For some folks, country music concerts are best with a huge hardwood floor that caters to line dancing, and really, that's fine and dandy. If people want to meet en masse, stand in formation and promenade to generic country music, have at it. But it's nice to have a casual, down-home alternative that understands what country music is really all about--a rootsy, beer-sudsin' bar like Adair's. This intimate Deep Ellum venue is the perfect backdrop for local live country faves like Boys Named Sue and Eleven Hundred Springs, and the cheap beer and cheap-beer-loving crowd make the no-nonsense country bands booked here sound even better. What Adair's lacks in big-name booking (Billy Bob's is still king of that mountain), it makes up for in its consistency as a local country destination. Hell, you can always make room in the small crowd to dance a two-step or two with your partner, just as long as you don't try anything too formal...like, you know, a line.

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