Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band is

Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley (March 9, 1936 – May 7, 2022) was an American country music singer, businessman, actor, and musician. Among his hits are " Room Full of Roses", " Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time", and “ Lonely Nights”. ...

's band, featured in the movie ''

Urban Cowboy ''Urban Cowboy'' is a 1980 American romantic Western film directed by James Bridges. The plot concerns the love-hate relationship between Buford "Bud" Davis (John Travolta) and Sissy ( Debra Winger). The film's success was credited for spurri ...

''. In 1981 The Urban Cowboy Band won its first and only Grammy for "Best Country Instrumental Performance". The band also received the

Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller (songwriter), Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris ...

's "Band of the Year Award". The original Urban Cowboy Band at Gilley's consisted of Gilley; Johnny Lee; Bobbe Brown, drums, bass, and guitar; Tabby Crabb, piano and guitar; Rocky Stone, guitar; Damon Stephens, lead guitar and keyboards; Ron Levine, fiddle, piano, and band leader; Sidney Pomonis, bass and bus driver; J. B. Van, pedal steel guitar; Mike Schillaci, drums; Norman Carlson, saxophone, keyboards. In 1990, Gilley and his Urban Cowboy Band opened the Mickey Gilley Theatre in

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. Mickey teamed back up with Johnny Lee for The Urban Cowboy Reunion Tour. Crabb died April 18, 2011. Gilley died May 7, 2022, of complications from bone cancer.

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