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There are few venues as unique as the Dosey Doe in The Woodlands, Texas, just north of Houston. There’s even fewer in Texas that have played such an important role in fostering the careers of country music performers, both in the early incarnations of their career, and in their twilight. With a capacity of 420 people, serving food as well as entertainment, Dosey Doe has been a fixture of the Texas music scene ever since it was opened by its owner Steve Said in October of 2006.
A 19-year-old venue might not sound that legendary or historic. But that’s not where the story of Dosey Doe begins. When Mr. Said wanted to open a new business, he decided constructing some modern, prefabricated building didn’t seem very cool. So instead, he purchased an old tobacco barn in Kentucky originally built in the 1850 that was carefully deconstructed board by board, loaded it up on a flatbed truck, and shipped it down to Texas. Now it resides on the service road of Interstate 45 and serves as the area’s most beloved mid-sized music venue.
The Dosey Doe Big Barn was the first place that Parker McCollum played a real show while growing up nearby. Cody Johnson also performed at the venue on his way up. The Red Clay Strays also used Dosey Doe as a spring board to their now major career, and there are many other similar stories. As an independent-owned venue not beholden to bigger entities, Steve Said could take a chance on local artists who would often return the favor by coming back even when they’d reached a bigger capacity…