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The Best Honky Tonk Songs- a Bakersfield Boy's Opinion
Posted: 22 Nov 1999 5:18 pm
by GaryHoetker
Read the Honky Tonk Song Post: I cast my votes for the following four:
1.Close Up The Honky Tonks- Buck Owens and Don Rich duet and Tom Brumley on steel-maybe the best of all time IMO
2. A Way To Survive-Ray Price
3. Wine Me Up-Faron Young
4. Wishful Thinking-Wynn Stewart
Posted: 24 Nov 1999 3:24 am
by Ron Whitworth
Hey Gary; What a LIST!!!!!! I agree;those are some of the best..I think Wynn should should be closer to the top..Later Ron
Posted: 24 Nov 1999 5:21 am
by Joe Casey
Boy talk about instant memory. The first song I ever did professionally was Wynn's "Playboy". "Little Biddie"was one of the all time best,I wonder if he is in the Country Music hall of Fame?
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cjc
Posted: 24 Nov 1999 7:48 pm
by Jimmy Youngblood
"The jukebox is playin'... a honky tonk song"
Posted: 28 Nov 1999 1:40 pm
by chris ivey
anything...(everything)...by gary stewart!!
Posted: 28 Nov 1999 8:46 pm
by hank R
Hey Jimmie ,
Is that the song by G. Jones early stuff .
....an empty bottle a broken heart and you're
still on my mind.
Posted: 29 Nov 1999 8:41 am
by Jimmy Youngblood
Hank...that's it, bud!
I first heard Jones' version... Paycheck had a later version (with a couple neat modulations)
Both are great "Honky Tonk" classics.
Posted: 1 Dec 1999 6:30 am
by Ken Tinsman
Close up the Honky Tonks. Thas a good one I haven't thought of for a long time. The Flying Burrito Brothers with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman did pretty good version of it to.
I'd like to add a vote for "Swingin Doors" by Hag.
Posted: 6 Dec 1999 8:04 pm
by Eddie Lange
Ditto on the Paycheck/Jones classic. I LOVE that song. One cool version of it is on Paycheck's "Live at Gilleys." The whole album features fabulous playing by one of my favorites, Jimmy Murphy. Oh, Merle's new guitar picker, Redd Volkaert has got a cut of it on his album. Great stuff and that has Jimmy Murphy on that album too! Yeah!
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The Young Steelkid
Posted: 11 Dec 1999 12:45 pm
by MALCOLM KIRBY
I agree with Chris.
Gary Stewart is the King Of The Honky Tonks !
Posted: 11 Dec 1999 3:35 pm
by Rich Paton
Hag: "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink"
Posted: 16 Dec 1999 6:14 pm
by Dave Van Allen
Geo. Jones:
"Out of COntrol"
"Relief is Just a Swallow Away"
"Barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs"
Paycheck: "A-11" (my absolute #1 HT fave)
another vote for "Close up The HT's"
Hank THompson "Three Little Beers" and "6 pack 2 go"
Jim Ed Brown "Pop A Top"
"Dim Lights Thick Smoke and Loud Loud Music"
????????
"I Just Started Hating Cheating Songs Today"-Moe Bandy
oh I could go on all night...
Posted: 16 Dec 1999 7:10 pm
by Jerry Hayes
How about Borrowed Angel by Mel Street, or George Jone's "You Comb her Hair. Another favorite of mine is Warner Mack's "I might as well be talkin' to the wall".
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Have a good one! JH U-12
Posted: 16 Dec 1999 8:11 pm
by Bill cole
How about Half a man, or I never go around mirriors or cup of coffe by Claude Grey or lonesome ol town by Winn Stewart, or I lie a lotand on and on and anything by Johnny Bush
Posted: 18 Dec 1999 4:38 am
by rmason
Hank Williams' Honky Tonk Blues. He also
did Honky Tonkin'. Maybe he coined the
term or was the first to put it on a
record.
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Rod Mason