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GaryHoetker Member From: Bakersfield, CA, USA |
posted 22 November 1999 05:18 PM
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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 |
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Ron Whitworth Member From: Yuma,Ariz. USA |
posted 24 November 1999 03:24 AM
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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 |
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Joe Casey Member From: Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9) |
posted 24 November 1999 05:21 AM
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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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Jimmy Youngblood Member From: Verdi Nevada USA |
posted 24 November 1999 07:48 PM
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"The jukebox is playin'... a honky tonk song" |
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chris ivey Member From: sacramento, ca. usa |
posted 28 November 1999 01:40 PM
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anything...(everything)...by gary stewart!! |
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hank R Member From: |
posted 28 November 1999 08:46 PM
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Hey Jimmie , Is that the song by G. Jones early stuff . ....an empty bottle a broken heart and you're still on my mind. |
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Jimmy Youngblood Member From: Verdi Nevada USA |
posted 29 November 1999 08:41 AM
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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. |
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Ken Tinsman Member From: Buedingen/Wolf, Germany |
posted 01 December 1999 06:30 AM
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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. |
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Eddie Lange Member From: Joelton, Tennessee |
posted 06 December 1999 08:04 PM
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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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MALCOLM KIRBY Member From: Crofton, KY USA |
posted 11 December 1999 12:45 PM
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I agree with Chris. Gary Stewart is the King Of The Honky Tonks ! |
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Rich Paton Member From: Santa Maria, CA., |
posted 11 December 1999 03:35 PM
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Hag: "I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink" |
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Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth |
posted 16 December 1999 06:14 PM
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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
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 16 December 1999 07:10 PM
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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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Bill cole Member From: Cheektowaga, New York, USA |
posted 16 December 1999 08:11 PM
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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 |
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rmason Member From: Caracas, Venezuela |
posted 18 December 1999 04:38 AM
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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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