(Photos by Brandon Wade - Special Contributor) FORT WORTH — Under the mirror-covered saddle on the dance floor at Billy Bob’s Texas, 35 couples shuffled, stomped and stumbled while dance ...

A disco ball with a honkytonk flair. That's what Billy Bob's raised above its dance floor in 1984. The rhinestoned saddle still hangs there today. After shutting down for most of 1988, Billy Bob's ...

Billy Bob's Texas is a spacious honky-tonk, featuring an enormous dance floor (that can accommodate up to 6,000 people), pro bull riding and a stage graced by stars like ZZ Top. There are nearly ...

And though it feels to this correspondent like more of an amusement park than a honky-tonk, Billy Bob’s does in fact have its charms. Which is why, if you happen to scoot across its dance floor ...

Within its massive interior space were multiple stages and dance floors, a “dry goods” store, and a barbershop. There was also live bull riding. From the start, Billy Bob’s proudly described ...

From country-inspired nightclubs like Billy Bob’s and Gilley’s to community centers ... to be proud of what they were shaking on the dance floor with ‘Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.’ ...