Not sure if this is obscure, but check out Cadillac Tears, shuffle deluxe...Mike Johnson on steel BTW.

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Some real honkey-tonk stuff.

Be sure to listen to:

"Head Over Heels"

"Things Ain't Like They Used To Be"

"Damned Ol' Guitar"

"Seat Of My Pants"

"Nowhere Lounge"

"Magnolia"

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That's what I call Country!

Honky-tonk? Nobody did it better than Gary Stewart.

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"I remember back in the 60" --BC
"I really like the iron guitar" --Anon

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I am wondering though from your posting if you are looking to delve "deep catalog" into the heyday of Honky Tonk music, for "obscure" artists from the 50's 60's??
Is this the case?
if so, I am sure there will be MANY more suggestions

Shuffles Joe Paul has done include "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome," "Odds and Ends," and "Each Season Changes You."

[This message was edited by Jeff Evans on 04 June 2002 at 08:32 PM.]

Seriously, I had the priveledge to do two live shows with Joe Paul Nichols a couple years ago. He's real genuine country and western and has a lot of soul in his delivery.

Ole' Billy Cook down in Florida ain't real good lookin' but man, can he EVER put a country song across. And he ain't real particular, he can sing 'em all. He's got 3 or 4 cassette albums floating around out there. Seems like Jack Stoner on this Forum has worked with him.

Then there's always Bill Phillips, Marvin Rainwater, Jimmy Skinner, etc. What about some of the Louvin Brothers material?

Do you ever tune in Eddie Stubbs late at night on WSM? He plays some great "deep catalog" and is a walking encyclopedia of country music, especially steel guitar and fiddle.

Tim R.

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Jerry Inman.......worked with Gene Davis at the Palomino Club in No. Hollywood for a while. Jerry had some great albums and actually had the first cut on some tunes which were covered by some Nashville artists and became major hits. He was a great singer IMHO. I always liked a tune he had called "Six Weeks in Alaska".

Bobby Durham......Was on Capitol records for a little while. Had a great tune out called "My Past is Present". Worked a lot with his brother Wayne. I think they were out of Bakersfield.

Joe Carson......What a great singer. He was killed in car wreck in the sixties I believe. Willie Nelson cut one of his songs called "I Gotta Get Drunk". Joe was on his way to the top when he got killed. I always liked his song "Helpless" it featured Billy Mize on pedal steel.

Buddy Cagle......What a singer!! He was also on Capitol for a while. He had a recording of "Sing a Sad Song" which was dang near as good as Merle Haggard's. I also liked "The Gold Cup" by him....Got a chance to play a couple of gigs with him years ago and he was one nice dude. He was sort of a Marty Robbins type of singer.

Glen Garrison..........Another tragic story here. He was killed in an automobile accident in Arkansas I believe. He held down the fort at Miller's Cave in the LA area for a long time and recorded for Imperial Records. I've got an LP album of his which is just fantastic. I think he was one of the first soulful type of country singers. He had a lot of emotion in his voice. Ray Charles covered on of Glen's songs on an album.

Bobby Austin.......Another Capitol alumni. He had the best rendition of "Apartment Number 9" ever recorded. I think it was also the first. I've got his Capitol album of the same name. Some other good tunes on it are "Cupid's Last Arrow" and a personal favorite of mine is "Gone Home to Momma" which was written by none other than Ralph Mooney. Ralph is also featured on this whole album.

Red Simpson........Another West Coast artist who's mostly noted for his truckin' songs. Red wrote a bunch of stuff recorded by Buck Owens. He had a major hit called "Hello, I'm a Truck" which did pretty well for him. He was also a fine lead guitarist and steelman.

Sammy Masters........The king of local LA country music TV for years and years. He's still giggin' around town while everyone else has either retired or died. Sammy had some good tunes like "Barcelona Baby" and even wrote a couple of songs recorded by Patsy Cline.

As you can probably tell I favor the West Coast artists as I played out there for many years. Nashville sort of looked down their noses at us but Buck & Merle sold more records than any of their artists of the same time frame, so there!!!!!

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"Friend, if you can appreciate a cold beer on a warm summer night, a rowdy honky tonk and a close encounter with your favorite kind, then the music of Deadly Earnest & the Honky Tonk Heroes is for you. Here, proudly presented, is their debut album. What the hell, put it on your turntable, crack open a fresh beer and enjoy."

"Buyer Beware!
What you hold in your hands has an insidious relationship with Demon Rum. Which is to say that Deadly Earnest And the Honky Tonk Heroes are good ol´barroom boys...This record may be the best thing since prohibition."

Check it out if you can find a copy...

No problem. You're as young as you feel.

My actual age is 103 according to my kids.

Tim R.

Jody,

The steel guitarist on "I Love You Because" (original version) was Frankie Juricek from Houston.

Well, Jason I can mention here some great hillbilly stuff like this:

Leon Chappell (automatic mama, true blue papa, You hear me talkin...) great hillbilly stuff..sorry boys no steel here

Wayne Rayney : I like a lot!!!! ( with the Delmore Brothers in some songs)

Jack Guthrie: Who don't Know Oklahoma Hills? It swings.

Jimmy Heap and the Melody masters: I like alot his " ethyl in my gas tank (no gal in my arms)"

Maybe is too old-time music? ;

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Whitey Shafer - He has at least 2 CDs out. The man is a famous writer and co-writer. He is a superb vocalist in the Lefty mold. You'll enjoy his renditions of his own songs, such as "I Never Go Around Mirrors," "All My Ex's Live in Texas," "That's the Way Love Goes," and "Does Fort Worth Cross Your Mind," etc. Sonny Garrish on pedal steel. Bear Family released an LP of his early recordings. I have some of those tracks on 45. As I recall, Pete Drake played on a lot of the early releases.

James O'Gwynn - I like his '50s stuff, which may have been on Starday. I've got some of that material on a foreign label LP. The liner notes say Bobby Garrett and Herb Remington were among those who played steel guitar on some of the '50s cuts. When I first heard Remington on this stuff, I was delightfully surprised he played with the E9th sound. I tend to associate him strictly with Western Swing and not honky tonk. He plays on some of the early recordings of George Jones, too. O'Gwynn's '60s stuff is highly reminiscent of '60s George Jones, so much so that I have trouble telling them apart. In modern times, he has a CD, or two, out. One of the CDs features Pete Drake and Larry Sasser on steel. After that, to my ears, he no longer sounded like Jones.

Shane Worley, Benny Berry, and Roger Cooper - I lump these artists together because their CDs are produced by Mike Headrick a/o Bob Grady. Berry sounds like a young Haggard. I think Worley has a kind of a John Anderson voice. Roger Cooper defintiely has a ABC sessions Lefty sound. Worley's and Berry's honky tonk recordings are available at countrydiscovery.com. I don't know where or how you can get Cooper's CDs. I first heard Cooper on a BBC broadcast, after which, I tracked down a CD of his. Later, I bought a couple more. Mike Headrick plays very good, tasty steel on all these guys' CDs. Herby Wallace plays steel on all the cuts of one Berry CD and plays on one or two tracks on some other Berry sessions.

Kenny Serratt - On his eponymous '72 or '73 LP, he's very nearly a dead ringer for Haggard or vice-versa. Haggard produced the MGM LP. I don't recall if Merle or his late brother, Lowell Haggard, wrote the liner notes. Includes some Haggard covers, which may have been released prior to Haggard's own version of same--I'm just guessing here. He's got CDs, LP, and tapes that were supposedly available last year at the wylieopry.com website. I should have inquired about them last year because they were listed for sale by the site. Earlier this year, I had emailed the Wylie Opry regarding the availability of those recordings and one by Earl Briggs, his hotshot steel player, seeing as how no prices or purchase instructions were shown anymore. Never received an answer. Probably the recordings are available at the Wylie Opry, when performances take place. Serratt's band is the staff band.

Dave Rich - His RCA recordings are on a Bear Family CD. His earliest sides are his remarkable adaptation of the '50s Lefty style. Jimmy Day, on a couple tracks, plays some of the most touching steel you will ever hear. The first dozen tracks are honky tonk. The next ones are rock n'roll and gospel. On several of the gospel cuts (not done country gospel fashion), Jerry Byrd, of all people, plays bass. Rich sang in his own style on the rock n' roll and gospel songs.

Allen Frizzell - Guess who he sounds like. His LPs and 45s are very hard to find. His CD probably is hard to find, also. It's on a Dutch label, though it's recorded in Nashville. Bouton, Jernigan, and Perkins handle the steel chores. Hester on fiddle. The CD shows that he is a very good writer, in additon to being an excellent vocalist. He sings covers of his brother's hits on an LP (may have been a two-record set). btw, the tribute album also included an interview with his father, who reminisced, with some bitterness concerning the business end of things, about Lefty's career.

Mel Street - George Jones with a lower voice. Street was one of the premier honky tonkers. Not sure if he fits under the "obscure"classification, but, anyway, listening to him is an experience not to be missed.

Shuffle recommendations: Darrell McCall, Tony Booth, Curtis Potter, Dugg Collins, Carl Vaughan, and Charlie Walker.

Butch,
Darrell McCall's sessions featured these guys a lot: Dicky Overbey, Buddy Emmons, and Lloyd Green. So, I don't think that any one player played "the most."

Don

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