Article: Full Throttle -- Rockin' the country crowd

By KIM NOWACKI

YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

NACHES -- It's Saturday night and freezing cold outside, but it doesn't take long for the Country Rock Cafe to heat up as folks pound beers at this Naches watering hole then hit the dance floor.

The night's drink special is Patrn tequila shots, and only a couple of songs into Full Throttle's set, a guy in the back of the bar buys a round for the boys in the band.

The warm reception in Naches and similar ones at the Selah Mining Company are encouraging to Full Throttle, a relatively new local country-rock cover band.

"They love them up here, I know that," confirms Country Rock owner Stephen Young, who plays in the classic rock cover band Fast Ride. ...

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