It is Sunday night and the coming morning marks another week of school, but The Deli shows no sign of worried students.
Clusters of them — male and female, young and old — pour into the small, dark bar to see one person: Mike Hosty.
Hosty holds veteran status in the Norman music scene with 21 years under his belt and 19 of them spent every Sunday at The Deli.
Hosty begins to arrange his solo set up by taping a kazoo and harmonica to a microphone stand, which hangs over his bass drums and stands beside his guitar.
Several groups of people start to gather around the stage and talk to Hosty like an old friend. Many of the guests that arrive come to see Hosty play every Sunday. Several new faces sprinkle throughout the crowd as well.
“Nobody is a stranger on Sunday night,” Hosty said.
Hosty starts the show by simultaneously playing all of his instruments and telling a joke about a championship football game. As he announces “this is song No. 1” the crowd roars and begins to loudly sing along. School does not seem to be at the forefront of any one’s mind.
“I always tell them, when you wake up, if you didn’t go out on Sunday and you wake up on Monday, that’s as good as you’re going to feel all day,” Hosty said. “If you go out Sunday and you feel terrible in the morning, you are going to feel better, and better, and there’s nowhere to go but up.”
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simp9830 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Great story Courtney! Very well written with good flow!