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Entertainer
Living in Houston the last 15 years, I’ve come to just love the people. I’m a hometown boy now.
There are some great places to visit when you go there. The Houston Zoo is one of the best zoos in America. The Theater District is awesome. There is some really cool architecture. One of the places I find really cool is the Museum of Natural Science—we became lifetime members this year. They have an IMAX theater, incredible dinosaurs and a lot of different things to learn for adults and kids. They have a safari exhibit—I haven’t seen one that good anywhere.
There are some unbelievable places to eat. If you want to entertain someone, the Downtown Aquarium is great. The Rainforest Café is another amazing place in Galveston.
If you can catch a baseball game at Minute Maid Park, it’s a beautiful. My beloved Houston Texans…I wrote the theme song this year.
To me, the event of all events is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. People come in from all over the world just to see it. I’ve performed there the last 13 years of my career. It’s a stand alone event that is unsurpassed by any city. Everyone is a cowboy for those three weeks. It’s an amazing thing to witness.
My favorite memory of Houston was definitely the year I performed at the HLSR and my grandmother was there. I remember them finding her with the camera to my surprise and seeing the big smile on her face.
Another very important moment for me was the Houston Texans very first home game—Monday Night Football—against the Dallas Cowboys. I flew in on the zip line to the 50 yard line and did a half time performance of the Houston Texas theme song that I wrote. The crowd was going ballistic, and we won. It was a great night.
In any town or any city that you go to, the thing that makes it special are the people. You have Boston that has beautiful buildings, New York City that has the culture. Houston, Texas—you just can’t beat the incredible warmth that they have in their hearts, and it’s given so freely to everybody. To eachother as neighbors, and to tourists. They feel they are welcome immediately. They don’t have to earn the right to be here. I would consider it one of the greater melting pots in the United States. A lot of different cultures. A lot of races, creeds and cultures. And everybody seems to have that same generous spirit.
