Gary P. Nunn, who has made a career out of playing Texas Country music, brought the crowds to Twin Sisters Dance Hall Saturday night. Folks came from as far away as Oklahoma, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Massachusetts to join the locals, and Texans from Dallas and Houston to dance the night away.

After 40 years in the Texas music world, Nunn has decided to retire. Twin Sisters was the first stop on his retirement tour.

Twin Sisters President Jo Nell Haas said, “He told me that playing at Twin Sisters has been on his bucket list for many years.”

Last year was his first time to play at the historic hall, and this year’s crowd was larger than before.

According to his website, the musician “is an independent music pioneer who continues to oversee his own record label and song publishing companies, manage his own career (with the help of his wife Ruth), and play most every weekend at top music venues throughout Texas and beyond.”

Nunn put on a fantastic concert and had people on the dance floor all through the night. He played songs such as “What I like about Texas,” “Terlingua Sky,” “It’s a Texas Thing,” and of course “London Homesick Blues,” which he wrote while in England at Abby Road Studio.

In London, he met a publisher who inspired him to start a publishing company when he returned to Austin. What many call his signature song, “London Homesick Blues,” more commonly known as “I Wanna Go Home with the Armadillo” chorus was the theme song for “Austin City Limits” for nearly 30 years.

Aside from his original songs, Nunn covered songs ranging from artists Jerry Jeff Walker to Jimmy Buffet to the Beatles. The crowd enjoyed every second of the night and stuck around until the show ended around midnight.

The Texas Hall of Fame added Nunn to its ranks in 2004. Governor Rick Perry honored Nunn in 2007 as the “Music Ambassador of Texas.”

Earlier this year Governor Abbot, the Texas House and the Texas Senate in the 86th Legislature honored Nunn for his lifetime achievements. At that time, it was announced that the Grand Ole Opry had sent an invitation for Nunn to come to Nashville and perform on stage there.

According to an interview with KVUE, Nunn said, “I take seriously my role to preserve and perpetuate the tradition of country music in Texas history and culture.”

The Texas country music scene will be a lot different without Gary P. Nunn. He will be missed on the stage after his retirement tour finishes, but rumor has it he may be back to Twin Sisters Dance Hall later this next year.