can anybody tell me what this kind of jazz is called specifically ?
i am just learning to appreciate this kind of music and i wanna find more ... its not that i like putting things in a box but if i wanna find more of this heavenly music i'll have to know :)
I was born in 1943 and i can remember when this tune hit big in '56 and everybody everywhere jammed to this tune. Bars, juke joints, beer gardens, clubs, and after hour places; teens and adults were feeling good about life. We finished WW2 and Korea and now "Honky Tonk" became sort of an anthem that told us....."go party"!
Ohh i feel the memories along with everyone else on this page.
God I love this song. I'm only 56 but I remember being tremendously moved by this tune when it came on the radio when I was just a little boy. I could'nt help but to dance. I could'nt contain myself. My parents and older sibblings thought this was soooooooo funny. Right to this day,,,,,,,,,,, I still can't contain myself when I hear this Jam. God I love this song!!!!!
I am 70 yrs old... My older cousin taught me to jitterbug to this tune back in the mid 50's. My wife and I dance to Honky Tonk to this day. One of my all time favorites.t
I was in a band in high school, and we all were big fans of Bill Doggett. The band was the Rhythm Chords, and Link Chamberland was the leader and guitarist. I played drums and the Hungaski twins both played tenor sax. What a band. Norwalk, CT High School, 1959.
i can also say that it is the best instrumental song that ever was and ever will be, i just wish they would have gave it another title, because it has nothing to do with a honky tonk
Shamefully, I confess that I never heard this until John Peel played it on his 40th birthday show on Radio 1 in 1979. Still have that on cassette and must mp3 it for posting somewhere.
I Was Just 70 and When I Hear This Song I Can Dance To It Now....My Mom Also Loved It and Danced To Honky Tonk many A Time. I Have All Theses Great Oldies 45 Records ! Those Good Old Days Wish We Could Do It All Again ! Moms Dancing In Heaven and I Will Join Her When Its My Time !
Wish I had a dime for every time I danced to this great song. No doubt about it Bill Doggett owns it. We did a dance in Dallas (in the 50's) called the Push and if you couldn't make the floor sizzle with Honky Tonk...you'd find yourself watching those that could rather than dancing yo self.
If you grew up with music, you will understand that it started a dance revolution in Texas and Louisiana in the late 50's and 60's. It is a Competition Song in Many Dance Contest here in Texas and Louisiana still Today. For us old folks (55 Plus) this is still the Number One Hit from those years. Youngsters Enjoy, Grandma Used to Dance to this and still enjoys when it is played. Just Ask Her!!!. Love the Old Folks as I am one.
This is another reason to love youtube. Keep the rest of the twitter facebook and what not - youtube is the connect. An honor to hear this again - and save it!
Best instrumental...ever! I could flip a coin as to which side 1 or 2, I like better. Should be just one side...but back in the 50's songs were very short in length for radio and juke box play.
This and Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat" were my favorite instrumentals. Teen Beat was more straight R & Roll, Honky Tonk more Blues. Thanks for posting.
I bought 3 boxes of 45's off a guy got all 3 for 40 dollars this 45 was one of the 45's I found in the boxes. Great song I use like the beach boys version the best intill I heard the original.
great to find this classic, I've been whistling this ( part 2 ) for 50 years and my grandkids asked '' whats that you always whistle '' now they know ! This music always is remembered more than the Elvis Chuck Berry and so on, Stunning.
Hello people. I made a Funk/Hip Hop beat in remembrance of this song ! Well, its a little bit different but i would like to hear ur peoples opinions. Cuz i freaking love this song right here.
This tune is what inspired God to make old lowered Chevys and cheeseburgers. Cruzin was invented because of this tune. If not then I've really been fuckin' up all these years.
This is the greatest of all time and keep in mind this sweet piece came out in the early days of rock. This was the first song I learned to play on my guitar. Thanks Bill and rock on!!!
THE PERFECT, AND I MEAN PERFECT, ARRANGEMENT OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST SONG COMING OUT OF THE '50's......P E R F E C T!! NOBODY MISSES A NOTE OR A BEAT! P E R F E C T!
This has to be the top of the pyramid. Time has diminished nothing of this song or performance. How lucky we were to have such great music and musicians
Happy 95th birthday uncle Bill. Posted today, Feb 16, 2011 by his nephew/namesake, Bill Doggett II. Toni Williams and Pete Fallico...also wish you a Happy 95th birthday.... posthumously. Interested in more. visit bill doggett productions com on google, a site for young and veteran musicians seeking Artist Representation
Bill Doggett was one of the great keyboard artists of the era of which there were many like Fats Domino, but the signature sound of Honky Tonk Part I&II was guitarist Billy Butler
I HAVE JUST BEEN ON A BEAUTIFUL TRIP!! I LOVE HONKY TONK!! I could listen to it all day and all night! First heard it as a teenager in San Francsico. LOVE IT!
The first rock and roll kids learned to dance to.There is nothing in its league.Was also a No.1 song on billboard.The national anthem of rock and roll.
The first rock and roll kids learned to dance to.There is nothing in its league.Was also a No.1 song0n billboard.The national anthem of rock and roll.
this one along with the ventures walk dont run,and the virtures guitar boogie shuffle, are classics to every guitar player worth their salt I know of. exspecially those of us of a certin time frame.
@micksblog161 ...the REAL music died and went to You Tube Mick....the radio is filled with wannabe's and pretenders now...trying hard to sound half as good as the masters did and not gettin it.
@GR8XKP YEP !!!! You got that RIGHT !! WAY BACK, before they played this on the local radio station, I had to tune in to a local Black station to hear it !! ALL FIVE MINUTES of it !! Same with the ORIGINAL " JAVA " by Allen Toussaint " He was just a 21 year old kid, playing in New Orleans and they cut this album " The Wild Sound Of New Orleans " by Tousan . Many people have recorded this one but none can match Al Toussaint and his piano !!
One of the greatest intrumental of all time. One of the first songs I learn to play on guitar in the 60's but in the key of E and later changed to orginial key of F. Still playing.
@jplew138 Dislikers of this tune are probably off playing video games. The only way kids can listen to music nowadays is, by simultaneously scoring points with a game controller in their hands.
@jplew138 People who don't stomp there feet when they hear true musical artists like this, who probably didn't even need sheet music when they recorded this on the first take !
No one ever sat down and wrote "Honky Tonk". It was just a jam session at first, then they decided to play it again in the studio. Every one but the bass player [Carl Pruitt] received a writing credit.
I remember my old man's stack of scratchy 45's, I wore this one out!
My aunt had this 45 in her record collection, and when I was very young, I used to listen to it over and over and over. I was enthralled by the rhythm and the way the lead instruments told their story over that famous walking bass. And I love the fact that you can hear the guys jiving with each other in the background. Such a great, great tune. It taught me what rhythm and blues was all about.
@sugarfoot59 Yep, you sure hit the nail on the head with this statement. Along with 'Green Onions', it's about the greatest instrumental ever recorded.
When I was kid learning guitar in my small home town in Wyoming we could get one Rock station after 8pm KOMA in Oaklahoma City and this song would play, and it was hard stuff to do on those old guitars, the guy had some terrific ideas that lead the way for lead guitar playing. It's a treat to hear this old thing, and its still one of the greatest. As to me, I wound up making a very long career of playing guitar and can still be found doing concerts here and there.
This is the "Standard" when comes to R & B. This is America. Just listen to that basic beat line-sounds like a lcomotive approaching. It reminds of the days here in Los Angeles and the old radio station KGFJ and one othere D.J.'s Hunter Hancock ole H.H.
@areyuwithme I have this on a CD titled "Honky Tonk! The KING & Federal R&B Instrumentals". A GREAT collection of R&B tunes from about 1946-1964. Liked it so much I sent a copy to a buddy, he played it at a house party full of middle-aged black people, that just went nuts over it! Got the CD from Amazon.com less than a year ago, I HIGHLY recommend it!
The guitarist is Billy Butler who co-wrote the song. He is listed in Wikipedia. I don't know if he is the same Billy Butler who wrote "Tighten Up." Also Jerry Butler's brother is Billy Butler of Billy Butler and The Enchanters.
one of the best...I remember playing my brothers 45 over and over again.....I think it was the first time I became aware of the sax, at the time there simply was no other.....not to me *smiles*
This is a great song, but I always wondered--how is it that on the one song he did that was super-successful, he didn't take an organ solo? Indeed, the organ isn't really heard until the very end.
i always played this in the key of E, but after hearing this original recording, he is doing it the chord of C thats so cool just to prove you never learn it all in a lifetime.... thanks
This is one bad ass jam I'll learn the guitar part, is there a drummer and sax player that would like to get together on this fell good song? If so call me.
can anybody tell me what this kind of jazz is called specifically ?
i am just learning to appreciate this kind of music and i wanna find more ... its not that i like putting things in a box but if i wanna find more of this heavenly music i'll have to know :)
kult99 3 days ago
@kult99 this is blues ;)
aituaitz 22 minutes ago
I was born in 1943 and i can remember when this tune hit big in '56 and everybody everywhere jammed to this tune. Bars, juke joints, beer gardens, clubs, and after hour places; teens and adults were feeling good about life. We finished WW2 and Korea and now "Honky Tonk" became sort of an anthem that told us....."go party"!
Ohh i feel the memories along with everyone else on this page.
madero111 5 days ago
God I love this song. I'm only 56 but I remember being tremendously moved by this tune when it came on the radio when I was just a little boy. I could'nt help but to dance. I could'nt contain myself. My parents and older sibblings thought this was soooooooo funny. Right to this day,,,,,,,,,,, I still can't contain myself when I hear this Jam. God I love this song!!!!!
maik723 6 days ago
Absolute classic!!!! I bought every Doggett album I could find after I heard this tune. As said before, it is ageless!!
ckrein414 4 weeks ago
Thanks Wild Bill !
charleysjazz14 1 month ago
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...years before bill passed...had the pleasure of meeting him and hearing him play this tune at a supper club......what a night to remember!!!!!
RXmusic4YOU 1 month ago
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RXmusic4YOU 1 month ago
This video ROCKS. Is there any way I can put it on Windows Media Player?
hyperpony3 1 month ago
@hyperpony3 google free youtube to mp3 converter
FredCDobbs00 1 month ago
we danced the "chicken" to this and much, much, more.
wolfofpaso 1 month ago
I am 70 yrs old... My older cousin taught me to jitterbug to this tune back in the mid 50's. My wife and I dance to Honky Tonk to this day. One of my all time favorites.t
perrylamont 1 month ago
)))))))))))
SaintDP 1 month ago
I could be on a deserted island and id NEVER get tired of this song!
retroolschool 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Well before this recording, in the 40's, Bill Doggett was Piano player and arranger for The Ink Spots!
kingoliver45 2 months ago
I was in a band in high school, and we all were big fans of Bill Doggett. The band was the Rhythm Chords, and Link Chamberland was the leader and guitarist. I played drums and the Hungaski twins both played tenor sax. What a band. Norwalk, CT High School, 1959.
mrsticks28 2 months ago
Whooaaah, I remember this, one of the best instrumentals in my time! :) Yeaaah!
sweetlead71 2 months ago
According to Ted Nugent this is the one song every guitarist ought to know. Ted says everything in his arsenal comes from this song.
GonzoGuyy 2 months ago
i can also say that it is the best instrumental song that ever was and ever will be, i just wish they would have gave it another title, because it has nothing to do with a honky tonk
TheRockin1953 2 months ago
Man did I ever like to dance to this when I was young.
misscarla1962 3 months ago
take a little jazz some blues with a dose of rock and you got it. great dance music.
latykai 3 months ago
Does anyone have or know how to get hold of the most accurate tabs in F for this instrumental and even a backing track to play along to?
jmsbk12345 4 months ago
Ever see 'Blue Velvet?'
biglongcadillac 4 months ago in playlist 50's tunes
Ageless instrumental standard! Could play it in my sleep.
bobobba442 4 months ago
I don't care what you call this kind of music ya just gotta love it !!
mrboppman1 4 months ago 3
I got my 45 RPM wax on this. Worn, but not dead, Just like me.
jbones61 4 months ago 3
Oh Hell YA!
SuperSkinjun 4 months ago
Shamefully, I confess that I never heard this until John Peel played it on his 40th birthday show on Radio 1 in 1979. Still have that on cassette and must mp3 it for posting somewhere.
enterprise1954 4 months ago
Nose to nose with Night Train
imsharkster 5 months ago
Anybody here remember the"Camel Walk"? We use to do it on this music.Thank you.
serpentinecreature 5 months ago
I Was Just 70 and When I Hear This Song I Can Dance To It Now....My Mom Also Loved It and Danced To Honky Tonk many A Time. I Have All Theses Great Oldies 45 Records ! Those Good Old Days Wish We Could Do It All Again ! Moms Dancing In Heaven and I Will Join Her When Its My Time !
TheJukeboxGirl 5 months ago
Bill hit #2 in Billboard, 10-6-56. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great week!
DaveWollenberg 5 months ago
AWESOME SIMPLY AWESOME
MegaMusicman09 5 months ago
Here's to Ben!
ThiefInLaw 5 months ago 3
@ThiefInLaw Be polite!
jimster456 5 months ago
Wish I had a dime for every time I danced to this great song. No doubt about it Bill Doggett owns it. We did a dance in Dallas (in the 50's) called the Push and if you couldn't make the floor sizzle with Honky Tonk...you'd find yourself watching those that could rather than dancing yo self.
TheSHIRL1937 5 months ago
King Tone! Nothing today can touch this! This one goes out to Jeff Beck and Brian Setzer. I hope you're listening too, Les Paul.
mickeymousebiker1 5 months ago
He can play the Honky Tonk like anything
blocke06 5 months ago
A lot of people did Honky Tonk but Bill Dogget did it best. It is his tune.
What is great is the tone of the tenor sax as it works through all the
combinations.
deralte
deralteist 5 months ago
If you grew up with music, you will understand that it started a dance revolution in Texas and Louisiana in the late 50's and 60's. It is a Competition Song in Many Dance Contest here in Texas and Louisiana still Today. For us old folks (55 Plus) this is still the Number One Hit from those years. Youngsters Enjoy, Grandma Used to Dance to this and still enjoys when it is played. Just Ask Her!!!. Love the Old Folks as I am one.
jbones61 6 months ago
@baldur1377 - Thanks for the input on Bill. Truly one of God's more generous gifts to the music world. Wouldn't mind if the Ole Boy did it again!!!
lophatmike 6 months ago
This is another reason to love youtube. Keep the rest of the twitter facebook and what not - youtube is the connect. An honor to hear this again - and save it!
MsKoali 6 months ago
Thanks, I wouldn't have guessed King Curtis either....
Fuasimodo 6 months ago
Does anyone know who the sax player on this recording? Thanks
Fuasimodo 6 months ago
@Fuasimodo Clifford Scott, NOT King Curtis
lophatmike 6 months ago
@lophatmike Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Clifford Scott went on to play on some of James Brown's early recordings for King Records.
littlenaitch2 2 months ago
@littlenaitch2 I don't know if he did or not but I do know Maceo Parker came out of James' band. Thanks for the response.
lophatmike 1 month ago
I still have the original 45rpm single of this! Classic.
jskline0 7 months ago
My mom and Dad used to play this on friday nights and dance....i miss those days
alexaddicted2 7 months ago
I'm an old 70-yr-old woman, and I've absolutely loved this song from the time I was 15, bopping in my living room to it!
gennymam 7 months ago
This is my Dad and my Uncle Philip song. KEYSTONE USA 13
lisathisbuds4u 7 months ago
This is my Dad and my Uncle Philip song.
lisathisbuds4u 7 months ago
Billy Dogget knows what it's about :D
shay33ish 7 months ago
Here's to Ben
aarshaar 7 months ago 2
I like this music
2002blackeye 7 months ago
Hell I wore this 45 out,, I played it so much,,,,whata jam
lshorrorfilms 7 months ago
makes me want to move! great music!
stevescissors 7 months ago
Best instrumental...ever! I could flip a coin as to which side 1 or 2, I like better. Should be just one side...but back in the 50's songs were very short in length for radio and juke box play.
This and Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat" were my favorite instrumentals. Teen Beat was more straight R & Roll, Honky Tonk more Blues. Thanks for posting.
tacc24 7 months ago
Awwwwwwwwwwwh...take me to the 'dirty south'......Love it!! Let's Stroll....
LLBS2010 7 months ago
Tell the people who don't like this to get the HELL on some where
jackielsmith25 8 months ago
Truly one of the instrumental greats of all time.
WendyKS93 8 months ago
We would stroll to this all night long.
elbowout 8 months ago
Great stuff! Big influence on The Clash.
mediattackrecords 8 months ago
Musicians call this a great 'pocket.'
5701birchroad 8 months ago 9
Thanks for puting side 1&2 together for us on the greatest rhythm and blues instrumental ever.
sonnyjomo 8 months ago
I bought 3 boxes of 45's off a guy got all 3 for 40 dollars this 45 was one of the 45's I found in the boxes. Great song I use like the beach boys version the best intill I heard the original.
redd5674 8 months ago
Lots of covers, but the original is still the best. Some of the best guitar and sax playing I've ever heard. It's timeless.
jim6720 8 months ago
It sounds a little like one of Elvis Presley's songs. And, I like it.
Dac719 8 months ago
@Dac719 ..it's songs like this that made Elvis Elvis
Doogle927 8 months ago
great to find this classic, I've been whistling this ( part 2 ) for 50 years and my grandkids asked '' whats that you always whistle '' now they know ! This music always is remembered more than the Elvis Chuck Berry and so on, Stunning.
796cookie 8 months ago
the man with no feet tapped his foot to this song
2pacAmazesSuperman 8 months ago
Hello people. I made a Funk/Hip Hop beat in remembrance of this song ! Well, its a little bit different but i would like to hear ur peoples opinions. Cuz i freaking love this song right here.
"Funny Funky Tonk Beat" Check it out
Pumpernickel006900 8 months ago
Classic, classic, classic....!!
MrFerdell 8 months ago
So fucking suave.
Moot1987 9 months ago
Nice!
belasgirl6 9 months ago
An awesome record- one of the true early R & R classics! So glad I got to grow up in this era to catch these good vibes!
richhoehlein 9 months ago
who played the sax solo, was it king curtis?
radreader01 9 months ago
@radreader01 Clifford Scott.
beaverteeth92 9 months ago
@beaverteeth92
Thank you. That solo is classic.
radreader01 9 months ago
i've got over 100 favorite songs but this is My Favorite Song 1st.
stratas2 9 months ago
This tune is what inspired God to make old lowered Chevys and cheeseburgers. Cruzin was invented because of this tune. If not then I've really been fuckin' up all these years.
lophatmike 9 months ago 2
This is the greatest of all time and keep in mind this sweet piece came out in the early days of rock. This was the first song I learned to play on my guitar. Thanks Bill and rock on!!!
nhb1234 9 months ago
it is not "one of" the greatest. it is simply THE. and you won't find very many people to dispute that statement. no sir. it is a perfect record
mroldiesman1 9 months ago
it is not "one of" the greatest. it is simply THE. and you won't find very many people to dispute that statement. no sir.
mroldiesman1 9 months ago
I was looking for a racists song but i actually like this more than a funny song its soothing :)
pyrospike 10 months ago
Simple, wonderful , my 74 year old dad turned me on to this!
borntrippin 10 months ago
Gotta love that 12 bar blues!
hatguy24 10 months ago
AWESOMW... Thank God we have all this beautiful legacy from these great musicians & Singer's, because it's "All Crap" today. Enjoy~
rebel2rebel 10 months ago
5 dislikes????????? WTF is wrong with people?????? It just doesn't get any better than this....
mpsicily 10 months ago
@mpsicily Five people who are waiting for Lady Gaga's next song, I guess...
jplew138 10 months ago
@jplew138 How true....
mpsicily 10 months ago
@MrTrustInGod777 It's now known as the George McFly song. haha What was the event called again, the Enchanted Sea Dance or something?
1952Telecaster 10 months ago
In the same vain Duane Eddy had some great instrumentals as
well. Rebel Rouser being one.
32a34a 10 months ago
can't help but picture George McFly dancing alone at the high school dance in Back to the Future
1952Telecaster 10 months ago
Clifford Scott from San Antone on Sax
wesrace1 10 months ago
I have the 45 in the picture , has part 1 on one side and part 2 the other .
XxgraveXxrobber13 11 months ago
enter anydance circa early 50's and the band is playing this.if you couldn't dance;you were swayin in your seat.
leroycampbell54 11 months ago
...Guitarist Billy Butler...
baadactor 11 months ago
THE PERFECT, AND I MEAN PERFECT, ARRANGEMENT OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST SONG COMING OUT OF THE '50's......P E R F E C T!! NOBODY MISSES A NOTE OR A BEAT! P E R F E C T!
jamesdonald1000 11 months ago
This has to be the top of the pyramid. Time has diminished nothing of this song or performance. How lucky we were to have such great music and musicians
Thanks so much for posting
qz3bmz 11 months ago
LMAO ITS A BLACK HONKY
SvenSvenSvensen 1 year ago
@SvenSvenSvensen Stupid mindless cracker appreciating greatness has nothing to do with being blk,ya racist buttfuck!
Screamingdk 11 months ago
I grew up with this song, and it has always been one of my favorites. Thank you for posting it!
CptEgon 1 year ago
rythmé et élégant, j'aime !
fillette71200 1 year ago
Happy 95th birthday uncle Bill. Posted today, Feb 16, 2011 by his nephew/namesake, Bill Doggett II. Toni Williams and Pete Fallico...also wish you a Happy 95th birthday.... posthumously. Interested in more. visit bill doggett productions com on google, a site for young and veteran musicians seeking Artist Representation
blackbrownbeige55 1 year ago
5:25 YouTube video: Bill Doggett recording of 1956 instrumental rhythm and blues hit "Honky Tonk."
February 16, 1916: birth of Bill Doggett, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (d. 1996).
mkworkman 1 year ago
Bill Doggett was one of the great keyboard artists of the era of which there were many like Fats Domino, but the signature sound of Honky Tonk Part I&II was guitarist Billy Butler
PFortman1 1 year ago
No. 1 for 10 weeks on the R&B charts, peaked at No. 2 on the pop surveys. Classic instrumental. Thanks for the download.
GregDad100 1 year ago
awsum i love dis song even though this version is just instrumental
skinnyjeansmone101 1 year ago
That is Buddy Lucas on the sax, betcha!!!!
TheARosemary 1 year ago
man i heard it long time ago but never knew who was playing it...till now! Thank you so much...amazing pt.1 & 2!!
voodoowop45s 1 year ago
I HAVE JUST BEEN ON A BEAUTIFUL TRIP!! I LOVE HONKY TONK!! I could listen to it all day and all night! First heard it as a teenager in San Francsico. LOVE IT!
nancysstory 1 year ago
The first rock and roll kids learned to dance to.There is nothing in its league.Was also a No.1 song on billboard.The national anthem of rock and roll.
YitzO 1 year ago
The first rock and roll kids learned to dance to.There is nothing in its league.Was also a No.1 song0n billboard.The national anthem of rock and roll.
YitzO 1 year ago
this one along with the ventures walk dont run,and the virtures guitar boogie shuffle, are classics to every guitar player worth their salt I know of. exspecially those of us of a certin time frame.
TheBabyboomkidof53 1 year ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 And Raunchy by Bill Justis - another great instrumental.
LODGE4444 1 year ago
Yep, The Best EVER !! Not a Rock and Roller or R&Ber that don't hear Honky Tonk in their sleep.
Where did the real music go ??
Mick
micksblog161 1 year ago
@micksblog161 ...the REAL music died and went to You Tube Mick....the radio is filled with wannabe's and pretenders now...trying hard to sound half as good as the masters did and not gettin it.
GR8XKP 1 year ago
@GR8XKP YEP !!!! You got that RIGHT !! WAY BACK, before they played this on the local radio station, I had to tune in to a local Black station to hear it !! ALL FIVE MINUTES of it !! Same with the ORIGINAL " JAVA " by Allen Toussaint " He was just a 21 year old kid, playing in New Orleans and they cut this album " The Wild Sound Of New Orleans " by Tousan . Many people have recorded this one but none can match Al Toussaint and his piano !!
Thanks and thank you " YOU TUBE ".
micksblog161 1 year ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH BEST SONG EVER LET DANCE !!!
LyneTylerrr 1 year ago
Love performing this live!
joeythesaxman 1 year ago
Whoo, my mom and dad would cut a rug to this! Still sounds great!!!!
dapthetipp 1 year ago
Reminds me of the good ol' days parked in my 50 Ford listening to Wolfman Jack, drinking Oly Stubbies and Thunderbird wine.
MultiCapello 1 year ago 2
One of the greatest intrumental of all time. One of the first songs I learn to play on guitar in the 60's but in the key of E and later changed to orginial key of F. Still playing.
ActionJack01 1 year ago 4
used in blue velvet movie
aarshaar 1 year ago
Who the hell are the two people who dislike this???
jplew138 1 year ago 31
@jplew138 that would be a good question. This song is great!
CptEgon 11 months ago
@jplew138 Surely it was a slip of the keyboard! LOL Gotta love this!
momsher1 11 months ago
@jplew138 I'll find and rape them -_-
Arty408 11 months ago
@jplew138 im only 15 and i think this shit is baddas, this is the first guitar riff i ever learned actually the first thign i learned period!
mrozzy1231 9 months ago
@mrozzy1231 And I must say that you have excellent taste ;)
jplew138 8 months ago
@jplew138 inconsequential!
LisaWeih 8 months ago
@jplew138 Dislikers of this tune are probably off playing video games. The only way kids can listen to music nowadays is, by simultaneously scoring points with a game controller in their hands.
waltgregory 7 months ago
@jplew138 People who don't stomp there feet when they hear true musical artists like this, who probably didn't even need sheet music when they recorded this on the first take !
whiteythecop 6 months ago
@jplew138 Justin bieber
persianmad 6 months ago
@persianmad Justin Bieber doesn't have enough sense to even know what a honky tonk is ;)
jplew138 6 months ago
Listening to this reminds me of the movie: "Ray." right?
areyuwithme 1 year ago
No one ever sat down and wrote "Honky Tonk". It was just a jam session at first, then they decided to play it again in the studio. Every one but the bass player [Carl Pruitt] received a writing credit.
I remember my old man's stack of scratchy 45's, I wore this one out!
Hvacrmitch 1 year ago
@Hvacrmitch I use to watch my mom and dad dance on this jam! They were doin' it!
areyuwithme 1 year ago 2
My aunt had this 45 in her record collection, and when I was very young, I used to listen to it over and over and over. I was enthralled by the rhythm and the way the lead instruments told their story over that famous walking bass. And I love the fact that you can hear the guys jiving with each other in the background. Such a great, great tune. It taught me what rhythm and blues was all about.
metaphid 1 year ago 10
@metaphid When this song came out, I thought it was the greatest instrumental I ever heard, and you know what?......It still is!
sugarfoot59 8 months ago 17
@sugarfoot59 True that.
metaphid 8 months ago
@sugarfoot59 me too
LES6723 5 months ago
@sugarfoot59 Yep, you sure hit the nail on the head with this statement. Along with 'Green Onions', it's about the greatest instrumental ever recorded.
sugarfoot59 5 months ago
@metaphid its really sweet,,i love it so much..first time i've heard this,,it really get my attention,,its great music..
BILL DOGGETT..wow..great.
ml369663 7 months ago
@metaphid sorry hit the wrong tab then couldn't undo it but I LOVE this tune
berkshireboy62 7 months ago
When I was kid learning guitar in my small home town in Wyoming we could get one Rock station after 8pm KOMA in Oaklahoma City and this song would play, and it was hard stuff to do on those old guitars, the guy had some terrific ideas that lead the way for lead guitar playing. It's a treat to hear this old thing, and its still one of the greatest. As to me, I wound up making a very long career of playing guitar and can still be found doing concerts here and there.
MusicbyTomingas 1 year ago
OMG...this is pretty good to say the least
TheARosemary 1 year ago
This is the "Standard" when comes to R & B. This is America. Just listen to that basic beat line-sounds like a lcomotive approaching. It reminds of the days here in Los Angeles and the old radio station KGFJ and one othere D.J.'s Hunter Hancock ole H.H.
FlyinS4 1 year ago
Oh yeah "Honky Tonk"... one great smooth tune~.~
AzUdo2day 1 year ago 2
woo hoo (thumbs up)
DaddyBog 1 year ago 2
It doesn't get much cooler than this...give it a listen...
darktrainfilms 1 year ago
@darktrainfilms Got that right! My mother & father use to dance to this !
areyuwithme 1 year ago
@areyuwithme I have this on a CD titled "Honky Tonk! The KING & Federal R&B Instrumentals". A GREAT collection of R&B tunes from about 1946-1964. Liked it so much I sent a copy to a buddy, he played it at a house party full of middle-aged black people, that just went nuts over it! Got the CD from Amazon.com less than a year ago, I HIGHLY recommend it!
Hvacrmitch 1 year ago 2
I wonder which guy is shouting in ecstacy in the background.
titostacos 1 year ago
The guitarist is Billy Butler who co-wrote the song. He is listed in Wikipedia. I don't know if he is the same Billy Butler who wrote "Tighten Up." Also Jerry Butler's brother is Billy Butler of Billy Butler and The Enchanters.
BPJT666 1 year ago 2
@BPJT666
thanks for the info on Billy Butler , I wondered who the guitar player was , another question answered in the long list of 'dont know's . cheers!
ozguitar50 1 year ago
Now...there....is THE big learn to dance tune....good one...
bro1945 1 year ago
one of the best...I remember playing my brothers 45 over and over again.....I think it was the first time I became aware of the sax, at the time there simply was no other.....not to me *smiles*
Doogle927 1 year ago
Seems like fifty years have passed by, hearing this great song again makes me want to dance as if time has stood still...thanks for memories
capelarry 1 year ago
This is a great song, but I always wondered--how is it that on the one song he did that was super-successful, he didn't take an organ solo? Indeed, the organ isn't really heard until the very end.
RaananVolesPianist 1 year ago
who is the guitarist in this song?
ox092 1 year ago
An awsome song by an awsome artist. R.I.P. Bill Doggett
Telamon8 1 year ago
Simple and sensual, what a song!!!!!!!!
darlene1029 1 year ago
i always played this in the key of E, but after hearing this original recording, he is doing it the chord of C thats so cool just to prove you never learn it all in a lifetime.... thanks
rockin1953 1 year ago
Didn't James Brown revive "Honky Tonk" in the 1970s?
WSenator1 1 year ago
@WSenator1 1973.
littlenaitch2 2 months ago
This is one bad ass jam I'll learn the guitar part, is there a drummer and sax player that would like to get together on this fell good song? If so call me.
Tom 9097303791
ttomketchup 1 year ago
xD its the 12 bar blues XDD
megamanthehitman 1 year ago
how many tunes hav been based of of this ......
stjoeisle 1 year ago
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Lovetogolf2005 1 year ago
This song is the Long Beach Rebels, Pete Maris, and his brothers, Mike Mercado, John Janzen, Mike Shork and my Dad!
Lovetogolf2005 1 year ago
My father loved this musician!
Lovetogolf2005 1 year ago