Was it "Hank Wilson's Back?" I know it was early '70's, and, now that I think of it, it wasn't all Hank Williams. I remember that I particularly liked "Sixpack to Go": "Tomorrow mornin's Sunday/and I know I'll be feelin' low/ so please Mr. Bartender/ I want a sixpack to go." Immortal words.
Me too! He also did a good cover of "Jambalaya" on that LP.
Me Bob? My neck? I saw him solo in Springfield Ma in the late 70's early 80's can't remember which decade...
Wow. Really? Do you kno where and when? That's like a fast 15/20 min trip down i95. How come you didn't tell me...?
Johnny Horton was one of the greatest rockabilly singers of all time with a guitarist from outer space - Grady Martin! I think I have everything they ever recorded on both vinyl and CD. Martin didn't play on all of Johnny's songs, but the ones he did play on can make your head spin.
Was that at the Cornell Folk Festival? We all used to go to that every year.
I think I learned more about guitar leads from "Got the Bull by the Horns" than any other song. I must've listened to it thirty times in a row the night I got it, and that was on the vinyl! Hard to explain, but it taught me a lot about stripping down and simplifying an idea, and then adding flourishes where, and if, needed. All I was hearing in the early 70's were supercomplicated, meandering leads. That song was like a light in the darkness.
No, it wasn't at the folk festival. It was at the Hangar Theatre in Cass Park, just a stop on Leon's tour that year. He had a full band with him, but he was at his best (I felt) when the rest of the band took a break and he played piano and sang by himself.
Thx. Gonna look into that.
So are you. Thanks.
The Shelter People which were mostly studio musicians came after two albums released in 1968-1970 timeframe with Marc Benno on guitar as the Asylum Choir.
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