American Pickers

Urban Cowboys (4x9)

Air date: Sep 05, 2011

Looking for picks in Texas, the guys see a sign for Gilley's Club, the honky-tonk club made famous in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy. Soon they're face-to-face with country music superstar Mickey Gilley himself who has a warehouse jam-packed with rare Gilley's memorabilia like a poster, neon beer sign, beer cans, mudflaps, mugs, and snakeskin cowboy boots. Later, Paul's sprawling junkyard features a staggering amount of stuff. His grandson Pride takes the guys on an adventure, and when it comes to negotiating, young Pride proves he's tough but the guys get a galvanized metal toy boat folk art, 1924 cast-iron Frick icehouse gauges, Dick Tracy doll head, marching band hat, Welton beaver pelt top hat. Gilley steers the guys north to a peanut factory where Jim has preserved all the big-ticket items from Gilley's including a mechanical bull. But when Frank gets a load of the bar's original grand piano played by many a music legend, a potential deal is music to his ears! The guys get a cash register drawer, Coca-Cola bottles, Texas Pacific Gasoline sign, and the original Gilley's entrance sign.