. Gary Hunt, guitar, fiddle, and vocals, Dade Farrar, Standup bass, and vocals, Jay Farrar, pedal steel, Johnny Horton, guitar, and Dan Kathriner, drums and vocals. Mighty fine music and a great big howdy of country. Country music just doesn’t get any better than this.
Cosmic Cowboys– Show – Friday, October 1st -7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
(Country Rock, Traditional and Classic Country)
Fantastic sounds from Richard Dempsey, on Guitar, Bass, and vocals, carrying on in the tradition of Gram Parsons, Emmie Lou Harris, Merle Haggard, the Bryds performing with Wife, Conni Dempsey on vocals, percussion, Bob Briedenbach on Steel Guitar, and vocals, Fred Gumaer on Drums and vocals, and Phil Moran, on Bass. These cowboys rope and ride your favorite tunes out of this world.
Diesel Island– Shows – Friday, October 15th and Saturday, November 13th - 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM (Classic Traditional country, Rockabilly, 70’s outlaw country, and Variety)
Voted best traditional country band by Riverfront Times this year. Groove to your favorite country classics, with 70’s outlaw, and even some rockabilly, with Brian Henneman, on lead guitar, Kip Loui, on rhythm guitar, Richard Tralles on Standup Bass, Carl Pandolfi on piano, and Spencer Marquart on percussion. It’s a hoot!
The Four Horsemen– Show- Saturday, October 9th- 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
(Classic Rock, some country and easy listening )
Strong talent bring the four Horsemen galloping into the Grove with killer vocal four part harmonies, guitar licks and some serious crooning. Dave Bohannan, on vocals, and 12 string guitar, Tom Hardy on vocals and guitar, Vic Hoffmeister, on bass and vocals, and Hank Williams Jr, on 12 string guitar and vocals. You are gonna enjoy the heck out of these guys and their marvelously good sound.
High Noon - Show - Saturday - October 16th and Night before Thanksgiving Show- Wednesday, November 24th 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
(Classic Country, Prime Country 80’s & 90’s , Classic Rock)
Tight harmonies, great guitar and awesome bass licks, pedal steel swooning, and beat bouncing drums cover hits from country, classic country, and classic rock for a stellar evening of high energy musical shows with High Noon. Band features Jim Buckowitz on acoustic rhythm guitar and vocals; Dan Buckowitz on lead guitar; Glynelle Wells on steel guitar and vocals; Jacob Wells on drums and Paul Nixon on bass guitar and vocals. Come out to catch a great musical show and meet High Noon.
Jake McVey – Show –Friday, November 5th- 7:30 to 11:30 (Original, Traditional, Classic and New Country, Country Rock, and Top Forty)
Voted Billboards’ Top ten touring act, Country Music Artist, singer songwriter entertainer, Jake McVey electrifies the stage with instrument driven country music, powerful emotive ballads, tremendous vocal range and engaging original songs. Phenomenal talent, home grown roots with high powered swagger and destiny. We knew him when and now!
Marvelous Mark Moebeck with Naked Mike and Lucky Dan – Show - Sunday, November 21st - Sunday Music Series Barbecue - 3:00 to 7:30 PM (Classic Rock, Folk, 60’s, 70’s, Singer Songwriter, Originals)
Singer, songwriter, Mark Moebeck, on guitar and vocals, and Mike Newman aka Naked Mike, on guitar and vocals, dazzle with dynamic vocals, harmonies, and wonderful guitar, and Dan Randant aka Lucky Dan, guitar and vocals. These guys are the best of the best. You are in for a treat with dynamic vocals, harmonies, and wonderful guitar. Think James Taylor, Croce, Lightfoot, Simon, you name it these guys can perform just about as good as the artists- sometimes better. Come and decide for yourself. Having played most venues throughout St. Louis, these professionals should bring down the house. Gonna be a great show.
Serapis with Mark Moebeck - Show – Saturday, November 6th - 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM (Americana, Original, Rock, Cross Country, blues and reggae)
Classic American band known for mixing in the “other” songs from hitmakers upping the ante of entertainment with masterful licks, driving vocals and spirited arrangements. Gene Carroll, Bass guitar and vocals, Tony Chambers, guitar and vocals, Bob Gleason, drum and vocals, Todd Luerding, keyboard, accordion and vocals, and Mark Moebeck, guitar and vocals. An irresistible talent bonanza, with a motherlode of crowd pleasing righteous songs, that get you on your feet, moving and grooving the night away.
Stone Wheel Band – Shows –Saturday, October 23rd and Friday, November 19th- 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM (Classic and Current Country Rock, Country, and Variety)
Formed as high school band in the sixties, these American veterans bring country down home with their smooth rhythms, righteous guitar, and marvelous vocal harmonies. Bill Sloan, lead vocal and guitar, Joe Landon, on Bass, Terry Cooper on vocal and guitar, Joe on vocals and guitar, and Joe’s Son, on Vocals and Drums. Kick up your heels and jump on your toes, gonna be a hoedown tonight.
The Willow Creek Band- Show - Saturday, November 27th- 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
( Rock, Bluegrass, Folk, Country and Country Rock )
The Willow Creek Band returns to Stovalls with the fantastic close harmonies and rocking music that made them St. Louis’ favorite for years. Join Terry Grissom, on guitar, bass and vocals, Bill Voss, on bass guitar, harmonica and vocals, Jorge Pereira, on drums and vocals, and Dave Findley, on guitar, banjo and vocals.
Open Mike Wednesdays- Wednesdays, 7:00 to ? PM
(Open Mike –Various country genres, Traditional country, Hillbilly, Top Forty, Southern Rock, Americana)
Ya’ll come! Razzle, Dazzle with your talent at the time honored tradition of open mike at Stovalls. Steve Hollander hosts talented players from around the area, and keeps ‘em in line. Various musicians gather to share their musical guitar, bass, fiddle, accordion and vocals with much impromptu harmonies, voicings, and great fun. Play, sing, or just enjoy watching the shows. All welcome. Any style related to country. Must be twenty one.
DANCE LESSONS:
Dance Lessons – Thursdays - Starting at 7:00 P.M. As seen in St. Louis Magazine Very robust and bustling evening at the Grove Crazy good fun that gets everyone moving with a new level of fun, stylish moves, and great dances. Learn the latest country western dances, meet nice people, and get fit. From classic country western line dances -the boot scoot boogie, Diamond reggae, Black Velvet, Trouble, Tush Push, Electric Slide, Slap Leather, Cruisin, to country western couples dances- Stationery Cha Cha, San Antonio Stroll, Ridin’ Double, L.A Two Step, Cotton Mouth, you can learn them all. Beginner to Advanced with or without partners. Time to get slapping, and scootin. $3.00 per person.
Ya'll come back and see us when you can !
