This week we complete our two-part feature focusing on honky tonk music. We’ll hear from Asleep at the Wheel, Connie Smith, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Adolph Hofner, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Commander Cody, JJ Cale and lots more. Guitars, Cadillacs and walkin’ after midnight… this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Asleep at the Wheel / “The Wheel Boogie” / Half a Hundred Years / Bismeaux
Connie Smith / “Look Out Heart” / The Cry of The Heart / Fat Possum
The Flying Burrito Brothers / “Sin City” / The Gilded Palace of Sin / A+M
The Western Swing Authority / “Miss Molly” / Now Playing / Curve
Dwight Yoakam / “Guitars, Cadillacs” / Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars… / Sugar Hill

Loretta Lynn / “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl” / Essential Honky Tonk / Not Now
Adolph Hofner & his Texans / “South Texas Swing” / South Texas Swing / Arhoolie
Patsy Cline / “Walkin’ After Midnight” / Essential Honky Tonk / Not Now
The Amazing Rhythm Aces / “Third Rate Romance” / Stacked Deck / ABC
Asleep at the Wheel / “Spanish Two-Step” / Half a Hundred Years / Bismeaux

Erwin Helfer / “Stop Time Boogie” / 8 Hands on 88 Keys / The Sirens
Johnny Horton / “Honky Tonk Man” / Essential Honky Tonk / Not Now
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen / “Hot Rod Lincoln” / True Adventures / Fuel 2000
Delbert McClinton / “The Real Thing” / I’m With You / Curb

J.J. Cale / “Call Me the Breeze” / Naturally / Shelter
Elvis Presley / “Don’t Be Cruel” / Elvis 56 / RCA
Rodney Crowell / “She’s Crazy for Leaving” / Diamonds & Dirt / Columbia Legacy
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways