The Ventures Honky Tonk

[Bottomf]

BEST VERSION.YEA BABY LOVE THE VENTURES.

[TFF1963]

MUITO BOM!

VERY GOOD!

[carvindc160]

This is most definitely the Ventures after Nokie decided to quit for awhile. It shows a very different side of Bob Bogle. My old bass player bought this on vinyl and didn't like it, gave it to me. Geat blues, lots more guts than when they first recorded the tune.

[adoreslaurel]

Don't care if its them or not,getting Harvey and Jackie together in this number makes it worthwhile no matter whose group name appears on the label.

[jim6720]

OMG...I never heard this before.  Incredible...stands up to the original!

[iditarod9]

Jack kelso is the greatest sax player on the planet and without him this viseo would just be so", so".............

[kapacon]

@iditarod9: I agree, he rocks this thing up and makes it more true to the original version!

[iditarod9]

@iditarod9 ...says", make that "Video" instead of "Viseo"..!

[HerbWalker]

We played this every night as a band break song:)

[MrGabrielered]

Hi, does anybody know if it's possible to find the Muddy Waters' Honky Tonk version? i think it's the best, with a great blues harp in...

[mosrite60]

Now that I think about it the Ventures have used many players on various albums. I once read in Guitar Player back in 70's the great session LA player Tommy Tedesco admired playing with the Venture and commented it was unbelievable playing with these guys. Now that was from one of the greatest session players ever. No more needs to be said, right!

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

the beatles made me want to learn guitar, but I wanted to play it like the ventures!

[michaelsmorrison]

Her Only One

The music lasts all day long

no matter what i do with it

i can't loose it though the night is so strong

the music is my woman

we make love in the sun

and when my music is playing

I am her only one

M.S. Morrison

[strandwolf]

That is Harvey Mandel, "The Snake" playing lead guitar on this. He also played in Canned Heat, and with Charlie Musselwhite way back when, and has a number of solo albums...highly recommended. Special talent....

[lilMit88]

@strandwolf You are right on the money to who played guitar on that song.

[missionrd100]

Wonderful. A must for every roots band to know.

[ThomasDeLello]

Bill Doggett and his combo recorded a vocal version of "Honky Tonk"... The singer sings..." Do the Honky Tonk" - I'm serious...! You can find that right here on You-Tube...! It's interesting, but not great...!

[greasyb3]

Give me a break! The whole tune is note for note the same as the original. Who needs a sub-par imitation? The only thing different is the absolutuly crappy guitar licks being played over the tenor near the end. This guy must be the business head/leader of the band. That type usually has the least talent. 

[carlos45703030]

this was a great album, altough quite posible the less venturesque album of the whole lot, but the sound of the guitars is creamy and rich, guitar boogie shufle, sleep walk, rumble and this honky tonk, great tracks all of them, this upload sounds just my UA early 70`s central american pressing. thanks for uploading.

[elmexhip]

the valients / 1960 / sanger california

[misterferien]

Bill Blacks Combo?

[MrUnclemuncle]

Awesome jam and smooth rift n blues

[qz3bmz]

An absolute treasure of an interpretation of this song; Harveys touch is so great..

Thanks so much for posting

[ftjax]

It was hard to like Dennis Hopper under any condition........

[Bobbolee46]

This is not the Ventures playing Honky Tonk part 1 and2 . They did not have the soul that Bill Doggett had .

[shadownglass]

Doggett's version is timeless, but this sure as hell is one bad Jam ! God, talk about some seasoned musicians ! If this doesn't perk you up, and get your toe to tappin' you might need a doctor.

[verlaine4]

They certainly included many instruments,but these guys were often session musicians and not full band members. The incredible sax solo on "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" was indeed played through a leslie speaker and played by the great Steve Douglas no less! (see also "Walk Don't Run '64 and "Journey To The Stars.......)

[whitt702]

Anybody know which version of Honky Tonk was played in the awful movie, "Blue Velvet" with Lyle McClaglin, Laura Dern and Isabella Rossilina. Dennis Hopper was terrible. Never liked him since in anything.

[bluesmobile1]

@whitt702 That was the original Honky Tonk Part 1 by Bill Doggett

[whitt702]

@bluesmobile1 Thanks. They all sound good.....

[barri1940]

@whitt702 was it bill Doggert or the Crickets, not sure

[destihado1]

@whitt702 awful movie?? are you demented??

[goodolarchie]

@whitt702 You're nuts, Hopper was on key. The whole cast was!

[memo8774]

@whitt702: wow man, I've never heard a bad opinion of Blue Velvet before. First time for everything!

[ENACODNOM]

@whitt702 Well, I never thought BLUE VELVET to be a masterpiece, but to rate it awful is going a bit too far!

[tonespinner]

@whitt702 Really? You didn't like "Blue Velvet"? I thought it was great. One of my favorites.

Oh well, at least we both like the Ventures.

[mosrite60]

Sorry but this definetly is NOT the Ventures. Some copy cat scam artists. The Ventures have never used a sax in any album.

[bluesmobile1]

@mosrite60 Sorry, but you are definitely wrong. They had a sax in at least 2 albums.

[Marvin0Martian]

@bluesmobile1 You are absolutely exactly right. I have the double album that this was on.

They used many different set players on their records.

[welder541]

@bluesmobile1 Hi- i bought this album also brand new at the record store back when. This is 100% ventures just as you said with a sax pt1&2. No bogus copy cat scam here, Thanks for the post. Love the song

[Mike71032]

@bluesmobile1 I remember this song from when I was a kid. My mom and dad had it on an eight-track by the ventures. I also had it on a 45. I had to play one side and flip it over to hear the other half of the song and learned to play it from that record. I asked my mom who the artist was and she said who I was thinking it was - Bill Doggett.

[kbtasker]

@mosrite60 Yeah, this is the Ventures alright. I bought this album when I was about 11 years old at a little department store in Bangor, Maine. I grew up on all my Dad's Ventures records from the 50s and 60s. This one came out with a whole new, mature sound. And man is that compressed guitar pickin' smooth or what!!

[p47br]

this is real the ventures, when in my teens I bought this very album brand new, and bought becouse of this songe, with sax; it may be that strage, but surely THE VENTURES!!

[BluesmanDave]

@mosrite60 Well, it's the Ventures from the '70s, after Nokie had exited the band. This is everybody else plus Harvey Mandel on guitar and Jackie Kelso on sax. They used sax on this album in particular because the tunes they were doing, early rock 'n' roll mostly, had sax on the originals. It may not be the "classic" ventures lineup, but it's a hell of an album. Mandel never played better, in my opinion.

[mosrite60]

@BluesmanDave ...okay Guess I'm wrong. The early 70's ventures era was confusing as people seemed to come and go. Honestly I've never heard of Harvey Mandel. Who exactly is he and where did he originate from? You know Honky Tonk is definetly one of the greatest instrumental tunes ever. It just makes one feel good whoever is playing it. The Nokie version is my favorite. Just some awesome string bending by Nokie.

[BluesmanDave]

@mosrite60 Understood! It's made more confusing by the fact that they did a few of these songs years earlier with the "classic" lineup. Harvey Mandel was one of the players in Chicago during the '60s "white blues" explosion. He was a contemporary of the Butterfield Blues Band, and he was the guitarist on Charlie Musselwhite's first album. He was also known for pioneering some rock guitar techniques that became better known in the 80s. My favorite work of his is definitely this album, though.

[kd1942]

Of course they used a sax.

[tonespinner]

@mosrite60 Oh, yes they did. They brought in a studio sax man for their "Pink Panther" cover and, if I remember correctly for others as well.

[tonespinner]

@mosrite60 Oh, yes they did. Their "Pink Panther" cover was one example. I'm sure it was a "studio" sax man that they brought in and not one of themselves doubling.

[sha1om]

Is that the original 1972 UA pressing, or the 1978 Pickwick remaster?

Either way, the version of "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" on this LP blows away all other versions I've heard, including Arthur Smith's original.

(I've had this on vinyl for ages, and I've always wondered why it said "Ooh-Poo-Pa-Doo" on the cover when they didn't actually play that song on the record...)

[bluesmobile1]

Yes, this is the original pressing.

[kinnje1]

@sha1om be welcome to hear brian setzers version

its more of rockabilly version

but it blew my butt off!

[bst8035]

Who's playing the lead guitar on this song? The sax is superb!

[verlaine4]

@bst8035 harvey Mandel guitar, Jackie Kelso sax

[bst8035]

@verlaine4 Thanks a lot. I'm reading the messages and I can tell that The Ventures included not only a sax but also trumpets - The Lonely Bull - and complete orchestras. Remember that solo in Slaughter On Tenth Ave, that was not an organ, was a sax plugged to a Leslie amplifier.

[tangotil2]

LLLLLLLLLove that tenor sax! WOW...What a great job!!!!!!!!!

[analiaginekokracia]

ke genial

[javiroalvolante]

I have a question.. in the song sultans of swing the lyric says: "he can play the honky tonk like anything" it refers to this song? this is great... im in love with this music...

[bluesmobile1]

Yes, I do think that Mark Knofler was referring to this tune in his lyrics.

[UPALLNITE4U]

Fabulous version. I Loved it. Thanks for posting..

[sakutasu]

OOPS ! I have to take back what I said.

I got an e-mail saying the Ventures did have the Sax In the " Gold" Album .

I did check it out and "YES" the Ventures did play Honky Tonk "Bill Doggett Cover"

Thanks for educating me about the Gold Album or I wouldn't have known .

long live the Ventures !

[bluesmobile1]

Actually, this rendition is from Rock & Roll Forever. The 1972 album that didn't sound like The Ventures. They had David Carr on keyboards and Jackie Kelso on sax

[sakutasu]

I love the Ventures but I have to agree. Skip is absolutely right..

This is Bill Dogget . the difference is that the ventures don't include the sax in their Honky Tonk and

they play in the E chord, as for Bill Doggett

he plays in the F Chord.

check it out ! there is a Ventures version here on YouTube.

[mordonbvs]

I beg to differ about the saxaphone - I have the Ventures "Gold" album and the indeed played the sax on that song.

Cheers.

[bluesmobile1]

Hey..does that album say when that version of Honky Tonk was recorded and who plays the sax?

Thanks

[animal90sFreak5]

Definetly.

[fabrosin]

The Ventures is always the best guitar instrumentals of all times....!!

[skips1965]

yep ... you're right ...sorry. I was going through some tunes and realized I was wrong. I apologize. They sound so much the same.

[skips1965]

This isn't the Ventures ...it's Bill Dogget

[bluesmobile1]

Sorry Skips, but this IS The Ventures performing Bill Doggett's Honky Tonk!

[garyguitar]

I had been playing since '55 and later got a new '57 Strat but they were my first big influence when Walk Don't Run hit. My bros. and I recorded Mr. Moto in '62 on a 45 RPM. Stole a lot of licks from them. Still play in bands and still use some of those "licks" including this.

[tfw46]

Absolutely Incredible Guitar Playing. Your friends at 35GuitarPickupTones{dot}com

[666patrickbateman666]

This is the holy grail of The Ventures: Guitar Genius Of The Ventures 01 - The Swinging Creeper 02 - The Chase 03 - Rap City 04 - Eleventh Hour 05 - Love Goddess Of Venus 06 - Pedal Pusher 07 - Peach Fuzz 08 - Nutty 09 - The Ninth Wave 10 - Changing Tides

[emerpus01]

Hard to find on vinyl but all those songs are available for digital download so you can make your own! Every one of those songs is is genius and a Ventures original. 'Nutty' and 'The Swinging Creeper' (the slow song, not to be confused with the frequently mislabeled 'A Go-Go Dancer') are my personal favorites.

[666patrickbateman666]

I got the vinyl + I found the mp3's on Rapidshare.

Absolutely Awesome

[brainkabob]

my fav... with Harvy Mandel... got the vinyl. looking for .mp3

any help out there

[666patrickbateman666]

@brainkabob

I got it from Rapidshare!

Google it

[brainkabob]

I've got the original vinyl... would love to find .mp3 any help out there.

thanks

[reverb1946]

The Ventures sold 250 million albums,I think I bought 50 million of them LOL.

[ascheepe]

ow this is nice, thanks++

[jballard459]

This tune is THE prototypical meshing of blues, R & B, and rock and roll....incredible....it could be played for hours by a band, and still be refreshing.

[jballard459]

The Ventures inspired so many of us as kids to explore the guitar and music...those guys were the BEST at what they did...and genuinely good people.

[dmacmurray]

Right on, brother. They are the SOLE reason I picked up a guitar in the first place. I should be so good as Nokie or Jerry or anyone who has accomplished as much.

[classicrocker79]

The Ventures - I hope today's youth grow up to eventually know who this group is! Not great? That is absolutley absurd! These guys were pioneers! Class act and a band!

[chickengnawer]

I seem to remember having this album, many moons ago...

[gzenitsky]

This is a great version of the song but not the best one the Ventures performed. The version appearing on the 1967 Golden Greats album is much more raw and guitar driven. The versions on Amazon and iTunes are not this version, unfortunately. If anyone know how to get a hold of a digital recording from that album, please let us know!

[bruiser]

I think the version you are looking for is also on the "Walk, Don't Run" album.

[Draples]

This song Kills me!

[666PaulKersey666]

Harvey Mandel Rocks Here!

[TAMARLANE]

Very nice. I lone the Ventures.

This doesn't even try to outdo Bill Doggett. Seems like they stuck pretty much to the script. Same arrangement. Almost a tribute to Bill Doggett. Very appropriate if so.

[kapacon]

The guitar solos on this version are SO smoooooooooth!!

[jenskies12]

Heeeeyaaa!

[Umdayo]

The Ventures, Good, but not truly GREAT. This version is adequate.

[lmgnandt]

Wow

[p47br]

hi, this is one of the greatest song of the ventures, ever!!!!!

thanks

marco - brazil

[srichards01]

Wonderful! The Ventures are the greatest instrumental Rock 'N Roll band that has ever been or ever will be!