Mickey Gilley

===Later career===
Gilley turned his attention to [[Branson, Missouri]], where he built a theater, which was a soon-to-be boomtown for the country music industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Country Music Boomtown In The Ozarks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/12/travel/country-music-boom-town-in-the-ozarks.html |work=New York Times |date=July 12, 1992}}</ref>

Gilley also appeared on "Urban Cowboys", episode 9 in the third season of ''[[American Pickers]]'', which aired originally on September 5, 2011. In 2012, Gilley signed a Branson-based vocal group, Six, to a three-year lease to perform in his theater, with an option to buy it when the contract expired.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gilley's recovery continues|url=http://bransontrilakesnews.com/entertainment/article_908cf62a-4eae-11e1-b8c7-0019bb2963f4.html|work=Branson Tri-Lakes News|access-date=April 22, 2012}}</ref>

Gilley returned to the studio in 2017 and released ''Kickin' It Down the Road'' the same year. The CD contains several new recordings and several remakes of classic songs originally recorded by him.

In 2018, Gilley teamed up with longtime friend Troy Payne to record his last studio album ''Two Old Cats'', a CD containing 13 classic country duets.