Windy City Opry shows start early at the Slice, so I don’t catch  much of them on Wednesday, as was the case on Sept. 12.

Sometimes I get lucky and the band play an extended encore, which wasn’t the case with guest host Boots and the Hoots and the full band.

Boots was a real trouper, perched on a stool and performing, as he broke his leg in three places a couple weeks ago.

 I caught the last two songs including a a great version of The Big Bopper penned George Jones hit “White Lightning.”

They had a great turnout of attentive folks out on a Wednesday night. I missed the opening set from Lance Loree and his wife Toby.